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World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference
and Assembly - San Juan, Puerto Rico, 13-18 August 2011
Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group
Call for papers
"Libraries Providing Integration, Innovation and Information for Women"
The Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group invites
colleagues to submit proposals for its two-hour open session at the
IFLA Congress in Puerto Rico
Scope / Objectives of the Session
The session aims to provide case studies illustrating how libraries
and information centres are responding to the needs of women around
the world, providing services for the benefit of women, and helping
them to survive the current world economic crisis. Papers can cover a
wide range of related areas including:
· Which role are libraries and information centres playing in
supporting access to information for the empowerment of women within
their local communities?
· Are libraries providing services and access to information
and knowledge (to health information, lCT, literacy skills, confidence
building training, etc) specially aimed at girls / women, and what
is the impact of those services on them and the whole community?
· How are public libraries supporting women who are loosing
their jobs as a result of the recession?
· Are there any specific programmes assisting women migrant
workers to acquire new skills, access services, communicate with their
families, etc?
· Are libraries and information centres working in partnership
with other organisations to support women?
Submission Guidelines
Proposals to be submitted by email to wilsig@googlemail.com including:
Title of the paper
Abstract of approximately 100 words, summarising the paper
Speaker's name, professional affiliation, postal address, email
address and brief biographical note.
Proposals will be reviewed by a selection panel chaired by the Women,
Information and Libraries Special Interest Group Convener.
IFLA has first publication rights to papers selected.
Conference presentations can be made in English or Spanish. They will
be no longer than 20 minutes, with extra time for questions at the end
of the session.
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel and
accommodation are the responsibility of the presenters. No financial
support can be provided by IFLA.
Letters of invitation can be issued to presenters upon request.
Deadlines
1st March 2011: Submission of abstracts
15th March 2011: Notification of acceptance / rejection
1st May 2011: Submission of full text
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Maria Cotera
Convener, Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group
wilsig@googlemail.com
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Regards
Fatima Darries
E-LIS SA Editor
www.highedlibrarian.blogspot.com
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