From i.m.johnson at rgu.ac.uk Fri May 15 05:09:49 2015 From: i.m.johnson at rgu.ac.uk (IAN JOHNSON (0616285)) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:09:49 +0000 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Libri competition for Best Student Paper Award 2015 Message-ID: Please distribute to students directly and/or through faculty members Libri competition for Best Student Paper Award 2015 Since 1950, through 64 volumes, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services (ISSN: 0024-2667) has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library journals, Libri is issuing a call for "Best Student Paper of 2015." This annual competition supports Libri's goal of publishing the best articles from the next generation of library and information science professionals. We are proud once again to recognize the very best article with this special award. Students at all levels* are invited to submit articles with clarity and authority. There is no stated theme. Research papers should address one of the significant issues facing today's librarians and information professionals. Case studies, best practices, and pure research papers are all welcome. Length: approx. 5000 words Language: English Deadline: June 30, 2015 The best paper will be selected by an independent panel consisting of selected members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and other international experts. Submissions will be judged on the basis of - originality of thought and observation - depth of research and scholarship - topicality of problems addressed - the international readership of the journal The article will be published in the 2015:4 issue. The author of the winning article will be honoured with an award of 500.00 ? and with a complimentary subscription to Libri for 2016. If the quality of competition warrants, some papers may be designated as honourable mention and the authors will receive complementary subscriptions to Libri for 2016. The normal provision to the author of e-prints applies to all winners. Manuscripts should be submitted, preferably in MS Word or a compatible format, to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/libri. When submitting a paper for the Best Student Paper Award, please choose "Library Student Award" at the drop down menu "Manuscript Type". Author instructions and further indications of the scope of papers suitable for publication in Libri are available at the Libri site at http://www.librijournal.org/authorinst.html. 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URL: From nhoussos at ekt.gr Wed May 20 06:29:15 2015 From: nhoussos at ekt.gr (Nikos Houssos) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 13:29:15 +0300 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Call for Papers (Deadline extension) - Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures Message-ID: <5f6cabbbff7e1627c0aaf1a44d133c9c@ekt.gr> ======= Apologies for cross-??posting ======= CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED (5th June) MTSR 2015 - Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures Part of the the 9th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference (MTSR 2015) http://www.mtsr-conf.org Aim and Scope -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? The sharing and re-use of research information is becoming an increasingly important aspect of scientific activity. Text publications are traditionally the main way of publishing research output and challenges still exist for their optimal recording and dissemination. Scientific communities increasingly recognise the immense significance of storing, discovering, processing, preserving and re-using data sets as well as other types of research objects like workflows and software. Furthermore, Public Sector Information, potentially valuable for research purposes, is provided openly by governments although not always in forms that enable re-use. Metadata is a critical factor in this area, actually providing the means to promote black-box digital files to discoverable and re-usable objects. Rich metadata about research output needs to be recorded and disseminated, including contextual and provenance information (for example, relationships of publications and data sets with people, organisations, funding information, facilities and equipment). For certain use cases, metadata needs to be uniformly accessed across research domains, to foster collaboration and re-use of data sets among different disciplines and vertical communities. However, the recording and utilisation of domain-specific information is also significant in many circumstances. A range of open research and technical issues have to be addressed towards these goals, while it is also recognised that international harmonisation on standards and technologies is of critical importance. The aim of this Special Track is to serve as a forum for experts to present recent results and experiences, establish liaisons with other groups and reflect on the state-of-the-art of metadata and semantic aspects of open repositories, research information systems and data infrastructures. Topics -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing with the following issues: - Metadata, knowledge representation and relevant standards in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures - Semantic interoperability and information integration in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures - Application of semantic web technologies in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures - Data infrastructures (e.g. scientific data, public sector information) - Contextual and provenance metadata in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures -? Metadata interoperability for data infrastructures across disciplines - Metadata quality in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures - Mechanisms, tools and infrastructures for shared services in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures -?? Digital preservation workflows and mechanisms and impact on metadata - Value-added services based on open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures Important dates -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? June 5th 2015: Paper submission deadline (EXTENDED) June 16th 2015: Acceptance/??rejection notification June 30th 2015: Camera-??ready papers due September 9th-11th 2015: Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University Submissions -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? Interested authors can submit to EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mtsr2015 ) The following types of presentation are invited: -?? full papers (12 pages) reporting complete research -?? short papers (6 pages) presenting ongoing or preliminary research Papers should be original and not previously submitted to other Conferences or Journals. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity following a double-blind peer review process. Submitted papers have to follow the LNCS proceedings formatting style and guidelines. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to the Conference and present their work in the form of either oral presentation or poster presentation. The Conference welcomes Workshops and Tutorial on any issues concerning the main themes of MTSR such as metadata, ontologies, semantic Web, knowledge management, software engineering and digital libraries. Publication /?? Proceedings -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? The submissions to the Special Track will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) book series (http://www.springer.com/series/7899 ). CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. Revised and extended versions of best papers will be published in selected international journals, including the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (Inderscience) the Program: Electronic library and information systems (Emerald), and the International Information & Library Review (Taylor & Francis) (list incomplete). Special Track Programme Committee -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? Sophie Aubin, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France Daniele Bailo, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy Hugo Besemer, Wageningen UR Library, The Netherlands Gordon Dunshire, University of Strathclyde, UK Jan Dvorak, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic Siddeswara Guru, University of Queensland, Australia Keith Jeffery, Keith G Jeffery Consultants, UK Kris Jack, Mendeley, UK Rebecca Koskela, University of New Mexico, USA Jessica Lindholm, Malm? University, Sweden Daniela Luzi, Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies - Italian National Research Council (IRPPS-CNR), Italy Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, India Paolo Manghi, Institute of Information Science and Technologies-Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR), Italy Natalia Manola, University of Athens, Greece Brian Matthews, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK Eva Mendez, University Carlos III, Spain Jochen Schirrwagen, University of Bielefeld, German Joachim Sch?pfel, University of Lille, France Chrisa Tsinaraki, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy Yannis Tzitzikas, University of Crete and ICS-??FORTH, Greece Zhong Wang, Sun-??Yat-??Sen University, China Zhang Xuefu, Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA Special Track Chairs -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? Imma Subirats, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy) Nikos Houssos, EKT/??NHRF (Greece) For your intention to submit a paper, or any other inquiry, please contact the track chairs at imma.subirats at fao.org. About MTSR'15 -??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-??-?? The 9th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference will be hosted by the Manchester Metropolitan University from 9 to 11 September, 2015. MTSR'15 aims to bring together scholars and practitioners that share a common interest in the interdisciplinary field of metadata, semantics, linked data and ontologies. From michel.menou at orange.fr Sun May 31 05:39:25 2015 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:39:25 +0200 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd: [icie] CFP - Ethical-epistemological dilemmas in the Information Age In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <556AD6CD.4000409@orange.fr> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [icie] CFP - Ethical-epistemological dilemmas in the Information Age Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 09:42:44 -0600 From: Jared Bielby To: icie at zkm.de , Marco Schneider Call for articles: Liinc em Revista Ethical-epistemological dilemmas in the Information Age Liinc em Revista is accepting submission of articles for the next issue ? Volume 11, n.2 ? to be published in November 2015. This issue will contain a dossi? on Ethical-epistemological dilemmas in the Information Age, whose editors are Marco Schneider (IBICT and PPGMC-UFF) and Gustavo Saldanha (IBICT and UNIRIO). The dossi? will welcome articles discussing ethical dilemmas underlying theories that approach diverse contemporary informational practices; scientific regulations on ethics; power and epistemic authority; ethics, information, and validation; use of science as ethics and of ethics as science. We accept unpublished articles in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. Besides the dossi?, the journal also accepts reviews and articles within its fields of interest. See http://revista.ibict.br/liinc/index.php/liinc/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions Send your submissions through http://www.ibict.br/liinc before July 8, 2015. -- Jared Bielby Editor-in-Chief, TFN Co-chair, ICIE Editor, IRIE www.jaredbielby.com www.thefreelancenetizen.com No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5941 / Virus Database: 4347/9839 - Release Date: 05/22/15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: