15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme:
The future of law libraries: tales of existence and transformation
The IFLA Law Libraries Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a session to be held at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, August 15-21, 2015.
Everything can be found for free on the Internet. Yes, we have all heard that too many times. As experts of legal information resources, we know it’s not true. In the context of shrinking budget and space, centralization of services with non-law libraries, increased fee-based digital collections and open access to legal content, Law Libraries are finding themselves constantly justifying their mere existence, and in some cases, fighting for their survival. The session will first focus on the funders / administrators’ perspectives on the future of Law Libraries, and then present Law Librarians’ successes and challenges in supporting legal scholarship, and remaining a key player central to the administration of justice, ensuring the competency of the legal profession and access to justice.
Papers should reflect the conference theme, "Dynamic Libraries: Access, Development and Transformation" and represent the various types of law libraries such as academic, law firm, court, government etc.
The program will feature keynote speakers and presentations of 15-20 minutes each with additional time for questions.
For information on IFLA’s general guidelines for papers see: http://conference.ifla.org/past/2013/general-guidelines-for-authors-of-papers.htm .
Language of the session:
Papers should be in one of the seven IFLA official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish, however, abstracts should be in English.
Proposals should include:
Send proposals via email to:
Sonia Poulin
Email: genau21@gmail.com
All proposals must be in before 15 February 2015.
At least one of the paper's authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the program in Cape Town. Abstracts should only be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of attending the conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.
All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2015 will be made available online via the IFLA Library under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLA Author Form.
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation letter can be issued to authors.
List of opportunities for support is available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.
Last update: 5 January 2015