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<DIV>(sorry for cross-postings)<BR><BR><BR>Doctoral Forum at CoLIS 6 ***
Deadline for applications 1 April 2007 ***<BR><BR>CoLIS 6: The Sixth
International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science:
“Featuring the Future”<BR>Borås, Sweden<BR>August 13-16, 2007<BR>Organised by
the Swedish School of Library and Information Science<BR>Conference web site:
<<A href="">http://www.hb.se/colis/</A>><BR><BR><BR>We invite doctoral
students to a Doctoral Forum held in connection to the main conference of CoLIS
6 in Sweden. The Doctoral Forum will take place on August 13, 2007. Doctoral
students are given the opportunity to share their work-in-progress with invited
senior researchers and with the other student participants in an open and
supportive atmosphere. This is also a good opportunity to meet other doctoral
students. <BR><BR>Participation is included in the main conference fee, which
has a student discount (the early-bird price is €200). <BR><BR>Applications to
the doctoral forum should consist of the following: <BR>• Thesis
Description: A thesis description of 1,200-1,500 words, not including figures,
bibliography, and/or appendix of instruments. The description should outline the
research problem and theoretical framework, suggested methods, a description of
your progress as well as a work plan for the future. Include in your description
problems that you have come across and would like to discuss in the Doctoral
Forum. <BR>• Curriculum Vitae: A short description of earlier
experiences of relevance for the Doctoral Forum. <BR><BR>Submissions should be
submitted electronically, as MS Word documents or PDF files, by e-mail to <A
href="">olof.sundin@kult.lu.se</A>. Include in the e-mail's subject line: CoLIS
Doctoral Forum Submission. <BR>Submissions are due April 1, 2007. <BR><BR>For
further instructions on submissions and information on the event, see the
Doctoral Forum web site at <<A
href="">http://www.hb.se/colis/doctoral/default.htm</A>>.<BR><BR>You are also
most welcome to contact one of the organizers (below) for any further
information:<BR>Chair: Dr. Olof Sundin, Department of Cultural Sciences, Lund
University, Sweden (<A href="">olof.sundin@kult.lu.se</A>).<BR>Assistant:
Doctoral student Helena Francke, Swedish School of Library and Information
Science, University College of Borås, Sweden (<A
href="">helena.francke@hb.se</A>).<BR><BR>Welcome to Borås!
<BR><BR>Olof and Helena<BR><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
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<DIV>Olof Sundin, PhD<BR>Division of Library and Information Science</DIV>
<DIV>Department of Cultural Sciences<BR>Lund University<BR>SE-223 62 LUND</DIV>
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<DIV>+46 (0)46 2220966 (tel)<BR>+46 (0)46 2223143 (fax)<BR><A
href="mailto:olof.sundin@kult.lu.se">olof.sundin@kult.lu.se</A><BR><A
href="http://www.kult.lu.se/olof">http://www.kult.lu.se/olof</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>