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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIBRARIES 2009
"Transforming
Towards a Sustainable Tomorrow"
15th
-16th June 2009, Bayview Beach Resort,
Pulau Pinang Malaysia
Organised by

with the cooperation of

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DAY 1 |
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15 June 2009 (Monday) |
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08:30 am |
Registration |
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09:00 am - 09:15 am |
Arrival of Guests/VIPs |
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09:15 am - 10:30 am |
Opening Ceremony
Photography Session |
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Refreshments |
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Keynote Address I |
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12:30 pm - 02:00 pm |
LUNCH |
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02:00 pm - 03:20 pm |
Session 1
Supporting Education and Research
Dr. Fadel Jamil Klaib
The Effects of Zarqa Private University Library's Orientation Program: a
Comparative Study of Its Objectives and Trends Among Users.
Ruzita Ramly
Spice It Up with Web 2.0. Feed It Through Mobile.
Rina H. Diaron
Inter-Institutional Collaboration Towards Sustainable and Relevant
Academic Libraries
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03:20 pm - 03:30 pm |
Q&A |
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03:30 pm - 05:00 pm |
Session 2
Rethinking Services
M. C. Rasmin
Immaturity of Readership of the Rural Student in Sri Lanka and the
Obstacles They Face in Accessing the Global Knowledge
Haslinda
Mohamed
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Study on the Open Source Software Deployment for Integrated Library
Systems in an Academic Library
Meehrdad
Mazloomi
Anything New? A User's Perspective
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05:00 pm - 05:10 pm |
Q&A |
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DAY 2 |
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16 June 2009 (Tuesday)
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08:30 am - 10:00 am |
Session 3
Advocating Preservation and Conservation
Pokuri Venkata Rao & Jaspal Kaur Bhatia
Preservation of Manuscripts in Chandigarh (India) : A Case Study
Dr. Zuraidah Abd Manaf, Aliza Ismail & Putri Saniah Megat Abdul Rahman
Managing the Risk of Digital Resources in Malaysian Cultural
Institutions
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Q&A |
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Session 4
Library Space, Planning and Building
Ladan Tajadddini
Investigating the Atmosphere of Kerman Public Libraries with Respect to
Planning and designing measures of Iran planning and management
organizations
Siti Sumaizan Ramli
Centre for Academic Information Services, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak - a 21st Century Academic Library Building in Borneo
John Miller
Library Space: Planning and Building
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12:30 pm - 12:40 pm |
Q&A |
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12:40 pm - 02:00 pm |
LUNCH |
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02:00 pm - 03:30 pm |
Session 5
Empowering Information Professionals
Dr. B.T. Sampath Kumar, Dr. B.S. Biradar & K.T. Santosh Kumar
Challenges and Opportunities in Empowering LIS Professionals : the
Indian Scenario
Engku Razifah Engku Chik, Noraida Hassan & Wan Emilin Wan Mat Ali
Practicing Evidence Based in Malaysian Libraries: a CSI Challenge?
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03:30 pm - 03:40 pm |
Q&A |
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03:40 pm - 04:30 pm |
Keynote Address II
Y. Bhg.
Prof. Tan Sri
Dato'
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia
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04:30 pm - 05:00 pm
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CLOSING |
Call For Papers
We
wish to invite you to participate as a paper presenter at our Conference.
Potential paper presenters should submit an abstract of approximately 500
words related to the Conference theme.
Abstracts should be submitted with the Conference registration form in
hardcopy or as an e-mail attachment to the address below before
2nd March 2009.
Selection of papers will be completed by
14th March 2009
and authors will be notified thereafter.
We
look forward to seeing your paper submission and attendance at the
Conference.
Key dates:
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Abstracts due |
2nd
March 2009
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Notification of paper acceptance |
16th March 2009
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Full paper submission due |
16th April 2009
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The
Conference (ICOL 2009) |
15-16th June 2009
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Please
send your abstract to :
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Address |
Mdm. Habsah Abdul
Rahman
Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut
Universiti Sains
Malaysia
11800 USM, Pulau
Pinang
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E-Mail |
habsah@notes.usm.my |
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Telephone/Fax |
Tel.
604-6533887 (h/phone 016-4371490)
Fax 604-6571526 |
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