Calls for Papers for Open Sessions
The professional programme of the IFLA WLIC 2023 is shaped by open sessions organised by IFLA’s Professional Units and curated by the Professional Council. Every year, the IFLA Professional Units (Sections, Special Interest Groups, Review Groups, and Advisory Committees) issue Calls for Papers to receive proposals from colleagues around the world.
Calls are collected on this page as soon as they become available.
The Calls for Papers describe the specific focus of IFLA units for WLIC in 2023. IFLA is not able to accept general abstracts or papers unrelated to specific calls for papers.
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Theme: “Technology-Enhanced Library Learning Environments, Architectural Spatial Design and New Information Technology Possibilities”
Deadline for proposals: 21 April 2023
Theme: “AR/VR, metaverse, immersive technologies – building sustainable communities”
Deadline for proposals: 30 April 2023
Theme: “Digital Technologies and Sustainability: Say Your Piece in 7+3”
Deadline for proposals: 30 April 2023
Theme: “Decoding Citizen Science: Putting Libraries in the Public Sphere”
Deadline for proposals: 24 April 2023
Theme: “Colonialism and Libraries, Archives, & Museums”
Deadline for proposals: 24 April 2023
Theme: “Law Libraries Powering Sustainable Development Goals”
Deadline for proposals: 21 April 2023
Theme: “Bringing Back Patrons to the Library: Promoting Community and In-Person Programming in Digital World”
Deadline for proposals: 23 April 2023
Theme: “Demonstrating Sustainability in Health and Biosciences Libraries”
Deadline for proposals: 26 April 2023
Theme: “Library data in the world of machine learning: ethics, bias and algorithms”
Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2023
Theme: “From Gutenberg to ChatGPT: Will AI Change the Mission of Academic and Research Libraries?”
Deadline for proposals: 28 April 2023
Theme: “21st-century description for heritage collections: changing perspectives, changing language, changing cultures.”
Deadline for proposals: 30 April 2023
Theme: “Utopia, threat or opportunity? Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for cataloguing”
Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2023
Theme: “National Bibliographies Today”
Deadline for proposals: 21 May 2023
Theme: “Identifiers for identities: Rectifying the (mis)representation of demographic groups”
Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2023
Theme: “Research Data Management in government: how official data can be curated using the principles of research data management”
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2023
Theme: “Working Together Toward Guidelines for Library Services With Indigenous Peoples”
Deadline for proposals: 5 May 2023
Theme: “Let’s Work Together to Develop Critical Thinkers in the ChatGPT Era”
Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2023
Theme: “From Personal Narratives to Collective Memory: Archiving LGBTQ+ Lives and communities”
Deadline for proposals: 5 May 2023
Theme: “Best practices for Open Educational Resources in collection development”
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2023
Theme: “Inclusivity and access to digital knowledge through digital preservation”
Deadline for proposals: 28 April 2023
Theme: “Collecting News in Times of Conflict”
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2023
Theme: “National Libraries + AI = Opportunities, Challenges & Risks”
Deadline for proposals: 14 May 2023
Theme: “Leveraging digital to support inclusive, accessible and innovative Parliamentary services”
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2023
Theme: “IFLA School Library Manifesto”
Deadline for proposals: 12 May 2023
Theme: “Decolonising collections, elevating Indigenous voices, heritage collections and reparative justice”
Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2023
Theme: “Will Generative AI be a friend or foe in the future of librarianship?”
Deadline for proposals: 26 May 2023
Theme: “Interreligious Dialogue, a Key Point for Sustainable Development”
Deadline for proposals: 29 May 2023
