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Deadline for submission extended / emtacl10: Emerging technologies in academic libraries
by BIBSYS Brukerstøtte 19 Oct '09

19 Oct '09

På vegne av konferansen emtacl10 sender vi ut informasjon om utvidet tidsfrist. We would like to announce that the deadline for the submission of abstracts is extended until 15 November. _______________________________________________________________________ emtacl10 — emerging technologies in academic libraries International conference on emerging technologies in academic libraries 2010 26–28 April 2010, Trondheim, Norway http://www.emtacl.com Call for papers _______________________________________________________________________ Emerging technologies and evolving user behaviour change the rules of the game for academic libraries. Emerging technologies include new ways of using existing technologies and totally new, disruptive technologies. Examples include: - social networks - (micro)blogging - news services and aggregation - cloud computing - sharing and mashups - mobile web - location awareness This is a new international conference for academic librarians, information professionals, academic staff, students, library system developers and suppliers, among others. The conference aims to provide answers to the following questions: What can academic libraries do to address change? How can we adapt? Which technologies can/should/must we use/create? The conference is hosted by NTNU Library, the Library of the Norwegian university of science and technology in Trondheim, Norway. The programme committee invites original presentations and posters taking one or more of the following perspectives as a point of departure: - Semantic web library - New (information) literacies - Supporting research in a changing age - Organizational change within the library - Analysis of user behaviour and using statistics in Library 2.0 - New services/old services in new clothes - Best practices for the adaptive academic library - Other relevant perspectives on emerging technologies We invite submission of: - Research papers presenting theoretical solutions, but with a clear illustration on how these solutions can be applied in libraries - Position papers presenting opinions on some aspect of practice, or describing work that is still in progress, but sufficiently mature to warrant attention - Experiences and case studies specifying requirements, challenges, or opportunities of applying emerging technologies in libraries - Comparison with alternative or competing approaches using conventional technologies - Best practices for implementing emerging technologies in libraries - Assessment of the costs and benefits of the application of emerging technologies, e.g. time and cost of implementation and deployment, integration with legacy IT systems, user acceptance, returns on investment Abstract submission instructions: Please use the submission form at https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=emtacl10 to submit your paper or poster, including - personal details - additional presenter details - presentation title and abstract. Abstract length should not exceed 2500 characters. Please note that the language of the conference will be English, and therefore the committee will only accept submissions in this language. All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Contributions will be made public through the NTNU e-publishing service, and accepted authors will be invited to supply full papers for this purpose. Papers are primarily requested in pdf format, conforming to further formatting details at the submission website. We do however welcome suggestions for alternative formats in cases where pdf is unsuitable, e.g. for non-textual contributions. Important dates: Abstract submission: 15 November 2009 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 15 December 2009 Authors should confirm their participation: 31 December 2009 Submission of publishing-ready paper: 1 March 2010 Conference dates: 26–28 April 2010 For additional information, please visit the conference website: http://www.emtacl.com or email us emtacl(a)ub.ntnu.no Karen Johanne Buset (organizing committee chair) Ole Husby (program committee chair) -- Vennlig hilsen BIBSYS brukerstøtte ----------------------------------------------------- support(a)bibsys.no BIBSYS, Library Automation System http://www.bibsys.no N-7491 Trondheim Tlf.: +47 958 24 000 Fax: +47 73 59 68 48

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Nyhetsbrev fra BIBSYS for oktober
by bibdrift 09 Oct '09

09 Oct '09

Hei Vedlagt ligger nyhetsbrev fra BIBSYS for oktober 2009. Nyhetsbrevet sendes ut på interne lister for brukere av BIBSYS, samt til e-postlisten BibliotekNorge. Vi minner også om BIBSYS Nettsted (http://www.bibsys.no) generelt og nettsiden for moderniseringen av BIBSYS (http://www.bibsys.no/norsk/hva_skjer/modernisering.php) spesielt. MVH BIBSYS

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