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
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.