RAILS 2023: Research Applications, Information and Library Studies Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand, November 29-December 1, 2023

RAILS is a small, friendly conference that encourages supportive and positive participation and discussion from Information and Library researchers, educators, practitioners, and students. Proposals are invited for full papers, panels, lightning talks and posters on the conference theme, “It Takes a Village: Transforming Information & Library Studies Research and Practice through Partnerships and Co-Design”. The theme should be broadly interpreted, and we encourage all types of theoretical and evidence-based contributions, including professional case studies which describe, evaluate, and discuss the implications for practice of a workplace initiative or approach. 

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers 
• Panel discussions
• Lightning talks
• Posters
• Doctoral Consortium

Full instructions on submissions are at: https://railsconference.wordpress.com/rails-2023/call-for-papers/

List of Topics

Within the conference theme, we encourage contributions on:

• Community-library/community-archives collaboration
• Shared catalogues
• Patron-driven acquisition
• The changing role of the information organisation within its community
• Collaborative learning
• Co-design in action
• Cooperative design
• The ethics of co-design
• Building capability in co-design
• Participatory methods
• Expanding research partnerships
• Academic and practitioner partnerships
• Indigenous collaborations and partnerships
• Research from indigenous scholars / academics
• Decolonising LIS education & research
• Contextual design
• UX – designing with your community
• LX – learning design and libraries
• Co-designing information organisation services and strategy
• Democratising knowledge
• Inclusivity and diversity
• Challenges of co-design and partnerships
• Convergence of and collaboration among GLAM institutions
• Interdisciplinary relations and collaboration
• Interdisciplinarity of LIS
• Cross-cultural and cross-sectoral partnerships and relationships

Proposals with a focus on professional or continuing education and teaching may be allocated to the AIES 2023 component of the conference.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Conference Chair, Prof Anne Goulding: anne.goulding@vuw.ac.nz