[NORSLIS] FW: Third Call for Papers: 5th European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL 2017)

Thu Jan 19 15:08:59 GMT 2017

From: ECIL 2017 Board [mailto:ecil=ilconf.org at mail251.atl101.mcdlv.net] On Behalf Of ECIL 2017 Board
Sent: 19. janúar 2017 14:59
To: Agusta <agustap at hi.is>
Subject: Third Call for Papers: 5th European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL 2017)

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to the 5th European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2017).

ECIL is an annual conference initiated by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University and the Department of Information and Communication Sciences of Zagreb University. It is organized and hosted by a different European partner each year.

ECIL 2017 conference will be organized by IUT Paris Descartes and held from 18-21 September 2017 in Saint-Malo France.

The conference  <http://ilconf.us14.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7175f1a2c971c3a7e5e9ec6d9&id=aea13d7abb&e=c15bc85e86> abstract submission system is open.

The abstract submission deadline is February 15, 2017.

Workplace Information Literacy being the main theme, ECIL aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, employers, media specialists, educators, policy makers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss recent developments and current challenges in both theory and practice.

Topics of the Conference include (but not limited with) the following:

*	Information literacy in the workplace
*	Information literacy and employability
*	Information literacy and workforce development
*	Information literacy and career readiness
*	Information literacy and developing critical and creative workers
*	Information literacy and 21st century workplace
*	Information usage in the workplace
*	Information literacy and organisational success
*	Information literacy and competitiveness
*	Critical perspectives on workplace information literacy
*	Information literacy and the neoliberal agenda
*	Information literacy and digital empowerment
*	Information literacy and trans/inter/multiculturalism
*	Information literacy and community engagement
*	Information literacy and social change
*	Information literacy and democracy, citizenship, active participation
*	Information literacy, libraries, the public sphere
*	Information literacy and lifelong learning
*	Information literacy in theoretical context (models, standards, indicators)
*	etc.

Keynote speakers

*	Andrew Whitworth. He is the Director of Teaching and Learning Strategy at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of two books on digital and information literacy: Information Obesity (2009) and Radical Information Literacy (2014), and one of the authors of the 2012 Moscow Declaration on Media and Information Literacy. His research is particularly focused on the collective decision-making processes that shape digital and information literacy in workplaces.

Invited speakers

*	Jean-Philippe Accart. He is the Director of the Library and Archives of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), ranked the first hospitality school in the world, welcoming 2700 students from 106 nationalities. Information Literacy is a key point at EHL facing the needs of young and new digital users. Teacher, lecturer and author of 14 books, the last one published in 2016 “La médiation à l’heure du numérique” (Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, Paris) focuses on the relevance of IL during studies and in the workplace.

*	Stéphane Goldstein. Since early 2016, he has been Executive Director of InformAll which, through research, analysis and facilitation, promotes the relevance, importance and benefits of information literacy in the library world and beyond. He is the author of reports, articles and other material on the relevance and applicability of IL to a range of settings, particularly in the context of the workplace.

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Looking forward to your contributions to and participation in the conference! 

ECIL 2017 organizing team:
Joumana Boustany, Co-chair of ECIL 2017 and Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
 <mailto:> jboustany at gmail.com

Serap Kurbanoğlu, General Co-chair and Co-chair of ECIL 2015
 <mailto:kurbanogluserap at gmail.com> kurbanogluserap at gmail.com

Sonja Špiranec, General Co-chair and Co-chair of ECIL 2015
 <mailto:sspiran at ffzg.hr> sspiran at ffzg.hr 

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