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*National Workshop cum Training on Digital Library Management* 25-26 November 2016 to be held at CMFRI Cochin-682018 *Library and Documentation Centre* of CMFRI is one of the best-specialized libraries in the field of fisheries and marine science and plays a vital role in the collection building and dissemination of scientific information to meet the present and future needs of the Institute. The state of the art library has a good collection of books and journals and over 300 scientific periodicals. The digital library with substantial digital resources including videos is accessible from the Headquarters at Kochi as well as from the Regional/Research Centres. Library extends its services to users at HQs, Regional/Research Centres of CMFRI and also to students and researchers from other Institutions, State Fisheries Departments, Universities and Colleges. *About the Workshop cum Training* The Workshop aims to share among library professionals new concepts of digital storage of Information as well as retrieval, management of the challenges in digital libraries with the growing impact of modern Information technologies in collection development, organization, utilization and services of information, networking of libraries, consortia mode of acquisition and maintenance of digital libraries and developing soft skills of library professionals. *Topics * o Digital and Open Access Library o Digitization & Networking o Digital Preservation o Open Source Software o Multimedia and Mobile applications o IPR, Copyright and Open Access Digital divide o Institutional Open Access Repository o Library Consortium o Crisis Management in Digital Libraries *Schedule* Day 1-Training Sessions (5) by Experts in the field Day 2 - Paper Presentations Awards Best Oral Presentation (3) *Call for Papers* Participants are invited to submit original articles related to all aspects of Digital knowledge Management. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Soft copies of the papers should be submitted as soft copies as email attachments to *cmfrilibrary@gmail.com* *Guidelines for Paper Submission* The text of paper should be written in MS Word format with A4 size, 1.25 margins, 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.15 line space. Paper must be written in English with an abstract. *Registration Information* Registration is limited to 100 participants. *Who can attend?* Library and Information Science professionals in Research Institutes, Universities, Colleges and other Institutions and Library Science Students. Registration Fee o Library Professionals : Rs.1000.00 o Library Science Students : Rs. 500.00 Registration fee includes conference kit, Lunch and refreshments. Registered participants can attend the Conference with or without paper. Dates to Remember Last date for receipt of Abstracts : 15th October 2016 Last date for receipt of Full Paper : 30th October 2016 Last date for Registration : 30th October 2016 *How to apply* Duly filled in application in the enclosed format along with a Demand Draft for the required fee as Registration fee is to be reached at the following address on or before 30th October. Smt. P. Geetha Co-ordinator "*National Workshop cum Training on Digital Library Management”* ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Post Box No. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O., Kochi - 682018, Kerala, India Phone: 91 484 2394867/2391407 Extn. 218 Fax: 91 484 2394909/2396685 Email: cmfrilibrary@gmail.com Assistant Co-ordinators Dr. V. Mohan Mob No. 9846497631 Shri.ArunSurendran Mob No. 9847539724 *Boarding, Lodging and Travel* Accommodation will be arranged on request. Travel and accommodation expenses to be borne by the participants/sponsoring institutes. *Venue* CMFRI is located near to the High Court of Kerala, Cochin o 4 Km from Ernakulam Junction (South) Railway Station o 2 Km from Ernakulam Town (North) Railway Station o 30 Km from Kochi International Airport -- Dr. V. Mohan Library & Documentation Centre CMFRI Cochin-682018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.