Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:54:56 +0530
From: Srels
Seminar Announcement:
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NATIONAL SEMINAR ON DIGITIZATION: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES.
and
SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT LECTURES (2004)
Objectives of the Seminar :
Digitization is currently a buzz word. A variety of institutions =
(libraries, information and documentation centres, and other corporate
bodies) have = been digitizing documents of various kinds (text,
manuscript, and image) on different media. The purpose includes
development of databases and/or archival resources, to preserve, access,
retrieve and disseminate information and documents. Digitization may also
form the basis for = creating products such as learning/teaching packages.
A variety of software and techniques are being used. Some of the efforts
have been successful = while others have not been so. Nevertheless, many
institutions are interested = in digitization, and wish to learn from the
experiences of those who have already undertaken digitization. An
objective of this Seminar is to = bring together for exchange of ideas
those with experience in and those who = have plans for, digitization.
Papers are invited on practical experiences and case studies on the
following aspects, but not exclusive of other aspects:
1.Use and evaluation of software and techniques for
digitization (text, manuscript, image, sound, etc.)
2. Special aspects of digitization for archiving and
preservation.
3.Classification, cataloguing and indexing =ADmethods, =
tools and techniques. Standards, meta-data, authority files,
vocabulary control etc.
4. Searching, retrieval, and user-interfaces.
5. Copyright and other intellectual property issues.
6. Management, economics, and costs.
7. Handling non-Roman Scripts.
Authors are requested to focus on practical experiences with =
digitization.
The final paper should not exceed 5,000 (five thousand) words or 15 =
pages including figures, tables and annexes.
An extended abstract of about 3-4 pages of the proposed paper should be
submitted in advance. It will be refereed. Authors whose proposed papers =
are accepted will receive guidelines for preparing the final paper and its
submission.
9-11 August 2004 : Seminar and SRELS Lectures.
The extended abstract may be sent to the Secretariat as an e-mail =
document.
Contact Details :
The Executive Officer
Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science
702, 42nd Cross
III Block, Rajajinagar
Bangalore 560 010, India.
Ph: (080) 23305109. E-mail: srels@vsnl.com
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Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (2004)
Natural Language Processing in Information Storage and Retrieval
by
Dr.K.Narayanamurthy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
From 9-11 August at 4.30 - 6.00 p.m. each day
