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Academic and Research Libraries Section

Conference Papers
2002-2007



2007: Durban, South Africa

Theme: Find a mentor: an opportunity to network and to learn from colleagues

  • Overview and explanation of mentoring
    SUE McKNIGHT (Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom)

Theme: Libraries in the spotlight: promotion and marketing strategies

  • Go and get visible: live communication for libraries
    KLAUS CEYNOWA (Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany)
  • Beyond promotion: audience development by the National Library of Singapore
    GENE TAN and ICAAC TEO (National Library of Singapore, Singapore)
  • Marketing strategies for visibility and indispensibility
    LINDA ASHCROFT (Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)

Theme: Conduits for transformation: incorporating multimodal instruction and learning into information literacy


2006: Seoul, Korea

Theme: The role of academic libraries in online and blended learning and teaching

Theme: Institutional Repositories: policies, implementation issues, an overview of the technologies


2005: Oslo, Norway

Theme: Quality in the institutional environment

Theme: Course Management Systems and Library Information Systems: Issues of Interoperability

  • The convergence of CMS and the Digital Library: can it happen?
    KENNETH E. DOWLIN (San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose, USA)
  • There be Dragons: course management systems and library systems at SFU Library and the BC Campus
    LYNN COPELAND (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada)
  • Interoperability is the answer: a case study
    LOURDES FERIA (University of Colima, Colima, Mexico)
  • Pursuing the vision: adopting and integrating OAI initiatives at Yale
    EMILY HORNING and KALEE SPRAGUE (Yale University, New Haven, USA)

2004: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Theme: E-Thesis and scholarly communication

  • E-Thesis and electronic publishing: a strategic position for university libraries
    JEAN-CLAUDE GUEDON (Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada)
  • Cyber theses: technical options of the project
    JEAN-PAUL DUCASSE (Université de Lyon2, Lyon, France)
  • Cyber theses: organizing a network in Chile and throughout Latin America
    GABRIELA ORTÚZAR (Sistema de Servicios de Informacion y Bibliotecas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
  • DSpace as an open archival information system for university libraries
    MACKENZIE SMITH (MIT, Boston, USA)
  • ALF@NED, a new way of offering services to the scholarly community
    MARTIN BOSSENBROEK (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, Netherlands)

Theme: Cost of Information Access


2003: Berlin, Germany

Theme: The International Information Literacy Certificate: challenges for the profession

Theme: Gifts, Book Donations and Collection Development


2002: Glasgow, Scotland

Theme: The role of the University Library in promoting Democracy and Diversity