Die IFLA in Deutschland

CALL FOR PAPERS
IFLA-Section on Audiovisual and Multimedia and
Section on Education and Training
Berlin Conference Open Forums

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will be meeting in Berlin, Germany, August 1st - 9th, 2003. As part of the conference, the Section on Audiovisual and Multimedia and The Section on Education and Training are planning coordinated Open Forums entitled:

"Audiovisual and Multimedia as part of the Curricula in Library Schools and Continuing Education - Visions and Realities."

The two sections invite proposals on the diversity of study programmes and contents, learning labs, examination contents, and infrastructure to gain competencies in audiovisual and multimedia applications for libraries. Proposals are also invited that examine how audiovisual and multimedia are included in the content of curricula in library education and training programs to educate current and future librarians in the methods and techniques of developing and utilizing audiovisual and multimedia in their professional activities in libraries. We plan to request that IFLA Headquarters schedule our coordinated open forums sequentially.

Included in the scope of interest is the use of audiovisual and multimedia as teaching tools in schools of library and information studies as well as courses involving training in the use of audiovisual and multimedia in the library. Curricular issues related to teaching bibliographic control (description, access modalities etc.) of audiovisual and multimedia materials may also be considered within scope.

If you are interested in presenting a paper on a topic related to this call, please send your proposal (title and brief synopsis with your name, affiliation and address, preferred in a Word e-mail attachment, but fax or mail copies will be accepted) by December 30, 2002 to:

Mr. Terry L. Weech
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
501 E Daniel Street
CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820 USA

Tel: 1 217 333 0646
Fax: 1 217 244 3302
Email: weech@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
Also E-mail copy of submission to cremer@mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de

NOTE: Mailed Copies should be postmarked by December 5, 2002

A decision on papers accepted for presentation will be made by February 1, 2003.

On notification of acceptance, participants will be asked to send the completed paper in English or one of the four other recognized languages of IFLA--English, French, German, Russian or Spanish--no later than March 1. This will allow time for translation and publication in the Conference Proceedings.

(Please note that all fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors of the accepted papers.)