Student Discount for ICoASL - very low price

Special Libraries Association - Asian Chapter

Special Discount for Student Registration to attend ICoASL 2008 Conference

SLA Asian Chapter is organizing an International conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2008) on Shaping the Future of Special Libraries: Beyond Boundaries. This conference is supported by RRRLF, Ministry of Culture and CSIR, Govt of India and coordinated in association with Society for Library Professionals, Delhi and IASLIC, Kolkatta. This conference is expected to attract more than 500 participants from India, Asia, and the U.S. The venue for this conference is: India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,India during 26-28 November 2008.

The award will be 90% costs of the registration fee to attend the ICoASL 2008 for the students of LIS on first cum first serve basis. The registration fee is Rs. 5000 but LIS students has to pay Rs. 500 only.

This is the first time the Asian Chapter is organising this International Conference. We look forward to your wholehearted participation. Please feel free to forward this to your friends, colleagues, local LIS newsletters and Local LIS Association.

The objectives of the Conference are to bring together library professionals to a common platform, promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to further develop professional competency.

Details are available at: http://units. sla.org/chapter/ cas/ICoASL2008. html

Eligibility

1. Enrolled in an accredited LIS programme in India or Asia during academic year 2008-09

2. Interested in a career in special librarianship, preferably with a focus on working in environments in Special Libraries.

Application Procedure

Registration form along with registration fee of Rs.500 in favour of "ICoASL" may please send to not later than 10 November 2008: The registration form can be downloaded from above given website link. The registration is on first cum serve basis for first 25 students.

P.K.Jain
Organizing Secretary, ICoASL 2008
C/o Institute of Economic Growth
University of Delhi Enclave
DELHI-110007. India
Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367
Fax: 91-11-27667463; 91-11-27667410 Cell: 09899110787
Email: asiansla@gmail. com

The Second International m-libraries Conference Vancouver, 23 - 24 June 2009

Call for papers

Following the successful First International m-libraries Conference
(http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html) in 2007 we are
delighted to call for papers for the Second International Conference in
Vancouver in 2009. For more information about the conference visit
library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/

The conference will be hosted by the University of British Columbia in
collaboration with Athabasca University, the Open University (UK) and
Thompson Rivers University. The aim of the conference is to explore and
share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver services
and resources to users 'on the move' via mobile or handheld devices,
including mobile and smartphones, PDAs, portable gaming devices, MP3
players and ebook readers.

The conference will bring together researchers, technical developers,
managers and library practitioners to exchange experience and expertise
and generate ideas for future developments.

If you would like to be involved in this exciting conference please
submit your abstracts (up to 300 words) to <
m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk > by December 15th, 2008. These will
be subject to peer review and authors will be notified by mid-January.
We expect that papers may include research reports, demonstrations of
technical developments, practical case studies or reviews. Posters are
also invited.

Themes will include;
- service models for library services delivered to mobiles
- cost and sustainability factors for m-library service development
- the changing relationships between libraries and users resulting from
innovation in ubiquitous computing
- partnership projects for developing integrated services to mobiles
- implications of mobile technologies on library space planning
- reconfiguring library collection development to enhance ubiquitous
access to resources
- exploring methodologies for evaluating the impact of mobile and
ubiquitous computing on library service development

Papers or presentation

Papers or presentations should last no longer than 20 minutes plus 10
minutes for discussions.

Poster sessions

Posters will be displayed throughout the conference and time will be
allocated in the programme for poster viewing. A prize will be awarded
to the best poster.

Conference proceedings will be published online.

The conference will be held at the University of British Columbia campus
in Vancouver, British Columbia. Situated on Canada's West Coast,
Vancouver is a popular travel destination and is a host city for the
2010 Olympic Winter Games. For more information see <
http://hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/Vancouver.htm>

Contact Information
General enquiries: leonora.crema@ubc.ca
Programme enquiries: m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk

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