[LINK] Information Online 2003 Call for Papers

[Elizabeth Swan]

Are you interested in presenting a paper at Information Online in
January 2003?   Here is the Call for Papers that is now being
distributed and advertised.

			INFORMATION ONLINE 2003

			CALL FOR PAPERS
			Deadline 30 April 2002


Information Online is the leading conference and exhibition for the
online information industry in the Asia Pacific region.  Information
Online 2003  will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition
Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia from the 21st - 23rd January
2003.

Information Online 2003 will provide a forum for over 1000 Australian
and international information professionals and others, to exchange
information and to explore new developments and major topics relating to
online and multimedia information and communications, including
information available via the Internet, Intranets and Information
Portals.

We invite Librarians and Information Professionals (including Knowledge
Managers, Records Managers, Archivists, IT Managers, Consultants,
Marketing and HR managers) from both the private and public sectors, in
Australia, New Zealand and neighbouring countries in the Asia Pacific
area, to participate in the Information Online 2003 conference.

Over 100 leading Australian and international vendors will promote
online, Internet, web management tools, electronic databases and
resources, knowledge and content management solutions, as well as
library management systems, in the enlarged Information Online 2003
exhibition.

We are calling for innovative, practical and research papers, as well as
case studies on all aspects of the electronic information and multimedia
environment.  Generally presentations will last for 20 minutes, with 10
minutes for questions. Some panel discussions are planned.

We are especially interested in:

· STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF ONLINE INFORMATION ASSETS
	e.g.  business information portals; adding value for users; business,
competitive and security intelligence online; Return on Investment (ROI)
in 	information resources; knowledge management in an online
environment.
· VIRTUAL REFERENCE
	e.g. 24 x 7 services; using call centre technology; human vs machine.
· NEW TECHNOLOGY AND USABILITY
	e.g. evaluation tools; testing; web design assessments; portal
software 	evaluations; WAP, VoIP and other acronyms; information
architectures and 	taxonomies; managing access through firewalls;
security, authentication.
· CONTENT MANAGEMENT
	e.g. integration; mapping; BLOGS digital collections;  intellectual
property, 	copyright, licensing, digital rights; partnering, consortia;
privacy, 	evaluative comparisons of databases; Australian, New Zealand
and Asia-Pacific 	online 	resources.
· ONLINE INFORMATION LITERACY
	e.g, from classroom to lecture theatre, in companies, government,
professional firms and the community; training library clients to be
literate 	in online information; e-learning.
· EDUCATING INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS FOR AN ONLINE WORLD
	e.g. evaluative comparisons of search engines; cost management and
cost 	recovery; strategic management of resources; navigating the
Invisible Web; 	standards.
· E-LEARNING AND E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

Speaker benefits

A free day registration on the day the paper is presented will be
provided for one presenter per paper. Day registration includes
conference attendance on the day the paper is presented, entrance to the
exhibition, lunch and refreshments.

Copyright

The author grants permission to the ALIA Information Specialists Group
to publish the paper.

Form of proposals

The Program Committee requires an abstract of your paper with sufficient
detail to allow the Committee to make a selection.

· Author(s) and presenter(s) name(s), position(s), organisation(s),
postal, e-mail and URL  addresses, telephone and FAX numbers
· Biographical sketch of up to 100 words
· Paper title and abstract of up to 100 words
· The papers are to be original papers that have not been published,
accepted for publication or presented at other conferences.
· Papers which are primarily advertisements will not be accepted

Please note that acceptance of proposals will be at the discretion of
the Program Committee.

Important dates

  Proposals/abstracts                             By Tuesday 30 April
2002

Authors notified                              	 By Tuesday 18 June 2002

Completed papers required                        By Tuesday 29 October
2002


Proposals may be mailed or emailed (in RTF format) to:

confact@conferenceaction.com.au
Attention: Wendy Simpson
Conference Action Pty Ltd
PO Box 576,  Crows Nest, NSW, 1585
Tel. 61 2  9437 9333 Fax. 61 2 9901 4586






-- 
Elizabeth Swan
Information Edge,
710 New South Head Rd,
Rose Bay, Sydney, 2029, Australia
Tel.  61 2 9371 0300 Fax. 61 2 9371 0381
Email: infoedge@ozemail.com.au
President, Information Specialists Group, ALIA
Convenor, Information Online 2003, Sydney