Calls for Papers

Calls for Papers for the Open Sessions

Calls for Papers for the satellite meetings

The content of the IFLA Conference Programme is organised by different professional groups (Sections, Core Programmes and Special Interest Groups). Calls for papers will be submitted through these groups and made available on this web page as soon as delivered.

Academic and Research Libraries Section, Metropolitan Libraries Section joint with School Libraries Section

Theme: "Academic, metropolitan and school libraries: cooperation and sharing"

Deadline for proposals: 27 March 2016

Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA) Special Interest Group

Theme: "African Libraries - Enhancing Community Access to Information and Knowledge for Development "

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2016

Acquisition and Collection Development Section

Theme: "Shedding Light on the Reverse Side of Acquisitions - Using Deselection to Build Stronger Collections"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Africa Section

Theme: "Creating an Enabling Environment for Africa: Taking the Cape Town Declaration Forward'"

Deadline for proposals: 20 November 2015

Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Animal Agriculture Information Systems: An International Perspective"

Deadline for proposals: 5 March 2016

Art Libraries Section

Theme: "The Sea So Great, Our Boats So Small: The IFLA Risk Register and Art Documentation at Risk"

Deadline for proposals: 11 March 2016

Asia and Oceania Section

Theme: "Access to information for sustainable communities"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2016

Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS), Information Technology and Classification and Indexing Section

Theme: "Improvement of the discoverability of AV and Multimedia by transforming raw data into linked open data"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2016

Bibliography Section

Theme: "Opening the National Bibliography: Transforming Access to Data and Building Connections"

Deadline for proposals: 21 February 2016

Cataloguing Section joint with Information Technology Section

Theme: "Let´s make IT usable! Formats, systems and users"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Classification & Indexing Section

Theme: "Reclaiming subject access to indigenous knowledge"

Deadline for proposals: 12 February 2016

Committee on Standards

Theme: "IFLA Standards Making a Difference?"

Deadline for proposals: 14 February 2016

Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section

Theme: "ILL is dead! Long live resource sharing!"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

Education and Training Section joint with Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section and Information Technology Section

Theme: "All about E-Learning: Connection. Collaboration. Community"

Deadline for proposals: 22 March 2016

Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Green Libraries – Together, for All"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2016

Genealogy and Local History Section joint with the Asia & Oceania Section

Theme: "The Social Web: its relevance for family, oral and local history"

Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2016

Government Information and Official Publications Section

Theme: "Government Information Publishing Programmes: Past, Present and Future"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Government Libraries joint with Library Research Services for Parliaments Sections

Theme: "Government and Parliamentary Libraries as innovators: supporting communities of practice"

Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2016

Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Theme: "From action to impact: health information professionals connecting communities"

Deadline for proposals: 26 February 2016

Indigenous Matters Section

Theme: "Sustaining the circle of knowledge: with your contribution and my contribution, indigenous communities thrive!"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Information Technology Section

Theme: "Skills and Knowledge for Citizens in an Open Data and Technology Environments"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Information Technology Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Section and News Media Section

Theme: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Current State of Born Digital News"

Deadline for proposals: 29 April 2016

Knowledge Management Section

Theme: "Using social media at work: How to share knowledge, improve collaboration and create a mutual savoir-faire?"

Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean Section

Theme: "Limitations and exceptions for libraries in the copyright legislation of the Latin America and the Caribbean countries: a call for action"

Deadline for proposals: 12 February 2016

Law Libraries Section joint with Public Libraries Section and Government Information and Official Publications Section

Theme: "Bringing the Law to the Library: connections, collaboration and community in support of access to justice and the rule of law"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2016

Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Theme: "Meeting the needs of parliamentary clients: a knowledge sharing session"

Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2016

Library Buildings and Equipment Section

Theme: "What comes after the “Third Place”? Visionary libraries – spaces and users"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Library Theory and Research Section

Theme: "Participatory Projects in Libraries: connecting collaborative communities"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Connections and collaboration among LIS schools from developing countries"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

Metropolitan Libraries Section

Theme: "Regenerating the public library? Rebranding, retail and Dewey-less versus traditional models"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group

Theme: "The role of National Libraries in contributing towards the development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

New Professionals Special Interest Group

Theme: "Failing successfully in a librarian's career: is a setback an opportunity to grow, or just an unwelcome incident on the road to success?"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2016

Preservation and Conservation Core Activity

Theme: "Preparing for disasters – methods and case studies for the safeguarding of documentary cultural heritage"

Deadline for proposals: 7 March 2016

Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Rare Books and Special Collections Section, and Audiovisual and Multimedia Section

Theme: "Quality management and preservation in the age of mass processing"

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2016

Rare Books and Special Collections Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Core Activity

Theme: "Theft in libraries – facing the hidden truth"

Deadline for proposals: 29 February 2016

Reference and Information Services Section

Theme: "Connecting Reference to the Wider Community"

Deadline for proposals: 13 February 2016

Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group

Theme: "Connections. Collaboration. Community."

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2016

School Libraries Section

Theme: "Inclusion for School Library Implementation"

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2016

Science and Technology Section

Theme: "The Role of Libraries and Librarians in Scientific and Technological Data Management & Archiving"

Deadline for proposals: 19 February 2016

Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section

Theme: "The Role of Stakeholders in the New Serials World"

Deadline for proposals: 20 February 2016

Social Sciences Libraries Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section

Theme: "User Experience (UX) and Social Science Libraries in the Digital Age"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2016