Dear Professional Friends, Greetings!!! Information Resource Centre of Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad in collaboration with Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD), Hyderabad is organizing one day conference titled SoFerence 2015: 3rd National Level Social Conference on Success Stories, Learnings, Creativity, Case Studies, Best Practices and Failures in LIS and related areas on 21st November 2015 at Hyderabad. Theme: Case studies, success stories and learnings on the following topics are invited: Best practices and implementation learnings of Open Source software for libraries Surveys on using open source software like Koha, Evergreen, Drupal, Joomla in Libraries Cost analysis of using open source software Large scale surveys on use of eBooks / eJournals/ web based services Challenges of ebook procurement Library staff satisfaction and competency levels required for digital, mobile and social media use Quality of students passing out of LIS Schools Use of mobile applications, tablets and ereaders in the Libraries Use of social media, cloud computing for delivering library services Analytics /Big Data opportunities for library professionals Call for Papers: Unpublished and original papers on the above theme are invited. Papers will be accepted after thorough plagiarism check for stage presentation. Further, based on the participant's feedback and editorial advice, papers will be selected for the publication in SoFerence Proceedings (to be published after the event as a print/ebook with ISBN). Who Can Participate? LIS Professionals, Students, Research Scholars, Content Managers, Information Managers, Publishers, ECM and KM Professionals, Academicians and others. Important Dates: Last date for completed paper submission: October 30, 2015 Last date for registration: October 30, 2015 Notification of Paper acceptance for presentation closes on: November 10, 2015 Registration Fee : Working Professionals: Rs. 500/- Retired Professionals/ALSD members: Rs. 400/- Students : Rs. 300/- Registration fee includes Conference Kit, Tea, Lunch & Conference proceedings (print or e-book to be sent after publication) Registration is limited to 200 participants (including authors on first come, first served basis). It does not include any accommodation facilities hence participants are requested to make their own arrangements The completed registration form (download from https://sites.google.com/site/soference15) along with the registration fee in the form of Cheque/DD in favour of "Academy of Library Science and Documentation", payable at Hyderabad should send to: Registration Committee-SoFerence 2015, C/o Information Resource Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 1, Software Units Layout, HiTech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad – 500081 and email cheque details to soference@gmail.com. OR The payment can be made online to Academy of Library Science and Documentation, AC No: 032110011011932, Andhra Bank, Kachiguda branch, Hyderabad, IFSC Code ANDB0000321 and email the registration form with payment transaction details to soference@gmail.com. More details available @ https://sites.google.com/site/soference15 or https://sites.google.com/site/soference Like the conference @ https://www.facebook.com/SoFerence Email: soference@gmail.com With Best Regards K V Satyanarayana Organizing Secretary - SoFerence 2015 Head - Information Resource Centre Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad Ph:- 91 40 66672533 Cell:- 8885516756 Mailto: k.satyanarayana@tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com With Best Regards Dr. Nagappa B Head | Information Resource Centre | Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park | Padandhur Agrahara | Whitefield Road | Bangalore - 560 066 | Karnataka | India Ph:- +91 80 67251330 | Buzz:- 4851330 / 4224 | Cell:- 91-8147001193 Mailto: nagappa.b@tcs.com | To know more about Bangalore IRC Resources, Services & Offerings, click on the below link: https://knowmax.ultimatix.net/sites/IRC-corpfn/BranchIRC/Home_Bangalore/defa... ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Consulting ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.