Call for papers – 2nd AfLIA Conference
and 4th African Library Summit
AfLIA, the Library Association for Africa, focuses on the development of
libraries, information centers, library and information personnel to offer
cutting edge modern services to people on the African continent to improve
their lives.
AfLIA will be holding its 2nd Conference as an Association
and the 4th African Library Summit for
LIS leaders
LIS practitioners
LIS educators
LIS policy makers
Young and emerging LIS leaders
Organisations and Professionals working in partnership with African
libraries
Venue: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, 14th – 20th May 2017
Events
Pre-Conferences:
14th -15th May 2017
Conference:
16th – 20th May 2017
AfLIA General
Meeting: 19th May 2017
Conference Theme
Libraries in the Development
Agenda: Repositioning African Libraries to deliver on the Future We Want
Sub-Themes
e - Africa : ICTs in the
development of knowledge in Africa
The role of libraries in
building peace and justice in Africa
Preservation of Africa’s
culture and heritage
-African research for enhancing development
LIS education in promoting the
Development Agenda
National / Public / Community
Library Services leading the realisation of the Development Agenda
-Growth, Sustainability and
Development
-Women and Youth services
Outcomes of Conference
Development of strategies to
realise the development agendas of the UN and the AU
Decisions on technology and
skills necessary as tools for librarians in the realisation of the development
agendas
Rekindle the need to preserve
African culture and heritage for development
Strategies for Public
Libraries as development partners to enhance services to meet development
agendas
LIS education and practice of
librarianship to meet the realisation of the development agenda
Guidelines for Submission of
Proposals for Paper Presentation
Proposals must address the
sub-themes and written in English, French or Portuguese. It must be an original
work of the speaker(s) and must include:
Title of proposed paper
Name(s) of speaker(s)
Official Title of speaker (s)
or Professional role
Speaker's institutional
affiliation, if any
Speaker(s) e-mail address,
telephone/fax numbers
Abstract of the proposed paper
(about 500 words); and a
Short professional profile of
speaker (s) - about five(5) lines each
Length of Paper and
Presentations
Papers should be between 3-20
pages long, in a Word file, Times New Roman, 12 point typeface including an
abstract derived from the content of the paper and clear recommendations. 15
minutes will be allowed for Oral presentation of the paper and 5 minutes for
discussion.
Important Deadlines
15 October
2016 Submission of the abstract
30 November 2016
Notification of
acceptance/rejection.
15 February
2017 Submission of full papers
15 March
2017
Submission of
presentation slides ("PowerPoint").
CALL FOR POSTERS
There will be a Poster session
at the Conference
Guidelines for Submission of
Proposal for Poster Session
Proposals must address the
main theme or sub-themes and written in English, French or Portuguese. To
submit a proposal to participate in the Poster Session, please provide the
following information:
Presenter's name, institution and email
Poster title
Poster description (limit 100 words)
Goal
Target audience
Theme of Poster
Your topic could be described on a printed poster
or by photographs, graphics and pieces of text that you attach to graphics or
photographs.
Presenters of a poster are expected to be present
to explain their posters and to hand out any leaflets, or other information
materials, they have available for viewers. Each presenter can
therefore present only ONE poster.
Important Deadlines
15 October
2016
Submission of the abstract
30 November 2016
Notification of acceptance/rejection.
15 February
2017
Submission of full papers
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