The time is nearing the halfway mark for LISA 10 pre-registration and abstract submissions, due 31 May 2025! Come join your fellow information professionals online or in-person in Santiago.
For more information, please bookmark the LISA 10 website or click the registration link to pre-register to attend or submit your abstract today.
LISA 10, Research Equity and Access in the Age of AI, will take place the week of Mon, 03 Nov – Fri, 07 Nov 2025. The conference will be held in-person at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) premises in Santiago, Chile, with remote participation available via MS Teams. The conference will provide participants the opportunity to engage with fellow librarians, archivists, data specialists, bibliographers, publishers, documentalists, experts on evolving technologies, and scientists. The LISA conference series aims to provide a platform to discuss the state-of-the-art for information maintenance, retrieval, metrics, preservation, scholarly publishing, and information systems.
Conference timeline as follows. Announcements will be sent at each step:
* 01 April 2025 – 31 May 2025: Pre-registration and abstract submission open. Abstracts will be accepted through 31 May.
* Mid-late June: abstract decisions announced
* July to mid-Aug: programme announcement and final registration/payment
Participants will know if their abstract has been accepted before final registration and payment are required in summer 2025.
Remote participants are equally encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration. Both presentations and digital posters are welcome and will be organized around the following themes:
Using AI/ML/LLMs Responsibly: Topics on current or potential application of AI/LLMs/ML at your institution or in your information service community, including opportunities and challenges
Research Equity, Inclusiveness & Access: Ensuring equity with perspectives from around the globe
Stewarding Astronomical Knowledge: Best practices in traditional and data archives, documentation, and knowledge transfer and representation
Assessing the Impact of Research: Sharing insights into tools, platforms, documentation and the ?why? of bibliometrics. Presentations on researcher/staff, institutional, and observatory metrics are encouraged
The Future of Multidisciplinary Research: Current and future expansion of science disciplines and SciX; changes to where and how astronomy gets published; diversity of research communities and media beyond the traditional journal article
Enabling Open Science: Topics on data curation, data management and open software; ensuring reproducibility and access to others
Navigating Open Access: How changes in publishing models are impacting libraries and their customers; publishing challenges at your institution; topics on affordability and reputability of journals
The Changing Roles of Astronomy Libraries: Additional topics, such as:
o changing role of special libraries, connecting users to resources and managing collections;
o changing demands on libraries, such as research/data support;
o role in organizing conferences or publishing conference proceedings;
o navigating copyright law;
o organizing training for research skills like proposal writing/Overleaf, etc
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