A Web gathering created on 22nd, September, 2005 for LIS (Library and Information Science) professionals, specialists and students.

الخميس، ديسمبر 28، 2006

الأحد، ديسمبر 24، 2006

i3 Conference - Information: Interactions and Impact

i3 is concerned with the quality and effectiveness of the interactionbetween people and information and how this interaction can bring aboutchange in individuals, organisations, communities and society. The conference will look beyond the issues of use and accessibility oftechnology to questions about the way interaction with the informationand knowledge content of today's systems and services can make adifference to people's lives.

We invite the submission of high quality papers that report originalresearch or critically discuss underlying methodological issuesassociated with the main themes of the conference. Papers may reflectongoing or completed research studies and should not have been previously published or currently being considered for publicationelsewhere. Preference will be given to papers which address two or moreof the following conference themes:
* the quality and effectiveness of user/information interactions (e.g. information literacy);
* patterns of information behaviour in different contexts;
* impact of information or information services on people,organisations, communities and society (e.g. social, learning, cultural and economic outcomes of engagement with information).

Criteria for acceptance
Criteria for acceptance will be based on the following elements:
* the relevance of the paper/poster to the conference themes;
* the extent to which the paper/poster demonstrates awareness ofthe current state of knowledge in the field (i.e. in relation to theoryor practice);
* the originality and significance of the arguments and results presented (i.e. based on new findings and addressing a new problem orfocusing on a novel synthesis and in-depth discussion of existingresearch, which provides a new perspective);
* the appropriateness, validity and robustness of the methodology chosen displaying awareness of limitations;
* the contribution to knowledge and understanding of the issuessurrounding information interactions and impact;
* the quality of the written abstract (e.g. organisation and clarity).

Submissions will be anonymously reviewed by two members of aninternational programme committee specialising in one or more of theconference research streams. Notification of acceptance will be emailed to authors and will also include the comments of the reviewers. A listof titles of accepted papers and posters will be published on the i3website.

Types of submissions
Submissions are invited for full papers, short papers, posters and round table discussions. The conference language will be English

Full papers
Full papers will be allocated 40 minutes (35 minutes for presentationand 5 minutes for questions). Presenters of full papers should submit an extended abstract of 1000 words. Authors who are accepted to give fullpapers at i3 are also invited to submit a full paper for publication ina special issue for Libri ( http://www.librijournal.org).

Short papers
Short papers will be allocated 10 minutes for presentation withopportunities for questions at the end of each session. Presenters ofshort papers should submit an abstract of 300-500 words.

Posters
Poster presenters will be allocated space for a poster, which should beno bigger than A1 size (594 x 841 mm). The poster should include thetitle, the author(s) name and affiliation(s) and a description of the research findings. The size of lettering should be legible from adistance and the inclusion of excessive amounts of information should beavoided. Printed copies detailing the main elements of the research maybe prepared for distribution. Posters will be displayed throughout theconference (although a specific poster presentation session will beallocated). Presenters of posters should submit an abstract of 300-500words.

Round Table Discussion
Proposals are welcome from persons interested in chairing a round tablediscussion (of between 60 and 80 minutes) centred on the majorconference themes. Chairpersons should submit an abstract of 300-500 words, explaining the background and goals of their discussion.

How to submit a paper
Contributors should submit abstracts electronically using the onlinesubmissions form, located at: http://www.i3conference.org.uk/call/abstractsubmission.htm . Paperswill not be accepted via email or by post.

Important Deadlines
* All abstracts should be submitted by 22nd January 2007.
* Notification of acceptance will be emailed in early March.
* The final copy of full papers for Libri should be received by1st August 2007.
Acceptance of a paper for the conference does notnecessarily mean acceptance of the full paper for publication.

Further details about the conference are available from http://www.i3conference.org.uk
Dept of Information Management
Aberdeen Business School
Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Road
ABERDEEN AB10 7QE
Tel. +44 1224 263967
Fax + 44 1224 263553

الاثنين، ديسمبر 18، 2006

InfoBiz - IT and Telecom Trade Exhibition








Today is the official opening of INFOBIZ ‘06 exhibition.

Description
INFOBIZ is Kuwait’s 3rd IT & Telecom Trade Exhibition that gives global IT & Telecom industry leaders to present and demonstrate their latest technology based business solutions that meets SMEs in Kuwait and its neighboring countries. The event is held under the patronage of Ministry of Communications and sponsored by local leading firms in the Information Technology and Telecommunications industry. Last year the event attracted 58 direct exhibitors including local, regional and international. For the first time in Kuwait 22 ministries launched their e-government services through INFOBIZ.
There will be built-in conference/seminar hall for presenting and demonstrating product launches and services during the exhibition.

Date
18 December 2006 - 21 December 2006

Organizer
Global Connection for Exhibitions, Conferences & Marketing Services
P. O. Box 26626,Safat, Kuwait.
Tel: +(965)-(965)-2455855
Fax: +(965)-(965)-2465553

Venue
Kuwait International Fair Ground, Mishref - Hall No.8

الثلاثاء، ديسمبر 05، 2006

LIS Cafe's Mailbox

Hi Asma,
I'm Simona, Italian teacher and librarian in Catania and Siracusa; I always see your blog and I have written a paper published in may 2006 (BiblioWeblog - p. 55 LIS Café: un weblog dal mondo arabo) on "Biblioteche Oggi" (translation: libraries today) an Italian magazin on librarianship (
www.bibliotecheoggi.it).
On my blog you can find a link to lIS cafè!
I'm interested on librarianship in arabic world, my husband studies arabic and he teaches Arabic language at the University in Catania!

ciao!
Simona Inserra,Università di Catania - Facoltà di Lettere
simona.inserra@unict.it - simoins@libero.it
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LIS Cafe is a *wonderful* blog--great content, good graphics, good coveage of events. Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary.You may want to link to my blog, OPL Plus--check it out at http://opls.blogspot.com

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Dear Asma and friends in Kuwait:
Thank you for sharing the information and the SLA photos. I am glad you continue to be active professionally and socially and I wish all the very best. All is well her, just finished my paper on Libraries and Democracy to e presented at the Standing Conference on African Libraries to be held in dare s Salaam, from July 10 to 14, 2006, as well as finishing editing volume 15. no. 2 of the Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES). This issue includes four articles written by Kuwaiti professors in the College of Arts and Sciences and Education. They are excellent articles based on funded research from KU or KFAS, and more will be published in the next issue. I continue to enjoy my daily swim and will be going to Minnesota to visit my two grandchildren there. Best wishes to all of you and keep in touch.


Mohammed M. Aman, Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus and Professor
Editor-in-Chief, DOMES
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
School of Information Studies
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee Wisconsin 53201



Good job and I wish you the best
Hassan A. Alsereihy, Professor
Vice Dean of Library Affairs (KAU)

P.O. Box 80202Jeddah, 21589



thanks for this - you are actually the first "media" outside the Netherlands (my home country) to dedicate an article to my book. Much appreciated!
I browsed the blog and learned a lot about LIS in Kuwait. Seeing the community you have gathered, there is a lot going on. Do librarians in Kuwait work in "traditional" libraries, or do they also work in related areas like web-design, taxonomy design, etc. I was just curious how this is in your country.
Best Regards,
Dennie Heye



Hello
I have just visited your blog - congratulations - it is an impressive outcome of a group activity. As Editor of the LIS journal Program I clicked on that link - and found that the link led to the previous publisher (Aslib). The journal is now published by Emerald - and the link should be http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/prog/prog.jsp
Good luck!
Lucy Tedd, Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth and Editor of Program: electronic library and information systems.


As-Salamu Alaikum
Thanks for inviting me to join this blog. I hope to see more and more librarians and information specialists from the GCC libraries participate in this informative blog. My best wishes to each and every member of the blog.

Sincerely yours,
SYED SAJJAD AHMED
Senior Cataloger
Box 1910, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia