CALL FOR PAPERS

 

CODESRIA Conference on electronic publishing and dissemination

 

1 - 2 september 2004, Dakar, Senegal

 

Information and communication technologies has brought considerable changes and innovations in the creation, management, publishing and dissemination of  knowledge.

 

Aware of the importance of these  technologies and their effects  on the  production and dissemination of knowledge, CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) organises from 1 to 2 september  2004 in Dakar, Senegal, a conference on the impact of information and communication technologies on electronic publishing and dissemination.

 

OBJECTIVES

The main objective of the conference is to enable  :

-          an exchange of experiences between participants in the field of digitization and  electronic publishing of  scientific documents (journals, theses and dissertations among others);

-          a reflection and a better awareness of challenges and stakes posed by information and communication technologies

-          a better use of these technologies in documentation centres, libraries, archives and in the field  of research.

 

The specific objectives are :

 

- on-line catalogues

- digital collections

- electronic publishing of documentary products

- digitization of scientific documents

- electronic dissemination of scientific documents 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Will participe at the conference :

-                     information and communication professionals (archivists,  librarians, documentalists, among others) 

-                     information and communication technologies professionals

-                     electronic publishing professionals

-                     researchers, experts, publishers, distributors, consultants and all those working in electronic publishing and who have a particular interest in information and  communication technologies.

 

ORGANISATION OF THE CONFERENCE

The conference will be organised in  sessions where communications on various topics will be presented. Case studies will be also presented.

 

WORKING LANGUAGES

Working languages will be English and French.

 

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The list of topics is not exhaustive and includes : 

-                     access to electronic resources

-                     on-line data bases

-                     electronic publishing of journals

-                     electronic submission of theses and dissertations

-                     digital libraries

-                     archiving and preservation of digital collections

-                     electronic publishing and copyrights

-                     electronic publishing and standardization

-                     digital divide

-                     the role of information professionals in the digital age

-                     sharing of electronic resources

 

EXPECTED RESULTS

At the end of the conference, the participants will have contributed to the advancement of the scientific reflection on the challenges of information and communication  technologies for documentation centres, libraries, archives units, publishers among others.

The conference will have enabled fruitful exchanges of ideas and experiences among participants.

 

It will have been an opportunity for setting up a network of social sciences resources.

 

After the conference the papers will be published in a book form.

 

ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS SUBMISSION

All those interested in this conference can submit an abstract of their paper no later than May 30, 2004 to CODESRIA.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be informed as soon as possible on June 15, 2004.

They should submit their papers no later than July 31, 2004.

 

All abstracts and papers should be sent by post, email or fax  to :

 

Mr Abou Moussa Ndongo

CODESRIA Documentation

and Information Centre

B.P.: 3304 - Dakar, Senegal

Tel: +221 – 825 98 22/23 - Fax: +221 – 824 12 89

E-mail: abou.ndongo@codesria.sn; amndongo@hotmail.com; aboumndongo@yahoo.fr

 

 

PARTICIPATION SUPPORT

CODESRIA will cover participation costs (travel and stay) for authors of accepted papers.