IFLA AOS Call for Papers

World Library and Information Congress/70th IFLA General Conference and Council, 20-27 August 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Call for papers from the IFLA Asia Oceania Section:

Theme: Information literacy for a knowledge society in Asia and Oceania.

Information literacy, a cornerstone of the knowledge society, is the focus of the Asia and Oceania Section's Strategic Plan for 2004-2005. AOS invites library and information professionals and researchers to submit proposals of papers to be presented in the Section's programme. Topics of interest include, but not are limited to:

Innovative information literacy activities/programmes that meet changes and challenges in the region;
The use of ICT or distance education to support information literacy programmes;
Information literacy models and approaches that are useful in developing a knowledge society in Asia and Oceania.

Submission dateline for abstracts: 31 January 2004

Submission dateline for papers: 31 May 2004

Final notification of selected papers will be announced by February 2004, and a formal letter of invitation will be sent to paper presenters.

Enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to:

Professor Gary E Gorman
Chair, IFLA Asia and Oceania Section
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600, Welling, New Zealand
ph 64 4 463 5782 fx 64 4 463 5184
gary.gorman@vuw.ac.nz.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address)

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