[BOAI] IFLA - Satellite preconference

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Ageliki Oikonomou.  --Peter Suber.]


“Open Access to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for
Libraries”

IFLA Satellite pre-conference, Sections: Science and Technology Libraries,
Health and Biosciences Libraries

Chania, Crete , Greece , 6- 8 August 2010 Call for papers First announcement


Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Satellite Meeting in conjunction with the World
Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly,
"Open access to knowledge - promoting sustainable progress", 10-15 August
2010, Gothenburg, Sweden. The pre-conference Satellite Meeting “Open Access
to Science Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries” will
take place in the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)
Conference Centre, Chania, Crete, Greece at 6-8 August 2010.

Call for papers

The Satellite Meeting is organized under the umbrella of the Applied
Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Society - ASMDA (
www.asmda.com) and it is aimed to all those in the Library and Information
community interested in improving access to science information including
life and physical sciences as well as medical and technical information.

We invite people to submit papers on the following topics:

1.  Libraries, Open access and heritage
2.  Organizational changes
3.  Open resources management and quality
4.  Users and services
5.  Staff contribution and staff enrolment
6.  Copyright and licenses
7.  Technological support: preservation, migration, sustainability and
interoperability
8.  Institutional Repositories enhancement
9.  Academic authors’ contribution
10. Open Access Journals and libraries journal subscription policies.

Proposal submissions The language of the session is English. Presentations
should be no more than 20 minutes in duration. There will be additional time
for questions and discussion. Interested colleagues are invited to submit a
proposal for a paper, a workshop or a session on the topics listed above
which should not be more than 500 words long. Also, a short curriculum vita
of the author(s) is considered important.

Proposals should be sent to: Satellite Meeting Chair: Dr. Anthi Katsirikou,
University of Piraeus Library , Greece (email anthi at asmda.com ) or Satellite
Meeting secretary: Ageliki Oikonomou, MSc, University of Piraeus Library ,
Greece (email oikoang at yahoo.gr)

Important dates:

January 10, 2010 : Abstracts for papers and workshops to the Programme
Committee. March 10, 2010: Notification of acceptance of papers and posters.
May 10, 2010: Completed papers due to Program Committee. June 30, 2010:
Speakers

Registration in order to be included in the Conference Program.

Conference Halls and the Conference Location at:
http://www1.maich.gr/conference

Satellite Meeting further information Chania is located at the north-south
area of the island of Crete and you can arrive to Chania either by plane or
boat. By plane: from Athens to Chania using direct flights from several
international locations with special rates are also available. The airport
is located at the north east of Chania.  By boat from Piraeus to the port of
Souda (Close to Chania).

Dr. Anthi Katsirikou Deputy  Director of the Library, University of Piraeus,
European Documentation Center Member of the Board of the Association of
Greek Librarians and Information Professionals

80 Karaole and Demetriou str, 18532 Piraeus, Greece. tel: 0030 210 4142022
fax: 0030 210 4142330 email: anthi at unipi.gr anthi at asmda.com
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