15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme:
Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean: agents of social transformation and development
The IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Section invites interested professionals in different areas of Library and Information Sciences to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 15-21 August 2015.
The topics covered in the session will be the following:
All proposals will be evaluated by the Selection Committee appointed by the Latin America and the Caribbean Section.
Abstracts should include the following elements:
Papers must be an original paper and not published elsewhere.
Papers can be written and presented in English or Spanish.
The work will have a maximum of 20 pages, double-spaced.
The abstract and the paper should be sent via email in a MS Word file.
It is expected to have simultaneous translation for this session, however, is recommended that the slides are presented in English, even if the presentation is in Spanish.
Authors will have 20 minutes to present their work, prepare a concise presentation including its relevant aspects. Paper should not be read only. 5 minutes will be allowed for discussion with the audience.
Authors accepted must present their papers in person at WLIC 2015 Cape Town.
IFLA has the rights to publish and distribute selected papers by different means. Papers and presentations will be included on the IFLA Library under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY 3.0) Authors of submitted papers will need to sign IFLA’s Author form.
For more information visit our section http://www.ifla.org/lac.
Please send proposals by 15 February 2015 to:
Sigrid Karin Weiss Dutra, Chair, Latin America and the Caribbean Section
Email: presidenteiflalac@gmail.com
and
Silvia Cecilia Anselmi, Secretary, Latin America and the Caribbean Section
Email: scaiflalac@gmail.com
When you send your email please indicate "IFLA WLIC 2015 Proposal" in the subject.
Please respect the rules of the present call for papers.
15 February 2015: | Submission deadline |
1 April 2015: | Proposals will be evaluated and notification to the authors will be sent |
17 May 2015: | Successful speakers should send the full text of their papers (so that the jury has time to review and suggest appropriate adjustments) |
14 June 2015: | The final paper must be submitted |
28 June 2015: | Speakers must send translations of their work |
All proposals must be in before 15 February 2015.
Accepted proposals involve a moral commitment to participate in the Congress. In case there are several authors, at least one must be present in the session to present the paper.
All expenses, including visas, travel, accommodation and conference registration, etc. are the responsibility of the authors/presenters.
No financial support can be provided by IFLA or IFLA LAC, but a special invitation letter can be issued to authors if that is required.
List of opportunities for support is available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.
Last update: 17 December 2014