LibEuro 2015 - The European Conference on Literature and Librarianship

LibEuro 2015 - The European Conference on Literature and Librarianship 13th to 16th July 2015 Brighton, United Kingdom Join IAFOR in the seaside city of Brighton, UK, from July 9-12, for the European Conference on the Social Sciences 2015. Explore the conference theme of "Power: Text and Context" in an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary setting. Enquiries: libeuro@iafor.org Web address: http://iafor.org/iafor/conferences/libeuro2015/ Sponsored by: IAFOR - The International Academic Forum LibEuro2015 Conference Chairs and Program Advisors Donald E. Hall LibEuro2015 Conference Chair Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean Lehigh University, USA Dr. Myles Chilton LibEuro2015 Program Advisor Nihon University, Japan Dr. Dickson Chiu LibEuro2015 Program Advisor University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Dr. Patrick Lo LibEuro 2015 Program Advisor University of Tsukuba, Japan To submit your abstract, please create an account with our online submission system. Once you have done so you will be able to login and submit your abstract. http://iafor.org/cfp Conference Theme and Streams The conference theme for 2015 is "Power: Text and Context", and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives. Submissions are organized into the following thematic streams: Literature African Literature Ancient and Classical Literature Anglo-American Literature Arabic/Middle Eastern Literature Asian Literature Children's and Young Adult Literature Comparative Literature European Literature Folktales, Myths and Legends Historical and Political Literature Indigenous People's/Ethnic Literatures and Minority Discourses Latin American Literature Literary Criticism and Theory Literary Practice Literary Translation and Translatology Literature and Film Literature, Language and Identity Literature and Religion Poetry Manuscriptology, Textual and Genetic Criticism Memoir and Autobiography Teaching Literature Travel Writing Theatre and Drama Librarianship; This expanded stream intentionally seeks educators, researchers, scientists, engineers, industry people, policy makers, decision makers, and others who have insight, vision, and understanding of the big challenges in Library and Information Science (LIS) of interest include but are not limited to the theoretical, technical, or empirical aspects of the following: Principles, theories, models, standards challenges, legal, and social issues of LIS Protecting and preserving librarianship: 21st Century problems and solutions Management, leadership, planning, operation, and monitoring Cataloging, classification, and collection management Library research and development Library, information literacy, education, and culture Library instruction and reader advisory Library, content and knowledge management Information architectures, resources, services and promotion Information retrieval, recommendation and personalization Archives, museums, record management and information preservation Publishing, electronic publishing and bibliometrics Digital media, social media and libraries E-learning, M-learning, learning objects, content, platforms and tools Taxonomies, ontologies and applications Digital humanities, literature and culture Virtual environments and game-based learning Emerging technologies for information organizations, such as but not limited to Web, mobile, Cloud, machine intelligence and big data Censorship, ownership and intellectual property Trust, reputation, ethics, security, and privacy issues