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Half life for library materal: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 93, Issue 20
by Librarian 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

Dear Pawan ji, You did a very good effort and explain the topic in an easy way. Hope it will be helpful to every library professionals I also searched on the same topic and get some similar articles, but your explanation is best among them Thanking you With best regards, Ram Laut Tyagi Information Resource, Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., 423/P/A/GIDC, Sarkhej Bavla Highway, Moraiya, Ahmedabad, Gujarat-382210 (India) Phone: +912717660100, Etn.246 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:21 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 93, Issue 20 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Students Seminar (drtc(a)isibang.ac.in) 2. Full explanation: ?Half-Life? in the context of library materials. How is it calculated? (Pawan Agrawal) 3. Indian IRs which are not listed in ROAR (Shivraj Thorat) 4. Vacancy for the post of libraria (js vijaya) 5. Re: Are we able to maintain the quality of International Conference in LIS? (library) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:52:01 +0530 From: drtc(a)isibang.ac.in To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Students Seminar Message-ID: <1ecf2e7a41a76eda84726eefec8dd223.squirrel(a)mail.isibang.ac.in> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore ? 560059 Seminar on Search Engines: A Comparative Study Abstract: We are living in the age of information explosion. Mainly electronic environment and WWW is responsible for this information explosion. In the present situation, to get right information at right time from this heap of information, is very tedious job. To do the job a little easier search engine came into existence. Today information seekers are heavily dependent on these search engines to satisfy their information need. But the problem is, their are several search engines present and most of users do not know how to use them effectively. In this seminar we will discuss on different types of search engine and their working in general, also we will throw some light on the features of good search engine. At last we will try to compare some of todays popular search engines based on certain characteristics. Student Presenter : Sudipta Biswas Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 30/12/2010 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Devika P. Madalli Seminar Co-ordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:18:03 +0530 From: Pawan Agrawal <pawanagrawal4u4u(a)gmail.com> To: elibrarian <elibrarian(a)googlegroups.com>, mlosc <mlosc(a)googlegroups.com>, libtech(a)yahoogroups.com, adinetyuva(a)googlegroups.com, LIS-Forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, lislforum(a)gmail.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Full explanation: ?Half-Life? in the context of library materials. How is it calculated? Message-ID: <AANLkTinxmf8BHgVomuu5qYS63H5M0gVJ0NhH-6W0P3au(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear library Professionals, You must have remember about a question asked in UGC NET exam last Sunday. We were asked a question about *half life in context of library material and its calculation*. As per the question it's indication was about library material and in that case we can not exclude books half life. I have browsed a lot on this question and received a lot on citation only. cited half life, citing half life, citation half life etc. which was covering only journal or periodicals half life. There was almost nothing on books or other library material. Some how I could get some hints of it and I though I must share it with all of you. I have prepared a short answer of this question which I feel would be useful for you. *Half life concept in Bibliometrics* Half life is a method though to be practical for evaluating the usefulness of specific library material examines citation half life (for journals) and use half life (for books and other material). Half life studies attempt to evaluate the length of time in which a journal or book is used, either as resources as indicated by citation, or physical use as indicated by circulation (books). Tsay (1998) examines journal or book ?life? based on uses as demonstrated by citation or circulation. The premises ?half life? in bibliometrics is to determine when half of all the active literature of a field has been published, or the time period that includes half of more of the references made. Short half life, whether citation based or use based which means more than 50% of the use or the citations occurred in a short period of time, implies ?new volumes of a title are generally used more often than older volumes?. Half life studies may suggest which library resources are most used, but may also exaggerate use in that there are more publications now than previously. There have been suggestions that half life studies could identify which resources are least used, resulting in a list of items for considered for discontinuation of write off. Caution should be taken in applying such a plan; the mission of the institution, the orientation and the behavior of the users, and any possible other contributors to low use, such as inaccessibility, should be considered. 1995(9 citation or no item issued in a year) 1996 (6) 1997(7) 1998(6) 1999(7) 2000(7) 2001(7) 2002(3) 2003(7) 2004(5) 2005(7) 2006(2) 2007(5) 2008(2) 2009(2) 2010 (1) *Half life on the basis of Citation:* This can be achieved by subtracting the publication year of the source documents from the median publication year of the documents that cite the source document. We take an example of the data given above. Here, in this example citation data is given for a certain article which was published in 1994. In the table above the account of the citation received by the article from 1995 to 2010 is given. Total number of documents citing this article in period of 16 years is 83. It is also possible that total 83 documents are published during this period on the subject of the article published in 1994. Now If we take out median of the publication date of citing documents it will come 42, which is received in year 2000. Then, 2000 minus 1994 equals six years. So the half life of the article published in 1994 would be of 6 years. *Half life on the basis of circulation: *This can be achieved by subtracting the acquisition year of the source item from the median of issue years of the document. We can take an example again of the data given above. A resource acquired by a library in the year 1995. The statistics given above are of the circulation in the period of 16 years. Total number of issue of this book in period of 16 year is 83 and the median as similar of the above example comes 42, which is achieved in year 2000. Then, 2000 minus 1995 equals five year. So the half life of the item received in 1995 would be of 5 years. Comments are welcome -- Join hands, Join eLibrarian www.grou.ps/elibrarian Thanks and Regards ------ *Pawan R. Agrawal *Librarian Takshshila Centre for Learning Transpek Silox Industry Ltd. Kalali Road- Atladra Vadodara- 390012 Ph. 9376135580 http:\\www.grou.ps/elibrarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Are we able to maintain the quality of International Conference in LIS?
by Mailing List Admin 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

It is good to see that a debate has been opened up on this issue, though to my mind it has been long overdue. I would, however, like to go deep and would like to understand the reason for such a spate of seminars and conferences. There are two aspects of this issue - one is the frequency of seminars and the other is the quality of papers. Regarding the frequency of seminar happenings I have a question. That is, by organizing seminars/conferences does one get extra points in her/his CV? If, during assessment and promotion, one can earn extra points by showing that s/he has organized a seminar/conference, then the driving force of such seminars/conferences is not entirely professional. Regarding the quality of paper - quality of papers rises when such papers are empirical research driven. Unless theories are tested in practice, knowledge cannot expand and without such tested knowledge, most papers would look same. It need not be a research at doctoral study level. One can do small research in her/his library. Instead, most of the time, we find papers which are mini-text books - on topics such as RFID, knowledge management. Very few try to experiment how the concept of knowledge management can be tested in libraries and the benefit out of it. Regards, Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- > Thanks to Mr.Susanta Kumar Pathy and Thaty dada, > > I am also of the same opinion that we are, now, organizing so many > seminars > that the next is knocking the door hardly the proceedings of preceding > seminar is read or digested. One can encounter many librarian-presenters > of > last seminars with papers on library organization, but in their own > library > the self-professed phenomenon is absent; rather it is disheveled. > > D R Meher > > Librarian, OUAT, Bhubaneswar > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Rajendra Kumar Thaty > <pitam97(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear All, >> A pinching arrow rightly sent forth from some one who is quality >> conscious like many of us. I have a similar opinion for National >> Conferences too. It is so easy to write a paper for a conference >> now-a-days. one of the causes is the 'publish or perish' rule of the >> organizations. Even periodicals are facing the same problem. Some of >> the periodicals will close their shops if they start looking for >> really qualitative articles. This needs a debate. >> >> Let me invite a very honest answer from all of you. How many of us, >> who send papers regulaly to journals and conferences and get them >> published profusely, have the guts to get the paper circulated in >> lis-forum and other fora like this seeking comments from all so that >> it can be improved? I do not remember anyone to have done so at least >> in India. But that would be a great practice - perhaps most of you >> will agree with me - for enhancing the quality of our publications. >> >> Can we do so for PhD theses also? Is Prof Kapil Sibal listening? >> >> If we have open access journals and open access archives, why not open >> access seminars, symposia and conferences? What about >> teleconferencing? If sight-seeing is important, may be we can demand >> for more frequent LTC so that the money earmarked for attending >> seminars can go to the LTC account to make it more enjyable for the >> family. >> >> Well I think I have given enough food for thought. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rajendra Thaty >> University Librarian, Sambalpur University >> >> >> On 12/8/10, sushanta kumar pathy <skpathy(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: >>> Dear Professional(s),It is seen that for the last 4/5 years we in >> India >>> organised so many International Conference in the field of Library >> & >>> Information Science, many more are coming and more will come in >> future. >> In >>> this regard I would like to discuss few points as mentioned below:1. >>> Although this kind of international conference promotes many >> activities >>> including interaction, debate, resource sharing, exchange of ideas, >> writing >>> articles etc. Is it the right time to organise this many international >>> conference?2. Is it justified to have International Conference by the >> same >>> institutes/body every year? Don't we degrading the value of >> International >>> conference?3. If so, why don't we regulating the system through our >>> associations, body etc? Why not in 3/4yrs on rotation?4. Are the >> quality >> of >>> papers accepted for the international conferences are of high >> standard?I >>> think this is the right time that we should discuss the above topic >> and I >>> invite all the great professionals to con! >>> tribute their ideas/ pros and cons.Thanking youSushanta Kumar >>> PathyCentral Library,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), >>> BhubaneswarSamantapuri (Rear-side of Hotel Swosti Plaza)Bhubaneswar- >> 751013, >>> ODISHAEmail: >>> spathy@iitbbs.ac.inOffice:0674-2306292www.iitbbs.ac.inwww.iitbbs.gov.in >>> -- >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and >>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>> believed to be clean. >>> >>>

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Vacancy for the post of libraria
by js vijaya 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

Dear All, Call for applications for the post of Librarian, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore Applications are invited for the post of LIBRARIAN at Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS). Essential Requirements: 1. Postgraduate qualification in Library and Information Science or Associateship in Information Science or equivalent degree from a recognized university. 2. 4-6 years experience in a library. 3. Competence in the use of computers and software for library and information technology. Knowledge on KOHA and D-space is an added advantage. 4. Communication skills for effective interaction with information service providers, user community, and for engaging in inter-institutional partnerships. Job description: The librarian should have the ability to maintain the relevance of the CSCS library in this fast-changing world in which modes of access to information are continually and rapidly evolving. The responsibilities of the Librarian include, but are not limited to, the following: a) Managing the day-to-day functioning of the library and its staff, interaction with user community to continue and update journal subscriptions and book collection; interaction with print and electronic information service providers, making financial projections and working towards the target goals. b) With the Institute’s requirements in view, initiating necessary action to modernize and/or strengthen the structures to facilitate the research of the Institute. c) To strengthen the Institute’s current active role in inter-institutional consortia and professional bodies, coordinating their activities, and liaising with local and national institutes’ libraries for exchange of information and for resource sharing. d) For more information about the CSCS please logon to www.cscs.res.in How to apply: The application submitted for consideration should include a bio-data, record of qualifications, a resume emphasizing relevant academic and work experience. Applications should be submitted to Mr. M.P. Nagaraj, Administrative Officer, on email: admin(a)cscs.res.in. Last date for receiving applications is 7th January 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in the second week of January. The selected candidate is expected to join the institution by late January 2011. Should you have any further queries please contact: M.P. Nagaraj Administrative Officer Centre for the Study of Culture and Society No. 827, 29th Main Road Poornaprajna HBCS Layout Uttarahalli, BANGALORE - 560 061 Phone: 91-80-2642 3266/ 67 /68 Fax: 91-80-2642 3002 Email: admin(a)cscs.res.in Vijayalakshmi J S e-mail:jsvijaya@yahoo.com; vijayajs(a)gmail.com Contact No: 9448954975 / 080-26677160 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian IRs which are not listed in ROAR
by Shivraj Thorat 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

Dear Professional I need a list of Institutional Repositories from India which are not listed in ROAR. i think one had worked out on this. Kindly send me above -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students Seminar
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar on Search Engines: A Comparative Study Abstract: We are living in the age of information explosion. Mainly electronic environment and WWW is responsible for this information explosion. In the present situation, to get right information at right time from this heap of information, is very tedious job. To do the job a little easier search engine came into existence. Today information seekers are heavily dependent on these search engines to satisfy their information need. But the problem is, their are several search engines present and most of users do not know how to use them effectively. In this seminar we will discuss on different types of search engine and their working in general, also we will throw some light on the features of good search engine. At last we will try to compare some of todays popular search engines based on certain characteristics. Student Presenter : Sudipta Biswas Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 30/12/2010 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Devika P. Madalli Seminar Co-ordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Students Seminar
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560 059 Seminar on On the six degrees of separation Abstract Networks are everywhere. We find them in trade markets, underlying the Internet and the World Wide Web, in gene and protein sequences, and in social settings. This seminar focuses on a characteristic of networks called degrees of separation. We explore the classical theory behind this characteristic, the earliest of the experiments that led to an elucidation of the same, and how modern-day networks exhibit the phenomenon. Student Presenter : Debayan De Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 29/12/2010 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited. Devika P. Madalli Seminar Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please ciculate the msg for Workshop on Koha
by Shilpi Verma 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

DLIS, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow is going to organize a 07 days workshop on KOHA from 7th to 13th Feb. 2010 in the Info-tech lab of the department. Those desire to attend the programme are requested to contact the undersigned for further details.   Email-Id: dlisc@sify.comshipoo.lko@gmail.com mahawar67@gmail.comPh:0522-2440541 With RegardsShilpi VermaAsstt Prof.DLIScBabasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar UniversityVidya Vihar, Rai-bareli RoadLucknow-226025   -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Are we able to maintain the quality of International Conference in LIS?
by sureshn＠tafe.co.in 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Most of our high profiled conferences are gauged by the venue, freebies, delegation fees, invitees (in this order) - not by the contributors/ contributions. It is the reality, which many of our organizers won't agree. Organisers credentials are on how much amount s/he can bring in as sponsorship? As regards to adding value to CV - yes, this need to be included in your resume. If someone does it well, what's the harm in adding it to the CV.? Whatever may be the quality of the Seminar/ Conference, making it happen is in fact tedious. And unless you are a person of substance, you can't accomplish it in a satisfactory manner. KM is an interesting area which is in vogue - people speak more and do less ... Library community, to which even I belong, should be looking for something very appropriate - besides, KM - open access software; IPR; presentation skills, softskills and things which add value to their profession and thereby the parent organisations respect the personnel in the field of Librarianship. Regards, Suresh D Nair Chennai (India) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:57:28 +0530 (IST) From: Mailing List Admin <mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Are we able to maintain the quality of International Conference in LIS? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1012221357090.28367(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed It is good to see that a debate has been opened up on this issue, though to my mind it has been long overdue. I would, however, like to go deep and would like to understand the reason for such a spate of seminars and conferences. There are two aspects of this issue - one is the frequency of seminars and the other is the quality of papers. Regarding the frequency of seminar happenings I have a question. That is, by organizing seminars/conferences does one get extra points in her/his CV? If, during assessment and promotion, one can earn extra points by showing that s/he has organized a seminar/conference, then the driving force of such seminars/conferences is not entirely professional. Regarding the quality of paper - quality of papers rises when such papers are empirical research driven. Unless theories are tested in practice, knowledge cannot expand and without such tested knowledge, most papers would look same. It need not be a research at doctoral study level. One can do small research in her/his library. Instead, most of the time, we find papers which are mini-text books - on topics such as RFID, knowledge management. Very few try to experiment how the concept of knowledge management can be tested in libraries and the benefit out of it. Regards, Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- The information contained and transmitted by this EMAIL is proprietary to TAFE and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this is a forwarded message, the content of this E-MAIL may not have been sent with the authority of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use, distribution transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this mail. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SRF required for ICAR eGRANTH Project, Walk in Interview on Jan. 11, 2011
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur- 176 062 (HP) University Library ' 01894-230361; 01894-283-181-187, 193-197 (EPABX);Fax- 01894-230361 E-Mail: library(a)hillagric.ernet.in Web: http://hillagric.ernet.in No. QSD./Lib./CSKHPKV/ Dated: Palampur, the Fellowship Notice ICAR has sanctioned a Project, e-GRANTH, vide Memo No. 30 47)/2009/Library/NAIP/O&M dated 15.5.2009. CSK. H.P. Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur and this Library is Consortia Partner of this project. The details of the post is given below. Designation No.of posts Qualifications Monthly Salary Sr. Research Fellow 1 Essential Qualification & Experiences: Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/documentation With first Division or 60% marks or equivalent grade points average from a recognized University. Rs.12,000/- PM + HRA Application along with the CV are invited on plain paper by the undersigned for the above position of contractual basis. The Walk-in interview will held on 11-01-2011 at 11.00 AM in the office of the undersigned. No separate interview letter will be sent for attending the interview.Applicant may send their application and CV in advance to the undersigned by post or by e-mail to: devwaliacopi(a)gmail.com, before the date of Walk-in-interview. The post is co-terminus with the project . Upper age limit is 35 years with relaxation of 5 years for women/SC/ST and 3 years for OBC. The candidates are required to produce original certificates and attested testimonials at the time of interview . No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Link for the Ad: http://www.hillagric.ernet.in/library/Text%20Files/_vti_cnf/ScannedImage-25… Librarian University Library Copy to: (1) All the Heads of Departments, CSKHPKV, Palampur (HP) (2) All the Satautory Officers in the CSKHPKV, Palampur, Distt. Kangra (H.P) (3) All the Associate Directors in the CSKHPKV (4) The Registrar, Dr. Y.S Parmar University of Hort. & Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) (5) The Registrar , HPU, Summer Hill, Shimla-5 (HP) (6) The Registrar PAU Ludhiana ( Punjab) (7) SVC/PS to the Vice Chancellor, CSKHPKV, Palampur (8) The Director IHBT (CSIR), Palampur (HP) (9) Registrar CCSHAU Hisar, Haryana Thanks and Regards, -- Dr. Nabi Hasan Deputy Librarian, Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India Phone - +91-11-2659-1452 (Work), 9560978667 (Mobile) FAX - +91-11-26596759 E-mail: nabihasan(a)gmail.com ; hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in Web: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~library/about/hasan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Participant ICLAM 2011
by NRC-NIFT 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

*NIFT in collaboration with IFLA** **-* *Art Libraries Section * Other Collaborators: C-DAC ( Dept. of IT), CSIR ,SLA (Asian Chapter) & ISIM (University of Mysore) * * Organises *ICLAM 2011* * (**International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums)* *(February 15 to **February 17, 2011**)** * *Venue : **India** International Centre**, **New Delhi* *Theme: **User Empowerment through Digital Technologies** * * * *Highlights * - Unique international conference of Librarians, Archivists & Conservators to promote digital convergence of the memory institutions - Selected papers will be published in IFLA Journal - Conference proceedings (with ISBN) of accepted papers will be published NIFT - ICLAM - Tutorials by leading Academicians & Industry experts - World renowned Academicians, Professionals, Freelancers & Entrepreneurs will share their ideas & experiences - Special sessions by Wikimedia, C-DAC & other reputed organzations - Special day of parallel sessions on Preservation of Heritage Resources * * *LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF COMPLETE PAPER (for Heritage sessions on ** 16-02-2011**)** “**DECEMBER 30, 2010**”*** * * * * *About the Conference:* ** User empowerment is critical to the development of all information organizations, i.e. libraries, archives and museums. The goal of technological innovations in information services is to enhance the sense of participation and control of IT-empowered users, who easily metamorphose from consumers to creators of information. Libraries, archives and museums, collectively known as memory institutions, are continuously empowering their systems and services with dynamic digital technologies to meet the increasing expectations of users. Information service providers throughout the world are striving to strike a balance between traditional organizational control strategies and user empowerment initiatives. In pursuit of empowerment of users, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has collaborated with the Art Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to organize an international conference from 15th to 17th February, 2011 in New Delhi. The theme of the conference is ‘*User empowerment through digital technologies’. * This conference will offer a forum to deliberate on issues related to user empowerment in libraries, archives and museums, now developing into a unified knowledge repository through digital convergence. This is the first conference in the series titled *“International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM)”* and NIFT’s third initiative to promote cross-sectoral collaborations in the knowledge sector in India. During the conference all stakeholders contributing to the convergence of libraries, archives and museums will analyze the theme of empowerment of users from multiple perspectives – ranging from user interface and digital preservation technologies to rights of the users and empowerment of disadvantaged user communities. The issue of empowerment is also related to affordability and sustainability of digital technologies particularly in this age of financial instability. Library & Information professionals, archivists and conservators, as end users of open source and commercial software, will discuss trends and problems specific to their own sectors. Leading professionals, academicians and entrepreneurs will also exchange views on other issues related to technological, infrastructural and organizational developments including partnerships in the knowledge sector. *Eminent **Speakers:* CALL FOATIONS * * *Dr. Dinesh Katre* Group Coordinator, Centre for Development of Advance Computing, Pune, India www.cdac.in * * *Mr. GussVan der Brekel* Coordinator, Electronic Services Central Medical Library Netherlands * * *Ms. Heather Brown* Asstt. Director Artlab, Australia www.artlabaustralia.com.au * * * * *Dr. Jagdish Arora* Director, INFLIBNET Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India www.inflibnet.ac.in * * * * *Prof. Jagtar Singh* Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University India www.punjabiuniversity.ac.in * * * * *Dr. Jan Simane* Chair & Treasurer, Art Libraries Section -IFLA Kunsthistorisches Institute in Florenz Italy www.khi.fi.it * * * * *Ms. Lucile Trunel* Literature and Art Department, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, France www.bnf.fr * * * * *Mr. Martin Flynn* National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London UK www.vam.ac.uk * * *Ms. Maureen Burns* President Visual Resources Association, USA www.vraweb.org * * *Prof. P.B. Mangla* Former HoD, Department of Library and Information Science Delhi University, India www.du.ac.in * * * * *Mr. Pratapanand Jha* Director (Cultural Informatics Lab.) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts New Delhi, India www.ignca.nic.in * * *Dr. R. K. Chaddha* Joint Secretary Parliament Library, New Delhi, India * * *Mr. Rolf Kallman* Head of Department Swedish National Heritage Resources Board, Sweden * * *Dr. S. Majumdar* Librarian University of Delhi, India www.du.ac.in * * *Mr. S. P. Singh* Retd. Director (Conservation) National Museum, New Delhi, India www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in * * *Prof. Shalini Urs* Executive Director, ISIM University of Mysore, India www.uni-mysore.ac.in * * *Prof. T. Viswanathan* Former Director, INSDOC (now NISCAIR) www.niscair.res.in * * *More names of Speakers will be added soon…….*** *Sub Themes:* * * *Emergence of the Technology-Empowered Users:* - Changing roles of Users in Libraries, Archives & Museums - Information seeking behaviour of Users : Emerging Trends - New roles & identities for Librarians, Archivists & Conservators *Empowering Users of Libraries, Archives & Museums:* - User Interface Technologies : Emerging Trends - Social Media for Empowerment: Web2.0 & beyond - Management of User-generated contents in Libraries & Museums *Building Information Repositories : Emerging Trends in Technologies* - Digital Preservation Technologies : Emerging Trends - Building Institutional Repositories : Strategies for future - Open Source vs. Commercial software * * *Re-defining Rights of Users of Libraries : Perspectives of Creators, Mediators and Users* - Freedom of Access to Information - Copyright & Fair Use - IPR & Digital resources *Serving the Empowered Users in Libraries & Information Centres* - Relevance of Conventional Library services to Web - empowered Users - Information Literacy Programmes - Special services for Users with Special Needs - Marketing information services to the empowered users - Branding & Promoting Institutional repositories *Open Access Publishing : A tool for Empowerment* - Open Access Publishing of Books - Scholarly Communication & Open Access Publishing - Sustainability of Open Access Initiatives - Future of e-journals & e-books : Emerging Integrated format *Bridging the Digital Divide** among Users : Roles of Libraries & Information Centres* - Economic barriers to Information Access - Empowerment of Disadvantaged User Communities - Roles of Public Libraries & Information Centres in the Rural Sector - Transcending the language barriers through digital technologies *Partnerships for Empowerment & Libraries* - Sustainable Digitisation Projects - Public & Private Partnerships for Digit al Libraries - Consortium model of Co-operation *From Collaboration to Convergence:* - Networking of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Beyond *One day of Special Parallel Sessions on Heritage Resources in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums * *Cultural heritage** **in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums* - Culture of Heritage Preservation: Eastern & Western perspectives - Changing Patronage : Public & Private funding of Artists & Collections - How authentic is the Art work? The Collector’s nightmare - Marketing Strategies for Visual Resources - Art libraries in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects - Public Museums in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects - Archives in the Digital Age : Problems & Prospects * * *Digital Preservation of Cultural heritage* - Conservation of Art works & Handicrafts : Fusion of traditional techniques & modern technologies - Challenges of preservation of Rare books & Manuscripts - Archiving Exhibitions (including various forms of art) - Preserving ‘born digital’ heritage : Emerging trends - Virtual & Physical Environments in Museums - Revival of traditions through Digital Preservation * * *Special session** **on Conservation of Textiles * - Conservation of Historic Textiles : Emerging trends - Conservation of Contemporary Designer collections - Digital Photography of Textiles ( including 3-D photography) - Business of Textile Conservation - Conservator’s role in Revival of traditional Textile crafts * * * * * * * ICLAM-2011 offers following formats for presentations:* * * v *Papers in sessions: *Thematic sessions of presentation of written papers with power point presentations. v *Demonstrations:* Demonstrations of hands-on applications / techniques with or without power point presentations can be presented in special sessions for Art Libraries and Museums. v *Special interaction sessions: *Professional interaction sessions on relevant issues can be arranged on special requests for informal and non-commercial presentations of interactive manner. Presenters will be in-charge of these sessions and will facilitate discussions. * * Who can participate? Library & Information professionals from special, academic & public libraries, conservators, IT professionals, publishers, authors, educators, students and all users of libraries, information centres, archives and visitors of museums from any part of the world can attend the conference. *REGISTRATION * * * *India & SAARC country delegates* * * *Fees per participant* *Remarks* Sponsored participant (Conference only) Rs.3500/- 20% *discount in case of more than three participants from same organization * One day participation Rs.1200/- Tutorial participation * Rs.1000/- * * Sponsored participant (Tutorial & conference) Rs.4000/- * * Non-sponsored, students, retired professionals etc. participant (Conference only) Rs.1500/- *20% discount in case of more than three participants from same organization/department* * * *Rest of the world delegates* USD 150/- * * Tutorial participation*** USD 50/- * * ** If planned * v Registration fee includes conference kit, tea, lunch, copy of proceedings and dinner, whenever planned. v Registration fee is non-refundable. v Substitutes are permitted. v Registration fee does not include accommodation. v Registration will be confirmed only if the form is duly filled and payment is received in full. v Students can participate by sending their form through their institution. * * *Mode of payment:* * * v All payments from delegates will be accepted in Cash/ Local Cheque/ Demand Draft prepared in favour of NIFT Delhi, payable at Delhi. Please indicate clearly that the payment is remitted towards registration for ICLAM – 2011 with particulars of the delegate. Bank transaction charges may be included for outstation or international cheques along with the registration fee. *For further details please check the websites of NIFT* http://www.nift.ac.in/ICLAM_2011/index.htm *& IFLA* http://www.ifla.org/en/news/71 *Contact persons: * *Dr. Sanjeev Kumar* 011-26542004&2 *Ms.Nandini Dutta* 011-26542146/7 * * *Email ids :* *iclam2011(a)gmail.com; **nrc.nift(a)gmail.com; delhirc(a)gmail.com* -- National Institute of Fashion Technology (Deptt: National Resource Centre) Head Office, Hauz Khas New Delhi - 110 016 Ph: 011-26542002, 26542004, 26542147 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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