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Kristen
Kristen Regina
Head of Research Collections
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
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IFLA Satellite Post-Conference
Beyond libraries – subject metadata in the digital environment and semantic web
17-18 August 2012, Tallinnm Estonia
Organised by the IFLA Classification and Indexing Section and the National Library of Estonia
Call for Papers
Theme:
Beyond libraries – subject metadata in the digital environment and semantic web
The conference will explore the role of different kinds of subject metadata in the digital environment and the semantic web, in libraries and beyond libraries. The digital environment creates new opportunities and new challenges for subject access. How could we take advantage of the new opportunities and how can we handle the challenges?
Possible topics include
Location
National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Preliminary programme
17 August Afternoon session
18 August Full day session
URL: www.nlib.ee/tallinnsatellite
Submissions
The deadline for submitting papers is 15 February 2012
Papers should be in English and no more than 3000 words in length, and submitted ready to publish. The submission should also include:
Authors should be prepared to give presentations at the Satellite meeting. The length of the presentations should be approximately 20 minutes. The conference will be conducted in English and all presentations will be required to be in English.
Papers and presentations should be unpublished, original works. IFLA has first publication rights to papers selected.
Papers will be reviewed by the Programme committee of the Classification and Indexing Section Standing Committee. Authors will be notified on the acceptance of their papers before 1 April 2012. The papers should be sent to Magdalena Svanberg, National Library of Sweden, [log in to unmask].
Please note
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.
Important dates
15 February Deadline for submitting papers
March Registration opens
1 April Notifications of acceptance
15 May Early registration discount ends