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From: "Madaiah Krishnamurthy"
Date: Wed, May 3, 2017 5:13 pm
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Indian Statistical Institute
Documentation Research and Training Centre
8th Mile Mysore Road
Bengaluru- 560059
International Conference on Future of Libraries: from promises to practice
8-10 November -2017
For better or worse, libraries are part of the fabric of society. They
cannot survive and thrive as alien bodies or, to use the language of
systems theory, as closed systems with impermeable boundaries. The mission
of academic libraries is to support research, education, and scholarship.
Historically, libraries have supported this mission by organizing and
providing access to information, special collections, and creating
physical spaces for collaboration and scholarship. While the broad mission
of academic libraries is largely unchanged, transformations in technology,
media, and culture are driving fundamental changes in the production and
consumption of information and the practice of scholarship. As a result,
academic libraries are rethinking their strategies and services to meet
the challenges of the digital world and the demands of the born digital
generation. Libraries, in particular, are confronting these challenges as
the nature of scientific practice is being dramatically transformed by
information technologies.
Promises and Challenges for Libraries
The promises include the following: the potential for new scientific
discoveries that are possible only through large-scale, computational
analyses; a new era of transparency and replicability in scientific
methods and results; and the potential for widespread democratization of
scientific research, given the increasing ubiquity of open access data
sources and protocols. However, hidden in these examples are several
challenges for universities and their libraries. Libraries are
increasingly being asked to play a leadership role in helping universities
capture and organize their intellectual assets, such as faculty
publications, student dissertations, project reports, and scientific data
sets. To understand how libraries will change by the mid-21st century,
people need to understand what function they currently serve. At their
core, libraries in the information age provide a public means of accessing
knowledge. The hallmark of future libraries, meanwhile, will be
hyper-connectivity. They'll reflect our increasing reliance on social
media, streaming content, and open-source data. The objective of the
conference is to create a platform for exchange ideas of the library
community related to current trends. Therefore, this conference will keep
you updated and make it stimulating and enlightening experience.
Call for Papers:
General areas of interests include, but are not limited to, the following
topics:
Knowledge Management/ Information Management
From Meta Data to Data
Semantic Web and Linked Data
Open Access and Open Science
Ontologies and Knowledge Organization systems
Application of digital libraries
Sub themes:
Digitization of Science and its impact on Libraries
Digital Preservation and Access Management
Big Data Applications
User Mobility and Context awareness in information access
Web based library services
Use of Social Media( Research Gate, ORC ID, etc)
Submission Guidelines
Full papers (12 pages), must be written in English and submitted in PDF
format. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance,
originality, importance and clarity in a peer single-blind review process.
Original Papers on the theme and sub-themes are invited.
The papers have to be submitted electronically
The paper should consist of the title of the paper, name(s) of the
author/and their address with an E-mail ID and mobile No.
The Abstract should be about 15-200 words followed by at least 5 keywords.
All full papers should be prepared in MS Word format. , double spaced, 12
point font size, Times Roman font, not exceeding 3000-5000 words.
Important Dates
Last Date for submission of abstract : July 31, 2017
Last Date for submission of full paper: September 30, 2017
Registration Fee
India and SAARC countries : Rs. 3000.00
Other Countries : USD 100.00
The Demand Draft (DD) should be made in favour of Indian Statistical
Institute, payable at Bangalore.
Venue:
Platinum Jubilee Auditorium
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre
Address:
Indian Statistical Institute
8th Mile Mysore Road, RVCE Post,
Bangalore - 560059, Karnataka, India.
Contact Person:
Dr.M.Krishnamurthy(Convener)
Associate Professor
DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute
8th Mile Mysore Road
Bengaluru- 560059
Email: icflfpp@gmail.com
Regards,
M.Krishnamurthy
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Dr. M.Krishnamurthy, M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D.,
Fulbright Scholar, (U.S.A) Digitization Course,( U.S.A)
Associate Professor
Documentation Research and Training Center
Indian Statistical Institute
Mysore Road
Bangalore 560059 India
Phone No: 91-80-26985493
Mob:91-9980035933
URL:http://www.isibang.ac.in/~krish/
Secretary Finance- Association of British Scholars (ABS -2009-till date)
