Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Conference Dates: February 6-7, 2026

Conference Location: Georgia Southern University's Armstrong Campus, Savannah, Ga.

Proposal Deadline Extended: September 28th, 2025

Conference Theme: Information Literacy in a Changing Educational Landscape

Register for the Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy through February 6, 2026.

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Educators and librarians faced mounting pressures and shifting expectations around teaching students information literacy skills. Amid increasing scrutiny and policy changes, the work of teaching students how to locate, evaluate, and responsibly engage with information has become more complex—and more urgent..

This year’s conference theme, Information Literacy in a Changing Educational Landscape, invites proposals that explore the evolving roles of librarians and writing instructors in supporting inquiry, dialogue, and academic freedom. We seek to highlight practices and pedagogies that foster inquiry and critical thinking. We welcome proposals that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

● Collaborations between librarians and faculty to support student inquiry

● Designing instruction that supports information literacy within shifting policy landscapes

● Pedagogical responses to challenges to curriculum or library holdings

● Strategies for teaching students to recognize bias, misinformation, and the effects of information suppression

● Addressing issues of fact checking and information veracity in the age of Generative AI

● Fostering classroom environments that support open dialogue, critical reflection, and respectful engagement across perspectives

● Supporting student agency and expression through information literacy and writing instruction

We welcome a variety of presentation formats, including individual paper sessions, panel discussions, interactive workshops, and innovative multimedia/digital demonstrations. Proposals should clearly articulate the scholarly merits, methodological rigor, and relevance to the conference theme and should be approximately 350 words.

Presenters for the Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy are invited to upload their presentation materials to the site in order to preserve their research. The invitation is open for presentation materials from any year of the conference.

Please submit your materials to digitalcommons@georgiasouthern.edu and they will post within three business days.

E-mail Presentation Materials

Why Submit Your Presentation? More exposure for your work! Presentations are searchable through Google, and you will receive reports showing how many people have downloaded your presentation. You can also apply a Creative Commons License to your presentation, which controls how people can use your presentation materials.

What can you upload? PowerPoint Slides, papers, handouts, video, audio, and any other documents you used during your presentation.

Need Help? Email for help on submitting proposals and presentations. If you have questions about the conference (ex. registration), please visit the Conference Homepage for further information including contact numbers and emails.

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