CoLIS 8

Eight International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science will take place at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen August, 19.-22. 2013

Call for papers

IMPORTANT DATES

  • 1/3 2013: deadlines for submission of papers
  • 15/4 2013: editorial board receives papers back from referees
  • 1/5 2013: authors receive message about whether their papers have been accepted or not - as well as suggestions for improvements
  • 15/6 2013: authors have to submit final manuscripts in a form that can be copied for the conference.

THEME OF THE CONFERENCE

The theme of the conference is - as indicated in the name CoLIS - Conceptions (approaches, theories, etc ) of Library and Information Science (LIS).

Relatively well established subfields of LIS include:

  • Knowledge organization
  • Library studies
  • Information architecture
  • Information behavior
  • Interactive information retrieval
  • Information systems
  • Scholarly communication
  • Digital literacy
  • Bibliometrics or scientometrics
  • Interaction design and user experience

We are especially interested in papers discussing theoretical aspects of LIS, for example, by putting such relatively well established information science areas into interplay with broader issues such as (but not limited to): 

  • rhetoric and communication theory,
  • philosophy of information and language,
  • social media and user generated innovation,
  • persuasive design,
  • cultural diversity in late modern societies,
  • social and cultural theory.
  • Etc.

Chair

Chair for CoLIS 8:  Birger Hjørland

Co-chair for CoLIS 8: Laura Skouvig