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<P class=MsoNormal>P.O. Box 602162<BR>Gaborone<BR>Botswana<BR><BR><B>Call for Papers: 1st National Conference hosted/organized by Botswana<BR>Library Consortium (BLC) 24-25 October 2012, <SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Conference Venue:</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Gaborone, </SPAN>Botswana.<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>Theme: “Open Access drive and Digital Scholarship in Africa”<BR></B><BR>“Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of<BR>most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the<BR>internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely<BR>compatible with peer review and all the major OA initiatives for scientific<BR>and scholarly literature insist on its importance. Just as authors of<BR>journal articles donate their labor, so do most journal editors and referees<BR>participating in peer review” Peter Suber<BR><A href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm</A><BR><BR>Open Access (OA) Week is organized to raise awareness, celebrate the<BR>progress, share benefits and experiences about providing free online access<BR>to research results and their use for socio-economic development. To<BR>commemorate the Open Access Week, this year the OA Sub-Committee of the<BR>Botswana Library Consortium (BLC) is organizing a two-day conference 24-25<BR>October 2012. The Conference intends to bring together universities,<BR>research institutes, colleges, government departments, media, societal<BR>publishers, funding agencies, and libraries to share ideas on open-access<BR>publishing, policies, access to information, economic benefits and advocacy.<BR><BR>The conference organizers are calling for abstracts on a range of<BR>sub-themes, but not limited to:<BR><BR>Sub - themes<BR><BR>Open Access and its promotion at institutional and national level<BR>Open Access advocacy, adoption and promotion in Africa<BR>Open Access and socio-economic development in Africa<BR>Open Access repositories at institutional and national level<BR>Open Access publishing services and software<BR>Open Access and knowledge management<BR>Electronic theses and dissertations in an Open Access environment<BR>Impact of Open Access on digital scholarship<BR>Copyright or Intellectual property rights in an Open Access environment<BR>New approaches to conduct and communicate research and alternative<BR>publication methods<BR>Open Access initiatives and benefits in Africa<BR>Open Access policies & strategies at institutional and national level<BR>Models of financially sustained funding programs for Open Access<BR>Role of information professionals in Open access movement<BR><BR>§ Infrastructure and resources for Open Access in Africa<BR><BR>§ The future of Open Access in Africa<BR><BR>§ Building collaborative partnerships for Open Access drives in Africa<BR><BR><BR><B><U><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Important</SPAN></U></B><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> Dates</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><BR></SPAN><BR><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">10<SUP>th</SUP> August</SPAN> 2012</B>: Submission of abstracts<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red">(Extended Deadline)</SPAN></B><BR><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: black">17th August</SPAN> 2012: Notification of acceptance of abstracts<BR><BR>25th August 2012: Submissions of full papers<BR><BR>8th September 2012: Notification of acceptance of full papers<BR><BR><BR>Contact Person: All the correspondence and queries should be referred to:<BR><BR>Prof Priti Jain<BR><BR>Tel: + (267) 355-5086<BR><BR>E-mail: <A href="mailto:jainp@mopipi.ub.bw">jainp@mopipi.ub.bw</A><BR><BR> <BR><BR>Copy to: Reason Baathuli Nfila<BR><BR>Tel: + (267) 355-2300<BR><BR>E-Mail: <A href="mailto:nfilar@mopipi.ub.bw">nfilar@mopipi.ub.bw</A><BR><BR><BR>Author’s Guide<BR><BR>Title of conference paper (Calibri body, 14; sentence case; centre)<BR><BR>First name + Surname (Calibri body, 12)<BR><BR>Job Title<BR>Organisation<BR>City, Country<BR>E-address:<BR><BR>Fax:<BR><BR>Same info/same style for each additional authors<BR><BR>Abstract: Italic, Calibri body, 9; A brief and informative between 200 to<BR>300 words. Align left, but justify text under your abstract;<BR><BR>Keywords: Maximum seven key words that closely identify key issues addressed<BR>in your paper;<BR><BR>Font style & size: Calibri body, 12 throughout the paper;<BR><BR>Use English: UK English and the same spell checker<BR><BR>Paragraphing: using Tab key rather than spacing<BR><BR>Reference: American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing style should<BR>be used for all reference sources and the list of reference should be<BR>produced in alphabetical order.<BR><BR>Length of a full paper: Maximum length of the paper should not exceed 3,500<BR>words (inclusive of abstract, references/bibliography);<BR><BR>Line spacing: 1.5 and full justification;<BR><BR>Page number: Insert page numbers at the bottom aligned centre;<BR><BR>Tables and figures: All tables and figures should be numbered sequentially.<BR><BR>Captions should be clear and simple, although sufficient information should<BR>be provided for the table or figure to be understood without further<BR>reference to the text.<BR><BR>Bibliographic Note: Each paper should be submitted with a brief<BR>bibliographic note about the author not exceeding five lines.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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