The Kenya Library Association (KLA) invites you to participate in its Annual Conference
Date:
27th and 28th November 2013
Venue:
The Golf Hotel, Kakamega.
THEME:
The Role of Library and Information Professionals in Dynamic and Virtual Environments
Sub-Themes
Bank Details:
Date:
27th and 28th November 2013
Venue:
The Golf Hotel, Kakamega.
THEME:
The Role of Library and Information Professionals in Dynamic and Virtual Environments
Sub-Themes
1. Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) in Library and Information Services Management
a. E-governance
b. Integrating e-records management and e-governance
c. Networking and ICT in information management
d. Records and archives management and digitization projects
e. Information seeking and retrieval in virtual environments
f. Utilization of Cloud Computing by Information Agencies
2. Knowledge Management
a. Knowledge management in organizations
b. Information seeking and retrieval
c. Knowledge presentation, organization & architecture
3. Information Ethics and Social Media
a. Information Law, Ethics & Philosophy
b. Information Literacy initiatives
c. Social media and citizen journalism
d. Role of Professional journalism
4. Bibliometrics and Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Science
a. Research Trends & Best Practice in Library & Information Science (LIS)
b. Embedded Librarianship
c. ICT, Research and Scholarly Communication
d. Status and impact of Institutional Repositories on organizations’ research output
5. Library and Information Professionals’ Training and Continuous Professional Development
(CPD)
a. LIS Training Schools in Kenya
b. Organizational Support for Continued Professional Development (CPD)
c. Emerging Issues in LIS Training & Curriculum Development
d. Accreditation and Quality Assurance
6. Marketing and Promotion of Information Agencies, Resources and Services
a. Staff capacity to market libraries & information centers
b. Impact of Social Media on Marketing and Promotional Activities
c. Case studies
7. Impact of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights on Preservation and Conservation of Information
Resources
a. E-Resources Management and Access
b. Institutional Repositories/digitization projects
c. Preservation and Conservation of Archives
d. Legal and Ethical issues in publishing, preservation and Conservation
Important Note to Authors
Papers must report original and unpublished recent studies/results. The maximum length for
each paper should be 10 pages, 1.5 spaced sentences in Times New Roman font, excluding
References. Authors must indicate their preferred sub-themes, title, author(s) names, affiliate
institutions and email addresses in that order. Note that the Editorial Committee reserves the
right to re-track any sub-theme as deemed necessary to fit in any other conference sub-theme.
The accepted papers will be published in the Maktaba Journal, a journal of Kenya Library
Association.
Important Dates for Authors
- 11th October 2013: Submission of Abstracts
- 18th October 2012: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection of Abstracts
- 30th October: Submission of full Draft papers
- 9th November 2013: Submission of full Final papers
Conference Email address:
klaconference@gmail.com . Copy to hellenagnes@yahoo.com & e.oswe@yahoo.co.uk
Conference Charges
Early Bird Deadline: 8/11/2013
KLA Members - Ksh 10,000
Non-members - Ksh 13,000
Late Registration (After 8/11/2013)
KLA Members - Ksh12,000
Non-members - Ksh 15,000
Local Money Transfer:
Bank:
Housing Finance
Account Number:
200-0083301
Account Name:
Kenya Library Association
International Money Transfer:
PAYEE BANK:
BARCLAYS BANK KENYA
BRANCH:
QUEENSWAY
ACCOUNT
NUMBER: 094 501 9433 (HOUSING
FINANCE CO. LTD.)
BENEFICIARY
ACCOUNT NAME: KENYA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT NO: 2000083301
SWIFT CODE:
BARCKENX