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7th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference How are librarians and information professional using evidence to inform practice? The possibilities are endless! Across library sectors librarians around the world are consulting the research evidence in library and information studies (LIS) as well as other fields such as marketing, business, education, and management. Finding and applying research evidence is the hallmark of evidence based library and information practice. Librarians are also conducting research and adding valuable evidence to the LIS body of knowledge, engaging in knowledge transfer with their own research experiences. The 7th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice conference is the place to come and participate in the EBLIP conversation. The International Program Committee for EBLIP7 invites you to submit abstracts for papers and posters for the conference to be held at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada from July 15 - 18, 2013. EBLIP7 is aimed at all library and information professionals from all disciplines and sectors. EBLIP7 will continue the tradition of offering a welcoming and supportive environment to all, whether newcomers or experienced practitioners of evidence based practice. Conference Themes Research papers, reviews of evidence, reports of innovative practice, hot topic discussion papers, and poster presentations are invited.

Co-Organized by the University of North Texas * Keynote Speakers (confirmed): Dr. Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Researcher, AT&T Labs Research, USA Professor Takis Metaxas, Wellesley College, USA * Conference Tutorial (confirmed): “Sentic Computing” by Erik Cambria, Research Scientist at the National University of Singapore and Associate Researcher at the MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Conference background and goals The IADIS WWW/Internet 2013 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet. WWW and Internet had a huge development in recent years. Aspects of concern are no longer just technical anymore but other aspects have aroused. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as non-technological issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative contributes that don’t fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (http://www.iadis.net/dl). The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641) and also in other selected Journals. The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.

International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013) 27-29 November 2013, New Delhi, India The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) during 27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. In recent past TERI had organized three major ICDL conferences during 2004, 2006 and 2010 which were proved to be useful tools to bridge digital divide between developed and developing countries. It was able to create awareness and enthusiasm among the community. Please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl for further details. Aim: ICDL 2013 is expected to be a major forum focusing on digital libraries and related technologies and issues. This conference would facilitate exchange of ideas and experiences to bridge knowledge gaps in these areas and sustain the knowledge thus gained. It is expected to become a platform to bring together a galaxy of experts, researchers, academics, students, and others. Who should participate: The conference participants will be drawn from researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers from a variety of disciplines. About 600 participants are expected to participate in the conference. The following categories of professionals are expected to benefit from the conference: • Library and Information Science professionals. • Policy makers. • Educationists, Museologists, Archivists. • Content and knowledge managers. • Electronic publishing and virtual electronic communities. • All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business.