Call for papers - Corporation of Professional Librarians of Quebec

[Stephanie Simard]

30 th Annual Conference
Corporation of Professional Librarians of Quebec

Montreal, Quebec
Canada
May 27-29, 1999


CALL FOR PAPERS

THEME :	The Librarian Amidst 
		Information Professionals

Are information professionals 
self-sufficient and territorial, or do they 
form part of a large and diverse family of 
professionals?  Are information professionals 
evolving in parallel lines or in completely 
different directions?  Is there a common 
denominator or a common base among them  
insofar as it affects their training, their 
skills and mastery, their markets, or are 
there clear parameters and is there 
competition for target markets?  If so, 
will this lead to inevitable territorial wars? 

The theme of the conference aims to 
highlight the various skills and the 
diversity of tasks of librarians at a time 
when there is a proliferation of information 
professionals in many walks of life.  The 
object of the conference is to acknowledge 
the skills of the many practitioners in the 
information profession whose common 
denominator is information, and to stress 
the need to share proficiencies among those 
partners in the field.  The time may be 
ripe for some converging and harmonization 
of training and of expertise of the 
"knowledge" professionals.

SUB-THEMES :
•	the foundations of the profession
•	the information professional: from 
	service-provider to entrepreneur
•	the information professional: from 
	provider to teacher and producer
    
CALL FOR PAPERS : 
•	variations on the following topics
•	dissemination of information in an 
	electronic world
•	electronic records management
•	the concept of service in the 
	next millennium
•	digitization  projects
•	conservation & preservation of 
	electronic materials
•	the virtual library
•	duty & ethics in the information world
•	traditional values: are they  polarized?
•	the cost-effectiveness of the 
	information professional
•	the decision-making tools
•	launching a business in information
•	teaching skills of information 
	professionals
•	Internet courses
•	production of information tools
•	reference on the "NET
•	production & distribution of 
	information: the mandate
•	public libraries & social integration
•	project management

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This form should be returned 
before January 15, 1999

Also available at http://www.cbpq.qc.ca
under some information in english
Speaker submission

Name: 		
Given name: 	
Position: 	
Organization: 	
Mailing address: 	

Telephone: 				
Fax: 

E-mail: 

N.B.	Please include a brief curriculum vitae.

Title of the proposed paper:	


Summary:	
(give a brief outline of your 
paper and summarize clearly)


Type of presentation:  
Workshop  	
(20 - 60 minutes, 
will be specified  when the proposal  is approved)

Lanquage (French or English) : 

Important note: 
Although an acknowledgement of receipt 
will be sent to all those submitting 
proposals for papers, the organizing 
committee cannot guarantee that all 
submissions will be accepted.  Accepted 
speakers from outside Quebec must pay 
their transportation costs.  However, 
the C.P.L.Q.  will be pleased to cover 

the costs of their participation at the 
conference, and a night's accommodation.



Corporation des bibliothecaires 
professionnels du Quebec / C.B.P.Q.

Telephone :	(514) 845-3327
Telecopieur :	(514) 845-1618
Courriel :	info at cbpq.qc.ca
Site Internet:	www.cbpq.qc.ca


Corporation des bibliothecaires 
professionnels du Quebec / C.B.P.Q.

Telephone :	(514) 845-3327
Telecopieur :	(514) 845-1618
Courriel :	info at cbpq.qc.ca
Site Internet:	www.cbpq.qc.ca