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From: Abraham Azubuike <aazubuike at yahoo.com>
Date: 15 January 2015 at 10:56
Subject: [IFLA-L] Call for Papers by Access to Information Network-Africa
(ATINA) for 2015 IFLA WLIC, Cape Town
To: ifla-l at infoserv.inist.fr
Cc: ifla at ifla.org


ATINA, an IFLA Special Interest Group of development information
professionals concerned with broadening effective access to information and
knowledge for development in Africa, invites proposals for papers to be
presented at its Open Session during the 2015 IFLA World Library and
Information Congress/ 81th Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa,
15-21 August 2015.

Theme
Mind the Gap! Bridging Information and Knowledge Gaps in Development and
Transformation Programmes in Africa

Authors should address one or more of the following sub-themes, and use one
or two relevant national, African or global policies/strategies to
illustrative their findings and propositions. For gap analysis, please
provide preliminary outlines of information/ knowledge gaps identified and
indicate briefly how the analyzed instrument could be (or could have been)
enhanced by inclusion of substantial information/knowledge dimensions to it
or complemented by separate information/knowledge strategies. Authors
addressing other sub-themes should also provide the various dimensions of
their topics in a robust manner.

Sub-themes
•    Illustrative knowledge and information gap/barrier analysis using past
and present national or/and multilateral development strategies and policies

•    Information intensification in the implementation of programmes and
projects: methods and success stories

•    Looking ahead - building on the access to information and knowledge
provisions of the post-2015 development agenda

•    Designing information strategies and services for complementarity and
synergy with development and transformation programmes at the local and
national levels

Important Deadlines
30 January      Submission of proposal (700 - 1000 words).
15 February      Notification of acceptance/rejection of proposal.
15 April      Submission of completed draft of paper, with a commitment to
attend 2015 WLIC.
25 April      Submission of presentation slides ("PowerPoint").

Please email your proposal to:

Abraham Azubuike
Convenor, ATINA Special Interest Group
Email: aazubuike at yahoo.com

For more information on ATINA, please visit: http://www.ifla.org/en/ATINA

Please note:
Every paper accepted must be presented in person by one of the authors at
the IFLA WLIC in Cape Town, South Africa.

Authors are required to permit non-exclusive publication of papers chosen
for this session on the IFLA website and digital repository, the IFLA
Library under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
License. Papers accepted but not presented in person at the conference will
not be made available on the official conference website and will not be
considered for nomination as a best paper of the conference.

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel,
accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No
financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation letter
can be issued to authors.

Congress Participation Grants:
List of opportunities for support is available on our Conference
Participation Grants webpage.



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