The IFLA Professional Units will issue Calls for Papers for the programme for the IFLA WLIC 2018 between November 2017 and January 2018. They will be collected on this page.
If you don’t want to miss any of them, join the IFLA-L mailinglist; the Calls for Papers will be shared on there as well.
Open Sessions
Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA) Special Interest Group
Theme: "Mechanisms and Metrics for Mainstreaming Knowledge, Libraries and Information Services in Democratic Governance and Development Programmes"Deadline for proposals: 29 January 2018
Acquisition and Collection Development Section
Theme: "Being guided by our users: using assessment to build user-focused collections"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Africa Section
Theme: "Libraries as Development Catalyst"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group
Theme: "Emerging Trends in Internet -based Information Services for Urban and Rural Agricultural Development: an international perspective"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2018
Art Libraries Section
Theme: "Art libraries versus their users: who is transforming who?"Deadline for proposals: 1 February 2018
Asia and Oceania Section
Theme: "Libraries Transformed to Transform Their Communities (Society)"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with the Information Technology Section
Theme: "Video Games: Winning strategies for libraries"Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2018
Bibliography Section
Theme: "National Bibliographies: Forging a Path to Access to Information"Deadline for proposals: 7 March 2018
Cataloguing Section
Theme: "Rethinking data models and formats for better-informed citizens"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Committee on Standards
Theme: "Impact of recently approved IFLA standards"Deadline for proposals: 27 February 2018
Division I – Library Types joint with Division IV – Support of the Profession
Theme: "Looking for the next big thing: libraries and social networks"Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2018
Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section
Theme: "Transform Resource Sharing-exceed expectations"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2018
Education and Training Section
Theme: "Teaching methodologies and curriculum development in LIS Schools: best practices around the globe"Deadline for proposals: 20 January 2018
Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group joint with Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section
Theme: "Catalysts for environmental and social sustainability: Libraries supporting young adults' quest for a better future"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Genealogy and Local History Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section and Rare Books and Special Collections Section
Theme: "Genealogy and Local History Collection Development – Challenges and Opportunities"Deadline for proposals: 28 March 2018
Government Information and Official Publications Section
Theme: "Global eGovernment: Trust, Transparency, and Transformation"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Government Libraries Section joint with Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
Theme: "UN Sustainable Development Goals transforming societies through informed policy"Deadline for proposals: 26 February 2018
Health and Biosciences Libraries Section
Theme: "Health Information: Targeting, Connecting and Transforming Lives "Deadline for proposals: 16 February 2018
Indigenous Matters Section
Theme: "Diverse indigenous voices, decolonizing, transforming, centering practices"Deadline for proposals: 20 February 2018
Knowledge Management Section Joint with Academic and Research Libraries Section and Rare Books and Special Collections Section
Theme: "Digital scholarship and knowledge management: building confidence in the digital world"Deadline for proposals: 2 February 2018
Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
Theme: "Transforming Library & Research Services for Parliamentary Impact"Deadline for proposals: 16 March 2018
Library Buildings and Equipment Section
Theme: "Designing inclusive libraries"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2018
Library History Special Interest Group
Theme: "Transform Libraries. Transform Societies: Library outreach to marginalized populations: historical perspectives"Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2018
Library Theory and Research Section joint with Information Literacy Section
Theme: "Information Literacy: From Practice to Research and Back Again"Deadline for proposals: 5 March 2018
LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group
Theme: "Collaboration in LIS education in developing countries using social media"Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2018
Management and Marketing Section
Theme: "Expand your reach in a Digital World: how to be in 1000 places at once"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2018
Management of Library Associations Section joint with Education and Training Section and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section
Theme: "Win-Win: building strong education, training and continuing professional development together with strong library associations"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Metropolitan Libraries Section
Theme: "Sanctuaries in the city: the public library as a safe space"Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2018
New Professionals Special Interest Group joint with Management of Library Associations Section and Public Libraries Section
Theme: "Librarian Fashion: What does the way we dress say about us?"Deadline for proposals: 18 February 2018
Preservation and Conservation Section joint with the Information Technology Section
Theme: "Planning digital preservation: in for the long run"Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2018
Preservation and Conservation Section joint with the News Media Section
Theme: "Planning for newsprint, now and into the future for paper media"Deadline for proposals: 30 April 2018
Reference and Information Services Section
Theme: "Reference and Information Services Shifting Gears"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2018
Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group
Theme: "Interreligious dialogue, information and documentation in a context of transformation"Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2018
Science and Technology Libraries Section joint with Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section and the Education and Training Section
Theme: "Tricks of the Trade of a Data Librarian: Learning it ALL"Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2018
Science and Technology Section joint with the Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section
Theme: "Libraries as Driver for Open Access"Deadline for proposals: 18 March 2018
Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section
Theme: "Empowering Scholarly Communication Transforms Societies"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2018
Social Science Libraries Section
Theme: "Defining the Digital Social Sciences"Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2018
Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
Theme: "Fragile! Careful Handling Required: Manuscript housing, conservation and metadata documentation for access"Deadline for proposals: 6 March 2018
Subject Analysis and Access Section
Theme: "Transforming Libraries via Automatic Indexing: The Impact on Metadata Creation, Discovery, and Staffing Decisions"Deadline for proposals: 20 February 2018
Women, Information, & Libraries Special Interest Group
Theme: "Collections, Ethics, Perspective, and Voice: The Importance of Context"Deadline for proposals: 1 February 2018