Shanghai International Library Forum 2024 (SILF 2024) will be held in the Shanghai Library from October 23 to 25, 2024.

The theme of this forum is "Library: Digital Empowerment and Sustainable Growth". Experts, scholars and researchers in the field of libraries around the world are welcome to participate in the conference and conduct in-depth and extensive academic exchanges around hot issues, research achievements, novel concepts, advanced technologies related to the theme.

Information on forum participation, agenda, speakers and etc. will be released through the official website of the Shanghai Library and other channels. Thank you for your concern.

Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
Organizing Committee of Shanghai International Library Forum 2024
January 2024

Shanghai International Library Forum 2024 (SILF 2024) will be held in 2024 at the Shanghai Library. This forum is organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai), co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information.

The theme of the forum is "Library: Digital Empowerment and Sustainable Growth". The conference will focus on hot issues, research achievements, novel concepts, advanced technologies and latest progress 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 promote academic exchanges and cooperation, scholars of library and information science, 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 sustainable development

Suggestions: library sustainable and inclusive development; library high-quality development, etc.

2. Smart library transformation

Suggestions: construction of smart library service platform; artificial intelligence empowered library; digital humanities research; future learning center, etc.

3. Library reading service under all-media environment

Suggestions: innovation of reading service mode; brand building of reading promotion; construction of reading cultural space, etc.

4. Library resource development sharing

Suggestions: optimization of information resource system; protection, transformation and use of library resources; digital resource long-term preservation, etc.

5. Library cross-border integration

Suggestions: library social cooperation; integration of library and cultural tourism; cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary development, etc.

6. Library management in the new era

Suggestions: library management and planning; professional ability and personnel training, etc.

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 within 300 words. The paper should be reasonable in structure, clear in viewpoint, and concise in writing style.
    3. Format:

The paper should be arranged in the following order: topic, title, author’s name, author’s organization, abstract, keywords, text (sections indicated with numbers, such as 1., 1.1, 1.1.1 ......) and references.
At the end of the paper, please indicate the author’s contact information (telephone, e-mail, mailing address and zip code).
The title of the paper, author's name, author’s organization, abstract, and keywords must be in English; keywords should be separated by semicolons.
The national standard "Rules for content, form and structure of bibliographic references" (GB/T 7714-2015) is recommended for the format of references.

    4. Submission:

Choice 1: Email to silf2024@libnet.sh.cn
Choice 2: Go to the "Library Journal" platform (http://www.libraryjournal.com.cn/), and submit via "Author's Online Contribution". Select "Shanghai International Library Forum 2024 (SILF 2024)" column, and follow the steps to complete submission.

    5. Authors agree that the SILF Organizing Committee can revise or edit their papers and disseminate the papers accepted digitally, unless the Organizing Committee is otherwise notified.
    6. Deadline for the submission of abstracts: February 5, 2024
    7. Deadline for the submission of full papers: March 31, 2024
    8. All papers will be reviewed by the duplicate checking system and the forum's Academic Committee. Accepted papers will be included in the officially published electronic conference proceedings. Selected excellent papers will also be recommended to such Chinese core journals as the Library Journal.

III. Secretariat

    Ms. Rui SHU (Domestic), Tel: 86-21-64455555-61439
    Email: 467798636@qq.com (not for paper submission), Library and Information Sciences Research Institute, Shanghai Library
    Ms. Jean JIN (Overseas), Tel: 86-21-64454500
    Email: silf2024@libnet.sh.cn, International Cooperation Division, Shanghai Library
    Conference website: https://silf.library.sh.cn/

Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
Organizing Committee of Shanghai International Library Forum 2024
October 2023