INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Academic Libraries:
Trends and Innovations
ALTI 2025
Trends and Innovations
ALTI 2025
AUCA, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
12-13 June, 2025
12-13 June, 2025
About the conference
Academic Libraries: Trends and Innovations 2025 conference brings together librarians and information professionals to foster collaboration, exchange knowledge, and share recent developments in academic librarianship. The international conference seeks to promote innovations in academic libraries by exploring current trends and showcasing best practices that enhance library services, technology integration, and user experience.
Conference Focus Areas
- Managing electronic resources
- Electronic services and user experience
- Information literacy and digital skills
- Licensing and copyright for electronic resources
- Open access publishing
- Open educational resources (OER)
- Open repositories
- Open data
- Policy and funding in open science
- Research literacy, impact metrics, and evaluation
- Copyright, legal, and ethical issues in the digital age
- Digital Humanities
- Digital libraries, collections, and archives
- Digitization and preservation of heritage materials
- Digital curation
- Digital tools for research and analysis
- Equitable access to information
- Inclusive library collections
- Accessibility and universal design
- Inclusive library spaces
- Decolonizing knowledge and collections
- Cultural competencies for librarians
- Library advocacy and policy influence
- Transformative leadership in libraries
- Change management
- Libraries as learning hubs
- Makerspaces and creative labs
- Green libraries and sustainability efforts
- Library-led social innovation projects
Conference Materials
Conference materials will be published under the Creative Commons licenses in the AUCA Digital Repository.
Event Details
Dates
June 12-13, 2025
American University of Central Asia,
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Languages of the conference
Kyrgyz, English, and Russian
Conference format
In-person
Important dates
Registration Fees and Scholarships
Registration fees will be waived for all speakers.
- The registration fee is $160 and includes access to the conference program, materials, coffee breaks, lunches, and a gala dinner. The registration system will open in February 2025.
- Scholarship opportunities to cover the cost of lodging will be available to selected participants. Details on how to apply will be posted in February 2025.
Submit a Proposal
Participants are invited to submit proposals, including original research, case studies, theoretical analyses, and practical implementations. Submissions related to the conference focus areas are encouraged though not limited to these topics.
Our partners
If you want to become our partner, contact us by email alti2025@auca.kg
Venue and Location
The conference will be hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), located in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic.
AUCA is one of the leading universities in Central Asia, renowned for its academic excellence. The university's modern campus offers state-of-the-art facilities, creating an inspiring environment for intellectual exchange and collaboration.
Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, is nestled at the foot of the Tien Shan mountain range.
AUCA is one of the leading universities in Central Asia, renowned for its academic excellence. The university's modern campus offers state-of-the-art facilities, creating an inspiring environment for intellectual exchange and collaboration.
Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, is nestled at the foot of the Tien Shan mountain range.
Learn more
American University of Central Asia
7/6 Aaly Tokombaev Street
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 720060
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 720060
Contacts
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at alti2025@auca.kg
