Programme

Preliminary Programme 

Conference invited commentators

Bill Johnston, Independent Scholar, UK

Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield, UK

Thursday, 17 September 2026

09:30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:15 Conference opening 

   Sonja Špiranec, University of Zagreb, Croatia

10:15 - 11:15 Keynote address 

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

         David White, University of the Arts London, The United Kingdom 

   Session chair: Sonja Špiranec, University of Zagreb, Croatia

11:15 - 12:15 Keynote address

       The Postdigital Condition and Critical AI Literacy 

   Mario Hibert, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 

   Session chair: Denis Kos, University of Zagreb, Croatia

12:15 - 13:15 Light lunch, coffee & networking break

       Poster session I

        Moving, Playing, and Thinking Critically: The KIFOS Library as a Response to the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence in Higher       Education 

   Lana Šuster

   More Human than Human—or Maybe Not? Generative AI as Support, Not Replacement for Librarian Expertise in Subject Indexing 

 Ivana Majer

   Comparative Analysis of the Use and Perception of AI Tools for Scientific Database Search at the University North

 Magdalena Vidaček & Jasna Šipek

13:15 - 14:00 Short presentations

   Session 1: Professional Identity, AI and Institutional Change

   Professional Identity or Institutional Habitus?

        Darren Flynn

Understanding Librarians’ Capacity to Teach AI Literacy: A Participatory SWOT Analysis

Alica Kolarić, Ivana Martinović & Dejana Golenko

   From Awareness to Action: Institutional Readiness of Academic Libraries for Sustainable Development Goals

Branka Marijanović & Ana Marić Turkalj

Session chair: Ivan Čolakovac, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Friday, 18 September 2026

09:30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome address 

   H.E. Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to the Republic of Croatia

10:15 - 11:15 Keynote address

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

   Laura Saunders, Simmons University, USA

   Session chair: Mihaela Banek Zorica, University of Zagreb, Croatia

11:15 - 12:45 Round Table

   Academic Libraries between their Critical Mission and Institutional Constraints 

   Panellists:

   Monika Batur, University of Zagreb, Croatia

   Sunniva Evjen, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

   Dejana Golenko, University of Rijeka, Croatia

   Mario Hibert, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

         Invited comment: Marko Kovačić, University of Rijeka, Croatia

   Moderator: Dijana Šobota, University of Zagreb, Croatia

12:45 - 13:30 Light lunch, coffee & networking break

   Poster session II

  Empower or Adapt? The Service Role of University Libraries in Neoliberal Higher Education

 Iva Barković, Ivan Čolakovac & Lucija Dodigović

   Conceptualizing the Empowerment of Academic Librarians: An Ongoing Systematic Scoping Review

 Iva Klak Mršić, Kristina Krpan, Lana Zrnić & Alma Lušetić

   Professional Identity Transformation of Academic Librarians in Quantification and Digital Transformation Conditions: 

   Scoping Review

   Antonija Filipeti & Feđa Kulenović

KRIK photo session

13:30 - 14:30 Keynote address

   Agency, Responsibility and Critical Literacy - Social Demands and Challenges: the Academy and Beyond

   Michael George, St. Thomas University, Canada

  Session chair: Sonja Špiranec, University of Zagreb, Croatia

14:30 - 15:15        Short presentations

  Session II: Critical Library Practice: Beyond the Service Model

  Rethinking the Reading Mission in Academic Libraries                                                                                                                                        Ana Barbarić & Monika Batur                                                                                                                                                                                      Reading Vesna Parun in Dubrava: A Neighbourhood Festival as Critical, Feminist Practice                                                                            Rebecca Mikulandra                                                                                                                                                                                                    Reimagining the Public Library: Contemporary Art and Critical Librarianship in Prozori Gallery / S. S. Kranjčević Library                        Petra Dolanjski Harni     

  Session chair: Feđa Kulenović, University of Zagreb, Croatia

15:15 - 15:30 Conference closing 

20:00 - 01:00 Conference party @Lobby Food & Mood, I. Lučića 2 Str.