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The 12th International Summit of the Book 2023

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Western Balkan Information and Media Literacy Conference

Main themes and topics

Main theme 

Libraries Building Bridges of Hope

Topics

 

  • Technology and Manuscripts

  • The future of reading: Paperback, hardback or augmented reality?

  • Digital Scholarship and the Future of the Book

  • Books & Cultural Exchange

  • eBooks Versus Print Books

  • Covid 19 and Book Industry Challenges in Europe

  • The Future of Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities for Publishers

  • Ecommerce, the eBook market and the Book industry

  • Self-publishing and novel forms of book production

  • Key trends in book readership, consumption, and demand

  • Books- Online Discoverability & Sales

  • Piracy, Fake News and the Book Industry

  • Books, Reading and the Society

  • History of the Book

  • Books Texts and Language

  • The crisis of the Book in developing countries

  • Role of the book in human knowledge and culture

  • Rare Books

  • Literacy

  • Preservation through digitization

  • Archival repositories and special collections

  • Preservation and the library as a sacred institution

  • Book manufacture in modern times

  • Etymology & history of the Book

  • Information Explosion and the Book

  • Libraries and challenges for the future

Western Balkan Information and Media Literacy conference

“Media and Information Literacy in the age of Artificial Intelligence”

Main themes and topics

 

Information Literacy in the modern world
  • From Information Literacy to Digital Scholarship

  • Information Literacy and COVID 19

  • Fake News and Information Literacy

  • Information literacies (media literacy, Research Literacy, digital literacy, visual literacy, financial literacy, health literacy, cyber wellness, infographics, information behavior, trans-literacy, post-literacy)

  • Information Literacy and academic libraries

  • Information Literacy and adult education

  • Information Literacy and blended learning

  • Information Literacy and distance learning

  • Information Literacy and mobile devices

  • Information Literacy and Gamification

  • Information Literacy and public libraries

  • Information Literacy in Primary and Secondary Schools

  • Information Literacy and the Knowledge Economy

  • Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning

  • Information Literacy and the Information Society

  • Information Literacy and the Multimedia Society

  • Information Literacy and the Digital Society

  • Information Literacy in the modern world (e.g trends, emerging technologies and innovation, growth of digital resources, digital reference tools, reference services).

  • The future of Information Literacy

  • Workplace Information Literacy 

Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process
  • Digital literacy, Digital Citizenship

  • Digital pedagogy and Information Literacy

  • Information Literacy Needs in the Electronic Resource Environment

  • Integrating Information Literacy into the curriculum

  • Putting Information Literacy theory into practice

  • Information Literacy training and instruction

  • Instructional design and performance for Information Literacy (e.g. teaching practice, session design, lesson plans)

  • Information Literacy and online learning (e.g. self-paced IL modules, online courses, Library Guides)

  • Information Literacy and Virtual Learning Environments

  • Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond

  • Digital empowerment and reference work

  • Information Literacy across the disciplines

  • Information Literacy and digital preservation

  • Innovative IL approaches

  • Student engagement with Information Literacy

  • Action Literacy

  • Information Literacy, Copyright and Intellectual Property

  • Information Literacy and Academic Writing

Media and Information Literacy – theoretical approaches (standards, assessment, collaboration, etc.)
  • The Digital Competence Framework 2.0

  • Information Literacy theory (models, standards, indicators, Moscow Declaration etc.)

  • Information Literacy and Artificial intelligence

  • Information Literacy and information behavior

  • Information Literacy and reference services: cyber reference services, virtual reference services, mobile reference services

  • Information Literacy cultural and contextual approaches

  • Information Literacy and Threshold concepts

  • Information Literacy evaluation and assessment

  • Information Literacy in different cultures and countries including national studies

  • Information Literacy project management

  • Measuring in Information Literacy instruction assessment

 

New aspects of education/strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for Information Literacy in a digital age
  • Information Literacy and the Digital Divide

  • Policy and Planning for Information Literacy

  • Branding, promotion and marketing for Information Literacy

  • Cross –sectorial; and interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships for Information Literacy

  • Leadership and Governance for Information Literacy

  • Strategic planning for IL

  • Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable learning in the area of Information Literacy skills.

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