Standing Committee

  • † Paul G. Zurkowski, USA (Honorary Chair)
  • † Forest W. Horton, USA (Honorary Chair)
  • Serap Kurbanoğlu, Hacettepe University, Turkey (General Co-chair)
  • Sonja Špiranec, University of Zagreb, Croatia (General Co-chair)
  • Joumana Boustany, Gustave Eiffel University, France (General Co-chair)
  • Fabian Franke, University of Bamberg, Germany (Co-chair for ECIL2020)
  • Szarina Abdullah, MARA Technology University, Malaysia
  • Buket Akkoyunlu, Hacettepe University, Turkey
  • Aharon Aviram, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
  • George Awad, UNESCO Regional Office, Lebanon
  • Tomaz Bartol, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Athina Basha, Albanian Library Association, Albania
  • David Bawden, City University, UK
  • Dilara Begum, East West University, Bangladesh
  • Albert K. Boekhorst, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Alexander Botte, German Inst. for International Educational Research, Germany
  • Christine Bruce, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Mersini Moreleli-Cacouris, Alexander Technological Education Inst. of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Maria Carme Torras Calvo, Bergen University, Norway
  • Toni Carbo, Drexel University, USA
  • Paola De Castro, National Institute of Health, Italy
  • Ralph Catts, University of Stirling, UK
  • Kunjilika Chaima, University of Montreal, Canada
  • Samuel Kai Wah Chu, University of Hong Kong, China
  • Ioannis Clapsopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece
  • John Crawford, Independent Information Professional, UK
  • Gülçin Cribb, Singapore Management University, Singapore
  • Lenka Danevska, Central Medical Library, Republic of Macedonia
  • Senada Dizdar, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Noraida Dominguez, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
  • Elisabeth Adriana Dudziak, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Michael B. Eisenberg, University of Washington, USA
  • Susana Finquelievich, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine
  • Almuth Gastinger, University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway
  • Natalia Gendina, Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts, Russia
  • Nieves González, University of Seville, Spain
  • Esther Grassian, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Eystein Gullbekk, Oslo University, Norway
  • Thomas Hapke, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  • Päivi Helminen, Helsinki University, Finland
  • Jos van Helvoort, The Hague University, The Netherlands
  • Maija-Leena Huotari, University of Oulu, Finland (Co-chair for ECIL 2018)
  • Bill Johnston, University of Strathclyde, UK
  • László Z. Karvalics, University of Szeged, Hungary
  • Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, Knowledge Societies Division, UNESCO
  • Anthi Katsirikou, University of Piraeus, Greece
  • Tibor Koltay, Szent István University, Hungary
  • Rumyana Koycheva, Global Libraries, Bulgaria
  • Carol C. Kuhlthau, Rutgers University, USA
  • Claudio Laferlac, University of Malta, Malta
  • Hana Landová, Association of Libraries of Czech Universities, Czech Republic
  • Jesús Lau, Veracruzana University, Mexico
  • Anne Lehmans, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Louise Limberg, University of Borås, Sweden
  • Vincent Liquete, University of Bordeaux, France
  • Annemaree Lloyd, Charles Sturt University, Australia
  • Szu-chia Scarlett Lo, National Chung-hsing University, Taiwan
  • Latifa Mammadova, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Luisa Marquardt, Roma Tre University, Italy
  • Vanessa Middleton, Petroleum Institute, United Arab Emirates
  • Muhammad Sajid Mirza, International Islamic University, Pakistan
  • Theophilus E. Mlaki, Consultant ICT for Development, Tanzania
  • María Pinto Molina, Granada University, Spain
  • Camilla Moring, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
  • Rajen Munoo, National Library Board NLB Academy, Singapore
  • Mitsuhiro Oda, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
  • Anna Onkovich, National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Ukraine
  • Chido Onumah, African Centre for Media Literacy, Nigeria
  • Heike vom Orde, Int. Central Inst. for Youth and Educational Television, Germany
  • Judith Peacock, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Zdravka Pejova, Library and Information Consultant, Republic of Macedonia
  • Manuel Pinto, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Gloria Ponjuan, University of Havana, Cuba
  • Maria Próchnicka, Jagiellonian University, Poland
  • Angela Repanovici, Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Laurie Ortiz Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
  • Manuela Rohrmoser, Vienna University, Austria
  • Jurgita Rudzioniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania
  • Philip Russell, Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland
  • Ramza Jaber Saad, Lebanese National Commission of UNESCO, Lebanon
  • Jarmo Saarti, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • Chutima Sacchanand, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
  • Armando Malheiro da Silva, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Diljit Singh, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Jagtar Singh, Punjabi University, India
  • Kaisa Sinikara, Helsinki University Library, Finland
  • Eero Sormunen, University of Tampere, Finland
  • Philipp Stalder, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Jela Steinerova, Comenius University, Slovakia
  • Gordana Stokić Simončić, Belgrade University, Serbia
  • Paul Sturges, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Olof Sundin, Lund University, Sweden
  • Samy Tayie, Cairo University, Egypt
  • Ellen R. Tise, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Ross J. Todd, The State University of New Jersey, USA
  • Ramon R. Tuazon, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, Philippines
  • Anne Sissel Vedvik Tonning, University of Bergen, Norway
  • José Manuel Pérez Tornero, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Jordi Torrent, United Nations Department of Education, USA
  • Alejandro Uribe Tirado, University of Antioquia, Colombia
  • Egbert John Sanchez Vanderkast, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
  • Tapio Varis, UNESCO Chair, University of Tampere, Finland
  • Aurora de la Vega, Catholic University of Peru, Peru
  • Jose de Jesus Cortes Vera, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
  • Henri A. Verhaaren, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Sirje Virkus, Tallinn University, Estonia
  • Li Wang, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Sharon A. Weiner, National Forum of Information Literacy, USA
  • Barbro Wigell-Ryynanen, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
  • Pradeepa Wijetunge, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Carolyn Wilson, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Tom Wilson, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Andrew Whitworth, University of Manchester, UK
  • Michaela Zemanek, Vienna University, Austria
  • Julia Zhang Xiaojuan, Wuhan University