[InetBib] Call for Papers für das 16. BOBCATSSS Symposium

[Petra Hauke <petra.hauke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Liebe Inetbib-Mitglieder,

wir freuen uns, Ihnen das 16. BOBCATSSS Symposium, 28.-30. Jan. 2008 in 
Zadar, Kroatien, ankündigen zu können. Sie sollten sich dieses 
innovative internationale Symposium nicht entgehen lassen!

Beiträge in unterschiedlicher Form - Workshop, Vortrag, Poster 
Präsentation - sind willkommen. Das Generalthema lautet "Providing 
Access to Information for Everyone". Ihre Vorschläge erwarten wir bis 
zum 15. Mai 2007.

Für weitere Informationen besuchen Sie bitte unsere Website: 
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auch eine druckbare Version des Call for Papers sowie einen Handzettel 
und ein Poster zur Weitergabe an Kollegen, Studierende oder andere 
Interessierte.

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BOBCATSSS 2008 Organisation Team
Zadar / Osijek / Berlin / Potsdam            
Contact:
University of Zadar, Department of Library and Information Science, 
BOBCATSSS team, Ul. dr. F. Tudjmana 24i, 23 000 Zadar / Croatia, E-Mail: 
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fachhochschule Postdam, Fachbereich Informationswissenschaften, 
BOBCATSSS team, Postfach 60 06 08, 14406 Potsdam / Germany, E-Mail: 
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>       


 Call for papers


   16th Symposium BOBCATSSS 2008 (Zadar, Croatia)


     Theme: Providing Access to Information for Everyone

Access to information is vital for the personal and social growth of 
every individual. However, many people are facing barriers in accessing 
information, whether they are technical issues - like infrastructure, 
standards or the usability of services; political and legal issues - 
like copyright or censorship; social issues - like information literacy 
or information behaviour of different user groups; or economical issues 
- like cost of information. The goal of the BOBCATSSS 2008 symposium is 
to explore access to information for everybody from the technical, 
political and legal, social and economical point of view. The symposium 
would like to identify the existing barriers in accessing information 
and to offer an overview of new concepts, ideas and examples of good 
practice in order to raise awareness and achieve possible solutions. 
Invited are contributions in a form of a paper, workshop or a poster 
covering the following topics:


       Technical aspects:

   * Infrastructures, standards and interoperability for universal
     access to information
   * Open access supported by open source
   * Digital repositories and document server (long term preservation
     and access)
   * Usability, service and interface design


       Political aspects:

   * Repression via information - withdrawal/censorship
   * Bills and laws for LIS - an international composition
   * Copyright aspect of open access and open source initiative
   * Role of national/regional/local government in the development of
     information institutions


       Social aspects:

   * Digital divide
   * Information professionals in the information society
   * Information literacy (a holistic approach)
   * Information ethics
   * Information behavior of different users groups


       Economical aspects:

   * Cost of information
   * Cost of electronic resources
   * Licensing agreements
   * Digital library costs


The target group are students. We are especially inviting workshop 
contributions or papers given by students or teams of students and 
teachers. For further information and guidelines for the abstracts 
please visit our website: www.bobcatsss2008.org 
<http://www.bobcatsss2008.org/$5>. The abstract should be sent by 15 May 
2007 to the following address:

papers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:papers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>