World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and AssemblySan Juan, Puerto Rico, 13-18 August 2011 IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section and Library Services to People with Special Needs Section Call for papers “Beyond barriers to accessing health information” Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for the Open Session jointly sponsored by the Health and Biosciences Libraries (HBL) and the Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) Sections Aim and Scope of the Session: It is hoped that papers will cover a wide range of areas of overcoming barriers – for example: · How have language barriers been overcome? Eg multilingual access, publications and other resources in the vernacular, information delivered via the spoken word? · How have mental and physical challenges been overcome? Eg how do you promote mental health information to people with disabilities· How is health information delivered to those with poor literacy skills (literacy skills include basic literacy skills, health literacy, IT literacy etc), and to the socially excluded? · How is health information provided in cultures that do not endorse ‘open’ access to information such as publicly available brochures? · What is the role of public libraries to support health information initiatives? · How can libraries work in partnership with others to promote health information ? It is anticipated that presentations be 20 minutes with time for questions at the end of the session. Important dates: February 1st 2011: Deadline for submission of abstract March 1st 2011: Notification of acceptance/rejection May 1st 2011: Deadline for submission of text Submission Guidelines The proposals must be submitted in an electronic format and must contain: Title of paper Summary of paper (250 - 350 words maximum) Speaker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, email address and biographical note (40 words) The final paper should preferably be presented as a paper (that may be published on the IFLA website and as an option in the IFLA Journal). If the final presentation will be in the format of a power point, a substantial abstract will be required, including references such as URLs and bibliographiesSubmissions are due before February 1st 2011 by email to: tone@moseid.com Tone Eli Moseid. Chair, IFLA Library Services for people with Special Needs Section. Regards Sangeeta Narang Librarian Grade-I All India Instittute of Medical Sciences http://wwwhealthinformationresources.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.