Conference themes

1.   Effect of smart phone on theories of information seeking behavior.

• Information awareness and smart phones.
• The new models of access to information in smart phones environment.
• Patrons’ behaviors in search and access to information within smart phones.

2.   The effects of smart phones on society regarding social, economic, and psychological aspects.

• Social effects resulted by spreading of smart phones usage.
• Economic aspects related to smart phones.
• Psychological effects of usage of smart phones.
• Usage of smart phones by specific categories: children, youth, adults, and old people.

3.   Implementing smart phones applications in libraries, information institutions and archives.

• Types of applications applied in libraries.
• Implementation of smart phones applications in libraries, archives and information institutions.
• Usage of mobile applications in library services.
• Reference service and current awareness service via mobile applications.
• Access to OPACs via smart phones.
• Marketing of library and information services.
• Benefits of smart phones applications to library patrons.

4.   Benefits of smart phone applications in scientific fields

• Education, training and professional development.
• Culture and electronic publishing of books and journals.
• Scientific community and communications between scholars.
• Marketing, advertisement, and promotion.
• Implementation in other fields.

5.   Technical aspects and programming of smart phones applications

• Programming languages of smart phones applications.
• Applications stores (Google, Windows, Apple)
• Applications platforms (Android, Window, IOS)