Knowledge Management Section

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

[KMDG-L] REMINDER: Call for papers for Helsinki 2012: IFLA Knowledge Management Section

Call for papers for Knowledge Management Open Session

WLIC, Helsinki, August 2012

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 2012 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 practice in libraries. The conference motto for the 2012 Conference in Helsinki, Finland is:

"Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering"

The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites librarians and knowledge managers to submit proposals for papers in a 2-hour session at WLIC Helsinki, 11-17 August 2012.

The KM Conference Programme

"Potential of Knowledge Management in Public Libraries" is the KM Section’s theme for its 2012 Open Programme during the conference. We are looking for speakers who can highlight use of KM, from a global and theoretical perspective but also with a practical aspect. The focus should be on using KM in the public library setting, including reports from agencies whose tools support these KM initiatives.

We invite presentations that showcase:

- Knowledge creation and knowledge sharing in public libraries particularly across boundaries of language, culture and technology

- Innovative use of technology to support knowledge sharing, joint research and learning (workplace learning, e-learning)

- Case studies in application of Knowledge Management tools that support the success of the library

Important Dates and Timelines

Submission:

Please send an abstract of approximately 500 words, in English, no later than January 31, 2012 to: Agnes Hajdu Barat, Programme Chair (hajdu@jgypk.u-szeged.hu). 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.

Please also attach a summary of the proposed paper, curriculum vitae of the author(s), contact details, professional affiliation(s), and a brief statement on their career(s). Also, a digital photograph(s) would be useful.

Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. Please attach a declaration about originality of the proposed paper and verify that it has not been published anywhere.

Selection:

Successful applicants will be notified by the end of February, 2012.

The selected presenters for the program at the Helsinki conference will be asked to submit a formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference website) no later than May 1, 2012. Papers can be submitted in one of the official IFLA working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish. Papers should be submitted with a one-page abstract in English. Papers should not be longer than 20 pages. Papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. Selected papers may be nominated by the Section for inclusion in an IFLA publication.

Presentation at the Conference:

A maximum of 20 minutes will be allowed for the presentation of each paper during the Section's session in Helsinki. Please note, although every effort will be made to provide simultaneous interpretation into other IFLA languages, interpretation may not be available. Therefore presenters are encouraged to use a PowerPoint in English to facilitate understanding of the ideas presented. The PowerPoint for the presentation should be submitted to the Program Chair by 1 July, 2012.

At least one of the authors of the paper must present the paper. Please send a promissory note with your signature verifying intent to attend the IFLA Conference in Helsinki to the Program Chair.

Unfortunately, the Programme Committee has no funds to assist prospective authors: abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the expenses of attending the IFLA conference (including travel, expenses and conference fee) will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers. Some national professional associations may be able to help fund certain expenses, and a small number of grants for conference.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

[KMDG-L] 2

Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone, and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)

Co-editor: Dr. Kim Becnel, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Appalachian State University. Contributor, Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011, and many other publications.

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on reaching out to multicultural patrons to lessen cultural and language barriers. Practical ways to encourage library use to a wider range of patrons in the library community. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.

Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters both written by the same co-authors; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.

Please paste in an e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by Feblruary 15, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s); place MULTICULTURAL/Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net

Time Organization for Librarians: Beating Budget and Staff Cuts

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)

Co-editor: Jason Kuhl, Library Operations Director, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; contributor, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times (ALA Editions, 2011)

Co-editor: Lisa Fraser, Public Services Librarian, Bellevue Library, King County Library System, Bellevue, Washington; Guest Lecturer, Information School, University of Washington

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on ways to organize time the most effectively especially with budget and staff cuts: Administration, Daily Operations, Maximizing Technology, Personal Life, Goal Setting. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.

Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.

Please e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by February 15, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place TIME/Last Name on the subject line to: jkuhl@ahml.info

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

[KMDG-L] Web Syndicated Archiving Tools / RSS Mashups

Greetings Folks,

Is there a way to archive RSS subscribed content into a web page permanently and automatically without much manual efforts? I trust, RSS readers can only keep the content for a limited period of time at the RSS client.

Here, the purpose of archiving is to have the content permanently even if the original content/URL gets expired/removed at the source.The mechanism I suppose could be, RSS should publish the content to a dedicated page via auxiliary apps.

To give you a better understanding of the query, I am quoting following cases,

I would like to archive all the blog posts published over web on the topic titled "automated taxonomy" at a web page.
I would like to archive all the job descriptions on "Knowledge management" published over WEB for the next 5 years and also last 5 years at a web page.

Please share your ideas/solutions/tools.Thanks in advance.

Praveen Veeramalla

M:+91 9052345223

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

[KMDG-L] Call for Papers - IFLA Agricultural Libraries SIG

Call for Papers
Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme:
Social networking for agricultural research, education, and extension service: an international perspective

The IFLA Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group in association with the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) invites papers for presentation at IFLA General Conference, Helsinki, Finland in August 2012.

Social networking is a hawkeyed phrase. It is a tool to connect people to people. Agricultural research, education, and extension are establishing connections with one to one and many to many in sharing and exchange of information. The advent of Internet has greatly facilitated and reinforced these connections by a variety of social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Flicker, Ning etc.

The session will focus on pragmatic approach on the role of social media as a catalyst in establishing connections for advancing agriculture. Proposals must focus on one or more of the following topics with reference to the country/region/institution:

1. Role of social media for agricultural research
2. Role of social media for agricultural education
3. Role of social media for agricultural extension service
4. Role of social media for sustainable agriculture
5. Role of social media for agribusiness and marketing

SUBMISSIONS:
Proposal abstract (max 500 words) must be submitted by January 20, 2012 on any one or more of the topics listed above to dereddy@tamu.edu. Submission is to include presenter's name, position, institution, and email address.
All fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the authors.Notification of acceptance of proposals will be completed by February 20, 2012.

Deva E. Reddy, PhD
Convener, IFLA Agricultural Libraries SIG
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University Libraries
College Station, TX 77843-5000
United States
Tel.979-862-1062 Fax.979-458-0112
dereddy@tamu.edu

Thursday, December 8, 2011

[KMDG-L] Call for papers for Knowlwdge Manage satellite meeting

IFLA Satellite Meeting

Knowledge Management Theory in Action: how to plan, apply, and assess knowledge management in libraries

12 August 2012 - Helsinki

Organised by the IFLA Knowledge Management Section

CALL FOR PAPERS

Knowledge Management Section

Theme: Knowledge Management Theory in Action: how to plan, apply, and assess knowledge management in libraries

Date: 10 August 2012

Location:

Goethe-Institut Helsinki http://www.goethe.de/ins/fi/hel/knt/anf/deindex.htm

Conference Theme and Focus:

Knowledge Management (KM) in an institution is recognized by all to be of crucial importance. Whether the institution is a library or an organization that contains a library, librarians can and should play a major role in this regard because they have the skill and the tools to do it. KM may not be employed because it is not fully understood or seems too complex or vague. It may also not be fully appreciated by the managers of the institution's budget.

Almost ten years after the official introduction of Knowledge Management within IFLA it is possible and appropriate

- To report on the state-of-the-art

- To examine the practical experiences that outline models of implementation that can encourage and guide the widespread application in different library contexts

The framing of the theory and state-of-the-art is entrusted to keynote speakers that have been selected.

Librarians, information scientists, professionals, researchers and other interested parties in knowledge management are invited to submit proposals for presentation at the meeting about use and implementation of KM by libraries or similar institutions which supply examples and models that can be applied and adapted to other situations.

The presentation proposals should contain a description of the KM system implemented, and

- How it was designed

- The implementation process followed

- Organizational and technological choices made

- Implementation timing and costs

- The organizational details of running the process

- The measurement of organizational and financial sustainability

- How the impact/the impact has been assessed

The KM Section welcomes examples from different contexts (libraries of different sizes, libraries within cultural/administrative institutions, community organizations, companies, etc.).

This satellite meeting will feature a state-of-the-art tutorial on the basics of Knowledge Management followed by case studies. The KM tutorial will explain the process of KM, the situations to which it is most usefully applied, and tools to implement and manage it. A panel discussion of speakers will explore the major and most critical issues.

Submissions

If you are interested in contributing, please send:

An abstract of 300-500 words, in English and including a title.

An outline of the presentation.

Brief biographical information of the author(s)/presenter(s) with current employment information.

Submitter's mailing address.

Send all this by February 15, 2012 to Leda Bultrini at e-mail:

leda.bultrini@arpalazio.it

The submissions will be reviewed by a programme planning committee of the Knowledge Management Section Standing Committee. The selection will be based on the abstracts and rated on how well they fit the programme theme. Authors will be contacted by March 31, 2012.

Selection

For successful applicants the deadline for submission of full papers is May 31, 2012 to allow time for review of papers and all other organizational needs. The papers must be original submissions, not published elsewhere, and should be no longer than 15 pages, double-spaced. Papers should be in English.

Presentations at the satellite meeting will be limited to approx. 20 minutes and will be a summary of the original paper. The presenter is encouraged to use PowerPoint. The conference will be conducted in English and all presentations will be required to be in English.

For information on the IFLA Knowledge Management Section, please see:

http//www.ifla.org/en/km

For additional information on this call for papers, you may contact Leda Bultrini

(leda.bultrini@arpalazio.it)

Please note

All expenses, including registration for the full conference, travel, accommodation, etc. are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA or the IFLA KM Section. The satellite meeting will not charge a registration fee. Lunch and other refreshments on the day of the satellite meeting will be provided.

Congress attendance grants

The Finnish National Committee and IFLA are working hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be made available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage (forthcoming).

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Leda Bultrini

Chair of KM Satellite Meeting Committee in Helsinki

Planning, development and internal control division, Director

Education division, Director

ARPA Lazio (Regional Agency for Environment Protection, Lazio)

Via Boncompagni, 101

00187 Roma

Italy

Tel +39 06 48054549

Fax +39 06 48054443

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

[KMDG-L] Call for papers for Helsinki 2012: IFLA Knowledge Management Section

Call for papers for Knowledge Management Open Session

WLIC, Helsinki, August 2012

The 2012 WLIC Conference

"Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering"

The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites librarians and knowledge managers to submit proposals for papers in a 2-hour session at WLIC Helsinki, 11-17 August 2012.

The KM Conference Programme

We invite presentations that showcase:

- Knowledge creation and knowledge sharing in public libraries particularly across boundaries of language, culture and technology

- Innovative use of technology to support knowledge sharing, joint research and learning (workplace learning, e-learning)

- Case studies in application of Knowledge Management tools that support the success of the library

Important Dates and Timelines

Submission:

Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere. Please attach a declaration about originality of the proposed paper and verify that it has not been published anywhere.

Selection:

Successful applicants will be notified by the end of February, 2012.

Presentation at the Conference:

At least one of the authors of the paper must present the paper. Please send a promissory note with your signature verifying intent to attend the IFLA Conference in Helsinki to the Program Chair.

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Prof.dr.Ágnes Hajdu Barát

Chair of KM Program Committee in Helsinki

Institute of Adult Education

University of Szeged Gyula Juhász Faculty of Education

(SZTE JGYPK)

Address: Szeged, Szilléri sgt. 12. 6723 HUNGARY

Telephone/fax: ++36 62 474 255

E-mail: hajdu@jgypk.u-szeged.hu

http://www.jgypk.u-szeged.hu/tanszek/konyvtud.htm

[KMDG-L] Call for Papers - Science & Technology Libraries

Call for Papers

IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section

Papers are invited to be presented at 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Helsinki, Finland in August 2012

Theme: The Role of Libraries in Data Curation, Access, and Preservation: an International Perspective

Data curation, access, and preservation are integral to the advancement of research in science and technology. For further definition and clarification of the role of data in research see the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) website: (http://www.dcc.ac.uk/digital-curation/what-digital-curation).

The session will focus on the role of libraries and librarians in data curation in various countries and the challenges associated with establishing and operating data curation repositories, on a local or national level. Proposals must focus on one or more of the following topics:

1. Key issues confronted in establishing a national plan for data curation

2. The role of libraries in establishing data curation repositories.

3. A financial model for sustaining data curation within the library and/or university.

4. Training and preparation of librarians to participate in data curation.

Submissions

Proposal abstract (max 500 words) must be submitted by January 15, 2012, on any one or more of the topics listed above, with the topic to be discussed clearly identified by number from list above. Submission is to include presenter's name, position, institution, and email address.
Please note that all fees, including registration to the conference, travel, accommodation etc. are the responsibility of the authors.
Notification of acceptance of proposals will be completed by February 15, 2012

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