BALID's Ruby Jubilee Conference on Digital Transformation of Libraries with Artificial Intelligence

30 January 2026, Friday
WVA Auditorium, Dhanmondi

About the Conference

On the occasion of its Ruby Jubilee, the Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists, and Documentalists (BALID), established in 1986, is organizing a day-long conference on "Digital Transformation of Libraries with Artificial Intelligence" at the WVA Auditorium, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, on January 30, 2026.

The reason for choosing this conference topic is that Artificial intelligence is transforming library services by automating their operations and activities, enhancing user experience, creating a new era of efficiency, accessibility, and innovation through personalized recommendations and AI-powered chatbots, and improving research support, collection management, and information discovery. These applications make libraries more efficient and data-driven, allowing library personnel to focus on more complex tasks and providing patrons with more relevant and instant services. This topic will cover the areas of using AI tools, such as chatbots and image recognition in library operations, addressing issues like transparency, bias, and the ethical implications of AI in libraries, and understanding AI technologies. BALID believes this conference will help to raise AI awareness among librarianship professionals in Bangladesh.

Conference Theme:

Digital Transformation of Libraries with Artificial Intelligence

Sub-themes

• AI and Digital Transformation of Libraries
• AI in Libraries
• AI Tools and Technologies
• AI and robotics
• AI and Ethics
• AI and Smart Libraries: Concept & Processes
• Strategies and AI Tools of Library Services to Users
• AI and Future of the Libraries and Librarianship
• AI Practices by LIS Professional

Call for Papers

Those involved in librarianship, teaching, learning, and managing information are invited to submit original research papers on any of the sub-themes or covering the main theme of the conference, typed on MS Word using Times New Roman font with 11-point, following APA citation standard, may be submitted to balidbd@gmail.comas per dateline below. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and available on BALID website in digital format.

Registration Fee:
Personal: 1,000/-
Official Participant: 2,000/-

Registration Link: Click here to register

Important Dates:

• Call for papers open: October 25, 2025
• Last day of abstract submission: December 25, 2025
• Notification of acceptance of abstract: December 31, 2025
• Last day of full paper submission: January 10, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: January 15, 2026
• Last date of Registration: January 17, 2026

 

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