Call for Papers — Satellite Meetings
Knowledge Management Section
- 24 November 2017, 11:22
Theme: "Is knowledge management the new library science?"
Date
23 August 2018
Venue
Xiamen University Malaysia campus (XMUM), Salak Tinggi, Selangor, Malaysia
(15 minutes from Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
Organizer
IFLA Knowledge Management Section
Satellite meeting focus
Knowledge management, as an organizational capability, integrates people, technologies, processes and strategy to create, use and share knowledge and information in ways to better satisfy customer and the organization’s needs.
But is Knowledge Management (KM) a separate discipline or just a label for a subset of library science? The library and information press has suggested for a number of years that KM is a separate and growing field of great interest to information professionals since many of the skills necessary in KM are similar to the skills of librarians and information professionals. However, as a discipline, KM is critical to all types of organizations as they attempt to better manage their knowledge and information to offer services that can best satisfy customers.
The satellite meeting aims to understand, describe, and demonstrate how KM and library science intersect and differ, especially in terms of how graduates of library science programs use the skills and techniques of KM as they manage corporate and organizational information assets. In addition to exploring these issues, we will investigate how future trends in KM can be met especially as the scope of KM grows into other areas and the need to on-going continuing professional development increases.
Examples of possible topics include:
- The similarities and differences between KM and library science; is it important? why might it matter?
- Trends in KM in library science and other academic programs
- How do the concepts learned in KM programs apply to the real world?
- Capturing knowledge in corporate or government organizations; how does KM or a library science perspective make a difference?
- Comparing the key competencies and skills of knowledge professionals vs. information professionals
- How do the issues of intellectual property and copyright differ between information and knowledge professionals?
- Successes and failures of KM in libraries and information organizations
- Will KM replace library science as a discipline?
Submissions and selection process
Information and knowledge professionals interested in submitting a paper proposal should provide a proposal which includes the following in English:
- Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)/presenter(s)
- Proposed title of the paper
- Proposed abstract of the paper (no more than 500 words)
- Brief biographical information of all author(s)/presenter(s)
- Contact information, including email, of all author(s)/presenter(s).
Deadline proposal is 1 February 2018. Send proposals in .docx or .pdf format to:
Frank Cervone ([email protected]) and
Wu, Yue ([email protected]) (on behalf of Long Xiao, Program Chair).
Proposals will be reviewed by the members of the IFLA KM Satellite Conference Organizing Committee. Selection will be based on proposal content and fit to the conference theme. Proposal authors will be notified via email by 15 March 2018.
Papers should be original work in English, the official language of the satellite meeting, not published elsewhere, and no longer than 15 double-spaced pages using a standard 12-point font. Authors must present their papers at the IFLA KM Satellite Conference for the paper to be published on the IFLA website. Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes with a period for questions and discussion. Presentations should be engaging, interactive, and designed to elicit thoughtful discussion from the audience. Use of PowerPoint or other visuals is encouraged. In accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement, all papers must be made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license.
For questions on the Call for Papers, please contact:
Sylvia Piggott at [email protected]
Important dates
24 November 2017 – Call for proposals opens
1 February 2018 – Deadline for proposal submission
15 March 2018 – Authors will be notified via email
1 June 2018 – Deadline for submission of final papers. No papers will be accepted after this date
18 August 2018 – All presenters and participants must register for the IFLA KM Section Satellite Meeting by this date
23 August 2018 – Satellite meeting is held
Primary contacts
Program Chair: Long Xiao ([email protected])
Website manager: Spencer Acadia ([email protected]);
Members:
Sylvia Piggott ([email protected])
Frank Cervone ([email protected]) and
Elisabeth Freyre ([email protected]).
Submissions
All proposals must be received by 1 February 2018.
Please note
At least one of the paper’s authors must be present to deliver a summary of the paper during the program of the Satellite Meeting.
All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2018 will be made available online via the IFLA Library under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLA Authors’ Permission Form.
All expenses for attending the satellite meeting (eg. travel, accommodation, etc.) are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA.
Congress Participation Grants
List of opportunities for support is available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage.