New website of Bangladesh Association of Young Researcher
New website of Bangladesh Association of Young Researcher has been hosted at
http://www.bayrbd.org/ .BAYR is committed to promoting high quality research in every field of study. BAYR, as the learned society in the field of research in Bangladesh:seeks to promote quality in research in every field of study;promotes independent debate about the quality, purpose and methodologies of research;provides a forum for dissemination and debate of the findings of research;supports the mediation of research findings for policy makers and practitioners;represents young researchers to government, funding bodies and the public;provides training and development for young researchers at all levels;aims to work with others to improve the conditions of work and rights of researchers; andrelates to other associations nationally and internationally which have interests and concerns in research.
International Information Literacy Resources Directory
Announcing the creation of the International Information Literacy Resources Directory:
http://www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco Have you developed information literacy resources, created a course, developed standards or assessment tools or written a thesis on the subject? Would you like to give international visibility to your information literacy work? Then, we invite your to participate in an exciting new web directory, the International Information Literacy Resources Directory. This web repository has been designed by the Information Literacy Section of IFLA in a UNESCO-funded project. The aim of the directory is to enable sharing of information literacy experiences around the world. Access to the database is free to anyone. Visit the website at:
http://www.uv.mx/usbi_ver/unesco, and contribute entries for the resources that you have found most useful in your own information literacy endeavors. It is your participation that will enrich this website so that it can serve as a global clearinghouse for Information Literacy resources. You can begin submitting your records immediately. Please, help us to promote this project by sharing this message with relevant listservs and colleagues. Jesus Lau General Project Coordinator Chair, Information Literacy Section/IFLA Director, Universidad Veracruzana, USBI VER Library Veracruz, Mexico
Call for papers
Dear colleagues,
World Library and Information Congress72nd IFLA General Conference and CouncilSeoul, South Korea. 20 - 24 August, 2006CALL FOR PAPERSThe Public Libraries Section 8 is having its Open Session in Seoul, South Korea2006 on the theme: Dynamic Digitised Services with Audio Visual Content.The overall theme of the 2006 World Library and Information Congress is"Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society" and ourprogramme is focused at the core of how the digitisation of audio and visualmaterials can transform public libraries into providing innovative and essentialservices for communities making use of public libraries in the 21st century. The process of digitising our services is not merely one of making the writtenword more accessible to our communities but the whole range of audio-visualmaterials encompassing knowledge which is absorbed through sight and sound. Thissession will concentrate on examining innovative services already in place inpublic libraries and welcoming perspectives on how digitised services can bedeveloped further in the future.We are inviting colleagues to submit papers for the open session. Please send adetailed abstract (1 page or at least 300 words) of the proposed paper (must nothave been published elsewhere) and relevant biographical information ofauthor(s)/presenter(s) by 15 December 2005 via email to:John Lake at:
john.lake@corpoflondon.gov.uk The abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Public Libraries Section'sStanding Committee. Successful proposals will be identified by 31 January 2006.Full papers will be due by 15 April 2006 to allow time for review of papers andpreparation of translations; papers should be no longer than 20 pages. 15 - 20minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the papers during the PublicLibraries Section's programme.Please note that the expenses of attending the Seoul conference will be theresponsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.John LakeSecretary, IFLA Public Libraries Section
Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four-Volume Set
Elsevier is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of
Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four-Volume SetEditors-in-Chief:Graziella Caselli, Università degli Studi di Roma, ItalyJacques Vallin, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, FranceGuillaume Wunsch, University of Louvain, Belgium
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Information Literacy Group
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