22nd Conference on Information and Research Science Connecting to Digital and Library Science

About IRCDL 2026

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. IRCDL is partially supported by the Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari" of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

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
Machine learning and data mining for digital libraries
Generative AI and foundation models for digital libraries
Responsible and ethical AI in digital libraries
Ontologies
Knowledge discovery, representation, and reasoning 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 digital libraries
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
Multimodal and multimedia information management
Applications of digital libraries

Tracks

The 22nd 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.

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):

Overleaf template
- ⚠️ Due to recent changes in Overleaf's policy, a paid account may now be required to compile this template. It is recommended to check and, if necessary, use a local LaTeX setup.
CEUR.WS repository (offline version)
ODT version

The accepted papers will be published in the IRCDL 2026 Proceedings. The Proceedings will be published by CEUR-WS, which is gold open access and indexed by SCOPUS and DBLP.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.