Keynote Speakers
Distinguished Professor Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić
Before her retirement in 2015 she was Professor and Head of the Department of Information Sciences at the University of Zadar. In 2008 she was appointed as the Dean of the PhD program in Knowledge Society and Information Transfer, University of Zadar. She is an author of four books, nine chapters in books, over 180 research and professional papers (in Croatian, English and Italian). She has edited 25 books. She acted as a chair of the ASIST/EC, Euclid, History Committee of ASIST, and Croatian Council on Libraries. She received Kukuljević’s Award, Thompson/ISI Outstanding Teacher of Information Science 2006, Bobcat of the Year 2018, and the Watson Davies Award 2025.
Before her retirement in 2015 she was Professor and Head of the Department of Information Sciences at the University of Zadar. In 2008 she was appointed as the Dean of the PhD program in Knowledge Society and Information Transfer, University of Zadar. She is an author of four books, nine chapters in books, over 180 research and professional papers (in Croatian, English and Italian). She has edited 25 books. She acted as a chair of the ASIST/EC, Euclid, History Committee of ASIST, and Croatian Council on Libraries. She received Kukuljević’s Award, Thompson/ISI Outstanding Teacher of Information Science 2006, Bobcat of the Year 2018, and the Watson Davies Award 2025.
Sanjica Faletar
Sanjica Faletar is a head of the Department of Information Sciences at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia. Her research interests include library services to the underserved populations and their information needs and behaviour, library architecture and LIS education. She has published in leading international information science journals and coauthored with Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić two monographs on library architecture: Library Architecture: Space, Culture, Identity (2020) and Planning, Construction and Evaluation of Library Space (2025). Much of her recent research has been examining the role of public libraries in developing dementia friendly communities and physical accessibility of library buildings.
Sanjica Faletar is a head of the Department of Information Sciences at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia. Her research interests include library services to the underserved populations and their information needs and behaviour, library architecture and LIS education. She has published in leading international information science journals and coauthored with Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić two monographs on library architecture: Library Architecture: Space, Culture, Identity (2020) and Planning, Construction and Evaluation of Library Space (2025). Much of her recent research has been examining the role of public libraries in developing dementia friendly communities and physical accessibility of library buildings.
Professor Isto Huvila
Professor Isto Huvila holds the chair in information studies at the Department of ALM at Uppsala University in Sweden. His primary areas of research include information and knowledge management, information work, knowledge organisation, documentation, research data, and social and participatory information practices. He is well known for his ground-breaking work on, among others, paradata and participatory archives. The contexts of his research funded, among others, by the European Research Council, the Swedish Research Council and the Academy of Finland, ranges from archaeology and cultural heritage, archives, libraries and museums to health information and e-health, social media, virtual worlds and corporate and public organisations.
Professor Isto Huvila holds the chair in information studies at the Department of ALM at Uppsala University in Sweden. His primary areas of research include information and knowledge management, information work, knowledge organisation, documentation, research data, and social and participatory information practices. He is well known for his ground-breaking work on, among others, paradata and participatory archives. The contexts of his research funded, among others, by the European Research Council, the Swedish Research Council and the Academy of Finland, ranges from archaeology and cultural heritage, archives, libraries and museums to health information and e-health, social media, virtual worlds and corporate and public organisations.
Zack Lischer-Katz
Zack Lischer-Katz is Associate Professor in the College of Information Science at the University of Arizona, where he serves as co-director of the Critical Archives & Curation Collaborative. His interdisciplinary research examines the curation, preservation, and accessibility of visual information, with particular attention to virtual reality, 3D data, digital archives, and analog media digitization. Drawing on perspectives from information studies, media studies, and science and technology studies, his scholarship explores how sociotechnical systems shape visual knowledge production, archival practice, and emerging forms of visual media. His research has been funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Lischer-Katz is currently completing a three-year, IMLS-supported project, 3D Research Data Curation Framework (3DFrame), which investigates the information practices of 3D creators in order to develop frameworks for the curation and preservation of 3D research data and immersive media across disciplines.
Zack Lischer-Katz is Associate Professor in the College of Information Science at the University of Arizona, where he serves as co-director of the Critical Archives & Curation Collaborative. His interdisciplinary research examines the curation, preservation, and accessibility of visual information, with particular attention to virtual reality, 3D data, digital archives, and analog media digitization. Drawing on perspectives from information studies, media studies, and science and technology studies, his scholarship explores how sociotechnical systems shape visual knowledge production, archival practice, and emerging forms of visual media. His research has been funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Lischer-Katz is currently completing a three-year, IMLS-supported project, 3D Research Data Curation Framework (3DFrame), which investigates the information practices of 3D creators in order to develop frameworks for the curation and preservation of 3D research data and immersive media across disciplines.