SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
First Announcement | Call for Posters | Call for Workshop Proposals
The SCECSAL XXIII Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting Library and Information Professionals and Development partners to the twenty third Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL XXIII) to be hosted by the Uganda Library and Information Association (ULIA), in Kampala, Uganda.
ULIA welcomes proposals for papers to be presented at the conference. The papers are expected to include both the theoretical and practical elements of Records, Library and Information Science.
Theme:
Positioning Library and Information services to achieve Sustainable development: Innovations and Partnerships.
Sub Themes:
- Inclusive library and information services for national development
- Universal literacy through library and information services
- Broadening LIS partnerships to achieve SDGs
- Innovations in LIS Education
- Innovations in the delivery of Library and information services
- Trends in Gender and information services
- Library and Information Services advancing open governance
- Agricultural information services and food security
- Bettering health through Library and information services
- Open data, Open science and Intellectual property
- Data science and LIS institutions
- Cloud Computing and Information management
- Indigenous knowledge and preservation of cultural heritage
- Effective records management to fight corruption
- Promoting Information Ethics for sustainable development
Requirements for submission of Abstracts for papers:
Abstracts of not more than 300 words, must address the theme and sub-themes, and should have the following details:
- Title of the abstract;
- Name(s) of the author(s) with official titles or professional role;
- Author’s affiliated institution;
- E-mail contact of the corresponding author, and;
- A maximum of four keywords.
The abstracts must be submitted to email: scecsal2018@ulia.or.ug
Timelines:
Submission of Abstracts : 30th April 2017
Notification of acceptance: June 2017
Submission of full paper: September 2017
Review of submitted paper: October 2017
Submission of camera ready paper: December 2017
Registration Fees:
Early Bird (1 February 2017 - 31 January 2018) | US$360 |
Late Registration (1 February 2018 - 31 March 2018) | US$400 |
On-site Registration (1 April 2018 - 24 April 2018) | US$430 |
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