16-22 Agosto 2014, Lyon, France
Theme:
School Libraries on the agenda: Advocacy initiatives from around the World
This session will be a culmination and celebration of the IFLA-funded project, School Libraries on the Agenda, which is part of the BSLA (Building Strong Library Associations) initiative. In collaboration with the International Association of School Librarianship, the School Libraries Section developed online training materials to support associations and other agencies and individuals in their work to develop and improve school library services.
The School Libraries Section invites submission of proposals for papers (including case studies) about school library advocacy initiatives. The papers will be presented at a two-hour session in Lyon; the language of the session will be English.
Proposals might address one of the topics suggested, but are not limited to these topics:
Proposals should submitted in the form of an extended abstract and be no more than 500 words in length. Proposals also should include the following information:
Proposals should be sent by 3 February 2014 to:
Dianne Oberg
Secretary of the School Libraries Section
E-mail: [email protected]
The subject line of your submission should be "IFLA SL Proposal" followed by your last name. For example, "IFLA SL Proposal - Oberg"
The contact person for each proposal will be informed by 3 March 2014 whether their proposal has been accepted or not.
Presenters will be expected to submit abstracts (maximum 300 words) and full papers (maximum 3000 words) as an MS Word file by email to [email protected] by 19 May 2014. Papers should be in English (or in one of the other official IFLA languages - Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, and Spanish - with an English translation attached). Papers must be original and must not have been published previously.
All proposals must be in before 3 Febrero 2014.
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.
The French National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.
Last update: 11 January 2014