The professional programme of the IFLA WLIC 2019 is shaped by open sessions organised by IFLA’s Professional Units. Every year, the IFLA Professional Units (Sections and Special Interest Groups) issue Calls for Papers to receive proposals from colleagues around the world.
Calls are launched between December 2018 and January 2019 and are collected on this page as soon as they become available.
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Open Sessions
Academic and Research Libraries Section with Health and Biosciences Libraries Section
Theme: "Library Integration into the Research Lifecycle: A STEM Perspective"Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2019
Acquisition and Collection Development Section joint with Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship Special Interest Group
Theme: "Digital Scholarship and Collection Development: Crossroads and Intersections"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2019
Africa Section
Theme: "Libraries at the center of community transformation"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2019
Art Libraries & Subject Analysis and Access Sections
Theme: "Libraries, archives and museums in dialogue: Improving access to complementary collections"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2019
Asia and Oceania Section
Theme: "Libraries: Create Spaces – Inspire Dialogue – Empower Community"Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Section and Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
Theme: "It's good to preserve, it's even better to share: Sound and visual cultural heritage in local communities"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2019
Cataloguing Section
Theme: "The Data Dialogue: metadata collaboration in a changing world"Deadline for proposals: 15 April 2019
Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section
Theme: "Navigating Your Own Professional Development: Effective Use of the 2016 IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development "Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section joint with Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group
Theme: "Active and interactive learning and development strategies to extend LIS practice: the need for new skills to meet the challenges of our world"Deadline for proposals: 24 March 2019
Education and Training Section
Theme: "LIS Education Role in Libraries Dialogue for Change"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2019
Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group
Theme: "Let’s Change Now: Libraries Driving Sustainability"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2019
Government Information and Official Publications Section
Theme: "International Financial Institutions, Governments, and Austerity: Banks, Bailouts, and Information on Global Debt Crises "Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Government Libraries joint with Library and Research Services for Parliaments Sections
Theme: "Libraries: dialogue for change – From gatekeeping to advocacy"Deadline for proposals: 29 March 2019
Health and Biosciences Libraries Section
Theme: "Health information professionals - Developing the dialogue, addressing the challenges of the future"Deadline for proposals: 24 March 2019
Information Literacy Section joint with Library Theory and Research Section
Theme: "Information Literacy in Context: Research Informing Practice and Practice Informing Research"Deadline for proposals: 24 March 2019
Knowledge Management Section with the Information Technology Section and the Big Data Special Interest Group
Theme: "Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining to transform knowledge management and information services in libraries and information organizations"Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Latin America and Caribbean Section
Theme: "Innovating in times of change: how libraries in Latin America respond to changes in education, infrastructure, services, etc."Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Law Libraries Section
Theme: "Access to the Law of the Countries of the World for Vulnerable Communities"Deadline for proposals: 22 February 2019
LGBTQ Users Special Interest Group
Theme: "Let’s talk about change: How libraries and LGBTIQ communities are challenging stereotypes"Deadline for proposals: 30 March 2019
Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
Theme: "Informing dialogue, enabling change"Deadline for proposals: 29 March 2019
Library Buildings and Equipment Section
Theme: "Keeping it Real while Augmenting Reality: the Impact of Technology and Equipment on Library Design"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2019
Library Publishing Special Interest Group
Theme: "Libraries: dialogue for change – how library publishing can act as a dialogue for change"Deadline for proposals: 29 March 2019
LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group
Theme: "LIS Education in Developing Countries: Challenges and Trends"Deadline for proposals: 24 March 2019
Local History and Genealogy Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section and Library History Special Interest Group
Theme: "Local History Collections, Genealogy, and Oral History as Critical Information Services in Libraries"Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2019
National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group
Theme: "National information and library policies in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals"Deadline for proposals: 26 April 2019
New Professionals Special Interest Group joint with Management and Marketing Section
Theme: "Library love stories"Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
News Media Section joint with Digital Humanities – Digital Scholarship Special Interest Group
Theme: "Success Stories and Challenges: News Media Re-used in Research and by the General Public"Deadline for proposals: 29 March 2019
Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Big Data Special Interest Group
Theme: "Data challenges in libraries"Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Rare Books and Special Collections Section and Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
Theme: "Forward thinking to lessen the effects of disasters or all types, weather and/or man-made"Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
Rare Books & Special Collections Section
Theme: "The migration of books: cultural heritage (objects) and ideas on the move"Deadline for proposals: 5 March 2019
Reference & Information Services Section
Theme: "Debating the Impact and Reach of Reference & Information Services"Deadline for proposals: 29 March 2019
Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group
Theme: "Document religious conflicts without sustaining resentment"Deadline for proposals: 25 February 2019
School Libraries Section joint with Statistics and Evaluation Section
Theme: "Data and School Libraries"Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2019
Science & Technology Libraries Section joint with the Reference & Information Services Section and the Audio Visual & Multimedia Section
Theme: "Moving beyond traditional collections & services: Supporting science in innovative ways"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2019
Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section joint with the Committee on Standards
Theme: "Standards Relating to Serials, Continuing Resources and Scholarly Communications"Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2019
Women, Information, & Libraries Special Interest Group in partnership with Libraries without borders
Theme: "Building Best Practices to serve Women & Girls"Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2019
