emtacl12 - emerging technologies in academic libraries
International conference on emerging technologies in academic
libraries 2012
1-3 October 2012, Trondheim, Norway
<http://www.emtacl.com>
Call for papers
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It is time to remind you that the deadline for submitting abstracts
is Sunday 15 April!
Emerging technologies and evolving user behaviour keeps changing the
rules of the game for academic libraries. Emerging technologies
include new ways of using existing technologies and totally new,
disruptive technologies. Examples include:
- Semantic web / linked open data
- Social media
- Augmented reality
- Mobile technologies
- Visualisation
- etc
emtacl12 is an international conference for academic librarians,
information professionals, academic staff, students, library system
developers and suppliers, among others. The aim is 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 University Library, the
Library of the Norwegian university of science and technology in
Trondheim, Norway.
Theprogramme committee invites original presentations and posters
taking one or more of the following perspectives as a point of
departure:
- Linked open data and other semantic web applications in the library
- New literacies
- Supporting research
- Organizational change within the library
- Analysis of user behaviour and use of statistics
- New services/old services in new clothes
- Other relevant perspectives on emerging technologies
We invite submission of abstracts or posters presenting:
- Theoretical solutions, but with a clear illustration on how these
solutions can be applied in libraries
- Opinions on some aspect of practice, or descriptions of 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
- Comparisons with alternative or competing approaches using
conventional technologies
- Best practices for implementing emerging technologies in libraries
- Assessments of cost and benefits from the application of emerging
technologies, e.g. time and cost of implementation and deployment,
integration with legacy IT systems, user acceptance, returns on
investment
We will also open for live demos of emerging technologies, and invite
submission of abstracts or videos describing such demos.
Abstract submission instructions:
Please use the submission form at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emtacl12 to submit an
abstract describing your contribution, including:
- personal details
- additional presenter details
- presentation title and abstract.
Abstractlength 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.
Contributionswill 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 April 2012
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 25 May 2012
Authors should confirm their participation: 8 June 2012
Conference dates: 1-3 October 2012
For additional information, please visit the conference website:
http://www.emtacl.com or email us at emtacl(a)ub.ntnu.no
Karen Johanne Buset (programme committee chair)
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