[NORSLIS] Call for papers - last day 10th of June!

[Kerstin Rydbeck]

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.rydbeck at 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
+46 18 471 79 78
kerstin.rydbeck at abm.uu.se

Professor Ragnar Audunson
Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science
Oslo University College, Norway
+47 22 45 26 54
Ragnar.Audunson at jbi.hio.no