URLA 2014 | International Congress on Management of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Memory Institutions

ABOUT

The University and Research Librarians’ Association in Turkey (URLA) organize annual scientific meetings in order to raise awareness of practitioners related to the information on various platforms like information services, information & document management, knowledge economy, information literacy, industrialization of information and so on in Turkey since 1991. The scientific and original studies/papers in the accordance with specified themes are evaluated and presentations are decided by the scientific committee for the meeting. The URLA annual scientific meetings are held in a different university every year and supported by various sponsors and government agencies. The main theme of the Congrees in 2014 “Management of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Memory Institutions.”

VENUE

OTTOMAN ARCHIVES BUILDING – ISTANBUL

SEPTEMBER 17-20, 2014

TRANSPORTATION - OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CONGRESS

Turkish Airlines is the Official Airline of URLA 2014:Management of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Memory Institutions and offers a special discounted rate for the international participants:

Up to 20% on Business Class
Up to 15% on Economy Class

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Please show the event registration letter to the Sales Office of Turkish Airlines in your country if you plan to attend URLA 2014: Management of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Memory Institutions via Turkish Airlines.

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ORGANIZERS

SPEECHES

Professor Yaşar Tonta

Hacettepe University, Department of Information Management, Turkey

Professor Tonta is with the Department of Information Management of no University in Ankara, Turkey. He teaches courses and carries out research on information retrieval, information architecture, information systems design, networked information services, digital libraries, electronic publishing, open access and bibliometrics. +more

Ad Polle

Senior Projects Coordinator UGC at Europeana Foundation, Netherland

Ad Pollé has dedicated his professional as well as his personal life to cultural heritage. He has a background in book publishing, audio-visual archiving and restoration. In 2012 he joined Europeana to help provide access to Europe’s digital heritage as a member of the Distribution and Engagement team, focusing on user generated content. +more

Dr. Claudia Fabian

Bavarian State Library, Germany

Dr. Claudia Fabian has worked in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Germany, since 1986. She studied Classical and French Philology in the University of Munich and at the Sorbonne in Paris, completing her doctoral degree in Latin. She qualified as a teacher of French and Latin before training for academic librarianship. +more

Hıfzı Topuz

Journalist and Author, Turkey

Hıfzı Topuz was born 1923 in Istanbul. After finishing his secondary education at the Galatasaray High School in 1942, he studied Law at Istanbul University graduating in 1948. Later, he went to France, where he attended University of Strasbourg to conduct further studies in international law and journalism between 1957 and 1959. +more

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

Academicians,
Practitioners,
Researchers,
Service providers and
All individuals who are interested in Library and Information Science, Arts and Humanities, and Applied Sciences

Registration

AIM

EMPOWERING SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION
Promoting dialogue between the academicians, practitioners, researchers and organizations who provide services in the field of Library and information science, arts and humanities and applied sciences.
PROMOTING INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERACTION
Creating a scientific and a social interaction environment for all diciplines.
SHARING BEST PRACTICES & EXPERIENCES
Sharing the best practices and experiences about all topics.

The accepted papers that have been prepared in English language will be published in Elsevier Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences (indexed by Scopus, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index and ScienceDirect) and Cambridge Scholars Publishing Cultural Studies. Authors are allowed to present their contributions in Turkish as well.

ABOUT

VENUE

OTTOMAN ARCHIVES BUILDING – ISTANBUL

SEPTEMBER 17-20, 2014

TRANSPORTATION - OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CONGRESS

ORGANIZERS

SPEECHES

Professor Yaşar Tonta

Ad Polle

Dr. Claudia Fabian

Hıfzı Topuz

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

AIM

EMPOWERING SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION

PROMOTING INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERACTION

SHARING BEST PRACTICES & EXPERIENCES

Main Sponsorship

Gold Sponsorship

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Official Airline of the Congress

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