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Call for Proposals – 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International 
Conference 

 
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The 3rd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 
in Libraries International Conference 
(QQML2011) will take place May 24-27, 2011, 
in Athens, Greece.  

Since 2009, QQML has provided an excellent 
framework for the presentation of new trends 
and developments in every aspect of Library 
and Information Science technology, 
applications and research.  

Papers are invited for this international 
conference. Key themes include, but are not 
limited to, the following: 

• Management 
• Financial strength and sustainability 
• Marketing  
• Communication strategies 
• Data analysis and data mining 
• Digital libraries 

Special Sessions & Workshops 

You may send proposals for Special Sessions 
(4-6 papers) or Workshops (more than 2 
sessions), including the title and a brief 
description, to the Conference Committee at: 
secretariat@isast.org or via the electronic 
submission page at: 
http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html 

 

Abstract/Paper Submissions 

You may submit proposals for contributed 
abstracts/papers via the electronic submission 
page at 
http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html 

Contributions could include one of the 
following: 

• structured abstracts (not exceeding 
500 words) and presentation;  

• full papers (not exceeding 7,000 
words); and  

• posters (not exceeding 2,500 words).  
 

In all cases, at least one of the authors is 
required to be registered for the conference. 
Abstracts and full papers should be submitted 
electronically according to the timetable 
available at: 
http://www.isast.org/importantdates.html 
 
Abstracts and full papers should follow the 
author guidelines available at: 
http://www.isast.org/abstractpaperregister.html 

All abstracts will be published in the 
Conference Book of Abstracts and on the 
conference website.  Papers will be published 
on the conference website, with the permission 
of the author(s). 

 



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Student Submissions 

The conference also offers postgraduate 
students and PhD candidates an opportunity 
to participate in a paper competition. Students 
who submit abstracts to the conference can 
participate, but can only submit only one 
paper to the competition. Students who enter 
the competition must register in the 
conference and be in attendance. 

The papers will be judged by a scientific 
committee according to the significance of the 
research theme, the research methodology, the 
description of the results and the organization 
of the presentation.  

Professors and supervisors are encouraged to 
organize conference sessions of postgraduate 
theses and dissertations. 

Please direct any questions regarding the 
QQML 2011 Conference and Student Research 
Competition to Anthi Katsirikou at 
anthi@asmda.com or to the secretary of the 
conference at secretariat@isast.org. 

 


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