Keep up to date with what’s happening in libraries in the region. If you have a conference to announce, please send its details to [email protected]. A searchable version of this list which includes conferences held in the past ten years is here.
2025
June 2025
19th CONSAL New! General Conference & Meeting 2025 takes place 16-19 June 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The theme is “Inclusive Knowledge: Bridging Divides, Empowering All” with the tagline “Leveraging Inclusivity, Empowering Humanity.”
March 2025
ALIA Information Online Conference New! will be held on 18-20 March, online.
ICLIS-2025 will be held 14-15 March 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
February 2025
I-KOAL 2025 (International Conference on Knowledge Organization in Academic Libraries) New! takes place 20-22 Feb 2025 in Gorakhpur, India. The theme is “Innovative Library Practices in Digital Era: Aligning with National Education Policy for Viksit Bharat 2047”.
2024
December 2024
26th ICADL 2024 The 26th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, “Sustainability and Empowerment” takes place 4-6 December 2024 in Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.
ICRI 2024 The 2024 International Conference on Research Infrastructures takes place 3-5 December 2024 in Brisbane, Australia.
2024 2nd Zhuhai Conference on research Evaluation and Academic Publishing & Symposium on Journal Development and Indexing Database: New Policies and Trends will take place on 1-4 December in Zhuhai, China.
November 2024
IATUL 2024 The International Association of University Libraries 44th Annual Conference will be held 24-28 November in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand.
AIMOS 2024 takes place 19-21 November in Canberra, Australia.
CDNLAO 2024 will be held on 15-17 November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The theme for the 30th CDNLAO is Libraries and Sustainability.
CONCERT 2024 Annual conference of CONCERT will be held on 14-15 November in Taipei, Taiwan. The theme is AI for Academic Ingenuity.
OEGlobal 2024 Open Education Global 2024 conference takes place 13-15 November in Brisbane, Australia.
Singapore Open Research Conference 2024 Focusing on various perspectives on open research, the conference will be held on 12 November at National University of Singapore Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Singapore.
The 3rd Indonesian Academic Library International Conference (KPPTI) takes place 5-8 November in Batam, Indonesia. The theme is “Policies, Libraries & Artificial Intelligence: Managing Digital Technology to Enhance Higher Education Quality”
LIF2024 (Libraries for Tomorrow 2024) takes place 5 November at NTU Novena Campus, Singapore.
October 2024
Institutional Repositories and Open Access Community Days takes place 31 October to 1 November 2024 online, hosted by the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
ICKM2024 International Conference on Knowledge Management: Leadership and Innovation takes place 18 October 2024 in Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Fantastic Futures Conference takes place 15-18 October 2024 in Canberra, Australia.
September 2024
IIFS 2024 IFLA Information Future Summit takes place 30 September – 3 October 2024 in Brisbane, Australia.
ICNATLIB 2024 The 3rd International Research Conference of National Library of Sri Lanka takes place 6 September, 2024 in Colombo, Sri Lanka under the theme “Information for Development: A Way Forward to Address Current Global Challenges”.
August 2024
CLIS 2024 The 5th Conference on Library and Information Studies takes place 1-2 August 2024 online with the theme “Tapping the Uncharted: Advancing Library Practices in Evolving Landscapes”
July 2024
VALA 2024 Reiterated – Getting IT back to grass roots takes place 9-11 July 2024 at RMIT University, Australia.
PACIS 2024, the annual Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems takes place 1-5 July 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The theme is “Preparing the Next Generation for the IT-Driven Future”.
June 2024
The 34th SIBMAS Conference takes place 23-27 June 2024 at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, with the theme of “Dramaturgies of Collecting: Conserving, Restaging, and Interpreting the Performing Arts”.
The 28th SEAPAVAA Conference New! takes place 10-14 June 2024 at Sunan Hotel Solo, Surakarta, Indonesia, with the theme of “Navigating New Horizons in Audiovisual Archiving”.
May 2024
SASTJ 2024 The 3rd Symposium on the Advancement of Scientific and Technological Journals take place 28-29 May in Suzhou, China.
ICLIM 2024 18. International Conference on Library and Information Management takes place 23-24 May in Tokyo, Japan.
ARDC Digital Research Skills Summit 2024 takes place 21-23 May in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
ALIA National Conference 2024 takes place 6-10 May in Adelaide, Australia.
CITERS 2024 Centre for Information Technology in Education Research Symposium 2024 takes place 3-4 May at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The theme of this year’s symposium is ‘Digital Transformation: Innovating for Future Learning’.
April 2024
2024 PAARL (Inter)national Summer Conference and Training, titled “Shh…ift Happens: Academic Library Leadership Challenges and Opportunities”, takes place 23-26 April 2024 in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
Asia OA Meeting organized by COAR takes place 17-18 April in New Delhi, India. The theme is “Promise and Practice of Open Science”.
February 2024
I-KOAL takes place 15-16 February 2024 at Pune, India. The theme is “Innovative Technology and Applications for Sustainable Library Services”
69th Annual Conference of Indian Library Association takes place 1-3 February 2024 at Gauhati University, India. The theme is “Building the Future: Transforming Libraries for Sustainability”.
2023
December 2023
25th ICADL 2023 The 25th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, Breaking Barriers: Creating Meaningful User Experience takes place 4-7 December 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan. It is hosted by National Taiwan Normal University and National Central Library In collaboration with Asia-Pacific Chapter of iSchools (AP-iSchools) in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP)
November 2023
32nd Annual Conference of ASEAS takes place 27-30 November 2023 at Universitas Indonesia, Jarkata, Indonesia.
2023 PLAI National Congress takes place 21-24 November 2023 at SMX Convention Center, Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines.
AIMOS Conference 2023 takes place 21-23 November 2023 at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia.
ALIA VET Libraries Australia Conference 2023 will be held online, 8 November 2023, with the theme Breaking Barriers.
October 2023
LIANZA 2023 Conference takes place 31 October – 2 November 2023 at Christchurch, New Zealand.
2023 eResearch Australasia Conference takes place 16-20 October 2023 at Brisbane, Australia.
9th RLIC (Rizal Library International Conference) with the theme MindSHIFT: LAMs in a VUCA World will be held at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 11-13 October 2023.
MANLIBNET 2023 International Conference on Empowering Libraries, Connecting Communities: Innovation, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship takes place 5-7 October 2023 at Institute of Management Technology, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
11th Conference on Children and Young Adult Librarianship takes place 11-13 October 2023 at Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The theme is Knowledge of Children and the Youth through Libraries: An Investment to a Bright Future.
September 2023
50th PAARL Grand Celebration Programme takes place on 19 September 2023 at Kingsford Hotel Manila, Parañaque City, Philippines.
August 2023
18th AUNILO meeting 2023 takes place 1-3 August 2023, hosted by the Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. The theme is Co-Creating the Future of Libraries: Empowering Academic Librarians for Innovation and Impact.
July 2023
NLSX New Librarians Symposium 2023, organized by ALIA, Australia, takes place online on 29 July 2023. The theme is eXchange, eXplore, eXpand
CLIS 2023 4th Conference on Library and Information Studies will be held online, 5-6 July 2023, with the theme Breaking Barriers: Creating Meaningful User Experience.
June 2023
Asia-Pacific Health, Law and Special libraries conference will be held online, 13-15 June 2023 with the theme Connect.
ICLIS 2023 6th International Conference on Library and Information Science will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4-5 June 2023
May 2023
ALIA Information Online 2023 will be held online, 17-18 May 2023. The theme is Shaping The Future.
LAS Annual General Meeting 2023 The Library Association of Singapore AGM takes place 13 May 2023 at the Holiday Inn.
27th SEAPAVAA Conference and General Assembly (GA) will be held physically in Pattaya, Thailand, 8-13 May 2023
April 2023
PAARL Summer Conference 2023, Building the Future: Key Strategies and Opportunities for Librarians in the Post-Pandemic Era will be held at Boracay Island, Philippines, 26-28 April 2023.
I-LIPS 2023 The 11th International Library Information Professionals’ Summit on New and Innovative Libraries in Digital Era: Services and Practices takes place at Greater Noida, India, 13-15 April 2023.
March 2023
AI in focus Hosted by the National Library of Singapore, AI in Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries takes place 2-3 March 2023.
February 2023
ICoASL 2023 The 8th International Conference of Asian Special Libraries, Advancing Asian Special Libraries towards the fifth Industrial Revolution, takes place at Cebu City, Philippines, 22-24 February 2023
5th NACML – 2023 The 5th National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) User-Centric Library Systems and Services: Trends and Challenges takes place at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, 3-4 February 2023.
January 2023
I-KOAL Conference on Knowledge Organisation in Academic Library takes place in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 20-21 January 2023.
68th Annual Conference of Indian Library Association International Conference on Re-Engineering of Libraries in the Context of Emerging Technologies: Myth or Reality (IC-RLCET 2023). The Annual Conference takes place 19-21 January 2023 at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
2022
December 2022
21st COLLNET Meeting and the 16th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) will be hosted by the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 12-15 December 2022.
XXXVIII IATLIS National Conference The 38th IATLIS National Conference themed ICT, NEP 2020 and LIS Education & Research in India takes place 3-4 December, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
November 2022
ICADL 2022 The 24th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, Augmenting Intelligence in Digital Libraries, is an onsite face to face conference, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 30 November to 2 December 2022.
AIMOS 2022 Conference will be held on 28-30 November in Melbourne, Australia.
International Conference on Libraries of the Asian Countries: The Road Ahead The conference takes place at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-27 November 2022.
ICAL 2022 6th International Conference of Asian Libraries takes place 24-26 November 2022 at Aligarh Muslim University, India.
2022 PLAI Congress organized by The Philippine Librarians Association Inc takes place 22-25 November 2022, at the Iloilo Convention Center, Iloilo City, Philippines.
SARBICA 2022 The 2022 Virtual International Symposium of the Southeast Asia Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (SARBICA) is a fully online event hosted by the National Archives of Singapore from 15 -17 November 2022.
DLA-SRFLIS Summit 2022 International Conference on the Infrastructure, Information & Innovation (I3): Building New Bharat, takes place 10-12 November at the University of Delhi, India.
October 2022
SILF 2022 The 11th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2022), together with the International Symposium on Future-oriented Libraries takes place online and onsite 28 October 2022, in Shanghai, China.
Singapore Alliance of University Libraries’ Copyright Seminar 2022 will be held on 25 October online as well as on-site at Singapore Management University, Singapore.
5th I-LISS International Conference 2022 The 5th I-LISS, International Library and Information Science Society conference, The Era of Post-pandemic: Data Curation and Literacy takes place 21-22 October 2022 at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea.
ICOLAIS 2022 The International Conference on Library, Archives and Information Sciences, Expanding the Horizons of Information Science, is online and organised by Universitas Indonesia and sponsored by Perpustakaan Universitas Indonesia, 19-20 October 2022.
2022 eResearch Australasia Conference takes place 17-21 October in Brisbane, Australia.
SIS Annual Convention 2022 and Seminar takes place 14-15 October in New Delhi, India, with the theme Information Science and Communication: Opportunities, Expectations and Strategies
SALIS 2022 The National Conference on Transformation of Learning Resource Centres in the Digital Era takes place at the Department of Library, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India, 13-15 October 2022.
6th I-LISS International Conference -2022 The 6th I-LISS, International Library and Information Science Society conference, Revitalizing the Libraries to the Android Society takes place at the Central Library, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, Telangana, India, 13-14 October 2022.
August 2022
ALLA Conference 2022 The Australian Law Librarian’s Association conference takes place 24-26 August 2022 in Hobart, Tasmania. Australia. Its theme is THE NEW NORMAL.
July 2022
CLIS 2022 Conference on Library and Information Studies, organized by De La Salle University Libraries and the Philippine Normal University Library and Information Science Alumni Association (PNULISAA) will be held online (via Zoom) on 12-13 July 2022. The theme is Engaged Libraries: Carving Opportunities in Critical Times.
36th ANZTLA Annual Conference This Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association virtual conference, adapt create innovate takes place 7-8 July 2022.
17th AUNILO Meeting The Libraries of ASEAN University Network 17th meeting takes place virtually 5-7 July 2022 and is hosted by Singapore Management University Libraries. Its theme is User-centric libraries in Southeast Asia: Designing, creating and improving services, spaces, and processes for users.
June 2022
ICIKM The 11th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management will be held in Hong Kong during 25-27 June 2022.
IDW 2022 International Data Week 2022 will be held in hybrid format online and on-site in Seoul, South Korea during 20-23 June 2022. The theme is Data to Improve Our World.
National Conference on Transformation of Higher Education Libraries in the Digital Environment will be held on-site in Goa, India on 17 June 2022.
VALA2022 The conference takes place 14-16 June 2022 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia.
Japan Open Science Summit 2022 happens 6-10 June 2022 in Japan.
May 2022
PTPM 2022 Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia (PPM) will be organising the Annual Conference of Malaysian Libraries 2022 (PTPM 2022) from 25 to 27 May 2022. With the theme No one left behind: libraries and librarians as agents of change.
THETA 2022 This Higher Education Technology Agenda meeting takes place at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia, 22-25 May 2022.
10th International Library Information Professional Summit (I-LIPS) The summit organised by the International Association of Law Libraries takes place 20-22 May 2022 in New Delhi, India.
ALIA National 2022 Conference This conference takes place 16 – 19 May 2022 at the National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia.
April 2022
LTC2022 The Library Technology Conclave, workshops and conclave, Research Data Management and Stewardship. Building Blocks for Open Science, takes place 28-30 April 2022 at Mumbai, India.
PAARL National Summer Conference 2022 The Philippine Association of Academic/Research Libraries Inc. is holding its summer conference 27-29 April 2022 with the theme Catalysts for Change: Transforming Library Services, Collections, and Communities in Times of Challenges.
ICKHI 2022 The ONLINE International Conference on Knowledge Management in Higher Education Institutions takes place at Manipal University, Jaipur, India, 11-12 April 2022, with the University of Dubai.
March 2022
67th Annual Conference of the Indian Library Association The venue is Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India, 24-26 March 2022. The conference theme is Open Access Sources and Information Services during Post-Covid Times: Challenges and Opportunities.
February 2022
ICALUC 2022 International Conference of Agricultural organised by Rev B M Pugh Library, Assam Agricultural University in collaboration of Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalist (AALDI) takes place 24-25 February 2022 at Jorhat, India.
HIKM 2022 The 15th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management takes place 14-18 February 2022 as part of the Australasian Computer Science (ACW) Week.
VALA2022 is a conference re-imagined as a mashup event merging the traditional 3-day Onsite program at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre with a new Online channel for those not able to attend in person. It takes place onsite and online 8-10 February 2022, Melbourne, Australia.
Research Support Community Day hosted by the University of Melbourne, Australia will take place online 1-4 February 2022.
January 2022
ICDL 2022 The International Congress on Digital Libraries takes place 28-29 January 2022 in Sydney, Australia.
20th MANLIBNET 20th MANLIBNET Convention and International Conference on Libraries of the Future: Emerging Trends is organised by KIIT deemed to be University and Library Network (MANLIBNET), 27-29 January 2022, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
The 18th Annual Library Leadership Institute Leading in the Virtual World – Beyond Web of Things, takes place in Hong Kong 17-20 January 2022. It is organised by The University of Hong Kong Libraries in conjunction with JULAC.
ACIE 2022 The 2nd Asia Conference on Information Engineering (ACIE) 2022 takes place 15-17 January in Haikou, China.
4th LISACON 2021 The LIS Academy Conference on Open Scholarship and Libraries takes place 6-8 January 2022 at the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, India.
2021
December 2021
XXXVII Conference (International) of the IATLIS On the theme LIS Education and LI Services during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic this Jointly organised online conference by the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, is 25-27 November 2021.
ICAL 2021 International Conference of Asian Libraries – 2021 (ICAL-2021) Developing Information Policies for the Knowledge Age takes place virtually 18-19 December 2021. It is organized by the Asian Library Association.
SoFerence 2021 The 6th and virtual edition is scheduled on Saturday, 18 December 2021. The theme of SoFerence is, Looking Ahead: Future of Libraries. It is organised by Information Resource Centre, Tata Consultancy Services, India.
COLLNET 2021 Seventeenth International Conference (COLLNET 2021) On Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) and the Twenty-Second Meeting of COLLNET will be held 13-15 December 2021 at Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi and Institute of Economic Growth. It is organised jointly by Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) India, in association with Institute of Economic Growth, Society for Library Professionals and Asian Chapter, Special Libraries Association (SLA).
ICADL 2021 The 23rd International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2021) Towards Open and Trustworthy Digital Societies is online 1-3 December 2021.
November 2021
ICLAC 2021 The International Conference on Libraries of the Asian Countries: The Road Ahead organised by the Special Libraries Association, Asian Chapter takes place 25-27 November 2021 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
XXXVII Conference (International) of the IATLIS On the theme LIS Education and LI Services during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic this Jointly organised online conference by the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) and Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, is 25-27 November 2021.
ICoASL 2021 7th International Conference of Asian Special Libraries organised by the Special Library Association Asia Community, takes place 24-26 November 2021 at the National Library of Korea, Seoul. The conference topic is Envisioning the Future of Library in the Post-Coronavirus Era.
The 9th Australian Evidence-Based Practice Institute for Librarians The Institute is planned for 15-19 November 2021 at Waurn Ponds Estate, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
LIANZA 2021 The conference is scheduled for 2-4 November 2021 at TSB Arena and Auditorium, Wellington, New Zealand.
October 2021
NatlibSYMPO 2021 The 4th National Library Research Symposium 2021 organised by the National Library of Sri Lanka will take place virtually on 29 October. The theme is Libraries for a Better World: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
LibTec21 Connections The National Library and Information Technicians’ Online Symposium 2021organised by ALIA, Australia, takes place 28-30 October 2021.
COAR Asia OA 2021 Meeting. This 6th COAR OA 2021 Virtual Meeting, on Innovation, Growth and Sustainability of Open Scholarship in Asia, takes place 25-27 October 2021.
7th International Conference on Children and Young Adults Librarianship (2021 ICCYAL) The theme of this virtual conference, Librarian Roles in Combating Pandemic-Related Challenges Among Children and Young Adults, organized by the National Library of the Philippines, takes place 20-22 October 2021.
4th I-LISS International Conference 2021 The theme of this virtual conference, Transition or Transformation of Libraries due to COVID Pandemic: Lessons to Learn, organized by the International Library and Information Science Society, takes place 7-8 October 2021. It is co-hosted by The Tamil Nadu, Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai India.
LAS-PPM Joint Conference 2021 This joint virtual conference of the Library Association of Singapore and Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia, takes place 6 October 2021, 9.30am to 5.00pm. The theme is Collab | Camaraderie | Commune.
September 2021
Australian Law Librarians’ Association Virtual Conference 2021 The dates are 22-24 September 2021, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
National Libraries Now 2021 National Libraries Now 2021: International Perspectives on Library Curation, is a digital conference, 16-17 September 2021. It is organised by the British Library, National Library of Jamaica and Bibliothèque royale de Belgique.
Digital Preservation. This Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) online meeting takes place 16 September 2021.
2021 iGroup SEA User Group Meeting with the theme of Revitalizing libraries to the new norm will take place online on 8-9 September 2021.
August 2021
NZLLA 2021 New Zealand Law Librarians Association Conference. 23-27 August 2021 online.
IOHA 2021 The XXI International Oral History Association (IOHA) Conference in 2021, host by the National Archive of Singapore, will take place virtually on 23-27 August.
VICLIS 2021 Virtual International Conference on Library and Information Science, Challenges of Library & Information Science Profession in New Normal Context is organised by Department on Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, National Science Library and Resource Centre (NSLRC) of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, India. It takes place 23 August 2021 online.
1st Asean Virtual Regional Conference of Public Librarians host by the National Library of the Philippines, will take place virtually on 23-25 August 2021.
ICoLIS 2021 8th International Conference on Libraries, Information Society 2021, Reimagining Libraries for a Post-Pandemic World is organised by the University of Malaya, Malaysia, takes place virtually, 18-19 August 2021.
IFLA WLIC 2021 The World Library and Information Congress, Let’s Work Together for the Future takes place online 17-19 August 2021.
July 2021
35th Annual ANZTLA Conference The postponed 35th Annual ANZTLA Conference, has been rescheduled to 7-10 July 2021, Adelaide, Australia.
DH2021 The annual conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) will be held at the University of Tokyo, Japan during 13-17 July 2021.
AUNILO 2021 The 16th AUNILO Meeting, Libraries of ASEAN University Network, will be hosted by the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines on 12-14 July 2021 via Zoom.
June 2021
ICIKM 2021 The 10th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management will be held in Hong Kong during 26-28 June 2021.
PTPM2021 The annual conference of Malaysian Libraries will be held online on 14-18 June 2021. The theme is Stay@Home: Libraries and librarians striving during the pandemic.
APLAP. The 13th Conference of the Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP) is online 15-17 June 2021 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m (Philippine Standard Time/UTC+8) via Zoom.
March 2021
Changing Spaces Library Design Virtual Conference 2021 This is a one day virtual conference featuring the shortlisted projects. It takes place 18 March 2021 in Australia.
February 2021
ICALUC 2021 International Conference of Agricultural Librarians and Users Committee-ICALUC-2021, takes place at the University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, India, 25-26 February 2021.
University of Calicut International Online Conference 2021 Transformation of the library ecosystem: terrains and trajectories. 24-25 February 2021. Online. India.
HIKM 2021 The 14th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management, HIKM 2021, Australasia’s Digital Health Scientific Conference, takes place 1-4 February 2021 at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand.
January 2021
LTC2021 International Conclave on eScience and Digital Libraries: Building Communities for Collaboration takes place 27-30 January 2021. Online.
2021 JULAC The 2021 JULAC Libraries Forum takes place 21-22 January 2021. Your online host is The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
2020
December 2020
SALIS 2020 The Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science in collaboration with the Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India, and others, is organising SALIS 2020: International Virtual Conference on Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries and LIS Professionals in the Changing Global Scenario from 28-30 December 2020.
International Workshop on Research Productivity Measurement and Evaluation This Webinar covering Dimensions, Scopus, Web of Science and Indian Citation Index organised by Manipur University Library, Imphal, India takes place 7 December 2020 at 12.35pm to 3.10pm India time.
AIMOS2020 The 2nd annual meeting of AIMOS, the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-research and Open Science conference take place online on 3-4 December 2020
November 2020
LAS-NLB Virtual Professional Sharing 2020: Reimagining the Libraries in the New Normal will be held online on 27 November 2020
October 2020
ICEAI 2020 The International Congress on Engineering and Information will take place 6-8 October 2020 in Fukuoka, Japan.
Virtual Librarian Summit, Part 2 organized by Wiley APAC focusing on technology and applications, takes place on 14 October 2020.
SILF2020 The 10th Shanghai International Library Forum will be held on October 14-16, 2020 at the Shanghai Library, China, with the theme “Building Libraries for a New Age: Perseverance, Transformation and Disruption”
Global Media & Information Literacy Week 2020 will be held online with the theme Resisting Disinfodemic: Media & Information Literacy for everyone, by everyone, 24-31 October 2020.
Australian eResearch & Data Skills Summit 2020 Funded by Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) takes place online, 26-30 October 2020.
September 2020
Virtual Librarian Summit, Part 1 organized by Wiley APAC focusing on library best practice, takes place on 9 September 2020.
ASIA OA Meeting 2020 will be held online with the theme Building a Sustainable, Asian Knowledge Commons for Open Science Era, 9-16 September 2020.
DSWS 2020 International Symposium on Data Science 2020 will be held online 23-25 September 2020.
2020 SLANZA Conference The Wellington SLANZA Conference takes place 27-30 September 2020, New Zealand.
APRIGF 2020 with the theme of Internet Governance for Good: Norms, Standards, and Mechanisms will be held online 27-30 September 2020.
EALC 2020 New Dates! The Nazarbayev University Library and the Association of University Libraries in the Republic of Kazakhstan invite you to the 9th Eurasian Academic Libraries Conference with the theme Alive to Changes: Engage. Embrace. Ensure which will be online with the new date of 30 September – 2 October 2020.
August 2020
1st ASEAN Regional Conference of Public Librarians This Regional Conference with the theme ASEAN Libraries, Arts, and Culture: Inspire, Innovate, and Collaborate, will be held from 25-28 August 2020, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City, Philippines.
3rd LIS Academy Conference 3rd LIS Academy Conference happens 27-29 August 2020 at the University of Hyderabad, India. Its theme is “Reinventing Excellence in Librarianship”.
July 2020
35th Annual ANZTLA Conference 2020 The Annual ANZTLA Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association Ltd takes place 1-4 July 2020 at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, Hahndorf, Australia.
June 2020
ICIKM 2020 The 9th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge and Management will be held in Singapore, 27-29 June 2020.
ICLIS 2020 To mark the 60th Anniversary of Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) in the year 2020, an International Conference on Library and Information Science (ICLIS 2020) is organized by the SLLA. The theme of the conference is Role of Libraries in Transforming Societies. The conference will be held on 25 June 2020.
JOSS2020 Japan Open Science Summit 2020 will take place on 3-4 June 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.
May 2020
ALIA National 2020 Conference Cancelled! The conference takes place 4-8 May 2020 in Sydney, Australia.
April 2020
65th Annual Conference of Indian Library Association 2020 This international conference on Digital Landscape- Reinvention and Re-engineering of Libraries: Trends, Issues and Challenges (ICDLRRL- 2020) takes place 9-11 April 2020 at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.
PAARL 2020 Summer Conference with the theme of “Better Together: Building Partnerships and Collaboration” takes place 28-30 April 2020 in Boracay Island, the Philippines.
March 2020
15th Research Data Alliance Plenary Meeting With the theme Data for Real-World Impact, will take place from 18 March – 10 April 2020 via Virtual Plenary meeting.
NCDS 2020 The National Conference on Digital Scholarship takes place 12-13 March 2020 at Central University of Tamil Nadu, India.
February 2020
ICAL-2020 The 4th International Conference of Asian Libraries. Management Libraries: Sustaining Excellence through Innovation, Technology and Repositioning is jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow, and the Asian Library Association (ASIALA). It takes place at IIM Lucknow, India, 26-28 February 2020.
CDNLAO The 28th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania Annual Meeting, hosted by the National Library of Indonesia, will be held in Bali, Indonesia from 17 to 20 February 2020.
I-LIPS The 9th International Library Information Professional Summit (I-LIPS) on Academic Libraries: Latest Trends, Challenges and Opportunities, happens at Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India, 14-16 February 2020.
VALA2020 The 20th VALA Biennial Conference, VALA2020 – Focus on the Future, takes place in Melbourne, Australia,11-13 February 2020.
HIKM2020 13th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management, Australasia’s Digital Health Scientific Conference takes place Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 February 2020.
January 2020
International Conference on Business, Information, Tourism, and Economics The conference takes place 15-17 January 2020 in Osaka, Japan.
LIS2020 The International Conference on Library and Information Science takes place in Osaka, Japan, 15-17 January 2020.
2020 JULAC Libraries Forum The 2020 JULAC Libraries Forum, Open Access – the Crossroads, takes place 15 January 2020 at HKUST, Hong Kong.
NACML 4th National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) 2020 Reaching Out Users in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges, takes place 10-11 January 2019 in Manipal. It is organized by SEARCH – The Health Sciences Library & Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India.
2019
December 2019
MANLIBNET 2019 The International Conference on Sustainable Librarianship: Reimagining and Reengineering Libraries, is at Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, 19-21 December 2019.
NGL 2019 International Conference on Next Generation Libraries takes place at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, 12-14 December 2019.
International Conference on New Librarianship and LIS Education takes place at National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 10 December 2019.
ISMS 2019 2nd International Conference on Information Systems & Management Science happens 6-7 December 2019 at Tripura University, Agartala, India. It is organised with the International Association of Academicians (IAASSE), USA.
2nd International Open Scholarship Conference takes place at University of Nottingham Ningbo, China, 6 December 2019.
10th International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities – Digital Humanities and Social Trends The Conference takes place at National Taiwan Normal University, 3-6 December 2019.
AusDM ’19 The 17th Australasian Data Mining Conference happens in Adelaide, Australia, 2-5 December 2019.
IASLIC 32nd All India Conference The conference of the Indian Association of Special libraries and Information Centres will be held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India, 3-5 December 2019. Its theme is Future of Library and Information Profession in India.
November 2019
CALIBER 2019 The 12th international CALIBER 2019, Library 2030: Moving Towards Smart Technologies, Services and Resources, organised by INFLIBNET and KITT, takes place at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 28-30 November 2019.
ALIRG 2019 11th Asia Library and Information Research Group (ALIRG 2019) Workshop takes place 28-29 November 2019 at the Beijing Normal University, School of Government, Department of Information Management, China.
I-LIPS 2019 The 8th International Conference on Library and Information Professionals on “Empowering Libraries with Emerging Technologies for Common Sustainable Future” to be held in Lucknow, India, 22-24 November 2019.
PLAI 2019 The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS), will be conducting its Annual National Congress on 19-22 November 2019 in Tagaytay City, The Philippines. Its theme is Inclusive. Innovative. Interconnected.
OCLC Library Futures The conference takes place in Singapore 20-21 November 2019.
ICLIM 2019 The 3rd International Conference on Library and Information Management 2019 on “Digital Transformation and Reinvention of Future Ready Libraries” to be held at University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka,14-15 November 2019.
2019 Electronic Resources and Consortia Program. On “Shaping the New World: Global Trends in Scholarly Communication” will take place at National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, 14-15 November 2019.
National Library and Information Technicians Symposium 2019 Discover Diversify Dive In happens 13-15 November, Victoria University Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
ICDL 2019 The International Conference on Digital Landscape: Digital Transformation for an Agile Environment takes place 6-8 November 2019 at TERI, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
15th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics 15th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) and 20th COLLNET Meeting, take place in Dalian, China, 5-8 November 2019.
A-LIEP/ICADL 2019 and A-LIEP 2019 will be co-located with the 21st International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) 2019 and AP-iSchools (Asia-Pacific Chapter of iSchools) 4-7 November 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organizers are the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), and the Asia-Pacific Chapter of iSchools.
October 2019
IGCLC 2019 The 9th iGroup China Librarian Conference take place in Wuhan, China, 28-30 October 2019, with the theme of “The Changing Higher Education Environment and Libraries’ Position”
ICERI 2019 The 9th International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation will be held in Tsuru University, Japan from 25 to 27 October 2019.
Natlib Sympo 2019 (3rd National Library Research Symposium) on “Library, Information and Documentation in Context of Transformation” to be held at National Library and Documentation Services Board, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25 October 2019.
iGroup User Group Meeting 2019@Singapore With the theme of “Integrity, Education and The Library” is taking place at Orchard Hotel, Singapore, on 24 October 2019.
ADOC 2019 The Access Dunia Online Conference 2019 will be held at the Sheraton Petaling Jaya Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 October 2019.
ICCYAL 2019 6th International Conference on Children & Young Adults Librarianship, happens in Davao City, the Philippines, 22-25 October 2019.
LIANZA Conference 2019 The conference takes place in Auckland, New Zealand, 21-23 October 2019.
ASIS&T 82nd Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology takes place in Melbourne, Australia, 19-23 October 2019.
8th Rizal Library International Conference With the theme “Game Changer: The Role of Organizations, Librarians and Influencers in Nation Building” will be held in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines, on 17-19 October 2019.
2nd International Conference of CGLA EAGID-GPL 2019 on “Equitable Access to Government Information and Data: Role of Government and Public Libraries in South Asia” to be held in New Delhi, India, 17-19 October 2019.
September 2019
8th IOS National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics The conference takes place in Mumbai, India, 27-28 September 2019. Its theme is Scholarly Communication and Scientometrics.
ICSTI 2019 Annual Conference and Workshops The Annual Conference and Workshops will take place in Shanghai, China on 24-26 September. This year’s conference is titled Open Science and Open Innovation.
DCMI 2019 Metadata Innovation The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) Annual International Conference in 2019 will be hosted by the National Library of Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, 23–26 September 2019.
ICDAR 2019 The International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition happens in Sydney, Australia, 22-25 September 2019.
NACLIN 2019 22nd National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking meets at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, 18-20 September 2019.
LAS Conference 2019 Takes place 19 September 2019 at Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore. The theme is Remaking Libraries: Innovate.Connect.Transform
KOAL 2019 The International Conference on Knowledge Organisation in Academic Library kicks off at Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand (Gujarat), India, 12-13 September 2019.
SEMINAR KEPUSTAKAWANAN 2019 (Librarian Seimar 2019: Humanising Information, Empowering Society) will be held in Kuching, Malaysia, 12-13 September 2019.
International Conference on Digital Transformation: A Cognitive learning towards Artificial Intelligence The conference takes place 6-8 September 2019 at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Sidhuwal, Patiala, India.
August 2019
LIS 2019-Summer The 2019 International Conference on Library and Information Science – Summer Session takes place in Kyoto, Japan, 14-16 August 2019.
2019 WRDS Advanced Research Scholar Program Will be held in Beijing, China, 21-23 August 2019.
July 2019
BIT 2019 The 2019 International Conference on Business, Information, and Tourism is to be held in Sapporo, Japan, 22-24 July 2019.
34th Annual ANZTLA Conference The 34th Annual ANZTLA Conference, Boundless. happens 10-13 July 2019, at Robert Menzies College, Macquarie Park, Sydney, Australia.
LISSASPAC (I-LISS) 2019 International Conference The Library and Information Science Society for Asia and the Pacific 2019 International Conference will be held at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 12-13 July 2019.
Crossref LIVE Event@Bangkok will take place at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 10 July 2019.
Crossref LIVE Event@Kuala Lumpur will take place at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 July 2019.
NLS9 The New Librarians’ Symposium takes place 5-7 July 2019 in Adelaide, Australia.
June 2019
ICELT 2019 2019 5th International Conference on Education, Learning and Training will be held at Central Queensland University, Australia from 28 to 30 June 2019.
SEALG Annual Meeting 2019 The Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG) annual meeting will take place in Leiden, the Netherlands, on 28-29 June 2019.
40th Annual IATUL Conference The International Association of University Libraries holds its annual conference at The University of Western Australia and Curtin University in Perth, Australia from 23 to 27 June 2019.
ICIKM 2019 The 2019 8th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam during 24-26 June 2019.
2019 ACEAI The Asia Conference on Engineering and Information takes place 18-21 June 2019 in Beijing, China.
6th WCRI 2019 6th World Conference on Research integrity hosted by University of Hong Kong takes place 2-5 June 2019 in Hong Kong.
May 2019
IASSIST 2019 The annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology will be held 27-31 May 2019 in Sydney, Australia.
Aurora Institute for Emerging Leaders The Institute takes place 26-31 May 2019 in Manley, NSW, Australia.
ATNL-2019 The National Conference on Advanced Automation Technologies for Next-Gen Libraries takes place at NIT, Rourkela, India, 20-24 May 2019.
THETA 2019. The Tipping Point. The Higher Education Technology Agenda conference takes place in Wollongong, Australia, 19-22 May 2019.
One Week National Workshop on Research Data and Statistical Analysis using R Programming The Workshop takes place 6-11 May 2019 at INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
ICEAI 2019 The 9th International Congress on Engineering and Information will take place from 7-9 May 2019 in Osaka, Japan.
LAS AGM 2019 Annual General Meeting of Members of the Library Association of Singapore will be held on 4 May 2019 at Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore.
April 2019
i-IKM 1st International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management will be held 25-27 April 2019 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ICETICL – 2019 International Conference on Enhancement of Technology and Innovations in Contemporary Libraries takes place 24-25 April 2019 at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India.
3rd DLA – SRFLIS Summit 2019 Digital Age Strategies in Information Management for Sustainable Librarianship takes place 19-20 April 2019, at University of Delhi, India. Organised by the Delhi Library Association and the Satija Research Foundation for Library and Information Science (SRFLIS)
ICoLIS 2019 7th International Conference on Libraries, Information & Society will be held 18 and 19 April 2019 at Melaka, Malaysia.
ISS 2019 The 2019 International Conference on Information and Social Science convenes in Osaka, Japan, 2-4 April 2019.
March 2019
The 17th Annual Library Leadership Institute The Institute is organized by The University of Hong Kong Libraries, 31 March to 4 April 2019 in Macau. The theme this year is Library Leadership in the Asia Pacific Century.
ICHER2019 The 3rd Int’l Conference on Higher Education Research will be held in Xi’an, China on March 23-25, 2019
2019 National Conference of Librarians This National Library of the Philippines conference, Libraries Click as Space for Customers, Learning and Research. Innovations, Community Engagement and Knowledge Creation, happens 18-21 March 2019, at Palawan, The Philippines.
64th Annual Conference of the Indian Library Association Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India, is organizing the 64th ILA Conference from 14-16 March 2019.
One Week National Workshop on Libraries on Cloud The workshop takes place at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, India, 11-16 March 2019.
2nd Reading Conference The conference theme is Developing Successful Readers in a Diverse Community and will take place on March 14-15, 2019 at Southville International School and Colleges at Las Pinas City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Australian Library Design Awards and Conference 2019 The conference is being held as part of the Asia-Pacific Architecture Forum and in association with the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section. The conference takes place on 14 March 2019 at the State Library of Queensland, Australia.
2nd LIS Academy Conference on Innovations in Libraries The conference is scheduled 7-9 March 2019 at Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka State, India.
MAHLAP The Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP) will hold its 31st National Congress and Seminar-Workshop on the theme: Librarians’ Metamorphosis: Contribution and Role in a Rapidly Evolving Society on 6-8 March 2019 in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines.
CLSTL 2019 The 2nd International Conference on the theme Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries takes place 28 February to 3 March 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar, India.
February 2019
International Conference on Future of LibrariesThe conference is jointly organised by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 26-28 February 2019 at IIM Bangalore, India.
CLIS-2019 The International Conference on Challenges in Library and Information Services: Strategies and Tools, takes place 21-23 February at AMU, Aligarh, India.
ICoASL 2019 The Sixth International Conference of Asian Special Libraries on Libraries and Librarianship in Digital Plus Era takes place 14-16 February 2019 in New Delhi, India.
ALIA Information Online 2019 Conference The conference takes place in Sydney, Australia, 11-15 February 2019.
IDCC The 14th International Digital Curation Conference takes place 4-7 February 2019 at the Parkville Campus of the University of Melbourne, Australia.
January 2019
HIKM2019 The 12th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management takes place in Sydney, Macquarie University, 29–31 January 2019.
LTC2019 Library Technology Conclave 2019, on E-Books to E-Learning – Libraries as Learning Hubs, takes place at Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kerala, India, 23-25 January 2019.
LIS 2019 The 2019 International Conference on Library and Information Science, themed Digital transformation and the challenges of the new information environment: reinventing library for the next user generation takes place in Sapporo, Japan from 19-21 January 2019.
BITE 2019 The International Conference on Business, Information, Tourism, and Economics takes place in Sapporo, Japan, 19-21 January 2019.
2019 IPLC 4th Indian Public Libraries Conference with the theme Smart Libraries for Smart Communities and Sustainable Future, takes place at the Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, 16-17 January 2019.
2018
December 2018
10th Asia Library and Information Research Group (ALIRG) Workshop The ALIRG Workshop takes place 15-16 December 2018 at the Department of Library Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
FIRE 2018 The 10th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation takes place at DAIICT, Gandhinagar, India, 7-9 December 2018.
COLLNET 2018 14th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & 19th COLLNET Meeting 2018, take place at the University of Macau 5-8 December 2018.
IATLIS XXXIV 2018 LIS Education, Research and Training (LISERT): Capacity Building and the Sustainable Development Goals is the theme of the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) conference at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, India, 3-4 December 2018.
November 2018
ICDT 2018 International Conference on Digital Transformation: Preservation, Policy and Privacy takes place 29 November to 1 December 2018 at the National Law University Delhi, India.
AusDM 2018 The 16th Australian Data Mining Conference is hosted by Charles Sturt University’s Bathurst, NSW campus, Australia, 28-30 November 2018.
APRC18 The OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting 2018 is being held in Bangkok, Thailand from 28 to 29 November 2018.
IASLIC 2018 This Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres 28th National Seminar takes place at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India, 27-29 November 2018.
PLAI National Congress 2018 The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS), and the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), will be conducting its Annual National Congress on 20-23 November 2018 in Manila.
ICADL 2018 The 20th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries is scheduled 19-22 November 2018 at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. The theme is Maturity and Innovation in Digital Libraries.
SkillsVision Forum This Forum for librarians takes place 20-21 November, 2018 at East China Normal University Library, Shanghai, China.
ICMBL 2018 The International Conference On Marching Beyond the Libraries: Managerial Skills and Technological Competencies, takes place 16-17 November 2018 at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, India.
PLANNER 2018 The 11th Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North-Eastern Region organised by INFLIBNET, takes place 15-17 November 2018 at Tripura University, Tripura, India. The theme is Rejuvenate Academic Library as a Social Hub.
October 2018
APLAP 2018 The Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific’s 12th conference will be hosted by the National Diet Library in Tokyo, Japan, from 31 October to 2 November 2018.
UNESCO-NDL India International Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design The Workshop happens 25-27 October 2018, in New Delhi, India, hosted by UNESCO and the National Digital Library of India. Participation is by invitation.
SILF2018 The 9th Shanghai International Library Forum will be held 17-19 October 2018 at the Shanghai Library, China.
ICCYAL The 5th International Conference on Children and Young Adult’s Librarianship takes place 17-19 October at Cebu city, the Philippines. The theme of the conference is Information, Innovation, Inclusion to Diversify Children and Young Adult Libraries.
The 36th International Map Collectors Society Symposium Ayala Museum and Gallery of Prints, Manila, with the support of The International Map Collectors Society (IMCoS) and the Philippine Map Collectors Society (PHIMCOS), present The 36th International Map Collectors Society (IMCoS) Symposium. It will be held on 15-17 October 2018 at the Ayala Museum, Makati and Hong Kong, 19-20 October 2018.
Indonesian Library Association Conference The conference takes place 9-12 October 2018 in Surabaya, Indonesia.
NACLIN 2018 The 21st National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking organised by DELNET, New Delhi, India, takes place 4-6 October 2018 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Its theme is Managing Strategies and Technologies for Advancing Scope and Services of Libraries.
September 2018
SLANZA Otago Regional Conference The conference takes place 28-30 September 2018 at Dunedin, New Zealand.
ASA 2018 The National Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists: Archives in a Blade Runner Age: Identity & Memory, Evidence & Accountability will be held in Perth, Australia, 25-28 September 2018.
ETD 2018 The 21st International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, is to be held in Taipei, Taiwan, 26-28 September 2018. It is themed Beyond the Boundaries of Rims and Oceans: Globalizing Knowledge with ETDs.
7th National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics The conference takes place 22-23 September 2018, KLE University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, with the theme Libraries in the Sharing Economy.
2nd International Conference on Malay Medical Manuscripts Organised by the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia and the International Islamic University Malaysia, at IAMM, Kuala Lumpur, 8-9 September 2018.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content The Asian Festival of Children’s Content with a focus on Singapore, takes place 5-9 September 2018 in Singapore.
SALIS 2018 SALIS 2018: National Conference on Role of Libraries in Creating a Knowledge Society jointly organized by the Dept of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) takes place 7-8 September 2018 at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.
Bridging the Digital Divide — Role of Libraries and Information Centers with Special Reference to the North Eastern Region The conference takes place 5-6 September 2018 at the Shillong College Central Library, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
August 2018
IFLA WLIC 2018 The World Library and Information Congress 2018 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-30 August 2018. 2018年国际图联世界图书馆与信息大会：马来西亚吉隆坡 Local
Histories and Genealogies in Multicultural Asia This IFLA Genealogy and Local History Section joint with the Asia and Oceania Section meeting, takes place 22-23 August 2018 in Penang, Malaysia, as part of WLIC 2018.
New Professionals’ Seminar: the Wonder Years The seminar, organised by SMU and LAS takes place 20-21 August 2018 at Singapore Management University.
Asia and Oceania Satellite Meeting at Kolkata, India The IFLA-Asia and Oceania Section and Education and Training Section will jointly hold a satellite meeting on 20-21 August 2018 at the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. The Theme of the meeting is Transforming the society: libraries as the torch-bearer of change.
ISS Summer 2018 2018 International Conference on Information and Social Science (ISS 2018) takes place 17-19 August 2018 in Hokkaido, Japan.
LIS 2018@Bangkok The International Conference on Library and Information Science will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 8-10 August 2018.
International Conference on Exploring the Horizons of Library and Information Sciences: From Libraries to Knowledge Hubs The conference takes place in Bengaluru, India, at the Indian Statistical Institute, 7-9 August 2018.
ICAL 2018 The 3rd International Conference of Asian Libraries, Building Smart Libraries: Changes, Challenges, Issues and Strategies, takes place 6-8 August 2018 at the Central University Kashmir, India. It is organised with The Asian Library Association.
July 2018
Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference 2018 This joint conference of ALIA, Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), and the Library Association of Singapore (LAS) takes place 30 July to 2 August 2018 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia. Alongside this event, ALIA will be hosting a Sustainable Development Goals Summit for the library and information sector.
33rd Annual ANZTLA Conference Connecting: People, Ideas, Learning runs 11-14 July 2018 in Brisbane, Australia.
14th AUNILO Meeting The meeting takes place 2-4 July 2018 and the training workshop 5th July 2018 to be organized at the Learning Resource Center – Cantho University, Vietnam. The theme of this meeting is Digital Scholarship Trend in Academic Library.
June 2018
The Aurora Institute for Emerging Leaders The Institute takes place 24-29 June 2018 in Manly, NSW, Australia.
NACLIS 2018 The National Conference on Library and Information Science 2018 will be held on 28th June 2018 in Colombo. This conference is organized by the Sri Lanka Library Association with the theme Make it happen: Transformation of library services for next generation.
ICIKM 2018 7th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge and Management happens in Bali, Indonesia, 25-27 June 2018.
ICBI-2018 The International Conference on Business and Internet happens 25-27 June 2018, Taipei, Taiwan.
NCML 2018 The National Conference on Modern Librarianship: Opportunities and Challenges is jointly organised by Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai and Bombay Science Librarians’ Association, India, 8-9 June 2018.
National Workshop on Metadata Standards: Retrospective Conversion, Preservation and Migration The workshop takes place at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, India, 6-8 June 2018.
ACEAI 2018 The Asia Conference on Engineering and Information takes place 5-7 June 2018 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
May 2018
International Short Term Course on Open Source Software for Library Management Jointly Organised by Central Library IIT Kharagpur and National Digital Library of India, 7-12 May 2018.
Share it – Resource Sharing Futures Conference 2018 Organized by ALIA, the conference happens in Canberra, Australia, 10-11 May 2018.
CONSAL XVII The Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians takes place 2-5 May 2018 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Its theme is Next Generation Libraries: Collaborate and Connect.
2018 ALLA Conference The Australian Law Librarians Association (Western Australia Division) conference, Global Impact, Local Footprint, takes place 2-4 May 2018, in Darwin, Australia.
ICEAI 2018 The 8th International Congress on Engineering and Information meets in Sapporo, Japan, 1-3 May 2018.
CDNLAO 2018 The 26th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania takes place in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 2 May 2018 during CONSAL XVII.
April 2018
The 16th Annual Library Leadership Institute The Institute is organized by The University of Hong Kong Libraries, 13-17 April 2018 in Hong Kong. The theme is Beyond the bubble: Libraries leading and collaborating across boundaries.
ISS 2018 2018 International Conference on Information and Social Science is in Nagoya, Japan, 6-8 April 2018.
March 2018
LibrAsia 2018 The Asian Conference on Literature 2018 themed Re-centering, will be held alongside The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities 2018 (ACAH2018) which meets in Kobe, Japan, 30 March to 1 April 2018.
COPE Asia-Pacific Workshop, Singapore This Committee on Publication Ethics workshop takes place 28 March 2018 afternoon in Singapore.
ISMTE 2018 The Asian-Pacific Conference of the International Society of Managing & Technical Editors takes place 27-28 March 2018 in Singapore.
2018 National Conference of Librarians The conference with the theme Limang “K” para maging OK sa aklatan takes place 13-16 March 2018, in Quezon City, the Philippines. It is organised by the National Library of the Philippines and others.
ICRLIB 2018 The International Conference on Rejuvenating Libraries for Information Access in the Digital Era takes place 9-10 March 2018, Annamalai University, India.
MAHLAP 2018 The Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines will hold its 30th National Congress and Seminar-Workshop on the theme Diversity matters in libraries: blending of services in physical and digital space in response to multicultural changes, in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, 7-9 March 2018.
February 2018
APRI 2018 The 3rd Asia Pacific Research Integrity network meeting, takes place 26-28 February 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan.
ETTLIS 2018 The 5th International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS) takes place 21-23 February 2018 at Bennett University, Greater Noida, India.
VALA2018 VALA2018 will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia, from 13-15 February 2018.
32nd International Publishers Congress The IPA Congress takes place 10-14 February 2018, in New Delhi, India.
3rd NACMAL 2018 3rd National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries on the theme Transformation of Libraries for Tomorrow, takes place in Manipal, India, 9-10 February 2018. THE
Asia Universities Summit 2018 Times Higher Education’s Asia Universities Summit 2018 is hosted by Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China, 5-7 February 2018. Its theme is Connecting cities, changing the world: research universities building Asia.
Convention on Next Generation Libraries 2018 The National Conference on Global Trends and Innovations in Libraries and Information Centres takes place at Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, India, 2-3 February 2018.
ICRL 2018 International Conference on Reshaping Libraries: Emerging Global Technologies and Trends, takes place 1-3 February 2018, in Jaipur, India. The conference is organized by DELNET and Ambedkar University, Delhi.
January 2018
HIKM The 11th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge Management held in conjunction with the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW) takes place 29 January to 2 February 2018 in Brisbane, Australia.
AROSIM 2018 Workshop on Altmetrics for Research Outputs Measurement and Scholarly Information Management: The best of both worlds: cross-metric exploration and validation of Altmetrics and Bibliometrics, takes place 26 January 2018 in Singapore.
DHDS 2018 The International Seminar on Digital Humanities and Digital Societies in the Contemporary World takes place 18-19 January 2018 at the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
2017
December 2017
National Conference on Libraries and Transformation: Issues and Challenges The conference takes place 30 December and is organized by Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, India.
International Workshop on Information Management Tools for Academic and Research Libraries The workshop takes place at AISSMS, Pune, India, 18-22 December 2017.
FIRE 2017 The Ninth meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation, takes place 8-10 December 2017 in Bangalore, India.
Data Science Winter Institute From 7-8 December 2017, the iSchool Asia-Pacific Chapter & the University of Hong Kong will be organizing a Data Science Winter Institute at the University of Hong Kong.
JULAC 50th Anniversary Conference Themed Library Collaboration at Dizzying Heights: Innovation and Impact, the conference takes place 5-6 December 2017 at the University of Hong Kong.
November 2017
APRC17 The OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting will convene in Tokyo, Japan, 29-30 November 2017.
RAILS 2017 The Research Applications, Information and Library Studies conference is hosted by the School of IT and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 28-30 November 2017.
NACLIN 2017 20th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking, A Digital Universe of Infinite Possibilities for Libraries, takes place 28-30 November 2017 at the India International Centre, New Delhi, India.
ICSDLP 2017 The 63rd Annual Conference of Indian Library Association-2017 on Sustainable Development of Library and Information Science Profession takes place at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India, 23-25 November 2017.
Connecting the Colonies: Empires and Networks in the History of the Book This Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand (BSANZ) conference is in Hobart, Tasmania, 22-24 November 2017.
PLAI Congress 2017 The Philippines Librarians Association, Inc., holds its Congress in Bacolod City, 21-24 November 2017.
National Digital Forum The Forum happens 21-22 November 2017, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand.
ETBL 2017 3rd Global Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Librarianship takes place 21-22 November 2017 at IIM Ahmedabad, India.
RLIC 2017 The 7th Rizal Library International Conference takes place on 16-18 November 2017, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. The conference theme is CLICK!: Connecting Libraries, Information and Community Knowledge.
ICBI 2017 The 8th International Conference on Business and Information 2017 takes place in Wattala, Sri Lanka, 17 November 2017, with the theme Exploring Disruptive Opportunities for Exponential Business Growth.
6th National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics The dates are 16-17 November in Bangalore, India.
9th Asia Library and Information Research Group (ALIRG) Workshop The ALIRG Workshop takes place 16-17 November 2017 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
International Conference on Future of Libraries: From Promises to Practice The conference takes place at the Indian Statistical Institute, Mysore, India, 15-17 November 2017.
A-LIEP 2017 The 8th A-LIEP Conference, International Forum on Data, Information and Knowledge for Digital Lives, takes place 13-15 November 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand and runs parallel to ICADL 2017.
ICADL 2017 The 19th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries is in Bangkok, Thailand, 13-15 November 2017 and runs parallel to A-LIEP 2017.
ICDAR 2017 The 14th IAPR International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition takes place 10-15 November 2017 in Kyoto, Japan.
National Conference on Digital Libraries, Library Automation and Open CourseWare: Issues and Best Practices The conference takes place at the University of Mysore, India, 10-11 November 2017.
CIKM 2017 The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Smart Cities, Smart Nations, takes place in Singapore 6-10 November 2017.
IGCLC The 8th iGroup China Librarian Conference, Transforming Library Services-Driven by Demand and Technology, takes place 7-9 November 2017 in Xi’an, China.
PNC 2017 PNC 2017 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings will be held at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan, 7-9 November 2017. The theme of the conference is Data Informed Society.
IASLIC 2017 IASLIC 31 All India Conference 2017 of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, takes place 7-9 November 2017 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Its theme is Public Libraries in India in 21st Century.
Library Fair & Forum The 19th Fair takes place 7-9 November 2017 in Yokohama, Japan.
October 2017
ICAL 2017 The 2nd International Conference of Asian Libraries, Expanding Digital Footprints: Role of Libraries & Information Centres takes place 26-28 October 2017 in New Delhi, India, at Jamia Millia Islamia.
ISMIR 2017 18th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference will be held 23-28 October 2017 in Suzhou, China.
SSR@125 International Conference on Knowledge Organization, Library and Information Management will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, 23-25 October 2017.
Service Improvement and Innovation in Universities This conference organised by the LH Martin Institute takes place 19-20 October 2017 in Sydney, Australia.
Digital Records and Information Management 18-19 October 2017 are the dates in Canberra, Australia. The theme is Overcoming the challenges of digital RIM.
PRRLA 2017 Meeting The 2017 annual meeting of the Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance will be held at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, 17-20 October 2017.
IFLA International Leadership Skills Training Workshop The Workshop for Indian school librarians will be held during 4-7 October 2017 at the G. D. Goenka University Campus, Sohna-Gurgaon Road, Haryana, India.
IPLC 2017 The India Public Libraries Conference will be held in New Delhi, India, 3-5 October 2017 with the theme Transforming Public Libraries: Strategies to reach the unreached.
3rd Regional Workshop on School Libraries in South East Asia: A Way Forward The workshop is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2-3 October 2017.
September 2017
National Library and Information Technicians Symposium 2017 The Symposium dates are 27-29 September 2017, at the Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia.
iPRES 2017 The International Conference on Digital Preservation, is in Kyoto, Japan, 25-29 September 2017.
ASA 2017 Diverse Worlds, the 2017 National Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists will be held alongside the 2017 Information Technologies Indigenous Communities Symposium at the University of Melbourne, Australia, 25-28 September.
SkillsVision Forum for Librarians The Forum takes place 25-27 September 2017 at The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia.
MANLIBNET 2017 The International Conference on Innovation in Library Technology, Services and Resources – Current Trends in Libraries Globally, takes place 15-16 September 2017 and is organized jointly by Jaipuria Institute Of Management, Noida, and Management Libraries Network, India.
ICDIM 2017 The Twelfth International Conference on Digital Information Management will be held 12-14 September 2017 at Fukuoka, Japan.
NZLLA 2017 The New Zealand Law Librarians’ Conference, Embracing the future – diversity and innovation, takes place 7-8 September 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand.
August 2017
LIS2017 The International Conference on Library and Information Science happens 23-25 August in Sapporo, Japan.
AUSDM 2017 The 15th Australasian Data Mining Conference co-located with IJCAI, AAI, KSEM and IFIP, takes place in Melbourne, Australia, 19-20 August 2017.
ICLBB 2017 The International Conference on Libraries Beyond Borders: Innovative Trends, Issues and Challenges in Knowledge Dissemination takes place 18-19 August 2017 at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
National Conference on Relevance of Ranganathan Philosophy in Digital India Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, India & the Society for Promotion of Library, Uttar Pradesh (SPLUP) is organizing the National Conference on Relevance of Ranganathan Philosophy in Digital India 12-13 August 2017.
BIRNDL The 2nd Joint Workshop on Bibliometric-enhanced IR and NLP for Digital Libraries takes place 11 August 2017, Tokyo, Japan at the 40th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval.
13th AUNILO Meeting ASEAN University Network Inter-Library Online 13th meeting will be held 7–9 August 2017 at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand with the theme ASEAN Digital Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Libraries.
CALIBER 2017 11th International CALIBER 2017 organised by the INFLIBNET Centre in collaboration with Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, takes place 2-4 August, 2017. Its theme is Re-Envisioning Role of Libraries: Transforming Scholarly Communication.
July 2017
ITCON 2017 The Third International Conference on Information Technology Converge Services (ITCON 2017) happens 29-30 July 2017 in Chennai, India.
4th International Conference of Children’s and Young Adult Librarianship The conference takes place 19-21 July 2017 in Naga City, the Philippines.
SLANZA 2017 The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa meeting, Igniting and inspiring Libraries, takes place 16-19 July 2017 at King’s College Auckland.
EFEO Workshop on Academic Materials Pertaining to Southeast Asia This École française d’Extrême-Orient workshop takes place on 19 July 2017, just after the International Conference on Thai Studies (16-18 July) and before ICAS 10 (20-23 July) at the EFEO centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
32nd Annual ANZTLA Conference The Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association is in Perth, Australia, 10-13 July 2017.
ICTL17 1st International Conference on Transforming Library 2017 takes place 8-10 July 2017 at The Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, Assam, India. SALIS 2017 The National Conference on Role of Libraries in Making Digital India takes place 7-8 July 2017 at the Central Library, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
NSTL-2017 National Seminar Transforming Libraries in Digital India Perspectives takes place 5-6 July 2017 at Manipal University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003, India.
June 2017
NACLIS 2017 The National Conference on Library and Information Science (NACLIS 2017): Social Impact of Librarianship: Scholarship Towards Sustainable Development Goals, takes place 29 June 2017 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
OR2017 The 12th International Conference on Open Repositories will be held on 26-30 June 2017 in Brisbane, Australia.
NLS8 The New Librarians’ Symposium 8 2017 will be held 23-25 June in Canberra at the National Library of Australia. The theme for 2017 is DIY Library Career.
VALA 2017 The VALA Annual Conference 2017 takes place on 23 June 2017 in Melbourne, Australia.
ASEAI 2017 The 5th Asia Symposium on Engineering and Information is in Hanoi, Vietnam, 20-22 June 2017.
Australian Library Design Awards Conference 2017 The awards will be announced at the conference in Melbourne, Australia, 19 June 2017.
ICIKM 2017 The 6th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management will be held in Phuket, Thailand, 17-19 June 2017.
OSSLM 2017 The International Workshop on Open Source Software for Library Management takes place at the Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 12-17 June 2017.
May 2017
Aurora Institute for Emerging Leaders The dates are 22-26 May 2017 in Manly, NSW, Australia.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content The meeting, with a focus on Indonesia, takes place 17-21 May 2017 in Singapore.
CDNLAO 2017 The 25th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania takes place 16-19 May 2017, hosted by the by National Library of China, Beijing.
EIFL-Mahidol Libraries Workshop on “Research Evaluation and Data Science Libraries” The workshop takes place at Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand, 16-17 May 2017.
LAS Annual General Meeting 2017 The Library Association of Singapore AGM is 13 May 2017 at the Rendezvous Hotel.
The 15th Annual Library Leadership Institute Libraries at the Crossroads: Challenges for Leadership takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, 12-16 May 2017. It is organized by The University of Hong Kong Libraries, in conjunction with iGroup.
ICoASL 2017 The 5th International Conference of Asian Special Libraries with the theme Curation and Management of Cultural Heritage through Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities for the Digital Society, takes place 10-12 May 2017 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
ICEAI 2017 The 7th International Congress on Engineering and Information is held in Kyoto, Japan, 9-11 May 2017.
THETA 2017 The THETA Conference, Connecting Minds. Creating the Future. takes place 7-10 May 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. THETA is The Higher Education Technology Agenda.
April 2017
PROFUSE 2017 The National Conference on Professionalism in Library and Information Services for User Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges, takes place 27-28 April 2017 at Mangalore University, India.
APLAP 2017 The National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea will be hosting in Seoul the next Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific event, 26-28 April 2017.
Copyright challenges and solutions for Chinese universities The seminar takes place 13 April in Beijing, China.
LIPS2017 The 6th International Library and Information Professionals Summit, Dynamics of Library for Excellence in Electronic Revolution, takes place 6-8 April 2017 at IISER, Mohali, Punjab, India. It is jointly organized by IISER, Mohali & Society for Library Professionals (SLP) in association with Special Libraries Association (USA), Asian Chapter.
March 2017
LibrAsia2017 The Asian Conference on Literature 2017 themed History, Story, Narrative, is in Kobe, Japan, 30 March to 2 April 2017.
ISMTE Asian-Pacific Conference 2017 This conference of the International Society of Managing & Technical Editors takes place 27-28 March 2017, Beijing, China.
WRITEconference 2017 WRITEconference is hosted by Turnitin in partnership with the iGroup Ltd and in collaboration with the Asian Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity. It takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, 26-28 March 2017.
COPE China Seminar 2017 The seminar has the theme The Pillars of Publication Ethics. It takes place in Beijing, China, 26 March 2017.
iConference 2017 iConference takes place 22-25 March 2017 in Wuhan, China. Its theme is Effect • Expand • Evolve: Global collaboration across the Information Community.
National Conference of Librarians The National Library of the Philippines (NLP) in partnership with the Davao City Library and Information Center will hold the National Conference of Librarians, the Philippines, 14-17 March 2017, with the theme Emerging Libraries: Connect, Collaborate and Build Strong Communities.
29th MAHLAP Congress The Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP) will hold its 29th National Congress and Seminar-Workshop on the theme The Challenge of Change: Expanding the Role and Reach of Libraries on 8-10 March 2017 in Baguio City, the Philippines.
CLSTL 2017 The International Conference on Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries takes place at IIT Gandhinagar, India, 2-4 March 2017.
International Conference on Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society International Conference on Library and Information Services in Knowledge Society: Innovative, Value Added Services and Best Practices takes place 1-3 March 2017 at Mizoram University, Aizawl, India.
February 2017
ICKRELT 2017 The International Conference on Knowledge Resource and Library Technologies takes place at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, 24-25 February 2017.
Australian Digital Alliance Forum 2017 Organised by the Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) with the theme Fair Use, Flexibility and Exceptions for Creativity this one day meeting about copyright is 24 February 2017 in Canberra, Australia.
LIFE 2017 This National Conference on Library Innovations for Excellence takes place 16-17 February 2017 at the Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Pune, India.
ALIA Information Online 2017 Conference The conference is in Sydney, Australia, 13 to 17February 2017.
62 ILA Conference 2017 The 62nd Indian Library Association Conference will be hosted by The Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women’s University, Vijayapura 9-11 February 2017. Its theme is Gearing up for the future: Library initiatives for digital India.
BICODIC 2017 Borneo International Conference on Digital Content organized by the Malaysia Technical Scientist Association, takes place 7-9 February 2017, in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
KGDAN – 2017 The International Conference on Knowledge Generation, Discovery and Networking takes place 3–4 February, 2017. It is organized by Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, India.
January 2017
BAI-Winter 2017 The International Conference on Business and Information Winter Session takes place 24-26 January 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.
ETTLISAL 2017 The National Seminar on Emerging Trends and Techniques in Library and Information Services in Academic Libraries happens in Jaipur, India 24-25 January 2017 and is sponsored by the UGC.
Workshop on Preventive Conservation of Manuscripts at Tripura University, Agartala The five day workshop organized by the Manuscript Resource Centre and Manuscript Conservation Centre, Tripura University in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscripts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, takes place 16-20 January 2017.
ICCLIST 2017 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Innovations in Conjugative Management, Library Information Science, Social Science and Technology for Virtual World, takes place 15 January 2017, Delhi, India.
Lives of Data Workshop The workshop happens 6-7 January 2017 at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India.
2016
December 2016
International Conference on Information Science and Security 2016 The conference takes place 19-22 December 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand.
ICDL 2016 The International Conference on Digital Libraries organized by TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, takes place 14-16 December 2016 in New Delhi, India at the India Habitat Centre. Its theme is Smart Future: Knowledge Trends that will Change the World.
FIRE 2016 The 8th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation 2016, takes place 8-10 December 2016 at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
ICADL 2016 The 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries takes place 7-9 December 2016 at University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a co-event with the Asia-Pacific Forum of Information Schools (AP-IS) 5-6 December 2016.
RAILS 2016 The Research Applications, Information and Library Studies conference is hosted by the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, from 6-8 December 2016. The conference will be held on Victoria’s Pipitea Campus in central Wellington.
AusDM 2016 AusDM 2016 Data Mining & Analytics is held in conjunction with ASC 2016 and OZCots 2016, 5-9 December 2016, Canberra, Australia
2016 PRRLA Meeting The Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance meeting 2016 takes place at the University of Melbourne, Australia, 5–7 December 2016.
OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting 2016 The meeting takes place 1-2 December 2016 in Hong Kong with the theme Tracking Digital Footprints: Recognizing and Predicting User Behavior.
November 2016
International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries: The Role of Social Media and Networking ICMBL 2016 will be held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India, 25 to 26 November 2016.
PLAI National Congress 2016 The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS) and the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), will be conducting its Annual National Congress on November 22-25, 2016 in Davao City. Its theme is Library as a Place: Continual Learning in the New Information Landscape.
Building Digital India: Enhancing Capacities Through Libraries and Information The conference, organized by Shaheed Bhagat Singh College Library, University of Delhi, in association with the Asian Library Association takes place 22-23 November 2016 at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
New Trends in Library Space Design: Library Design with Low Cost or No Budget The workshop takes place 21-22 November 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is organized by the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS) – University of Colombo, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut – Colombo.
BSANZ 2016 The annual conference of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand will be held at the University of Waikato, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand, from 21-22 November 2016.
CAUL Research Repositories Community Event 2016 The event happens at the University of Sydney, Australia, 21-22 November 2016.
Trends in Open Science and the Role of Libraries The symposium takes place at the NDL, Tokyo, Japan, 15 November 2016.
2016 Libraries Australia Forum The forum takes place 11 November 2016 at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
PLANNER 2016 The 10th convention Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North-Eastern Region (PLANNER) takes place 9-11 November 2016, at Shillong, Meghalaya, India. The theme is Disruptive Innovations for Libraries: Adopt, Adapt and Evolve.
Library Fair & Forum 2016 The 18th library fair and forum takes place 8-10 November in Yokohama, Japan.
A-LIEP 2016 The 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice, takes place 3-4 November 2016 at Nanjing, China.
October 2016
Liberact IV Liberact IV: Converge and Create takes place at Brisbane, Australia, 31 October to 1 November 2016.
NACLIN 2016 The 19th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking is organised by DELNET in collaboration with Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India, from 26-28 October 2016 at Tezpur. Its theme is Smart Libraries and Inspired Librarians: Managing New Technologies, Digital Content and Services.
2016 ALIA Queensland Mini Conference The conference with the theme Library Hacks takes place 26 October 2016 at Brisbane Square Library, Australia.
2016 Chinese Library Annual Conference The conference is in Tongling, China and has the theme Innovate China: Technology, Society and Library.
5th National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics The conference takes place 22-23 October at the Central University of Rajasthan, Bandar Sindri, India.
31st National Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists 17-21 October 2016, Parramatta, Australia.
COLLABOR8 The 8th ALIA NSW Library Unconference happens 8 October 2016, Australia.
ALIRG Workshop 2016 The 8th Asia Library and Information Research Group (ALIRG) Workshop convenes 6-7 October 2016 at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. i
ETD -2016 The conference with the theme Evolving ETDs to Knowledge Repositories takes place at Infocity, Gandhinagar, India, 5-7 October 2016.
September 2016
ICOLIS2016 The 6th International Conference on Libraries, Information and Society takes place 20-21 September 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The conference theme is Romanticizing the Library: Creating What Users Need and Want.
2016 Chinese Institutional Repository Conference The conference takes place in Chongqing, China, 20-23 September 2016.
Smart Libraries for Tomorrow Conference The Smart Libraries for Tomorrow Conference to be held 20 September 2016 at the Matrix Auditorium@Biopolis, Singapore, has the theme Smart Libraries for Tomorrow: Disrupt and Innovate.
August 2016
ALIA National 2016 Conference The conference is in Adelaide, South Australia, 29 August to 2 September 2016.
2016 ALLA National Conference The Australian Law Librarians’ Association 2016 conference happens at the State Library of Victoria, Australia, 24-26 August 2016.
IASL 2016 The Annual International Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship will be held in Tokyo, Japan, 22-26 August 2016. Its theme is A School Library Built for the Digital Age.
IBBY International Congress 2016 The 35th congress with the theme Literature in a multi-literate world takes place in New Zealand 18-21 August 2016. IBBY is the International Board on Books for Young People. C
reating and Managing Digital Libraries using EPrints The National Workshop on Creating and Managing Digital Libraries using EPrints is organized by INFLIBNET Centre, 10 to 12 August 2016 at Information and Library Network Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
July 2016
ICKIM 2016 The International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management takes place in Beijing, China 22-24 July 2016.
3rd International Conference on Children’s Librarianship The 3rd International Conference on Children’s Librarianship with the theme Fostering Inclusive Children and Young Adult Services in Libraries takes place 18-20 July 2016, Almont Inland Resort Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, the Philippines.
LibDC Library Data Carpentry will be held on 12-14 July 2016 in the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
LIS2016 The International Conference on Library and Information Science meets in Kyoto, Japan, 12-14 July 2016.
CDPDL 2016 The 2016 International Conference on Chinese Digital Publishing and Digital Libraries, happens 10-15 July 2016, in Hangzhou, China.
SALIS 2016 The National Conference on Creativity, Innovation and Transformation in Libraries, 8-9 July 2016, is organized by the Department of Library, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology, India, Jointly with the Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS).
Diverse Voices The 12th Australian Library History Forum takes place 7-8 July 2016 and is hosted by the State Library of Queensland, Australia.
SILF2016 The 8th Shanghai International Library Forum will be held on 6-8 July 2016 in Shanghai, China.
BAI 2016 International Conference on Business and Information, 3-5 July 2016, Nagoya, Japan. 31st
Annual ANZTLA Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association takes place 29th June to 2nd July 2016, Canberra, Australia.
June 2016
NACLIS 2016 The National Conference on Library and Information Studies (NACLIS) 2016 takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 June 2016. Its theme is Marching towards excellence: Contributions of LIS professionals in building a better society.
ISKCOM 2016 The International Symposium on Knowledge and Communication, takes place at Shirpur, India, 10-11 June 2016.
WAIM 2016 The 17th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, 3 to 5 June 2016, takes place in Nanchang, China.
Academic Librarian 4 – Sustainable Academic Libraries: Now and Beyond The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Library and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Library will jointly host this two-day conference on 2-3 June 2016.
May 2016
Asian Festival of Children’s Content The festival is at the National Library Building Singapore, 25–29 May 2016.
Aurora Institute for Emerging Leaders The institute runs 23-27 May 2016 in Manly, NSW, Australia.
12th AUNILO Meeting The Universiti Brunei Darussalam Library will be hosting the 12th AUNILO Meeting from 23rd to 25th May 2016, which will be held at the Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement (ILIA), UBD. The meeting is coordinated by the AUNILO Secretariat and the ASEAN University Network (AUN) Secretariat. Its theme is Enhancing Electronic Resources Capacity in Libraries: Addressing Trends, Issues and Challenges.
5th Library and Information Professionals Summit 2016 LIPS 2016: International Conference on from Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm takes place 19-20 May 2016 in New Delhi, India. It is organized by Ambedkar University Delhi, Society for Library Professionals (SLP) and the Special Libraries Association (USA), Asian Chapter.
ABLD-EBSLG-APBSLG Joint Conference The 2016 Joint Conference of the Academic Business Library Directors (ABLD), the European Business School Librarians Group (EBSLG) and the Asia Pacific Business School Librarians Group (APBSLG) takes place at the Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University, 16-19 May 2016. The Way Forward: Smart, Savvy, Sustainable is its theme.
ICEAI 2016 The 5th International Congress on Engineering and Information will take place on 10-12 May 2016 in Osaka, Japan.
April 2016
The 14th Annual Library Leadership Institute Library Leadership in a Disruptive World: Today & Tomorrow, the 14th in the leadership series, takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22-26 April 2016. It is organized by the University of Hong Kong Libraries in conjunction with the iGroup, Monash University Malaysia Library and Taylor’s University Library.
ASEAI The 4th Asia Symposium on Engineering and Information is in Jeju-do island, Korea, 19-21 April 2016.
ICEKMT 2016 The 5th International Conference on E-Learning and Knowledge Management Technology takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-18 April 2016.
International Conference on Digital Governance: Innovation Information and Libraries The ASIALA2016 conference is organized by the Asian Library Association and the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, 14-16 April 2016 at IIM Indore, India.
LibrAsia2016 The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2016 takes place in Kobe, Japan 7 -10 April 2016.
March 2016
NCRMLIS 2016 The National Conference on Research Methodology in Library and Information Science takes place at Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, Karaikudi, India, 11-12 March 2016.
CDNLAO 2016 The 24th Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) meets in Wellington, New Zealand 9-11 March 2016 and is hosted by the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mâtauranga o Aotearoa. The theme is Adding value through international cooperation.
International Conference on Big Data & Knowledge Discovery ICBK2016 is hosted by the Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) and the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, India, 9-11 March 2016.
Linked up, Loud and Literate ‘Libraries enabling digital citizenship’ The meeting is hosted by National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA), and the National Library of Australia, in Canberra, 9 March 2016.
National Conference of Public Librarians 2016 The National Conference of Public Librarians takes place 7-10 March 2016 in Manila, Philippines, with the theme Philippine Public Librarianship: Looking Forward and Beyond.
JTS2016 The Joint Technical Symposium, Sustainable Audio-visual Collections Through Collaboration, takes place in Singapore 7-9 March 2016.
IPLC 2016 The Indian Public Library Conference organized by the NASSCOM Foundation and DELNET takes place 7-8 March 2016 in New Delhi, India. Its theme is Inspiring and Repositioning Public Libraries – Technology, Content and Services.
LKSW 2016 The 2016 Librarians’ Knowledge Sharing Workshop will be held 4-5 March 2016 at Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Asian Open Access Meeting The National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan and COAR are co-organizing a meeting of the Asian OA Community in Tokyo, Japan on 4 March 2016 in conjunction with the Research Data Alliance meeting.
February 2016
2016 Canberra Outreach Meeting ORCID at Scale is the theme of this meeting hosted by the Australian Access Foundation, Canberra, Australia, 15-16 February 2016.
National Conference on Library and Information Services For All: Reaching the Unreached in the Digital Era The conference takes place 11-12 February 2016 at Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India.
VALA2016 VALA’s 18th Biennial Conference and Exhibition will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, in Melbourne, Australia, from 9-11 February 2016.
International Conference on Re-Engineering of Library Resources and Services: Challenges and Opportunities The International Conference on Re-Engineering of Library Resources and Services: Challenges and Opportunities takes place at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India, 5-6 February 2016.
BAI 2016-winter The 2016 International Conference on Business and Information, winter session convenes in Bali, Indonesia, 2-4 February 2016.
January 2016
11th Australasian Rare Books Summer School The 11th Australasian Rare Books Summer School will be held from 31 January to 5 February, 2016 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
National Workshop on Next Generation Librarianship National Workshop on Next Generation Librarianship organised by ICSSR-NASSDOC and CRISP takes place 18 to 21 January 2016 at Bhopal, India.
2015
December 2015
IASLIC 2015 The IASLIC 30th All India Conference 2015 with the theme Library Legislation and Community Information Services takes place 28-31 December 2015 at Gujurat University, Ahmedabad, India.
ICADL2015 The 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries will be held in Seoul, Korea, 9-12 December 2015.
ICIS 2015 The 1st International Conference on Information Science hosted by The Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), takes place 7-8 December 2015 at Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Conference The meeting, 3-4 December 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, has the theme The Power of Worldwide Cooperation.
ETBL – 2015 The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in association with Indian School of Business are jointly organizing a three day Global Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Librarianship during 2-4 December 2015 at IIM, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Libraries Australia Forum This event takes place 1 December 2015 in Melbourne, Australia with the theme Unique to Ubiquitous.
November 2015
2015 APLAP Meeting The Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific meet in Canberra, Australia, 30 November to 3 December 2015.
Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand The conference takes place in Melbourne, Australia, from 26-27 November 2015 with the theme Turning the Page: Bibliographical Innovation and the Legacy of Aldus Manutius.
11th International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics, and Scientometrics (WIS) and the 16th COLLNET Meeting The 11th WIS and the 16th COLLNET happen in Delhi, India, 26-28 November 2015.
PLAI National Congress 2015: The Philippine Librarians Association Inc. (PLAI) in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS) and the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), will be conducting its Annual National Congress on 25-27 November 2015 in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. Its theme is “ASEAN 2015: Borderless Librarianship, Limitless Opportunities”.
IMCW2015 The 6th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World Information Management in the Big Data Era: For a Better World, takes place in Guangzhou, China, 25-27 November 2015.
IKC2015 The International Knowledge Conference 2015 meets in Sarawak, Malaysia, 15-18 November 2015.
ICIS 2015 The NILIS International Conference in Information Sciences takes place at the University Of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 12-14 November 2015. Also taking place at the conference is the National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS) MPhil/PhD Colloquium 2015 on 12 November.
WCIS’15 The World Conference on Information Science 2015 takes place 12-13 November in Shah Alam, Malaysia.
CAUL Research Repositories Community Event 2015 The event is at the University of Melbourne, Australia, 12-13 November 2015.
ICIML 2015 The International Conference on Information Management and Libraries takes place in Lahore, Pakistan, 10-13 November 2015.
7th iGroup China Librarian Conference (IGCLC) “The Changing Academic Ecosystem: New opportunities for Universities, Their Libraries and Scholarly Publishing” takes place in Chengdu, China, 10-11 November 2015.
COPE Australian Seminar 2015 This Committee on Publication Ethics seminar themed, Publication Ethics in the Australian Context, is on 6 November 2015 at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
ICICKM 2015 The 12th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, 5-7 November 2015.
First National Conference on Digital Heritage The National Library of the Philippines in cooperation with the Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines will conduct its First National Conference on Digital Heritage with the theme: Preservation of and Access to, Documentary Heritage in the Digital Age on 4-6 November 2015, tentatively in Pasay City.
ETD 2015 The 18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations takes place in New Delhi, India, 3-6 November.
October 2015
17th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium 2015, 22-23 October 2015, Sydney, Building a Fairer Framework for the Future is organised by The Copyright Society of Australia and the Australian Copyright Council.
International Conference on Managing Academic Libraries – A Road-map to 2025 The conference at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, 22-23 October 2015.
ICDIM 2015 The Tenth International Conference on Digital Information Management meets in Jeju Island, South Korea, 21-23 October 2015.
A-LIEP 2015 The Asia-Pacific Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) Conference will be held in the Philippines from 21-23 October 2015.
QPLA 2015 The Queensland Public Libraries Association conference, Partners in Time, takes place 19-21 October, Redcliffe, Australia
9th ALIA Top End Symposium The 9th ALIA Top End Symposium: Evolution, Excellence and Energy: the triple E approach to future proofing libraries, takes place in Darwin, Australia, 16-17 October 2015.
2nd International Conference on Children’s Librarianship With the theme Sustaining Children’s Services in the Region through Improved Coherence and Integration this conference takes place in Palawan, the Philippines, 14-16 October 2015.
SALC 2015 The South Asian Libraries Conference takes place in Lahore, Pakistan, 12-13 October 2015.
6th KSCLA International Conference Paradigms of Digital Library, E-Resources, Open Access and Information and Media Literacy takes place 9-10 October 2015 at Hubballi, Karnataka, India and is sponsored by the Karnataka State College Librarians Association.
