The 17th Annual Bridging the Spectrum Symposium on Scholarship and Practice
The Catholic University of America Pryzbyla Center
April 11, 2025
The Department of Information Science at the Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to join the 2025 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 17th Symposium will be an in-person event. For this Symposium, we are excited to feature a conversation with David Mao, Librarian of the Supreme Court of the United States as our keynote. The symposium information can be found at https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/symposium/2025/index.html.
We are now accepting abstract submissions for presentations. The abstract is up to 3000 characters or 500 words. The abstract submission is due by January 30, 2025.
The Symposium will include three types of presentations: briefings, posters and panels.
Briefings are 15-minute presentations of an innovative practice, project, or research activity.
Posters are exhibits describing a practice, project, or research activity.
Authors can organize panels of speakers to present and discuss an emerging theme or topic.
Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Community engagement and outreach, including marketing and advocacy for library and information services
Information services against misinformation and propaganda
New developments in information organization (linked data, semantic web, etc.)
Preservation and management of born-digital and digitized resources
Management and analysis of data and information
Library networks and international collaboration
Technology trends and impact on information services
Management of information services in cultural institutions
Overviews of past symposia are available on the Symposium website at https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/symposium/index.html
Please feel free to contact the Symposium Committee at cua-lis-symposium@cua.edu if you have questions.
The Symposium Committee