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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Dear<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>Friends, Dear Colleagues<span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>It is our pleasure to invite you in <span style='color:#1F497D'>Chania, Crete, Greece</span> (<span style='color:#1F497D'>(22-25 May 2018</span>) for the <span style='color:#1F497D'>10</span><span style='color:#17375E'>th </span>Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (<span style='color:#17375E'>QQML2018, </span><a href="http://qqml.org">http://qqml.org</a>) </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>which is organized under the umbrella of ISAST (International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology). <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>A lot of QQML friends asked us to organize the Anniversary of the 10 years of QQML Conference in Chania and we accepted the challenge.</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The conference invites <b>Special and Contributed Sessions, Oral Papers, Best Practices, Workshops and Posters</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Details about the types of distribution please visit:<u> <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://qqml.org/description-of-the-contribution/">http://qqml.org/description-of-the-contribution/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Target Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>The target group and the audience are library professionals in a more general sense: professors, researchers, students, administrators, stakeholders, technologists, museum scientists, archivists, decision makers and managers, information scientists, librarians, records managers, web developers, IT specialists, taxonomists, statisticians, marketing managers, philologist, subject and reference librarians et al.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Main topics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The emphasis is given to <span style='color:#1F497D'>t<b>he Future of the Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following <u>indicative themes:</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The effect of Humanities on the LIS, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The Effect of Library on Learning and Research <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The effect of LIS on personalities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The effect of LIS on Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The effect of the ICTS on LIS, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Application of innovative ideas in the library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Best Practices in the library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Communication of R&D projects <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Development of Information and Knowledge Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Human resources and competencies for the 21st century <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Library and Information 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style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>14.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Going Digital <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>15.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Going Open<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>16.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Information and Knowledge Management <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>17.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Information Behavior and Use<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>18.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Information Literacy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText 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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Library design<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>22.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Library management and marketing, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>23.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Scholarly communication <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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!supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>26.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Qualitative and Quantitative methods in libraries, museums, archives and information centres <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>27.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Tools for Organizational Performance Measurement <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Special Sessions – Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>You may send proposals for <u>Special S</u></span><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>a</span></u><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>essions</span></u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'> (4-6 papers) or <u>Workshops</u> (more than </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>1-3</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'> sessions) including the title and a brief description at:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#CC6600'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:navy'><a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org?subject=QQML2014%20International%20Conference">secretar@isast.org</a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'> or from the electronic submission at the web page: </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://qqml.org/call-of-proposals/">http://qqml.org/call-of-proposals/</a></span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>You may also send <u>Abstracts/Papers to</u> be included in the proposed sessions, to new sessions or as contributed papers at the web page: </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://qqml.org/call-of-proposals/">http://qqml.org/call-of-proposals/</a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>Contributions may be realized through one of the following ways <o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>a. structured abstracts (not exceeding 500 words) and presentation; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>b. full papers (not exceeding </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>9</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>,000 words);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>c. posters (not exceeding 2,500 words);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>In all the above cases at least one of the authors ought to be registered in the conference</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>: <a href="http://qqml.org/registration/">http://qqml.org/registration/</a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>Abstracts and full papers should be submitted electronically within the timetable provided in the web page: </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://qqml.org/call-of-proposals/">http://qqml.org/call-of-proposals/</a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:black'>The abstracts and full papers should be in compliance to the author guidelines</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>that are located in the above link. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>All abstracts will be published in the Conference Book of Abstracts and in the website of the Conference. The papers of the conference will be published in the <span style='color:#1F497D'>QQML e-</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'>journal</span> after the permission of the author(s).<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>The QQML e-</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'> journal moved to </span> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="http://www.qqml-journal.net">http://www.qqml-journal.net</a></span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Doctoral and Postgraduate Sessions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Professors and Supervisors are recommended to encourage the contribution of <u>Postgraduate theses and dissertations<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></u>of their students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>In the </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Doctoral and Postgraduate Sessions the contributors resent their research, the topic, the objectives, the methodology and the ongoing work. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Post Graduate Student sessions for research </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>are especially organized.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Please direct any questions regarding the QQML 201<span style='color:#1F497D'>8</span> Conference and Student Research Presentations to: the secretariat of the conference at: <a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>QQML 2018 Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Abstract submissions: December 20, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Notification of acceptance two weeks after submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Deadline Paper Submission: 1st of May 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Deadline Presentation Submission: 1st of May 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Early bird Registration: up to 30th of March 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#1F497D'>Submit a Proposal or a session to <a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Submissions of abstracts to special or contributed sessions could be sent directly to the conference secretariat at <i><a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a>.</i> Please refer to the Session Number, as they are referred at the conference website to help the secretariat to classify the submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://qqml.org/">http://qqml.org/</a> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>or contact the secretary of the conference at : <i><span style='color:#001A6D'><a href="mailto:secretar@isast.org">secretar@isast.org</a> </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Paper contributors have the opportunity to be published in the <i>QQML e- Journal</i>, which continues to retain the right of first choice, however in addition they have the chance to be published in other scientific journals. <i>QQML e- Journal</i> <u>is included in EBSCOhost <o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Looking forward to welcoming you in Chania, Crete,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>With our best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>On behalf of the Conference Committee <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Anthi Katsirikou, PhD</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Conference Co-Chair<br>University of Piraeus Library Director<br>Head, European Documentation Center<br>Board Member of the Greek Association of Librarians and Information Professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="mailto:anthi@asmda.com"><span lang=EN-GB>anthi@asmda.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Baskerville Old 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