Background and Organization

Abstract

ECIL's mission is to provide an annual forum for individuals interested in IL to share infor-mation about their research and practice. The call for participation invites broad exploration on the range of literacies (e.g., civic, digital, and visual), IL delivery (e.g., curricular design and e-learning), IL in specific settings (e.g., by type of library), IL training for information professionals, and targeted IL (e.g., children and youth, and members of disadvantaged groups), to name a few topics. More recently, calls to participate at ECIL invite contributions around a theme such as " Information Literacy in the Green Society " (2015), " Information Literacy in the Inclusive Society " (2016), or " Workplace Information Literacy " (2017). ECIL posts the conference calendar on its website and issues calls for paper submis-sions ten months prior to the conference date. Kurbanoglu and Spiranec are assisted by three committees and an editorial team. They serve as cochairs for the 130-member Stand-ing Committee for which Paul G. Zurkowski is honorary chair. The Programme Committee, with nearly 100 people, assists the cochairs by reviewing abstracts and papers. The Local Organizing Committee takes care of registration, local events, and the program. The Editorial Team reviews and prepares the abstracts monograph and proceedings. Each ECIL has supportive and sponsoring partners, including UNESCO, IFLA, professional associations, government agencies, colleges and universities, LIS schools, and com-panies such as EBSCO and Thomson Reuters.