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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Monday, December 30, 2013
IFLA World Library and Information Congress 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France
Call for Papers
Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group
Theme:
Role of information literacy in agricultural productivity and food security: An international perspective
The Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group
invites papers to be presented at its open session at the 80th IFLA
General Conference and Assembly, Lyon, France in August 2014 on the
theme: Role of Information Literacy in Agricultural Productivity and Food security: An International Perspective.
Submissions:
All proposals must be sent by 20 February 2014 to the Convener:
15 March 2014: Notification of acceptance
15 May 2014: Deadline for submission of final papers
Focus:
Information is a productive resource like land, labor, and capital. Agriculture includes a variety of operations, variety of resources. It is concerned with diverse user community that involves decision-makers, policy makers, planners, researchers, teachers, students, program managers, field workers, farmers, ranchers, business community, and others. All of them need different kind of information for a variety of purposes. The agricultural information transfer system consists of four independent, interrelated components; generation, organization, dissemination and utilization of information. Imparting information literacy to various groups involved in each of these components is crucial for productive and sustainable development of agriculture.Proposals must focus on one or more of the following topics:
- Distinctive features of agricultural research and information literacy in the country/region
- Agricultural information awareness programs for teaching in the country/region
- Distinctive features of extension personnel and the scope of agricultural information literacy programs in the country/region
- Agricultural information literacy component in secondary education programs in the region/country
- Role of libraries/ information professionals in providing agricultural information literacy in the country/region
Submission Guidelines:
Proposal abstract (max 1000 words) must be submitted by 20 February 2014 on any of the topics listed above, with the topic to be discussed clearly identified from the list above. Submission is to include presenter's name, position, institution, and email address.Submissions:
All proposals must be sent by 20 February 2014 to the Convener:
Dr. Ajay P Singh
Email: apsingh_73@yahoo.co.in with a copy to:
Dr. Deva E. Reddy
Email: devaereddy@tamu.edu
Email: apsingh_73@yahoo.co.in with a copy to:
Dr. Deva E. Reddy
Email: devaereddy@tamu.edu
Important Dates
20 February 2014: Deadline for submitting abstracts15 March 2014: Notification of acceptance
15 May 2014: Deadline for submission of final papers
Submissions
All proposals must be in before 20 February 2014.Read More
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