World Library and Information Congress

72^nd  IFLA General Conference and Council

　

“Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society”

 

August 20-24, 2006, Seoul, Korea

 

 

Call for Papers for the IFLA Satellite Meeting:

 

Scholarly Information on East Asia in the 21^st Century

• Organized by the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) of the Association for Asian Studies
  　

• Sponsored by the IFLA Asia and Oceania Section (RSCAO), the Korean Library Association (KLA), and the Korean Education and Research Information Service (KERIS)

The Council on East Asian Libraries invites the submission of proposals for papers to be given at the Preconference Meeting on Friday, August 18, 2006 at KERIS Headquarters in Seoul.

 

Topics should address issues such as:

·                      publishing trends of scholarly information in East Asia;

·                      issues related to the digitization of nonroman scripts and digital collections;

·                      cooperative collection development and resource sharing on East Asia;

·                      technical processing and cooperative cataloging of East Asian material;

·                      preservation and storage;

·                      information technology for East Asian materials;

·                      cooperative reference service;

·                      instruction and information literacy;

·                      outreach and user studies.

 

An abstracts of no longer than 200 words should be submitted by January 30, 2006.  Papers must be original; written in English, or with an English translation attached; and between 3000 and 6000 words in length.  The submission deadline for papers is May 1, 2006.  Presentations should be made in English, and should not exceed 20 minutes in length.  The Preconference Planning Committee, in consultation with RSCAO, KLA, and KERIS, will select the best papers in February 2006.  Successful applicants will be sent a formal letter of invitation by the end of February 2006.