13th - 15th July 2021 / Porto, Portugal
online format
Bridging Universities and Society
Libraries as Connectors
Bridging Universities and Society
Libraries as Connectors
The International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) invites you to attend the 41st IATUL Annual Conference at Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal from 13 to 15 July 2021 (online format). This is an excellent opportunity to hear about the latest academic library initiatives and network with colleagues and friends from all over the world.
The emergence of movements such as Open Science, Open Innovation, and Citizen Science highlights how society benefits when higher education institutions expand access to research and teaching. Ongoing engagement and collaboration between universities and communities are essential components of these open initiatives. The recent developments in research to fight COVID-19 emphasize the advantages of open collaboration. Academic libraries worldwide are playing vital roles in facilitating these initiatives by developing new and innovative services and infrastructure.
The overall themes for the conference and the call for papers are:
-IATUL2021 is a free access event, but requiring registration (with a limit of participants).
Sessions will be publicly streamed through IATUL’ s YouTube Channel (), allowing everyone to follow.
- Considering the limit of participants, the Conference Organizing Committee thanks the cancelation of any registration of a delegate who won’t be able
to participate
- After registration, an email is sent requiring additional information essential to the organization of the event
(check email spam folder; sometimes the email takes a few minutes to arrive)
- If you are representing an IATUL Member Institution, please provide us the institutional code for the management of the General Assembly
- The conference sessions will be saved and shared using IATUL YouTube Channel
The emergence of movements such as Open Science, Open Innovation, and Citizen Science highlights how society benefits when higher education institutions expand access to research and teaching. Ongoing engagement and collaboration between universities and communities are essential components of these open initiatives. The recent developments in research to fight COVID-19 emphasize the advantages of open collaboration. Academic libraries worldwide are playing vital roles in facilitating these initiatives by developing new and innovative services and infrastructure.
Accepted proposals and keynotes consider:
Download: Paper Guidelines | Author Agreement
The posters will be evaluated by a committee of IATUL Board members for content, innovation, and presentation of the poster. The Irmgard Lankenau Poster Prize will be announced at the conference Closing Session.
| 10h00‐11h00 | Opening Session Keynote: Maria Fernanda Rollo (Portugal) |
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| 11h00‐12h30 |
IATUL General Meeting |
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| 12h30‐13h00 | Posters Presentation - The internationalization of scholarly journals in Brazil: Diagnosis of the periodicals portal of the Espírito Santo Federal University (Gleice Pereira, Victor de Freitas Azeredo Barros, Morgana Carneiro de Andrade, Lucas Magalhães,) - Digital repository integration of cultural objects to the Linked open Data network (Paula Regina Ventura Amorim Gonçalez, Daniela Lucas da Silva Lemos, Morgana Carneiro de Andrade, Bruna de Freitas) - Expect the unexpected: One Library's response to crisis and change (Caitlin MacKenzie Mannion, Qinghua Xu, Xiaojing Zu) - A DIY solution for improving Library study conditions (Cristina Sousa Lopes, Nuno Portela) |
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| 13h00‐14h00 | Break |
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| 14h00‐15h00 | Keynote & Debate: Bridging to Open Future Heather Joseph & Vanessa Proudman |
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| 15h00‐16h00 | Session 02 ‐ Advancing engagement through Information Literacy (Nandi Prince) ‐ Collections & Intersections: A facilitated library collection in action (Heather McMullen) ‐ Is EBA sustainable? (Louis Houle) |
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| 16h00‐17h00 | Session 03 ‐ Librarians as research partners on interdisciplinary research teams (Kelly E. Miller; Kineret Ben‐Knaan) ‐ Re-imagine the spaces at Research Libraries during the most challenging times (Shali Zhang) ‐ Fostering innovation in the Library's experiential studio (C. Jeffrey Belliston) |
| 10h00‐11h00 | Session 04 ‐ The University of Otago Library Capability Framework: Supporting researcher‐facing librarians to successfully deliver inside‐out services and support (Shiobhan Smith) ‐ The rise of creative class in library: A Chinese perspective (Lingdan SONG) ‐ Face‐to‐face with the new: Libraries readiness and perspectives towards the changing service environment (Christine M. Abrigo; Efren M. Torres, Jr) |
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| 11h00‐12h00 | Session 05
‐ Universities as Open Knowledge Institutions: Sharing vital research (Katie Wilson; Lucy Montgomery; Cameron Neylon; Richard Hosking; Chun‐Kai (Karl) Huang; Alkim Ozaygen; Rebecca N. Handcock; Aniek Roelofs) ‐ University libraries as active agents for change. The BitViews Project: how University librarians can turn all journals green and clear the path to open science (Manfredi La Manna) ‐ International visibility of thesis and dissertations from ULisboa through the Institutional Repositories: Gateway for Open Science (Luiza Baptista; Sílvia Costa Lopes; Susana Oliveira Henriques; Tatiana Sanches) |
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| 12h00‐13h00 | Panel: IATUL SIGs ‐ SIG ALICE ‐ SIG Data ‐ SIG IL ‐ SIG Space ‐ SIG MaRI |
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| 13h00‐14h00 | Break |
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| 14h00‐15h00 | Keynote Open and Citizen Science in Global Emergency Times Sarita Albagli (Brazil) |
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| 15h00‐16h00 | Session 06 ‐ Designing strategies and actions to support Open Science: Building capacity in a higher education institution (Carlos Lopes; Maria da Luz Antunes; Tatiana Sanches) ‐ Evaluation and analysis of Open Access electronic resources in higher education libraries in Portugal (José Carlos Bento de Carvalho; Maria João Amante; María Ángeles Zulueta) - Look what we've got for you! – Promoting library collections (Viola Voß; Göran Hamrin) |
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| 16h00‐17h00 | Session 07 ‐ Library and faculty partnering to increase Open Access Publishing among researchers (Ana Freitas; Cristina Sousa Lopes; Luís Miguel Costa; Palmira Seixas; Teresa Oliveira Ramos) ‐ The Bridge of Data project from Gdańsk University of Technology as a connector among the scientific environment and society (Anna Wałek; Magdalena Szuflita‐Żurawska) |
| 10h00‐11h00 | Session 08 ‐ SIG MaRI: working together to develop a tool to help build library staff understanding of, and capability in, research impact services (Trish Wilson; Shiobhan Smith) ‐ We are partners! – Connecting through collaboration and engagement with communities at SMU Libraries (Wei XIA) - Three Strategic Pillars: Finnish University Libraries' Network fuelling Open Science and access to research‐based information (Anne Lehto; Minna Abrahamsson‐Sipponen; Tommi Harju; Susanna Parikka; Pia Södergård) |
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| 11h00‐12h00 | Session 09
‐ Choosing readings: Portuguese academic library users’ opinion about preferences for printed books or ebooks (Célia Cruz; Isabel Sá; Luiza Baptista; Tatiana Sanches) ‐ Students' information literacy skills at the School of Communication, Public Management and Tourism (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal): evaluation and university library role (Marisa Ferreira Borges; Liliana Esteves Gomes; Clarisse do Céu Pais) |
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| 12h00‐13h00 | Keynote Can libraries be a "safe haven" in the midst of a pandemic? Teresa Leão |
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| 13h00‐14h00 | Break |
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| 14h00‐15h00 | Panel Open Science/Open Research Data Cases & Libraries (Maria Vicente, Alastair Dunning, Cristina Ribeiro, Kathleen Shearer) |
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| 15h00‐16h00 | Session 10 ‐ The Hive: A Love Story or When two libraries become one (Janine Downes) ‐ Library Services as partner: Bringing students and the public together to deliver impact (Alan Brine; Elizabeth Wheelband) ‐ The Path toward Indigenization in Canadian Libraries (Anne Carr‐Wiggin; Samantha Adema; Kaia MacLeod; Elaine MacInnis) |
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| 16h00‐17h00 | Closing Session Keynote |
Porto is the second city in Portugal, and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. The Historic Centre of Porto, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, is one of the most attractive venues for visitors, providing a rich variety of monuments and ordinary dwelling, from different periods stretching back as far as the 12th century.
The city of Porto and its river Douro cannot be dissociated. The Douro valley, with its lovely terraces of vineyards clinging to the hillsides, offers visitors attonishing views. Porto is the centre of a culturally and naturally rich region that gathers together history, arts and nature (sea and mountains). It is a perfect starting point for tourist excursions.
The University of Porto largest education and research institution in Portugal: 32000 students, 1900 teaching and research staff, 53 undergraduated programmes, 236 postgraduated programes, 60 research units, 15 schools.
FEUP has up to 7174 students and 552 teachers distributed by 9 different departments that range from Industrial Engineering and Management, to Informatics and Mechanics, among others. FEUP has kept a steady pace towards excellence and innovation, namely: 19 spin-offs, 76 active or pending patent and brands, 24 R&D units, which involve 80% of the faculty. FEUP has been a partner of several education institutions for research projects and innovative postgraduate courses, such as University of Texas, MIT, and CMU.
UNESCO recognized Porto historic center as a World Heritage Site.
Among the architectural highlights of the city, the Porto Cathedral is the oldest surviving structure, together with the small romanesque Church of Cedofeita, the gothic Igreja de São Francisco (Church of Saint Francis), the remnants of the city walls and a few 15th-century houses.
The baroque style is well represented in the city in the elaborate gilt work interior decoration of the churches of St. Francis and St. Claire (Santa Clara), the churches of Mercy (Misericórdia) and of the Clerics (Igreja dos Clérigos), the Palace of the Archbishop, and others.
The neoclassicism and romanticism of the 19th and 20th centuries also added interesting monuments to the landscape of the city, like the magnificent Stock Exchange Palace (Palácio da Bolsa), the Hospital of Saint Anthony, the Municipality, the buildings in the Avenida dos Aliados, the tile-adorned São Bento Train Station and the gardens of the Crystal Palace (Palácio de Cristal).
Porto has several museums, concert halls, theaters, cinemas, art galleries, libraries and book shops. The best-known museums of Porto are the Soares dos Reis National Museum (Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis), which is dedicated especially to the Portuguese artistic movements from the 16th to the 20th century, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation (Museu de Arte Contemporânea). The city has concert halls of a rare beauty and elegance such as the Coliseu do Porto by the Portuguese architect Cassiano Branco; an exquisite example of the Portuguese decorative arts, the Rivoli theatre, and the recent Casa da Música.
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