A petición de los organizadores envío la siguiente información que
espero sea de vuestro interés.
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Call for papers
European public libraries today and in a historical context
Oslo, Norway, 9-10 December 2010
Public libraries are institutions with a long history related to
enlightenment, democratic access to information and culture and the
promotion of reading. What, if any, will be the role of public
libraries in tomorrow's society, characterized by digitization and
globalization? A group of representatives from Nordic and Baltic LIS
schools has during the last four years worked on developing a research
programme with focus on the challenges facing public libraries. The
purpose of this programme is to stimulate research initiatives and to
formulate comparative research projects on national, Nordic-Baltic and
European levels concerning the public library today and in a
historical context. As a part of this initiative a conference on
public library research will take place in Oslo on the 9th and 10th of
December 2010.
Senior researchers and PhD-students from the Nordic-Baltic but also
from other European countries are kindly invited to submit papers to
this conference. Topics include but are not restricted to
- Public libraries in the building process of the nation, the welfare
state and the multicultural society
- Models in European public library policy
- Spatial resources and social practices: library buildings as
landmarks, memory sites and meeting places
- Public libraries as information literacy educators
- Public libraries as places and spaces in the community
We welcome papers presenting preliminary ideas and works-in-progress
as well as papers presenting more final results from completed
research projects. The organizers plan to contact a peer reviewed
journal to have the papers at the conference considered for publication.
Timetable for submissions:
1. Proposals for papers must be in by 10th of June 2010, submitted via
email to kerstin.rydb...@abm.uu.se
Proposals must be written in English and include: Title; Abstract of
500 words; Author(s) contact information (name, full address, phone,
fax, email, etc) and affiliation.
2. Successful presenters will be notified by 10th of September 2010.
3. Speakers will be asked to submit the final version of the paper and
a short author biography as a Word document by 10th of November 2010.
The full paper must not exceed 6 000 words. The time for each
presentation will be 30 minutes including 10 minutes discussion.
If you have questions, please contact:
Associate professor Kerstin Rydbeck
Dept of ALM (Archive, Library and Museum Studies)
Uppsala University, Sweden
kerstin.rydb...@abm.uu.se
Professor Ragnar Audunson
Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science
Oslo University College, Norway
ragnar.audun...@jbi.hio.no
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