Dear Moderator, Kindly post the following matter in LIS forum group e-mail list. A UGC Sponsored Two Day National Seminar on LIS Education: Structure, Infrastructure and Superstructureduring February 20- 21, 2014 is organised by Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore – 721 102 West Bengal Call for Papers We invite articles on the mentioned sub-themes. Full paper in CD or by e-mail and a hard copy of the same must reach us on or before Friday, January 31, 2014. Paper specifications are:- MS-Word 2007 format and also a pdf file of the same, Font Face:- Times New Roman, Font Size:- 14 (For headings, addresses, affiliations) and 12 (For abstract and text) Indentation:- Justified, Line spacing:- 1, Margin:- 1 inch on all sides and of maximum 3000 words using APA Style of citation. Authors of accepted papers will be communicated through e-mail. The full paper should be sent to both the following addresses: vuseminar14@gmail.com and vuseminar14@yahoo.com Venue B. C. Mukherjee Hall Vidyasagar University Midnapore Accommodation Accommodation may be arranged for the outstation participants if request is sent at least seven days before the Seminar and in that case participants will have to bear the charges. Registration Fees Students (V. U.) Rs. 300.00 Others Rs. 500.00 Payment should be made by Cash/DD. Payment through demand draft can be made by an account payee demand draft in favour of “LIS Seminar” payable at Midnapore, West Bengal, India. Filled in Registration Form and Fees must reach on or before February 10, 2014. However, registration will also be made on spot. All Communications should be addressed to: Jt. Convenor(s) Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Info. Sc. Vidyasagar University Midnapore - 721 102 West Bengal, India Mob. 9051837676 e-mail: nives.b22@gmail.com Or Snigdha Naskar Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Info. Science Vidyasagar University Midnapore - 721 102 West Bengal, India Mob. 8900449442 e-mail: sn2086@gmail.com Sub Themes *Structure* i) LIS Curriculum: Contents, Duration, CBSS, UGC- CDC Report etc. ii) LIS Schools: Standards and accreditation iii) LIS education: Intake capacity and standard of students iv) LIS education and lifelong learning v) Distance learning and LIS education *Infrastructure* i) Physical infrastructure ii) Social infrastructure iii) Human resource iv) Internship facilities v) In-service training *Superstructure* i) Demand and supply of LIS professionals ii) Emerging trend in the job market iii) Knowledge acquisition habits of the society iv) National Knowledge Commission and national strategies towards a knowledge based society v) Sociometric study of LIS professionals vi) Community information and role of libraries *Important* I) All manuscripts should be unpublished original work. II) An author can contribute more than one paper. However, an author will present only once throughout the seminar and for any one of his/her contributed articles. III) The author/authors should provide their name/names, address of the institution along with telephone no., fax no. and e-mail ID. *Important dates* Registration opens December 2, 2013 Full paper along with abstract submission opens December 2, 2013 Full paper along with abstract submission closes January 31, 2014 Registration closes February 10, 2014 Regards, Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu Asst. Professor, DLIS, VU. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.