CFP: Automation to Artificial Intelligence: Smart Knowledge Environments With Disruptive Technologies in Libraries

Call for Chapters: Automation to Artificial Intelligence: Smart Knowledge Environments With Disruptive Technologies in Libraries

We are seeking proposals for chapters in an upcoming edited book. Libraries are undergoing a huge transformation. Technologies are increasingly being integrated like AI, Blockchain, loT, and robotics creating smart knowledge environments. This edited book is seeking scholars, practitioners and technologists to contribute their chapter that explores the future of libraries and information centers through interdisciplinary lenses.The publisher is Springer Nature. Proposals have been extended to November 28, 2025.

Barbara Holland
barland1@gmail.com

Topics of Interest include but not limited to

• Artificial Intelligence
• AI and Libraries
• Blockchain and Libraries
• Information Retrieval Hybrid Search Models
• Metadata and AI
• Datascience
• ioT
• Information Technology
• Ethics
• Smart libraries & Emerging TechAI and automation
• AI and cataloging or metadata
• Machine learning in library recommender systems
• Natural language processing (NLP) in Information Retrieval:
• Voice-based Information Retrieval in libraries:
• AI into library reference services: Can chatbots and virtual assistants enhance patron support?
• Bias in library recommender systems
• Automated metadata generation using NLP:
• User Experience in Library and Information Science

CFP: Inclusive Practices: Advancing Access and Belonging in Academic Libraries (Book Chapters) #ACRL

Call for Proposals

Inclusive Practices: Advancing Access and Belonging in Academic Libraries

We are pleased to invite chapter proposals for the forthcoming ACRL publication Inclusive Practices: Advancing Access and Belonging in Academic Libraries. This book will center on how academic libraries can navigate today’s challenging political landscape while still advancing inclusion, equity, and access.

Contributions are welcome from librarians, educators, administrators, and researchers who are advancing equity and inclusion through their work. (Authors are welcome to remain anonymous in the published version of the book if they prefer.) This publication aims to share practical insights, evidence-based approaches, and personal narratives that inspire a more inclusive and equitable future for academic libraries:

• Provide practical, real-world strategies for advancing inclusivity in academic libraries amidst anti-DEI legislation and backlash 

• Center the historical and ethical role of libraries as inclusive institutions 

• Offer guidance for both administrators at all levels and librarians leading from the middle on leading with integrity in politically charged climates 

• Equip libraries to influence broader institutional culture and resilience through action, not rhetoric 

Topics could include:

Section I: Library Leaders Creating Cultures of Inclusivity

• Getting Started: Introducing an Inclusive Culture to Your Library

• Best Practices for Inclusive Management in Academic Libraries

• Helping Early Career Librarians Support Inclusivity from the Beginning

• Working with Resistant Colleagues

Section II: Learning about Inclusivity

• Lifelong Learning of Inclusivity

• Beginning Inclusivity Training: Where Can You Learn the Basics?

• Advanced Inclusivity Training: When You’ve Learned the Basics, Where Can You Learn More?

Section III: Librarians Leading and Practicing Inclusivity

• How Can Librarians Lead Inclusive Practice from the Middle?

• Coaching Colleagues in Inclusivity

• Culture of Humility in Workplace/Academic/Community Contexts

• Tools for Assessing Inclusivity and Climate on Campus

Section IV: Inclusivity in Specific Areas of Work

• Inclusivity in Instruction

• Inclusivity in Reference/Research Consultancy

• Inclusivity in Special Collection & Archives

• Inclusivity in Collection Management & Cataloging

• Inclusivity in Library Human Resources

Section V: Academic Libraries Serving as Models of Inclusivity for their Institutions

• How Academic Libraries Can Lead the Way for Inclusivity across their Institutions

• How Academic Libraries Can Support Faculty Across Campus in Inclusive Teaching

Closing Words: A Vision for the Future

Submission Details

Please submit a proposal including author names, job titles, emails, and institutional affiliations. Also include a working chapter title, an abstract up to 500 words, and a link to a current CV or list of publications. 

• Proposal deadline: November 24, 2025

• Notification of acceptance: December 22, 2025

• Chapter drafts due: May 1, 2026

• Chapter drafts returned to authors for revisions: July 15, 2026

• Chapter length: [e.g., 4,000–6,000 words]
  
  

• Submission contact: inclusive.practices.2027@gmail.com

We encourage diverse perspectives and welcome contributions from both emerging and experienced voices in the profession. We also welcome proposals for additional topics that align with the themes outlined in this call.

CFP: Open Repositories 2026 - Online Conference - June 8-11, 2026

The 21st International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2026) will be held online June 8-11, 2026.

 

The theme for the OR2026 conference is: Open to All? Repositories at the Intersection of People, Practice, and Emerging Technologies

Exploring how repositories sustain open knowledge exchange while advancing FAIR principles, preservation, community building, and responding to the challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies.

Our last online conference, OR2021, was held with “Open for All” as the theme. As we look back over the past five years, what has changed in the broader landscape of repositories? What new challenges are open repositories facing? How are repositories responding and addressing these challenges, and what opportunities are they embracing? As we embark on a fully online conference in 2026, we ask, are open repositories Open to All? 

We particularly welcome proposals aligned to the overall theme, but also on other administrative, organizational, or practical topics related to open digital repositories. We are interested in the following sub-themes:

• Sustaining open knowledge exchange: How do we balance commitments to openness with long-term resilience and sustainability through our practices and partnerships?
• FAIR principles: How are we ensuring that repository content is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reuseable and how are we addressing the ability of machines to automatically find and use digital assets?
• Preservation: How are financial and resource impacts addressed in our work to ensure that repositories and their digital content are preserved into the future?
• Community building: How do we strengthen and continue to build an open community of practice?
• Responding to challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies: New technologies have the potential to offer both opportunities and challenges to repositories and scholarly communication infrastructure. How are we taking advantage of opportunities and mitigating potential threats?

 

Submission categories include workshops, panels, roundtable discussions, presentations, and pre-recorded lightning talks.

 

Please visit the Call for Proposals page to learn more about the submission categories including a full list of submission templates that can be downloaded, recording and dissemination information for accepted proposals, and key dates. Note that all submissions must be made in ConfTool, our conference management tool. 

 

The deadline for submissions is January 11, 2026.

Please note: This is a firm deadline for submissions and there will not be an extension.

 

We are thrilled about the opportunities an online conference provides and only plan to charge a small registration fee to attendees from “high income” countries to cover the online platform costs. Registration for all other attendees will be free. 

 

Program Co-Chairs:

Joseph Kraus, Colorado School of Mines

Ianthe Sutherland, University of Edinburgh

Paul Walk, Antleaf Ltd.

Maureen P. Walsh, The Ohio State University Libraries

 

Contact: or26-program-chairs@googlegroups.com

 

For the Open Repositories Steering Committee:

Liz Krznarich and Ilkay Holt

Website: https://or2026.openrepositories.org/ 

CFP: Information Literacy Collab #InfoLit #OpenAccess

The Information Literacy Collab (ILC) seeks authors and peer-reviewers for the journal's second issue. We are a diamond open-access journal seeking to foster critical conversations about reflective and ethical information practices across a variety of learning environments.

We are a student-run journal, with an emphasis on publishing work from graduate students and early-career professionals. The ILC is a space to develop skills in scholarly communications and open access publishing. We encourage a variety of submissions, including but not limited to information studies, instructional lesson plans, traditional academic papers, case studies, book reviews, editorials, and literature reviews.

Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis up until March 1, 2026. ILC reserves the right to close submissions for the journal once we reach capacity. Papers submitted before December 16, 2025, will be given priority consideration.

If you are interested in contributing to the upcoming issue as an author or peer reviewer, please fill out our interest form. For more information regarding submitting to the ILC, check our Submission Information page, and take a look at our first issue to learn more about the journal and the kind of work we publish.

Feel free to reach out to our editorial staff at ilcollab@syr.edu with any questions. We look forward to working with you!


The IL Collab Team

About the Journal (https://surface.syr.edu/ilcollab/about.html)

The Information Literacy Collab(ILC) is a diamond open access publication by and for students and early career professionals that fosters critical conversations about reflective and ethical information practices within a variety of learning environments. The ILC is a space to develop skills in scholarly communications and open access publishing. We encourage a variety of submissions, including but not limited to, informational studies, instructional lessons, traditional academic papers, case studies, book reviews, editorials, and literature reviews.

CFP: FORCE2026 in Singapore — Call for Proposals now open (extended 9 Nov 2025)

 

FORCE11’s annual conference, FORCE2026 , will take place 3–5 June 2026 at Singapore Management University under the theme “To Go Far, Go Together: Advancing Scholarly Communication Across Boundaries and Disruptions.”

Call for proposals are open ! We welcome proposals that showcase collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and practical approaches to improving research communication. Submissions have been extended to 9 Nov 2025.

Illustrative themes include

• Open science and research assessment

• AI in scholarly communication and integrity

• FAIR data, PIDs, and metadata/discovery

• Open infrastructure and community governance

• Peer review, preprints, and reproducibility

• Equity, inclusion, and multilingual/global perspectives

• Preservation and research software.

• See website for the full brief and submission details .

Learn more about the conference or submit your proposal

https://aarontay.substack.com/p/force2026-in-singapore-call-for-proposals

CFP: Special Issue on Change Management in Technical Services )Library Resources & Technical Services) #ALA

CFP: Special Issue on Change Management in Technical Services

 

The editors of Library Resources & Technical Services, an ALA Core Division journal, invite submissions and expressions of interest on the topic of change management in technical services. Library Resources & Technical Services publishes high-quality research, case studies, and professional communications open access at no cost to authors or readers.

 

Library and information professionals working with resources encounter change on a daily basis–both internally-initiated and externally-imposed. We therefore have ample opportunity to consider how we plan for, implement, and assess these changes. Although there are a variety of models and frameworks for change management, it typically involves making the case for a change, planning the change, implementing the change, followed by ongoing evaluation and improvement after the change. There is no expectation of an explicit framework for change management–the editors appreciate the responsive nature of imposed change.

 

A variety of topics could fall within scope of the special issue, including but not limited to:

 

• Change management frameworks viable in Technical Services
• Changes in workflow arising from the use of AI tools within technical services 
• Cultural changes related to technical services staffing, reporting, organization, and employment
• Economics of change and budgetary implications
• Implementation of new standards or projects 
• Legislative and policy changes related to access, equity, and opportunity
• Response to vendor changes (e.g., acquisitions models, vendor mergers, product closures)  
• System migrations, implementations, or platform changes

 

The issue is tentatively scheduled for January 2027. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis; however, to ensure that your manuscript is considered for the special issue, it must be received no later than May 1, 2026. Features (research articles) and Notes on Operations (case studies) will go through peer review as outlined in the Editorial Policies. Communications on Practice (shorter or more informal pieces) will be reviewed by the editors. Please consult the Author Guidelines when preparing your manuscript. 

 

Please reach out with ideas, questions, or expressions of interest to special issue guest editors Meg Mering (mmering1@nebraska.edu) and Melissa Zilic (mzilic@depaul.edu). 

CFP: Biographies Area of the 2026 Popular Culture Association Conference (PCA) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

The Biographies Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA)  is soliciting papers for the 2026 conference that examine the connections between biography and popular culture. Papers and full panel presentations regarding any aspect of popular culture and biography are encouraged. Potential topics might include:

• Biography and entertainment, art, music, theater

• Biography and film

• Biography and criminal justice

• Television programs about biography

• Biography and urban legends

• Biography and folklore

• Biography and literature

• Scholarly Biography

• Controversial Biography

• Psychoanalysis and Biography

• Historical Biography

• Political Biography

• Autobiography

The conference will be held April 8-11, 2026 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Ave NE.  Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session.  Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.

Below are some recent titles of presentations in the Biographies Area panels:

• Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll: Celebrity Biography through the Lens of Autopsy
• Will Rogers: American Folk Hero or Elitist Fraud
• Manufacturing “Soupy Sales:” Biographical Insights in the Emergence of a Comic Entertainer

Please see this link for details and guidelines on submitting to the conference:
https://pcaaca.org/general/custom.asp?page=submissionguidelines

If interested in submitting for the conference, please provide the title and abstract of your presentation.  

Deadline for Paper Proposals: November 30, 2025.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Biographies Chair:
Susie Skarl
Associate Professor/Urban Affairs Librarian
susie.skarl@unlv.edu
702-895-2141

CFP: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) #OpenAccess

Call for articles: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL)

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) is accepting articles for open access publication. This includes peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed articles covering a range of topics related interest to science and technology librarians.

Some of the different types of articles we are looking for include case studies, practical applications, theoretical essays, and research papers relevant to the functions and operations of science and technology libraries in all settings. Take a look at the current issue to see the type of articles published in ISTL.

Take a look at the submission process here. Articles will be published on a rolling basis.

Have questions or any concerns? Feel free to email Hannah Lee at halee@csudh.edu (co-editor-in-chief)

CFP: "Serials Spoken Here" Column in Serials Review - Fall Conference Reports

The “Serials Spoken Here” column in Serials Review is actively seeking contributors to submit conference reports for 

• NASIG Autumn, Coverage of any session is welcome:  https://nasigautumn2025.sched.com 
• The Charleston Conference, Coverage of any session is welcome: https://www.charleston-hub.com/the-charleston-conference/agenda/
• Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, Coverage of any session is welcome: https://acquisitionsinstitute.org/2025-program/ 
• ALA Core Forum, Coverage of sessions pertaining to serials only: https://2025coreforum.sched.com/list/simple 
• or any local or regional conference session focusing on serials. 

 

Conference reports are 750 words or less. 

 

New for this “Serials Spoken Here” cycle: we are experimenting with poster session recaps. To complete a poster session recap, please focus on one poster per session that is germane to the very broad topic of “serials.” Please review the text of the poster as well as engage with the presenter about this topic, however that looks for you (in-person discussion, email conversation, reviewing any material linked from the poster, etc.).

 

Writing for “Serials Spoken Here” is an excellent way to inform colleagues who were unable to attend conferences, as well as complete a publication goal that could count towards tenure and promotion or continuing appointment. After submission it can take up to six months for your recap to be published in Serials Review.

 

When you submit your conference report, please add your ORCID iD (https://orcid.org/). If you do not have an ORCID iD, please seriously consider creating one. This unique identifier will afford you the opportunity to keep track of your research output. 

 

Please fill out this Google Form to claim your session(s): https://forms.gle/t6joi2FfF5qitpyo7  You may sign up for multiple sessions and different conferences. Please fill out the form separately for each. You’ll get a copy of your responses. We will contact you to confirm your session(s). If needed, we will provide a copy of the submission guidelines and a sample copy of a session recap. If your session has already been claimed, we will contact you to arrange a different session. 

 

If you have any questions please email both co-editors Michelle Colquitt (mcolqui@clemson.edu) and Melissa Zilic (mzilic@depaul.edu).

 

This round of contributions will be due by December 1, 2025.