Call for Papers: The Information Landscape in Scotland: 1600-1900

Call for Papers: The Information Landscape in Scotland: 1600-1900

Saturday 1 July 2017, University of Dundee

‘Dunblane’ from A Series of Select Views in Perthshire (Edinburgh 1844) courtesy of the Library of Innerpeffray

CILIP’s Library and Information History Group is delighted to announce that its 2017 conference will be held at the University of Dundee on Saturday 1 July 2017. Librarians, researchers and academics are invited to submit proposals for full papers (45 minutes) or lightning talks (10 minutes) on the following themes:
– Public access to information in Scotland within the defined period.
– The publishing, distribution and reception of non-fiction and newspapers/periodicals.
– Knowledge institutions including (but not limited to) libraries, universities and intellectual societies.
– Any other topic of Library and Information History in Scotland within the defined period.
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words accompanied by a short paragraph with biographical information to j.s.dye@stir.ac.uk by Wednesday 15 February.

Postgraduates and early career scholars are particularly welcome to submit proposals for lightning papers, which will be arranged into panels of 3-4 speakers as appropriate. Speakers will also be encouraged to submit papers for inclusion in the group’s journal, Library & Information History.

A full programme, including optional visits on the Friday afternoon before the conference, will be released when booking opens mid-March. A bursary to support student attendance will also be made available.

Further details will be added to our website as they are announced; http://www.cilip.org.uk/libraryinformation-history-group/events/2017-annual-conference-cilip-library-information-history-group

–Jill Dye, Events Co-ordinator, CILIP Library & Information Group / PhD Candidate, University of Stirling/Library of Innerpeffray