[LIS-Forum] First Call for Papers: ReCO-PLI 2018

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Central Government Library Association (Kolkata Branch)

In Collaboration

with

 

Institution of Engineers (India)

organises

 

International Conference of CGLA

 

ReCO-PLI 2018

Recent Trends, Challenges and Opportunities of Government and Public
Libraries in India

Venue: R N Mookerjee Auditorium

8 Gokhale Road, West Bengal, Kolkata-700020

Date: 9 & 10   February, 2018


CALL FOR PAPERS

Dear Colleague,

We are glad to inform you that the Central Government Library Association,
Kolkata Branch will organise the International Conference in collaboration
with Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata at R N Mookerjee
Auditorium of Institution of Engineers (India), on 9 & 10 February, 2018.
It is indeed a great pleasure for us to organise this memorable
International level professional event in Kolkata and invite you to
participate in the conference and make it a grand success.

Kolkata

 Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal and cultural capital in Eastern
India. Besides being an educational hub for Eastern India, Kolkata is the
place of the largest library in Asia, National Library and many renowned
libraries like Asiatic Society Library, Indian Museum Library, Geological
Survey of India libraries, Botanical Survey of India libraries etc.
Kolkata is a “City of Joy” and has several tourist attractions like
Indian Museum, Victoria Memorial Hall, Science City, and Kalighat and
Dakshnishwar Temple etc.



Institution of Engineers (India)

The Institution of Engineers (India) [IEI] is a statutory body to promote
and advance the engineering and technology, established in 1920 and
incorporated by Royal Charter in 1935. It is the largest
multi-disciplinary professional body of engineers encompassing 15
(fifteen) engineering disciplines with a membership strength of above 0.8
million and serving the nation for more than 9 decades. The IEI has its
headquarters located in Kolkata with national presence through more than
hundred Twenty Centres and several Overseas Chapters, Foras and Organ.

Central Govt. Library Association (CGLA)

Central Government Library Association (CGLA) is a registered body under
Society Registration Act, 1961. CGLA was established in the year 2004 with
the basic aims of providing a platform to the Central Govt. Librarians and
other librarians to share professional activities in this field. Central
Government Library Association is has headquartered in Dehradun with
branches in New Delhi, Kolkata and Nagpur. Kolkata Branch is looking after
Eastern and North-Eastern regions of the country.

Objectives

The theme “Recent Trends, Challenges and Opportunities of Government and
Public Libraries in India” aims to discuss burning issues with regard
to professional and technical aspects of library professionals working in
Central Government sector and formulate some recommendations to be placed
before the Government of India for betterment of Library profession in
India. The Conference will be a platform for mutual sharing of knowledge
and ideas among the librarians, policy makers, library stakeholders,
students, teachers and others.

Subthemes

Status of Central Government Libraries and Public Libraries in India

Policies Decisions and Initiatives of Government of India in Library
Development

Categorization Formula of Government Libraries

Cadre Structure of Central Government Libraries professionals

Innovation and Leadership in Public Libraries

Advocacy in Public Libraries

Preventive, Restorative and Curative Conservation of Documents

Planning, Development and Management of Digital Libraries

New Technologies and its adaptability in libraries

Resource sharing and Networking: Consortia, Open Archives etc in Central
Govt. libraries.

Content Organization and Knowledge Management

Information Storage and Retrieval for global access

IPR issues in Digital Era

Multilingual information Retrieval System and Unicode

Digital Library Services and Digital Literacy

Grievances of Librarians of Govt. Libraries

The list is indicative and not exhaustive in coverage. The contributors
can send their papers on any of the subthemes given besides any topic of
their interest relevant to the themes and sub-themes. Original papers on
the areas of interest are invited.

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts: 15 December 2017

Submission of Full text Paper: 15 January 2018

Confirmation of Acceptance: 20 January 2018

Last Date of Registration: 31 January 2018


Full paper may be submitted with an abstract in approximately 3000 words,
keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.25 cm on all side
in MS Word format in 12 points New Times Roman type single line
spacing.The paper should not exceed 3(three)pages. Bibliographic
references should be given at the end of the article under the heading
Reference in APA style. Papers should be electronically submitted at email
id :cglaconference at gmail.com.
Other details will be updated soon.
Dr. Chittaranjan Patra

ALIO & Organizing Secretary
Contact: 9903124609President/Secretary
Central Government Library Association, Kolkata Branch
09903124609/09434750133

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PARTHA SARATHI DAS
Assistant Library & Information Officer,
Govt. of India,Ministry of Culture,
National Library of India,
English Serial DivisionBelvedere, Kolkata 700 027,
West Bengal, India
Tel. Ph. +91 33 2479 1381-1387(Ext.232)Cell : 9434750133;9007390978







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