[KMDG-L] UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians

[Apologies for cross-posting]

UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians

19.12.2014 - Communication & Information Sector

Within the overall framework of UNESCO Strategy on Open Access to scientific information and research and to take forward UNESCO's leadership role in diffusing knowledge amongst its Member States, UNESCO has developed a set of manuals to facilitate capacity building of library and information professionals and researchers.
The development of the modules has been undertaken very carefully and the development process covered diverse opinion in the subject area, and in consultation with more than 50 experts to include diversity and expertise from the developing south.
The OA curricula developed by UNESCO includes a set of customized modules which can be easily be fitted with the educational needs of different OA stakeholders and can be integrated with any sensitization programmes of OA.
The curricula for Library and Information Science Professionals entitled "Open Access for Library Schools", consists of four course modules. An Introductory Module aims at sensitizing the library community about the history, evolution, forms and impact of OA within the domain of scholarly communication environment and covers issues related to rights management, IPR and advocacy. The remaining three modules cover subject areas of OA Infrastructure, Resource Optimization and Interoperability and Retrieval.  These sections give insights into the features, types, maintenance and standardization of OA resources, information retrieval/storage software and highlight the role of the new dimension of web-enabled resources such as e-journals, e-repositories and ICTSs.
The curricula for researchers entitled "Open Access for Researchers" addresses OA issues within the community of research scholars. The modules cover the subject areas of Scholarly Communications, Concepts of Openness and Open Access, Intellectual Property Rights and Research Evaluation Metrics. The first four modules have been developed to nurture researchers with an elaborate understanding of the genesis, objectives, processes, types and existing limitations of OA scholarly communication, which include insights into the issues related to IPR, the methods and limitations of the process of peer reviewing and the concepts and roles of E-journals, databases, ICTs, OSS and other OERs. The final and fifth Module entitled "Sharing your Work in Open Access" provides a step-wise guideline for researchers about the process and options available for publishing their research work.
These curricula were developed after undertaking two detailed capacity building need assessment studies of librarians and researchers on Open Access. A multi-stakeholder expert meeting was organized in New Delhi, where 23 experts participated  to finalize the curriculum. Two online consultations were also held to substantiate the expert meeting, which helped UNESCO to outline the content for each of the curriculum and provided a framework to develop modules.
The curricula were developed with the help of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL).
The curricula will soon be available for download. Currently,  copies can be requested by writing to UNESCO's OA programme.
Source: www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_launches_open_access_curricula_for_researchers_and_librarians/

[KMDG-L] IFLA Knowledge Management Section Announces Satellite Meeting in Cape Town, 14 August 2015

The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites proposals for the Satellite Meeting
(SM) to be held at Goethe Centre in Cape Town on August 14, 2015. The theme of the
SM is: Knowledge Management and Innovation: the transformation of 21st century
library services.

Please refer to the IFLA website: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/991 where
you will find detailed information.

The deadline for submitting your proposals (title, abstract, author information, CV
and contact details) is January 31, 2015.

Thank you in advance for your proposals,

Eva Semertzaki

IFLA KM Satellite Program chair 

Wilda

[KMDG-L] Agricultural Libraries Section -Approved by IFLA Governing Board

Dear All,

I am happy to share that my proposal to establish Agricultural Libraries Section of IFLA has been approved by the Governing Board which met at Hague, Netherlands on 8-10, December 2014.
I worked for it for the past 11 years starting as a special interest group (SIG) and finally succeeded in having a place for Agriculture on IFLA map of its 85 years history.

�Everything else can wait but not Agriculture�

Best regards,
Reddy

Deva E. Reddy, PhD
Associate Professor of Library Science
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Tel.979-862-1062 Fax.979-458-0112
dereddy@tamu.edu
Secretary, IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section

[KMDG-L] Final Reminder: CfP for ISKO-UK Biennial Conference – 13/14 July 2015, London. "Knowledge Organization - Making a difference".

Dear Colleagues,
Please remember this opportunity to show off the value of your/our work in the field of knowledge organization - see details below and at http://www.iskouk.org/conf2015/index.htm. We need only a short abstract - 300-500 words. London is a great conference location and the  deadline for submissions has been extended from 29 November to 7 December.

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Knowledge Organization - Making a difference

The impact of knowledge organization on society, scholarship and progress

 

ISKO-UK BIENNIAL CONFERENCE – 13/14 July 2015, London. This will be the fourth biennial conference of the UK Chapter of ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization). The venue (as for our previous conferences) is University College London (UCL).

 

The systematic and structured organization of knowledge and information has far-reaching applications, best known in the search, browsing, navigation and exploration of collections and networks. But despite this capability, ""what use is classification nowadays?"" some people ask. "The era of the physical library is fading, and Google will find whatever we want." This widely held view threatens our budgets as well as the reputation of our profession and our ability to attract thought leaders into the field. As well as forgetting the way organized collections of scientific and cultural literature have underpinned study and development throughout the last 2-3 millennia, it neglects our current and future reliance on knowledge organization (KO). For example, KO techniques are used behind the scenes in Google and other search engines, and much more explicitly in intranets, records management systems and other in-house applications where Google simply fails.

 

This conference is an opportunity for all of us to show what impact KO has had, is having and could have on economic and social development (at macro and/or micro levels). If academic courses are to attract students, if research bids are to attract funding, if KO techniques are to be applied on the internet and in corporate environments, and if trained KO professionals are to find plenty of good jobs, the subject should be widely respected as contributing to the general good. Collectively, ISKO members need to make the case.

 

This conference aims to explore, justify and proclaim the continuing demand for KO. It will be a showcase for R & D that offers benefits for cultural activities and economic development. Practitioners as well as theoreticians are invited to contribute, along with consultants, researchers, teachers and students. Knowledge Organization can be useful to systems designers as well as information managers, with applications in areas as diverse as web design, records management, digital asset management, network management, etc. So we hope for a wide spread of perspectives on the KO theme.

 

Conference scope and topics

Any aspect, application or subdiscipline of knowledge organization is in scope, provided the submission casts light on the potential benefit - past, present or future - for society, scholarship and progress. R&D reports that can be applied in today''s mobile, networked environment are especially welcome. While forward-looking presentations are preferred, submissions demonstrating that KO offers no future benefit could also be within scope, and will be considered on their merits. Examples of relevant topics include:

• The impact of historical KO developments e.g. launch of UDC, influence of Vannevar Bush, etc.
• Prospects for future influential KO developments
• Trends in current KO research and where they may lead
• Costs and benefits of applying and exploiting techniques such as classification, social tagging, linked data, corporate taxonomies, metadata, etc.
• Case studies/outcomes of applying KO within the enterprise
• Prospects for integrating more KO techniques into applications such as email, records management, online sales outlets, social media

• Evaluation/appraisal of social tagging
• Linked open data initiatives and their impact
• Use of metadata in coordinating or simplifying workflows
• Ontologies to improve search results across networked resources
• Semantic modelling applications
• KO applied to "Big Data"
• Development and impact of vocabulary crosswalks and registries
• Tools, techniques, training and applications for KOS alignment
• KO for improving access to images or audio collections

 

Presentation format, submissions and acceptance criteria

The conference will include a mix of brief (20-minute) and long (40-minute) presentations, as well as a display of posters. Speakers will be asked to provide a paper as well as presenting the material in person. Together with slides and audio recordings, all the papers submitted will be published electronically on the conference website. After peer review the four best papers will be selected for publication in ISKO''s journal, Knowledge Organization.

Proposals should be submitted in English via <https://www.conftool.net/iskouk2015/>by December 7th 2014 at latest. (To make the submission you will be asked to set up a user account with Conftool, our service provider.) The extent to which they demonstrate the benefits and/or impact of Knowledge Organization will be the first criterion for acceptance; other important factors include originality, clarity of expression and a sound basis on theory or current practice. Please provide an abstract of 300-500 words, and indicate whether you plan a Brief or Long presentation, or a Poster. You will be informed by the first week of February 2015 whether your proposal has been accepted. Full papers should be submitted by 1 May 2015. Editorial guidelines will be available from February 2015, via the conference website. Presentation slides too should be submitted by 8 July 2015. They will be pre-loaded on the conference PC, and released on the conference website immediately after the event.

 

More background

ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with a mission to promote the theory and practice of organizing knowledge and information. The emphasis in our UK Chapter is to build bridges between the research and practitioner communities, for example at our regular and very popular afternoon meetings. You can see past and future events at <www.iskouk.org/events.htm>, most with MP3 recordings. The proceedings of our previous biennial conferences are available there too, in electronic media.

[KMDG-L] Take the survey of library tablet computer lending programs

Primary Research Group Inc. (www.PrimaryResearch.com) is conducting a survey of library lending of tablet computers to library patrons. This survey is restricted to libraries that have a tablet lending program or plan to introduce one within the next year. The international survey will give your library detailed benchmarking data about purchasing, lending policies, use of apps and pre-loaded content, impact on library resources, brand selection, patron education and other issues in library tablet lending programs. Survey participants receive a free copy of the resulting report. The institutional names of respondents are listed but responses are aggregated or otherwise not connected to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SurveyTabletLendingInLibraries

James Moses, Research Director
Primary Research Group, Inc
2753 Broadway, #156
New York, NY 10025
Phone: +1 (212) 736-2316
Fax: +1 (212) 412-9097
website: http://www.primaryresearch.com
email: primaryresearchgroup@gmail.com

[KMDG-L] CfPs: International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon 2014), 2-5 Nov, at JNU Convention Centre

International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon 2014)

2–5 November 2014

Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University Convention Centre, New Delhi, hosted by the Indian National Science Academy.

Organizer: The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) and the World Data System (WDS), interdisciplinary committees of the International Council for Science (ICSU)

Call for Papers (Deadline: 16 June 2014)

Addressing the theme of Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability, SciDataCon 2014 will feature four main tracks: (A) Dynamic Planet, (B) Global Development, (C) Transformations Towards Sustainability, and (D) Data Science and Services.  This structure is intended to bridge cross-cutting data themes and research themes of Future Earth, an international research programme on global sustainability coordinated by ICSU and its partners and starting in 2015. By focusing on the intersection of data issues and scientific research challenges—and by advancing data science and developing international data services—SciDataCon will also amplify the message of like-minded global data initiatives promoting data sharing and interoperability, such as the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the recently established Research Data Alliance (RDA).

SciDataCon will provide a unique platform bringing together international experts and practitioners in data sciences, technologies and management; researchers from the natural, social, health, and computer sciences; research funders and sponsors; and policy makers and advisors.

Abstracts for Oral Presentations

Proposed Oral Presentations must be submitted online. This involves completing an online form and uploading a two-page abstract, with additional information, using the following MS Word template: Template for Oral Presentation proposal. Please note that Abstracts acceptance is subject to delegate registration for the Conference.

 

Abstracts and Full Papers Publication

All accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings, following the prescribed submission format https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B4qnUFYMgSc-alNvLUp4SmV5ZVk . Selected authors, who indicated their intention to submit full papers, will be invited to publish a peer-reviewed manuscript in a special issue of the CODATA Data Science Journal.

Online Submission : http://www.eregnow.com/?SciDataCon2014abst

Further Details: http://www.scidatacon2014.org/submissions 

[KMDG-L] Take the survey of library digital curation practices and receive a free copy of the ensuing report

Primary Research Group Inc. (www.PrimaryResearch.com) publisher of research reports and studies about libraries and higher education, is surveying research libraries worldwide about their data curation practices. Survey participants receive a free copy of the final report generated from the survey data. The institutional name of participants is listed but responses are aggregated or not attributed to particular respondents. To take the survey follow the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DataCurationPractices2014

James Moses, Research Director
Primary Research Group, Inc
2753 Broadway, #156
New York, NY 10025
Phone: +1 (212) 736-2316
Fax: +1 (212) 412-9097
website: http://www.primaryresearch.com
email: primaryresearchgroup@gmail.com

[KMDG-L] Reminder: "Making metadata work": joint afternoon meeting of ISKO UK, DCMI and BCS IRSG in London on 23 June 2014

Making metadata work - 2pm Monday 23rd June 2014 - BCS Office, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA.
If you have not already made a booking for this event, please don't delay as it is proving very popular.
  Unfortunately the associated morning workshop and tutorial are no longer available as they are fully booked.  To make your booking, go to
<http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#introduction>.

This event will be a showcase for the latest developments in the evolution of the Semantic Web, exploitation of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), metadata annotation to aid workflow automation, information retrieval in networks of diverse media assets, Linked Data, and other opportunities for using metadata. It is a Joint Meeting of ISKO UK, IRSG (Information Retrieval Special Interest Group of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT) and DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative).

Afternoon meeting (14.00 – 18.00)
Martin White: The importance of metadata for high quality Search
Sean Bechhofer: Wf4Ever: metadata for “Research Objects”
Mark Sandler: Semantic Media: a new paradigm for navigable content for the 21st century
Richard Ranft: Enhancing discovery of the British Library's audio collections
Antoine Isaac: A portrait of Europeana as a Linked Open Data case (in progress)
Andrew MacFarlane: Analysing creative image search queries to determine important facets

The speakers and presentations are described in more detail on our website at  <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014_pm.htm>. As usual there will be more networking,with  wine and nibbles, from 18.00.

Registration fee and booking
£60 (or £25 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students).
Booking is open at  <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#introduction>

About ISKO UK
ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm). Its third conference was held in July 2013 on the general theme of “Knowledge organization – pushing the boundaries” http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/.

About BCS IRSG
Established in 1978, the main aim of the BCS IRSG is supporting the communication between information retrieval (IR) researchers and practitioners, promoting the use of IR methods in industry and raising public awareness of IR-related topics. Recognizing IR as an interdisciplinary field, a further aim of the BCS IRSG is to act as a link between computer science, library and information science and also cognate communities (like natural language processing).

About DCMI
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open, international forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards with diverse applications. DCMI’s activities include consensus-driven working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices. DCMI is a project of ASIS&T (the Association for Information Science and Technology).

We shall all look forward to welcoming you on the day.
ISKO UK publicity
https://twitter.com/ISKOUK
#ISKOUK

[KMDG-L] Primary Research Group has published Law Library Benchmarks, 2014 Edition

Primary Research Group Inc. has published Law Library Benchmarks, 2014 Edition, ISBN 978-157440-285-8.

The 155-page study gives extensive data and commentary on law library spending plans and management practices including current and future expected budgets, spending on salaries, and materials such as online databases, print reporters, online and print directories, books, eBooks, journals and other information resources. The report also looks at use of particular types and brands of information resources, at cost recovery efforts and at law library effort to reduce costs and improve productivity through better negotiation and other tactics. The study also presents detailed data on library measures to enhance mobile device access and to use social media, blogs and other internet resources in the law library service effort.

The report presents data from 60 law libraries from the United States and Canada including law firm libraries, university law libraries, courthouse libraries, private company libraries and others, with data presented separately for each library type. The data is also broken out by library and parent institution size. The law firms in the sample employed a mean of 188 lawyers. A list of survey participants is available on our website.

The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: by how much will
university law libraries increase or reduce spending on journals in 2014? What percentage of law firm libraries plan to reduce space allocated to the library? What percentage of book budgets are accounted for by eBooks? How have law libraries dealt with the downturn in the legal profession over the past five years?

Just a few of the report�s many findings are that:

� For 37.5 percent of survey participants, the overall library budget decreased in 2013.

� The courthouse libraries in the sample had the largest budget decreases, a mean of 7.25 percent.

� Libraries in the sample spent a mean of $320,931 on online databases in 2013; spending is expected to increase slightly in 2014 to $330,688, or by about 3.3%.

� The materials/content budget is nearly evenly split between print resources and electronic resources; the former accounted for a mean of 50.52 percent of the budget; the latter, 49.48 percent.

For further information view our website at:

http://www.primaryresearch.com/view_product.php?report_id=466

[KMDG-L] Just Published "Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship" by IGI Global, 2014 (with some chapters on Library Associations and LIS Education)

Just Published "Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship"
Edited by Susmita Chakraborty (University of Calcutta, India) and Anup Kumar Das (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9
ISBN13: 9781466643659,
EISBN13: 9781466643666
http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9

Cite:
Chakraborty, S., & Das, A. K. (2014). Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship (pp. 1-406). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9

Description
With the introduction of the Bologna Process, the emphasis on the importance of international librarianship and its activity between governmental or non-governmental institutions, organizations, and groups of nations has continued to grow. Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship highlights the importance of international librarianship in governmental and non-governmental institutions, organizations, and groups in order to promote, develop, and maintain librarianship and the library profession around the world. This publication is essential for graduate students, researchers, teachers, and LIS administrators in the field of library science.

Table of Contents
Foreword by Dan Dorner
Preface by Susmita Chakraborty, Anup Kumar Das
Chapter 1: Prof. S. B. Ghosh, alias Badal, as I Know Him  (pages 1-8) by A. K. Dasgupta
Chapter 2: Introduction: Comparative and International Librarianship  (pages 9-16) by Anup Kumar Das, Susmita Chakraborty
Chapter 3: Donations to Libraries: A Problem in International Cooperation  (pages 17-27) by Paul Sturges
Chapter 4: Globalization and Library and Information Science: Ethical Challenges  (pages 28-36) by Ismail Abdullahi
Chapter 5: Philanthropy in Libraries  (pages 37-50) by Achala Munigal, Susmita Chakraborty
Chapter 6: International Librarianship: One Librarian’s Experience in Reducing the Digital Divide  (pages 51-62) by Alan Hopkinson
Chapter 7: The Role of the Special Libraries Association in Promoting Library Professionals on a Global Scale  (pages 64-84) by Sheila L. Rosenthal
Chapter 8: Role of IFLA in Marketing Initiatives in Library and Information Services  (pages 85-93) by Dinesh K. Gupta
Chapter 9: International Scholarship and the Role of American Research Libraries  (pages 94-100) by Barbara I. Dewey
Chapter 10: International Cooperation in the Domains of Agricultural Research and Information  (pages 102-110) by Deva Eswara Reddy
Chapter 11: Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development Knowledge Center: A TERI LIC Case Study  (pages 111-124) by Reeta Sharma, Shantanu Ganguly
Chapter 12: Collaboration in Editorship: “Global Perspectives on School Libraries”  (pages 126-136) by Luisa Marquardt, Dianne Oberg
Chapter 13: Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South  (pages 137-147) by Maria G. N. Musoke, Ane Landoy
Chapter 14: Innovation Network in IT Sector: A Study of Collaboration Patterns Among Selected Foreign IT Firms in India and China  (pages 148-170) by Swapan Kumar Patra
Chapter 15: Library and Information Science Collaborations in the Philippines and Beyond  (pages 171-194) by Ana Maria B. Fresnido, Joseph M. Yap
Chapter 16: Collaboration at an International Level: Germany  (pages 195-203) by Hella Klauser
Chapter 17: Across the Seas: Collaboration between Australia and the Pacific Islands  (pages 204-217) by Jayshree Mamtora, Peter Walton
Chapter 18: International Satellite Communications to Support and Supplement Web-Based Information Exchange: A Co-Operative Programme  (pages 219-226) by A. Neelameghan
Chapter 19: Content in the Cloud: Towards a Green Information Service Model  (pages 227-238) by Gobinda G. Chowdhury
Chapter 20: International Cooperation in Developing a Digital Library Software and South Asia Network  (pages 239-255) by A. Neelameghan, K.S. Raghavan
Chapter 21: Digital Library in a Collaborative Context: Romania and Norway 2003-2012  (pages 257-272) by Angela Repanovici, Ane Landoy
Chapter 22: Curriculum Contents of Digital Library Education (DLE) in Europe  (pages 273-296) by Nafiz Zaman Shuva, Ragnar Andreas Audunson
Chapter 23: Internationalization of LIS Education in India: ICT-Based Collaborative Approach  (pages 297-306) by Swati Bhattacharyya
Chapter 24: Learning Mode of the Future: Open and Distance Education– Role of Libraries  (pages 307-313) by M. P. Satija
Chapter 25: Internationalization of LIS (Library and Information Science) Education: The Bologna Process Approach  (pages 314-320) by Anna Maria Tammaro
Chapter 26: Collaboration Scenario in the Indian LIS Papers of the 21st Century  (pages 322-328) by Bimal Kanti Sen
Chapter 27: Anatomy of Social Science Research Literature: A Scientometric Evaluation of Global Productivity  (pages 329-337) by K. C. Panda, Bipin Bihari Sethi
Afterword by A. Neelameghan

Sample PDFs are available for all chapters.

Further Details: http://www.igi-global.com/book/collaboration-international-comparative-librarianship/

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Dr. Anup Kumar Das
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi - 110067, India
W: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com
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[KMDG-L] ISKO UK afternoon event on April 1st reminder

Dear Colleagues,

Please don't forget to book for our meeting in London on Tuesday 1st April 2014 at 14.00, preceded by our AGM at 13.00. Titled, "Taming the news beast - Finding context and value in text and data", it will be especially useful for anyone interested in applications of KO to journalism and the press.

As content volumes and sources have exploded, for news producers and consumers alike it has become harder to extract context and value. The rise of digital publishing has cannibalized print revenues, and companies have to be more innovative in packaging their offerings for a competitive marketplace. Consumers too are faced with an unprecedented information overload and need ways to ensure they see only the services they truly value. As knowledge organizers, how do we address the challenges?

Two speakers from the BBC will start us off, showing how the development and adoption of ontologies has enabled a revolution in the processes behind news broadcasting. It will be interesting to compare this with the story from ABC News in the USA, where our generous sponsor LAC Group was brought in to revolutionise the production process. Cost-effective options for smaller players will be addressed too, in a talk about AnnoMarket, a pan-European research project to launch a cloud-based marketplace for text analytics. And finally we shall hear from the Press Association about semantic data management, tagging interfaces and triple store management.

 As usual the afternoon will be FREE for ISKO UK members and full-time students, and just £40  for non-members.   For more details please go to http://www.iskouk.org/events/news_beast_April_2014.htm and  book your place.

Please pass this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested. Non-members are welcome also as observers at the AGM.

Hoping to see you there,
 ISKO UK announcements
http://www.iskouk.org
https://twitter.com/ISKOUK
#ISKOUKNEWBE

[KMDG-L] Interviewing librarians for knowledge Management for Service Innovation in academic libraries

Hello everyone,

I’m a Ph.D. student at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan. In collaboration with Professors Agarwal and Ikeda, I am conducting a written interview/survey on knowledge management for service innovation in academic libraries.

 

We’d be obliged if you could kindly participate in the survey by clicking on any one link below. It should take you about 15-20 minutes:

 

http://tinyurl.com/kx9lyts

or

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zAU2AaF3urnxPdyAG6xHCTqwUiDa3Y3crFuBeoupSJs/viewform

 

Md. Anwarul Islam

PhD Student, School of Knowledge Science,

Japan Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Ishikawa, Japan

anwar@jaist.ac.jp

http://www.du.ac.bd/department/common/facultymemberdetail.php?memberid=FMLIS20023&bodyid=LIS

 

Dr. Naresh Agarwal, Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, USA

agarwal@simmons.edu

http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/faculty/fulltime/agarwal.php

 

Professor Mitsuru Ikeda

School of Knowledge Science, JAIST, Ishikawa, Japan

ikeda@jaist.ac.jp

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/profiles/info_e.php?profile_id=346  

 

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Thanks and best wishes
_________________________________

Md. Anwarul Islam

Doctoral Student

School of Knowledge Science, JAIST, Japan

&

Assistant Professor

Department of Information Science and Library Management

University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

E-mail: anwar81du@gmail.com
Website       : http://goo.gl/bdNRw

[KMDG-L] ISKO UK event Monday 23rd June June "Making metadata work"

ISKO UK are delighted to announce this event  at  the BCS Office, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA.
Full details and booking at <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm>

This event will be a showcase for the latest developments in the evolution of the Semantic Web, exploitation of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), metadata annotation to aid workflow automation, information retrieval in networks of diverse media assets, Linked Data, and other opportunities for using metadata. It is a Joint Meeting of ISKO UK, IRSG (Information Retrieval Special Interest Group of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT) and DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative). The day will be modular: attendance in the morning is optional, with a choice of workshop or tutorial, while the afternoon programme is for everyone. Please pass on to  anyone who may be interested

Morning options
a) Tutorial: Metadata management in Sharepoint (10.00 -12.00)
While Sharepoint 2013 offers more metadata capabilities than ever before, the range of options can make it hard to implement the most effective way. Management of controlled vocabularies is a particular challenge. This tutorial will enable you to pick the brains of an experienced consultant, Marc Stephenson of Metataxis.
b) Workshop: Vocabularies and the potential for linkage (9.30 – 12.30)
Various approaches to the linkage of value vocabularies (KOSs) and/or element set vocabularies (metadata schemas) will be described by Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche (Fujitsu, Ireland), Dan Brickley (Google), Gordon Dunsire and Stella Dextre Clarke, with emphasis on the opportunities as well as the barriers to widespread adoption. After that is a case study from Johan De Smedt and Agis Papantoniou, both of TenForce, that draws on more than one technique. The subsequent discussion will address the prospects for take-up, aiming to help participants with application or development of similar techniques and projects.

Afternoon meeting (Plenary, 14.00 – 18.00)
Martin White: The importance of metadata for high quality Search
Sean Bechhofer: Wf4Ever: metadata for “Research Objects”
Mark Sandler: Semantic Media: a new paradigm for navigable content for the 21st century
Richard Ranft: Enhancing discovery of the British Library's audio collections
Antoine Isaac: A portrait of Europeana as a Linked Open Data case (in progress)
Andrew MacFarlane: Analysing creative image search queries to determine important facets

Followed by networking, wine and nibbles from 18.00.

Registration fee and booking
Full day, including lunch and a choice of tutorial or workshop: £120 (or £70 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students);
Afternoon only: £60 (or £25 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students).
Booking is open at  <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm>


About ISKO UK
ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm). Its third conference was held in July 2013 on the general theme of “Knowledge organization – pushing the boundaries” http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/.

About BCS IRSG
Established in 1978, the main aim of the BCS IRSG is supporting the communication between information retrieval (IR) researchers and practitioners, promoting the use of IR methods in industry and raising public awareness of IR-related topics. Recognizing IR as an interdisciplinary field, a further aim of the BCS IRSG is to act as a link between computer science, library and information science and also cognate communities (like natural language processing).

About DCMI
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open, international forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards with diverse applications. DCMI’s activities include consensus-driven working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices. DCMI is a project of ASIS&T (the Association for Information Science and Technology).

We shall all look forward to welcoming you on the day. To avoid disappointment, please don't delay in booking.

[KMDG-L] Reminder: CFP - IFLA WLIC Conference - Knowledge Management Section - Deadline 15 February 2014

 

IFLA WLIC Conference Lyon, France 16 - 22 August 2014

 

IFLA Knowledge Management Section

 

Call for Papers

 

Theme: Knowledge in the Digital Age - Libraries and librarians are managing the digital transformation

See http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/calls-for-papers/knowledge-digital-age for details on the programme and submission guidelines.

 

Contact Dr. Klaus Ceynowa, Programme Chair (ceynowa@bsb-muenchen.de) for more information.

[KMDG-L] CFP: IFLA KM Satellite Meeting - Deadline Extended

DEADLINE EXTENDED until 28 February 2014

 

2014 IFLA KM Satellite Meeting Lyon, France 15 August 2014

 

IFLA Knowledge Management Section & Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section Call for Papers

 

This one day satellite meeting will focus on the processes which promote change management in the changing environment faced by libraries. It includes the tools manager librarians can use and the methods they can adopt through Knowledge Management to make a success of this transition period.

 

Theme: Knowledge Management as a vital tool for change management

 

 

·         See also: 2014 satellite meeting website - http://parisdescartes.libguides.com/IFLA2014/ENG

 

 

 

For additional information on this call for papers, you may contact Julien Sempéré:  julien.sempere@parisdescartes.fr

 

[KMDG-L] CFP: Joint Session Knowledge Management Section & Asia & Oceania Section IFLA WLIC 2014 Lyon, France

Joint Session Knowledge Management Section & Asia & Oceania Section IFLA WLIC 2014 Lyon, France

Theme:  Knowledge Management initiatives and development in Asia and Oceania

(http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/calls-for-papers/knowledge-management-initiatives-and-development-asia-and-oceania)

A joint session of Knowledge Management Section and Asia & Oceania Section are inviting colleagues of the field to present their thoughts and practice of knowledge Management in the area.

In keeping with the IFLA WLIC 2014 overall theme of the conference - "Librarians, Citizens, Societies: Confluence of Knowledge" - This session focuses on how Knowledge Management (KM) initiates and current development in the region to address the lessons learned, knowledge sharing and knowledge solutions in current status.

Full abstracts (500 words) should be prepared following the template provided (See Details)

Abbreviated abstracts or late submissions will not be considered.

Please send your abstract by 31 January 2014 to:

Leda Bultrini, Chair, Knowledge Management Section Chair

Email: leda.bultrini@arpalazio.it

Chihfeng P. Lin, RSCAO Chair

Email:  chihfeng@cc.shu.edu.tw

Takashi Nagatsuka, RSCAO Secretary

Email: nagatsuka-t@tsurumi-u.ac.jp

Jayshree Mamtora, RSCAO Open Session Program Chair

Email: Jayshree.Mamtora@cdu.edu.au

 

 

 

[KMDG-L] Call for Papers Knowledge Management Section Program IFLA WLIC 2014 Lyon, France--DEADLINE 15 FEB 2014

Call for Papers Knowledge Management Section Program IFLA WLIC 2014 Lyon, France

(http://conference.ifla.org/ifla80/calls-for-papers/knowledge-digital-age)

Theme:  Knowledge in the Digital Age - Libraries and librarians are managing the digital transformation

The IFLA Knowledge Management (KM) Section provides an international platform for professional communication and understanding of the significance of KM for libraries. It gives a voice to KM on a global scale and follows the developments in KM, promoting its practical implementation within the global library community.

The 2014 WLIC Conference

The annual IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) provides an opportunity to present innovative models, case studies and research.  Delegates and speakers from all parts of the world come together to discuss new developments and successful practices in libraries. The conference motto for the 2014 Conference in Lyon, France is: "Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge".

The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites librarians, information scientists, knowledge managers and professionals to submit proposals for papers to be presented in a 2-hour session at WLIC Lyon, France, 16-22 August 2014.

The KM Session Programme

“Knowledge in the Digital Age – Libraries and Librarians are Managing the Digital Transformation” is the KM Section’s theme for its 2014 Open Programme during the conference:

Please send an abstract of approximately 500 words, in English, no later than 15 February 2014 to:

Dr. Klaus Ceynowa, Programme Chair

Email: ceynowa@bsb-muenchen.de

 

Both abstracts and full papers should be submitted as a MS Word file by e-mail.  The abstracts will be reviewed by Programme Committee members of the Knowledge Management Section.

 

 

 

[KMDG-L] Call For Papers: Indigenous Special Issue - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

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From: Doyle, Ann
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 12:02 PM
To: KMDG-L@infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: Call For Papers: Indigenous Special Issue - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

Dear KMDG,

 

    Please excuse cross-postings, and share with those you think may be interested.  Thank you! --Ann 

Call For Papers: Indigenous Special Issue - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

 

Guest editors, Cheryl Metoyer and Ann Doyle, invite contributions to an Indigenous Special Issue of Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. This special issue aims to engage an international and interdisciplinary dialogue about Indigenous approaches to cataloguing and classification.  It includes theoretical and applied research that examines processes of representing and organizing documents or their resultant products in Indigenous contexts.  It values practitioners' perspectives and projects that envision new directions or inspire innovation drawing upon Indigenous methodologies and epistemologies.  The concept of the catalog is broadly defined as a tool for organizing and facilitating access to various kinds of information at different levels of granularity – archival collection, song, image, monograph, multimedia et al – that draws upon multiple sources of metadata in social, political, and ethical contexts.

 

Call for Proposals

Contributions are welcomed on a range of topics.  The list below is meant to be generative, and we encourage contributors to be creative in their interpretations of topics that fit the theme of representing, ordering, and accessing information in Indigenous contexts.

 

·      Indigenous theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches to representing, ordering, and accessing information;

·      Indigenous and tribal libraries' cataloguing and classification;

·      Structural bases for organizing information in Indigenous contexts;

·      Indigenous names, naming and authority control;

·      Collaboration and partnerships (community/academy; tribal and non-tribal institutions);

·      Indigenous information ethics/ ethics of Indigenous information;

·      Cataloguing and classification for reconciliation;

·      The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN 2007) and bibliographic control;

·      Development of iSchool education and curriculum for Indigenous cataloguing, classification, and knowledge organization;

·      Indigenous research agendas in cataloging and classification.

 

Proposals in the form of abstracts (approximately 300 words excluding references) should be sent to the guest editors by February 15, 2014.  Acceptance of a proposal does not guarantee publication.  All manuscript submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed, and should be in the range of 5,000-8,000 words.

 

Guest Editors

Cheryl Metoyer (Cherokee), University of Washington, is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean for Research at the iSchool and Adjunct Associate Professor in American Indian Studies. Dr. Metoyer's research interests include indigenous systems of knowledge with an emphasis on American Indian and Alaska Native tribal nations; information seeking behaviors in cultural communities; and ethics and leadership in cultural communities.  Ann Doyle is the Head of the Xwi7xwa Library at the First Nations House of Learning, the Aboriginal branch of the University of British Columbia Library. Dr. Doyle's research interests focus on knowledge organization in Indigenous contexts, Indigenous education, and the interaction of knowledge domains.

  

IMPORTANT DATES

            Abstract submissions (up to 300 words): February 15, 2014

            Notification of abstracts review (results): February 28, 2014

            Manuscript submission deadline: August 30, 2014

            Peer review completed: October 30, 2014

            Final manuscript revisions: January 15, 2015

            Planned publication date: Spring/summer 2015

 

The complete special issue becomes available approximately 3 months after all pieces of the issue are received by the publisher.  The individual articles become available online (with DOI) as soon as they are completed (before the whole issue is out).

 

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly "is respected as an international forum for discussion in all aspects of bibliographic organization. It presents a balance between theoretical and applied articles in the field of cataloging and classification, and considers the full spectrum of creation, content, management, and use and usability of both bibliographic records and catalogs. This includes the principles, functions, and techniques of descriptive cataloging; the wide range of methods of subject analysis and classification; provision of access for all formats of materials; and policies, planning, and issues connected to the effective use of bibliographic records in modern society." … http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com

 

Instructions for Authors:  "The journal deals with the historic setting as well as with the contemporary, and with theory and scholarly research as well as with practical applications. In a rapidly changing field, it seeks out and fosters new developments in the transition to new forms of bibliographic control and encourages the innovative and the nontraditional." … http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/instructions.html

 

Taylor & Francis' Author Services – LIS Rights: 
"Copyright is retained by the author, who grants a license to Taylor & Francis to publish the version of Scholarly Record, but who remains copyright holder and is free to post versions of the Article – Author's Original Manuscript (preprint) and Author's Accepted Manuscript (postprint) – at any time, without embargo, with a link to the Version of Scholarly Record." … (Definition of Terms. Paragraph 3) http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/lisrights.asp

 

Please direct proposal submissions and inquiries to the guest editors:

Cheryl Metoyer                                               Ann Doyle

E: metoyer@uw.edu                                      E: ann.doyle@ubc.ca

Associate Dean for Research                         Head, Xwi7xwa Library

Information School                                         First Nations House of Learning

University of Washington                              University of British Columbia

USA                                                                    Canada

 

 

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Ann Doyle
Xwi7xwa Library, Head (on study leave until Aug 2014 ... still online)
University of British Columbia
1985 West Mall,
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
ann.doyle@ubc.ca

t. 604-649-3569

f. 604-822-8944