Check out the KRIK Conference Programme outline! Two days packed with keynote lectures, a round table discussion, short paper and poster sessions and lots of networking!

See the full outline here.

We are also happy to host the KIKZ.02  Doctoral Workshop as a co-located event on Saturday, 19 September! More information here.

Btw., did we mention DANCING? Join us at the KRIK Conference party on Friday and connect with conference attendees in a casual atmosphere!

What happens when technology makes things too easy? Our second Keynote speaker, David White, is here to challenge the status quo. 

David‘s career began with online innovation for the BBC Natural History Unit and has led to his current role as Dean of Academic Strategy at the University of the Arts London (UAL). He has taught and researched at the University of the West of England and managed the development of the University of Oxford’s first online courses. In his current role David is responsible for leading thinking on emerging technologies, such as AI. He is also the academic lead for UAL’s new fully online Postgraduate courses. Through this work he supports the university to constructively respond to the educational opportunities and risks of digital technologies. David is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and President of the Association for Learning Technology.

Keynote address title: The Inconvenient Library: Friction and Dissonance as Central to Developing Critical Literacy

We are extremely happy to be able to host our colleague Laura Saunders as one of the keynote speakers at the KRIK Conference! Laura is a Professor and Associate Dean at Simmons University School of Library and Information Science as well as the Director of the Simmons Center for Information Literacy. Her teaching and research focus on the areas of information literacy including news/media literacy and mis- and disinformation as well as reference services, and academic libraries. More info on Laura's biography here!

Keynote address title: Information Literacy and Intellectual Freedom at the Nexus of Social Justice: Imagining a Path Forward

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We invite researchers, practitioners, and doctoral students to submit abstracts for presentation at the conference!

More information is available here!