Calls for papers – KEDLD-2025

We invite you Calls for papers

NDLI invites researchers, scholars, practitioners and policymakers to submit papers for the international symposium “Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design (KEDLD).” The event will examine how knowledge engineering drives sustainable development in education through digital libraries. Papers may address any of the following sub-themes:

Paper Submission Deadline
Full Paper	31st August 2025
Peer Review Comments	15 days from date of submission of paper
Camera-Ready Paper	18th September 2025
Symposium Dates	3rd – 5th November

Themes

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)

CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submissions should be in .doc or .docx format and follow a standard academic paper structure.
The maximum paper length should not exceed 3000 words, Page Size- A4, Single line space.
Font Name: Times New Roman, and Size: 12pt
Authors should include a clear theme of the paper (choose from the list of themes of the symposium).
Title, abstract (250 words maximum), six keywords, and author affiliations with contact information.
References (APA Style 6th ed.).
Please comply the plagiarism percentage as per UGC guidelines of the manuscript and attached the report at the time of submission.
All submissions must be original work and should not have been previously published or be under review.
Tables and Figures may be incorporated into the text of the paper.
NDLI holds the copyright of the selected papers, which will be published at the symposium.

Symposium Important Dates

Join the KEDLD 2025 Symposium from November 3–5 at IIT Kharagpur. Submit full papers by August 18; reviews in 15 days; camera-ready papers due by September 18, 2025.

Mark these dates on your calendar

Full Paper Submission

31st August 2025

Peer Review Comments

Within 15 days of submission

Camera-Ready Paper

18th September 2025

Symposium Dates

3rd – 5th November 2025

Target audience

Library Professionals working in universities, institutes and research centres.
Teachers and researchers working in the interested fields.
Those who are involved in handling information and knowledge activities in diverse areas in educational and research institutes.

hurry up! Call for Papers – 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.”