[GOAL] Re: [sparc-oaforum] Harnad Response to US OSTP RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research

Fri Jan 6 21:06:08 GMT 2012

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO JANUARY 20th  2012 Apologies for Cross Posting

We invite you to submit a paper /abstract /poster /workshop to the 4th
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference
(QQML2012), 22 - 25 May 2012, Limerick, Ireland. 

Abstract submission deadline: 20 January 2012

Call of Proposals QQML2012

Dear Colleagues, 

 It is our great pleasure to announce the 4th Qualitative and Quantitative
Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012) at 22 - 25 May
2012, Limerick, Ireland. 

Since 2009 QQML has provided an excellent framework for the presentation of
new trends and developments in every aspect of Library and Information
Science, Technology, Applications and Research. 

The 4th QQML2012 was scheduled during the previous 3rd QQML2011 Conference.
It was also decided that the 5th QQML 2013 International Conference will be
organized in Rome, Italy.

QQML2009, QQML2010 and QQML2011 were successful events both from the number
and quality of the presentations and from the post conference publications
in Journals and Books. 

QQML2012 will continue and expand the related topics.

Papers are invited for this international conference. The conference will
consider, but not be limited to, the following indicative themes:

Advocacy, networking and influencing: methodologies for building the
evidence base in library and information services (LIS)

Balanced Scorecard tools in libraries 
Bibliometrics

Change of Libraries and the Managerial Techniques
Conceptual and Organizational Perspectives of Knowledge Communication, 
Copyright and licensing

Data mining

Development and Assessment of Digital Repositories   
Development of new metrics

Digital archives

Digital preservation 

Digitization
Distance learning and the role of the library 

E-Books
E-Learning and the contribution of the libraries, archives and museums 
E-research

E-science

Electronic publishing

Financial Management for Excellence
Human resources management
Information and Knowledge Services 
Information literacy: Information sharing, Democracy and lifelong learning 
Information retrieval

Innovative management

Institutional repositories
Intercultural management
Knowledge Based Systems and their Applications  
Knowledge  management concept and technology,
Knowledge mining

Libraries and shared services
Library Cooperation: Problems and Challenges at the beginning of the 21st
century 
Library management and marketing

Library statistics 

Measuring information literacy effectiveness

Metadata creation

New means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital
content 

Ontologies

Open Access and Open Source

Operational information systems  

Performance Measurement and Competitiveness 
Publishing Models, Processes and Systems 
Qualitative and Quantitative methodologies

Re-engineering change in higher education
Resource development policy
Scholarly Information and the new communication technologies 

Semantics

Semantics Web

Software 

Strategic management
Team building and management

Technology in the Communication: an interactive tool for development 
Technology transfer and Innovation in library management
Theoretical models of information media

User education

Special Sessions - Workshops

You may send proposals for Special Sessions (4-6 papers) or Workshops (more
than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at:
secretariat at isast.org or from the electronic submission at the web page:
http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html  

You may also send Abstracts/Papers to be included in the following sessions,
to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page:
http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html  

Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways 

a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation; 

b. full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words);

c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);

d. visual presentations (Pecha kucha). These presentations consist of
exactly 20 slides, each of which is displayed for 20 seconds.  Total
presentation time is precisely 6 minutes 40 seconds and so it is important
to use the transition feature in PowerPoint to time your presentation
exactly.

In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in
the conference. Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically
within the timetable provided in the web page:
http://www.isast.org/importantdates.html
The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author
guidelines: http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html  

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).

Student submissions

The Conference offers Postgraduate students and PhD Candidates a Competition
opportunity. Students who submit to the conference could take part to the
competition, by submitting only one paper to the competition. Students who
enter to the competition have to participate to the conference and register
before.

The papers will be judged by a scientific committee on the significance of
the research theme, the research methodology, the description of the results
and the organization of the presentation. 

Professors and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of
Postgraduate theses and dissertations.

Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2012 Conference and Student
Research Competition to: the secretariat of the conference at:
secretariat at isast.org  

On behalf of the Conference Committee 

Dr. Anthi Katsirikou, Conference Co-Chair
University of Piraeus Library Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information
Professionals

anthi at asmda.com 

Jerald Cavanagh BSc Econ, MSc, MA, Local Committee Co-Chair
Institute Librarian 
Limerick Institute of Technology 
Limerick, Rep of Ireland 

e-Mail:  jerald.cavanagh at lit.ie 

Padraig Kirby BA (Hons) HdipLIS, Local Committee Co-Chair

Tempus Project Coordinator/Acting Senior Library Assistant

The Library

Limerick Institute of Technology

Moylish Park

Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Padraig.Kirby at lit.ie

 Padraig Kirby BA (Hons) HdipLIS

Acting Senior Library Assistant

The Library

Limerick Institute of Technology,

Moylish park

Limerick

Ireland

00353 61 448516

Padraig.Kirby at lit.ie

Anthi Katsirikou
Librarian, PhD, MSc
QQML Conference co-chair
Director, University of Piraeus Library
Coordinator of European Documentation Centers in Greece
Adjunct Lecturer at TEI of Athens
Member of the Board of the Association of Greek Librarians and Information
Professionals

-----Original Message-----
From: Stevan Harnad [mailto:amsciforum at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 3:38 AM
To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Cc: SPARC Open Access Forum
Subject: [sparc-oaforum] Harnad Response to US OSTP RFI on Public Access to
Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded
Research

Harnad, S. (2011) What Is To Be Done About Public Access to Peer-Reviewed
Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research? (Response
to US OSTP RFI). Technical Report , Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton. (Submitted to OSTP)
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/23080/

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