Western Balkans Information & Media Literacy Conference

organized by LIT Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland; Bihac, Bosnia

Conference main themes and topics https://www.wbimlc.org/topics

Information Literacy in the modern world

• From Information Literacy to Digital Scholarship

• Fake News and Information Literacy

• Information literacies (media literacy, Research Literacy, digital literacy, visual literacy, financial literacy, health literacy, cyber wellness, infographics, information behavior, trans-literacy, post-literacy)

• Information Literacy and academic libraries

• Information Literacy and adult education

• Information Literacy and blended learning

• Information Literacy and distance learning

• Information Literacy and mobile devices

• Information Literacy and Gamification

• Information Literacy and public libraries

• Information Literacy in Primary and Secondary Schools

• Information Literacy and the Knowledge Economy

• Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning

• Information Literacy and the Information Society

• Information Literacy and the Multimedia Society

• Information Literacy and the Digital Society

• Information Literacy in the modern world (e.g trends, emerging technologies and innovation, growth of digital resources, digital reference tools, reference services).

• The future of Information Literacy

• Workplace Information Literacy

Librarians as support to the lifelong learning process

• Digital literacy, Digital Citizenship

• Digital pedagogy and Information Literacy

• Information Literacy Needs in the Electronic Resource Environment

• Integrating Information Literacy into the curriculum

• Putting Information Literacy theory into practice

• Information Literacy training and instruction

• Instructional design and performance for Information Literacy (e.g. teaching practice, session design, lesson plans)

•  Information Literacy and online learning (e.g. self-paced IL modules, online courses, Library Guides)

• Information Literacy and Virtual Learning Environments

• Supporting users need through library 2.0 and beyond

• Digital empowerment and reference work

• Information Literacy across the disciplines

• Information Literacy and digital preservation

• Innovative IL approaches

• Student engagement with Information Literacy

• Action Literacy

• Information Literacy, Copyright and Intellectual Property

• Information Literacy and Academic Writing

Media and Information Literacy – theoretical approaches (standards, assessment, collaboration, etc.)

• The Digital Competence Framework 2.0

• Information Literacy theory (models, standards, indicators, Moscow Declaration etc.)

• Information Literacy and Artificial intelligence

• Information Literacy and information behavior

• Information Literacy and reference services: cyber reference services, virtual reference services, mobile reference services

• Information Literacy cultural and contextual approaches

• Information Literacy and Threshold concepts

• Information Literacy evaluation and assessment

• Information Literacy in different cultures and countries including national studies

• Information Literacy project management

• Measuring in Information Literacy instruction assessment

New aspects of education/strategic planning, policy, and advocacy for Information Literacy in a digital age​

• Information Literacy and the Digital Divide

• Policy and Planning for Information Literacy

• Branding, promotion and marketing for Information Literacy

• Cross –sectorial; and interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships for Information Literacy

• Leadership and Governance for Information Literacy

• Strategic planning for IL

• Strategies in e-learning to promote self-directed and sustainable learning in the area of Information Literacy skills.