Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section

Date

13-14 August 2014

Venue

Meetings will be held at the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST-CNRS) in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy in the beautiful north-east of France.

The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section Standing Committee invites papers for the IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Satellite Meeting at the INIST-CNRS, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.

The theme of the Satellite Meeting is "Restructuring resource sharing: new organizations, technologies, methods" and will be held in association with the 80th Annual IFLA Conference in Lyon, France (16-22 August 2014).

Target Audience

Library professionals and practitioners interested in the evolution and future of document delivery and resource sharing services and technologies, with a special focus on technological solutions, methods, and configurations to facilitate and enhance library services and processes.

Topics

• Resource sharing activities of all types, including: interlibrary loan, cooperative collection development, cooperative reference, direct borrowing, consortial programs, and shared licensing/purchasing of electronic resources
• Open source systems and their role in resource sharing
• Challenges and solutions to sharing electronic resources such as e-books and e-journals including digitized works
• Effects of alternative publishing models such as open access on resource sharing practices
• Innovative approaches or trends in resource sharing in all types of libraries or parts of the world
• New frontiers for library consortia or collaboration between individual libraries
• International resource sharing concerns, such as: delivery methods, payment options, interoperability of systems, computer standards
• Intellectual property rights in different countries or regions, especially as they pertain to resource sharing of electronic resources
• Methodologies for assessing the effectiveness of resource sharing initiatives

Important Dates

Proposals

If you are interested in contributing a paper, please send the following, in electronic format (preferably via e-mail):

• An abstract of about 200 words in English including a title
• Brief biographical information of the author(s)/presenter(s) with current employment information (maximum 150 words)
• Contact details including mailing address, email address, telephone and/or fax numbers

Submit your proposal to the address below by 15th February 2014:
Pentti Vattulainen (Mr)
Chair, IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section
E-mail: pentti.vattulainen@nrl.fi

The submissions will be reviewed by the Standing Committees of the Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section with INIST staff members. The selection will be based on the abstracts and rated on how well they fit the programme theme. Authors will be contacted by 15th March 2014. For successful applicants the deadline for submission of full papers is 15th May 2014 to allow time for review. The conference language is English.

Please note

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 can be issued to authors.

Congress Attendance Grants

The French National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.