About the Conference
Sub-themes
The African Library and Information Association and Institutions (AfLIA), the Library Association for Africa, focuses on the development of libraries, information centers, library and information personnel to offer cutting-edge modern services to people on the African continent to improve their livelihoods.
This year’s conference scheduled to hold from 22-26 May 2023, is a hybrid event and is designed to the provide the full range of experiences to both virtual and in-person attendees. Networking has always been at the heart of our biennial conferences and this time, all attendees will be able to partake in interactive and engaging experiences through a dynamic virtual conference platform
- Technology-driven teaching, learning and research for sustainable development; fitting libraries into the mix
- Modern curricula, pedagogy, African libraries and sustainable development
- Online courses, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and African libraries
- Mapping the digital skills of African librarians for e-learning information service delivery
- The Open ecosystem, libraries and the future of learning in Africa
- Informal education, vocational training, skill acquisition through libraries as veritable pathways for sustainable development
- Decolonising educational content for the future of learning in Africa
- Fake Science, Fake news and development in Africa
- Place of indigenous knowledge in the future of learning and sustainable development in Africa.
