21st Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science

About IRCDL 2025

Since 2005, the Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries (IRCDL) has been an annual event for researchers on Digital Libraries and related topics. IRCDL has become a key forum on digital libraries and associated issues. It covers various aspects, including new forms of information institutions, digital content management, and theoretical models of information media. The conference welcomes participants from academia, government, industry, and other sectors. It draws from diverse research areas such as computer science, digital humanities, information science, librarianship, archival science, museum studies, technology, social sciences, cultural heritage, and humanities. This year's conference features two tracks: one on Computer Science Foundations for Digital Libraries, and another focused on Digital Humanities.

Call For Papers

Topics

Submissions are welcome concerning theory, architectures, data models, tools, services, infrastructures. A list of possible topics (but not limited to) for the conference is the following:

Open data
Open science: models, practices, mandates, and policies
Information retrieval and access
Information extraction from tables and figures in scientific literature
Application of machine learning techniques to research data and digital libraries
Ontologies
Knowledge discovery and representation in digital libraries
Knowledge acquisition from scientific papers
Document analysis (layout, text, images)
Services for digital arts and humanities
Cultural heritage access and analysis
Metadata (definition, management, curation, integration)
Digital manuscript analysis

Data repositories and archives
Data citation, provenance and pricing
Data and information lifecycle (creation, store, share and reuse)
Semantic web technologies and linked data for DLs
Digital epigraphy
Digital preservation and curation
Quality and evaluation of digital libraries
Digital Scholarship
Citation analysis and scientometrics
Research infrastructures
User participation
Human-computer interaction and user experience
Applications of digital libraries
Multi-media handling

Tracks

The 21st Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science will feature two different tracks:

Track 1

Computer Science Foundations for Digital Libraries: Algorithms, Systems, and Applications

This track examines core computer science concepts essential for digital libraries. It covers algorithms for information retrieval and data management, system architectures for large-scale digital collections, and practical applications in areas such as academic research and cultural heritage preservation.

Special Issue

Published in International Journal on Digital Libraries.

Track 2

Digital Humanities: The Science and Foundation of Modern Humanities Libraries

This track explores the intersection of digital technologies and humanities research. It examines computational methods for analyzing and preserving cultural artifacts, text mining techniques for large-scale literary analysis, and digital platforms for collaborative scholarship.

Special Issue

Published in Umanistica Digitale.

Special Issues

"International Journal on Digital Libraries" Special Issue on Computer Science for Digital Libraries

The International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL) announces a special issue titled "An Outlook on Computer Science for Digital Libraries: Algorithms, Systems, and Applications", tied to the IRCDL 2025 conference. This issue highlights critical computer science principles transforming digital libraries, from document engineering and algorithms to applications in academic research and cultural heritage.

The selection of the best papers from the IRCDL conference will be invited to submit an extended version for the special issue.

Submission Details:

Types of Contributions:

Extended versions of conference papers
Other contributions aligning with the theme

Paper Submission: April 15, 2025
1st Review Round: July 15, 2025
Final Review Round: October 15, 2025
Publication: December 15, 2025

The full call for papers can be found on International Journal on Digital Libraries

"Umanistica Digitale" Special Issue on Digital Humanities and AI

The journal Umanistica Digitale is pleased to announce a special issue on the intersection of Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence, organized in conjunction with the 21st IRCDL Conference. This special issue will focus on innovative applications within digital libraries and cultural heritage.

The selection of the best papers from the IRCDL conference will be invited to submit an extended version for the special issue.

Submission Details:

Types of Contributions:

Articles (5,000-10,000 words)
Reviews and Reports (1,000-3,500 words)

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2025
Expected Publication Date: Late 2025

The full call for papers can be found on Umanistica Digitale

Submissions

Research papers, describing original ideas on the listed topics and on other fundamental aspects of digital libraries and technology, are solicited. Moreover, short papers on early research results, new results on previously published works, and extended abstract on previously published works are also welcome:

Research papers: should be in the 10-12 pages range.
Short papers: should be in the 6-7 pages range.
Extended abstracts: should be 5 pages long.

For all the submission types the references are not counted in the page limit.

Submissions of research papers must be in English, single blind, in PDF format in the CEURART single-column format available either at Overleaf website or CEUR-WS repository (for the offline version):

The accepted papers will be published in the IRCDL 2025 Proceedings. The Proceedings will be published by CEUR-WS, which is gold open access and indexed by SCOPUS and DBLP.

Submission will be through the submission system at the following link: