The IFLA Bibliography and Information Technology Sections and the Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group of IFLA are accepting submissions for the satellite meeting at the Astana IT University of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 14th August (afternoon) and 15th August (full day) 2025.
Satellite’s Theme:
The potentially transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and generative AI on the evolution of bibliographic control, metadata practices, library collections, and legal aspects associated with them, is the central theme of this 1.5-day satellite meeting. The satellite meeting aims to investigate and analyze these critical issues, exploring the multifaceted impact of AI, both in its current applications and in the emerging paradigm of generative AI, on the core missions of libraries and information institutions, including national bibliographic agencies, and on metadata, library collections, copyright and legal deposit, in an AI-increasingly driven information landscape.
Possible subtopics include but are not limited to:
- AI and Metadata: Metadata creation, bibliographic description, discovery, workflows, and operations
- AI and the Future of Library Collections: Challenges and opportunities for collection development, management, and access; the value and selection of Generative AI content to the library’s collection
- Ethical Implications of AI: In bibliographic control, copyright, and legal deposit
- AI’s Impact on Skills and Roles: In collection management and metadata creation
- AI Training and Copyright: Legal frameworks and technological challenges in using copyrighted materials to train large language models (LLMs)
- Generative AI Outputs: Legal and bibliographic challenges in collecting, describing, and adapting to new content types
- The National Library and National Bibliography in an AI-driven landscape: Mission, collections, operations, the national bibliography, legal deposit, AI applications, adaptation strategies, future directions
Dates and location:
14 August (afternoon) and 15 August (full day) 2025, at the Astana IT University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Proposal submission:
We invite proposals for workshops, panel discussions (45 minutes), long presentations (15 minutes) and lightning talks (7 minutes).
Proposals must be submitted in English and include the following information:
- Title of the presentation
- Preferred format
- Presentation abstract (300 words appr.)
- Presenters’ name(s), professional affiliation, country, email address, brief biographical note and a photo
Click here to submit a proposal
Timeline:
All proposals must be submitted by 26 May 2025 [Extended].
Proposals will be evaluated by the satellite program committee group and successful applicants will be informed by 7 June 2025.
Selection criteria:
- Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of experts based on their relevance to the Satellite theme, originality, clarity, contribution to knowledge and potential impact.
- We aim to provide a diverse and international programme that reflects the various perspectives and experiences.
Please note:
All expenses, such as travel and accommodation, are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. Letters of invitation can be issued to presenters upon request.
Organisation:
This IFLA WLIC 2025 satellite meeting is organized by the Bibliography and Information Technology Sections and the Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group of IFLA. The host is the Astana IT University.
Questions should be submitted to:
Rehab Ouf | rehab.Ouf@bibalex.org, Chair, IFLA Bibliography Section
Maud Henry | maud.henry@kbr.be, Secretary, IFLA Bibliography Section
Cory Lampert | cory.lampert@unlv.edu, Chair, IFLA IT Section
Andrew Cox | a.m.cox@sheffield.ac.uk, Convener, IFLA AI Special Interest Group
Important dates
26 May 2025 [Extended] – Proposals are due
7 June 2025 [Extended] – Notification of acceptance
4 August 2025 [Extended] – Presentation slides submitted
14-15 August – Satellite Event