Conferences
2023
World Library and Information Congress: 88th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 21-25, Rotterdam, Nederlands
Mid-term conference sponsored by IT Section, Big Data SIG and AI SIG
2-3 March, National Library Building, Singapore
AI in Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries
Satellite Meeting
18 August 2023, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Agile methodology in libraries: innovations in library projects
Meetings sponsored by IT section, Big Data SIG and AI SIG
- 21 August at 12.30am CEST – Dock 10
Let’s library for responsible AI (with FAIFE and CLM Section) - 22 August at 8.30am CEST – Dock 1
Will Generative AI be a friend or foe in the future of librarianship? (AI SIG with Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship SIG) - 22 August at 1.30pm CEST – Dock 1
Artificial Intelligence, Partner or Rival?: Implications for Government, Information and the Law (AI SIG with Division B) - 22 August at 3pm CEST – Dock 1
Technology-Enhanced Library Learning Environments, Architectural Spatial Design and New Information Technology Possibilities (Library Buildings and Equipment Section with IT Section) - 23 August at 8.30am CEST – Rotterdam B+C+D
National Libraries + AI = Opportunities, Challenges & Risks (IT Section and AI SIG with National Libraries Section - 23 August at 10am CEST – Port 1 B+C
Library data in the world of machine learning: ethics, bias and algorithms (IT Section with SAA and CAT sections) - 23 August at 1.30pm CEST – Port 1 B+C
Utopia, threat or opportunity? Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for cataloguing (Cataloguing Section with IT and SAA sections) - 24 August at 10am CEST – Dock 1
AR/VR, metaverse, immersive technologies – building sustainable communities (AudioVisual and Multimedia Section wit IT Section)
2022
World Library and Information Congress: 87th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
July 26-29, Dublin, Ireland
Meetings sponsored by IT section, Big Data SIG and AI SIG
- 26 July at 1:15 pm – Convention center Dublin
Agile in the Library: methods and tools for project management, collaboration and innovation – organized with the Subject Analysis and Access (SAA) Section- Applying agile principles for ICT operations management in libraries – Wouter Klapwjik
- Using Agile Methods & Tools for Collaborative Collections Projects and Organizational Development – Galadriel Chilton
- Applying agile principles to digital transformation for the UK’s public libraries – Liz White
- Developing an integrated library management system with agile methods, the University of Ibadan experience – Ihuoma Sandra Babatope, Oluwatosin Fisayo Idowu, Patrick Uzodinma Agwu, Rita Dumbiri
- 26 July at 3pm – Convention center Dublin
Perspectives on data access and use at scale: Lessons from the Field – organized by Special
Interest Groups in Big Data and Digital Humanities / Digital Scholarship - 27 July at 2:45 pm – Convention center Dublin
Artificial intelligence: new horizons and implications for libraries – in collaboration with the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)
Satellite Meetings
- 21-22 July 2022
New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence in Libraries – with newly approved AI Special Interest Group. , University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/ifla/
Abstracts and slides : https://www.universityofgalway.ie/ifla/abstracts/ - 22-23 July 2022
Library Carpentry Workshop – in collaboration with Science and Technology Libraries Section and CPDWL Sections – Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland
2021
World Library and Information Congress: 86th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-20, Online (Delegate Connect platform).
Each videorecording of session is available up to August 2022 on host platform (reserved access to subscribed users).
Meetings sponsored by IT section and Big Data SIG
- Open Educational Resources: Where ICT meets education and scholarship – IT Section main session
Videorecording of the session: https://www.ifla-wlic2021.com/events/sessions/open-educational-resources-where-ict-meets-education-and-scholarship - Outsourcing, cloud and new technology in libraries, during and after the pandemic. Afraid of the risks or seduced by the opportunities? – KM Section and IT Section
Videorecording of the session: https://www.ifla-wlic2021.com/events/sessions/outsourcing-cloud-and-new-technology-in-libraries-during-and-after-the-pandemic-afraid-of-the-risks-or-seduced-by-the-opportunities - Better together: Creating solutions to the challenges of data use, reuse, and sharing – Big Data SIG main session
Videorecording of the session: https://www.ifla-wlic2021.com/events/sessions/better-together-creating-solutions-to-the-challenges-of-data-use-reuse-and-sharing - Library Carpentries: A 360 Degree Review of Supporting Data Science Skills – Science and Technology Libraries Section, Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Section, and Big Data SIG
Videorecording of the session: https://www.ifla-wlic2021.com/events/sessions/library-carpentries-a-360-degree-review-of-supporting-data-science-skills
Individual participation of SC members to other sessions
- “An international collaboration to develop a regional network of innovation hubs with public-private partnership” – in Working together: building a strong information infrastructure for sustainable information society – Africa Section.
May Chang made this presentation with a colleague from Africa Section, Ayanda Lebele
Videorecording of the whole session: https://www.ifla-wlic2021.com/events/sessions/working-together
Presentation slides: an-international-collaboration-to-develop-a-regional-network-of-innovation-hubs-with-public-private-partnership
2020
World Library and Information Congress has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. See IFLA announcement.
Nevertheless, the open joint session prepared with Preservation & Conservation Section has become an online event included in the Professional Units Virtual Events.
- Preservation of Digital Complex Objects – P&C Section and IT Section
Video montage of the double session (18th and 19th November) in IFLA YouTube Channel : https://youtu.be/THoGhEBYGW0
Papers and presentation slides available on the event news page : https://www.ifla.org/node/93467
2019
World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 24-30, Athens, Greece
Meetings sponsored by IT section and Big Data SIG
21-22 Aug, Technische Hochschule Wildau, Berlin, Germany
- Satellite meeting: Robots in Libraries: Challenge or Opportunity? – Information Technology
Website: https://en.th-wildau.de/university/central-facilities/university-library/ifla-wlic-preconference-satellite-meeting/ (last check March 2020)
22-23 Aug. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB), Frankfurt, Germany
- Satellite meeting: Data intelligence in libraries: The actual {human} and artificial {machine} perspectives. – Big Data SIG
Presentations and papers: https://sites.google.com/view/wlic2019-big-data/home/program (last check March 2020)
Wed 22 Aug. Central Library Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Satellite meeting: Metadata specialists in the machine age – Cataloguing joint with Information Technology and Subject Analysis and Access and Bibliography
Mon 27 Aug, 09:30 – 11:30, Trianti
- Session 100 Emerging Technologies for Libraries: Smart Cities and Blockchain – Information Technology (SI) with Metropolitan Libraries
Published papers: IFLA Library
Mon 27 Aug, 11:45 – 13:15, Mitropoulos
- Session 114 Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining to transform knowledge management and information services in libraries and information organizations – Knowledge Management with Information Technology and the Big Data
Published papers: IFLA Library
Tue 28 Aug, 10:40 – 11:40, Mitropoulos
- Session 153a Data Challenges in Libraries – Preservation and Conservation with Big Data SIG
Published papers: IFLA Library
30-31 Aug., Vatican City-Rome, Italy
- Satellite meeting Transforming LIS education for professionals in a global information world: digital inclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning – Library Theory and Research with Education and Training and Information Technology
Website : https://iflasatellitevatican2019.wordpress.com/ (last check March 2020)
2018
World Library and Information Congress: 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 24-30, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Themes:
Thu 23 Aug, University of Malaya
Sat 25 Aug, 13.45–15.45, Plenary Theatre
- Joint session with Audiovisual and Multimedia Section on Winning strategies for collecting, cataloguing, providing, playing, and preserving video games in libraries
Sun 26 Aug, 13.45-15.45, Ballroom 1
- Main session on Celebrating IT innovations in libraries
Mon 27 Aug, 13.45–15.45, Ballroom 1
- Joint session with Preservation and Conservation Section on Planning digital preservation: in for the long run
Mon 27 Aug, 16.15–18.45 Room 302
- Linked Data SIG Business Meeting
Tue 28 Aug, 13.00-13.30 Plenary Hall
- Joint session with IFLA HQ on Blockchain – is it worth the fuss?
Wed 29 Aug, 12.00–13.00, Ballroom 2
- Big Data SIG Business meeting and Open Session
2017
World Library and Information Congress: 83th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 19-25, Wroclaw, Poland
Consolidated lists of events and sessions associated with the IT section.
2016
World Library and Information Congress: 82st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 13-19, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Themes:
- Skills and Knowledge for Citizens in an Open Data and Technology Environments
- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow; The Current State of Born Digital News
Information Technology Section joint with Preservation and Conservation Section and News Media Section. - Let´s make IT usable! Formats, systems and users
Cataloguing Section joint with Information Technology Section - Improvement of the discoverability of AV and Multimedia by transforming raw data into linked open data
Audioviual and Multimedia Section joint with Information Technology Section and Classificationa and Indexing Section - All about E-learning: Connection. Collaboration. Community.
Education and Training Section joint with Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section and Information Technology Section.
Satellite meetings
- Data in Libraries; the big picture.
August 10, University of Chicago, Chicago - Women and Library Technology – Empowering Women´s Participation in Open Technology & Culture.
August 11, Nortwestern University Library, Evanstone, IL, USA - Dublin Core at 21, 19 August, Conference Center at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio
2015
World Library and Information Congress: 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa
Themes:
- Technology facilitating access to information : libraries supporting development
Information Technology Library and Research Services for Parliaments Public Libraries and Asia and Oceania Sections - 10 years of development to collect preserve and access Web-Sites: Ready to go for everyone!?
Preservation and Conservation with Information Technology
2014
World Library and Information Congress: 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France
Themes:
- New technologies, information, users and libraries: Looking into the future
- Cloud services for libraries – safety, security and flexibility
2013
Preconference: “User Interaction Built On Library Linked Data”
Papers and abstracts:
- Semantically Guided, Situation-Aware Literature Research. T. Heuss, et al.
- Following the user’s flow in the Digital Pompidou. E. Bermès
- Customized OPACs on the Semantic Web: the OpenCat prototype. P. Le Bœuf.
- Using Linked Library Data in Working Research Notes. R. Shaw, et al.
- Building interfaces on a networked graph. M. Malmsten and N. Lindström.
- Library linked data and its relationship to knowledge organization systems. A. Slavic, et al.
World Library and Information Congress: August 2013, Singapore
- Theme: Inspiring solutions emerging from open source
- Theme: Preserving for the future: integrating physical and digital preservation
2012
World Library and Information Congress: August 2012, Helsinki, Finland:
- Theme: Continuity in the face of digital disasters: Disaster planning and recovery for digital libraries
Information Technology Section
- Theme: Usability and accessibility – the mobile challenge
Information Technology with Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
- Theme: The influence of new developments of information technology on professional development in libraries
Information Technology with Education and Training Section
2011
World Library and Information Congress: August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: e-Legal deposit: from legislation to implementation; from ingest to access pt. 1 | pt. 2
Bibliography Section with IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies Programme (ICADS), Information Technology, National Libraries and Knowledge Management
World Library and Information Congress: August 2011, San Juan Puerto Rico
Theme: Education for Digital Curation
Education and Training Section with Preservation and Conservation, Information Technology; co-sponsored by ICA Section for Archival Education and Training
2010
World Library and Information Congress: August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
conference proceedings
2009
World Library and Information Congress: August 2009, Milan Italy
Theme: New repositories: architectures interoperability and data exchange
Theme: Statistics for cultural heritage
Statistics and Evaluation, Information Technology and Preservation and Conservation
World Library and Information Congress: August 2009, Milan Italy
Theme: Social computing tools for learning and knowledge sharing
Knowledge Management, Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Information Technology
2008
World Library and Information Congress: August 2009, Québec, Canada
Theme: Enabling access to the global library – Small is Beautiful: Distributed deployment of library services for small and special libraries
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Session 1: Digital objects on physical carriers, Session 2: Preservation infrastructures
Preservation and Conservation, (PAC), Information Technology, IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS) and Law Libraries
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