FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

National Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) Under UGC/SAP

21-22 December, 2009

Organized by Dept. of Library and Information Science Karnatak University Dharwad-580 003 India

Theme: Measuring Scientific and Technological Progress of India 

Subfields:

Emerging issues in Librametrics/Scientometrics/Informetrics/webometrics/Cybermetrics and history

Science and Technology Indicators

Science Policy and collaboration

Collaboration Studies for Science & Society

Collaboration, Knowledge Management & Industrial Partnership

Collaborative Bridge between Academic Research and Industry

Techniques for Collaboration Studies

Visualization Techniques in Collaboration Studies

Quantitative analysis of S&T innovations

Bibliometric laws and distributions, mathematical models of communication or collaboration

Nature and growth of science and of collaboration in science and its relation with technological output

Obsolescence of Literature

Biobiliometric / Scientometric Portrait

Please, note that these subfields listed above give a broad outline, you can choose related topics. (Details of the conference will be given in second announcement)

Last date for sending the full Paper (Electronic form): 1^st December 2009 to:

Dr.S.L.Sangam

Professor and Chairman

Department of Library and Information Science