Library Conferences

Jesse Lambertson / Metamedia Management.

“Following up on DC-2016 in Copenhagen, with its look towards the changing role of metadata in the Second Machine Age, this year's conference will focus on technologies and practices that are advancing how we can create and manage good metadata.  Interoperability and openness have been guiding principles of the DCMI community for over twenty years, and these principles have evolved through the development of Semantic Web standards and Linked Open Data.  A deluge of new data sources is magnifying the perennial challenge of metadata quality but also inspiring the development of innovative tools, practices, and solutions, the focus of this year's conference.In conjunction with each conference, the DCMI community holds an Annual Meeting at which DCMI citizens discuss ongoing work in areas such as vocabulary management, website design, and RDF validation.  Together, the Conference and Annual Meeting provide opportunities for seasoned professionals, newcomers, students, apprentices, and early career professionals to share knowledge and experience.  The meeting is a venue for practitioners in public- and private-sector initiatives to network and compare notes. Following the pattern of last year's conference in Copenhagen, DC-2017 will overlap with the annual meeting of ASIS&T, providing additional opportunities for professional interaction.These gatherings advance DCMI's mission of promoting the interoperability and harmonization of metadata, from element schemas and Semantic Web vocabularies to application profiles, ontologies, and knowledge organization systems.“

“Internet Librarians have been on the leading edge for 20 years. What makes them different? They are innovative, willing to take risks and try different technologies before they hit the mainstream – they take actions and have an impact on their communities.  They share their experiments and learnings so the information profession as a whole continues to expand, improve their techniques and processes and have a positive impact on their various communities, whether those communities are college or university campuses, municipalities or counties, hospitals, law firms, governments, organizations or non-profits. Continuous innovation, transformation and excellence are the goals of all Internet Librarians.”

“The Library & Information Centre at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is pleased to host the KohaCon16, from 30 May to 4 June 2016.The conference is a major event in Koha community and attracts many delegates each year from around the world. The main purposes of KohaCon is sharing and exchanging experience in new functionalities, training and bug squashing, promoting collaboration to enhance the use of open source ILS and to encourage new developments in Koha.  The conference will combine high-quality plenary presentations, case studies and round table sessions, the hackfest during the last two days of the conference and social events.”

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“Connections. Collaboration. Community.” What a powerful theme to represent the work of information providers. But this phrase also represents a passionate group in Columbus’ library community and on the 2016 National Committee who have worked for several years to bring you an exceptional congress experience”

An annual gathering of technologists from around the world, who largely work for and with libraries, archives, and museums and have a commitment to open technologies.”

“Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA)  addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information   systems and services in the digital world. This year’s theme “Digital Library  Curation and Collections” is divided into two parts. The first part covers  research and development, and the second part addresses advances in applications  and practice. LIDA is an international biennial conference that brings together  researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world  in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made easier by  being held in memorable environs.”

SLA

“Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly communication, publishing, resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged.  Proposals reflecting the conference theme will be especially valued“

Clara P. McLeod - [email protected] / http://www.geoinfo.org/

Online Professional development for librarians.

“The focus of QQML 2016 International Conference is on: Exploring Trends and Challenges on Building the Future Libraries”

“We invite you to Pittsburgh for LOEX 2016 to showcase what you learned and how you reinvented library instruction at your institution.“

“The objective of this proposed conference is to understand how business libraries are shaping themselves and preparing for the future. It will provide an opportunity for the business library professionals across the world to share their experiences, ideas, research and knowledge for mutual benefit. The conference is an attempt to provide a platform to address issues relating to the emerging trends that are reshaping business libraries.“

“RDAP16 offers attendees the unique chance to interact with and learn from practitioners and researchers working in a variety of fields on research data management, access, and preservation issues. The summit provides a forum for reaching across disciplines and institutions to work on common solutions to issues surrounding research data management. Participants will have multiple opportunities to expand professional networks and acquire practical knowledge and skills that can be applied to their own work and projects.“