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IMCW2013 Final Programme is available

The final program of the 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (IMCW2013) is now available and there is still time to register. The online registration is open till August 30, 2013. To register online, please visit: registration.exordo.com/imcw2013/.

This year IMCW2013 (https://imcw2013.bilgiyonetimi.net) is taking place at the Strand Hotel in Limerick in Ireland September 4-6, 2013, with the theme “Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…”

The program includes outstanding keynote speakers: Dr. Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) will talk about cloud architectures and their use in cultural memory institutions;  Marshall Breeding, Independent consultant and the author of “Cloud Computing for Libraries” (ALA TEchsource, 2012) will address how cloud computing enables deeper collaboration; and Christian Verstraete of Hewlett-Packard will emphasize the innovative character of cloud computing. (For the abstracts of keynote talks, see imcw2013.bilgiyonetimi.net/2013/05/keynote-speeches.)

In addition, the program includes contributed papers, short communications and workshops along with panel discussions on collaboration and intellectual property aspects of cloud computing. The proceedings of the symposium will be published by Springer under its CCIS series.

Looking forward to meeting you in early September in Limerick, Ireland.

Yasar Tonta & Jerald Cavanagh

Co-chairs of IMCW2013 Organizing Committee

IMCW2013 early registration deadline extended to August 19, 2013

Due to several requests and delays in bank transfers, we decided to extend the early registration deadline for the 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (IMCW2013) till August 19, 2013. We kindly invite you to complete your pending registrations by then and take advantage of the reduced registration fees.  Please consult our website for detailed information and contact us if you need any assistance.

Please also check the website and registration page for Gala Dinner and excursions before you complete your registration and payment.

We look forward to seeing you in Limerick.

Yasar Tonta and Jerald Cavanagh
On behalf of IMCW2013 Organizing Committee
tonta@hacettepe.edu.tr
jerald.cavanagh@lit.edu

Accepted Submissions

IMCW2013: The 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World will take place in Limerick, Ireland, this year (September 4-6, 2013). The main theme is “Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…” The keynote speakers are Dr. Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI); Marshall Breeding, Independent consultant and author of Cloud Computing for Libraries; and Christian Verstraete, Chief Technologist, Cloud Strategy Team at HP.

We are pleased to provide the list of accepted submissions. The programme will be available soon.

Abstract Submission Extended

Dear Colleagues:

Due to a number of requests received, the deadline to submit abstracts to IMCW2013 has been extended to March 14, 2013.

IMCW2013: The 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World will take place in Limerick, Ireland, this year (September 4-6, 2013). The main theme is “Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…” The keynote speakers are Dr. Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI); Marshall Breeding, Independent consultant and author of Cloud Computing for Libraries; and Christian Verstraete, Chief Technologist, Cloud Strategy Team at HP. The proceedings book will be published by Springer under its Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series.

Please see the final (third) Call for Papers for more information.

Looking forward to your contributions and participation.

IMCW2013 Organizing Team
Hacettepe University Department of Information Management, Turkey
Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland

IMCW2013 Third Call for Papers

IMCW2013

4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World,

September 4-6, 2013, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…

SCOPE

Cloud computing has transformed the ways in which both individuals and enterprises make use of  IT services and network infrastructure within the last decade.  Everything including infrastructure, platforms, applications, software, data, and communication is now seen “as a service”.  Information, the life-blood of scientific progress, economic growth and social development, is mostly produced, disseminated, used, shared and re-used in digital formats nowadays.  Science, industry and business enterprises tend to become “information” enterprises in that even “money” as matter gets converted to “bits” so as to be stored digitally in computers and transmitted as “information” over the network.  Enterprises have tended to spend well over 70% of their time and money to support the information technologies (IT) and network infrastructure. Now they embrace cloud-based services to manage information more efficiently and effectively. As information managers we must now look Beyond the Cloud, collaborate in order to innovate and inspire while trying to predict what the future holds.

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Keynote Speaker: Mr. Marshall Breeding

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Marshall Breeding, an independent consultant, speaker and the author of Cloud Computing for Libraries (Neal Schuman, 2012) will speak at the 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World to be held in Limerick, Ireland, from September 4 to 6, 2013. Mr. Breeding’s keynote speech, entitled “Cloud Computing: A New Generation of Technology Enables Deeper Collaboration”, will concentrate on the use of cloud computing in settings of higher education and libraries, and use examples from academic libraries to illustrate the opportunities offered by the cloud computing technologies.

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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Clifford Lynch

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), will be the keynote speaker of the 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World to be held in Limerick, Ireland, from September 4 to 6, 2013.  Dr. Lynch’s keynote address will be centred on the main theme of the symposium, “Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…”  He will address the opportunities and challenges introduced by the cloud computing, discuss its implications on information management and contemplate on how to design and develop innovative and collaborative information services beyond the cloud.

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IMCW2013 First Call for Papers

IMCW2013

4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World,

September 4-6, 2013, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Beyond the Cloud: Information…Innovation…Collaboration…

SCOPE

IMCW2013: The “4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World” will take place at the Strand Hotel (http://www.strandhotellimerick.ie/) in Limerick, Ireland, from September 4-6, 2013.

Cloud computing has transformed the ways in which both individuals and enterprises make use of  IT services and network infrastructure within the last decade.  Everything including infrastructure, platforms, applications, software, data, and communication is now seen “as a service”.  Information, the life-blood of scientific progress, economic growth and social development, is mostly produced, disseminated, used, shared and re-used in digital formats nowadays.  Science, industry and business enterprises tend to become “information” enterprises in that even “money” as matter gets converted to “bits” so as to be stored digitally in computers and transmitted as “information” over the network.  Enterprises have tended to spend well over 70% of their time and money to support the information technologies (IT) and network infrastructure. Now they embrace cloud-based services to manage information more efficiently and effectively. As information managers we must now look Beyond the Cloud, collaborate in order to innovate and inspire while trying to predict what the future holds.

Using cloud-based services increases efficiency, provides cost savings, and enables “collective intelligence” to flourish.  Not-for-profit memory instutions such as libraries, archives, and museums are also making use of cloud-based services.  To name a few, OCLC’s WorldCat, HathiTrust, OAISTER, and Europeana are providing web scale discovery services and aggregated data repositories accessible through the Net.  Yet, information organizations and memory institutions should go beyond the cloud-based services to reap the full benefits of the digital age.

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