15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme:
Planning and preservation in today’s libraries
12-13 August 2015
Durban, KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa
The Preservation of cultural heritage has multiple dimensions unsuspected and unexpected in the digital age. While it may have appeared as outdated, backward-‐looking, moribund, today its pertinence is renewed and underlined through the natural and man-made disasters that are frequently in the news. More than ever, we see that preservation and planning for today’s libraries is essential in our digital society: we need to preserve our memory, to provide access to information for future times, defend rights (including copyright), and make collections in paper or electronic form sustainable in the long term.
Another dimension of preservation and planning for today’s libraries is its global aspect: all peoples and all nations are now aware of the fragility of our world and wish to preserve the culture and the history of mankind for future generations. Digital technology—while certainly still in need of improvement and not providing a solution to everything but exploring some interesting avenues—represents a chance for the preservation of human history.
The Satellite Meeting is organized by IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation Section (P&C) on August 12th and 13th 2015 in Durban, KwaZulu–Natal before the annual and general IFLA Conference in Cape Town, which will be held under the auspices of the South African Preservation and Conservation Group (Sapcon) and the University of KwaZulu–Natal Special Collections wants to reflect the most current and up-to‐date issues of "Planning and preservation for today’s libraries". Taking into account the aspects listed it will be a place for exchange and idea sharing between South African and information professionals from around the world.
Contributions are invited on topics such as:
Planning and preservation in today’s libraries as a Worldwide Topic across Nations
The deadline for submissions is: 28 February 2015
Please send your proposal, abstract (300 words), biographical and contact information by email to: Danielle.Mincio@bcu.unil.ch and Nellie Somers somers@ukzn.ac.za.
Proposals will be reviewed by members of the Selection Committee. Authors of the selected proposals will be informed by 15 March 2015. Full papers are to be submitted by 1 June 2015 to allow time for editing and translations.
Paper presentation: between 10 and 15 minutes will be allowed for paper delivery.
28 February 2015 |
deadline for submitting proposals |
15 March 2015 |
successful speakers notified |
1 June 2015 |
full papers to be submitted |
All proposals must be in before 28 February 2015.
At least one of the paper's authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the Satellite conference. 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.
A list of opportunities for support is available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.
Last update: 6 January 2015