INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP, 3(2), 109-110 

ISSN:2474-3542 

 

 

The 9th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2018) 

The 9th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2018) was held on October 17-19, 2018 at 
the Shanghai Library. The forum was organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific 
and Technical Information of Shanghai) and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library 
Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information. A total of 292 delegates 
from 24 countries and regions attended the forum. 

        The forum program consisted of three keynote speeches, one plenary session which included 
seven presentations, and five concurrent sessions: digital scholarship and humanistic studies; 
public service and reading promotion; information technology and smart libraries; space design 
and service innovation; and academic publication and professional communication.  

        The three keynote speeches were delivered by Chen Chao, Director of Shanghai Library titled 
“Intelligence and Inclusiveness: The Power to Re-Envision the Public Library;” Gloria Perez-
Salmeron, IFLA President titled “Libraries as Motors for Change;” and Peter K. Bol, Professor of 
Chinese History at Harvard University titled “The Digital Humanities and a Cyberinfrastructure 
for China Studies.” 

        Michael Bailou Huang, Director of Global Library Initiatives at Stony Brook University 
chaired the Concurrent Session V titled “Academic Publication and Professional 
Communication—Collaboration, Openness and Moving Forward Together: The International 
Future of Academic Publication in Library and Information Studies.” At this well attended session, 
Guoying Liu, University of Windsor, together with Fangmin Wang of Ryerson University, talked 
about the Chinese American Librarians Association’s peer-reviewed academic English journal: 
International Journal of Librarianship. In addition, Guoying presented about hot topics in recent 
LIS publications. CALA Executive Director Lian Ruan shared her experience about working 
together with Chinese and American academic librarians for a monograph publication. Ping Fu of 
Central Washington University co-presented with Kristi Thompson of University of Windsor on 
“How to Publish in an English Academic Journal.” Kristi, joined by Shenqin Yin of Fudan 
University in Shanghai, China, made a presentation titled “Collaboration Between a Canadian and 
Chinese Author and Their Different National Perspectives on Library and Information Science—
A Case Study.” 

        At the round table titled “International Communication and Sharing of Library and 
Information Academic Achievements” co-chaired by Xiaoming Jin of Shanghai Library and 
Shushi Wu of the National Library of China, editors-in-chief and representatives of 23 journals 
from China, Canada, and the United States gathered together and shared their perspectives on the 
future of academic publications in library and information studies. A joint initiative of the library 
and information science journals about open access was endorsed by the 23 participating journals 
including International Journal of Librarianship and other core LIS journals in China such as 
Journal of the National Library of China, Library Journal, Library Construction, Journal of 
Academic Libraries, Library and Information Work, Library Forum, and Chinese Library Journal. 



Huang and Liu / International Journal of Librarianship 3(2) 110 

The Joint Initiative calls for promoting the rapid and wider dissemination of research results in 
library and information science and making the research results in this field freely available to the 
public.  

 

Michael Bailou Huang, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA 
Guoying Liu, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada