Call for Papers

The Program Committee invites proposals for papers and posters for the 32nd Annual IATUL Conference to be held in the Warsaw University of Technology – Warsaw, Poland from May 29 to June 2, 2011.
The Conference theme is "Libraries for An Open Environment: strategies, technologies and partnerships".

The themes to be considered for contribution focus on:

A. Library strategy for advocating Open Scholarly Communication and Open Access:

Library partnership for Scholarly Communication (self-archiving, disciplinary repositories, national repositories) — ways to provide navigation and searching; EU programs for co-ordinating Open Access across Europe or between countries;
Costs and benefits of Open Access – the impact on the university and the library budget; bibliometric studies of OA;
Quality assessment of library services as a part of university certification and rankings based on an open scholarly communication.

B. Library and university partnerships for implementing new tools and methods of learning:

Blended Learning and E-learning information literacy programs for Long Life Learning projects at the science and technology universities (targeted at teenagers, seniors as well as university regular patrons);
Open Resources for Higher Education – the library’s role for archiving and circulation;
e-Learning platforms in the libraries for communication with patrons.

C. Library organization management for implementing open environment:

Needs for new librarian’s skills and qualification (LLL project for librarians);
Managing change in libraries to improve access to Open Resources.

Important Dates:

25.11.2010 - Deadline for sending abstracts of papers to the Program Committee
15.12.2010 - Deadline for sending abstracts of posters to the Program Committee
10.01.2011 - Notification of acceptance of papers
17.01.2011 - Notification of acceptance of posters
14.03.2011 - Deadline for sending completed papers to the Program Committee
28.03.2011 - Final abstracts of accepted posters, for inclusion in the Conference Program

Submissions (papers and posters):

Submissions must contain the following:

Title of paper or poster
Main topic/key term[s]
Author name[s]
Affiliation[s]
Contact information (including e-mail address)
Biographical summary of presenter[s]
Abstract containing about 2 000 characters.

To submit your proposal, use the conference’s Paper/Poster Submission system.

Submitted Papers

Papers may report the results of research, describe research in progress, or present an opinion about an issue related to the conference themes.

Proposals will be assessed on the basis of abstracts.

If your proposal has been accepted, please click here for Instructions for Authors

Authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference and will be given 20 minutes to present their papers. Papers will be published on the IATUL web site.

The deadline for submission of completed papers is March 14, 2011

Poster Session

Poster sessions are informal presentations featuring successful solutions to problems and innovative library-based projects with important lessons for the academic and research library community. Posters may use graphics, tables or charts, but must not exceed the space of 2400 x 950 mm (94 inches by 37 inches). Please note that because of the way the poster display board is oriented, the best configuration for your poster is the vertical configuration.

Laptop computers and visual display devices may be used if the presenter provides them (the usage should be announced in advance).

These interactive sessions will be scheduled in a single time block during which the presenters are expected to remain with their posters during the entire session.

The final abstract for the poster will be published in the Conference Program.

The deadline for submission of the final poster abstract, for inclusion in the Conference Program, is March 28, 2011

Selection Criteria

The Program Committee will evaluate the content of abstracts for relevance to the conference themes, clarity, originality, and timeliness.