Abstract
submission deadline: 20 December 2013.
First Call of
Proposals QQML2014
Dear
Colleagues,
It is our
great pleasure to announce the 6th
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International
Conference ((QQML2014), 27 - 30 May 2014, Kadir Has University, Istanbul,
Turkey: http://www.isast.org/qqml2014.html
Since 2009
QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation of new trends and
developments in every aspect of Library and Information Science, Technology,
Applications and Research.
The
6th QQML2014 was scheduled during the previous 5th
QQML2013 Conference. It was also decided that the 7th QQML
2015 International Conference will be organized in Paris,
France.
QQML2009,
QQML2010, QQML2011, QQML2012 and QQML2013 were successful events both from the
number and quality of the presentations and from the post conference
publications in Journals and Books.
QQML2014
will continue and expand the related topics.
Papers are
invited for this international conference. The conference will consider,
but not be limited to, the following indicative
themes:
1.
Bibliographic Control
2. Bibliometric Research
3. Change of Libraries and
Managerial techniques
4. Changes in Learning, Research and Information needs
and Behaviour of Users
5. Climate Change Data
6. Communication
Strategies
7. Data Analysis and Data Mining
8. Development and Assessment
of Digital Repositories
9. Development of Information and Knowledge Services
on the Public Library
10. Digital Libraries
11. Economic Co-operation
and Development
12. Energy Data and Information
13. Environmental
Assessment
14. Financial strength and sustainability
15. Health
information services
16. Historical and Comparative case studies related to
Librarianship
17. Information and Data on various aspects of Food and
Agriculture
18. Information and Knowledge Services
19. Information
Literacy: Information sharing, Democracy and Lifelong Learning
20. Library
Cooperation: Problems and Challenges at the beginning of the 21st century
21.
Library change and Technology
22. Management
23. Marketing
24.
Museums, Libraries and Cultural Organizations
25. Music Librarianship
26.
Performance Measurement and Competitiveness
27. Publications
28. Quality
evaluation and promotion of info
29. Technology & Innovations in
Libraries and their Impact on Learning, Research and Users
30. Technology
transfer and Innovation in Library management
Special
Sessions – Workshops
You may send proposals for Special Sessions (4-6 papers) or
Workshops (more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief
description at: [log in to unmask] or from the electronic submission at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html
You may also send Abstracts/Papers to be included in the
following sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html
Registrations are registration forms are available from: http://www.isast.org/qqml2014registration.html
Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways
a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation;
b. full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words);
c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);
d. visual
presentations (Pecha kucha). These
presentations consist of exactly 20 slides, each of which is displayed for 20
seconds. Total presentation time is precisely 6 minutes 40 seconds and so
it is important to use the transition feature in PowerPoint to time your
presentation exactly.
The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author
guidelines: http://www.isast.org/
All
abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the
website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the
website of the conference, after the permission of the
author(s).
Student
submissions
Professors
and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of Postgraduate
theses and dissertations.
Please
direct any questions regarding the QQML 2014 Conference and Student Research
Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: [log in to unmask]
On behalf
of the Conference Committee,
Dr. Anthi
Katsirikou, Conference Co-Chair
University of Piraeus Library
Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek
Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
Local Organizers
Serap Kurbanoglu (Hacettepe University, Dept. of Information
Management, Turkey), Co-Chair
Didar Bayir, Istanbul,
Turkey
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