Conferences

Call for Papers—Subject Access now: Inspiring, surprising, empowering

Sandra Roe — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:27:42 +0100

For the Classification & Indexing Section Open Session we invite presentations showing new and innovative ways of providing subject access to users from all types of libraries – approaches or applications that are inspiring, surprising, empowering.

For example:

Classification and Indexing Section

Call for papers : "Library Theory and Research" with "Education and Training"

Raphaelle Bats — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:41:40 +0100

Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for a paper to be presented at the LTR-SET Open Session, in collaboration with the LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG).

Library Theory and Research Section

Call for papers: Libraries and information services in Latin America and the Caribbean: between the tradition and the transition

IFLA — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:20:08 +0100

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering

The IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Section invites LIS faculty, librarians, practitioners, and other interested professionals to participate with proposals for the open session that will has place in Helsinki, Finland.

Latin America and the Caribbean Section

Call for papers: Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Ann De Meulemeester — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:16:00 +0100

Theme: “Using Assessment to Drive Change: Demonstrating the Value of Health Information”

Papers may cover some of the following topics:

Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Call for papers: Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Ann De Meulemeester — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:22:54 +0100

Theme: “Using Assessment to Drive Change: Demonstrating the Value of Health Information”

Submissions should be sent by email to: bgalvin@hrb.ie before Friday February 17th 2012

Preparing a presence for GLS in Helsinki 2012

Guillermo García-Capcha — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:38:17 +0200

The Government Libraries Section (GLS) must prepare this month its corresponding session program for next IFLA annual conference in Helsinki (2012). For that, we would like to open the discussion and hear our audience’s opinion.

Government Libraries Section

Call for Papers: Statistics and Evaluation Section; Management & Marketing Section; Academic and Research Libraries Section

Vicki McDonald — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:11:10 +0200

Main themes:

Statistical analysis and qualitative methods as tools for the advocacy of libraries
Evidence based management
Case studies about efficiency, impact and outcomes measurement

For further details of this Satellite event, including key dates for submissions - please refer to Conference website.

Academic and Research Libraries Section

Call for Papers - Satellite Pre Conference 2012

Vicki McDonald — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:15:35 +0200

Joint satellie event for IFLA Statistics and Evaluation Section, IFLA Management and Marketing Section and IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Sections.

Main themes:

Statistical analysis and qualitative methods as tools for the advocacy of libraries
Evidence based management
Case studies about efficeincy, impact and outcomes measurement.

Important dates:

Academic and Research Libraries Section

IBBY conference 2012 in London : registration open

IFLA — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:25:25 +0200

IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) is having its 2012 conference on August 23-26 2012 in London, on the theme "Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations".

Registration is now open: www.ibbycongress2012.org or info@ibbycongress2012.org

Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section

IFLA 2012 preconference in Mikkeli, Finland

Christoph Albers — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:15:19 +0200

A three-day preconference

This preconference will be a joint partnership with the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section, IFLA PAC and the IFLA Genealogy and Local History Section.

For additional details, please see:

Call for Papers

Newspapers Section