Guidelines for Papers

For Further Information

Herbert Achleitner, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
P.O. Box 4025
Emporia, Kansas. 66801 USA
Email: hachleit@emporia.edu
Fax: 620.341.5233

Alexander Dimchev, Ph.D.
Dean
Faculty of Philosophy
University of Sofia
"St. Kliment Ohrdiski"
15 Tzar Osvobodite Blvd.
1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: dimchev_uni@abv.bg
Tel.(+359 2) 9871 046

Howard F. McGinn, Ph.D.
Dean of University Libraries
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, New Jersey 07079-2671
E-mail: mcginnho@shu.edu

 

GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS

The Call for Papers

• Papers should be 2,500 - 5,000 words in length.
• Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
• A copy of the conference proceedings will be sent to the authors upon publication by the University of Sofia Press and will be available worldwide after the conference.

Important Submission Deadlines

Saturday, 3 June: Central and East European authors email 150 word abstract to Prof. Alexander Dimchev others to Prof. Herbert Achleitner

Saturday, 24 June: Notification of acceptance sent to authors

Saturday, 14 October: Final paper due for inclusion in proceedings

Wednesday - Friday, 8 - 10 November: Paper presentations

Guidelines for Submissions

1. Submit abstracts via email to either Professors Achleitner or Dimchev.
2. Final papers must be submitted via email attachment to the editors.
3. Copyright information: Submission of a paper to the conference indicates the author's permission to publish the paper in written or electronic format for distribution without compensation to the author.
4. All submission should be in Microsoft Word.doc.

References should be listed in alphabetical sequence at the end of the text, using style below.

Journals

Hernon, P. (1989). Government publications and publishing during the Reagan years. Government Information Quarterly, 6 (4), 395-410.

Books

Kuhlthau, C.C. (1993). Seeking meaning: Process-oriented library and information services. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Brown, J. S., & Duguid, P. (2000). The social life of information. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Papers from conference proceedings, chapters from books, etc.

Boden, M.A. (1983). Methodological links between artificial intelligence and other disciplines. In F. Machlup & Una Mansfield (Eds.). The study of information: Interdisciplinary messages. (pp.229-236). New York: John Wiley.

Online

Information Infrastructure Task Force. (1993-1996). Meeting Minutes. Available online: http://www.iitf.nist.gov/activity.html Accessed July 16, 2001

Submission of Paper

• Title
• Name of author(s)
• Institutional affiliation
• Email address(es)
• Abstract
• Key subject words: between 2-5
• Body of paper
• References

 

Created December 2005 by J. Eubanks
Last update:7 /20/2006
sofia2006@emporia.edu

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