30.1169, Calls: Applied Linguistics/South Africa

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-1169. Wed Mar 13 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.1169, Calls: Applied Linguistics/South Africa

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 23:59:22
From: Jako Olivier [jako.olivier at nwu.ac.za]
Subject: International Conference on Information Literacy 2019

 
Full Title: International Conference on Information Literacy 2019 
Short Title: ICIL-SA 2019 

Date: 23-Sep-2019 - 26-Sep-2019
Location: Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa 
Contact Person: Jako Olivier
Meeting Email: jako.olivier at nwu.ac.za
Web Site: http://library.nwu.ac.za/international-conference-information-literacy-icil-2019 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Mar-2019 

Meeting Description:

The International Conference on Information Literacy or ICIL-SA 2019, hosted
by the North-West University, South Africa, aims to bring together
researchers, library and information services professionals, employers, media
specialists, educators, policy makers and all other related parties from
around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and to discuss recent
developments and current challenges in both theory and practice.


Call for Papers:

Conference theme: Information literacy in all spheres of life

Conference Aim:

The ICIL-SA 2019 Conference aims to bring together researchers, library and
information services professionals, employers, media specialists, educators,
policy makers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange
knowledge and experience and discuss recent developments and current
challenges in both theory and practice.

Conference themes (listed on the conference website) range from information
literacy, academic literacy, open access and related fields.

Important Dates:

First call for papers: 28 January 2019 
Submissions open: 11 February 2019 
Second call for papers: 28 February 2019 
Submissions close: 30 March 2019
Reviews: 1 April to 27 May 2019
Feedback on abstracts: 31 May 2019

Submissions by email/fax are not accepted. 
Please use the submission platform:
 
http://library.nwu.ac.za/icil-submissions

Website:
http://library.nwu.ac.za/international-conference-information-literacy-icil-20
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Submission Types:

1) Individual papers and posters
Proposals for both papers and posters are welcome. Abstracts of no more than
300 words including references for papers or posters should be submitted on
the conference website. Papers will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for
discussion and questions.

2) PechaKucha
These sessions will cover work in progress reports, fresh developments,
innovations and good practices. It is a short, very focused, visually
appealing and inspiring narrated slide show (20 slides), 6 minute 40 second
length (20 seconds for each slide), a 300-word abstract is required.

3) Doctoral Forum
This section covers short papers either on a critical literature review of the
research topic or research question(s), research objectives, research
methodology and work done so far of ongoing work of PhD students. This
provides an opportunity to gain valuable feedback from peers and subject
specific experts. Review process takes place in two phases. A 300-word
abstract is required. 

4) Panel discussions
Panel discussions will also be accommodated. These discussions should address
a common theme. Furthermore, they will be scheduled for 90 minutes and may
include a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 papers. In addition to individual
proposals (of no more than 300 words each including references), please also
submit an overview description of no more than 500 words (including
references) with the panel's content and objectives.




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