{"id":4313,"date":"2026-05-14T07:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:35:14","slug":"ideathon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/ideathon-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"IDEATHON 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc <strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the <strong>ETD 2026 (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)<\/strong> symposium, this Ideathon is a high-octane sprint dedicated to the evolution of Library and Information Science (LIS). 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