Building Bridges: Connecting the Soul and Spirit of LIS Education in Developing Countries

Call for Papers for Satellite Meeting

IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG)

University of Milan Aula Magna, Milan, Italy, August 19-21, 2009

Theme: “Building Bridges: Connecting the Soul and Spirit of LIS Education in
Developing Countries”

Objectives of the Satellite meeting:

•To bring together LIS education experts from the developing countries to share
experiences and explore the challenges and solution to the problems facing LIS
education in the region.
•To encourage collaboration and exchange of ideas amongst LIS educators in developing
countries.
•To suggest and propose future action to bridge the current digital divide and
improvement of the curriculum, teaching, research and service.

Submission of Proposal

The Satellite organizing committee invites you to submit an abstract of no more than
300 words in electronic format related to the conference theme and which may cover
the following topics:

•Curriculum development
•Faculty – teaching – research – mentoring
•Student – recruitment – retention
•Collaboration – sharing resources – networking
•Accreditation – certification -standards
•Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
•Professional Association – regional cooperation
•Distance Education
•Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
•Professional Ethics

The proposal must include:

•Name of presenter(s)
•Institutional affiliation
•Mailing address
•E-mail address
•Phone number
•Title of paper
•Brief biographical statement maximum 100 words

The official language of the conference will be English

Submit to:

Ismail Abdullahi
Chair of the organizing committee
iabdullahi@nccu.edu

Important Dates:

1.Proposal must be received by January 30, 2009
2.Notification of acceptance will be sent by February 20, 2009
3.Deadline of final paper submission is May 15, 2009.The final paper should be no
more than 5, 000 words in length.

Registration Costs:

The cost of registration will be 50 EURO. All conference expenses, including
registration, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the author of the
accepted paper.

Ismail Abdullahi, Ph.D
Associate Professor
North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences
Durham NC 27707
U.S.A
iabdullahi@nccu.edu

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