7th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2015)
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It
is our pleasure to invite you in Paris (IUT-Descartes University) for
the 7th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International
Conference (QQML2015, http://www.isast.org) which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology).
This is the seventh year of the conference which brings
together different disciplines on library and information science; it
is a multi–disciplinary conference that covers the Library and
Information Science topics in conjunction
to other disciplines (e.g. innovation and economics, management and
marketing, statistics and data analysis, information technology, human
resources, museums, archives, special librarianship, etc).
The conference invites special and contributed sessions, oral communications, workshops and posters.
Target Group
The
target group and the audience are library and archives professionals in
a more general sense: professors, researchers, students,
administrators, stakeholders, librarians, technologists, museum
scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers.
Main topics
The
emphasis is given to the models and the initiatives that run under the
budget restrictions, such as the Information Management and the
innovation, the crisis management, the long-term access, the synergies
and partnership, the open access movement and technological development.
The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following indicative themes:
1. Information and Knowledge Management
2. Synergies, Organizational Models and Information Systems
3. Open Data, Open Access, Analysis and Applications
4. Multimedia Systems and Applications
5. Computer Networks and Social Networks,
6. Health Reference and Informatics
7. Information Technologies in Education
8. Decision making in service innovation
9. Data Mining, content analysis, taxonomies, ontologies
10. STM information development
Special Sessions – Workshops
You may send proposals for Special Sessions (4-6 papers) or Workshops (more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at: secretar@isast.org or from the electronic submission at the web page: http://www.isast.org/
You may also send Abstracts/Papers to be included in the proposed sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: http://www.isast.org/
Registrations are registration forms are available from: http://www.isast.org/
Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways
a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation;
b. full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words);
c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);
In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference.
Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: http://www.isast.org/.
The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines: http://www.isast.org/
All
abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in
the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be
published in the website of the conference, after the permission of the
author(s).
Student submissions
Professors and Supervisors are encouraged to organize conference sessions of Postgraduate theses and dissertations.
Please
direct any questions regarding the QQML 2015 Conference and Student
Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: secretar@isast.org
Important dates:
First call of proposals: 29th of September 2014
Deadline of abstracts submitted: 20 December 2014
Reviewer’s response: in 3 weeks after submission
Early registration: 30th of March 2015
Paper and Presentation Slides: 1st of May 2015
Conference dates: 26-29 May 2015
Paper contributors have the opportunity to be published in the QQML e- Journal,
which continues to retain the right of first choice, however in
addition they have the chance to be published in other scientific
journals.
QQML e- Journal is included in EBSCOhost and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).
Submissions of abstracts to special or contributed sessions could be sent directly to the conference secretariat at secretar@isast.org.
Please refer to the Session Number, as they are referred at the
conference website to help the secretariat to classify the submissions.
For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: http://www.isast.org or contact the secretary of the conference at : secretar@isast.org
Looking forward to welcoming you in Paris,
With our best regards,
On behalf of the Conference Committee
Anthi Katsirikou, PhD
Conference Co-Chair
University of Piraeus Library Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
University of Piraeus Library Director
Head, European Documentation Center
Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
Joumana Boustany, PhD
Local Chair
Université Paris Descartes - Institut Universitaire de Technologie
DICEN-IDF, Dispositifs d'Information et de Communication à l'Ère du Numérique en Ile de France. EA7339, CNAM
joumana.boustany@
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