ECIL aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, media specialists, educators, and policy makers from around the world. It offers a global forum to exchange knowledge, share experiences, and address emerging developments and challenges in both theory and practice. The main theme of the conference is Information Literacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward.
Main topics of the Conference include (but not limited with) the following:
- Future directions in information literacy
- Information literacy and AI
- Experiencing information literacy
- Disinformation literacy (e.g. misinformation, disinformation, fake news)
- Critical thinking
- Information literacy and democracy, citizenship, active participation
- Information literacy, libraries, the public sphere
- Information literacy and ethical/social issues
- Information literacy in everyday life
- Information literacy and digital empowerment
- Information literacy and trans/inter/multiculturalism
- Information literacy and community engagement
- Information literacy and social change
- Information literacy as emancipatory pedagogy
- Information literacy and inclusive education
- Information literacy and lifelong learning
- Information literacy in theoretical context (e.g. models, standards, indicators)
- Information literacy and related concepts (e.g. media literacy, news literacy, data literacy)
- Information literacy research (e.g. research strategies, methodology and methods)
- Information seeking and information behaviour
- Information literacy good practices
- Information literacy networks and networking
- Information literacy policies and policy development
- Information literacy and libraries
- Information literacy and LIS education
- Information literacy and knowledge management
- Information literacy across disciplines
- Information literacy in different cultures and countries
- Information literacy in different contexts (e.g. law, health, etc.)
- Information literacy and education
- Information literacy instruction
- Information literacy for different groups (e.g. adults, children, disadvantaged groups)
- Information literacy in the workplace
- Information literacy and employability
- Information literacy and organizational success
- Information literacy and competitiveness
- Information literacy and emerging technologies