Call for Papers: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section & Education and Training Section (IFLA 2013 Singapore)

URL: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/indigenous-knowledge-and-multiculturalism

The Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section and Education and Training Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour session in the next IFLA General Conference on August 2013 in Singapore.

Theme: Indigenous knowledge and multiculturalism in LIS education and library training: infinite possibilities

This joint session focuses on the issues of diverse communities and the ways that LIS education and library training need to incorporate cultural competencies, knowledge and practices. While some countries have found success in educating library school students and library workers some areas of the world need help with advocating, developing and sustaining these initiatives. This session will further the awareness of the importance of LIS education in multicultural competencies, and indigenous knowledge paradigms and how these efforts can be extended effectively into in-house training programs for library professional and their staff.

Submission deadline: 15 February 2013.

URL: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/indigenous-knowledge-and-multiculturalism