NIFT International Conference

Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations”

7-9^thFebruary 2008

At GANDHI DARSHAN COMPLEX, NEAR RAJGHAT, NEW DELHI (INDIA)

Tentative Programme

Day One : 7^th February 2008, Thursday (1000 – 0430)

0930- 10.15

1030

Session 1 : 1130 - 0100

0100

0200

Session 2 : 0230 – 0400

0400

Inauguration

Keynote Address by

                  VC, IGNOU

Tea

Knowledge Economy and Society :

Impact of ICTs

Lunch

Product Presentation

Knowledge Repositories :

Before & After KM

Chair:

Sh. M. Moni,

Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi

Theme paper:

Sh. M. Moni,

Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi

Invited talk:

·       Prof. R. L. Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi

Chair:

Prof. P.B. Mangla,

Former Head, Deptt. of LIS, DU, Delhi

Invited talks:

·          Dr. A. L. Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, Delhi

·          Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK

·          Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore

Tea

Day Two : 8^th February 2008, Friday (0930 – 0530)

Session 1 : 0930

1100

Session 2 : 1130

0100

Session 3 : 0200

0330

Session 4 : 0400

0400

Building Knowledge Repositories : Tools & Techniques

Tea

Building Knowledge Repositories : Partnership of Sectors

Networking of Libraries

Tea

KM Tools & Techniques

Tea

Open Source

Software & Web 2.0

Lunch

Digital Conservation of Knowledge Resources

Invited talks:

·          Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK

·          Shri. Ramesh Singh, Scientist, NIC, Delhi

Chair & Theme Paper:

Dr. A.R.D. Prasad,

Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore

·          Dr. M. Natarajan, Scientist, NISCAIR (Presenter), Delhi

·          Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling, Norway

Chair & Theme Paper:

Prof. Shalini Urs,

Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore

Invited talks:

·          Ms. Heather Brown, Asstt. Director, Artlab, Australia

·          Mr. Pratapanand Jha, Director (Informatics), IGNCA, Delhi

Chair:

Dr. H K Kaul,

Director, DELNET, Delhi

Invited talks:

·          Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, UK

·          Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad

Day Three : 9^th February 2008, Friday (0930 – 0400)

Session 1 : 0930

1100

Session 2 : 1130

0100

0230

0300

3300

0400

Building Knowledge Repositories :

Partnership of Sectors

Lunch

Product

Presentation

Panel Discussion

Future of Knowledge repositories

Global Knowledge Repository

– A vision

Valedictory

High Tea

Libraries + Museums + Archives =

HERITAGE SECTOR

Tea

Knowledge Repositories for Communities, Corporates & Institutions

Chair :

Dr. T. A. V. Murthy,

Chief Librarian, CIEFL, Hyderabad

Invited talks:

·          Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling, Norway

·          Dr. Charu Smita Gupta, Dy. Director, Crafts Museum, Delhi

·          Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales

·          Mr. Anurag Arora, Kaladhvani, Delhi

Chair & Theme Paper:

Prof. S. Arunachalam

M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

Invited talks:

·          Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Deptt. of LIS, IGNOU, Delhi

·          Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, Director, Computer Centre, DU, Delhi

Registration Fee
India & SAARC Countries	Rs.2,500.00 per participant
Non-Sponsored Participants (India)	Rs.1,200.00 per participant
International Participants	US$125.00 per participant