Library and Information
Education and Practice
Conference
Taiwan, Taipei, ROC
Library and Information
Education and Practice
Conference
Extended to August 15, 2023
Extended to August 15, 2023
Resiliency, Equity,
and Solidarity
The Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) Conference invites you to submit papers for the 2023 Conference to be held on December 5-6, 2023 hosted by the Graduate Institute of Library & Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, and the conference venue is National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. This year’s conference is co-located with the International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) and the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific chapter of iSchools (AP iSchools) under a collective title “2023 International Forum on Data, Information, and Knowledge for Resilient and Trustworthy Digital Societies”
This year's theme
The 11th A-LIEP conference theme is: LIS Education, Research, and Practice: Resiliency, Equity, and Solidarity
This conference focuses on the challenges, opportunities, drivers and innovations in LIS education, research, and practice that were experienced and encountered by individuals and institutions to adapt and survive the recent pandemic and moving forward to the post-pandemic. The implementation of remote teaching and learning, application of alternative research methods, and dependency on online information services has brought about issues in inequalities of information access and use, injustices and abuses in creation and dissemination of information, misinformation, censorship, and control of the narrative by the powerful. On the other hand new practices and processes have emerged and alternative research and teaching methods have been effected during these times that showed the resilience of the field, the educators, researchers and practitioners. The conference provides the venue for the discussion of such issues, realizations, and innovations the context of information use, information professions, libraries, LIS education, and LIS research. The conference is an on-site face to face event, however, options to join and present online for those who cannot attend onsite will be available.
Tracks and Integration Sessions
The conference will feature full and short research paper presentations on the following main topics/themes: LIS Education, LIS Practice, and 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 track on Education and Pedagogy, which was introduced in 2021, provides a venue for discussions 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.
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
Our Keynote Speaker
Conference Schedule
December 5 - 6, 2023
Conference Host
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is a prestigious institution of higher education located in Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1946, NTNU has a long-standing reputation for excellence in education, particularly in the fields of teacher training and humanities. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, attracting students from across Taiwan and around the world. NTNU’s commitment to academic rigor, innovation, and cultural diversity has made it a leading institution in Taiwan’s educational landscape. With its beautiful campus, vibrant student life, and dedicated faculty, NTNU provides a conducive environment for students to pursue their intellectual and personal growth.
This is the second time that A-LIEP Conference will be held in the beautiful country of Taiwan. The first one was during the 2nd A-LIEP Conference held at the International Conference Hall, Management Building, Shih-Hsin University, Taipei on 23-24 November 2007. The theme was Advancing Library and Information Education in Asian Countries: Convergence and Cooperation in Information and Communication Sciences.
