LIBER 41st Annual Conference, University of Tartu Library, Tartu,
Estonia [27-30 June 2012]
"Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe"
http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/index.php?id=programme&item=call
CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS
The Programme Committee invites original presentations and posters on
one or more of the following topics.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Shared services/national and international collaboration, cloud
services, cloud computing
- End-user needs, end-user feedback, end-user surveys
- Primary research data
- New skills for library staff
- New (mobile) devices
- Economic crisis: how libraries have managed, success stories; ideas
for cost reductions
- New models for academic publishing; alternative publication methods to
journals and books
- Linked data, open bibliographic data
- Open Access
- Intellectual property rights
- Digital preservation: ensuring the future accessibility and usability
of knowledge
We invite submissions of:
*Research papers presenting theoretical solutions, but with a clear
illustration on how these solutions can be applied
*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
*Best practices
The Programme Committee will select abstracts on basis of the following
criteria:
*Relevance for the call for papers
*Originality
*Level of innovation
*Impact on the wider library community
*Quality of the abstract
Instructions for submitting abstracts
*Please use the following link <https://www.conftool.net/liber2012/> (
https://www.conftool.net/liber2012/) to submit the abstracts of your
paper or poster. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 January
2012.
*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
*Authors of accepted papers will be expected to supply full papers by 31
May 2012. A selection of full papers will be published in LIBER
Quarterly, the peer reviewed LIBER Open Access journal, and/or on the
publications section of the LIBER website.
LIBER Awards for Library Innovation
The LIBER Award for Library Innovation was instituted by LIBER, with
support from Elsevier. It honours the 3 abstracts which best describe
innovative work in the overall theme of the Annual Conference
"Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe". The prize consists of the
opportunity to present the winning paper/poster at the LIBER Annual
Conference 2012 in Tartu, Estonia, free registration, plus travel
expenses and accommodation.
See http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/index.php?id=awards
LIBER Annual Conference Fund
The Programme Committee will select 10 abstracts from libraries in
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece,
Hungary, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine and reward them
with a grant of 300 euro and free registration for the LIBER Annual
Conference.
See http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/index.php?id=programme&item=fund
Wouter SCHALLIER
LIBER Executive Director
"Making the case for European Research Libraries"
Join LIBER at http://www.libereurope.eu <http://www.libereurope.eu/>
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