A-LIEP2021: The 10th Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) Conference Online October 21-22, 2021 |
Conference website | https://a-liep.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aliep2021 |
Submission deadline | August 20, 2021 |
The Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice Conference invites you to submit papers for the 2021 Virtual Conference to be held on October 21-22, 2021. The A-LIEP conference is a biennial event (with some exceptions) and this will be the 10th iteration and the first virtual event.
The conference theme is: Crossroads of Information, Human Rights, Social Justice and Equality. The theme is inspired by current circumstances in various parts of the world where lack of information or abuse of information has given rise to injustices, misinformation has misled people on political, economic, or health concerns, and censorship and control of the narrative by the powerful has hindered social and political progress. These raise questions about the appropriate roles of LIS educators and professionals in an interconnected world where improper use of information, social and pervasive technologies can have pandemic and endemic consequences. The conference will provide a venue for the discussion of such realizations and issues, and possible solutions in the context of information use, information profession, libraries, LIS education, and LIS research.
Tracks and Integration Sessions
The conference will feature full and short research paper presentations on the following main topics/themes: LIS Education, LIS Practice, LIS Research. There will be two integration sessions and these are: a) Education and Pedagogy Panel and b) Student Research Ideathon where students can discuss potential research projects, collaborate, and learn from one another.
The new track on Education and Pedagogy provides a venue where we can discuss/exchange ideas relating to pedagogy, curriculum, tenure, promotion, and other matters relating to LIS educators and teaching. We are inviting submissions of abstracts for discussion for a maximum of 3,000 words.
The Student Research Ideathon is a venue where students can participate and exchange ideas on how to draft research proposals and conduct research. This can be an opportunity for students to get research collaborators, or suggestions for improvement of their proposals, or ideas for their future research. We are inviting proposals from students/alumni who have already completed their research or students who currently are in the stages of drafting proposals to share their experiences, issues, roadblocks, best practices, etc.
Submission Guidelines
Papers should be written in English. Please use the paper format indicated below (Times New Roman, pt 11, single space, APA citation style). The template is provided here: Paper Template
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full Papers: maximum of 6,000 words
- Short Papers: maximum of 4,000 words
- Education and Pedagogy Panel Abstract: maximum of 3,000 words
- Student Research Ideathon Abstract: maximum of 2,500 words
List of Topics
- LIS Education
- LIS pedagogies
- Reading advisory
- Cooperative education
- Challenges in LIS education
- Collaboration among LIS schools/departments
- Curriculum design
- GLAM – Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
- Community engagement
- Digital education
- Quality assurance and accreditation of LIS programs
- Lifelong learning
- Impact of LIS education to society
- LIS Practice
- Technology application for LIS
- Service design and design thinking in libraries
- Digital and data curation, Digital preservation, Digital stewardship
- GLAM – Galleries, Libraries Archives, and Museums
- Relevance of libraries to society
- Leadership development and strategic management in libraries
- Libraries as a place: physical and virtual
- New competencies in LIS
- Evaluation in LIS
- Evidence-based librarianship
- Mobile platforms of libraries
- Collaboration among libraries and with other professions
- LIS Research
- Digital repositories
- Human Information Interaction
- Information literacy, Digital literacy, Data literacy, Media literacy
- Organization of Data, Information, and Knowledge
- Semantic web and linked data
- Knowledge management and knowledge services
- Text and data mining
- Digital humanities and digital cultural heritage
- Big Data and data science
- Information visualization
- Research evaluation in Science, Social Science, and Humanities
- Search as learning
- Gamification in libraries
- Digital scholarship
The Conference is organized and Co-hosted by:
- Library & Information Science Program, University of Hawaii
- School of Library and Information Studies, University of the Philippines
- School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington
- Graduate Institute of Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University
- Department of Library Science, Chulalongkorn University
- Wee Kim Wee School of Information and Communication, Nanyang Technological University
Organizing Committee Members
Conference Chair
- Andrew Wertheimer, Library & Information Science Program, University of Hawaii
Co-Chair for Full Research Papers Track
- Hao-Ren Ke, Graduate Institute of Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University
Co-Chair for Short Research Papers Track
- Chern Li Liew, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington
Co-Chair, Education and Pedagogy Panel
- Songphan Cheomprayong - Chair, Education and Pedagogy
Co-Chair, Student Research Ideathon
- Christopher Khoo, Wee Kim Wee School of Information and Communication, Nanyang Technological University
Co-Chair, Media and Publicity
- Kathleen Lourdes B. Obille, School of Library and Information Studies, University of the Philippines
Invited Speakers
Stay tuned for the announcement of our Keynote Speakers.
Publication
Selected papers will be published in Scopus-indexed journals (such as LIBRES e-journal).
Venue
The conference will be held online.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@a-liep.org