Soode SamiePoor | The Proceedings of the Congress of Information Science Experts of Iran, held since 2015, is published within a year after the conclusion of the annual session. The volume, published both in electronic and print formats, is a collection of opening and closing speeches, presented articles, the reports of various technical sessions, as well as reports on side events during the Congress.
The table of content of the proceedings for the first three sessions of the Congress is as follows:
1st Congress (6-7 November 2015, Tehran) The proceedings, compiled by: Ebrahim Afshar Zanjani, Ebrahim Emrani and Faramarz Masoudi, has been published by Iran’s Librarianship and Information Science Association (ILISA), Tehran, 2016. 816 pages. ISBN: 978964444362.
The introductory part of the volume contains the names and functions of the members of the Secretariat, Scientific, Executive and Publication Committees of the Congress. The volume also contains the following parts:
A. Messages: 1. Message from the President of ILISA; 2. Message from Professor Boyd Ryvard to the 1st Congress; and 3. Message from Ms. Barbara
B. Tillett to the 1st Congress. B. Keynote Speakers: 1. Dr. Mohammad Abouei Ardakani: “Creative Management in Information Centers/ 2. Dr. Payam Hanafi Zadeh: “Integrated Conceptualization in the Information Community”, and 3. Dr. Hamid Reza Jamali Mehmouei: “Libraries and Modern Users.
C. Consultation Sessions: Reports on each session containing the title of the session, panel members and the abstract of statements.
D. Articles: The report on the presented articles, inclusive of the full text of each article, author(s), and abstract of each article in Persian and English.
2nd Congress (5-6 November 2016, Tehran) The proceedings, compiled by Reza Rajabali Bagloo, Ebrahim Omrani and Faramarz Masoudi, Mohammad Zerehsaz, and Arezoo Karbaasi, has been published by ILISA Tehran, 2017, 537 pages. ISBN: 978964444362.
In addition to an introductory part containing the names and functions of the members of the Secretariat, Scientific, Executive and Publication Committees of the Congress, the volume also contains the following parts:
A. Messages: 1. Message from the Scientific Secretary of the Congress, 2. Message from the Executive Secretary of the Congress, 3. Message from Professor Steve Harnad to the 2nd Congress, and 4. Message from the International Organization of ISKO to the 2nd Congress.
B. Keynote Speakers: 1. Alireza Mokhtarpour (Secretary-General of Iran’s Public Libraries’ Institution), 2. Abdolreza Kordi (Advisor to the Cultural-Artistic Organization of Tehran’s Municipality), and 3. Rahmatollah Fattahi (Professor of Information Science and Epistemology)
C. Consultation Sessions: Reports on each session containing the title of the session, panel members and the abstract of statements.
D. Articles: The report on the presented articles, inclusive of the full text of each article, author(s), and abstract of each article in Persian and English.
3rd Congress (5-6 November 2017, Tehran)
The proceedings of the 3rd Congress, following the same format as in the volume for the first 2 sessions in 2015 and 2016, has been compiled by Reza Rajabali Bagloo, Farzaneh Baharloo and Somayyeh Sadaat Akhsheek. The volume – forthcoming – will be published by Iran’s Librarianship and Information Science Association (ILISA).
