The library is one of the most influential public cultural spaces in a city. In recent years, the international library community has attached great importance to the value of space in its reader service and transformation development, and has conducted a lot of research and practice on library space reconstruction.

The 10th Shanghai International Library Forum specially organizes the "Development of New Generation Libraries" session, inviting experts from home and abroad to talk about the new concept and development practice of library space design and renovation. The guest speakers include experts from IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section, as well as library directors from Norway, Denmark and Macau in China, internationally renowned library architecture designers, and professionals with extensive management experience in library space facilities.

You will appreciate the "Nordic phenomenon" in which the innovation of library space design drives the upgrading of service forms, and perceive the new highlights of the new generation library building design, and the new trends of library architecture and space planning in many countries

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With nearly two decades of hard work, the Shanghai International Library Forum has developed into an international professional and academic forum that has attracted the attention of library communities at home and abroad, and has a far-reaching impact. It has provided a platform of cross-border communication for the development of librarianship in Shanghai and in China.
The 10th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2020) will be held on October 14-16, 2020 at the Shanghai Library. The theme of the forum is "Building Libraries for a New Age: Persistence, Transformation and Revolution". The forum will conduct extensive discussions on such topics as library services and management innovation, new generation of library buildings and etc.

1. Forum Agenda

The forum has opening and closing ceremonies, keynote speeches, seminars, dialogues between speakers and etc. The agenda is as follows:
  - Morning, 15 October: Opening ceremony, keynote speeches
  - Afternoon, 15 October: Seminar on "Library Services and Management Innovation"
  - Morning, 16 October: Seminar on "New Generation of Library Buildings", and dialogues between guest speakers; Closing ceremony

2. Guest speakers

The forum has invited more than 20 experts and scholars from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia and other countries for academic discussions.
Gerald Leitner, Secretary-General of IFLA, Rao Quan, Director of the National Library of China, Li Donglai, Director of the Dongguan Library, Guangdong, and Liu Wei, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Library, will give keynote speeches, discussing ideas on such hot topic as the smart transformation of libraries, future library development and etc.
Guests invited to participate in the forum include (in no particular order):
  - Gerald Leitner, Secretary General of IFLA
  - Rao Quan, Director of the National Library of China
  - Li Donglai, Director of the Dongguan Library, Guangdong, China
  - Liu Wei, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Library, China
  - Stefano Parise, Vice President of EBLIDA, Director of the Public Library System of Milan, Italy
  - Nick Buron, Chief Librarian of Queens Public Library, New York, USA
  - Keith Webster, Dean of Libraries, Director of Emerging & Integrative Media Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  - Kelvin Watson, Director of Libraries, Broward County Libraries Division, USA
  - Ding Ruohong, Deputy Director, Hebei Provincial Library, China
  - Wu Jianzhong, Director of the University of Macau Library, China
  - Zhang Jia, Standing Committee Member of IFLA Library Building and Equipment Section
  - Chris Hardie, Principal and Design Director, SHL Architects, Denmark
  - Marie Oestergaard, Library Director of Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark
  - Tonia Arahova, Member of IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section
  - Karen Latimer, Member of the LIBER European Research Libraries Architecture Group
  - Philip Kent, University Librarian of the University of Sydney, Australia and so forth.

3. Organizers

The forum is organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai), and co-organized by Shanghai Library Base for Cultural and Tourism Research, Shanghai Library Society, Shanghai Science and Technology Information Society. Library Journal and Academic Research Committee of the Library Society of China provide academic support. The forum has received special support from the Shanghai Branch of the Tongfang Knowledge Network (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Wanfang Data Co., Ltd.

4. How to participate

This forum combines online and offline seminars and dialogues, web conferences and multi-platform live broadcasts. It uses "cloud participation" and is broadcast live on CNKI and Gensee platform without charging any participation fee.
Please stay tuned to the official website and official WeChat platform of the Shanghai Library. Details of the agenda and live broadcast links will be released later.

Organizing Committee of the 10th Shanghai International Library Forum
Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
September 2020

The 10th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2020) will be held at the Shanghai Library on October 14-16, 2020. With the combination of online and offline discussions and seminars, online conferences and multi-platform live broadcasts, domestic and foreign experts and colleagues in the world library and information community will conduct extensive and in-depth academic communications on the theme of the conference “Building Libraries for a New Age: Perseverance, Transformation and Disruption”.

Information about participation methods, forum agendas, speakers and etc. will be released through the Shanghai Library official website and official WeChat account in the future. Please stay tuned for more updates.

Organizing Committee of the 10th Shanghai International Library Forum
Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
July, 2020

The theme of the 10th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2020) is "Building Libraries for a New Age: Perseverance, Transformation and Disruption". The conference will focus on hot issues and topics, the latest research achievements, innovative ideas, advanced technology and the latest developments related to the theme, and conduct in-depth and extensive academic discussions. Well-known experts and scholars will be invited to present keynote speeches and specific reports. To ensure the academic quality of this forum and attract more paper submissions, scholars of library and information science, managers of libraries and information agencies, and professionals from all fields at home and abroad are invited to submit papers and attend the conference.

In view of the epidemic situation of COVID-19 at home and abroad, the forum's organizing committee has determined that the deadline for submission of papers for this forum will be extended to June 30, 2020. At the same time, in order to reflect the practical thinking of library management and services in the context of epidemic fighting, a special topic regarding library emergency management and service mechanisms is added.

I. Topics of the Conference
    1. Library professional planning and scientific management
    2. Library resource development in the era of all media
    3. Research and practice of library innovation services
    4. The development patterns and paths of smart libraries
    5. Library building innovation and space reengineering
    6. Digital humanities and collection development
    7. Library diverse communications and cooperation
    8. Library emergency management and service mechanisms

II. Paper Submission Guidelines
    1. The paper to be submitted must be the original work of the author(s), closely related to the theme of the conference and is not published on any journals at home or abroad, or given as a speech at any conference. The paper does not involve any classified information, there is no plagiarism, and the author takes sole responsibilities for his or her views.
    2. The paper contains 5,000 words or less, including an abstract of 300 words or less in English or Chinese. Please indicate the topic of your paper.
    3. The paper should be arranged in the following order: title, author’s organization and name, author’s mailing address and zip code, abstract, keywords, text and references. (Specifications for writing conference papers. We kindly remind you that we only accept papers written in this style.)
    4. Submission method: Submit papers through the "Library Journal" submission platform to enter the "authors online submission". Email submission is not accepted.
    Contribution address: http://www.libraryjournal.com.cn
    Selection of contribution columns: The Tenth Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2020). (Note: please     read it carefully and follow the platform operation steps to submit!)
    5. Authors agree that the SILF Organizing Committee can revise or edit their papers and publish the papers accepted on the SILF website in PDF format, unless the Organizing Committee is otherwise notified.
    6. Deadline for the submission of abstracts: May 12, 2020
    7. Deadline for the submission of full papers: June 30, 2020

    All papers will be reviewed by the Academic Misconduct System and the forum's Academic Committee. Accepted papers will be formally published in the electronic conference proceedings, and selected excellent papers will also be recommended to such Chinese core journals as the Library Journal.

III. Secretariat
    Contact:
        Ms. Jean JIN (Overseas), Tel: 86-21-64454500 International Cooperation Division, Shanghai Library
        Ms. Rui SHU (Domestic), Tel: 86-21-64455555-1439 Library and Information Sciences Research Institute, Shanghai Library
    Email: silf2020@libnet.sh.cn
    Fax: 86-21-64455006
    Conference website: http://silf.library.sh.cn/2020en/

Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
Organizing Committee of the 9th Shanghai International Library Forum
March 2020

The 10th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2020) will be held on October 14-16, 2020 at the Shanghai Library. This forum is organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai), co-organized by the Ministry of Culture Research Center for Public Culture Affairs (Shanghai), the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information, and supported by the Academic Research Committee of Library Society of China.

The theme of the forum is "Building Libraries for a New Age: Perseverance, Transformation and Disruption". The conference will focus on hot issues and topics, the latest research achievements, innovative ideas, advanced technology and the latest developments related to the theme, and conduct in-depth and extensive academic discussions. Well-known experts and scholars will be invited to present keynote speeches and specific reports. To ensure the academic quality of this forum and attract more paper submissions, scholars of library and information science, managers of libraries and information agencies, and professionals from all fields at home and abroad are invited to submit papers and attend the conference.

I. Topics of the Conference
    1. Library professional planning and scientific management
    2. Library resource development in the era of all media
    3. Research and practice of library innovation services
    4. The development patterns and paths of smart libraries
    5. Library building innovation and space reengineering
    6. Digital humanities and collection development
    7. Library diverse communications and cooperation

II. Paper Submission Guidelines
    1. The paper to be submitted must be the original work of the author(s), closely related to the theme of the conference and is not published on any journals at home or abroad, or given as a speech at any conference. The paper does not involve any classified information, there is no plagiarism, and the author takes sole responsibilities for his or her views.
    2. The paper contains 5,000 words or less, including an abstract of 300 words or less in English or Chinese. Please indicate the topic of your paper.
    3. The paper should be arranged in the following order: title, author’s organization and name, author’s mailing address and zip code, abstract, keywords, text and references. (Specifications for writing conference papers. We kindly remind you that we only accept papers written in this style.)
    4. Authors agree that the SILF Organizing Committee can revise or edit their papers and publish the papers accepted on the SILF website in PDF format, unless the Organizing Committee is otherwise notified.
    5. Deadline for the submission of abstracts: February 12, 2020
    6. Deadline for the submission of full papers: March 31, 2020
    7. The paper should be in Word format and submitted in electronic form to the contact e-mail of the Conference Organizing Committee.
    All papers will be reviewed by the forum's Academic Committee. Accepted papers will be formally published in print in the conference proceedings. Selected excellent papers will also be recommended to such Chinese core journals as the Library Journal.

III. Conference date and venue:
    Date: October 14-16, 2020
    October 14, 2020: Live Streaming
    October 15, 2020: Opening ceremony, keynote speeches, plenary meeting reports
    October 16, 2020: Sessions and closing ceremony
    Venue: Shanghai Library (1555 HuaihaiZhong Road, Shanghai, China 200031)

IV. Secretariat
    Contact:
        Ms. Jean JIN (Overseas), Tel: 86-21-64454500 International Cooperation Division, Shanghai Library
        Ms. Rui SHU (Domestic), Tel: 86-21-64455555-1439 Library and Information Sciences Research Institute, Shanghai Library
    Email: silf2020@libnet.sh.cn
    Fax: 86-21-64455006
    Conference website: http://silf.library.sh.cn/2020en/

Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
Organizing Committee of the 9th Shanghai International Library Forum
July 2019