THE BIGGEST LIBRARY CONFERENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN

Save the date for the 52st edition of the most extensive library conference in the Caribbean, hosted this year at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel. This conference is for all librarians, archivists, museum personnel, information specialists, exhibitors, and other information professionals who want to be inspired, learn, and move forward.

Call for Papers:   

https://acuril.org/2023/03/10/extension-deadlines-call-for-papers-workshops-posters/

 ACURIL 2022  - THE LARGEST LIBRARY CONFERENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN

#ACURIL2022

Join us for the 51st edition of the Caribbean's largest library conference, held this year on the island of Curaçao. This conference is for all librarians, archivists, museum staff, information specialists, exhibitors, and other information professionals who want to be inspired, learn, and advance.

ACURIL 2019 CONFERENCE

CONFERENCE THEME

ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL: CARIBBEAN LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS SUPPORTING THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) is pleased to announce that its 49th Conference, to be held from June 2-9, 2019, on the happy island of Aruba, will focus on the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG’s ) which are the framework of the UN 2030 agenda.

 Conference Sub-Themes

The ACURIL 2019 ARUBA Conference Program Committee invites proposals for paper, and poster presentations which explore the following Sub-themes:

1.      Information services aimed at poverty alleviation and food security

Topics : Employment information services, Library services for the homeless, Drug prevention, Social inclusion, Sustainable agriculture, Nutrition information.

2.      Promote literacy and lifelong learning

Topics : Literacy programs for all ages; Digital literacy programs for low-income residents, children, special needs population, immigrants, mobile library services, collaboration with local government and non-profit organizations to offer literacy programs, Makerspaces, literacy programs to support teaching, learning and research.

3.      Libraries and sustainability

Topics : Green libraries, Heritage Libraries, Library programs aimed at awareness of climate change, energy/environmental conservation and resource management, Preservation of indigenous knowledge, Conservation, Recycling, institutional and other data repositories.

4.      Libraries contributing to peaceful and just societies

Topics : Library services promoting peace, ethics, transparency and good governance; Public access to information; Intellectual Property Rights.

5.      Integrated strategies to achieve multiple SDGs

Topics : Information services promoting sustained and inclusive economic growth, library projects promoting social development and environmental protection, programs which benefit all including women, children, youth

Conference website: http://acuril2019aruba.com

ACURIL 2018 : Open Access in Caribbean Libraries, Archives and Museums: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: http://libguides.uwi.edu/c.php?g=738476&p=5312468

The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) is excited to announce that its 48^th Conference, to be held from June 3 – 7, 2018 in beautiful Dominican Republic, will focus on the theme Open Access in Caribbean Libraries, Archives and Museums: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions.
Globally, Libraries, Archives and Museums are challenged to manage their operational budgets, engage their user communities, develop innovative services and function as a gateway to open access resources. Caribbean Libraries are not immune to these challenges. In this information society, open access technologies provide opportunities for Caribbean Libraries, Archives and Museums to rise above these challenges and still achieve these respective goals.
Through dynamic presentations, poster sessions, workshops and the exhibitors fair, the 2018 ACURIL Conference seeks to:

• Open a discourse amongst Caribbean information professionals about the relevance of the open access movement and its future directions.
• Allow delegates to exchange information, experiences and best practices.
• Provide an opportunity for delegates to learn how to develop skills and competencies to use open access tools and technologies.
• Foster collaboration with  ACURIL's Exhibitors and other stakeholders to develop new platforms to enhance service delivery.
• Establish a registry of open access projects in Caribbean Libraries, Archives and Museums. 

The ACURIL XLVII 2018 Conference Programme Committee invites proposals for paper, workshop and poster presentations which explore the following Sub-themes:

•         Open Access (OA): Global/Caribbean Context

Presentations which explore the debates in the open access field and provide interpretations and different perspectives on issues surrounding OA are especially welcomed. Participants are encouraged to share their Caribbean case studies on managing open access issues.

       Key topics: Experiences of publishers, informational professionals and other stakeholder in managing open access issues; Types of open access resources/initiatives that have been developed and are being used and managed to achieve institutional goals.

•         Policy, Strategy and Advocacy

Key topics:  How is OA impacting on copyright, public rights, and intellectual rights?; Disaster management and preservation of digital content as a result of natural disasters; New media/social media and its relation to OA; Managing open access portfolios; Creating policies and workflows; Budgeting for open access; Academic ranking and open access;

•         Professional Development and User Education

Key topics:  Quality control of open access resources and implications for user education; Open education: experiences in learning and opportunities for librarians; Grantsmanship: funding the enterprise.

•         Innovation and Trends

Key topics:  Digital humanities; Data management; Open Journal Systems; Institutional repositories; Open source software usage/initiatives and management in libraries, archives and museums

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Conference Information

CONFERENCE THEME

Multidisciplinary Research in the Caribbean:  A Collaborative Approach

Conference website: https://acuril2017puertorico.com/welcometoacuril2017pr/ 

The goal of this conference is to bring together the community of researchers and practitioners who are interested in studying the diverse issues of the region. The intention is both to assemble the existing community as well as to invite those with emerging interests in this area. A secondary goal is to focus the attention of the Caribbean community on the tremendous collaborative opportunities for research in the region.

Research in the Caribbean region disciplines depends on the availability of representative samples. These samples serve as fundamental references for generating new knowledge on the region, contribute to its growth and bring to forth a deeper understanding of the processes that created and shaped it, and to assess the availability of resources.

The program, therefore, aims to bring together multidisciplinary research being conducted in the region, offering opportunities to present a wide range of topics from diverse research areas, particularly to:

• strengthen the scientific knowledge base on and about the Caribbean;

• encourage collaboration and partnerships between Caribbean colleagues, research institutions and Caribbean partner organizations;

• foster sustainable development and innovation in the Caribbean region;

• contribute to the regional capacity development by engaging regional colleagues (e.g., students, professionals) and organizations in joint research projects.

Request is made for the participation from all disciplinary areas to make this conference a complete success.

Sub- Theme I:  Multidisciplinary Research in the Caribbean.

Sub- Theme II: Innovative Research in Caribbean Libraries, Archives and Museums

Sub- Theme III: Research in the Caribbean Sociology, Economics and Politics

Sub – Theme IV: Radical Change in Research with Digital Information Technologies and Knowledge Management.