The Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) Conference will be held in the Philippines from October 28 to 30, 2015.
The theme for this year's conference is: ASIA-PACIFIC LIS: EXPLORING UNITY AND DIVERSITY The aim of the conference is to bring together speakers and participants to discuss and learn about the different and common practices in LIS education and profession from all over Asia and the Pacific. We are inviting paper and poster presenters to the conference. Topics can range from Global and Regional practices in LIS education and the profession; trends in research in LIS; developments in LIS services; management concerns and practices of libraries and information centers; cooperation among libraries and information centers, resource sharing; internationalization of LIS and many more. CONFERENCE TOPICS The following 3 tracks, main themes and subthemes provide some focus and scope of the papers for the A-LIEP 2015 conference. These are by no means exhaustive nor exclusive of each other. LIS EDUCATION Challenges in LIS education nationally and / or internationally Collaboration and resource sharing among LIS schools Continuing professional development of LIS professionals E-learning in LIS education Future of information professions Impact of ICT on LIS curriculum Impact of LIS education on the work and career of LIS graduates Industry’s feedback on LIS graduates Multidisciplinary curriculum: a myth or reality? Preparing LIS graduates for the new market Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS programs The job market for LIS professionals, and competencies needed LIS PRACTICE Collaboration among libraries and with other professions Competency standards for library and information services Customer-focused services Efficiency vs Effectiveness of Libraries Evidence-based librarianship Impact of ICT on Libraries Integrating research and practice Knowledge management and librarians Leadership development and strategic management in libraries Library manager as strategic leader LIS professionals as teachers and trainers Organization and preservation of cultural heritage / indigenous knowledge Outsourcing of information services Records Management Role of LIS professionals in non-traditional contexts Roles and challenges for school media specialists Strategic use of information services User education and information literacy for life-long learning LIS RESEARCH Advanced research methods in LIS Digital libraries, digital archives Evaluation of library/information services/user studies Information behavior studies or model development Information communication studies Information literacy, media literacy Information management vs. Knowledge management Information organization, knowledge organization LIS interdisciplinary research For more information, please visit http://www.a-liep.com or email a [email protected] <[email protected]> -- [image: --] Karryl Sagun [image: http://]about.me/karryl <http://about.me/karryl> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
