Dear Colleagues,
The planning for the 38th IAMSLIC Conference is proceeding well. I am glad to invite you to take a look at the conference website. This is going to be a wonderful event and we hope many of you will be able to participate.
The Call for Paper Proposals is now open and the proposal deadline is Friday, March 30th, 2012. We invite submissions of proposals for papers, posters, workshops, and panel session.
Some potential topics:
- Patron-driven acquisitions
- Electronic books
- Mobile devices and social networking
- Digitization projects & copyright
- Beyond the institutional repository – innovative uses or creation of tools. What comes next?
- Citation management tools
- Cited searching (the new Google Scholar Citations tool)
- Data services/Data librarianship
- Discovery Services
- Research commons
- Collaborative projects with scientists – either using librarian skills in scientific research (this might include data management) or creating science from library materials
- Proving the value of the Library or changing the role of the Library to stay viable
For complete details, including what to include in your proposal, see the conference website.
Please email conference proposals to maria.kalentsits@fao.org by March 30, 2012.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Alaska in August 2012.
 May I use this opportunity to wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and a New Year of peace and happiness!
Maria Kalentsits
IAMSLIC Vice-President/Convenor IAMSLIC 2012
