The 11th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2022) will be held in 2022 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 Library's Research Base for Culture and Tourism, the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information.
The theme of the forum is "Smart Library: Resilient Development & Future Challenge". The conference will focus on hot issues and topics, development trends, technology application and the latest research achievements 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, 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 development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period; the role of libraries in realizing the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals; the future of libraries in the post-epidemic era; green libraries construction, etc.
2. New library construction and space renovation
Suggestions: new library construction practices; space renovation and functional reorganization; facilities and equipment update and upgrade, etc.
3. Library integration and development
Suggestions: cross-regional, cross-industry, cross-institutional exchanges and cooperation, etc.
4. Smart Library construction
Suggestions: construction of a new generation of library systems and service platforms; digital humanities and digital academics; new library technology applications, etc.
5. Library reading service innovation
Suggestions: reading promotion innovative practices; special group reading services; all-media reading services, etc.
6. Library resource construction
Suggestions: research, development and utilization of information resources; resource construction in the context of open science; research data management, 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 both Chinese and English; keywords should be separated by semicolons
 • The format of references should strictly follow the national standard "Rules for content, form and structure of bibliographic references" (GB/T 7714-2015)
4. Submission: Go to the "Library Journal" platform (http://www.libraryjournal.com.cn), and submit via "Author's Online Contribution". Select "The 11th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2022)" column, and follow the steps to complete submission. Email submission is not accepted.
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 12, 2022
7. Deadline for the submission of full papers: March 31, 2022
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
Contact:
        Ms. Jean JIN (Overseas), Tel: 86-21-64454500 Email: silf2022@libnet.sh.cn (not for paper submission), International Cooperation Division, Shanghai Library
        Ms. Rui SHU (Domestic), Tel: 86-21-64455309 Email: 467798636@qq.com (not for paper submission), Library and Information Sciences Research Institute, Shanghai Library
   Conference website: http://silf.library.sh.cn

Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)
Organizing Committee of the 11th Shanghai International Library Forum
November 2021