Dear colleagues,
Please share the following Call for Papers for the IFLA Special Interest
Group (SIG) on Indigenous Matters program planned for the 78th World
Library and Information Congress to take place this August 2012 in
Helsinki, Sweden. The Congress theme is "Libraries Now! - Inspiring,
Surprising, Empowering."
Call for paper/presentation proposals!
IFLAs Special Interest Group (SIG) on Indigenous Matters invites
colleagues to submit paper/presentation proposal abstracts for an open
session scheduled for Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 11:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. We
are organizing this session in cooperation with the IFLA Section on
Library Services to Multicultural Populations.
IFLA SIG Program Theme: "Empowering Library Services for Indigenous
People"
The session will illustrate how librarians can develop and deliver
innovative library services for indigenous peoples that respect their
cultures while advancing the key values of librarianship. Papers can cover
a range of topics including, but not limited to, how libraries:
(1) Provide Access to Indigenous Content；
(2) Serve Indigenous Patrons；
(3) Prepare Librarians for Serving Indigenous Communities；
(4) Support Indigenous Language Preservation.
Proposal Submission Guidelines:
Please submit your proposal information electronically to Sandy Littletree
at sandy505@email.arizona.edu. Your proposal should include the following
details in English in an MSWord file. Please indicate IFLA SIG PANEL
PROPOSAL in the subject line of your email.
1. The title of your paper/presentation
2. An abstract of 150 - 250 words that summarizes your paper/presentation
3. Author details: Name of speaker(s), institution(s), position title(s), biographical statement(s) (50 words or fewer), and email
Address
of primary presenter
Proposals will be reviewed by a ion panel of IFLA SIG on Indigenous
Matters members. Three proposals will be ed. The language of the
program session is English but presenters may give their talk in any of
the IFLA working languages, although simultaneous translation is not
guaranteed. Please provide text on PowerPoint slides in English.
Presentations should take no more than 15 minutes to deliver, leaving time
for audience questions at the end of all three presentations. Presenters are asked to only deliver summaries of their papers. Presenters are responsible for their expenses to participate on this panel
including their travel, accommodations, and conference registration.
Unfortunately, the IFLA SIG is unable to provide financial support for
speakers. At least one author is expected to attend the conference to
deliver the paper in person. Papers not presented will not be included on
the websites or in the proceedings. The IFLA SIG can provide letters of
invitation for presenters upon request.
Deadlines:
29 February 2012: Submission of Abstracts
15 March 2012: Notification of acceptance
1 May 2012: Full text of presentations due
Papers can be 3 to 20 pages (750-5000 words) long. Final papers can be
submitted in one of the official IFLA working languages (Arabic, Chinese,
English, French, German, Russian, or Spanish) as long as an accompanying
English translation is attached. Papers will be uploaded on the IFLA and
IFLA SIG on Indigenous Matters websites and provided on the CD-ROM of the
conference proceedings. In lieu of papers, presenters may submit
PowerPoint slides. If this option is chosen, then the set of PowerPoint
slides must be accompanied by a substantial abstract that includes relevant citations provided as a bibliography. For more information,
please contact Dr. Roy at loriene@ischool.utexas.edu.
Loriene Roy, Ph.D.
Convener, IFLA Special Interest Group on Indigenous Matters
Professor, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
1616 Guadalupe St., Suite #5.202, Austin, TX 78701-1213
Phone: (512) 471-3959； Fax: (512) 471-8285； E-mail:
loriene@ischool.utexas.edu
Website: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~loriene/index.html
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