[InetBib] BOBCATSSS 2014, 3rd call for papers

[Petra Hauke <petra_hauke@xxxxxx>]

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*January 29-31, 2014*

***Library (r)evolution: Promoting sustainable information practices*

**(3rd call for papers)

The 22nd BOBCATSSS Symposium, will take place in Barcelona, Spain, 
between 29^th -31^st January, 2014. BOBCATSSS, the annual conference, is 
known for being organized by students from European universities. The 
organizers for this symposium are the University of Barcelona and the 
University of Borås (Sweden).

Over the last few decades there has been a growing awareness of 
environmental issues. Ensuring long-term sustainability is an 
increasingly urgent issue in our societies and the need for sustainable 
development initiatives and knowledge is now greater than ever. The 
concept of sustainable development encompasses attention to 
environmental challenges as well as global social inequalities, while 
maintaining a sound global economy. This understanding also gives rise 
to numerous related challenges but also possibilities for current 
information practices.

The idea behind the theme:*Library (r)evolution: Promoting sustainable 
information practices*, is to place focus on the identification of 
sustainable information practices and to invite discussions that explore 
the relationships between concepts and practices in both the library and 
information science field and the sustainable development area.

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*Subthemes of the conference include:*

*/1. /**Users, customers and prosumers*

The information needs and practices of users are continually changing. 
How can we understand these changes and promote them toward more 
sustainable information practices; in information creation, usage, 
sharing and preservation?

*/2. /**Skills and literacies*

Our professions are rapidly changing and new career opportunities are 
constantly arising resulting in demands for new skills and literacies. 
How can these changes be understood? How can we introduce and embrace 
sustainability in our daily professional practices?

*/3. /**Spaces, cultures and freedom of information*

Digital rights, free access to information, culture and knowledge as 
well as physical and network spaces are central in our efforts to 
support democratic practices and institutions. But how should these be 
understood and promoted from a sustainable orientated perspective?

*/4. /**Social media, cloud computing and mobile services*

Digital information technologies and services have great potentials for 
the greening of society. How can sustainability be embedded in the 
future of ICT, considering its current rapid development?

*/5. /**Towards a better future?*

How can we successfully bring together library principles and 
information practices with sustainable development concerns? What 
concepts, theories and models need to be developed within LIS to enable 
our research area to support sustainable information practices of the 
future?

*/6. /**Other*

We also welcome other contributions that do not fall into one of the 
sub-themes.

*Submission of Papers*

Aside from papers we also welcome workshops, posters and pecha-kucha 
from both students and professionals. To prepare your contributions and 
proposals please use the format guide below and send them by using the 
Conference Management Software (Conftool) 
https://www.conftool.pro/bobcatsss2014/.

*Requirements for Abstracts*

An extended abstract is required and must be submitted latest 23^rd of 
September. The extended abstract has to be in Word format (i.e. doc, 
docx) or OpenOffice format (i.e. odt). There should be an author 
description (first name, surname, department, degree, university, city, 
country, e-mail), a title, three to six keywords. It should only contain 
plain text (no figures and no tables), and the extended abstract should 
be between 500-700 words in Times New Roman, font size 10. Extended 
abstracts should also include a short summary (100-250 words) for 
conference abstract book. Also, please include your references and your 
citations using APA style. Please see detailed information on 
http://bobcatsss2014.hb.se/?page_id=24 (Fulltext Template).

The symposium aims for participant diversity by bringing together 
professionals, specialists and students from library and information 
science. We are also welcome other students, researchers and professions 
with an interest in sustainability and information practices.

*Important Dates*

*Deadline for extended abstracts: 23^rd September 2013*

Author’s notification: 4^th November 2013

Final paper submission: 8^th December 2013

Conference: 29^th – 31^st January 2014

*With kind regards, *

*BOBCATSSS 2014 Organising Committee*



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