NIFT International Conference
Building Knowledge Repositories:
Cross-Sectoral Collaborations
Date: 7-9th February 2008;
Venue: Gandhi Darshan Complex,
Near Rajghat, New Delhi.
 
Tentative Programme
Day One :  7th February 2008, Thursday
1000 - 1030
1030
Session 1 : 1130 - 0100
0100
0200
Session 2 : 0230 – 0400
0400
Inauguration
Tea
Knowledge Economy and Society :
Impact of ICTs
Lunch
Product Presentation
Knowledge Repositories :
Before & After KM
 
 
 
Chair & Theme Paper:
Sh. M. Moni,  Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi 
 
 
Invited talk:
·        Prof. R. L. Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi
 
Chair:
 
Prof. P.B. Mangla, Former Head, Deptt. of LIS, University of Delhi.
 
Invited talks:
·          Dr. A. L. Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, Delhi
·          Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen  Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK
·          Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore
Tea
Day Two  :  8th February 2008, Friday
Session 1 : 0930
1100
Session 2 : 1130
0100
Session 3 : 0200
0330
Session 4 : 0400 - 0530
Building Knowledge Repositories : Tools & Technologies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tea
 
Building Knowledge Repositories : Partnership of Sectors
Networking of Libraries
 
KM Tools & Technologies
Tea
Open Source
Software & Web 2.0
Lunch
Digital Conservation of Knowledge Resources
Chair : Dr. R.K. Chaddha,
            Joint Secretary, Parliament Library, Delhi
 
Invited talks:
·          Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK
 
·          Mr. Ramesh Singh, Scientist, NIC, Delhi
Chair & Theme Paper:  Dr. A.R.D. Prasad,
Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore
Invited talk:
·          Mr. Jon Birger Ostby,                            Director General, ABM-Utvikling,  Norway
 
Presenter:
·          Dr. M. Natarajan, Scientist, NISCAIR, Delhi
 
Chair & Theme Paper:  Prof. Shalini Urs,
Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore
Invited  talks:
·          Ms. Heather Brown, Asstt. Director, Artlab, Australia
·          Mr. Pratapanand Jha, Director (Informatics), IGNCA, Delhi
 
Chair:  Dr. H K Kaul,  Director, DELNET, Delhi
 
Invited talks:
 
·          Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, UK
 
·          Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad
 
Day Three :  9th February 2008, Friday
Session 1 : 0930
1100
Session 2 : 1130
0100
0230
0300
3300
0400
Building Knowledge Repositories : Partnership of Sectors
Lunch
Product Presentation
 
Panel Discussion
 
Future of Knowledge repositories
 
Global Knowledge Repository
– A vision
Valedictory
 
 
 
Chair:
 
Prof. R. L. Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi
 
High Tea
Libraries + Archives + Museums =
HERITAGE SECTOR
Tea
Knowledge Repositories for Communities, Corporates & Institutions
Chair : Dr. T. A. V. Murthy,
             Chief Librarian, CIEFL, Hyderabad                                
Invited talks:
·          Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling,  Norway
·          Dr. Charu Smita Gupta, Dy. Director, Crafts Museum, Delhi
·          Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales
·          Mr. Anurag Arora, Kaladhvani, Delhi
Chair & Theme Paper:  Prof. S. Arunachalam
M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Invited talks:

·          Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Deptt. of LIS, IGNOU, Delhi

·          Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, Director, Computer Centre, University of Delhi.

Pick-n-Drop facility available to 18th World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
 
 
 


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