Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA) Special Interest Group

Theme: "Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development Goals"

Deadline for proposals: 10 February 2017

Acquisition and Collection Development Section

Theme: "Networks of Digital Collections and Digital Libraries and How They Present New Opportunities for Local Collection Development and Management"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2017

Acquisition and Collection Development Section, Metropolitan Libraries Section and Public Libraries Section

Theme: "Check me out! Human libraries and unique circulating collections, from art to technology petting zoos"

Deadline for proposals: 19 March 2017

Africa Section

Theme: "Demonstrating the Contribution of Libraries to the UN 2030 Agenda: Best Practices from Division of Regions"

Deadline for proposals: 20 January 2017

Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme: "Agricultural Libraries and Information Services in attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals with Special Reference to Women in Agriculture"

Deadline for proposals: 6 March 2017

Art Libraries Section joint with Social Science Libraries Section

Theme: "These Times to Us Are Worth Savin’: Documenting the Art of Social Transformation since 1960"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2017

Asia and Oceania Section

Theme: "Smart libraries for a tolerant and inclusive society"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2017

Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Information Literacy Section and School Libraries Section

Theme: "Media is the Message: Critical Use of Video in the Digital Age"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2017

Bibliography Section joint with Subject Analysis and Access Section

Theme: "Challenging society and naming identity: Subject access and bibliography in a multicultural world"

Deadline for proposals: 3 March 2017

Cataloguing Section

Theme: "Sharing is caring"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2017

Committee on Standards

Theme: "The Use of IFLA Standards in the Linked Data Environment: Strategies, Applications and Success Stories"

Deadline for proposals: 20 February 2017

Copyright and other Legal Matters Advisory Committee joint with Information Literacy Section

Theme: "Models for Copyright Education in Information Literacy Programs"

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2017

Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section

Theme: "LinkedUp: Connecting users and libraries around the world"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2017

Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group joint with Public Libraries Section

Theme: "More than Green: Sustainability of practice - Public Libraries & the 2030 United Nations Agenda "

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2017

Genealogy and Local History Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section and Information Technology Section

Theme: "New insights at the intersection of genealogy and other professional communities - including librarians, archivists, historians, demographers, linguists, anthropologists and geneticists"

Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2017

Government Information and Official Publications Section

Theme: "How to Find It? International Legal Institutions Informing the Public"

Deadline for proposals: 30 March 2017

Government Libraries Section, Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section joint with Law Libraries Section

Theme: "Government and Parliamentary libraries: supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals"

Deadline for proposals: 3 March 2017

Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Theme: "Achieving a healthy future together: diverse and emerging roles for health information professionals"

Deadline for proposals: 24 February 2017

Indigenous Matters Section

Theme: "Indigenous Continuity: How do you show your solidarity?"

Deadline for proposals: 17 February 2017

Knowledge Management Section

Theme: "How does knowledge management inform change agency?"

Deadline for proposals: 24 February 2017

Law Libraries Section joint with Government Libraries Section

Theme: "Law in Transition - Challenges for Legal Research and Legal Methodology in Post-communist Europe"

Deadline for proposals: 6 March 2017

Law Libraries Section joint with Subject Analysis and Access Sections

Theme: "Optimizing Subject Access to Legal Resources: Solidarity in Divergence"

Deadline for proposals: 17 March 2017

LGBTQ Users Special Interest Group

Theme: "Intersectionality"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2017

Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Theme: "Parliament and the People: Transparency, Openness, Engagement"

Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2017

Library Buildings and Equipment Section joint with Management and Marketing Section

Theme: "Branding: Bridging: Building: Telling and Selling the Space Story"

Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2017

Library History Special Interest Group

Theme: "Libraries in times of crisis: Historical perspectives"

Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2017

Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Theme: "Multicultural Library Guideline and Toolkit – Case Studies and Illustrations from a Global Perspective"

Deadline for proposals: 17 February 2017

Library Theory & Research Section joint with the New Professionals Special Interest Group

Theme: "Engaged Communities: Transforming the Librarian Role"

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2017

Literacy and Reading Section joint with Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section, Public Libraries Section and School Libraries Section

Theme: "Literacy Matters: It takes a community to raise a reader – building a nation of readers and creating a reading culture"

Deadline for proposals: 17 February 2017

Management of Library Associations Section

Theme: "Library associations in solidarity with civil society"

Deadline for proposals: 17 February 2017

Metropolitan Libraries Section

Theme: "Public libraries as place makers in today’s cities: urban development, resiliency and social equity"

Deadline for proposals: 19 March 2017

Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Acquisition and Collection Development Section

Theme: "The Agony of Long-term Access: Collection building in the digital era "

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2017

Preservation and Conservation Section joint with Rare and Special Collections Section

Theme: "A Moving Experience: Tears and Cheers Open Session 2017, Wroclaw, Poland"

Deadline for proposals: 15 March 2017

Rare Books and Special Collections Section

Theme: "Out of the Stacks: Special Collections In Society"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2017

Rare Books and Special Collections Section joint with Indigenous Matters Section

Theme: "Collections and Books [A]cross Borders"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2017

Reference and Information Services Section

Theme: "Storytelling for Sustainability and Solidarity"

Deadline for proposals: 20 February 2017

Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group

Theme: "Interreligious dialogue as Library Initiatives demonstrating societal solidarity"

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2017

School Libraries Section joint with the Education and Training Section and Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section

Theme: "Bridging the Gap from School to Library: Best practices for planning, participation, and assessment of internships, practicums, field experiences, and mentorships in LIS education"

Deadline for proposals: 17 March 2017

Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section

Theme: "Altmetrics: It’s time to take action"

Deadline for proposals: 6 March 2017

Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation

Theme: "Documentary heritage: digitisation, and born digital heritage – facing the challenges to preserve our heritage for the future"

Deadline for proposals: 6 March 2017