Call for Papers: International Library Conference in China

To the CEAL Community:

Please note the call for papers below, and that the paper due date has been extended to July 1st, 2012.

Regards,

Susan Xue
Chair, CEAL Chinese  Materials Committee
Head, Information and Public Services Electronic Resources Librarian
C.V. Starr East Asian Library
UC Berkeley
510-643-6327 

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
The 3rd International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing

Late October 2012
Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

The 3rd International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing will be held in late October 2012 in Capital Normal University, Beijing, China to commemorate the 10th anniversary of establishing the University Network Library of Beijing. Strengthening scholarly exchange and cooperation among library colleagues worldwide, exploring library collaboration, and developing new models of resource sharing will be the focus. Beijing Academic Library & Information System (BALIS), University Network Library of Beijing, and Capital Normal University Library in cooperation with DRCnet (Development Research Center of the State Council of P. R. China) are organizing the event. Library and information science colleagues from around the world are cordially invited to submit conference papers. The conference website and exact dates will be announced at a later date.

Conference Themes: Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing 

 

Sub-topic Areas:

1. Establishment and development of library consortia (current status, issues, trends of library consortia and regional library cooperation)
2. Building and sharing literature information resources (models, restraints, and system guarantee for the construction and sharing of information resources)
3. Studies on combined reference work (status and development of combined reference services, qualities of reference librarians, and quality assessment of reference work)
4. Studies on library technological cooperation (application of information technology in librarianship, digital library construction, and service platform construction)
5. Library information service (information service and subject construction, information service and information literacy education, information service and lifelong learning)
6. Exchange and cooperation of library staff (library staff exchanges, qualifications of librarians, training of library staff, and librarians continuing education)
   

Important Dates:

Full paper submission: July 1st, 2012
Author notification: July 10, 2012
Final paper submission: July 15, 2012

Paper submission details:

Papers should be sent in electronic format as an email attachment. Please note the following requirements: simple text, Times New Roman, font size 12, 100-word abstract at beginning of the paper, 3 to 5 keywords, and APA style bibliography; include author’s contact information (author’s name, institution, address, email, and phone number) and a short bio of the author(s) at end of the paper. (The short bio should include: name, title, degrees, and research areas). The paper length is between 5-10 pages in single spacing. Pagination should not be inserted in the text. Submitted papers will be subject to a review process by the Organizing Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be sent to CICP for evaluation so that the proceedings can be indexed.

Please send completed paper to:

Dr. Michael Bailou Huang, Secretariat General
The 3rd International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing
Health Sciences Library
Stony Brook University
HSC Level 3, Room 136
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034, USA
Tel.: (631) 444-3794 Fax: (631) 444-6649
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu

Venues:

Capital Normal University
83 Xi Shan Huan Bei Road
Beijing, China, 100089
http://www.cnu.edu.cn
http://www.netlib.edu.cn/

The Organizing Committee, the 3rd International Conference on Library Cooperation and Resource Sharing

Michael Bailou Huang, DA (RI), LAc, MLS, MS, MEd
Associate Librarian, Health Sciences Library
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8034, USA
Tel. 631-444-3794 Fax 631-751-5809
michael.b.huang@stonybrook.edu

Chair, International Relations Committee, Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
CALA Liaison to Library Society of China

Library Science Study in China

2012 Trip to China and LIS Study Program Opportunities

Are you interested in going to China this summer, learning about information technology, and visiting some of China's most magnificent sites?  

If you are interested, then the 2-week summer program from the information and library science school at Southern Connecticut State University may be for you. The course is following up on previous study abroad programs and opening up enrollment to graduates and students from other schools. Participants fly out of JFK airport on July 11 and return July 24. The trip cost is $3215, which includes round trip air fare from JFK, bed and breakfast at the International dormitory of a Beijing university, some additional meals and all tours, including the National Library, National Science Library, Peking University Library, as well as library and information science schools in Beijing. Cultural tours provided to the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Ming Tombs, and The Temple of Heaven.

In addition, if you are interested in taking an ALA-approved graduate school course, you may enroll as a special graduate student at Southern Connecticut State University¹s School of Information and Library Sciences. The course number and title: ILS 635: Seminar of International & Comparative Librarianship. Not including the course, the trip and tours are also open to undergraduates and high school graduates above age 18.

To reserve a spot, email Dr. Yan Q. Liu, liuy1@southernct.edu. For more information about trip and course, plus, videos from 2011, go to: http://home.southernct.edu/~liuy1/liu/general_information.html.

Payment Schedule: This program fee does not include tuition and medical care while abroad, laundry, meals, snacks, personal items, recreational activities, souvenirs or any additional expenses that alter itinerary or

arrangements. The cost of obtaining a valid passport, visa and textbooks are also participants' responsibility. Dining is very reasonable in China; plan to spend about $15 to $25 per day on meals.

A non-refundable deposit $500 (check or payment to ³SCSU Program in China²) is due upon application. This guarantees your participation in the program and reserves your room. A second payment of $2000 is due on

May 25, 2012. The remainder of the balance ($715) is due no later than June 25, 2012.

Yan Liu

Professor

Information & Library Science

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, CT 06515

Phone: 203-392-5763

fax: 203-392-5780

Forum on Chinese Digital Content: Agenda 2012

View Agenda on CCM Website

Forum on Chinese Digital Content

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 4:40-6:10 pm
Dominion Ballroom North, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

4:40 – 4:45	Opening remarks Susan Xue, Chair of CCM, University of California at Berkeley
4:45 – 5:35	Database presentations. Forum attendees may want to review all the presentation PPTs online prior to the forum. During their 10 minutes, presenters will not go over their entire PPT slides but rather highlight their presentations and answer questions about the database. Presentations will address these issues: Content/coverage/value Publisher/agent Perpetual access or not Pros and cons Pricing and consortia arrangement if any Database to be presented:
4:45 – 4:55	Chinese Classic Text database by Erudition 中国基本古籍库及分库 Yang Jidong, University of Michigan
4:55 – 5:05	Later Qing and Minguo Periodicals full-text database 晚清民国期刊全文数据库 Martin Heijdra, Princeton University
5:05 – 5:15	The Chinese Cultural Revolution & Anti-Rightist Campaign Database 中国文化大革命及反右运动数据库 Yongyi Song, California State University at Los Angeles
5:15 – 5:25	中国历代典籍总目分析系统 Chengzhi Wang, Columbia University
5:25 – 5:35	Dragon Source龙源 / 申报 Cathy Chiu, UC Santa Barbara / Susan Xue, UC Berkeley
5:35 – 5:50	A CEAL Libraries Self Study: Levels of e-Resource Affordability Vickie Doll, University of Kansas
5:50 - 6:10	Q&A on databases, the CEAL libraries self study, and format for the future forum on digital content

This forum was organized and hosted by Committee on Chinese Materials

Agendas: CCM; Forum on Digital Content

Dear Colleagues,

The Committee on Chinese Materials (CCM) cordially invites you to attend its 2012 annual meeting and the forum on digital content at CEAL in Toronto. Please visit CCM website for full agenda for these two events: http://www.eastasianlib.org/ccm/Program2012.html

Brief information on time and location:

CCM Annual Meeting

10:50 am -12:20 pm, Thursday, March 15, 2012

Dominion Ballroom South, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Forum on Chinese Digital Content

4:40-6:10 pm, Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Dominion Ballroom North, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

We look forward to seeing you at CCM annual meeting and the forum.

 

Committee on Chinese Materials:

Vickie Doll 傅玉波 (U of Kansas)

Tang Li 李唐 (Yale U)

Ming-sun Poon 潘銘燊 (LoC)

Zhijia Shen 沈志佳 (U of Washington)

Ping Situ 司徒萍 (U of Arizona)

Susan Xue 薛燕, Chair (UCB)

Haihui Zhang 張海惠 (U of Pittsburgh)

Susan Xue

Head, Information and Public Services

Electronic Resources Librarian

C.V. Starr East Asian Library

UC Berkeley

510-643-6327

CRL China Resource List Available

A Center for Research Libraries (CRL) / Global Resources Network (GRN) publication (Focus on Global Resources, Summer 2009) lists CRL China-related publications (click to view PDF).

Susan Xue

C. V. Starr East Asian Library

University of California Berkeley