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Call for Papers: IATUL Annual Conference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terry Kuny)
Mon Nov 3 22:38:22 1997
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 16:36:49 -0600
From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
NOVEMBER 1997
1998 IATUL ANNUAL CONFERENCE
JUNE 1-7 1998
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
The Challenge to be relevant in the 21st Century
The 1998 IATUL Annual Conference, the first
to be held in Africa, will provide a forum for
representatives from developed and developing countries to:
- share views
- gain perspectives with regard to the challenges
facing library and information services in the 21st century
- promote the networking essential for developing
countries as they strive to ensure access to the
world-wide wealth of information.
Whether you come from the developed or developing world,
The Challenge to be Relevant in the 21st Century is important
for your professional survival and well-being. Libraries are
under threat to be bypassed by their clients. This conference
may be a turning point in your own career and a landmark in
the future of your library.
The Board of the International Association of Technological
University Libraries (IATUL) invites you to participate
as speaker, panellist or delegate and look forward to
meeting you in Pretoria.
Please indicate your intention to contribute to the programme
by completing and returning the Expression of Interest form.
Full details of the conference will then be sent to you if necessary.
Abstracts must be received by 15 January 1998. You will be notified
of the results of your application by mid February 1998. Papers must
be received by 1 May 1998. Contributions are invited in line with
the following sub-themes:
Linking up with megatrends
The millennium trends of the nineties will
influence and shape the important elements
of our lives well into the 21st century. To make
the most of these extraordinary times we must be
aware of the changes that surround us and develop
our plans for the future with them in mind.
The following sub-topics for presentation and discussions are envisaged:
* Megatrends (large social, economic, political and
technological changes) which may alter the conditions of our lives
* Consumer trends
* The future of higher education, research and scholarly communication
* The future of libraries
Riding the technology wave
In this century nothing has had such a profound influence
on the information services sector as the advent of the
information society. Whether we perceive it as a threat
or a marvellous opportunity depends on our ability to use
it to our advantage. Digital libraries and the Internet are
gaining ground both inside and outside traditional libraries.
The developing world runs the risk of being left behind.
Sub-topics
* Maturation of the information society
* Digital libraries and information services
* Internet: information source and marketing mechanism
* The demise of power bases
* Mainstreaming the developing world
Doing more with less
Universities and their libraries and information services
are under severe scrutiny by governments, tax payers and
clients. New money is just not forthcoming. This situation
may provide us with the incentive to "reinvent ourselves".
Sub-topics:
* Strategic partnerships and alliances
* How to avoid being bypassed
* Oganizational solutions
* Beating the competition
* Services management
* Selling information services
* Alternative sources of funding
* New teaching and learning models and their impact on information services
* Electronic classrooms
* Information services to remote users
How to remain relevant and stay in business
Transformation is inevitable. However, our plans
and efforts will only be effective if they are placed
in the right context and if the results are rigorously
checked against the expectations and real needs of our clients.
Sub-topics:
* Our clients and their needs
* Assessments of outcomes
* Performance measurement
* Inventing new roles for information services
* Selling information and/or cost recovery
* Serving the community: information literacy for all
* Serving empowered consumers
More information on the topics for presentation and discussion,
the format of the papers and selection criteria is
available on the home page of the 1998 IATUL Conference:
http://www.up.ac.za/asservices/ais/iatul98/conf98.htm
Acceptance or otherwise of your proposal will be at the
discretion of the Programme subcommittee. The content of
your proposal will be evaluated for relevance to the conference
theme, clarity, originality, and timeliness. Proposals should
be for original work that has not been presented elsewhere.
Conference presenters will be required to:
* register for and attend the conference
* design and use high quality presentation materials
* return all forms, releases, paper, etc. on time
* grant copyright to IATUL for all papers and abstracts to be published
* consent to electronic recording of presentations
______________________________________________________________
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM
I wish to contribute to the programme by
Presenting a paper [ ]
Panel discussion [ ]
Poster [ ]
Proposing a topic for roundtable
discussions [ ]
Please send me the latest information on the 1998 IATUL
Annual Conference as it becomes available:
By mail [ ]
By e-mail [ ]
Speakers interested in making a presentation must return this
form together with a 250-500 word abstract by 15 January 1998.
Applicants will be notified of the result of their applications
by mid February 1998.
Title of contribution
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Name of speaker
_______________________________________________________
Institution
_______________________________________________________
Work Address
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Fax
_______________________________________________________
E-mail
_______________________________________________________
Fax, e-mail or mail your proposal to:
The Conference Secretary (Ria van der Spuy)
Academic Information Services
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
South Africa
E-mail: iatul@acinfo.up.ac.za
Tel.: +27 (12) 4203792
Fax: +27 (12) 3422453
Registration forms are available on the WWW or from the
above- mentioned address
Basic fee for full conference: $130.00 (Social events extra)
