Based on this call, all faculty members, researchers, librarians, archivists, and students are invited to submit their articles, professional experiences, and innovative ideas through the respective sections on the official website of the 9th Annual Congress of Information Science Specialists of Iran.
A distinct submission template has been prepared for each type of contribution (article, experience, and idea). Contributors are kindly requested to navigate to the relevant section menu (e.g., Article, Experience, Idea), insert their information, and upload the final file in accordance with the provided guidelines.
Articles must adhere to the main theme of the Congress, the specific thematic areas outlined in this call for papers, and the designated article template.
Selected articles, as deemed by the Scientific Committee, will be presented in relevant panels or published in the proceedings book of the 9th Congress.
To submit an Article, please click here.
To submit a Librarian’s Experience (TAK), please click here.
To submit a Librarian’s Idea (TAK), please click here.
The main theme of the 9th Congress is Information Science and Information Justice. The thematic areas for article submission are as follows:
Thematic Areas of the Congress:
- Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations of Information Justice
- Definitions, dimensions, and components of information justice in information science theories.
- The relationship between information justice and concepts such as democracy, civil rights, sustainable development, and social inclusion.
- Philosophical, ethical, and sociological approaches to information justice.
- Information Justice, Information Literacy, Open Science Literacy, and Access to Information
- Information institutions (libraries, archives, museums, and data centers) and the realization of equitable access to information.
- The digital divide and inequalities in access to information, and strategies for their reduction.
- Open access to information, open data, open government, and open science innovation in the pursuit of information justice.
- Government information transparency and the realization of information justice.
- Legal, economic, social, and cultural barriers to information access and solutions for their removal.
- The function of new literacies (information, open science, media, digital, etc.) for user empowerment and the promotion of information justice.
- The relationship between open access to information and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and information justice.
- Development of open access repositories in libraries and national information centers and the realization of information justice (e.g., IranDoc, ISC, RICeST, National Library, and other public and private sector systems).
- Information Justice in Information Production, Organization, Retrieval, and Dissemination
- Biases and discrimination in the production and organization of data, information, and knowledge, and their impact on information justice.
- The role of information science professionals in reforming and enhancing databases to achieve information justice.
- Biases and justice in information retrieval algorithms and search engines.
- Design and development of equitable and unbiased knowledge organization systems.
- The function of metadata and ontologies in promoting or hindering information justice.
- Justice in access to scientific and information resources with a knowledge retrieval approach.
- Information Justice, Artificial Intelligence, and Other Novel Technologies
- Artificial intelligence, big data, and algorithms: opportunities and challenges for information justice.
- The function of the Internet of Things, blockchain, and augmented/virtual reality in creating or reducing information inequalities.
- Information security, privacy, and intellectual property in the context of information justice.
- Technological infrastructures and the realization of information justice.
- Case Studies and National and International Experiences in Information Justice
- Spatial planning of information access and the realization of information justice.
- Examination of successful or unsuccessful national and international policies, programs, and experiences in the field of information justice.
- The role of non-governmental organizations and local communities in promoting information justice.
- Specific challenges for Iran in achieving information justice in various fields (e.g., health information justice, education, and environment).
- Future Studies of Information Justice
- Future trends and probable scenarios for information justice in the information and knowledge-based society.
- Proposal of new models and frameworks for measuring and promoting information justice.
- Innovative solutions for the development of information justice.
- Information and Knowledge Management for Social Justice
- Information policymaking and management for reducing information and knowledge-based inequalities.
- Empowering citizens in achieving information justice.
- The function of knowledge management in empowering disadvantaged communities and promoting social justice.
- Data governance and information justice considerations in big data management.
- Information science education and training of professionals aware of the dimensions of information justice.
- Scientometrics and the Measurement and Evaluation of Scientific Justice
- The function of scientometrics in the equitable evaluation of factors influencing scientific production.
- Rules and indicators of scientometrics for evaluating justice in access to and utilization of scientific outputs.
- Scientometric inequalities (e.g., in publications, citations, and rankings) and their impact on information justice.
- The function of scientometrics in identifying areas deprived of access to scientific and general information.
- Evaluation of open access policies from a scientometric and information justice perspective.
- Libraries and Archives: Leading Institutions in Realizing Information Justice
- Public Libraries: The function of public libraries [including citizen science projects] in providing equitable information services to all segments of society.
- Academic and Special Libraries: Justice in access to scientific resources for students and researchers; the function of academic libraries in promoting information literacy and academic justice.
- Digital Libraries: Challenges of information justice in the digital environment; access to digital resources: intellectual property and copyright in digital libraries.
- Archives and Museums: Justice in access to documentary and cultural heritage; preservation, maintenance, and accessibility of archival, museum, and manuscript resources.
- Encyclopedism and Justice in Knowledge Representation
- The function of encyclopedias in creating a comprehensive and equitable representation of knowledge and culture.
- Biases in encyclopedia content and strategies for addressing them to promote information justice.
- Public participation in the production of encyclopedia content (e.g., Wikipedia) and its dimensions of justice.
- Legal, Ethical, and Social Aspects of Information Justice
- Citizens’ information rights and information justice.
- Social and ethical responsibility of information professionals in the equitable dissemination of information.
- Ethical issues in accessing and using information and knowledge.
- The function of legislation and policymaking in realizing information justice.
- Information justice versus digital discrimination and algorithmic bias.
- Ethics in information and knowledge management with a justice approach.