[InetBib] Call for Papers_IFLA_Kongress _Wroclaw 2017

["Dr. Franziska Wein via InetBib" <inetbib@xxxxxxxxxx>]

*Acquisition and Collection Development Section*

 * 9 January 2017

*Theme:*

*"Networks of Digital Collections and Digital Libraries and How They 
Present New Opportunities for Local Collection Development and Management"*

The Acquisition and Collection Development Section 
<http://www.ifla.org/acquisition-collection-development> is seeking 
proposals for papers to be presented at the IFLA World Library and 
Information Congress in Wrocław, Poland, from 19-25 August, 2017.

The program will focus on networks of digital collections and digital 
libraries and on new collection development and management opportunities 
that may emerge from these. Digital collections and digital libraries 
extend the breadth of print collections, enlarge the scale of scholarly 
and cultural evidence, and support innovative research and lifelong 
learning. They allow us to create collaboratively a new digital service 
environment, in which the library becomes responsible for configuring 
access to a shared world of information. In this networked online 
information space, users can discover, locate, access and, increasingly, 
use information. The scaled-up digital library service environment 
allows us to manage information about collections and items within 
collections, often throughout their entire life cycle. It supports the 
full range of administrative, business, and curatorial functions 
required by the library to manage, administer, monitor engagement with, 
and ensure fair use of its collections. Connected to larger 
inter-institutional networks, digital collections and digital libraries 
present new and important opportunities for collection development and 
management on a regional, national and international level. It is a 
perfect time for IFLA’s Acquisition and Collection Development Section 
to conceptualize libraries’ cooperation on digital collections, to 
demonstrate how digital collections and digital libraries are created, 
and how they connect in a network environment regionally, nationally or 
internationally.

*We are kindly asking for appropriate submissions for presentations no 
longer than 15 minutes each and shedding light on:*

 * Case studies on the creation of Digital Libraries in a consortial
   environment, with examples of their use.
 * Examples of new venues for historical heritage collections built via
   an inter-institutional aggregation of the distributed digital
   content owned locally in print.
 * Digital Collections and how they influence maintenance and or
   preservation: Case studies on, for example:
     o The impact of networks of digital collections upon
       local/collaborative preservation or de-selection of print holdings.
     o Selection and collection development criteria libraries may have
       created in order to develop new digital collections of
       retro-digitized materials and cultural heritage.
 * Extending local collections:
     o Examples of how libraries may have leveraged local print or
       microform collections to link these to the full text available
       and accessible in digitized networks.
     o Illustrate how these networks can meet all users’ needs as, for
       example, in any user requiring different text options due to
       visual or learning issues

Cases studies (i.e. HathiTrust, Europeana, or other large digital 
libraries) demonstrating how creating libraries at this large scale is 
impacting the way individual library collections and services are 
evolving, are particularly welcome.

*Submission Guidelines*

Full abstracts (in any of IFLA’s official languages 
<http://www.ifla.org/language-policy>) of up to 500 words should be 
submitted for review by members of the Section.

The abstracts (and finished presentation) will be original, previously 
unpublished work.

*Please submit *abstracts as an *attachment* in MS Word to:
*Lidia Uziel *
Email: uziel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:uziel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract, including title and 
full author details (name, professional affiliation, postal address, 
email address) is *28 February 2017*.

Selection of papers by is based on the abstract, and presenters will be 
notified whether they have been successful by *1 April 2017*. Completed 
papers must be submitted no later than *1 June 2017*.

*Important Dates*

*28 February 2017: *Submission of abstract

*1 April 2017:* Notification to authors

*1 June 2017:* Submission of full text

We eagerly look forward to your contributions!

*Please note*

At least one of the paper’s authors must be*present* to deliver a 
summary of the paper during the program in Wrocław, Poland. Abstracts 
should only be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of 
attending the conference will be the responsibility of the 
author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.

All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2017 will be made available 
online via the IFLA Library <http://library.ifla.org/>under the Creative 
Commons Attribution 4.0 license 
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>.

Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLA Authors’ Permission 
Form <http://forms.ifla.org/node/add/wlic-authors-permission-form>.

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 
letter 
<http://2017.ifla.org/registration/letter-of-invitation-visa-requirements>can 
be issued to authors.