Call for Papers

This conference takes as its basic premise: 'a library service and its future are only as assured as the people offering that service'. The conference will examine the challenges and opportunities faced by academic library personnel in an ever faster moving and constantly changing academic and technological working environment. The consolidation, growth, and even survival of libraries within and without our university communities and beyond will depend on decisions being made now about what a future physical/virtual library may look like. More importantly in the context of this conference, how will integration and interdependency with external agencies dictate our collective futures? And, what kind of staff will be needed to offer the services our communities will find indispensable and fundamental for their teaching and research? In other words, our themes of discussion will move conceptually through:

  1. General pressures on us in the academic world;
  2. How we organise internally to respond to those pressures;
  3. How we sustain our response;
  4. How we get the right staff to do all this.

The Conference is organized by the University Library System of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and will be held at the Cho Yiu Hall, CUHK in April 11-12, 2007. It is now inviting proposals for papers from librarians and information professionals on the four major themes of the Conference.

Important Dates


Closing date for submission of abstract

Closing date for submission of abstract (second round)

 Notification of acceptance

 Submission of full paper

 Conference


October 1, 2006 

November 15, 2006 

December 1, 2006 

February 15, 2007 

April 11-12, 2007 

Format Guidelines

  • Fill in the Paper Abstract Submission Form (Microsoft Word Document / PDF Document)
  • Includes a title of the paper, names of all authors, affiliated institutions, position and email addresses or contact information.
  • An abstract of the paper in either English or Chinese in 200-250 words.
  • If the abstract is in Chinese, an English translation should be provided.
  • Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication or presented elsewhere prior to this conference.
  • Full paper submission guidelines:
    • Papers written in English: please follow the Author Guidelines from the Journal Library Management
      • .
    • Papers written in Chinese:
      • Articles should not exceed 5,000 words.
      • Figures, charts and tables should be presented clearly.
                   

How to Submit

By email:

Please send the completed Paper Abstract Submission Form (Microsoft Word Document / PDF Document) as attachment in email to: aldp2007@lib.cuhk.edu.hk

Please use “ALDP 2007 paper proposal submission” as the subject heading
By post:

Please send the completed Paper Abstract Submission Form to:
Conference Secretariat
ALDP 2007
Office of the University Librarian
University Library
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin
HONG KONG SAR
By fax:

Please fax the completed Paper Abstract Submission Form to (852) 2603 6952
Attention: Conference Secretariat, ALDP 2007

Selection Criteria

All proposals will be reviewed by a Panel before acceptance according to the following criteria:
  • Relevance to conference themes
  • Intellectual significance
  • Originality

Applicants will be notified about the acceptance or rejection of their papers by December 1, 2006. Authors of the accepted papers are expected to present their papers in about 20 minutes at the Conference.

Publication of Papers

We have confirmed with two leading professional journals Library Management and Journal of Library Science in China for publishing the English and Chinese papers of the Conference respectively . Please follow strictly the full paper submission guidelines that have been announced.

  

Last updated on 24 November, 2006


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