International Conference and Institute on AI and Blockchain (ICAIB 2022) for Information and Library Science

- Challenges and Possibilities 2022

This will be a hybrid conference held offline in Taiwan and online for the international audience. (Due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, the conference will be held online only). This event has 2 elements: (1). May 25 to May 26 (AM) will be our Summer Institute on the topics and (2). May 26 (PM) to May 27 will be the conference.

About ICAIB 2022

“According to a study by scientists at the University of Oxford, Artificial Intelligence will be better than humans at translating languages by 2024, writing school essays by 2026, selling goods by 2031, writing a bestselling book by 2049, and conducting surgeries by 2053”.

More than 5 years ago (Apr 2016), Steven Bell warned in the Library Journal that, "It is still early in the development of artificial intelligence but eventually it will change the work of librarians—or make it irrelevant. How likely is it that we will be replaced by bots in the future?"

Although blockchain technology has been around for only 13 years (invented in 2008), it has already created a huge impact on society. For bitcoin (the first major application of blockchain technology) alone, its market capitalization has reached 600 billion U.S. dollars in June 2021. Which industries could blockchain disrupt? Professor Christian Catalini (Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, & Strategic Management at MIT Sloan) said: “All of them. The technology is what economists call a general-purpose technology, and we will see many applications across different verticals.”

Drs. Sue Alman and Sandra Hirsh (2018) proposed that blockchain may be used in libraries “to build enhanced metadata systems and data centers, protect first sale rights, connect to a network of libraries/universities, support community-based collections, host digital peer-to-peer sharing, re-examine expectations for ways public libraries contribute to city service, and other possibilities”.

AI and blockchain will surely create a tremendous impact for researchers and professionals in information and library science (ILS). This summer institute and academic conference is an effort to help ILS researchers and professionals in Asia and beyond to embrace the opportunities afforded by these two latest technologies.

More Details: https://www.oxford-i-publishing.com/icaib2022

Possible publication venue for presentations made in this conference:

High-quality papers and conference presentations will be considered to be included in a special issue for Library Hi Tech (IF=1.218).

Awards:

• Best Paper Award 
• The Best Short Paper Honorable Mention Award 
• Best Presentation Award
• Best Student  (UG, Masters & PhD) Paper Award(s) 
• Best Student (UG, Masters & PhD) Presentation Award(s)

Potential topics

The following are just some suggestions. Feel free to work on any topics that are at least in some ways related to the field of library science or information science.

• AI NLP and automatic question generation for learning purposes
• AI for reading
• The role of AI in digital libraries
• Applications of AI in academic/school/special libraries
• AI and big data for public libraries
• Intelligent libraries and AI: Impact on academic/school/special libraries
• Promote ethical AI in Libraries
• Smart libraries and AI
• Machine learning and libraries
• Blockchain and libraries: trends and projections
• Blockchain for Records Management and Archives
• Applying Blockchain in Land Transactions: An Archival Science Perspective

Submission Guidelines

Our conference on “AI and Blockchain for Information and Library Science” welcomes submissions of short papers and abstracts for presentation. Empirical studies, work in progress, literature review, conceptual and/or theoretical papers are all welcome. Besides, panels and innovative product demonstrations are also welcome.

All papers must be substantiated by experimentation, simulation, theoretical development, empirical evidence, analysis, or application in practice. Submissions will be judged on such criteria as quality of content, significance for theory, relevance for practice, method, design, originality, and quality of presentation. Each accepted paper/abstract will be invited to give a presentation of 15 mins followed by a 5-mins Q&A. Each accepted panel can last for an hour.

• Short papers: The maximum length for a short paper, including title, abstract (not more than 200 words), references, and appendices, is 3,000 words. All citations and references must be in APA format. Any tables, figures, or other graphics should be embedded in the document.

Committees

Program Committee

• Dr. Sam Chu, Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Chair of the International Organizing Committee, ICAIB 2022

• Dr. Luke H.S. Liang, Assistant Professor at the TamKang University in Taiwan, Chair of the Local Organizing Committee, ICAIB 2022

Organizing committee

Local Organizing Committee members

• Dr. Shun-Hong Sie, National Taiwan Normal University Library; Research: information retrieval, text mining
• Dr. Vincent Lee (李宗曄) Director, Library Service Engineering of APAC at EBSCO Information Services 
• Dr. Yuen, Kwok WA (袁國華研究員) National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare (衛福部國家中醫藥研究所典籍組 圖書館及資訊室)
• Dr. Hung, I Mei (洪一梅博士) Research Center for Digital Humanities, and Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University (臺灣大學數位人文研究中心及電資學院資訊工程研究所數位人文實驗室)

International Organizing Committee members

• Professor Stephen Downie, Associate Dean for Research, and Co-Director of the HathiTrust Research Center, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Professor Preben Hansen, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Professor Theng Yin Leng, Professor & Research Director, Research Strategy and Coordination Unit (President’s Office), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
• Dr. Tina Du, Senior Lecturer, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
• Mr. Matt Cook, Digital Scholarship Program Manager, Harvard Library, Harvard University, USA
• Dr. Xiao Hu, Associate Professor, Program Director, BASc(Social Data Science), The University of Hong Kong, HK
• Dr. Si Shen, Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, mainland China
• Professor Michele Notari, University of Teacher Education, Switzerland
• Mr. Michael Cheng, Associate Librarian (Engagement and Learning Environments), The University of Hong Kong Libraries, HK
• Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 
• Dr. Bhakti Gala, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat, India
• Dr. Syeda Hina Batool, Assistant Professor, Institute of Information Management, University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
• Dr. Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, Librarian, St Stephen’s College, Delhi, India

Invited Speakers

• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sandra Hirsh, Associate Dean for Academics College of Professional and Global Education, San Jose State University
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Javed Mostafa, Professor, Information and Library Science; Director, Carolina Health Informatics, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Institute Trainer: Mr. Michael Cheng, Associate Librarian, Engagement and Learning Environments, The University of Hong Kong
• Institute Trainer: Dr. Darra Hofman, MARA Coordinator, School of Information, San José State University
• Institute Trainer: Ms. Wei-Min Fan, Librarian of National Taiwan University Library; Ph.D. Student, Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University
• Panel Chair & Invited Speaker: Dr. J. Stephen Downie, Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Co-Director of the HathiTrust Research Center, University of Illinois
• Invited Speaker: Dr. Andrew Cox, Senior Lecturer, Information School; Head of the Digital Societies Research Group, The University of Sheffield
• Invited Speaker: Dr. Xiao Hu, Associate Professor, Academic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
• Panel Chair: Dr. Dickson K.W. Chiu, Lecturer, Academic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

Venue

The conference will be held online

Contact

If you would like to join our Local or International Organizing Committee to help organize/participate in this awesome event, please leave your contact details at: enquiry@oxford-i-piblishing.com