World Library and Information Congress: 81th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Cape Town, South Africa, 15-21 August 2015 Call for papers Open Session for the Classification & Indexing Section Dynamic Subject Access: Evolution and Transformation? The Classification & Indexing Sections will be organizing an open session during the 2015 conference in Cape Town. We are seeking papers addressing new and interesting ways of supplying subject access. Subject access tools and services are not limited to libraries only: important developments are (also) happening elsewhere. We would like to explore novel ways of exposing library subject metadata to other communities and, on the other hand, libraries using subject access tools developed by others. Topics include: · big data & subject access · use and reuse of subject metadata and tools · the chain of supply in the creation of subject metadata · providing form/genre access in addition to subject access Important Dates 6 February 2015 Deadline for submitting 1,200 word proposals for papers and presentations. Proposals may be submitted in English or French. A brief biographical statement of speaker(s) should also be submitted. Information should include: title of presentation; subthemes that it addresses, a short abstract, all authors, noting likely presenter; institutional affiliations; contact information, including all email addresses. 9 March 2015 Successful proposals will be identified and information sent to all who submit proposals. 1 May 2015 - Deadline for submission of final paper and abstract. Deadline for submitting full papers and presentations, plus a brief biographical statement of speaker(s). Papers should be no more than 2000 words and can be submitted in English or French. Attempts will be made to provide translations into other official languages. Information should include: title of presentation; subthemes that it addresses, abstract, all authors, noting likely presenter; institutional affiliations; contact information, including all email addresses. 31 May 2015 - Deadline for authors to return Authors Form. 30 June 2015 Deadline for all PowerPoint presentations from speakers. June/July 2015 All speakers will be notified of the time of the program. Submissions All submissions and any questions should be sent to be sent via email in a MS Word attachment to Harriet Aagaard ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]) by 6 May 2015. The receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged. At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver the paper. The length of the presentations should be approximately 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions/discussion. Please note All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Harriet Aagaard Kungliga biblioteket Metadata och systemstöd Box 5039 102 41 Stockholm Besöksadress: Humlegården Telefon: +4710-7093612 Mobil: +4670-0073612 E-post: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Håll dig informerad om Deweyfrågor genom Deweybloggen: http://deweybloggen.blogg.kb.se/
