Call for papers: Open Access to Science Information
Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries
IFLA Satellite pre-conference in Chania, Crete, Greece, 6-8 August 2010
Sections: Science and Technology Libraries, Health and Biosciences
Libraries
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Satellite Meeting in conjunction with the World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, "Open access to knowledge - promoting sustainable progress", 10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden. The pre-conference Satellite Meeting "Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries" will take place in the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh) Conference Centre, Chania, Crete, Greece at 6-8 August 2010.
Call for papers
The Satellite Meeting is organized under the umbrella of the Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Society - ASMDA (www.asmda.com) and it is aimed to all those in the Library and Information community interested in improving access to science information including life and physical sciences as well as medical and technical information.
We invite people to submit papers on the following topics:
1. Libraries, Open access and heritage
2. Organizational changes
3. Open resources management and quality
4. Users and services
5. Staff contribution and staff enrolment
6. Copyright and licenses
7. Technological support: preservation, migration, sustainability and interoperability
8. Institutional Repositories enhancement
9. Academic authors´ contribution
10. Open Access Journals and libraries journal subscription policies.
Proposal submissions
The language of the session is English. Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in duration. There will be additional time for questions and discussion.
Interested colleagues are invited to submit a proposal for a paper, a workshop or a session on the topics listed above which should not be more that 500 words long. Also, a short curriculum vitae of the author(s) is considered important.
Proposals should be said to:
Dr. Anthi Katsirikou, Satellite Meeting Chair, University of Piraeus Library, Greece
anthi(a)asmda.com
or
Ageliki Oikonomou, Satellite Meeting secretary, MSc, University of Piraeus Library, Greece
oikoang(a)yahoo.gr
Important dates:
June 30, 2010: Abstracts for papers and workshops to the Programme Committee.
July 15, 2010: Notification of acceptance of papers and posters.
July 20, 2010: Speakers Registration in order to be included in the Conference Program.
Conference Halls and the Conference Location at: http://www1.maich.gr/conference
For more information:
Dr. Anthi Katsirikou, Deputy Director of the Library, University of Piraeus, European Documentation Center, Member of the Board of the Association of Greek Librarians and Information Professionals
80 Karaole and Demetriou str.
18532 Piraeus, Greece
tel: 0030 210 4142022
fax: 0030 210 4142330
anthi(a)unipi.gr , anthi(a)asmda.com
