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This conference – for the
first time in the African Continent – is the latest in a series of
highly successful Conferences organised since 1995 within Northumbria
University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The Information, Knowledge and
Systems research group in the School of Computing, Engineering and
Information Sciences is pleased to announce its seventh conference in
2007 and to issue this Call for Papers.
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS include:
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Professor Peter Brophy, Director of
the Centre for Research in Library & Information Management (CERLIM)
at the Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor Saleem Badat,
Vice Chancellor, Rhodes University, South Africa
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Simon Ellis, UNESCO
Institute for Statistics
AUDIENCE
Library and information
professionals in ALL sectors of library and information services;
research students and staff; and teaching staff.
CONFERENCE
TOPICS
Conference presentations
are sought in, but not limited to the following areas:
● Measuring library
performance ● Organisational effectiveness ● Building a Culture of
Continuous Improvement ● Leadership, quality and management
development ● Effectiveness of staff development and training ●
Outcomes and value of library and information services ● Management
of change ● Meeting the changing needs of users ● Evaluation of
the Digital Library ● Evaluating Performance Measurement ● Role of
research in library and information services ● Research into
practice ● Methodologies ● Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
● Research Projects ● Benchmarking studies ●
PRESENTATION
FORMATS
Proposals are invited for
presentations in a variety of formats that may include, but are not
limited to:
● Papers
● Posters ● Panel
Discussions ● Workshops** ●
**New for this
conference.
Conference organisers would particularly welcome proposals for
Developmental Workshops – for training library personnel in
performance measurement and evaluation.
Pre-Conference Workshop
There will be a
LibQUAL Exchange of Experience Workshop on the morning of 13
August prior to the start of the main conference.
The language of the
Conference is English
For any further
information, contact either of the Conference Joint Chairs,
Margaret Graham, Northumbria University, UK.
Email: margaret.graham@northumbria.ac.uk
Karin de Jager,
University of Cape Town, South Africa. Email:
kdejager@ched.uct.ac.za
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