IFLA IT Section - Call for Papers on
Disaster Planning and Recovery for Digital Libraries
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Call for papers
WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
CONGRESS: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
“Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising,
Empowering"”
11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Information
Technology Section
Theme:
Continuity in the face of digital disasters: Disaster
planning and recovery for digital libraries
While much
emphasis has been placed by libraries on developing digital collections and
services, there have been few studies of how to keep these digital collections
and services functioning in the case of a disaster or some other disruption to
normal library operations. Whether due to natural or man-made events, advance
planning for disruptions to services and collections is critical in our
increasingly digital age.
In response
to this critical need, the Information Technology section is seeking proposals
for papers on best practices and tools that relate to the facilitation,
implementation, or planning for disaster recovery and business continuity of
digital libraries.
Areas of
interest for papers include, but need not be restricted to, the following:
·
Developing
effective disaster recovery and organizational continuity models
·
Implementing
effective disaster recovery and continuity strategies for digital repositories
·
Minimizing
risk in developing and implementing digital libraries
·
Solutions
for promoting collaborative services to enable digital library continuity
·
New
organizational models to support an emphasis on library organizational
continuity
·
Case
studies and lessons learned from successful efforts in recovering from a
disaster
Proposals
for papers should be no more than one page in length. If selected, speakers
will have 15 minutes to present their results and 5 minutes for a question and
answer period during the conference session.
Proposals
should include the following information:
- Name, title, and institution of
speaker(s)
- Title of proposed presentation
- Address and email address of
speaker(s)
- Brief biographical statement about
each speaker including information about the qualifications of the speaker to
address the proposed topic
- One or two paragraph discussion of
the main points of the paper including an outline of the takeaways a conference
attendee will obtain by having the topic presented at the conference
- Language of presentation
- Contact information for response to
the proposal
Proposals
should be sent by 11 February, 2012 to Frank Cervone, secretary of the
Information Technology Section at fcervone@purduecal.edu. The subject line of all
submissions should be “IFLA ITS Proposal –“ followed by your last name. For
example, “IFLA ITS Proposal – Cervone”
The contact person for each
proposal will be informed by 10 March, 2012 whether their proposal has been
accepted or not. Papers selected for inclusion in the program must be submitted
in one the official languages of IFLA by 15 May, 2012.
Please note:
- The committee is looking for papers that present
real-world solutions. Papers that focus on solutions that are usable in
multiple library contexts will receive higher consideration for inclusion in
the conference program. Papers that are strictly theoretical or inapplicable to
other environmental contexts are less likely to be accepted for inclusion in
the program.
- Every paper accepted must be presented in person by
one of the authors at the WLIC in Helsinki.
- Authors are required to permit non-exclusive
publication of papers chosen for this session on the IFLA website and digital
library. Papers that are accepted but not presented in person at the conference
will not be made available on the official conference website nor will they be
considered for nomination as a best paper of the conference.
- Authors of papers not chosen for the conference may be
invited to submit their paper for publication in the IFLA IT section journal.
- All speaker expenses, including registration for the
conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the
authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA.
- A special invitation can be issued to
authors/presenters to facilitate attendance if required.
