International Summit of the Book
Western Balkans Information & Media Literacy Conference
LIT Limerick Institute of Technology
Ireland
10th International Summit of the Book 2021
&
Western Balkans Information and Media Literacy Conference
WBIMLC 2021
Epistemology: Opinion, Belief and the Reality
Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hotel Opal - Exclusive
The official language of the Conference: English
Call for papers
The official Language of the Conference: English
The 10th International Summit of the Book 2021 welcome papers on any of the topics listed here
WBIMLC 2021 welcome papers on any of the topics listed here
Papers for both the International Summit of the Book and WBIMLC should be prepared using the WBIMLC template available here and submitted electronically to this email address wbimlc2019@wbimlc.org
After the second cycle of Peer-Review, selected papers will be published in the International Summit of the Book and the WBIMLC Proceedings Book and in the Peer Reviewed Education for Information (indexed by SCOPUS) ISSN print: 0167-8329; ISSN online: 1875-8649.
Paper Submission:
Submissions in any of the following forms are accepted:
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Full paper to be published in conference proceedings
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Presentation
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Roundtable discussion
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Poster session
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Workshops
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Symposia
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PechaKucha
Instructions for authors/download:
Papers should be written in English, prepared using the WBIMLC template, and submitted electronically to this email address wbimlc2019@wbimlc.org. After the second cycle of peer-review, selected papers will be published in the WBIMLC2021 Proceedings and in the peer-reviewed journal "Education for Information" (indexed by SCOPUS: ISSN print: 0167-8329; ISSN online: 1875-8649).
Registration Fees:
CONFERENCE FEES: 300€
(Online/Offline Participation)
The registration fee includes the following:
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Preparation of the Proceedings
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Promotional materials
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Welcome drink
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Refreshments during the conference
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Galla Dinner
Please note:
All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by the Conference Committee, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline: 16th October 2021
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 28th October 2021
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 11th November 2021
Dissemination of Final Programme by: 30th November 2021
Conference dates: 9th-10th December 2021
Abstracts and Papers are to be sent to: wbimlc2019@wbimlc.org
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
WESTERN BALKAN INFORMATION & MEDIA LITERACY CONFERENCE – WBIMLC 2021: Epistemology: Opinion, Belief and the Reality.
10TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF THE BOOK
Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9-10 December 2021
Thursday, December 09, 2021 (CET) Day One
TO BE ANNOUNCED
WESTERN BALKAN INFORMATION & MEDIA LITERACY CONFERENCE – WBIMLC 2021: Epistemology: Opinion, Belief and the Reality.
10TH INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF THE BOOK
Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9-10 December 2021
Friday, December 10, 2021 (CET) Day Two
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Committees
ORGANISATION COMMITTEE
Knezevic, Ratko Ph.D., President, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cavanagh, Jerald M.A. Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland
Kirby, Padraig M.A. Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland
Asma'a S. Assim Rabdan Academy, UAE
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Asma'a S. Assim Rabdan Academy, UAE
Biscan, Frida M.A. National and University Library, Zagreb, Croatia
Cavanagh, Jerald M.A. Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland
Erdelez, Sanda Ph.D., Keynote speaker, Professor and Director, School of Library and Information Studies, Simmons College, USA.
Halilagic, Dzenita B.A. Librarian, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kazachenkova, Lyubov General Director of the Publishing & Consulting Center 'The Modern Library', Editor-in-Chief of The Modern Library Magazine, the member of Russian Union of Journalists and Russian Library Association, Moscow, Russia
Kirby, Padraig M.A. Limerick Institute of Technology, Limerick, Ireland
Knezevic, Ratko Ph.D., Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Koukourakis, Manolis Ph.D., University of Rethymnon – Crete, Greece
Landøy, Ane Cand. Philol., Academic librarian at University of Bergen Library, Norway
Latinovic-Rauski, GordanaMLIS Manager, collections and information services KAUST - Saudi Arabia
Lau, Jesús Ph.D., Mexico
Meiramova, Saltanat Associate Professor, Candidate of pedagogical sciences, Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Milakovic, Natalja M.A. Head of Russian Corner at the National and University Library of Republika Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ostojic, Jovana MSc in English Language and Literature, Zagreb, Croatia
Penda, Petar Ph.D., University of Banjaluka, Dean of Faculty of Philology, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pilipovic, Radovan Ph.D., Serb Orthodox Patriarchy Archive, Belgrade, Serbia
Popa, Daniela Ph.D., University of Transilvania, Brasov, Romania
Rai, Alka M.A. Ph.D., Deputy Librarian, Ambedkar University, Delhi, India
Repanovici, Angela Ph.D., University of Transilvania, Brasov, Romania
Sapro-Ficovic, Marica Ph.D., Dubrovnik Public Library, Croatia
Saracevic, Tefko Ph.D., Keynote speaker, USA
Serageldin, Ismail Ph.D., Egypt
Singh Jagtar, PhD, Former Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (India)
Sobot, Pero M.A. IZUM, Institute of Information Sciences in Maribor, Slovenia
Soylu, Demet Ph.D., Research Assistant Department of Information Management Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
Stankovic, Beba Senior Librarian, National Library of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Telman, Fariza M.A. Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
About the International Summit of the Book
The “International Summit of the Book” is a US Library of Congress initiative. The Summit discusses the development of books into electronic formats and its impact on reading; the challenges facing books and the publishing industry and the role of books and reading in societies. The Summit also discusses key issues on technology and manuscripts, including the role of translation in the preservation and transmission of culture, and books as an important tool in cultural exchange. In previous years, the Summit has been held across a number of continents in cities that have a global cultural impact in countries such as the United States, Singapore, France, Egypt, Ireland, Romania and Azerbaijan.
Amalgamation of International Summit of the Book with WBIMLC 2021.
This year, the International Summit of the Book will be held in conjunction with the Western Balkan Information and Media Literacy Conference (WBIMLC) for only the second time. Owing to unprecedented challenges encountered with Covid 19, during 2020 and 2021 we have decided to amalgamate these two important international conferences for the second consecutive year.
Despite this dreadful worldwide pandemic, these two important and far- reaching events still took place in December 2020. Now in 2021, we continue to fight to keep the International Summit of the Book, now in its 10th year, alive and thriving despite trials and tribulations in Beirut, Lebanon in 2019 when the Summit unfortunately could not take place owing to the political situation in Lebanon at that time and the more recent, unprecedented challenges presented by the pandemic in 2020 when both WBIMLC and the Summit were held virtually for the first time.
In 2021, we want to continue the momentum and tradition of holding our fantastic Information and Media Literacy conference in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which last year was one of the few International Library or Information Literacy conferences that took place in 2020.
At last years International Summit of the Book and WBIMLC 2020, Online was the main expression of both conferences.
This year, we hope you can join us in Bihać, in person or online on the banks of the beautiful River Una, for these momentous and historic events in what will be another memorable year for the library community and all humanity.