Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians

From 28-31 May 2012, the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) in cooperation with the Indonesian Library Association (IPI) will be hosting the 15th Consal Meeting and General Conference. The Meeting and General Conference will be conducted at the Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, a comfortable location and close to the famous and beautiful beach of Kuta, Bali, Indonesia.

Themes : “National Heritage: Preservation and Dissemination”

Registration Opened

Registration for this conference has been opened. Early registration before 31 January 2012, and will be closed after 31 March 2012.

For now registration can be done through hardcopy forms that can be downloaded from http://www.consalxv.org/registration/index.php?file=registration_form.php

Please visit http://www.consalxv.org/registration for more information regarding registration

Call for Papers

The Organizing Committee of the 15th Consal Meeting and General Conference invites submission of papers involving the following topics, but not limited to:

1. National Library as the Center of National Heritage.
2. Preservation and Conservation in the Library.
3. Implementation of Legal Deposit Act.
4. Library Education in Empowering Human Resources.
5. Resource Sharing & Networking.
6. Managing Digital Library and Digital Publications (Information Technology Application).
7. The Role of Library Associations in National Development.
8. Community Libraries and Information Literacy.
9. The Role of Libraries in Enhancing Reading Habit.
10. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Library Development

Please visit http://www.consalxv.org/programme/?file=call_for_paper.php for more information regarding call for papers

This event is organized by Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) Library

Will be held on:
8 – 10 October 2012 / 22 – 24 Zulkaedah 1433

Theme:
Emerging Technologies: New Direction for Libraries

Call for papers is now open !!!

Detail information about this event, see http://www.ubd.edu.bn/index.php?id=155

Digital brochure also available for download in PDF format. Click here.

The Library Association of Singapore will hold the second Libraries for Tomorrow Seminar after the very successful 2009 event. The seminar will feature paper and poster presentations highlighting the best practices - from technical innovations to enhanced library services and library management. Librarians, information professionals, teachers, knowledge managers, library educators, library vendors, etc. are welcome to participate.

Atty. Antonio M. Santos has been appointed the new Director of the National Library of the Philippines. Appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on 28 February 2011, Mr. Santos took his oath of office before Mayor Ed de Guzman (Marikina) on 3 March 2011.