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Session Theme
“The Role of Stakeholders in the New Serials World"
World Library and Information Congress
82th IFLA General Congress and Assembly 13-19 August 2016, Columbus, OHIO
The Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS) invites colleagues to submit proposals for its two-hour open session at the IFLA Congress in Columbus on the theme
“The Role of Stakeholders in the New Serials World."
The roles, activities and responsibilities of stakeholders in the serials information chain have changed, evolved and been enriched in the digital environment. Highly dynamic content is
delivered through a myriad of digital methods with far less emphasis on print. Those engaged with serials and other continuing resources are involved with e-books, alternative publishing models including open access, various metrics like altmetrics, government
mandates, hosting services, discovery services, data and text mining, linked data, preservation in offsite storage facilities, clouds, data, library publishing, repositories, interlibrary loan and new budget issues, Connections, collaborations and communities
have shifted. This session will include a panel discussion along with papers on current and future roles of various stakeholders such as librarians, publishers, vendors and agents. What are or should be the functions of participants in the new serials sphere?
Or, are there new stakeholders in the ecosystem to consider and what are their roles?
We invite papers that address any or several of the following topics:
Open Access
Metrics
Assessment
Libraries as publishers
Non-traditional publishing
Institutional repositories
Mobile access, carriers and platforms
Linked data
Text and data mining
New roles for serials professionals
Description and discovery
New acquisitions models
Proposals must include the following information:
1. Name and institution of speaker(s)
2. Contact information for speaker(s)
3. Brief biographical information
4. Proposal title
5. Brief (250 word) abstract of the proposed paper
6. Language of presentation
Important dates
Proposal submission deadline: Friday 20th February 2016
Notification of acceptance: Friday 13th March 2016
Submission of completed paper: 29th May 2016
Proposals should be sent by email to Meg Mering, Secretary of the SOCR Standing Committee
mmering1@unl.edu by Friday 20th February 2016. Finalists will be notified
by March 13th, 2016, and will be expected to submit final versions of their papers in one of the official IFLA languages by May 29th, 2016.
For more information, please contact Meg Mering, Secretary of Serials and other Continuing Resources Section
mmering1@unl.edu or Sharon Dyas-Correia, Chair of the Committee
s.dyas.correia@utoronto.ca.
Please also note that in accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement, all papers that are presented at the WLIC 2016 should be available under a Creative Commons Attribution
3.0 license.
Note: All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors. No financial support can be provided by IFLA,
but a special invitation can be issued to authors, if required. The Columbus National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Up-to-date information will be available on the Conference
Participation Grants webpage.
Sharon Dyas-Correia
Senior Serials Strategist
Collections Librarian for Open Access Initiatives
University of Toronto Libraries
369 Huron Street,
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5
Canada,
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