First Call for Papers and Posters - 12ª Conferência Internacional da EAHIL, Estoril, 14 a 18 de Junho de 2010

The 12th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, 14th - 18th June 2010

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

The International Programme Committee invites you to submit papers and posters for the 12th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries “DISCOVERING NEW SEAS OF KNOWLEDGE: technologies, environments and users in the future of health libraries ” to be held in Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, 14th - 18th June 2010.

The Committee invites research papers, innovative approaches, examples of best practice and case studies on the following topics:

- Health technologies assessment , for example:

Information support for health care decision-makers. Evidence provision for the introduction, allocation and cost-effective use of medical technologies.

- Evidence-based librarianship , for example:

Supporting evidence-based health care. Evidence-based library and information practice.

- Bibliometrics , for example:

Qualitative indicators. Measuring impact and quality. Citation indexing systems. Cost justification for information services.

- Preservation and memory , for example:

Old collections in a digital world.

- Health and biomedical informatics , for example:

Data analysis and data mining. Content analysis. Health databases. Ontology. Web search and information credibility.

- Library spaces and places , for example:

Physical and virtual spaces. Changing physical library space. Value of library and information services. Health libraries architecture. Ubiquitous libraries.

-Scholarly publishing and open access , for example:

Self-archiving. Scientific information. Knowledge society. Copyright agreements. Pre-print and post-print. Publishing systems.

-Emerging technologies and tools , for example:

Innovative health information management. Mobile technologies. Information visualisation. Wiki technology and communities. Virtual libraries. Microblogging. Communication and collaboration technologies. Semantic web. Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. technologies.

-Health librarians in the 21st century , for example:

Opportunities, roles, competencies, skills, marketing, leadership.

- Information literacy , for example:

Advocacy, marketing and promotion. Recognizing the need. User education. Benchmarking.

-User statistics , for example:

Performance measures. Benchmarking. Quality measurement.

-Library management , for example:

Fund raising. Accreditation. Partnerships. Stakeholders. Ethical issues in information practice.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION will be online only from the 1st July 2009 until 6th of November 2009. http://www.eahil.uio.no/cop_index.html

Abstract submission instructions

1. Both EAHIL members and non-members may submit abstracts. EAHIL members will login with their ordinary username and password. Non-members first have to register their personal details to get a username and password.

2. When you login, you come to the abstract submission system. Click on "Papers". If you already have submitted abstract(s), you will get a list of your abstract(s) and you can update the information by clicking on the title. If you want to submit a paper or poster, click on "Add paper". For author information, use format: surname, forename; surname, forename.

3. Abstract length should not exceed 2500 characters.

4. Within the abstract submission period 1st July to 6st of November 2009, you may update your abstract.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstracts should be submitted online by the 6th of November 2009.

Notification of acceptance will be made by the 21st of December 2009.

The authors should confirm their participation in the Conference by the 31st of January 2010.

The full text of accepted papers should be submitted by the 30th of April 2010.

FULL TEXT PRESENTATIONS

The full text of all the conference papers will be published on http://www.eahil.net/conferences_eahil.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Isabel Andrade, Chair of the International Programme Committee, mailto:isabel.andrade@ensp.unl.pt

Paula Saraiva, Co-chair of the International Programme Committee, mailto:psaraiva@fm.ul.pt