Calls for Papers

The content of the IFLA Conference Programme is organised by different professional groups (Sections, Core Programmes and Special Interest Groups).

Calls for papers will be submitted through these groups and made available on this web page as soon as delivered.

Acquisition and Collection Development Section

Theme: "Opening Doors to Spectacular Collections: Access to Multi-sensory, Multimedia, and Mobile Materials"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2010

[Translations: Español]

Africa Section

Theme: "Open Access in Africa: trends and developments"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2010

[Translations: Español]

Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Current Trends in Agricultural Information Services for Farmers"

Deadline for proposals: 31 December 2009

[Translations: Español | العربية ]

Art Libraries Section

Theme: "Revealing the Invisible – opening access to art bibliographical and research information in a networked environment"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2010

[Translations: Español | français]

Asia and Oceania Section

Theme: "Social networking in libraries and other information organisations in Asia-Oceania"

Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2009

[Translations: Español | العربية ]

Audiovisual and Multimedia Section

Theme: "Open access - on the horns of a dilemma between piracy and legality?"

Deadline for proposals: 24 February 2010

[Translations: Español]

Bibliography Section

Theme: "Open Access to National Bibliographies: Best Practices and Business Models"

Deadline for proposals: 10 February 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية ]

Cataloguing Section

Theme: "Multilingual Bibliographic Access: Promoting Universal Access"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية | 中文]

Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE), Information Technology Section

Theme: "The New Information Environment - Who controls the information in the future?"

Deadline for proposals: 5 April 2010

[Translations: Español]

Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section

Theme: "Retention and Job Satisfaction: Can continuing professional development make a difference?"

Deadline for proposals: 15 December 2009

[Translations: Español | العربية ]

E-Learning Special Interest Group

Theme: "Understanding the value of ePortfolios to reflect on and present learning and professional development"

Deadline for proposals: 31 December 2009

[Translations: Español | العربية ]

Education and Training Section

Theme: "New digital directions and library education: sustaining library education programs"

Deadline for proposals: 31 December 2009

[Translations: Español]

Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group, Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

Theme: "Greening the library in a sustainable way"

Deadline for proposals: 22 April 2010

[Translations: Español | français]

Genealogy and Local History Section

Theme: "Family and Local History: An Enduring Legacy for the Next Generation"

Deadline for proposals: 10 February 2010

[Translations: Español]

Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Theme: "Health Information for all - New Challenges - New Solutions"

Deadline for proposals: 1 February 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية]

IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies (ICADS), Information Technology Section

Theme: "Development of systems for long-term storage and preservation of library collections"

Deadline for proposals: 19 February 2010

[Translations: Español]

Information Technology Section, Cataloguing Section, Classification and Indexing Section

Theme: "Libraries and the Semantic Web"

Deadline for proposals: 4 April 2010

[Translations: Español]

Knowledge Management Section

Theme: "The Voice of Global KM"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2010

[Translations: Español]

Knowledge Management Section, Information Technology Section, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section

Theme: "Global Learning Systems"

Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2010

Latin America and the Caribbean Section

Theme: "Open access to knowledge and cultural heritage through libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2010

[Translations: Español]

Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section, Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Theme: "Children’s Libraries : open access to different cultures?"

Deadline for proposals: 30 January 2010

[Translations: Español]

Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section, School Libraries and Resource Centers Section

Theme: "Partnerships between Public Children’s Libraries and School Libraries"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2009

[Translations: Español | العربية]

Library Buildings and Equipment Section

Theme: "Inspiring interiors – creating and designing practical and exciting library spaces to promote use"

Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية]

Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Theme: "The role of libraries in access to knowledge for democracy"

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2010

[Translations: Español]

Literacy and Reading Section, Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Theme: "Libraries Promoting Reading in a Multicultural, Multilingual Society"

Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية]

Management of Library Associations Section, , Management and Marketing Section

Theme: "Towards national strategies for library advocacy: Opening up access to research"

Deadline for proposals: 1 February 2010

[Translations: Español | français]

Metropolitan Libraries Section

Theme: "Learning Library, Connected Community Powering an informed & involved community through user-driven library innovations"

Deadline for proposals: 19 March 2010

[Translations: Español]

National Libraries Section, Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)

Theme: "National libraries promoting open access to knowledge"

Deadline for proposals: 16 January 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية ]

Newspapers Section

Theme: "Past publishing and future digital developments for news and newspapers"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2010

[Translations: Español]

Preservation and Conservation Section, Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

Theme: "Preservation and Sustainability"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2010

[Translations: Español | العربية]

Reference and Information Services Section, Information Literacy Section

Theme: "Don’t Wait to be Asked: towards next generation reference services and information literacy"

Deadline for proposals: 22 January 2010

[Translations: Español | français | العربية]

Science and Technology Libraries Section

Theme: "Measuring the Impact of Open Science: What counts, Who counts, and How to Count?"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2010

[Translations: Español]

Social Science Libraries Section, Information Literacy Section

Theme: "Making It Count: Social Science Data Literacy as an Information Fluency"

Deadline for proposals: 31 December 2009

[Translations: Español]

Statistics and Evaluation Section

Theme: "Open Access to Knowledge – Promoting Sustainable Progress"

Deadline for proposals: 16 February 2010

[Translations: Español]

UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA)

Theme: "Breaking Through The Metadata World: UNIMARC and its relatives "

Deadline for proposals: 26 February 2010

[Translations: Español]