News Release

Announcing the 4th International Conference on Evidence-based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP4), May 6-11, 2007, Durham, North Carolina, USA

March 21, 2006

This exciting international conference has grown out of an increasing interest in using the best available evidence to improve library and information practice in all types of libraries. The conference on May 6-9 will be followed by two days of continuing education. The program will provide a forum for the presentation of high quality research papers and posters as well as dynamic discussions of the transformative role of evidence-based practice in the profession.

The conference is hosted by the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.sils.unc.edu and the UNC Institute on Aging www.aging,unc.edu. The site of the conference will be the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in nearby Research Triangle Park www.sheratonrtp.com. The hotel is a 10-minute ride from the Raleigh Durham International Airport www.rdu.com.

For further information visit the conference website at www.eblip4.unc.edu or contact: Joanne Gard Marshall, Local Conference Chair, marshall@ils.unc.edu.