[Siguse-l] Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA), 16-20 June 2014, Zadar, Croatia

[Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic]

Dear colleagues,

it is our pleasure to invite you to the biennial international conference
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) which will take place 16 - 20 June
2014 in Zadar, Croatia. There are still few tickets available so check
your dates and pack your sun block!

This year's conference theme is divided into two parts. The first part
addresses advances in qualitative assessment methods and practices and the
second part covers assessment methods involving alternative metrics based
on social media and a wider array of communicative activities, commonly
referred to as “altmetrics.” Professors Tefko Saracevic (Rutgers
University, US) and Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic (University of Zadar, Croatia)
will open the Conference.

Over a period of five busy conference days participants will have a chance
to listen to dozens of renowned international speakers, and in particular
our invited speakers who will address the conference topics from many
aspects:
•David Bawden (Centre for Information Science City University London, UK):
'The noblest pleasure'?: on gaining understanding from qualitative
research
•Blaise Cronin (School of Informatics & Computing Indiana University, US):
Beethoven vs. Bieber: on the meaningfulness of (alt)metrics
•Elke Greifeneder (Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark)
Big data does not equal big picture
•Donald Case (University of Kentucky, US):
Sixty years of measuring the use of information and its sources: from
consultation to application
•Cassidy R. Sugimoto (Indiana University, US):
The Metric Menagerie: Tweets, Likes, and Other Social Media Metrics in the
Library
•Paul Wouters (Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Netherlands):
The metrics acumen: supporting individual researchers in assessment
•Marija Brajdić Vuković (University of Zagreb, Croatia):
Challenges of globalized evaluation practices in the context of
semi-peripheral and localized knowledge production
This year's Guest of honour is professor Garry Marchionini (University of
North Carolina, US) who will present on "Libraries and literacies: from I
to we".

All information on LIDA conference, including accommodation and
registration, is available at http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/

Looking forward to welcoming you in Zadar!

Best,
Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic, LIDA 2014 OC




-- 
izv. prof. dr. sc. Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic
Odsjek za informacijske znanosti, Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku
L. Jaegera 9, 31000 Osijek
E-posta: sfaletar at ffos.hr


Sanjica Faletar Tanackovic, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Information Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
L. Jaegera 9, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
E-mail: sfaletar at ffos.hr