CALL FOR PAPERS AND ANNOUNCEMENT

International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship
Beijing, China, October 14-16, 2008
organized by the Library Society of China Academic Library Division, BALIS University Net Library of Beijing, and Capital Normal University Library in cooperation with DRCnet (Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China) Conference web site: http://www.netlib.edu.cn/huiyi/english/index.html

Themes of the Conference: Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

Main topic areas:
*Subject librarian and subject librarian services: duties, tasks, objectives, evaluation, and training of subject librarians
*Subject librarian and subject resources construction
*Subject librarian services and information literacy education: relationship between subject librarian services and information literacy education; subject librarian and information literacy
*Subject librarian services and library management: subject librarian services and collaboration with other library departments
*Research about personal librarian information service; content and methodology of personalized information service
*Ideas, thoughts, and construction of information commons, learning commons, and multi-media commons

The conference program includes a number of keynote lectures to be delivered by those listed below:
Joseph Branin, Ohio State University Libraries, USA
Jan Glover, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, USA
Karin A. Trainer, Princeton University Libraries, USA

Important Dates:
Abstract Submission: May 1, 2008
Completed Paper Submission: May 15, 2008
Authors Notification: June 15, 2008
Final Paper Submission: June 30, 2008

Please send abstract and completed paper to:
Michael Bailou Huang
Stony Brook University
Health Sciences Library
HSC Level 3, Rm 136
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034, USA
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu
Tel.: (631) 444-3794; Fax: (631) 444-6649

Papers should be sent in electronic format as an email attachment. Please note the following requirements: simple text, Times New Roman, font size 12, 100-word abstract at the beginning of the paper, 3 to 5 keywords, and APA style bibliography; including author’s contact information (author’s name, institution, address, email, and phone number) and a short bio of the author(s) at the end of the paper. No pagination should be inserted in the paper. Submitted papers will be subject to a peer-review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Venues:
Capital Normal University Library
83 Xi Shan Huan Bei Road
Beijing, China, 100089
http://www.cnu.edu.cn

Organizing Committee, International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship