Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:00:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 55998410 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:47:18 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-15--719664569 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: M-libraries Conference - Call for Papers X-Original-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:47:18 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) --Apple-Mail-15--719664569 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear cni-announce subscribers: More libraries are developing services targeted for mobile devices, =20 and the increasing use of all types of mobile devices has implications =20= for licensed content and physical spaces as well as for services. If you are doing innovative work in this area, please consider =20 submitting a proposal for a session at the Second International m-=20 libraries Conference. (Disclosure - I am on the Organizing Committee =20= for the conference.) Joan Lippincott The Second International m-libraries Conference Vancouver, 23 - 24 June 2009 Call for papers Following the successful First International m-libraries Conference =20 in 2007 we are delighted to call for papers for the Second =20 International Conference in Vancouver in 2009. For more information =20 about the conference visit library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The conference will be hosted by the University of British Columbia in =20= collaboration with Athabasca University, the Open University (UK) and =20= Thompson Rivers University. The aim of the conference is to explore =20 and share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver =20 services and resources to users =91on the move=92 via mobile or handheld = =20 devices, including mobile and smartphones, PDAs, portable gaming =20 devices, MP3 players and ebook readers. The conference will bring together researchers, technical developers, =20= managers and library practitioners to exchange experience and =20 expertise and generate ideas for future developments. If you would like to be involved in this exciting conference please =20 submit your abstracts (up to 300 words) to = m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk=20 by December 15th, 2008. These will be subject to peer review and =20 authors will be notified by mid-January. We expect that papers may include research reports, demonstrations of =20= technical developments, practical case studies or reviews. Posters are =20= also invited. Themes will include; =A7 service models for library services delivered to mobiles =A7 cost and sustainability factors for m-library service =20 development =A7 the changing relationships between libraries and users =20 resulting from innovation in ubiquitous computing =A7 partnership projects for developing integrated services to =20= mobiles =A7 implications of mobile technologies on library space = planning =A7 reconfiguring library collection development to enhance =20 ubiquitous access to resources =A7 exploring methodologies for evaluating the impact of mobile =20= and ubiquitous computing on library service development Papers or presentation Papers or presentations should last no longer than 20 minutes plus 10 =20= minutes for discussions. Poster sessions Posters will be displayed throughout the conference and time will be =20 allocated in the programme for poster viewing. A prize will be awarded =20= to the best poster. Conference proceedings will be published online. The conference will be held at the University of British Columbia =20 campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. Situated on Canada's West =20 Coast, Vancouver is a popular travel destination and is a host city =20 for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. For more information see = http://hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/Vancouver.htm Contact Information General enquiries: leonora.crema@ubc.ca Programme enquiries: m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk Why not join the m-libraries Facebook Group? = www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3D7719700810 =20= --Apple-Mail-15--719664569 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear cni-announce = subscribers:

More libraries are developing services targeted for = mobile devices, and the increasing use of all types of mobile devices = has implications for licensed content and physical spaces as well as for = services.

If you are doing = innovative work in this area, please consider submitting a proposal for = a session at the Second International m-libraries Conference. =  (Disclosure - I am on the Organizing Committee for the = conference.)

Joan = Lippincott


The Second International m-libraries = Conference

Vancouver= , 23 - 24 June 2009
 
Call for papers
Following the successful First International m-libraries = Conference  in 2007 we are delighted to call for = papers for the Second International Conference in Vancouver in 2009. For more = information about the conference visit library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/
The conference will be hosted by = the University of British = Columbia in collaboration with Athabasca University, the Open University (UK) = and Thompson Rivers University. The aim of the conference = is to explore and share work carried out in libraries around the world = to deliver services and resources to users =91on the move=92 via mobile = or handheld devices, including mobile and smartphones, PDAs, portable = gaming devices, MP3 players and ebook readers.
The conference will bring together researchers, = technical developers, managers and library practitioners to exchange = experience and expertise and generate ideas for future = developments.
If you would like to be involved in this exciting = conference please submit your abstracts (up to 300 words) = to m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk  by December = 15th, 2008. These will be subject to peer review and authors will be = notified by mid-January.
We expect that papers may include research reports, = demonstrations of technical developments, practical case studies or = reviews. Posters are also invited.
 
Themes will include;
=A7         service models for library = services delivered to mobiles
=A7         cost and sustainability = factors for m-library service development
=A7         the changing relationships = between libraries and users resulting from innovation in ubiquitous = computing
=A7         partnership projects for = developing integrated services to mobiles
=A7         implications of mobile = technologies on library space planning
=A7         reconfiguring library = collection development to enhance ubiquitous access to = resources
=A7         exploring methodologies for = evaluating the impact of mobile and ubiquitous computing on library = service development
 
Papers or presentation
Papers or presentations should last no longer than 20 = minutes plus 10 minutes for discussions.
 
Poster sessions
Posters will be displayed throughout the conference = and time will be allocated in the programme for poster viewing. A prize = will be awarded to the best poster.
Conference proceedings will be published = online.
The conference will be held at = the University of British = Columbia campus in Vancouver, British = Columbia. Situated on Canada's West = Coast, Vancouver is a popular travel = destination and is a host city for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. For = more information see http://hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/Vancouver.htm
Contact Information
General enquiries: leonora.crema@ubc.ca         &n= bsp;           &nbs= p; 
Programme enquiries: m-libraries-conference@open.ac.uk         &n= bsp; 
 
 
Why not join the m-libraries Facebook = Group?  www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3D7719700810
 
 
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