INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIBRARIES 2009

"Transforming Towards a Sustainable Tomorrow"

15th -16th June 2009, Bayview Beach Resort,
Pulau Pinang Malaysia

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Tentative Programme

 

DAY 1

 

 

15 June 2009 (Monday)

 
 

08:30 am

Registration

09:00 am - 09:15 am

Arrival of Guests/VIPs

09:15 am - 10:30 am

Opening Ceremony

Photography Session

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Refreshments

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Keynote Address I

12:30 pm - 02:00 pm

LUNCH

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
 

03:20 pm - 03:30 pm

Q&A

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

 A Study on the Open Source Software Deployment for Integrated Library Systems in an Academic Library

 Meehrdad Mazloomi

Anything New? A User's Perspective
 

05:00 pm - 05:10 pm

Q&A

 

 

DAY 2

 

 

16 June 2009 (Tuesday)

 
 

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

 

10:00 am - 10:10 am

Q&A

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

 

12:30 pm - 12:40 pm

Q&A

12:40 pm - 02:00 pm

LUNCH

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?
 

03:30 pm - 03:40 pm

Q&A

03:40 pm - 04:30 pm

Keynote Address II

Y. Bhg. Prof. Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia
 

04:30 pm - 05:00 pm

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:

Abstracts due 2nd March 2009

 

Notification of paper acceptance 16th March 2009

 

Full paper submission due    16th April 2009

 

The Conference (ICOL 2009)  15-16th June 2009

 

Please send your abstract to :

Address

Mdm. Habsah Abdul Rahman
Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 USM, Pulau Pinang
MALAYSIA

E-Mail habsah@notes.usm.my
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Tel. 604-6533887 (h/phone 016-4371490)
Fax 604-6571526