Dear Professionals, Seasonal Greetings...!!! Call for Papers (extended till 22nd Sep 2011) & Special Invitation for Participation SoFerence 2011: a Social Conference on Knowledge / Experience Sharing (a National Conference) Date: 15th October, 2011 Venue: TATA Consultancy Services, L-Centre, Near Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, EPIP Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066, Karnataka, India KALA takes immense pleasure in inviting you to contribute papers and participate in "SoFerence 2011: a Social Conference on Knowledge / Experience Sharing" to be held on Saturday, 15th October, 2011. SoFerence is a social platform, which allows professionals to share their experiences in the form of Best Practices, New Initiatives, Innovation, Creativity, Processes Improvements, Success Stories, Case Studies, Surveys, Soft Skills, Education & Training Methods, Internships, Deployment of IT Tools / Applications etc. in LIS and related fields, which will help other co-professionals to know and implement them at their workplace. SoFerence will empower every author & participant to play a vital role by acting as a moderator to choose the best set of papers, which will eventually go for publication (SoFerence Souvenir, a CD and Book with ISBN Number). Special Features: 1. Reward for Best Papers. 2. Poster Presentation facility for select papers. 3. Equal opportunity to every paper presentation. 4. Publication of SoFerence Souvenir: a Book & CD with ISBN Number. 5. Includes few 'Spotlight Lectures', which will be delivered by eminent professionals from LIS & related fields. 6. Advance sharing of participants questions with author on paper, which helps the author to be prepared to answer. Request you to circulate this info amongst your friends, colleagues, research scholars, students, etc. and encourage them to participate and send their papers. Important Dates: Last date for Submission of full paper...................: 22 September, 2011 Last date for Registration.....................................: 25 September, 2011 Intimation of acceptance of paper for presentation: 30 September, 2011 SoFerence Date...................................................: 15 October, 2011 Registration Charges: Participants from Corporate and R&D institutions.........................: Rs. 450/- Participants from Academic Institutions, SLA & KALA Members. : Rs. 300/- Students, Research Scholars & Trainees.......................................: Rs. 150/- Looking forward for your active participation and paper contribution. For Brochure, Registration Form and Author Guidelines, please visit: http://www.kalaonline.com/ OR Please contact Organizing Secretary. Dr. Nagappa B. Ph:- +91 80 67251330/ Cell:- 91-7760505296 Mail: nagappa.b@tcs.com Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary, Karnataka State LIbrary Association (KALA). Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.