CDPDL 2014 call for papers
The International Conference on Chinese Digital Publishing and Digital Libraries is calling for papers. The new deadline is 31 May. The conference is in Jinan, China, 3-7 July. More here.
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SILF 2014 calls for papers
The 7th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2014) will be held on 9-11 July 2014 at the Shanghai Library. The conference is organized by the Shanghai Library & Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai, and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and Shanghai Society for Scientific and Technical Information. The theme…
Professional development and on-the-job training for librarians in Taiwan
(6 January 2014) Taiwan’s National Central Library has developed courses on “Promoting Reading in the Digital Age”, “Libraries and Youth Services”, “Using Statistics to Improve Library Services”, “The Digital Learning Train”, and “Improving Organizational Management Quality Standards”. These courses address different professional development needs and job duties of librarians serving in public, high school, vocational…
Call for papers School Libraries Section
(17 December 2013) The School Libraries Section of IFLA invites submission of proposals for papers (including case studies) about school library advocacy initiatives. The papers will be presented at a two-hour session in Lyon WLIC 2014; the language of the session will be English. The announcement is on the IFLA website.
SEALG 2014 call for papers
(13 December 2013) The Southeast Asia Library Group together with the Library of Southeast Asian Studies at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University are hosting the Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asia Library Group in Frankfurt/Main (Germany), 27-28 June 2014. The meeting will take place at the Bockenheim Campus and will include a Southeast Asian Studies Library tour…
Transcending Borders: national, social and ethnic issues – Asia and Oceania
(6 December 2013) This session at IFLA WLIC 2014 in Lyon, France, focuses on how library services in Asia and Oceania are transcending many different types of borders to meet the highly varied needs of their clients throughout the Asia-Oceania region. In keeping with the overall theme of the conference – ‘Librarians, Citizens, Societies: Confluence…
ILDS looking for a venue in 2015
(28 November 2013) IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, invites bids from IFLA Members to host the 14th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference to be held in September or October 2015. This conference typically runs 2 to 3 days in length, attracts between 200 and 250 delegates, and operates with…
BSLA: Applications to participate in 2014 regional convening in Asia and Oceania now open
Asia and Oceania Convening: Jakarta, Indonesia, 4-7 March 2014 IFLA’s successful Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) programme will be expanded through a series of convenings and projects at the regional level in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean from 2014. (27 November 2013) The National Library of Indonesia will host the Asia and Oceania…
International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive: Community memories for the future
The National Diet Library and International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University are pleased to announce a symposium on 11 January 2014 on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive and how to apply the records of and lessons learned from the disaster to reconstruction of the affected area. The symposium will feature lectures on…
SLA 2014 Australia/New Zealand and Diane K. Foster International Student Travel Award
(21 November 2013) This award is sponsored by the Special Libraries Association Sci-Tech Division and the Australia New Zealand Chapter to award a current library or information sciences student, or recent graduate to attend the annual SLA Conference and experience first hand the huge gathering of librarians, exhibitors, keynote speakers and sessions in Vancouver BC…