KEDLD-2025 – Knowledge Engineering in Digital Library Design

SYMPOSIUM Knowledge Engineering in Digital Library Design

4th International Symposium on KEDLD- 2025

Proudly announces the International Symposium on "Knowledge Engineering in Digital Library Design" (KEDLD 2025).

We invite researchers, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit full papers (no abstract required) for presentation at this global event focused on leveraging knowledge engineering to transform digital libraries for sustainable educational development.

3 November

Registration & Inauguration

5 November

Technical & Valediction

4 November

Technical Sessions

CALL FOR PAPERS

The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is pleased to invite researchers, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit their papers for presentation at the international symposium titled "Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library". This symposium aims to explore the role of knowledge engineering in shaping the digital libraries in promoting sustainable development in education. The main theme is amenable to divide into five sub-themes as under:

Knowledge Acquisition & Representation in Digital Library (DL)

Knowledge-based System Design
Knowledge Organization
Knowledge Management
Digital Humanities
IPR Issues & Digital Rights Management
Role of LIS Professionals in Digital Library

Digital Libraries and Metadata Engineering

National Digital Library of India (NDLI)
Metadata Standards and its application in DL
Metadata Curation
Metadata Schema for Manuscripts, Artifacts, multimedia etc.
Metadata Harvesting & Integration

Digital Knowledge Creation and Sharing

Sustainable development in digital libraries
Issues and Challenges on access, searchability and personalization
Security aspects in knowledge-sharing platforms.

Open Access and Educational Resources

Learning Objects
OA Repositories
Ontology for information organization in DL
Vocabulary Control System in Educational Platform
Digitization and Preservation of rare documents

Emerging Technologies in Digital Libraries

Digital Library Design
Leveraging AI/ML tools in developing Smart Library Systems
Generative AI, Expert Systems
Semantic Web and Linked Data Technologies
Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Graph
AR/VR/MR for Enhanced Library Experiences
Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain Technologies
Data Carpentry, Data Wrangler and Library Carpentry
Deep Leaning, Large Language Model (LLM)

Glimpses of Previous Symposium

The NDLI-UNESCO International Symposium on Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design 2019 is the second in a knowledge-sharing series coordinated by the National Digital Library of India. It continues the mission of exploring technical, policy, and administrative insights into digital library design.

Building on the success of the 2017 edition, the 2019 symposium embraces the theme “Smart and Open Technologies for Digital Library”, emphasizing open culture, collaboration, and advanced technologies. The event features keynote talks, panel discussions, and hands-on tutorials with global experts.

hurry up! for Registration – KEDLD 2025

The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) invites researchers, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit papers for the international symposium “Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design.”