The Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is planning an international conference to coincide with the Salon du Livre in Paris. "Migrations in society, culture, and the library" Paris, Fr

The Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is planning an international conference to coincide with the Salon du Livre in Paris.

"Migrations in society, culture, and the library"
Paris, France. March 22-26, 2004.


Keynote Speakers:

Roger Chartier, École des Hautes Études, Paris

Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Universität von Saarbrücken

Friedrich Heckmann, Universität von Bamberg


Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following areas:

· borders and frontiers in the new Europe
· the fate of culture(s) in the 21st century
· orality and literacy in a computer age
· the fate of the book
· "migrations" in libraries
· migration from text to image
· literary migrations into other disciplines
· migrations from print to digital, bricks-and-mortar to virtual


Papers can be in English or French; simultaneous translations will be available. Please send panel proposals and paper abstracts (300 words max) addressing the paper's theme and conclusion, along with a short biographical note to: