*Dear friends,* * * It gives me an immense pleasure in informing you that we at DBIT in association with AKELPA is organizing a two day National level seminar on “Information Literacy in promoting e-resources and its empowerment for LIS professionals” on 2nd and 3rd of November 2012. In this regard, we are intending to bring out the proceedings on the theme of the Seminar and to receive the papers on or before 25-10-2012. Hence, interested participants are requested to submit the papers in the area of research, technical and also on case studies on or before the stipulated dates i.e 20-10-2012. *About the Seminar:* * * The activity of e-Resources promotion & empowerment of the user community is the major challenge in 21st century’s digital era. This Seminar will be essentially focused on all contemporary issues related to Information Literacy in promoting e-Resources and its empowerment for LIS professionals and their impact on changing the Information literacy Paradigm. A galaxy of Luminaries from the field of Information literacy (IL) will gather together to address some of the Challenging issues like Information Literacy, Standards, e-Resources promotion and empowerment for LIS professional’s etc. Therefore, this Seminar provides an opportunity to enhance our skills to meet the changing needs of the information society and helps LIS professionals to improve their efficiency and effectiveness at workplace by improving his/her skills set. In the era of Information technology, Information storage and retrieval has become unbelievable. The uncertain quality and expanding quantity of information poses a large challenge to information users / Information seekers and library and Information Science professionals. The available information resources are multifarious in nature and range from printed documents, e-Resources, WebPages, on-line databases of full text / Bibliographic journals and other multimedia formats. The new paradigm emphasizes the empowerment of students and encourages them to take control of their own learning. In this age of information explosion, there is a need for LIS professionals to play a vital role by educating the users about the potential resources and develop the suitable devices to help in searching relevant sources along with the assistance to the users in evaluating these retrieved resources. * * *Objectives of the seminar:* · To create awareness among the LIS Professionals about the importance of information literacy and promotion library print as well as e-Resources. · To train and create comfort levels within the existing LIS professionals and encourage them to design Information literacy models to create awareness of e-Resources and empowerment of user community. · To provide an opportunity to discuss various aspects of Information Literacy in promoting e-Resources and Its empowerment for Library & information Science professionals. · To bring the librarians of various engineering colleges, corporate sector and other related institutes together to update them with advances in the field with the help of distinguished resource persons from both industry & academia. *Themes /Subject of the paper:* - Information Literacy & eResources - E-literacy and empowerment of LIS professionals - Planning strategies for information literacy training - Networking & Networks in Information Literacy - Information Literacy v/s Media - Information Literacy v/s Emerging Technologies - Information literacy Best practices - Information literacy & knowledge management - Information literacy & globalization - Future trends in information literacy * * *Important Dates:* * * 1. Last date for Submission of the paper is October 20-10-2012 2. Paper acceptance Intimation is October 25-10-2012 *3. **Seminar Date: 2nd & 3rd November 2012* *Registration fee:* * * All the participants need to pay Rs.500/- as Registration fees in the form of DD/Cheque drawn in favour of “*The Principal*” *DBIT*, payable at Bangalore. The Spot registration facility is also available by cash. The registration fee includes Seminar Kit & hospitality. * * *For further details please contact:* *Somaraya B Tallolli* *Librarian & Organizing Secretary DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KUMBALAGODU, MYSORE ROAD BANGALORE-560074 Mobile.No+91 94 4996 0206, 91 8553948128 E-mail: sbtallolli@gmail.com, rrcklibrary@gmail.com Website: www.dbit.co.in* --* Somaraya B Tallolli* *Librarian & Organizing Secretary DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KUMBALAGODU, MYSORE ROAD BANGALORE-560074 Mobile.No+91 94 4996 0206, 91 8553948128 E-mail: sbtallolli@gmail.com Website: www.dbit.co.in* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.