From: Anthi Katsirikou <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:28:30 +0300
Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues,
With pleasure we invite you to participate, submit an Abstract and/or
organize and chair an Invited Session (4-6 talks) or address an
invited talk in the forthcoming Conference in Limerick, Ireland
((23-26 May 2017) for the 9th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in
Libraries International Conference (QQML2017, http://www.isast.org)
which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society
for the Advancement of Science and Technology).
If you already have submitted your contribution ignore this message.
However, please note that the early bird registration is approaching
(30 March 2017).
This is the ninth 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. big data,
open data and open source, innovation and technological transfer,
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 professionals in a more
general sense: professors, researchers, students, administrators,
stakeholders, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision
makers and managers, information scientists, librarians, records
managers, web developers, IT specialists, taxonomists, statisticians,
marketing managers, philologist, subject and reference librarians et
al.
Main topics
The emphasis is given to the models and the initiatives focus on the Data.
The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following
indicative themes:
1. Data Mining, content analysis, taxonomies, ontologies
2. Open Data, Open Access, Analysis and Applications
3. Big Data and its Management
4. Information Ethics
5. Information and Knowledge Management
6. Synergies, Organizational Models and Information Systems
7. Multimedia Systems and Applications
8. Computer Networks and Social Networks,
9. Health Reference and Informatics
10. Information Technologies in Education
11. Decision making in service innovation
12. STM information development
Special Sessions – Workshops
You may send proposals for Special Saessions (4-6 papers) or Workshops
(more than 2 sessions) including the title and a brief description at:
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http://www.isast.org/abstractsubmission.html
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/abstractsubmission.html
Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways
a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation;
b. full papers (not exceeding 9,000 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.
Post Graduate Student sessions for research are especially organized.
Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2017 Conference and
Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference
at: [log in to unmask]
Important dates:
Deadline of abstracts submitted: 20 December 2016
Reviewer’s response: in 3 weeks after submission
Early registration: 30th of March 2017
Paper and Presentation Slides: 1st of May 2017
Conference dates: 23-26 May 2017
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 [log in to unmask]
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 : [log in to unmask]
Looking forward to welcoming you in Limerick,
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
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