[Asis-l] Call for participation - Libraies in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2012; Zadar, Croatia, 18-22 June 2012
Tefko Saracevic
tefkos at rutgers.edu
Tue Nov 8 00:09:36 EST 2011
*LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2012*
*Zadar, Croatia, 18 - 22 June**2012*
University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (http://www.unizd.hr/
<http://www.unizd.hr/>)
Full information at: http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/**Email: lida at unizd.hr
<mailto:lida at unizd.hr>
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) is a biennial international
conference that focuses on the challenging and rapidly transforming
nature of libraries and information systems and services. In recognition
of today's continually evolving online and mediated technological
environment, "CHANGES" has been chosen as the theme for LIDA 2012, which
is divided into two parts. The first part addresses advances in
applications and practice and the second part covers research and
development. LIDA 2012 brings together researchers, educators,
practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for
personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made memorable by being
held in an enchanting and spectacularly beautiful city on the shore of
the Adriatic Sea.
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*"CHANGES" - LIDA 2012 Theme*
*_Part I: _**CHANGES in the world of library services: Evolution and
innovation.*
Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following
topics:
* emergence of new library visions and missions related to users and
their reflection in new services; relation to traditional library
missions and values;
* fundamental and practical transformations in some of traditional
library services;
* reports on and examples of innovative library services in all kinds
of libraries;
* changes in public library services; transformation to web-based
services;
* reports on innovative efforts related to new or transformed
services, such as information literacy, employment help, provision
of technology access, and others;
* the impact of new technology on library services; technological
challenges faced by libraries, librarians, and users;
* the impact and challenges of social networks on library services;
library participation;
* study of variety of users or potential users: scholars, students,
digital natives, /digital immigrants/, children, elderly,
technology-challenged, and others;
* /role of library services in e-learning, education and e-scholarship;///
* /libraries as large scale repositories of scholarly data and
reports, historical records, or institutional documentation;///
* /evaluation of library services; evaluation of quality and
interoperability of digital libraries and their services;///
* discussion about general issues: How are we to understand new or
transformed library services in their own right? In relation to
traditional library services and values? Acceptance of and
resistance to new services? What are pressures, challenges, and
opportunities for significant innovations related to library services?
*_Part II: _**CHANGES in the world of electronic resources: Information
and digitization.__*
Contributions (types described below) are invited covering the following
topics:
* fundamental and practical transformations in electronic resources
and digitization during past decade or so; conceptual frameworks
that emerged; changes in information included;
* mass digitization projects: developments, problems, controversies;
* effects on libraries in general and on digital libraries in particular;
* changes in practices in libraries related to digitization,
preservation, organization and access;
* changes in content and structure of library and related
institutional web sites and portals used for access; user-generated
content;
* developments in science as it becomes increasingly data driven and
interdisciplinary; developments in digital humanities;
* developments in publishing and approaches taken by publishers;
* cooperative arrangements for open access of e-resources and
preservation of cultural records; cooperation with museums,
archives, and other institutions;
* shifting patterns of access to and use of e-resources; studies on
how faculty, researchers, and students make use of e-resources;
* evaluation of e-resources and associated processes of access and use;
* discussion about general issues: How are we to understand new forms
of e-resources in their own right? How are we to respond in digital
libraries? What are the opportunities and challenges?
*_Types of contributions_*
Invited are the following types of contributions:
1. *Papers:*research studies and reports on research andpractice that
will be presented at the conference and included in published
proceedings
2. *Posters*: short graphic presentations on research, studies,
advances, examples, practices, or preliminary work that will be
presented in a special poster session. Proposals for posters should
be submitted as a short, one or two- page paper, to be included in
the Proceedings.
3. *Demonstrations:*live examples of working projects, services,
interfaces, commercial products, or developments-in-progress that
will be presented during the conference in specialized facilities or
presented in special demonstration sessions.
4. *Workshops:*two to four-hour sessions that will be tutorial and
educational in nature. Workshops will be presented before and after
the main part of the conference and will require separate fees, to
be shared with workshop organizers.
5. *PhD Forum:*short presentations by PhD students, particularly as
related to their dissertation; a panel of educators will respond to
PhD Forum presentations.
*Instructions for submissions**are at LIDA site *http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/
*Important dates:*
*Papers and posters*: an extended abstract by 31 January 2012.
*For accepted full papers and poster summary in final form*for
Proceedings by 15 April 2012.
*Workshops:*a short proposal by 31 January 2012.
*Demonstrations*a proposal by 1 March 2012.
*PhD Forum:*dissertation proposal or research description by 1 April 2012.
*_Conference contact information_*
*Conference co-directors:*
TATJANA APARAC-JELUSIC, Ph.D., Department of Information Science,
University of Zadar; Zadar, Croatia; taparac at unizd.hr
<mailto:taparac at unizd.hr>
TEFKO SARACEVIC, Ph.D., School of Communication and Information, Rutgers
University; New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA tefkos at rutgers.edu
<mailto:tefkos at rutgers.edu>
*Program chairs:*
For part I: MARIE L. RADFORD, Ph.D., School of Communication and
Information, Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
mradford at rutgers.edu <mailto:mradford at rutgers.edu>
For part II: CHRISTINE L. BORGMAN, Ph.D., Department of Information
Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
borgman at gseis.ucla.edu <mailto:borgman at gseis.ucla.edu>
*_Venue_*
Zadar <http://www.zadar.hr/index.asp> is one of the enchanting cities on
the Adriatic coast, rich in history. It still preserves a very old
network of narrow and charming city streets, as well as a Roman forum
dating back to the first century AD. In addition, the Zadar region is
one of unparalleled natural beauty that includes two national parks. On
the Adriatic Sea is the Kornati National Park
<http://www.np-kornati.htnet.hr/eng/introduction.htm>, an unusual and
colorful group of approximately 100 small islands. The National Park
Paklenica <http://www.paklenica.hr/paklenica_en/index_en.html> is also
close by, for those who enjoy exploring a more mountainous terrain. It
is a picturesque and wild area with numerous canyons that is popular for
strolling, mountaineering and rock climbing. Croatia
<http://croatia.hr/en-GB/Homepage> is a great tourist destination of
unspoiled beauty.
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Tefko Saracevic, Ph.D.
Professor II Emeritus
School of Communication& Information
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 U.S.A.
Email: tefkos at rutgers.edu URL: http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~tefko/
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