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Subject: [IFLA-L] Call for papers: The 5th Shanghai (Hangzhou)
International Library Forum
Call for papers: The 5th
Shanghai (Hangzhou) International Library Forum
Theme: City
Life and Library Service
Date:
August 24~27, 2010
Organizers:
Shanghai Library/Hangzhou Library
Dear Colleagues,
The
5th Shanghai (Hangzhou) International Library Forum (SILF) will be
held on August 24~27 in Shanghai and Hangzhou.
The biennial forum, conducted in the era
of quickened growth of information industry and globalized development of
libraries, provides opportunities of brainstorming centering on the latest
progress, innovative measures and future trends of library science and service.
With the intensified coverage of media and wide recognition from the library
circle, the convening of the forum, combining keynote speeches, plenary session
and individual seminars, appeals to over 300 participants for participation at
home and abroad, among who are IFLA senior officials, library directors,
professionals and experts from the information sector, researchers and people
from other fields.
Expo 2010 Shanghai China will take place
between May 1 and October 31, 2010 in Shanghai with the theme of ‘Better City,
Bette Life’. It would become a pageant for city life discussion, a symphony
with the melody of technological innovation and cultural blending as well as a
splendid dialogue between nations and cultures.
The forthcoming Forum coincides with
World Expo and will include the 7th Chinese-Japanese International
Seminar for the Librarianship.
Hangzhou is
historical and cultural city reputed as ‘Paradise on Earth’. The host libraries
are now extending warm welcome to domestic and overseas colleagues alike to
join the academic exchanges while celebrating meanwhile Expo 2010 Shanghai
China.
To facilitate in-depth
discussions, subtopics are designed as follows,
I.Libraries and Multicultural Service
II. Libraries and Community
Well-Being
III. Library Performance
Evaluation
IV. Library Support for
Innovation and Strategic Decisions
V. Library Service in Cloud
Computing Era
Submitted papers shall be
original research contributions or summaries of practical experience, which
have not been published in any other periodicals or proceedings. Formats can be
referred to at http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2010.
Please submit the abstract to the Organizing Committee prior to March 15, 2010 and the full
text before April 30, 2010. All the papers will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee of
SILF 2010 before the selected few get collected in the proceedings of the
conference for official publication.
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Conference Secretariat
Contact:
Ms. Ren Xiapei or Mr. Zhou Qing
Address:
1555 Huai Hai Zhong Lu, Shanghai 200031, China
Email:
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Tel:
+86.21.6445.4500 Fax: +86.21.6445.5006
Website:
http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2010