These abstracts may address issues pertaining, but not limited to the following sub-themes:
Smart Libraries and Digital Information Ecosystems in Industry 5.0
Focus on transforming libraries into intelligent, user-centred, and AI-enabled environments:
- Intelligent library management systems
- Smart libraries and information centres
- Embedded and interoperable library databases
- Digital library ecosystems and platforms
- Human-centred library services and user experience
- Ethical, legal, and policy issues in digital libraries
Digital Archives, Records Management and Data Curation
Exploring the transformation of archives and records into dynamic digital assets:
- Digital archives and cultural heritage preservation
- Records management in the digital era
- Digital data curation and stewardship
- Digital preservation strategies and technologies
- Digital forensics and authenticity of records
- Archival systems in AI-enabled environments
Data Science, Analytics, and Information Intelligence
Advancing data-driven decision-making in Information Science:
- Data science and informatics in LIS
- Data mining and information analytics
- Data visualisation and decision support systems
- Open data, big data, and data governance
- Personal data protection and privacy
- Bibliometrics, scientometrics, altmetrics, and research analytics
Information Ethics, Governance and Policy in the Digital Age
Addressing ethical and regulatory challenges in digital transformation:
- Information governance and accountability
- Ethical and responsible use of AI
- Information policy and regulatory frameworks
- Data protection and privacy (e.g., POPIA)
- Misinformation, disinformation, and information integrity
- Copyright, intellectual property, and digital rights
- Cybersecurity and information security
Information Access, Knowledge Management, and Societal Transformation
Repositioning information systems to support development and inclusion:
- Information access and digital inclusion
- Knowledge management and knowledge economies
- Information for development and societal impact
- Information retrieval and user behaviour
- Knowledge organisation, metadata, and classification
- Information architecture and systems design
Scholarly Communication and Information Dissemination
Transforming how knowledge is created, shared, and used:
- Scholarly communication systems
- Open science and open access publishing
- Research data management
- Digital dissemination platforms
- Information use and user engagement
- Global knowledge exchange and collaboration
Information Science Education and Future Skills for Industry 5.0
Preparing professionals for AI-driven and human-centred environments:
- Curriculum transformation in LIS education
- E-learning and digital education platforms
- Information literacy and metaliteracy
- AI and digital skills development
- Inclusivity, accessibility, and disability studies
- Social justice and transformation in education
- Research methods in LIS
Disruptive Technology for Digitisation and Digital Transformation in repositioning Information Science in Industry 5.0
Explore how disruptive technologies are transforming Information Science practices, services, and systems within a human-centred Industry 5.0 paradigm, with emphasis on intelligent automation, ethical innovation, and sustainable digital ecosystems. Artificial intelligence (AI):
- Robotic machines
- Cobotic machines
- Virtual reality
- Augmented reality
- Smart technologies
- Cybersecurity
- Voice computing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud computing
- Blockchain technology
