LIDA 2023 Contributions
We welcome submission of papers, panels, workshops and posters that address critical and theoretical examinations of the theme; report current research and evidence-based approachesas well as present innovative approaches from the field, and practitioner applications and perspectives.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Changing role of libraries, information agencies, archives and museums in an information immersive environment;
- Vision for ongoing success and continuous improvement of libraries and information agencies in this age of information ubiquity;
- Workplace health and wellness; self-care strategies for dealing with stress, anxiety and burn-out;
- Innovative professional approaches for supporting people in engaging with this ubiquitous information environment;
- Meeting demands and challenges of personalization of information needs, sources and services;
- Design, development and support of information tools for personalized support of interaction with information;
- Understanding how people engage with diverse information modalities – engaging with information through all the senses – and implications for library and information services;
- Evidence-based approaches to addressing the challenges of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories;
- Libraries in an era of virtual/augmented realities, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robots;
- Data collection, curation and analysis; inclusive approaches;
- Critical librarianship, recognizing and mitigating bias;
- Social Justice and information equity; human rights;
- Information in organizational wrongdoing
- Diversion, inclusion, and equity issues related to ubiquitous information and library environments;
- Innovative approaches to information and media literacy instruction and interventions in libraries;
- Information literacy instruction, including critical approaches to social media platforms, and information creation and dissemination via new technologies (e.g., podcasting, blogging, microblogging);
- The politics of information access, information censorship and neutrality;
- The power, potential, and pitfalls of the algorithm;
- Sociotechnical challenges and opportunities;
- Innovative approaches to community education, outreach and marketing;
- Internet of things, makerspaces; and provision of diverse and creative information services;
- Professional education for the Age of information Ubiquity.