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January 23-25, University of Coimbra, Portugal<br>
</span><a href="http://bobcatsss2024-uc.marilia.unesp.br/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span lang="EN-US">http://bobcatsss2024-uc.marilia.unesp.br/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Due to many requests, the deadline to submit a
paper, poster or workshop proposal for BOBCATSSS 2024 has been postponed. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">You can now make your submission by </span><b><span lang="EN-US">September 24<sup>th</sup>, 2023.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">For submissions:<span></span></span></p>
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Bobcatsss2024, the <b>thirty-second Bobcatsss Conference</b> will be held as an
in-person and online conference on <b>January 23-25, 2024</b>, in <b>Coimbra</b>,
<b>Portugal</b>. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The main theme of the conference is <b><i>Information
Profession and Sustainable Development</i></b>. Papers, posters and workshops
related, but not restricted, to the following subthemes are welcome:<span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">21<sup>st</sup> Century Skills and information
profession<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Collaboration between libraries, education,
science, and business<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Data
management and research sustainability<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Digital
transformation and sustainability<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>FAIR
Principles and sustainable research<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Information behavior as a support of sustainable
development<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Information
literacy and sustainability<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Information
Management<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Information professionals supporting Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Knowledge
Organization to support sustainability<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Libraries
and Education for Sustainability<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Projects
and Innovations in libraries<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Sustainability and new ways of reading<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
Libraries<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Think
green – Green library conception<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">LIS studies on gender and diversity<span></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">On behalf of the Organizing Team,<span></span></span></p>
<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b></b></span></font></div><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span></font></div><div><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2" face="arial,sans-serif">---<br></font></span></font></div><div><font size="1" face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>Ana Lúcia Terra</b></span><br></font></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;color:#999999">Professora Auxiliar | Assistant Professor <br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;color:#999999"><br></span></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Universidade de Coimbra </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">•</span></span></span> </span>Faculdade de Letras | </span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">University of Coimbra </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">• </span></span>Faculty of Arts and Humanities </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,153,153)"></span><br> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Departamento de Filosofia, Comunicação e Informação | Department of Philosophy, Communication and Information</span></font></span></font><br><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;color:#999999"> Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal </span><br><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;color:#999999;font-size:8pt">E-mail: <a style="color:#999999" href="mailto:gabdiretor@fl.uc.pt" target="_blank">anaterra@fl.uc.pt</a> </span><br> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;color:#999999"> <a style="color:#999999" href="http://www.uc.pt/fluc" target="_blank">www.uc.pt/fluc</a> | <a style="color:#999999" href="http://www.uc.pt/fluc" target="_blank">www.uc.pt/en/fluc</a><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;color:#999999"><br></span></div><div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zJEXuRRAEga2g6lY7JeG-RdgXDQuCAdyZ10VhMGVoVoQwg5PepUYWcik_vSDvTCnfZ3lS8LNc"><br><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:8pt;color:#999999"></span></div></div></div></div></div>