[InetBib] Call for Papers IFLA Section Library buildings and Equipment

["Dr. Dorothea Sommer" <dorothea.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
bitte beachten Sie den angefügten Call for Papers für die Open Session 
der IFLA-Sektion "Library buildings and Equipment" während der 79. 
IFLA-Konferenz in Singapur im August 2013.
Mit den besten Grüßen

Dorothea Sommer

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Call for Papers
Session hosted by the Section for Library Buildings and Equipment in 
Singapore,
at the 79th World Library and Information Congress on the 15 - 19 August 
2013


Session title: The library and the city

Recent years have shown the trend that more and more people are 
reinventing and rediscovering the urban city as a living space. Cities 
provide work, accommodation, education, neighbourhood, participation in 
cultural and leisure activities and provide an attractive infrastructure 
that is compact and easily accessible. The Renaissance of the city 
center and urban life-style necessitates rethinking of the concept of 
the library from not only a destination in the city but also a catalyst 
for urban development and growth. Libraries are a central component of 
the knowledge environment of modern cities. They are cultural and social 
transformers of society and strive - especially in times of economic 
crisis - to include diverse social groups that are the inhabitants of a 
city and potential users of the library.


The Library Buildings & Equipment Standing Committee is looking for 
papers which highlight the reciprocal relationship of the library and 
the city in the context of architecture in the knowledge society. Papers 
should explore and reveal how architecture and interior design can 
transform libraries into fascinating and inspiring destinations in the 
city. They should focus on how libraries and their buildings can 
contribute to the development of city architecture and add value to it. 
The Section is particularly interested in projects that demonstrate new 
functional demands for the architecture and the design of libraries and 
the respective interaction with the city architecture and urban spaces. 
We would like the programme to have a balance between theoretical 
approaches devoted to aspects of library and urban planning and best 
practice case studies, which have proven to have met the different needs 
of the urban user.

The theme of WLIC 2013, “Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities” 
should provide the context of the presentation.

The following should be provided:

- name and institution of presenter(s)

- an abstract of the paper describing the project, campaign or research 
carried out (1 page, up to 350 words) preferably in English

- relevant biographical information of author(s)/presenter(s)

Send your proposals by 31th, January 2013 via e-mail to the chair of the 
LBE section Dorothea Sommer (dorothea.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).

The abstracts will be reviewed and selected by a Review Committee. The 
paper can be given at the congress in any of IFLA’s official languages. 
Successful proposals will be identified and announced by February 22, 2013.

If a paper is selected authors must commit to presenting it in Singapore.

All presenters and their papers will be listed in the final IFLA 
Programme. Therefore presenters must forward the full text of their 
papers by April 15, 2013 to allow time for review and for preparation of 
translations. The time allowed for the presentation will be 20 minutes. 
Papers should be no longer than 20 pages.

In accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement all papers presented at 
the WLIC 2013 shall be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 
3.0 licence.


Expenses:
Please note that it is the presenters’ responsibility to find funding 
for their participation (registration fee, travel, accommodation and 
associated costs). IFLA is not in a position to fund attendance at the 
Congress.



Dr. Dorothea Sommer
Chair, IFLA Section Library buildings and Equipment
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Stellvertretende Direktorin

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
August-Bebel-Str. 13
06098 Halle (Saale)

Tel. 0345/ 55 22 191
Fax 0345/ 55 27 140

dorothea.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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