*2nd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World,*

September 22-24, 2010, Ankara, Turkey

*The Impact of Technological Convergence and Social Networks on Information
Management *
(Second Call for Papers)
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*Scope*

The "2nd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing
World," organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe
University, will take place in Ankara, Turkey, from 22-24 September 2010. It
aims to bring together both researchers and practitioners to discuss the
impact of technological convergence and social networks such as Facebook and
Twitter on current information management practices in libraries, archives
and museums and their implications for education for library and information
science. Convergence and social networks also influence the scholarly
electronic publishing, open access and institutional archives, digitization
of cultural heritage and the socialization of information.

The technological convergence is defined as the intertwinement of
technologies. A single product such as a cell phone can be used not only to
communicate but also to take pictures, listen to music, get access to the
Web, and find our way by successfully combining the communication, audio,
video, web and GPS technologies. Similarly, our professional, personal and
social lives also converge. Social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and
LinkedIn are used not only for social networking and entertainment but also
for access to information, for learning and for carrying out professional
work. Social networks commonly have Web 2.0 features, offer personalized
services and allow users to incorporate their own content easily and
describe, organize and share it with others, thereby enriching users’
experience. Users expect information providing organizations to offer
similar services and they want libraries to be as accessible, flexible, open
to collaboration and sharing as that of social networks. The future of
libraries, archives and museums is closely associated with how successfully
they meet the demands of digital users.

Main topics of the Symposium are as follows:

   - Technological Convergence and Information Management
   - Social Networks and Web 2.0 Technologies
   - Convergence, Social Networks and Education
   - Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
   - Socialization of Information and Convergence
   - Information Organization, Information Architecture and Information
   Retrieval
   - Interdisciplinary studies

The themes are not limited with the above topics. In addition to papers,
posters, workshops and panels on the impact of convergence and social
networks on information management, papers on information and records
management in general are also welcome. Student papers and posters will also
be considered. Accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings
book and the Symposium web site. Selected papers will be published in
refereed journals.

*Paper Submission Process*

The language of the Symposium is Turkish and English.  In addition to
refereed papers, posters and workshop proposals are also considered. Papers,
posters and workshop proposals should be prepared using the templates
available through the Symposium web site.  Papers, posters and workshop
proposals in final form should be submitted electronically by January 18,
2010.

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the authors will be notified of
the outcome by March 1, 2010.  Final copies of the accepted papers and
posters should be sent in by April 26, 2010 in order for them to be included
in the Symposium proceedings book. The Symposium proceedings book will be
published prior to the Symposium and made available to the registered
participants during the Symposium. Workshop proposals will also be reviewed
by the Program Committee and the authors will be notified by March 15, 2010.

*Important Dates*

   - First Call: July 2009
   - Second Call: October 2009
   - Third Call: December 2009
   - Last date to send papers, posters and workshop proposals: 18 January
   2010
   - Authors notification (papers and posters): 1 March 2010
   - Authors notification (workshop proposals): 15 March 2010
   - Final papers submission and registration: 26 April 2010
   - Symposium: 22-24 September 2010

All suggestions and comments are welcome. E-mail: *
sempoz...@bilgiyonetimi.net* <sempoz...@bilgiyonetimi.net>.

Looking forward to your contributions to and participation in the Symposium.

Yaşar Tonta, Chair of the Organizing Committee
Serap Kurbanoğlu, Chair of the Programme Committee
Hacettepe University
Department of Information Management
06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
Tel: 0312 297 82 00
Fax: 0312 299 20 14
E-mail: *to...@hacettepe.edu.tr* <to...@hacettepe.edu.tr>, *
se...@hacettepe.edu.tr* <se...@hacettepe.edu.tr>