Dear Members, We invite you all to participate in a national seminar on Information and Knowledge Dissemination: Present Status and Future Direction (IKD-2011) during May 6-7, 2011 organized by Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata. Research papers on the topics mentioned bellow are invited. For more information about the seminar please visit the conference webpage (www.cgcri.res.in/ikd2011). Topics: • Knowledge Dissemination Mechanism and Practices in Knowledge Resource Centre • Open Access and Knowledge Dissemination • Scholarly Communication, Grey Literature etc • Institutional Repositories: Case Studies • Role of Publishing Industries in Knowledge Dissemination • Knowledge Processing, Content Organization • Resource Description Framework (RDF) • Digital Library/Repository • Role of Web 2.0 in Information Dissemination: Blog, Wiki • Information User and Knowledge Dissemination in Digital Era • Issues Involved in Indigenous Knowledge Dissemination • Intellectual Property Right and Knowledge Dissemination • E-Resource Sharing • Right to Information Act with regards, -- Bidhan Chaudhuri CG & CRI Kolkata 700 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.