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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Dear Colleagues and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>It is our pleasure to invite you in London (24-27 May 2016, Senate House, University of London, UK) for the 8th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2016, <a href="http://www.isast.org/">http://www.isast.org</a>) </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology). </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'>The focus of QQML 2016 International Conference is on:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'>Exploring Trends and Challenges on Building the Future Libraries</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'>The ideal venue is in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_House_%28University_of_London%29">Senate House</a> of </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="http://www.london.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC'>University of London</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'> </span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'>in the same place with the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="http://senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC'>Central Library</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext'> </span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'>of the University and home library for the School of Advanced Study while an inspiring tour in </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0000CC;mso-fareast-language:EL'><a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/libraries" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0000CC'>Oxford Libraries</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'> and Museums is arranged. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EL'>The QQML2016 Conference Poster is available at: <a href="http://www.isast.org/images/Poster_QQML2016.pdf">http://www.isast.org/images/Poster_QQML2016.pdf</a> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>This is </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>the eight</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'> <span class=hps>year</span> of the conference which </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#231F20'>brings together different disciplines on library and information science; it is a multi–disciplinary conference that covers the Library and Information Science topics in <a name="OLE_LINK1">conjunction</a> to other disciplines (e.g. innovation and economics, management and marketing, statistics and data analysis, information technology, human resources, museums, archives, special librarianship, etc). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#231F20'>The conference invites </span></u><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>special and contributed sessions, oral communications, <span style='color:#231F20'>workshops </span>and posters.<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Target Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The target group and the audience are library and archives professionals in a more general sense: professors, researchers, students, administrators, stakeholders, librarians, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Main topics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The emphasis is given to the models and the initiatives that run under the budget restrictions, such as the Information Management and the innovation, the crisis management, the long-term access, the synergies and partnership, the open access movement and technological development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following <u>indicative themes:</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Information and Knowledge Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>2.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Synergies, Organizational Models and Information Systems <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>3.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Open Data, Open Access, Analysis and Applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>4.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Multimedia Systems and Applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>5.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Computer Networks and Social Networks, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>6.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Health Reference and Informatics <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:56.75pt;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>7.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Information Technologies in Education <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst style='margin-left:2.0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-32.9pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>8.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Decision making in service innovation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:56.75pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>9.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Data Mining, content analysis, taxonomies, ontologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:56.75pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-33.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>10. STM information development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Special Sessions – Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>You may send proposals for <u>Special Sessions</u> (4-6 papers) or <u>Workshops</u> (more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#CC6600'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:navy'><a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org?subject=QQML2014%20International%20Conference">secretar@isast.org</a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'> or from the electronic submission at the web page: <a href="http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html">http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>You may also send <u>Abstracts/Papers to</u> be included in the proposed sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: <a href="http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html">http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways <o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>b. full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: <a href="http://www.isast.org/">http://www.isast.org/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines: <a href="http://www.isast.org/">http://www.isast.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the website of the conference, after the permission of the author(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Student submissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Professors and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of Postgraduate theses and dissertations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2016 Conference and Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: <a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Important dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Deadline of abstracts submitted: <strong><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'>20 December 2014</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Reviewer’s response: in 3 weeks after submission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Early registration: 30<sup>th</sup> of March 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Paper and Presentation Slides: 1<sup>st</sup> of May 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Conference dates: 24-27 May 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Paper contributors have the opportunity to be published in the <i>QQML e- Journal</i>, which continues to retain the right of first choice, however in addition they have the chance to be published in other scientific journals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>QQML e- Journal</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'> <u>is included in EBSCOhost and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).<o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Submissions of abstracts to special or contributed sessions could be sent directly to the conference secretariat at <i><a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a>.</i> Please refer to the Session Number, as they are referred at the conference website to help the secretariat to classify the submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="http://www.isast.org/">http://www.isast.org</a> or contact the secretary of the conference at : <i><span style='color:#001A6D'><a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Looking forward to welcoming you in London,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>With our best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>On behalf of the Conference Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Anthi Katsirikou, PhD</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Conference Co-Chair<br>University of Piraeus Library Director<br>Head, European Documentation Center<br>Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="mailto:anthi@asmda.com"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>anthi@asmda.com</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>If you 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