The Information Science programme at the University of Iceland turns 60 in the academic year 2016–2017. The milestone will be celebrated with a major conference in the lecture hall of Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, on Friday 18 November, 9:00–17:00.
Programme
Poster exhibition: throughout the conference, doctoral students in information science will present their research in a poster exhibition outside the lecture hall.
9:00–9:30
Opening: Ágústa Pálsdóttir, Professor and Head of the Information Science programme.
Address: Daði Már Kristófersson, Dean of the University of Iceland School of Social Sciences.
Chair: Ragna Steinarsdóttir.
9:30–10:30
Sigurbjörg Jóhannesdóttir. Open access to scholarly material.
Jóna Jakobsdóttir. How does a company share information and knowledge?
Sigurbjörg Yngvadóttir. Electronic records management in organisations.
Sigríður Björk Einarsdóttir. The information behaviour of parents of disabled children.
10:30–10:45 Coffee break
10:45–12:30
Ásta Sirrí Jónasdóttir. I actually just prefer talking to people.
Ragna Kemp Haraldsdóttir. Recording knowledge in organisations – the role of information specialists.
Nanna Guðmundsdóttir. Men and public libraries.
Sandra Karen Ragnarsdóttir. This has to be right. Attitudes to records management and working practices in one company.
Alda Davíðsdóttir. A survey of the views of the residents of Vesturbyggð on library and information services.
Jóhann Heiðar Árnason. Availability in the records management of Icelandic organisations.
Berglind Inga Guðmundsdóttir. Even though they are dead – all dead, I think!
12:30–13:00 Lunch break
Chair: Stefanía Júlíusdóttir.
13:00–14:45
Elsa Ingibjargardóttir. The preservation of Icelandic television material: a qualitative study carried out in 2014.
Ágústa Pálsdóttir. Barriers to information on health promotion – the information and media literacy of older people.
Olga Sigurðardóttir. Working on it.
Ingibjörg H. Halldórsdóttir. The information behaviour of cancer patients on diet, dietary supplements and medicinal herbs.
Kristín Rögnvaldsdóttir. Are records managers important, and what does their work involve?
Alda Davíðsdóttir. Bringing technology to rural libraries – a factor in positive regional development?
Jóhanna Gunnlaugsdóttir. Information security in the light of remote working.
14:45–15:00 Coffee break
15:00–17:00
Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir and Ágústa Pálsdóttir. Information literacy and upper secondary schools.
Oddfríður Helgadóttir. Staff attitudes to and experience of records management: an interview study.
Svanhildur Bogadóttir. Women and archives.
Magný Rós Sigurðardóttir. Bringing child and book together: readers’ advisory for children and young people in public libraries.
Kristín Guðmundsdóttir. Confidential information in Icelandic legislation.
Kristín Fr. Jónsdóttir. Attitudes to and knowledge of childhood diseases and vaccinations.
Anna Kristín Hannesdóttir. Is the book better? A study of adults’ interest in reading and reading patterns.
Closing words: Jóhanna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Professor.
Light refreshments will be served after the conference.
The conference is open to all and admission is free.