RAILS 6 Seminar - Promoting research in the profession
Friday 22 January 2010
CSU Canberra Campus (The Australian Centre for Culture and Christianity)
The next RAILS (Research Applications in Library Science) 6 seminar will continue to build on the theme of previous seminars linking research with practice.
Research-active practitioners, academics, research students and recipients of research awards in the field of librarianship and information studies are invited to use this opportunity to share their ideas and research work with others.
RAILS 6 is being organized by the School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, and will be held on the Canberra Campus (The Australian Centre for Culture and Christianity), on Friday 22nd January, 2010. This campus enjoys a peaceful setting in a bush environment next to Lake Burley Griffin. For educators, there will also be a day long meeting prior to the Conference on Thursday 21st to be held at the National Library of Australia.
Presenters will have the option to present a short paper (15 min) or a full paper (25 min). All full papers will be peer reviewed and be published in Australian Academic Research Libraries in 2010.
Abstracts (250 words) for both short and full papers to be emailed to dlodge@csu.edu.au
by October 5th 2009. Acceptance or otherwise will be notified within 10 days.
Full paper submission date: 15th November, 2009.
Further details and registration details ($100 for the day) will be posted shortly on the CSU website.
ALIA are sponsoring the event by providing two scholarships of $500 each to enable two higher degree students in the LIS field to attend and present. Students must be financial members of ALIA to be eligible to apply. A brief application – maximum one page – should include an outline of the proposed paper and claims in support of the application plus ALIA membership number and contact details. This should also be accompanied by a supporting statement from an academic supervisor. These to be emailed to dlodge@csu.edu.au by November 30th 2009