Dear LIS Professionals GIPE, Pune and NIV, Pune will be jointly organising a "National Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities of Library and Information Science in Digital Era" on 29th and 30th Dec 2010 at GIPE Pune. Seminar is Sponsored By National Library, Kolkata and Jointly Organised By National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune. Registration is FREE on FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED Basis and limited to 300 participants registering on or before 25 Dec 2010. Participants will be provided with Seminar kit, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner during Seminar hours. Participants are requested to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. More details about the seminar are as follows. Seminar Title: National Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities of Library and Information Science in Digital Era Seminar Dates: 29 and 30 Dec 2010 Seminar Venue: Kale Hall, Gokhale Institute of Political and Economics (GIPE), B M C C Road, Pune 411004 Tentative List of Speakers: 1. Dr. Sidhamalaya, PIO, NIMHANs, Bangalore. 2. Dr Surya Nath Singh, Sr. LIO, NIV Pune. 3. Prof SK Patil, Professor and Head, Librarian, Jaykar Library, Univ. of Pune, Pune. 4. Dr. Joginder Singh, Chief Librarian, NIIT, Roorkee. 5. Dr M M Joshi, Head, Digital Library, TMHRC, Mumbai. 6. Dr Sangeeta Kaul, Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, DELNET, New Delhi. 7. Dr Sunita Barve, Librarian, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune. 8. Dr Nanaji Shewale, Librarian, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. 9. Prof N J Deshpande, Professor, Jaykar Library, Uni of Pune, Pune. 10. Dr Avachat / Dr Kanetkar, Armament Research & Development Establishment, Pune. 11. Mrs M Chirmule, Librarian, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. 12. Mr Kishore Ingale, Tata Consultancy Services, Pune. 13. Dr Ashok Kumar, DESIDOC, Metcalf House, New Delhi. 14. Ms Kajari Mitra, Manager, British Library, Pune. To confirm your participation, please email your Full Name, Designation (if any), Organisation Address (if any), Communication Details: Phone (O), Phone (R), Mobile, and Email to Ms Manisha Shinde at gipelibrary@gmail.com on or before 25 Dec 2010. Please note that there will be no telephonic or on-the-spot registration, so hurry and send your registrations before the closing date, i.e. 25 Dec 2010. Thanks. -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.