Call for papers--Disaster preparedness

Call for papers

"Preparing for disasters: methods and case studies for the
    safeguarding of documentary cultural heritage"
Columbus, Ohio
13-19 August 2016

The IFLA Preservation and Conservation Core Activity

    <URL:http://www.ifla.org/pac>

invites interested professionals to submit proposals for the open
session during the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in
Columbus, Ohio, USA from 13-19 August 2016.

Preparing for disasters through risk mitigation plans, adequate
staff training and community engagement helps to significantly lower
the loss and damages to cultural heritage in case of disasters.  The
Session will explore different aspects of risk mitigation, through
best practice case studies (e.g. staff training, capacity building),
and community engagement that effectively help to safeguard
documentary heritage in case of a natural or man-made disaster.  The
Session will also look at how the 2030 Agenda's Sustainable
Development Goal Target 11.4 ("...strengthen efforts to protect and
safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage") is addressed
and furthered by libraries through their risk mitigation and
preparedness plans.

We therefore invite proposals for papers which deal, among other
aspects, with risk preparedness, risk mitigation and can demonstrate
how these practises are critical to achieve the Goal 11.4 of the
2030 Agenda.

We seek pragmatic use-cases and examples to enable a discussion on
best practice and exchange on this topic.

Proposals for papers should be no more than one page in length.  If
selected, speakers will have 25-30 minutes to present their results
including 5 minutes for a question and answer period during the
conference session.  A total of 4 papers will be selected.

Submissions Proposals should be sent by 29 February 2016 to:

    Julia Brungs
    julia.brungs<-at->ifla<.>org

Proposals should include the following information:

    Name, title, and institution of speaker(s)

    Title of proposed presentation

    Address and email address of speaker(s)

    Brief biographical statement about each speaker including
    information about the qualifications of the speaker to address
    the proposed topic

    One or two paragraph discussion of the main points of the paper
    including an outline of the takeaways a conference attendee will
    obtain by having the topic presented at the conference

    Language of presentation (please note the session will have no
    simultaneous interpretation)

    Contact information for response to the proposal

Important dates:

    All proposals must be received by 29 February 2016

    The contact person for each proposal will be informed by 4 April
    2016 whether their proposal has been accepted or not

    The authors will be required to submit the full, at least 5
    pages paper for inclusion in the program.  It must be written in
    one the official languages of IFLA by 16 May 2016

Please note Authors are required to permit non-exclusive publication
of papers chosen for this session on the IFLA website and digital
library.  Papers that are accepted but not presented in person at
the conference will not be made available on the official conference
website nor will they be considered for nomination as a best paper
of the conference.

At least one of the paper's authors must be present to deliver a
summary of the paper during the program in Columbus, Ohio.
Abstracts should only be submitted with the understanding that the
expenses of attending the conference will be the responsibility of
the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.

All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2016 will be made
available online via the IFLA Library

    <URL:http://library.ifla.org>

under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license

    <URL:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>

Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLA Authors'
Permission Form:

    <URL:http://forms.ifla.org/node/add/wlic-authors-permission-form>

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel,
accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the
authors/presenters.  No financial support can be provided by IFLA,
but a special invitation letter can be issued to authors.  See

    <URL:http://2016.ifla.org/registration/letter-of-invitation-visa-requirements>

Congress Participation Grants: List of opportunities for support is
available on our Conference Participation Grants webpage:

    <URL:http://2016.ifla.org/congress-information/conference-participation-grants>

See also

    <URL:http://www.ifla.org/node/10164>

    Julia Brungs
    Policy and Research Officer
    International Federation of Library Associations and
        Institutions (IFLA)
    PO Box 95312
    2509 CH The Hague
    Netherlands
    +31 703140884
    julia.brungs<-at->ifla<.>org


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