The Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore
[Pakistan] is celebrating its centenary anniversary this year. PU became
the first in Asia to establish a seat of formal learning in library
education by appointing an American Librarian, Asa Don Dickenson, to teach
a Certificate Course in Librarianship in 1915. Since its inception the
nomenclature has also been evolved as “Librarianship”, “Library Science”,
“Library and Information Science”, and most recent “Information Management”
to display the dynamic nature of the discipline. The Department has planned
an International Conference on Information Management and Libraries (ICIML
2015) to celebrate the centenary anniversary. Conference website is
available at http://pu.edu.pk/iciml/index.html
*Submissions:*
The key focus of the ICIML2015 is on Education and Research Trends in
Management of Information, Knowledge, Libraries and similar organizations.
We aim to look into the past, analyze the present and foresee the future.
You are very cordially invited to disseminate your research and experience
in any of the following tracks:
1. Juried Full Paper (5000-7000)
2. Research in-progress (short paper 2000-3000)
3. Best practices and Lessons Learned: Oral presentations
Authors will have the opportunity to publish their papers in conference
proceedings, Library Management (Emerald) and Pakistan Journal of
Information Management and Libraries.
*Proposed Themes for Authors’ Guidance (though not limited to these)*:
- Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Academic Programs
- Curriculum Designing and Implementing in Evolving Scenario
- Issues in National and International Collaborations
- Job Market and Professional Education
- Leadership Development Challenges for the Information Professionals
- Social and Communication Skills for Information Professionals
- Challenges to Library Associations in Developing Countries
- Electronic Scholarly Communication
- Open Access
- Information Behaviours in the Emerging Information Environment
- Information and Digital Literacy
- Information Storage and Retrieval
- Digital Libraries
- Social Media and Information Organizations
- Library 2.0
- Metadata Schemas and Ontologies
- Big Data; Linked Data
- E-science; E-government; E-learning
- Digital Preservation
- Disaster Management in Information Organizations
- Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Webometrics
- Health Informatics
- Digital Humanities
- Re-positioning Libraries and Information Organizations in Google Era
- Freedom of Information and Copyright Issues in Developing Countries
- Access Management in Information Organizations
- Personal Knowledge Management
- Marketing and Customer Focused Information Services
- Services Quality in Libraries and other Information Organizations
- Human Resources Management for Information Organizations
- Continuing Professional Development
- Cloud Computing and Libraries
- Re-defining Library as a Space
- Media Librarianship
- Archives and Record Management
- Institutional Repositories
- Professional Ethics
*Author Guidelines:*
Please follow APA Style Manual 6th edition, for preparing manuscript
according to the following structure:
*Abstract Submission (Structured):* Purpose/Aim, Research Design, Key
Findings (if applicable), Significance/implications, Key words.
*Full Paper: *Structured Abstract; Keywords (4-6); Background/Introduction;
Purpose/Problem Statement; Research Objectives/Research
Questions/Hypotheses; Literature Review; Research Design/Methodology; Findings;
Discussion; Recommendations and Conclusion; Research Implications.
*Important Dates:*
Abstract Submission (Structured)
9th March, 2015
Notification of Acceptance
9th April, 2015
Full Paper Submission
24th June, 2015
Final Notification of Acceptance
5th August, 2015
Camera Ready Final Version Submission
30th August, 2015
*Key Note Speakers:**· *
*Prof. Gary E. Gorman*
Professor of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington,
Professor of Information Science at the University of Malaya,
Joint Director of Asia-New Zealand Informatics Associates
*Prof. John Feather*
Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies at Loughborough
University, UK.
*Prof. Sanda Erdelez*
University of Missouri, USA
*Organization:*
*Conference Chair: *
Kanwal Ameen
Professor & Chairperson,
Department of Information Management,
University of the Punjab, Lahore.
kanwal.im@pu.edu.pk
*Honorary Chair: * Mumtaz A. Anwar (
anwar.mumtazali@yahoo.com)
*Conference Secretary:* Muhammad Rafiq (rafiq.im@pu.edu.pk)
*Conveners:*
Program Advisory Committee: Nosheen Fatmia Warraich (
nosheen.im@pu.edu.pk)
Organizing Committee: Shafiq Ur Rehman (
shafiq.im@pu.edu.pk)
Marketing & Promotion Committee: Syeda Hina Batool (hina.im@pu.edu.pk)
Sponsorship & Exhibition Committee: Haseeb Piracha (
chieflibrarian@pu.edu.pk)
Finance Committee: Aalia Arshad (
aalia.im@pu.edu.pk)
Registration & Reception Committee Ammara Malik (ammara.im@pu.edu.pk)
* International Steering Committee*
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Abebe Rorissa, State University of New York Albany, USA
Abrizah Binti Abdullah, Malyasia
Adnan Adil, National Health Services London, UK
Aryati Bakri University of Technology, Johor Barhu, Malaysia
Bharat Mehra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. USA
Christopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dilara Begum, East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fabrice PAPY, Université de Lorraine Nancy, France
Farasat Shafi Ullah, University of Dammam, KSA
Farzana Shafiqu, University of Dammam, KSA
Hamid Saeed, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ismail Abdullahi, NCCU, North Carolina, USA
Jagtar Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Javed Iqbal, British Council, UK
Joho Hideo, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Khalid Mahmood, University of Dammam, KSA
Lili Luo, San Jose State University, USA
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research, USA
Mohinder P. Satija, India
Muzamil Tahira, UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Nadeem Siddique, University of Dammam, KSA
Noorminshah Ihad , University of Technology, Johor Barhu, Malaysia
P. K. Jain, University of Delhi, India
P. Wijetunge, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pervaiz Ahmad, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Robert B. Allen, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
S. M. Zabed Ahmad, University of Dacca
Sajjad ur Reman, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Serap Kurbanoğlu, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Shaheen Majid, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Sheela Webber, The University of Sheffield, UK
Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Steve O. Conner, Information Exponentials, Australia
Susmita Chakraborty, University of Calcutta, India
Trishingit Kaur, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Widad Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille3, France
*Conference Website: *http://pu.edu.pk/iciml/index.html
*Conference Email: *iciml@pu.edu.pk