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From: Rebecca Miller-Banner [mailto:rmiller2emporia.edu] 
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: Sofia2008

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Sofia 2008:  Globalization and the Management of Information
Resources
12-14 November 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria

On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, we would
like to
invite you to participate in Sofia 2008:  Globalization and
the
Management of Information Resources, 12-14 November 2008
hosted by The
School of Library & Information Management, Emporia
State University,
Kansas, USA; the Department of Library and Information
Sciences, "St.
Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria;
the University
of Kansas Libraries,  Kansas, USA; Seton Hall University
Library, New
Jersey, USA;  James A. Michener Library, University of
Northern
Colorado, Colorado, USA.

Sofia 2008 is part of an international conference series
that has been
hosted in Kansas City, Kansas (1995), Warsaw, Poland (1997)
and Sofia,
Bulgaria (2000, 2002, 2004, & 2006).  The conference
series is devoted
to interpreting trends, patterns of globalization and their
effects on
the development of library services, and the development of
information
infrastructure.

The conference themes this year are:

*	Access to electronic networks 
*	Organization, classification and retrieval in a web
environment 
*	Information industry & knowledge management 
*	Information literacy and lifelong learning 
*	Digital and virtual libraries 
*	Information architecture and knowledge management 
*	Information policy issues in an electronic environment 
*	Digital rights management (DRM) 
*	Education and training in a Web 2.0 environment 
*	Ethics and the right to access to information 

Also, a special session is planned on the role of libraries
in the
capture, access, preservation, and use of indigenous
knowledge

Please send your submission of contact information, title
and abstract
of no more than 500 words by MONDAY, 9 JUNE to the
conference e-mail
address: sofia2008emporia.edu.  Notification of acceptance
to the
program will be made by 30 JUNE, and to include the paper in
the
published conference proceedings, the final copy is due by
15 OCTOBER.

Please note that all participants will pay registration.  A
small number
of stipends are available for East European colleagues to
support
conference attendance. Preference will be given to those
individuals
presenting papers or reports.  For conference support please
get in
touch with Dr. Alexander Dimchev at dimchev_uniabv.bg
or
Dimchevsclg.uni-sofia.bg.  

Participation is also available for students in a special
concurrent
poster session.  Interested students should submit contact
information,
poster title and a brief summary (150 words) to Ms. Perri
Parise at
ppariseemporia.edu by 3 JUNE.  Students will be notified of
acceptance
by 24 JUNE. 

More details about the conference can be found at
http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/Sofia2008/index.htm. 
You may direct
questions to Rebecca Miller Banner, conference organizer,
at
sofia2008emporia.edu. 

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you'll
be able to
join us in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Cordially,
Chairs Herbert Achleitner and Alexander Dimchev

Herbert K. Achleitner, PhD
School of Library & Information Management
Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas, USA
E-mail: hachleitemporia.edu 

Alexander Dimchev, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Philosophy
University of Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria 
dimchev_uniabv.bg


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