Award for best research paper on digital libraries

The award encourages original research and publication by relatively new professionals and is open to those with eight years or less professional experience. This year’s theme is Digital Libraries: knowledge creation and sharing and the sub-themes include:

• The role of Digital Libraries in sustaining access to information
• Intersection of Digital Libraries and Digital Humanities
• Linked Open Data in Digital Libraries
• Open Data and re-use of data
• User participation and crowdsourcing
• Open Access
• Use of Digital Library in information practices
• The impact of Digital Libraries in user community and knowledge creation
• Data curation

For more information on the Award and how to submit see the IFLA website.