Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) is a series of international conferences aiming to provide a broad forum for the exploration and exchange of ideas in the field of Library and Information Science, Information Studies, and related disciplines. It welcomes diverse contributions offering empirical, theoretical and historical perspectives. The 9th conference in the series is organised by the Department of ALM, Uppsala University and Division of ALM, Lund University. It is held in Uppsala, Sweden in June 27-29, 2016.

Three keynotes are confirmed:

• Prof. Geoffrey Bowker,  University of California, Irvine
• Prof. Louise Limberg, University of Borås
• ​Assoc. Prof. Pamela McKenzie, University of Western Ontario

We invite authors to submit research papers, short papers, panels, workshops, alternative events and posters. Full papers are given priority. All submissions should be in English – the official language of the conference.

All accepted papers will be published in the journal Information Research and they will be indexed in Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index) and other central bibliographical databases.

Deadline for all submissions: Jan 15, 2016.

For more information: http://www.abm.uu.se/colis9/cfp/