[NORSLIS] NORSLIS workshop second call

[Eva Hemmungs Wirtén]

Dear all,

this is a second call for papers for the NORSLIS Workshop "Structures  
of Power: Information, Knowledge, and Property" in Uppsala, September  
15-17, 2005. (and apologies for cross-posting)

We have what we hope will be an exciting workshop lined up! As a  
preliminary program we can promise that Bernd Frohman will address  
issues of information ethics in his lecture, entitled " Information  
Ethics Without Subjects", Matthew Rimmer, who is a Senior Lecturer at  
the Faculty of Law, Australian National University and a member of the  
Australian Library Association's Copyright Committe will talk about  
information as trade in "Robbery under Arms:  Copyright Law and the  
Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement," and Eva Hemmungs Wirtén  
will focus on the structural changes that face libraries in an  
increasingly challenging nexus of technology, globalization, and  
ownership in "Tolls or Free Flows? Globalization and the Information  
Superhighway." There will be a nice social programme as well, with a  
guided tour in Uppsala on the agenda, as well as good food and  
conversation!!

Please not that we have no possibility of reserving rooms at Hotel  
Uppsala beyond the date given for paper proposals so please keep the  
deadline of April 15th for your proposals!!! If you have any questions  
please contact me by e-mail - and as a reminder, I have enclosed the  
text of the first call below.

We look forward to seeing you in Uppsala in September!

Eva

Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
Docent, Forskarassistent
Institutionen för ABM (Arkivvetenskap, Biblioteks- och  
Informationsvetenskap, Museologi)
Uppsala Universitet
Postadress: Box 625, 751 26 Uppsala
Besöksadress: Engelska parken. Humanistiskt centrum. Thunbergsvägen 3H
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Associate Professor, Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Research  
Fellow
The Department of ALM (Archival Science, Library and Information  
Science, Museology)
Uppsala University
Postal address: Box 625, 751 26 Uppsala, SWEDEN
Visiting address: Engelska parken. Humanistiskt centrum. Thunbergsvägen  
3H
Tel: + 46 (0)70 425 09 47
E-mail: ehw at abm.uu.se
Url: www.abm.uu.se/evahw

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NORSLIS WORKSHOP: “Structures of Power: Information, Knowledge, and  
Property”

Dear all,

plans for the NORSLIS workshop "Structures of Power: Information,  
Knowledge, and Property" in September are becoming more definitive. As  
previously announced, it will take place at Uppsala University between  
September 15-17, and a block of rooms are now reserved for the  
participants at Hotel Uppsala  
http://www.profilhotels.se/hotel/uppsala/index.php. A preliminary  
program will follow in the next few weeks, but the workshop officially  
begins late Thursday afternoon, September 15.

This is a first call for paper proposals for the workshop, a workshop  
that will explore, in as wide a possible a way, the nexus between  
information, knowledge, and property, taking as point of departure the  
fact that information and knowledge have become valuable resources of  
the knowledge-based society. What are the possible ramifications for  
civil society and public institutions such as libraries in this  
scenario, where both increased access and increased control struggle  
for domination? The workshop should be of interest to all graduate  
students whose work touch upon information access, dissemination, and  
control within this larger social/economic/cultural context. However,  
this in no way disqualifies contributions dealing with less  
contemporary periods, since a historical perspective remains an  
essential feature to consider. To ensure a lively and productive  
discussion spanning the many various approaches within LIS we therefore  
invite a broad spectrum of papers that can deal with, but are not  
limited to: questions of information access and control, information  
policy and ethics, that problematize theoretical and methodological  
approaches to the study of the Information Society within LIS; that  
consider aspects of information technology; that focus on the crucial  
role of legal regimes such as copyrights or that deal with projects  
like the Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org/. In light of  
Uppsala’s ALM-specialization, we would especially like to encourage  
contributions that consider these questions from the perspective of the  
cultural heritage institutions Archives, Libraries, and Museums.

 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

1)    The number of participants are LIMITED TO 14 graduate students.  
This will make it possible to avoid parallell sessions, allowing all  
participants to listen and comment on all papers. The selection of  
papers will be made on the strength of the proposal and its relevance  
to the workshop theme.

2)    Deadline for proposals are APRIL 15 and proposals should be  
submitted electronically to Eva Hemmungs Wirtén ehw at abm.uu.se.  
Acceptance will be made as soon as possible thereafter.

3)    We are also pleased to announce that we plan to publish a  
selection of the papers as a volume within the Department’s new book  
series.

This information is also available on the NORSLIS website, and I  
encourage you to check it for updates at regular intervals. If you  
would like any further information, please don't hesitate to contact me  
directly at ehw at abm.uu.se

 
 Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
  Associate Professor, Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Research  
Fellow
 The Department of ALM (Archival Science, Library- and Information  
Science, and Museology) Uppsala University
  Box 625
  SE-751 26 Uppsala
 E-mail: ehw at abm.uu.se
  http://www.abm.uu.se/evahw


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