It is a great pleasure to announce to you that the Hellenic Open University (HOU), the BIBLIO partner in Greece represented in the EU project by DAISSy Research Group, is an esteemed team member of the Virtual International Conference on Library and Information Science (VICLIS 2022) entitled “Libraries as Drivers for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030” to be implemented on the 25th October 2022.
This International Conference offers a quite conducive platform for sharing ideas, and research findings aimed at promoting and realizing the United Nations’ SDGs, of the renowned scholars and professionals in the field of library and information science. Several sub-themes will be addressed such as:
- Building Resilience through People, Information, and Technology in Post-Pandemic
- Library Programs Advancing the UN2030 Agenda
- Digital Spaces, Digital Transformation & Digital Cultural Heritage in Libraries
- Role of Libraries in Open Science Landscape and Data Curation
- Inspiring Innovations and promoting social inclusion and access to information for people with special needs, etc.
The VICLIS 2022 is targeted to library professionals, library information systems students and any other interested body around the world and it is organized by the SLTC Research University of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceana (IFLA RDC-AO), American Library Association-International Relations Office (ALA – IRO), Hellenic Open University (Greece) represented by the Distance Library and Documentation Centre (DLIC) of the HOU, University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb (Croatia), and is supported by the Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Library of Sri Lanka.
Besides the main event of the international conference, VICLIS 2022 involves a series of pre-event workshops and webinars on specific themes, so that to ensure open dialogue, constructive critique, and self-reflection.
Library professionals that are participating in the «BIBLIO-Boosting digital skills and competences for librarians in Europe» project can both enrich their knowledge into sustainability and the future role of libraries as to discuss with global community about the issues that have been taught within the blending learning stage. At the same time, they can submit their work, finding a way to express the innovative ideas that they developed within the program.
- Participation in VICLIS 2022 is FREE of charge for both presenters and listeners.
- Registration is open here.
- For more information about the VICLIS 2022 conference, please refer here and/or subscribe to the VICLIS 2022 fb page https://www.facebook.com/VCLICS2022/
The DAISSy Research Group of the HOU is the Greek partner of the «BIBLIO-Boosting digital skills and competences for librarians in Europe» project and implements it, in cooperation with the Distance Library and Documentation Centre (DLIC) of the HOU, associate partner, which is expected to be highly involved in the implementation of the VCLIS 2022 activities.
Stay tuned and find out more information about the BIBLIO project as well as other activities of the DAISSy-HOU:
- Website : https://daissy.eu/, https://www.biblio-project.eu/
- Facebook : @DAISSyResearchGroup, @DigitalBiblio
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
- Twitter : https://twitter.com/daissy_research, @digitalbiblio
- Instagram: @daissy_researchgroup
- Email : info@daissy.eap.gr
