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Posted by: Megan Button | Posted on: 13 Oct 11

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE – Wednesday 30 November 2011
http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012/

Content streams will be based on the following subject areas:

Digital Assets and Rights Management – Is it all gloom and doom?  What are you doing and/or thinking about in discovering and managing resources?
Interesting things – Tell us about all things Bold, New and Different. What excites you right now?  What do you think everyone should know about?
Spaces – Physical space, virtual space, mind space, outer space.  What is your vision for libraries?  
Connecting clients with content – How are your collections and services discovered?  What tools do you use?  What tools would you like to use?  
Opportunities – Discover the similarities and differences in our libraries. What interesting projects are occurring in health, law, TAFE, special, public, arts, school and academic libraries that can be shared by like minded and not-so like minded colleagues?
Valuing our services – Tell us your story about how your library proves worth.  How do you know you are doing a good job?
Emerging Technologies – e-books, social networking, augmented reality. Is your library content discoverable wherever your clients are? How do these tools facilitate changes in your services?  
Redesigning, Rediscovering, Rethinking, Rebooting – How does the changing nature of client behaviour influence the way we deliver our services?  What sort of staff do libraries need?
Year of Reading – In the National Year of Reading 2012, what authors have inspired you, changed your life or simply been a great pleasure?  [And get ready to participate in the Conference’s Twitter Reading Group!]

If you have a suggestion on how to present your paper other than the traditional approach, please include details when submitting your abstract.  You may wish, for example, to suggest a live broadcast, a panel of speakers, Q&A session, or a short burst of presentations from a number of speakers around a theme.  

Abstract – 200 words minimum to 350 words maximum

• Those who wish to submit an abstract for consideration by the Program Committee must also intend to register for the Conference.

• All abstracts submitted must be original work and not previously presented in any form at other conference or previously published

• Only one abstract submission per person will be accepted

• Authors of abstracts accepted for presentations are required to submit a full paper via the Conference website

• All submitted papers will be published after the Conference on the Conference website. PowerPoint presentations may also be submitted but are not an accepted  substitute for the full paper submission.

• All abstracts will be reviewed to ensure quality and compatibility with the Conference theme and areas of interest. If needed, comments by reviewers will be provided to authors prior to giving their oral presentation.

Peer Reviewed Papers:

• Please indicate when submitting your abstract if you wish for your paper to be peer reviewed

• Referees will be chosen from the library and information community and are independent experts in their chosen field. Each paper submitted for refereeing will be submitted as a blind (unidentifiable) copy

For further details please refer to the Abstract Submission Guidelines on the ALIA Biennial 2012 Conference website.

Please visit the Conference Website
http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012/

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