Conference Theme
Information literacy in all spheres of life
Conference Aim
The ICIL-SA 2019 conference aims to bring together researchers, library and information services professionals, employers, media specialists, educators, policy makers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and to discuss recent developments and current challenges in both theory and practice.
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, fresh developments, innovations and good practices. It is a short, very focused, visually appealing and inspiring narrated slide show (20 slides), 6 minute 40 second length (20 seconds for each slide), 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. 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.
General Conference Topics
- Information literacy in different contexts of everyday life (hobbies, arts, self-development, sports, physical exercise, cooking, homing, etc.)
- Information literacy and active citizenship
- Information literacy and health and well-being
- Information literacy for different groups (adults, children, young people, disadvantaged groups)
- Information literacy in different cultures and countries
- Information literacy and ethical/social issues
- Information literacy and open education
- Information literacy within a multiliteracies framework
- Information literacy and academic literacy
- Information literacy and the decolonization of the curriculum
- Critical perspectives on information literacy in everyday life contexts
- Information literacy and the neoliberal agenda
- Information literacy and digital empowerment
- Information literacy and trans/inter/multiculturalism
- Information literacy and community engagement
- Information literacy and social change
- Information literacy and democracy, citizenship, active participation
- Information literacy as emancipatory pedagogy
- Information literacy and inclusive education
- Information literacy, libraries, the public sphere
- Information literacy in the workplace
- Information literacy and employability
- Information literacy and lifelong learning
- Information literacy in theoretical context (models, standards, indicators)
- Information literacy and related concepts (transversal competencies, media literacy, data literacy, civic literacy, transliteracy, metaliteracy, e-literacy, digital literacy, computer literacy, scientific literacy, visual literacy,)
- Information literacy research (research strategies, methodology and methods)
- Information seeking and information behaviour
- Information literacy good practices
- Information literacy networks and networking
- Information literacy policies and policy development
- Information literacy and libraries (research libraries, university libraries, public libraries, special libraries, school libraries)
- Information literacy and LIS education
- Information literacy and information and knowledge management
- Information literacy across disciplines
- Information literacy and education
- Information literacy education in different sectors (school, higher education, vocational education)
- Information literacy instruction (curriculum development, instructional design, teaching techniques and methods, Web-based training, e-learning, measurement and evaluation, promotion and marketing, training the trainers, partnership, collaboration across professions, teacher education, integrating into curricula)
- Information literacy and emerging technologies
- Information literacy in the future
- Information literacy and the fourth industrial revolution
- Information Literacy and Academic life cycle
- Information literacy and challenges of education
- Information Literacy: blended learning multiliteracies
- Information Literacy: sustainable blended multiliteracies
- Information Literacy: an interdisciplinary learning approach
- Measuring the impacts of information literacy
- Open Information Literacy
- Open Access
- Contextualised Information Literacy
- From information literacy to multiliteracies
