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ArgumentECIL is an international conference under the patronage of UNESCO and IFLA. Paul G. Zurkowski is the Honorary Chair of the Conference. Conference committees include over hundred distinguished experts from over sixty countries. The language of the Conference is English.Information Literacy in the Inclusive Society&#160;being the main theme, ECIL aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, media specialists, educators, policy makers, employers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss current issues, recent developments, challenges, theories, and good practices.TopicsMain topics of the Conference include (but not limited with) the following:Information literacy and inclusive society (democracy, democratic empowerment, trans/inter/multiculturalism, feminist perspectives, queer theory, radical librarianship, digital empowerment, inclusive education, emancipatory pedagogy, challenging authority, censorship, power (relations), community engagement, social change, citizenship, active participation, the public sphere, informed agitation, postcolonialism, neoliberalism)Information literacy and lifelong learningInformation literacy in theoretical context (models, standards, indicators, etc.)Information literacy and related concepts (transversal competencies, media literacy, civic literacy, transliteracy, metaliteracy, e-literacy, digital literacy, computer literacy, scientific literacy, visual literacy, digital empowerment, etc.)Information literacy research (methods and techniques)Information seeking and information behaviorInformation literacy good practicesInformation literacy policies and policy developmentInformation literacy and libraries (college and university libraries, school libraries, public libraries, special libraries)Information literacy and knowledge managementInformation literacy across disciplinesInformation literacy in different cultures and countriesInformation literacy in different contexts (juristic, health, etc.)Planning strategies for information literacy instruction and trainingInformation literacy education in different sectors (K-12, higher education, vocational education)Information literacy in the workplaceInformation literacy for different target groups (adults, children, disadvantaged groups)Information literacy and digital divideInformation literacy and emerging technologies and toolsInformation literacy in the futureSubmissionsAbstract SubmissionYou are kindly invited to submit your work to the 4th European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL).&#160; The conference will be composed of several types of contributions (see the list below), each has different requirements and restrictions regarding the length, time allocation and content. About 500 word (maximum one template page) abstract is required for all categories. Abstracts should be prepared using the&#160;template&#160;and submitted electronically via the&#160;conference management system&#160;(https://www.conftool.pro/ecil2016/). Please refer to&#160;abstract formating tutorial.Deadline for abstract submission for all categories is&#160;15 February&#160;2016.Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent to authors by&#160;31 March&#160;2016. Final copies of the accepted abstracts should be sent in by&#160;15 April&#160;2016, in order for them to be included in the Abstract Book.&#160;ECIL&#8217;s writing guidelines (http://ecil2015.ilconf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ECIL_Style_Guide.pdf) should be followed while writing abstracts. Please refer to the&#160;flowchart for abstract submission and review process. Submissions by email/fax are not accepted.Full-text SubmissionFull text is only&#160;required for paper category (including&#160; doctoral papers) and should be submitted by&#160;16 May 2016.&#160;Papers should be prepared using Springer&#8217;s template, should not exeed 10 pages &#160;and should be submitted electronically via the conference management system. ECIL&#8217;s writing guidelines (http://ecil2015.ilconf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ECIL_Style_Guide.pdf) should be followed.After the second cycle of peer-review, selected papers will be published in proceedings book.&#160; ECIL&#8217;s Proceedings Books are&#160; published by Springer (agreement with the publisher is on yearly basis) under CCIS (Communications in Computer and Information Science) series. Books that appear in CCIS series are submitted&#160;for indexing to Thomson Reuter&#8217;s Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Scopus and other indexes on a yearly base by the publisher.Submissions by email/fax are not accepted. At least one of the authors should register and take part at the conference to make the presentation. The language of the Conference is English.Programme CommitteeMaryam S. AlOshan,&#160;Imam Muhammed bin Saud Univesity, Saudi ArabiaInes Amaral, Autonomous University of Lisbon, PortugalKanwal Ameen,&#160;University of the Punjab, Lahore, PakistanTatjana Aparac-Jelusic, University of Zadar, CroatiaMihaela Banek Zorica, University of Zagreb, CroatiaTomaz Bartol, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaGl&#243;ria Maria Louren&#231;o Bastos, Universidade Aberta / Portuguese Open University, CEMRI, PortugalDavid Bawden,&#160;City University London, UKBojana Boh Podgornik, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaJoumana Boustany, University of Paris Descartes, FranceSaskia Brand-Gruwel, Open University of the Netherlands, the NetherlandsSabina Cisek, Jagiellonian University, PolandIoannis Clapsopoulos, University of Thessaly, GreeceJohn Crawford, Independent Information Professional, UKTolga &#199;akmak, Hacettepe University, TurkeyPatricia Dawson, Rider University, USAMary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Drexel University, USAAnneke Dirkx, Leiden University, the NetherlandsHeidi Enwald, Oulu University, FinlandHelena Francke, University&#160;of Bor&#229;s, SwedenFabian Franke, University of Bamberg, GermanyAlmuth Gastinger, University of Science and Technology Trondheim, NorwayJos&#233; Antonio G&#243;mez-Hern&#225;ndez, University of Murcia, SpainNieves Gonz&#225;lez-Fern&#225;ndez-Villavicencio, University of Seville, SpainAllen Grant, Drexel University, USAStacey Greenwell, University of Kentucky, USAVincas Grigas, Vilnius University, LithuaniaEystein Gullbekk,&#160;Oslo University, NorwayGaby Haddow, Curtin University, AustraliaLejla Hajdarpasic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia &#38; HerzegovinaJos van Helvoort, The Hague University, The NetherlandsBaiba Holma,&#160;University of Latvia, LatviaMaija-Leena Huotari,&#160;University of Oulu, FinlandMartina Dragija Ivanovic, University of Zadar, CroatiaZhang Jiuzhen, Peking University, ChinaVeronica Johansson,&#160;University of Bor&#229;s, SweedenBill Johnston,&#160;University of Strathclyde, UKChristina Kanaki,&#160;Panteion University of Social and Economic Sciences,&#160;GreecePaulette Kerr, University of West Indies, JamaicaTibor Koltay, Szent Istv&#225;n University, HungaryPavla Kovarova, Masaryk University, Czech&#160;RepublicLiga Krumina Liepaja Central Scientific Library, LatviaSerap Kurbanoğlu, Hacettepe University, TurkeyHana Landova,&#160;Information Education and IL Working Group, Czech RepublicJes&#250;s Lau, Veracruzana University, MexicoVera J. Lee,&#160;Drexel University, USAAnne Lehmans, University of Bordeaux,&#160;FranceLouise Limberg, University of Bor&#229;s, SwedenAnnemaree Lloyd, University of Bor&#229;s, SwedenMandy Lupton, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaAfrodite Malliari, DataScouting, GreeceViviana Fern&#225;ndez Marcial, University of La Coru&#241;a, SpainYolande Maury, Artois University, FranceCamilla Moring, University of Copenhagen, Denmark&#193;g&#250;sta P&#225;lsd&#243;ttir, University of Iceland, IcelandHelen Partridge, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaRosaura Fern&#225;ndez Pascual, University of Granada, SpainOla Pilerot, University of Bor&#229;s, SwedenEwa Rozkosz, University of Lower Silesia, PolandJurgita Rudzioniene, Vilnius University, LithuaniaJarmo Saarti, University of Eastern Finland, FinlandDragana Sabovljev, Zarko Zrenjanin Public Library,&#160;SerbiaChutima Sacchanand, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, ThailandDora Sales, Jaume University, SpainTatiana Sanches,&#160;Universidade de Lisboa, PortugalLaura Saunders, Simmons College, USAJane Secker, London School of Economics, UKFoo Shou Boon Schubert, Technological University, SingaporeGordana Stokić Simončić,&#160;University of Belgrade, SerbiaEero Sormunen, University of Tampere, FinlandSonja &#352;piranec, University of Zagreb, CroatiaJela Steinerova, Comenius University, SlovakiaKarmen Stopar, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaPaul Sturges, University of Pretoria, South AfricaLadislava Zbiejczuk Such&#225;,&#160;Masaryk University,&#160;Czech&#160;RepublicAna L&#250;cia Terra, Oporto Polytechnic Institute, PortugalTania Y. Todorova, SULSIT, BulgariaNevena Tomic, Belgrade University, SerbiaAnne Sissel Vedvik Tonning,&#160;University of Bergen, NorwayTereza Stoyanova Trencheva,&#160;SULSIT, BulgariaYurdag&#252;l &#220;nal, Hacettepe University, TurkeySirje Virkus, University of Tallinn, EstoniaLi Wang,&#160;The University of Auckland, New ZelandGunilla Widen,&#160;&#197;bo Akademi University, FinlandMary Wilkins Jordan,&#160;Simmons College SLIS, USAZuza Wiorogorska, University of Warsaw, PolandAndrew Whitworth,&#160; University of Manchester, UKIwan Wopereis, Open University of the Netherlands, the NetherlandsMei-Mei Wu, National Taiwan University, TaiwanSharon Q. Yang,&#160;Rider University, USAPan Yantao, Sun Yat-Sen University, ChinaSandy Zinn, University of the Western Cape, South Africa