*Dear Forum Moderator :* * * *Kindly arrange to announce the following presentations for the benefit of the lis-forum members. * *Yours truly* * * *Dr. K. R. Mulla, Librarian, Visvesvaraya Technological University, "Jnana Sangama," Belgaum - 590 018, Karnataka, India. * *************************************************** * * *Sorry for the cross posting* * * *Dear Sir/Madam,* * * *I am happy to inform you that, the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is organizing two day National Conference on “Trends in Developing and Managing E-Resources in Libraries”, scheduled to be held during 3rdweek of May 20012. * * * * The following themes have been identified:* * * - *Types of e-resources and its utilities;* - *Mandatory requirement v/s subscription of e-resources,;* - *Policies, selection and budgeting of e-resources;* - *Latest trends in collection development of e-resources;* - *Competitive skills and techniques of professionals in organizing e-resources;* - *Tools and techniques in organizing e-resources;* - *Organization of e-resources using Open Source Software (OSS);* - *Need for management of e-resources;* - *Challenges, methods and impacts of e-resources;* - *Strategic planning and management of e-resources;* - *Provision to access virtual e-resources;* - *Effective usage of e-resources;* - *Optimum usage of e-resources;* - *Access patterns of e-resources using remote web portals; and* - *Selecting patterns of e-resources for academic/research pursuits.* * * *The interested participants are hereby requested to gear up to submit full text articles to* * vtuerm12@gmail.com* *krmulla@gmail.com* <krmulla@gmail.com> * krmulla@vtu.ac.in * * * *The detailed program and dates will be announced shortly, For the details please visit our conference website: http://vtuerm12.webs.com* * * * * * * *With regards* *Dr.K.R.Mulla* *Librarian and Organizing Secretary* *VTU, Belgaum-590018, Karnataka, India* *+91-9449873452 (M)* *+91-9448031969 (M)* *+91-831-2498192 (Fax)* *+91-831-2498191 (L)* *E-mail: vtuerm12@gmail.com* * krmulla@gmail.com* * krmulla@vtu.ac.in* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.