Section on Regional Activities: Africa

Call for Papers

The Africa Section of IFLA invites the librarians of the region to participate in the Africa Paper Contest as a way to encourage professionals to join IFLA's programmes. The one who will be selected to present the paper will receive funding support to attend the IFLA General Conference in Boston, USA, August 2001 and présent the paper during the Africa Section open forum.

THEME : Ť Africa in the knowledge age : Status and role of national information policy ť

Papers must be original and have never been published before.
Papers should be of 20 pages maximum, two-double space.
They should be in English or French with an abstract of one page in the same language.
20 minutes will be allowed for the delivery of the paper.
Papers may be submitted by e.mail, fax or post.
The author should indicate his/her personal full identification and an abstract of the curriculum vitae.
Deadline for presentation abstracts (betwen 100-200 words) 1st november 2000. Paper : 15 january 2001.
Papers should be sent to the IFLA Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal.

Selection

Members of IFLA Africa Section, inclunding the Président, Secretary and the Regional Manager will select the best paper.

Please send your paper to :

IFLA Regional Office
BP 2006 - Dakar (Senegal)
Fax : (221) 824 23 79
Tél : (221) 824 69 81

hsene@ucad.sn

Latest Revision: November 28, 2000