WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS:
79^th IFLA General Conference and Council: /Future Libraries: Infinite
Possibilities/
*Singapore, August 17-23, 2013*
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*
Programme:**School Libraries and Information for Civic Literacies
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The IFLA *School Library *and *Information Literacy Sections* are
seeking proposals for a joint programme to be held at the IFLA
Conference in Singapore in August 2013.
Information literacy covers a broad spectrum of literacies required
for success in the 21^st century. Of the multiple literacies
encountered, there is the essential challenge of developing literate
citizens who are equipped to participate and contribute to the local
and broader community. The program will present papers that address
this challenge through school libraries and collaborators with school
libraries, such as public libraries, university libraries, community
entities, government agencies etc.
Papers should address one or both of the two main concepts of civic
literacy:
1. Civic Literacy
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* Participating effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay
informed and understanding governmental processes
* Exercising the rights and obligations of citizenship at local,
state, national and global levels
* Understanding the local and global implications of civic decisions
2. _Civic Literacy_
* The knowledge of how to actively participate and initiate change in
your community and the greater society.
Papers chosen for presentation should address, but are not limited to:
* definitions, concepts of civic literacy
* the process of the origination of individual civic literacy
* civic literacy in heterogeneous/multicultural environments
* the relationship/interactions between information literacy and civic
literacy
* the role of contributors to civic literacy: schools, school
libraries, public libraries, university libraries
* the contribution of school libraries to civic literacies
* examples or case studies of efforts to develop civic literacy
* civic literacy exams (sense and nonsense)
Papers can be written and given in any of the official IFLA languages:
English, French, German, Russian, Spanish. *However, abstracts should
be submitted in English.*
Proposals for School Libraries and Information for Civic Literacy
Papers *must be submitted by **December 31, 2012, *must be in *English
and *must include the following:
1. Title of proposed presentation
2. Outline/abstract of the proposed paper/presentation (no more than
300 words)
3. Name(s) of presenter(s)
4. Position or title of presenter(s)
5. Presenter(s) employer or affiliated institution
6. E-mail address
7. Telephone/fax numbers
8. Short biographical statement regarding the presenter/s
9. Language of presentation
15 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper in the
Conference (followed by 5 minute discussion/s).
The full written paper is not to be read.
* The Review Committee will evaluate all submitted materials and
*successful applicants will be notified by February 4, 2013. *
* *Complete accepted papers must be between 3000 and 6000 words in
length, *be an original submission not published elsewhere*and are
due by May 31^st 2013*, so that translations can be organised.
* All papers will be published on IFLA.org
Proposals should be sent to Barbara Schultz-Jones (Secretary of the
School Library Section) at Barbara.Schultz-Jones@xxxxxxx
<mailto:Barbara.Schultz-Jones@xxxxxxx>by *December 31, 2012. *Please
indicate "IFLA Proposal WLIC 2013" on the subject line.
For more information, please contact Randi Lundvall (Chair of School
Library Section) at: randi.lundvall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:randi.lundvall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> or Dr. Franziska Wein
(Co-Convener from Information Literacy Section) at
franziska.wein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:franziska.wein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Please note that it is the speakers' responsibility to find funding
for their participation.