[rak-list] Call for Papers Gothenburg 2010: IFLA Cataloguing Section

[Anders Cato]

Call for Papers
IFLA Cataloguing Section

Session Theme: Multilingual Bibliographic Access: Promoting Universal
Access

The IFLA Cataloguing Section invites cataloguers and others involved in
the following to express their interest in making presentations at the
section's programme during the World Library and Information Congress in
Gothenburg, Sweden, August 10-15, 2010.

2010 will be yet another exciting year in the area of cataloguing and
bibliographic control. The new Statement of International Cataloguing
Principles will by then have been adopted by many countries and as a
consequence universal bibliographic control should be working even more
smoothly; the new cataloguing code, RDA: Resource Description and
Access, replacing the AACR 2, will be published during the year and
implemented by four participating countries (U.S., Canada, U.K., and
Australia) and maybe more countries will follow soon after that; the
consolidated ISBD will be complete with full examples and a new
preliminary area 0 for content form and media type.

The theme of next year's World Library and Information Congress is Open
Access to Knowledge - Promoting Sustainable Progress. Connecting to this
theme the IFLA Cataloguing Section has therefore chosen the session
theme mentioned above: Multilingual Bibliographic Access: Promoting
Universal Access. Presentations on this topic are now requested. Three
successful proposals on the topic will be identified.

Send a detailed abstract (1 page or at least 300 words) of the proposed
paper (must not have been published elsewhere) in English and relevant
biographical information of author(s)/presenter(s) by 15 January 2010
via email to:

Anders Cato
Chair, Cataloguing Section
e-mail: anders.cato at kb.se

The abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Cataloguing Section's
Standing Committee. Successful proposals will be identified by 15
February 2010.

Full papers will be due by 15 April 2009 to allow time for review of
papers and preparation of translations; papers should be no longer than
20 pages. 15-20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the
paper during the Cataloguing Section's programme.

Please note that the expenses of attending the Gothenburg conference
will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted
papers.

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Anders Cato
Head of Cataloguing
 
Kungl. biblioteket - National Library of Sweden
Box 5039
SE-102 41 Stockholm
Sweden
 
Tel.: +46-8-463 44 29
Mobil: +46-73-917 24 74
 
e-mail: anders.cato at kb.se