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CALL FOR PAPERS: Design of libraries - CONNECTION AND CONVERGENCE: SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JOINT USE LIBRARIES, Adeliade, Australia 10-11 August 2010. Focuses on the design and planning of joint use libraries and developments connecting, converging and colocating academic, public, school and special libraries, and nonlibrary agencies and services.
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Following the first international conference on joint use libraries* held in Manchester UK 19-21 June 2007, Auslib Conferences announces the second international conference and invites proposals for papers for it.

WHERE Adelaide, South Australia. With a population of 1.2 million, Adelaide is rated within the world’s 100 most liveable cities. It provides access to tourist destinations such as the Australian Outback, Flinders Ranges, Ayers Rock and Kangaroo Island. South Australia contains the major wine producing areas of Australia. See www.southaustralia.com/ and www.australia.com/ With 60 joint use libraries, South Australia has Australia’s largest number. They include a variety in or close to metropolitan Adelaide.

WHEN Tuesday 10 August and Wednesday 11 August 2010. There will be an optional full day study tour of joint use libraries on Monday 9 August 2010.
Note The 76th annual general conference of IFLA will be held in Brisbane, Queensland Saturday 14 to Thursday 19 August 2010. See www.ifla.org/IV/ifla76/index.htm.
Delegates attending Connection and Convergence and the IFLA conference would have the options of traveling to Brisbane directly from Adelaide (flight time 2 hours 15 minutes) or via Australia’s other large east coast cities of Melbourne or Sydney. Road travel options could include the world-ranked Great Ocean Road between Adelaide and Melbourne, or the coastal road between Melbourne and Sydney.

FOCUS Connection and Convergence will focus on the increasing numbers and varieties of joint use libraries being developed around the world. It will also aim to explore other developments connecting, converging and colocating academic, public, school and special libraries, and with nonlibrary agencies and services.

STRUCTURE The conference will comprise 30 or 45 minute papers, with a recorded question and answer panel session of the day’s speakers at the end of each day. The conference language will be English.

OUTCOMES The full proceedings will be supplied to all delegates soon after the conference as part of their registration fee. They will include full papers, transcripts of the panel sessions, and the conference recommendations.
Delegates will also be supplied with speaker PowerPoints.

PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS Please send by 17 DECEMBER 2009 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or fax +61 (0)8
8278 4000 or mail Auslib Conferences, PO Box 622, Blackwood, South Australia
5051
1 Your name and position
2 75 words about yourself, with your email address
3 A title for your proposed paper
4 A 100-150 word summary of the paper.
If you have a suggestion for a speaker, please let us know.
Speakers will receive a 50% discount on the conference registration fee.

Dr Alan Bundy
Conference convener
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* The proceedings of the first international conference on joint use libraries are available from Auslib Press, PO Box 622, Blackwood, South Australia. For details see www.auslib.com.au