[EIFLoa] Call for papers/posters LIBER 41st Annual Conference, Tartu, Estonia: DEADLINE 31 January 2012

[Iryna Kuchma]

[Forwarded message from Wouter Schallier]
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**Apologies for cross posting**

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*LIBER 41st Annual Conference, University of Tartu Library, Tartu,
Estonia[27-30 June 2012]
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*“Mobilising the knowledge economy for Europe”*

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*http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/index.php?id=programme&item=call *

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*CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS*

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The Programme Committee invites original presentations and posters on one
or more of the following topics.****

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*Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:*

- Shared services/national and international collaboration, cloud services,
cloud computing****

- End-user needs, end-user feedback, end-user surveys****

- Primary research data****

- New skills for library staff****

- New (mobile) devices ****

- Economic crisis: how libraries have managed, success stories; ideas for
cost reductions****

- New models for academic publishing; alternative publication methods to
journals and books****

- Linked data, open bibliographic data ****

- Open Access****

- Intellectual property rights****

- Digital preservation: ensuring the future accessibility and usability of
knowledge****

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*We invite submissions of:*

•Research papers presenting theoretical solutions, but with a clear
illustration on how these solutions can be applied****

•Position papers presenting opinions on some aspect of practice, or
describing work that is still in progress, but sufficiently mature to
warrant attention****

•Experiences and case studies specifying requirements, challenges or
opportunities****

•Best practices****

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*The Programme Committee will select abstracts on basis of the following
criteria:*

•Relevance for the call for papers****

•Originality****

•Level of innovation****

•Impact on the wider library community****

•Quality of the abstract****

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*Instructions for submitting abstracts*

•Please use the following link <https://www.conftool.net/liber2012/> (
https://www.conftool.net/liber2012/) to submit the abstracts of your paper
or poster. *Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 January 2012.*****

•Abstract length should not exceed 2500 characters. Please note that the
language of the conference will be English, and therefore the committee
will only accept submissions in this language****

•All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers****

•*Authors of accepted papers will be expected to supply full papers by 31
May 2012.* A selection of full papers will be published in LIBER Quarterly,
the peer reviewed LIBER Open Access journal, and/or on the publications
section of the LIBER website.****

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*LIBER Awards for Library Innovation*

The 3 most innovative abstracts will receive the LIBER Award for Library
Innovation. The prize consists of the opportunity to present the winning
paper/poster at the LIBER Annual Conference 2012 in ****Tartu**, **Estonia**
**, free registration, plus travelling expenses and accommodation.****

See http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/index.php?id=awards ****

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*LIBER Annual Conference Fund*

The Programme Committee will select 10 abstracts from libraries in **Albania
**, **Bosnia** & **Herzegovina**, **Bulgaria**, **Croatia**, **Cyprus**, **
Greece**, **Hungary**, **Moldova**, **Portugal**, **Romania**, **Turkey**and
****Ukraine**** and reward them with a grant of 300 euro and free
registration for the LIBER Annual Conference.****

See http://www.utlib.ee/liber2012/index.php?id=programme&item=fund  ****

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*Wouter SCHALLIER
*LIBER Executive Director****

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*"Making the case for European Research Libraries"*****

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Join LIBER at http://www.libereurope.eu ****

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