Profumo di latte, di musica e parole wins IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award

The IFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries is pleased announced the winner of the IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award:

Profumo di latte, di musica e parole
by Biblioteca Casa dei Bimbi, Sistema Biblioteche Centri Culturali / Roma Capitale (Italy)
[YouTube link]

The film is an interview with a pregnant woman, who shows the tactile book she made - in the library - for the baby she was expecting. Page after page, she describes the fabrics she used or re-used, how she learnt to sew and embroider, the personal references and meanings of the images she picked. The library is a place of learning and comfort during a delicate time in the life of a woman.

The contest A Corto di Libri received 31 submissions from Europe, North / South America and Australia. Among those, 17 films were selected because of their focus on a public library in the context of a metropolitan area. They also had to be in English language or provide English subtitles. During the IFLA MetLib Conference in Montréal on May 4, these 17 short films were projected and voted by 37 librarians. Two “VIP” votes were added by the Chairs of the Standing Committees of the Section on Public Libraries (Marian Morgan Bindon) and the Section on Audiovisual and multimedia (Michael J. Miller).

tFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries thanks Nathalie Martin (Bibliothèques de Montréal) and the technical staff of BANQ (Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec) for their collaboration.

Call for papers: International Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

The International Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (IJoLIS) is actively soliciting manuscripts for publication. The IJoLIS publishes research papers, scholarly opinion papers, reviews of research, brief communications, abstracts of theses, and reviews of books and other media. Papers are selected by a process of peer review, with double-blind review of each paper.

The editorial policy of the IJoLIS is to contribute to the advancement of library and information sciences by serving as a forum for discussion of theory and research. The journal is concerned with research findings, understanding of issues in the field, information practices of individuals and groups, and understanding of the history, economics, and technology of information or library systems and services. Submissions in English are invited. Instructions for contributors are included in journal issues and these are now available at the journal’s website: http://lis.aiou.edu.pk/international-journal-of-librarianship-and-information-science-ijolis/   

Interested authors, referees, contributors, and book reviewers should contact the editor, Dr Pervaiz Ahmad, at ijolis@aiou.edu.pk

Call for Papers: 1st International Conference on Transforming Library

The 1st International Conference on Transforming Library 2017 will be held July 8th to 10th at the Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar BTC in Assam, India.

The organizing committee invites submissions of research papers and original works in English up to 8000 words. Submissions can be in .doc or .docx format and should include an abstract of 300 words, with a maximum of 7 key words. Deadline for paper submissions is June 15.

 Papers can address a broad range of topics, such as:
 Technology and innovation in libraries
 Best practices in library management (human resources, finance, materials and operations)
 Development of information and knowledge services
 Electronic resource management
 Resource sharing
 Impact of ICTS in librarianship
 Knowledge networking and consortia
 Library automation
 Users and their information seeking behavior
 Library design
 Library orientation/information literacy in the digital age
 LIS education, research and training
 Marketing library and information services and products
 Impact measurement
 

For more information visit the conference website at http://www.ictl.co.in/