Wednesday, January 12, 2022

CFP: 14th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference #QQML2022 - Hybrid event Athens, May 2022

It is our pleasure to invite you in Athens city (24-27 May, 2022) for the 14th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2022,  www.qqml.org ) which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology).

 

The conference invites Special and Contributed Sessions, Oral Papers, Best Practices, Workshops and Posters.

Details about the types of distribution please visit:  www.qqml.org/description-of-the-contribution/  

 

Plenary talks, Workshops and Special Sessions are included in the related page of the website  www.qqml.org

 

Because of the uncertain times we live the conference will be hybrid this year: Physically and virtually organized. This choice faces the challenges of the visa denial, virus pandemics etc.

 All necessary precautions will be taken into account and will be applied (limited numbers, masks, distance, vaccine, tests…).


                                                                                                                                          


Target Group

The target group and the audience are library professionals in a more general sense: professors, researchers, students, administrators, stakeholders, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers, information scientists, librarians, records managers, web developers, IT specialists, taxonomists, statisticians, marketing managers, philologist, subject and reference librarians et al. 

 

Main theme: “Measuring of reading and literacy in future libraries: transformation and innovation” 

Sub- themes:

  1. New ICTs and their influence on everyday life of libraries:
    1. Artificial intelligence: Librarians and users experience
    2. Blockchain
    3. Agile
    4. Library Information systems, coalitions, networks
  1. Sustainable Development Goals:
    1. Green libraries
    2. Political, economic and social inclusion
    3. Strategies and initiatives
    4. Measurement and impact analysis
  1. Social Μedia and the marketing:
    1. Digital literacy
    2. Media literacy
    3. Users behaviour
    4. Communication

Future libraries

a.       Expanded boundaries

b.      New generation of services

c.       Innovative synergies and collaborations

Library theory and research: New theories, models and frameworks in LIS

Collection management:

a.       Google age and young people in libraries

      1. Public access and open access
      2. E-scholarship
      3. Academic and research libraries

 

Submissions:

·         Special Sessions

·         Workshops

·         Master theses separate session

·         PhD students with separate session

 

Free discussion seminar/ webinar

  1. Library Performance Indices.

Organizer: Markku A. Laitinen, Planning Officer, The National Library of Finland.

Short introduction lecture and free discussion in small groups and compilation of the work groups results in common session.

This is preceded by an advance task => We know this as Me-We-Us method.

 

At the web page: www.qqml.org/call-of-proposals/  you may send proposals:

1.            For Special Sessions (4-6 papers),

2.            Workshops (more than 1-3 sessions) including the title and a brief description at:  secretar@isast.org or from the electronic submission

3.            Abstracts/Papers to be included in the proposed sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers.

 

Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways

a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation;

b. full papers (not exceeding 12,000 words);

c. posters.

 

In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference: www.qqml.org/registration/ .

Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: www.qqml.org/call-of-proposals/

The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines that are located in the above link.

All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the QQML e- journal after the permission of the author(s).

 

The QQML e-  journal moved to www.qqml-journal.net

 

Doctoral and Postgraduate Sessions

Professors and Supervisors are recommended to encourage the contribution of Postgraduate theses and dissertations of their students.

In the Doctoral and Postgraduate Sessions the contributors resent their research, the topic, the objectives, the methodology and the ongoing work. 

Post Graduate Student sessions for research are especially organized.

Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2022 Conference and Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: secretar@isast.org

 

QQML 2022 Important Dates

Abstract submissions: January 15, 2022  EXTENSION February 15th

Notification of acceptance two weeks after submission.

Deadline Paper Submission: 1st of May 2022 (optional)

Deadline Presentation Submission: 1st of May  2022

Early bird Registration: up to 1st of March  2022

 

Submit a Proposal or a session to secretar@isast.org

Submissions of abstracts to special or contributed sessions could be sent directly to the conference secretariat at secretar@isast.org . Please refer to the Session Number, as they are referred at the conference website to help the secretariat to classify the submissions.

For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: http://www.qqml.org   or contact the secretary of the conference at : secretar@isast.org

Paper contributions have the opportunity to be published in the QQML e- Journal, which continues to retain the right of first choice, however in addition they have the chance to be published in other scientific journals. QQML e- Journal is included in EBSCOhost

 

Looking forward to welcoming you in Athens,

On behalf of the Conference Committee

 

Kind regards,

Anthi Katsirikou (Ms)

Librarian, PhD, MSc

QQML Conference co-chair

 

Director, University of Piraeus Library

Adjunct Professor, Open University of Greece

 

President of  the Association of Greek Librarians and Information Professionals

Information Literacy Standing Committee Member, IFLA

IATUL, ALA/ ACRL Member

 

anthi@asmda.com

 

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