[LIS-Forum] Invitation to submit papers for Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS) 2012

[Debal C Kar]

Society for Library Professionals and SLA Asian Chapter are going
to organize jointly Library and Information Professionals Summit (LIPS)
2012 on Leadership, Ethics, Accountability and Professionalism in Library
Service, 16-17 March 2012, New Delhi, India. For details contact
http://www.slp.org.in/LIPS/Lips2012.html



You are requested to submit your papers on the following themes:**

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*Thematic areas *

The conference will discuss all aspects of libraries. Each theme will be
divided into several sub-themes as detailed below, but not necessarily
limited to:



*Leadership, Ethics, and Accountability in LIS*

·         Strategizing leadership to bring about changes to work ethics and
to build accountability

·         Knowledge of and focus on teaching & learning

·         Providing and participating in focused and sustained professional
development

·         Building and leading teams to achieve goals

·         Using technology for learning and professional development

·         Communicating with community for awareness building

·         Leadership and
management<http://www2.aau.org/coreprog/0104/themes.htm#Sub-Theme%201%3A%20Leadership%20and>trait
in LIS
profession

·         Innovative leadership for implementing products and services

·         Cultural dimensions of LIS development: Learning from others

·         Rethinking leadership: preparing professionals as future leaders
in LIS



*Maximizing Leadership and Effectiveness *

·         Decision making and problem solving

·         Modeling and encouraging innovation and creativity

·         Building a personalized learning environment

·         Socio-economic transformation and institutional leadership

·         Professional development in institutional leadership through
knowledge management

*Ethics and Professionalism*

·         Reassembling management ethics for bringing work culture

·         Ethics and professionalism in LIS

·         Rationalization and professionalization in LIS related to
leadership and accountability

·         Ethics & morality in LIS leadership

·         Critical dimensions of ethics in LIS leadership

·         Ethics in copyright and intellectual property rights/ fair use

·         Developing ethics, values and professionalism to better serve our
clients



*Digital Library, Leadership and Ethics*

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·         Leadership initiative in digital libraries development and
management

·         Case studies of leading successful digital libraries

·         Digital  libraries: Ethics,  standards and best practices

·         Digital information: Creation, usage and sharing in an ethical
context

·         Digital information: Licensing and pricing issues

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*Paper Submission Guidelines*

Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above
themes and related aspects. The papers should be based on research surveys;
case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers
may submit through https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lips2012

Or Papers may sent to:  Conference Secretariat at  slp.lib at gmail.com



Submission of full papers (not more than 5 pages) with an abstract in
approximately 200 words, keywords and references on A4 size paper with
margin 1.5 cm on all sides in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman
type single line spacing. Length of the paper should not exceed 4000 words.
Details such as name of the author, designation, title of the article,
abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone
number, fax number and E-mail address are to be included. Authors of
accepted papers will be advised by The Program Committee by 31 January
2012. The paper submitted must not have been previously published or
presented elsewhere. The Programme Committee will have the right to edit
the papers. Selected papers will be published in the proceedings.



*Dates to Remember: *

Last Date for Submission of full paper

January 15, 2012

Early Bird Registration

February 15, 2012

Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, only if Registered on
or before



February 15, 2012

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Conference Secretariat

*SLP Conference 2012*

*C/o Institute of Economic Growth*

*University of Delhi Enclave*

*Delhi - 110007. India*

Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367

Fax: 91-11-27667410

Cell: 09899110787

Email: society.lib at gmail.com <asiansla at gmail.com>



Dr Debal C Kar

University Librarian

Ambedkar University Library

Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate

DElhi 110093, India

debal at aud.ac.in

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