There is a call for proposals for the free online 54th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, taking place 22-26 Junew 2026, which has the theme Information in Repair. It is hosted by conference organizers at the University of British Columbia School of Information. Deadline (for extended abstracts) is 31 January 2026.
"This year’s theme, “Information in Repair,” centers the maintenance and reparative work that is always required, but rarely lauded, across information systems. Scholarly attention and resources are often directed towards the new and novel, the conceptualization and design of innovative systems and interventions. This tendency risks ignoring opportunities to learn from the vast amount of knowledge, practice and technical expertise that goes into monitoring, adjusting, and navigating changes within critical, long-term components of longer-term/ongoing/continuing information systems. We are particularly interested in information science perspectives on practices of disposability or reuse, of reparative work, and theories of repair. We invite creative and expansive views of what is being repaired and maintained, as well as exploration of repair itself as information work."
Topics that are relevant include Information seeking and behaviour; Information literacy and education; Information policy and ethics.
Go to https://cais2026.ca/call-for-papers/ (English) or https://acsi2026.ca/call-for-papers/ (French)
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