News Release

IOA to Co-Host 4th International EBLIP Conference

April 26, 2007

Library and Information Science professionals from around the world will come together in Chapel Hill-Durham for the 4th International Conference on Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP4), hosted by the UNC Institute on Aging and the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) on May 6-9, 2007. The conference will offer scholarly discussions about the future of evidence-based practice in the information professions and serve as a forum for current research taking place in the field. The conference will be followed by two days of continuing education opportunities on May 10-11.

The conference is held every two years and brings together participants from diverse branches of the library and information profession who are interested in using evidence-based practice to improve their information services and make better informed decisions. Previous conferences have been held in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The year 2007 will mark the first time the meeting will be held in the United States.

For more information, please visit the conference website at www.eblip4.unc.edu. The final conference program is available for download on the website.