16th QQML2024 Conference
Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you in Chania, Crete, Greece (28 May-1 June 2024) for the 16th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2024, www.qqml.org ) which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology). The conference invites Special and Contributed Sessions, Oral Papers, Best Practices, Workshops and Posters. Details about the types of distribution please visit: www.qqml.org/description-of-the-contribution/
Plenary talks, Workshops and Special Sessions are included in the related page of the website www.qqml.org
Because of the uncertain times we live the conference will be hybrid this year also: physically and virtually organized. This choice faces the challenges of the visa denial, virus pandemics etc. All necessary precautions will be taken into account and will be applied (limited numbers, masks, distance, vaccine, tests...).
Target Group
The target group and the audience are library professionals in a more general sense: professors, researchers, students, administrators, stakeholders, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers, information scientists, librarians, records managers, web developers, IT specialists, taxonomists, statisticians, marketing managers, philologist, subject and reference librarians et al.
Main theme: " Libraries as pillars of social stability : navigating change, resilience, with knowledge-based leadership and inclusivity"
Sub- themes:
Archive Library Museum (ALM) initiatives
The Artificial Intelligence Challenges for Libraries
New technology-based tools in libraries and organizations
Open Science, Open Access
Social Networks
Cultural heritage in the 21st century
Intangible Assets: Organization and convergence
Heritage and Rare Materials
The Impact of libraries in:
Citizenship
Economic development
Resilience
Inclusivity
Workforce Development
Literacies
Sustainability literacy
Multiculturalism and information literacy
Digital literacy
Critical thinking
Media literacy
Financial literacy
Information literacy and technologies
The Added Value of Library services
Health Information Services
Effect of Library Services on Research and Development
Information behavior models
The Attitude of the Users
Library Services to Research and Education
Synergies
Measuring Learning Outcomes of New Library Initiatives
Information Services Assessment
Measurement and impact analysis
Metrics: Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics and Altmetrics
Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies
Library and Information Science
Skills development
Scholarly Communication: Challenges and Dynamics
Linking Research and Practice: The Synergies and their Relevance to Practice Policy and Academia
Tracing the Future of the Library and Information Science
Library resources: Assessment and the Impact
Content Analysis Applications
Knowledge Organization tools and techniques
Digital Repositories Digital Libraries
Submissions:
· Special Sessions
· Workshops
· Master theses separate session
· PhD students with separate session
At the web page: www.qqml.org/call-of-proposals/ you may send proposals:
1. For Special Sessions (4-6 papers),
2. Workshops (more than 1-3 sessions) including the title and a brief description at: secretar@isast.org or from the electronic submission
3. Abstracts/Papers to be included in the proposed sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers.
Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways
- structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation;
- full papers (not exceeding 12,000 words);
- posters.
In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference: www.qqml.org/registration/ .
Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: www.qqml.org/call-of-proposals/
The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines that are located in the above link.
All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference.
The papers of the conference will be published in the QQML e- journal after the permission of the author(s). The QQML e- journal www.qqml-journal.net is indexed by the Web of Science and the EBSCOhost.
A number of selected papers will be published in a volume which will be published by Springer Nature.
Doctoral and Postgraduate Sessions
Professors and Supervisors are recommended to encourage the contribution of Postgraduate theses and dissertations of their students.
In the Doctoral and Postgraduate Sessions the contributors resent their research, the topic, the objectives, the methodology and the ongoing work.
Post Graduate Student sessions for research are especially organized.
Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 2024 Conference and Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: secretar@isast.org
QQML 2024 Important Dates
Abstract submissions: March 20, 2024
Notification of acceptance two weeks after submission.
Deadline Paper Submission: 1st of May 2024 (optional)
Deadline Presentation Submission: 1st of May 2024
Early bird Registration: up to 1st of March 2024
