Annual Conference

IATUL Annual Conference

The Annual IATUL Conference is the main event that our association holds, lasting from Monday to Thursday of the week in question, preceded by the Sunday’s Opening Reception for delegates. The sequence of sessions is restricted to Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, whereas Wednesday is devoted to the delegates’ joint study tour. As for all other IATUL events, the conference is normally held on the grounds of the host institution.

IATUL Annual Conferences aim at welcoming 200 or more delegates, and include a social programme for delegates and accompanying persons, as well as commercial exhibits. Also part of the conference are two Board meetings, and an Annual General Assembly for IATUL members. As with any IATUL event, presentations by commercial library partners are not part of the regular conference programme.

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43rd IATUL Conference UAE 2023

13 March – 16 March 2023
Zayed University Dubai and American University of Sharjah

The 43rd IATUL Annual Conference was held March 13 - 16, 2023 on the campuses of Zayed University Dubai and the American University of Sharjah, UAE. The theme was “ Libraries Pushing Boundaries.”

After the pandemic we are very happy that we coud return to the in-person format. The conference attracted more than 150 university library leaders from all over the world.

Proceedings of the conference – including paper and poster presentations – will be made available in the IATUL repository.

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