From: "Padraig.Kirby" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:30:48 +0000
Apologies for Cross Posting. Please see Call for Papers for WBILC 2018,
Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 21st-22nd 2018. Call for papers due *May
14th 2018.*
*WESTERN BALKAN INFORMATION LITERACY CONFERENCE**.*
JUNE 21st-22nd 2018, Juni na Uni 2018 , Hotel Opal, Bihać, Bosnia &
Herzegovina.
*Conference website:* http://wbilc2018.com/
*Call for Papers*
*Theme:** Alternative facts, Fake News, getting to the truth with
Information Literacy*
Papers should be prepared using WBILC template available here
http://wbilc2018.com/callForPapers.php and submitted electronically to this
email address: [log in to unmask]
After the second cycle of Peer-Review, selected papers will be published in
the WBILC proceedings book and in the Peer Reviewed *Education for
Information* (indexed by SCOPUS) ISSN print: 0167-8329; ISSN online:
1875-8649.
*Keynote speakers*
*Ismail Serageldin,PhD*
Egyptian national, is the Emeritus Librarian of Alexandria and the Founding
Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), the new Library of Alexandria
in Egypt, which he headed from its inauguration in 2002 to his retirement
in 2017. He serves on many boards and advisory committees for various
international institutions. A graduate of Cairo and Harvard (Phd) he has
held many important international positions, including Vice President of
the World Bank (1992-2000), and professor at the Collège de France,
Paris,(2010-2011). He has published over 100 books and monographs and over
500 papers on a wide range of topics, and has received over 36 honorary
doctorates. He is a member of many academies and has been decorated by
Chile, Japan, Azerbaijan and other countries and has received the Legion
d’Honneur from France and is a Commander of the order of Arts and Letters
of the French Republic.
*Jesús Lau,PhD*
A leader and spokesperson for information literacy/information skills for
learning, Dr. Lau has travelled professionally to more than 60 countries as
a passionate advocate for the role information competencies play in our
global knowledge society, and the potential of information to transform
lives. Having led four academic libraries, with the responsibility for
raising funds and building new library facilities at two of them, Dr. Lau
currently is a Professor at Universidad Veracruzana, the fourth largest
public university in Mexico. With a Ph.D. in Information Science, Sheffield
University, England; a Master’s Degree in Library Science, Denver
University; and Law Degree at Sinaloa University, Mexico. He has been
awarded the title of National Researcher for several consecutive three-year
terms, 1989-2018 (Mexico). For more see here: http://wbilc2018.com/
keynoteSpeakers.php
*Conference main themes and topics*
*A. **A. **Information literacy in the modern world*
I
· Fake News and Information Literacy
· Information literacy and active citizenship
· Action Literacy
· Information literacies (media literacy, digital literacy, visual
literacy, financial literacy, health
· literacy, cyber wellness, infographics, information behaviour,
trans-literacy, post-literacy)
· Information Literacy and academic libraries
· Information Literacy and adult education
· Information Literacy and blended learning
· Information Literacy and distance learning
· Information literacy and digital empowerment
· Information literacy and trans/inter/multiculturalism
· Information Literacy and mobile devices (M-learning)
· Information Literacy and Gamification
· Information literacy and public libraries
· Information Literacy in Primary and Secondary Schools
· Information literacy and the Knowledge Economy
· Information Literacy and Employability
· Information literacy and the Information Society
· Information Literacy and the Multimedia Society
· Information Literacy and the Digital Society
· Information Literacy in the modern world (e.g trends, emerging
technologies and innovation; growth of digital resources; digital reference
tools; reference services).
· The future of information literacy
· Workplace information literacy
*B**. B. Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process*
· Digital pedagogy and Information Literacy
· Integrating information literacy into the curriculum
· Putting information literacy theory into practice
· Information Literacy training and instruction
· Instructional design and performance for information literacy
(e.g. teaching practice,
· session design, lesson plans)
· Information Literacy and online learning (e.g. Online IL modules)
· Information Literacy and Virtual Learning Environments
· Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond
· Digital empowerment and reference work
· Information Literacy across the disciplines
· Information literacy and digital preservation
· Innovative IL approaches
· Student engagement with Information Literacy
*C. Media and information literacy – theoretical approaches (standards,
assessment, collaboration, etc.)*
· Information literacy theory (models, standards, indicators.)
· Information literacy and Artificial intelligence
· Information Literacy and information behaviour
· Information literacy and reference services: cyber reference
services, virtual reference services, mobile reference services
· Information literacy cultural and contextual approaches
· Information Literacy and Threshold concepts
· Information literacy evaluation and assessment
· Information literacy in different cultures and countries
including national studies
· Information literacy project management
· Measuring in information literacy instruction assessment
*D. New aspects of education/strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for
information literacy*
*in a digital age*
· Branding, promotion and marketing for information literacy
· Cross –sectorial; and interdisciplinary collaboration and
partnerships for information literacy
· Information literacy policies and development
· Leadership, Management and Governance for information literacy
· Strategic planning for IL
· Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable
learning in the area of information literacy skills.
*Paper submission*
Submissions in any of the following forms are accepted:
· Full paper to be published in conference proceedings
· Presentation
· Roundtable discussion
· Poster session
· Train-the-trainers workshop
· PechaKucha
*Important Dates*
Notification of abstracts acceptance: 14 May 2018
Full Paper submission deadline: 01 June 2018
Notification of acceptance: 08 June 2018
Dissemination of final programme by: 10 June 2018
Abstracts & papers are to be sent on: [log in to unmask]
*Please note: **all expenses, including registration for the conference,
travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the
authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by the
Conference Committee, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.*
Regards
Padraig Kirby MSc (LIS) BA (Hons) HdipLIS
Senior Library Assistant
The Library
Limerick Institute of Technology,
Moylish park
Limerick
Ireland
00353 61 293516
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