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African Library Summit 2013

Poster presentations

Please note that the speakers for this event will be arranged by invitation only, but poster presentations are open to all LIS practitioners, educators and researchers

The due date for poster abstract submissions is 26 April 2013

Submit poster abstract to:
Ammi Ryke
Email:  rykea@unisa.ac.za

Focus areas

  • LIS leadership
  • LIS innovation
  • Preserving and promoting culture heritage and indigenous knowledge
  • Institutional repositories
  • LIS education
  • LIS strategic planning
  • LIS country profiles
  • Open access in Africa
  • Open educational resources (OERs)

Guidelines for authors

  • The abstract must begin with a title, based on the conference theme or sub themes, but not limited to these.
  • Authors need to indicate their names, affiliation, email address and telephone number.
  • The abstract should consist of one paragraph, up to a maximum of 300 words, that concisely states why and (generally) how the study was done as well as what the results were and what they mean.
  • Citations and footnotes should preferably not be used in the abstract and abbreviations should be used sparingly.
  • Because abstracts tend to be more widely read than complete papers, authors should take care to make them comprehensive, clear and interesting.

Please note:

It is a condition of acceptance that successful applicants register for the full Summit or for the day on which they will be addressing the Summit.

All acceptance notifications sent by the Summit organisers will provide information on how to register and only those registering by 30 April 2013 will be included in the final Summit programme and in the Book of Abstracts.

Important dates

  • Deadline for receipt of poster presentation abstracts: 26 April 2013
  • Notification date of accepted abstracts: 30 April 2013