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Early Bird Registrations Now Open for EBLIP8

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The Organising and Program Committees of the 8^th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference are pleased to announce that registrations are now open. EBLIP8 will be held July 6-8, 2015, in Brisbane, Australia.

Keynote speakers include Virginia Wilson, Director, Centre for Evidence Based Librarian & Information Practice, University of Saskatchewan (Canada); Neil Carrington, CEO, ACT for Kids (Australia), and Kim Tairi, University Librarian, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). The draft program includes 39 presentations from local and international speakers. These presentations will provide an opportunity for delegates to hear about cutting edge research in the field as well as scholarly discussion about the future of evidence based practice within the profession. The program also includes a choice of seven interactive workshops of relevance to evidence based practice that will provide delegates with the chance to interact and engage with other members of the library and information community.

Early bird registration closes May 1, 2015. For more information, visit the conference website at http://eblip8.info/.