Submission Types

Individual papers and posters
Proposals for both papers and posters are welcome. Abstracts of no more than 300 words including references for papers or posters should be submitted on the conference website. Papers will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion and questions.

PechaKucha
These sessions will cover work-in-progress reports, new developments, innovations and good practices. It is a short, very focused, visually appealing and inspiring narrated slide show (20 slides), 6 minutes 40-second length (20 seconds for each slide), and a 300-word abstract is required.

Doctoral forum
This section covers short papers either on a critical literature review of the research topic or research question(s), research objectives, research methodology and work done so far of ongoing work of PhD students. This provides an opportunity to gain valuable feedback from peers and subject-specific experts. The review process takes place in two phases. A 300-word abstract is required.

Panel discussions
Panel discussions will also be accommodated. These discussions should address a common theme. Furthermore, they will be scheduled for 90 minutes and may include a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 papers. In addition to individual proposals (of no more than 300 words each including references), please also submit an overview description of no more than 500 words (including references) with the panel's content and objectives.

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General Conference Topics

Information Literacy General Topics

1. Information literacy and sustainability in libraries
2. Information literacy/ media literacy and the battle against disinformation (fake news, reliable/unreliable resources)
3. Information literacy and emerging technologies trends emerging since COVID -19
4. Information literacy and new paradigms: digital literacy, digital competencies, digital skills, and digital thinking

Artificial Intelligence and Library Operations

1. How AI will change the job of librarians?
2. New approaches to information and AI literacy trainings to library staff
3. AI ethics in libraries
4. Using artificial intelligence to advance classification systems, content indexing, document matching, citation, and content summarization
5. Using AI in analyzing digital collections, identifying subjects, and adding metadata with these technologies
6. The design of artificial intelligence-powered knowledge discovery tools
7. How library management systems have evolved in sync with related technologies
8. ow computer technologies and AI contributed to convert the library manual systems into computerized ones, giving rise to library automation
9. AI-driven chatbots (responding to questions from library users and directing them to specific library resources)
10. Creating programming that introduces patrons to new AI tools and teaches them how to use the technology appropriately and safely
11. The use of virtual reality to bridge the distance barrier for distant or disable persons

Information Literacy and Smart libraries

1. The emergence of smart libraries and how it has changed the paradigms of library by acknowledging the potential benefits and transformation smart library brings to library operations and services
2. Skills to be possessed by smart librarians such as: analytical and computational thinking, data literacy, information literacy, social intelligence…
3. Emerging technologies used for smart libraries such as cloud computing, big data, 3D printing, Internet of things IOT, Artificial Intelligence, RFID, drones etc.

Information Literacy Robotic Process Automation:

1. How robotic process automation (RPA) are employed to perform routine administrative tasks like data migration, shelf management, forms processing, and email marketing
2. The usage of robotics in different tasks such as retrieving books on demand from mass storage facilities

Data and AI Literacy:

1. Today, the literacy objective of libraries and library professionals takes aim at data literacy and AI literacy
2. Providing skills needed for people to confidently participate in and engage with a society that is employing more artificial intelligence tools and processes each day

Guidelines for Presenters and Sessions Chairs (English) - (French) - (Arabic)