*Call for Papers* *PLANNER 2012: Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North East Region* *Venue & Date:* Sikkim University Gangtok Sikkim March 1-3, 2012 The PLANNER 2012 is being organized during March 1-3, 2012 jointly by INFLIBNET Centre Ahmedabad and Sikkim University Gangtok. The theme of the Convention is “Building Participatory Library Services in Digital Era." This convention will provide a forum to LIS professionals to discuss and interact on the new challenges & dynamism for re-defining the Library and Information Services to meet the demands of the end users in the digital era. *Theme: Building Participatory Library Services in Digital Era* *Subtheme 1: Participatory Web Tools * - Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 - Social Networks - Mashups - Tagging & Social Bookmarking - Semantic Web - Technology Trends for and beyond 2.0 - From OPACs to Discovery tools *Subtheme 2 : Academic Libraries in Participatory age* - Participatory Librarianship Approach - Collective Intelligence and Collaborative Publishing - Library as Facilitators for Conversation and Interaction - Institutional Repositories - Open Journal/book and other Content Management Systems - Virtual Reference Services and Community Involvement - Digital collections - Building the Participatory Librarianship. *Subtheme 3 : Building Infrastructure of Participation* - Federated search and Discovery Services - Cloud Computing - Collaborative Access Management, Open ID - Case studies and best practices In view of your experienced and valuable professional contribution, we invite you to submit a paper for conference. We solicit your experienced and valuable contribution for the successful organization of this mega event. Further information Please visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/planner2012 I*mportant dates* Submission of full papers: December 31 2012 Date of Registration: Frebruary 15, 2012 *Further details, please contact: * Mr Ashok Kumar Rai Convener, PLANNER 2012 INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC Of UGC) Nr Gujarat University Guest House Navarangpura Ahmedabad-38009 email:planner2012@inflibnet.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.