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News/Announcements 
 
Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the 7th International Evidence Based Library and 
Information Practice Conference in 2013 
 
 
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The International Advisory Committee for the 
International Evidence Based Library and 
Information Practice Conference Series warmly 
invites expressions of interest from individuals, 
organisations and associations working in the 
public sector (e.g. academic, school, local and 
regional authorities, national associations) to 
host the 7th International Evidence Based 
Library and Information Practice Conference in 
2013. 
  
More details and an Expression of Interest form 
are available from: 
http://eblipexpress.pbworks.com 
 
Candidates wishing to host the Conference must 
apply to Andrew Booth, the Convenor of the 
IAC, A.Booth@sheffield.ac.uk Monday 
14th November 2011 using the official Expression 
of Interest Template. Applicants are encouraged 
to provide additional information supporting 
their bid. 
  
The EBLIP Conference is a biennial conference 
designed to promote the use of best available 
evidence to improve library and information 
practice in all types of libraries and to 
thus address issues around inequitable use of 

resources, unacceptable provision of services 
and ineffective comprehension and use of 
information that continue to plague human 
society. It aims to bring together practitioners, 
researchers and students involved in critical and 
reflective information practice to think through 
new ways to address contemporary issues of 
evidence based practice in less isolated, more 
collaborative, ways. The first EBL(IP) 
Conference took place in Sheffield, U.K. in 2001. 
The success of this conference led to further 
successful conferences in Edmonton (Canada, 
2003), Brisbane (Australia, 2005), Chapel 
Hill (U.S.A., 2007), Stockholm (Sweden, 2009) 
and Salford (U.K., 2011). 
  
Brief details are as follows:  
  
EBLIP Conferences typically last between 2.5 
and 3 days. They are typically accompanied by a 
Continuing Education Programme of 
workshops of between 0.5 and 2 days duration. 
(The Continuing Education Programme is 
optional for delegates and is not included in the 
Registration fees for the Conference). A Social 
Programme typically includes a Welcome 
Reception and Conference Dinner (both 
included in the Registration fees) and additional 

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optional pay‐as‐you‐go social events. Day 
registration rates are typically provided to 
encourage attendance by local participants. 
 Conference venues have previously included 
academic, hotel and commercial conference 
facilities. Local organising committees (LOCs) 
should be coordinated by a professional 
working in the public sector (e.g. academic, 
public, school, national, professional 
organisation). Conferences are run on a not‐for‐
profit basis with any surplus (after all 
deductions) being handed on to the successive 
local organising committee. An exhibition of 
commercial sponsors is often provided as a 
necessary source of conference income. 
  
The Conference Programme is the responsibility 
of the International Programme Committee 
(IPC) co‐ordinated by an IPC Chair/Co‐chairs 
working in liaison with the LOC. The 

Conference Programme will typically include up 
to five invited keynote speakers (whose travel, 
accommodation and registration is typically 
covered by conference income), twenty to fifty 
submitted papers (selected by the IPC) and 
fifteen to forty submitted posters (again selected 
separately by the IPC). Awards for best paper 
and best poster are typically made by the IPC 
with commendation certificates provided to 
shortlisted presentations. 
  
An EBLIP International Advisory Committee 
(IAC) (comprised of representatives from the 
previous hosts) will select the venue for the 
conference based on submissions of expressions 
of interest from potential LOCs. 
  
More details are available 
from http://eblipexpress.pbworks.com.  

 

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