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Library and Information Community of Québec Conference
IMAGINING NEW PARTNERSHIPS
Palais des congrès de Montréal
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
*November 3rd to 5th, 2010*
CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS OR COLLOQUIUM ORGANISERS
*Deadline : March, 5th 2010
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The realities of the ever-changing digital world require a
transformation of the tools, uses and even the very mission statements
of information service providers and institutions. This inevitable
evolution occurs through the connection of internal and external actors
to our areas of practice. To ensure that various networks are
successfully interconnected, understanding the role of the professional
and the library technician in an constantly evolving environment is a
great challenge. Within the current context of strong competition, we
must strategically position the services and institutions for which we
are responsible to better serve our clients and our fellow citizens.
In this context, partnerships are more important than ever. With its
theme « *Imagining New Partnerships* », the 2010 Conference of the
Library and Information Community of Quebec seeks to answer numerous
questions posed by this reality .
Which partnerships need to be created to respond best to the needs of
our users and our clients? How could these partnerships improve our
services, and satisfy the needs and expectations of both users and
creators of print and digital documents? Which partnerships will allow
libraries, archives and documentation centres to position themselves
undeniably on the multiple paths from information searching to the new
digital culture?
These reflections will be developed with several themes in mind:
information literacy, conserving our heritage, partnerships and
competition, as well as strategic positioning.
You are invited to present a paper or organise workshop or colloquium
for which you or your organisation will be responsible, on one or more
of the following themes. Your contribution might concern research
results, reflections, or practical experiences.
Some possible avenues for exploration include
. The contents, participants, structure and coordination of national
training programs for information literacy from pre-kindergarten
through to post-secondary levels;
. User participation in the creation of knowledge and its impact of
current practice;
. The pertinence and effectiveness of strategic positioning to
respond to competition (as much for public organisations as industry);
. The elimination of time and space constraints on reading and the
impact on collection development
. New disciplines being incorporated within professional training:
/social informatics/;
. Collaborative strategies to preserve documentary resources and
ensure their circulation;
. The partnerships and challenges inherent in the long-term
conservation of digital content (processes, encoding formats, permanent
references, legal deposit, etc.);
. The collective challenge of ensuring the visibility of documentary
services in the research strategies of users;
. The strategic positioning of documentary services in organisations
and businesses; the challenge for human resources;
. Models of collaboration for the distribution and promotion of
documentary resources and the roles and responsibilities of
professionals and library technicians;
*Format of the papers*
Sessions are 20 minutes long, followed by a 10 minute question period.
They can be presented in French or in English (without interpreter).
* Format for a workshop or colloquium*
The workshop may be organised as a round table or a presentation of 3 or
4 papers for a total of 90 minutes. The workshop organiser ensures the
coordination of the event, the communication between the participants
and presides over the workshop during the conference. Three workshops
organised in the course of a single day can constitute a colloquium. The
organiser of the workshop or colloquium is responsible, according to the
schedule set by the Program Committee, for transmitting all necessary
information for the program (titles and abstracts of the presentations
as well as the names, titles and a short biography of the participants).
* Equipment*
All the rooms are equipped with projectors and screens as well as a
computer with Windows, PowerPoint, Explorer and Firefox. Please note any
additional needs, including an internet connection, on the form.
* Schedule*
Deadline for submissions: March 5th 2010
An acknowledgment will be sent for each presentation or workshop
proposal received.
A reply from the Program Committee will be sent by March 19th, 2010.
*Please note that conference organisers will not reimburse travel or
other expenses.*
The members of the Program Committee are:
Guylaine Beaudry, Daniel Boivin, Nicole Brind'amour, Heather Brydon,
Olivier Charbonneau, Marie-Josée Courchesne, Julie Desautels, Francis
Farley-Chevrier, Martine Fortin, Michel Gamache, Régine Horinstein,
Louis Houle, Luc Jodoin, Fiona McNaughton, Émilie Paquin, Marie-Pascale
Santerre, Marie-Christine Savoie, JoAnne Turnbull
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