FYI STEPHEN B. ALAYON Data Bank Senior Information Assistant Library and Data Banking Services Section Training and Information Division Aquaculture Department (AQD) Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Tigbauan, Iloilo 5021 Philippines URL: http://www.seafdec.org.ph Telephone No.: 63 33 5119170 to 71 local 409 Fax No.: 63 33 5119174 Mobile Phone No.: 63 919 4506688 Email Add: [email protected], [email protected]
On Monday, February 17, 2014 3:50 PM, maria cotera <[email protected]> wrote: World Library and Information Congress: 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly “Strong Libraries, Strong Societies”. 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section with IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group Call for Papers Theme: “Librarians as change agents: finding, using and managing data for social change” IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section in collaboration withWomen, Information and Libraries Special Interest Groupis seeking papers on the topic of “Librarians as change agents: finding, using and managing data for social change” Librarians, by collecting, organizing, storing and providing access to data, serve as change agents, helping organizations and individuals access and use data in order to develop more successful societies. We request submissions which demonstrate how libraries and librarians, working with data, support and engage in social change that impact communities. In effect, has your library been actively engaged in providing data for social purposes? If so, please share your story with us. All aspects of this topic will be considered, for example: * Examples of how providing access to data facilitated social change * Examples of library projects which have facilitated / are facilitating social change by providing access to data for/related to women and girls * Libraries/librarians and their role in privacy, big data and data mining issues * Impact on society of new technologies related to data and the role of libraries/librarians * New roles for libraries/librarians in data: learning this new role and its importance * Why data management and access to data means better social science/science inquiry and leads to better societies * Librarian roles in facilitating data literacy and its importance to citizens * Examples of partnering with social scientists/researchers and the impact of doing so * Examples of libraries providing social data en order to faciliate better laws (PLEASE NOTE: We prefer submissions that demonstrate real experiences/case studies – papers that tell a story. Please structure your paper in this way. Tell us your story). The papers in this session should provide a series of vibrant examples of the broad concept of librarians as change agentsworking with data. The ultimate objective is to build a body of literature on this topic that will help to guide other librarians with these issues. The session will be in two parts – Part 1 will be 2 hours devoted to papers on the general theme and Part 2 will be 1 hour devoted to papers related to library projects which have facilitated / are facilitating social change by providing access to data for/related to women and girls. How to submit a proposal Proposals should include: · An abstract of paper approximately 500 words · A summary of the author(s) details (name, institution, position) and brief biographical statement of no more than 50 words. Proposals should be submitted electronically to Sylvia Piggott: [email protected] copy to Dr. Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu: [email protected]; WIL SIG: [email protected];Beba Stankovic: [email protected] no later than March 10, 2014 and indicate ‘IFLA proposal’ in the subject line. Selected presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014. Papers should reflect the 2014 conference theme, “Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge" and IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä’s theme, “Strong Libraries, Strong Societies”. Full papers The deadline for the final version of the full papers accepted for the session isMay 14, 2014. Papers should be in English, or in one of the official IFLA languages(Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian or Spanish)with an English translation attached. The language of the session will beEnglish. Presenters will have 20 minutes in the programme session to deliver their papers, and time will be allowed for an open forum to allow audience interaction. Please note that the Programme Committee has no funds to assist prospective authors: abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of the attending the Lyon conference (including travel, expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the authors(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver the paper. Some national professional associations may be able to help fund certain expenses, and a small number of grants for conference may be available. ---------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians. 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