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"Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc Prof)"
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Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:50:40 +0800
From: "Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher \(Assoc Prof\)"
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Subject: [Asis-l] FW: Call for papers:
Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information
Education & Practice (A-LIEP
*** CALL FOR PAPERS ***
ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON LIBRARY & INFORMATION
EDUCATION & PRACTICE (A-LIEP)
"Preparing Information
Professionals for Leadership in the New Age"
Singapore, 4-7 April 2006
(URL:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/A-LIEP/)
Organized by Division of Information Studies,
School of Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore
In collaboration with Department of Information
Science, Faculty of Computer Science and
Information Technology, University of Malaya,and
Nanyang Technological University Library
The conference will take place on the garden
campus of the Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, on 4-7 April 2006.
This is the week after the CONSAL XIII conference
in Manila
(http://www.consal.org/XIIIth_CONSAL_CONFERENCE.doc).
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Is there a uniquely Asia-Pacific perspective of
library and information science?
What are the challenges facing librarians and
information professionals in the Asia-Pacific
region?
How are library schools preparing LIS
professionals for leadership roles?
What research is needed to support the LIS
profession?
How can practice, research and education be
integrated to deliver high-quality information
services?
These and other questions will be addressed at
the Conference, with an emphasis on issues
relevant to Asia-Pacific countries. The
conference will survey, accumulate and synthesize
the experiences and insights of LIS educators,
researchers and practitioners, and provide
opportunities for scholarly exchanges and
knowledge-sharing between academics and
practitioners through paper presentations, panel
discussions and workshops.
We invite educators, researchers, and
professionals in library and information science
to submit paper proposals relevant to the three
themes:
LIS EDUCATION
Challenges in LIS education in the Asia-Pacific
context
Preparing LIS graduates for leadership and
management roles to support national and economic
development in Asia
Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS
programs in Asia
Collaboration and resource sharing among LIS
schools
E-learning in LIS education
Research-based teaching
Survey of LIS graduates: impact of LIS
education on the work and career of graduates,
competencies found useful
The job market for LIS professionals. Careers
in traditional and non-traditional environments.
Continuing education needs of LIS professionals
LIS PRACTICE
Evidence-based librarianship. Grounding library
and information practice on research. Integrating
LIS research and practice
Case studies of innovative information services
LIS professionals as teachers and trainers.
User education and information literacy for
life-long learning
Role of LIS professionals in non-traditional
contexts. Changing roles in traditional contexts.
Collaborative projects between libraries and
other institutions, such as museums and archives
LIS RESEARCH
LIS research issues in the Asia-Pacific context
Multidisciplinary approaches to LIS research
Evaluation of library/information services.
Measurement of the impact and value of
information services and products to an
organization
Models and theories of user information needs
and behaviour, and application in the design of
information services & systems
Evaluation of digital libraries and new types
of information systems
Research-in-progress and completed LIS research
relevant to the Asia-Pacific region
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission of abstracts/paper
proposals: 15 Sep 2005
Notification of acceptance: 15 Oct 2005
Full papers/short papers due: 15 Jan 2006
Paper proposals must include:
an extended abstract of 500 to 1000 words
a cover page listing
- the proposed paper title
- the name(s), affiliations and email
addresses of the authors
- the postal address, phone number and fax
number of the corresponding author.
Paper proposals will be peer-reviewed, and will
be accepted as full papers (of length between
4,000 and 6,000 words, or 8-12 pages
single-spaced) or short papers (of length no more
than 3,000 words).
Publication:
Papers accepted for presentation will be
published in a printed conference proceedings.
Selected research papers on LIS education will
be published in a special issue of the Journal of
Education for Library and Information Science.
Selected papers in the LIS research track will
be published in a special issue of the LIBRES
electronic journal.
Selected papers on LIS practice will be
published in a special issue of the Singapore
Journal of Library & Information Management.
Please submit paper proposals by email to both Dr
Chris Khoo (assgkhoo@ntu.edu.sg) and Dr Diljit
Singh (diljit@um.edu.my).
FELLOWSHIP AT NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION
Researchers and scholars are also invited to
apply for the Asian Communication Resource Centre
(ACRC) Fellowship, which involves a 3-month stay
at the Nanyang Technological University. More
information can be found at:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/acrc.html.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
GENERAL CHAIR
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry (Head, Division of
Information Studies, School of Communication &
Information, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, Chair (School of
Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)
Schubert Foo (Vice Dean, School of Communication
& Information, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore)
Choy Fatt Cheong (University Librarian, Nanyang
Technological University)
Diljit Singh (Faculty of Computer Science &
Information Technology, University of Malaya,
Malaysia)
Ngian Lek Choh (Director, National Library)
Sylvia Yap (President, Library Association of
Singapore; Director, National University of
Singapore Llibraries)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Christopher Khoo, Co-chair (School of
Communication & Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore)
Diljit Singh, Co-chair (Faculty of Computer
Science & Information Technology, University of
Malaya, Malaysia)
Anita Sundaram Coleman (School of Information
Resources & Library Science, University of
Arizona, USA)
Chern Li Liew (Victoria University of Wellington,
New Zealand)
Chihfeng P. Lin (Graduate School of Information &
Communications, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan)
Kanwal Ameen (Department of Library & Information
Science, University of Punjab, Pakistan)
Kerry Smith (Curtin University, Australia)
Koti S. Raghavan (Documentation Research &
Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute,
India)
L. Sulistyo-Basuki (Faculty of Humanities,
University of Indonesia, Indonesia)
Laili Hj. Hashim (Faculty of Information
Management, University Technology MARA
Lee-Wang Cheng Yeng (Library Association of
Singapore, Singapore)
Makiko Miwa (National Institute of Multimedia
Education, Japan)
Mark Hepworth (Loughborough University, UK)
Paul W.T. Poon (University of Macau Library,
Macau, China)
Ross Harvey (School of Information Studies,
Charles Sturt University, Australia)
Sajjad ur Rehman (Department of Library &
Information Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait)
Sam Oh (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Sujin Butdisuwan (Faculty of Informatics,
Mahasarakham University, Thailand)
Susan Higgins (School of Library and Information
Science, The University of Southern Mississippi,
USA)
Wang Yuguang (Department of Library and
Information Management, Peking University,
Beijing, China)
LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR
M. Shaheen Majid, Chair (School of Communication
& Information, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore)
PUBLICITY & SPONSORSHIP CHAIR
Margaret Tan (School of Communication &
Information, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore)
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Forwarded by JK Vijayakumar
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