A-LIEP 2016 - The 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice

Website http://aliep2016.nju.edu.cn/ | Edit Freely

Category library&information science

Deadline: July 30, 2016 | Date: November 03, 2016-November 04, 2016

Venue/Country: Nanjing, China

Updated: 2016-03-10 12:13:04 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Conference Website: http://aliep2016.nju.edu.cn/

November 3-4, 2016

Nanjing China

Organized by

Nanjing University, China

Hosted jointly by

School of Information Management, Nanjing University, China

College of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

School of Economics & Management, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China

Call for Paper

The 7th A-LIEP will be held in Nanjing, China on 3-4 November 2016. Previous conferences have been organized by the University of the Philippines, Philippine (2015), Khon Khaen University, Thailand (2013), MARA University of Technology, Malaysia (2011), University of Tsukuba, Japan (2009), Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan (2007), and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2006). This conference will be organized by Nanjing University, China. The School of Management at Nanjing University will host the conference, in collaboration with the College of Information Science & Technology at Nanjing Agricultural University and the School of Economics & Management at Nanjing University of Science & Technology. The location of this conference, Nanjing, is a famous historical and cultural city, which has a history of 2,500 years and is regarded as one of the “top four ancient cultural capitals of China”. We sincerely invite LIS educators, researchers and practitioners from all over the world to contribute your high-quality academic papers to the conference.

*** CONFERENCE TOPICS

The theme of A-LIEP 2016 is “Innovation in Library & Information Science in the Age of Big Data”.

The following list of topics for the 3 conference tracks is suggestive, and not exhaustive.

LIS Education

Challenges in LIS education nationality or internationality

Collaboration and resource sharing among LIS schools/departments

Impact of Big data on LIS education

Cultivation of scientific data specialists

MOOCs and LIS education

Preparing LIS graduates for the new market

Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS programs

Impact of LIS education on the work and career of LIS graduates

Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development in LIS

Developing Competencies of LIS Professionals

Impact of new ICTs on LIS curriculum

LIS Practice

Collaboration among Libraries and with other professions

Competency standards for library and information services

Customer-focused services

Efficiency vs. Effectiveness of Libraries

Impact of Mobile Technologies on Libraries

Integrating teaching, research and practice

Leadership development and strategic management in libraries

Digital Preservation

Outsourcing of Information Services

User education and information literacy for life-long learning

Libraries as learning organizations

Libraries’ role in curating and exposing big data

Future libraries, future librarians, future skills

LIS Research

Digital Libraries, Digital Archives

Information Behavior

Information Literacy

Information Organization, Knowledge Organization

Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services

Semantic Web and Linked Data

Text and Social Media Mining

Digital Humanities

Big Data and Data Science

Information Visualization

Scientometrics and scientific evaluation

*** SUBMISSIONS TYPES

Full Papers: length 8 to 12 pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman 11 pt. font

Short Papers: length 4 to 7 pages, single-spaced, Times New Roman 11 pt. font

Poster: abstract of 1 to 2 pages

*** IMPORTANT DATES

Long/Short paper submission deadline: 30 June 2016

Notification of long/short paper acceptance: 30 July 2016

Submission deadline of camera-ready papers: 20 August 2016

Poster submission deadline: 30 July 2016

Notification of poster acceptance: 30 August 2016

Call for Workshop Proposals

A-LIEP 2016 invites proposals for workshops to be hosted in conjunction with the conference. Workshops offer researchers and practitioners great opportunities for learning on specific topics and interests related to the education and practice of library & information science. Submissions in the area of the conference's main topics will receive preferential treatment.

Workshop proposals are limited to 3 pages in length. The proposal should include the following information:

? Title of proposed workshop

? Names of organizers and their affiliations

? A description of the qualifications of the organizers to host the workshop

? A description of workshop including theme, goals, objectives, novelty, planned activities (an abstract or summary is recommended)

? Brief description on primary audience being targeted and expected number of participants

? A preliminary schedule for the workshop

? Any special workshop requirements

? A one-page workshop call-for-papers (such as the one the organizers would send out to invite attendees).

Please email your workshop proposals to the conference chairs by aliep2016nju.edu.cn. Proposals are reviewed as they are received on a first come first served basis.

*** IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop proposal submission deadline: 30 July 2016

Notification of proposal acceptance: 30 August 2016

Workshop Date: 5 November 2016