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[CFP] 1998 IATUL Annual Conference (june 1-7, 1998: Pretoria,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terry Kuny)
Thu Jan 8 21:00:51 1998
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 15:00:37 -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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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS JANUARY 1998
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
* Organizational 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)
