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Call for Papers: The Information Landscape in Scotland: 1600-1900Saturday 1 July 2017, University of Dundee[caption id="attachment_409" align="aligncenter" width="1667"] ‘Dunblane’ from A Series of Select Views in Perthshire (Edinburgh 1844) courtesy of the Library of Innerpeffray[/caption]CILIP’s Library and Information History Group is delighted to announce that its 2017 conference will be held at the University of Dundee on Saturday 1 July 2017. Librarians, researchers and academics are invited to submit proposals for full papers (45 minutes) or lightning talks (10 minutes) on the following themes:- Public access to information in Scotland within the defined period.- The publishing, distribution and reception of non-fiction and newspapers/periodicals.- Knowledge institutions including (but not limited to) libraries, universities and intellectual societies.- Any other topic of Library and Information History in Scotland within the defined period.Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words accompanied by a short paragraph with biographical information to j.s.dye@stir.ac.uk by Wednesday 15 February.Postgraduates and early career scholars are particularly welcome to submit proposals for lightning papers, which will be arranged into panels of 3-4 speakers as appropriate. Speakers will also be encouraged to submit papers for inclusion in the group’s journal, Library &#38; Information History.A full programme, including optional visits on the Friday afternoon before the conference, will be released when booking opens mid-March. A bursary to support student attendance will also be made available.Further details will be added to our website as they are announced; http://www.cilip.org.uk/libraryinformation-history-group/events/2017-annual-conference-cilip-library-information-history-group-Jill Dye, Events Co-ordinator, CILIP Library &#38; Information Group / PhD Candidate, University of Stirling/Library of Innerpeffray&#160;&#160;