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Dear colleagues,

The IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section
<https://www.ifla.org/units/acquisition-collection-development/>, in
collaboration with the Library Publishing Special Interest Group
<https://www.ifla.org/units/library-publishing/> and the Advisory Committee
on Open Science and Scholarship <https://www.ifla.org/units/oss/>, is
planning a session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in
Astana, Kazakhstan, from 18 to 22 August 2025.

The session theme is “*Sustainable Paths Towards Open Science and Open
Scholarship*“. This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for proposal
submissions is *30 **April 2025*.

We welcome proposals on topics such as:

   - Open Science Mandates and the Role of Libraries
   - Library responses to Open Science policies and mandates from research
   funders, governments, and institutions.
   - Strategies for building organizational capacity and workforce
   expertise to meet these new challenges.
   - Sustainable Open Infrastructure and Governance Models
   - How community-owned, community-governed infrastructures are enabling
   the transition to Open Science.
   - Exploring tools, platforms, and best practices for creating
   interoperable, scalable, and sustainable systems for scholarly publishing
   and research dissemination.
   - Collaboration and Community-building, Local vs. Global Needs
   - Case studies of cross-institutional collaboration among libraries,
   university presses, scholar-led communities, and non-profits. Balancing
   local community priorities with global Open Science objectives.
   - Innovative partnerships and business models supporting equitable,
   accessible, and non-profit publishing ecosystems.
   - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Open Science
   - How we ensure that Open Science and open infrastructure promote equity
   and inclusion globally.
   - Ethical considerations and practical strategies for addressing
   structural inequities in access to research and scholarly communication.
   Ethics of transformative agreements and their impact on a global transition
   to open publishing models.
   - Emerging Trends in Open Science
   - Exploring how AI, machine learning, and other technological
   advancements are shaping the future of Open Science and scholarly
   communication.
   - Benefits and challenges posed to Open Science by the use of emerging
   technologies in science.


For full submission details, please visit the conference site at
https://2025.ifla.org/acquisition-and-collection-development-section/

For proposal-related enquiries, please feel free to contact Michael
Levince-Clark at [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> or Lidia
Uziel at [log in to unmask]

Regards,
Lilly


*Lilly Hoi Sze Ho*

Chair, *IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development Section
<https://www.ifla.org/units/acquisition-collection-development/>*

Member, IFLA Open Science and Scholarship Advisory Committee
<https://www.ifla.org/units/oss/>