The conference will explore and share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver services and resources to users ‘on the move’, via a growing plethora of mobile and hand-held devices. The m-Libraries conference brings together researchers, educators, technical developers, managers and library professionals to exchange experience and expertise and to generate ideas for future developments. The third International m-libraries Conference is hosted by the University of Southern Queensland in collaboration with The Open University, Athabasca University, Thompson Rivers University and Emerald Group Publishing. We are seeking papers on the following themes: 1. Emerging mobile technologies (including platforms, devices and software) 2. Delivering new mobile services to users 3. New mobile applications (technical) 4. Mobile users (e.g. studies of requirements and/or behaviour) 5. Development of content for mobiles (including OERs, commercially published, user-generated etc.) 6. Privacy and mobiles 7. Copyright issues for mobile delivery Please submit your abstracts (up to 300 words) ... by November 1st. These will be subject to peer review and authors will be notified by 14 January 2011. We expect that papers may include research reports, demonstrations of technical developments, practical case studies or reviews. Posters are also invited. Papers or presentation Papers or presentations should last no longer than 20 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions. Poster sessions Posters will be displayed throughout the conference and time will be allocated in the programme for poster viewing. Conference proceedings will be published online. Links To Original Conference Announcement w/ Conference Background > Links > Submission Contacts > Etc. Available At [ http://bit.ly/aozaIO ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs

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