“Enhancing Services through Communication and Collaboration”

Call for Papers

Closing Date: 31st January 2007

Topics

The 2007 IUISC Planning Group welcome proposals, in abstract form, for short papers on a variety of topics under the following strands.

Strand A - Institutional collaboration and mobility

Strand B - Digitisation and electronic content management

Strand C - eAccess to content and services           

Specific workshop topics are listed in the programme but submissions on other subjects suitable for inclusion in these strands and of current interest to IUISC members are encouraged up to 31 January 2007.

Most sessions at IUISC 2007 will be one hour sessions in workshop form, though there may be some spaces for presentations to larger groups also lasting one hour.  Papers may be 20 minutes or 40 minutes in length to allow time for discussion.

Abstract Submission

The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday 31st January 2007. These should be sent to any one of the following:

Acceptance Process

Each proposal will be reviewed for acceptance at the conference against the following criteria:

• Relevance to the conference theme and strands
• Clarity and coherence of the proposal
• Evaluation of educational impact, practice and or/policy
• Opportunities for participants to actively engage in the session and to reflect on transferability to their own practice.

Acceptance of Abstract

You will be advised as to whether or not your Abstract has been accepted as soon as possible after submission.  Your paper/presentation will be due by 28th February for inclusion on the conference website.

You are also asked to submit a brief paragraph detailing your own background and experience.