Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS)

&
Eleventh COLLNET Meeting

October 19 22, 2010
Venue : University of Mysore, Mysore

Scope
Quantitative aspects of science of science. Collaboration and communication in science and technology. Science policy. Combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Theoretical, methodological and applied aspects, for example:
- Emerging issues in scientometrics/informetrics/webometrics and history
- Science Policy and collaboration
- Collaboration Studies for Science & Society
- Collaboration, Knowledge Management & Industrial Partnership
- Collaborative Bridge between Academic Research and Industry
- Techniques for Collaboration Studies
- Visualization Techniques in Collaboration Studies
- Quantitative analysis of S&T innovations
- Informetric laws and distributions, mathematical models of communication or collaboration
- Nature and growth of science and of collaboration in science and its relation with technological output
- Evaluation indicators
- Collaboration in science and technology from both quantitative and qualitative points of view
Please, note that these examples listed above give a broad outline of the scope of the workshop theme but do not limit it.

University of Mysore : The first University in the state of Karnataka and the sixth oldest in India, the University of Mysore was established in the year 1916 by then Maharaja of Mysore Sri Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV through munificent grants of land, buildings, and financial resources. Home to a galaxy of stalwarts in the fields of education, administration, arts and sports, the University has earned an international identity for its academic programmes and research activities. With a strong sense of commitment to social justice and equity the University provides access to people from all walks of life. The University of Mysore has always upheld the values of critical thinking, tolerance and open debate.
The University of Mysore has a string of laurels to its credit in the 93 years of its existence. It enjoys the unique distinction of having parented four universities in the state of Karnataka, these being Bangalore University in 1964, Mangalore University in 1980, Kuvempu University in 1987 and the Karnataka State Open University in 1996. With the four districts of Chamaraja Nagar, Hassan, Mandya and Mysore now under its jurisdiction, the University of Mysore has under its wing 4 constituent colleges and 183 affiliated colleges offering its undergraduate programmes.
The main postgraduate campus of the University is located at Manasagangotri, which offers a panoramic view of the Kukkarahalli Lake and the Chamundi Hills, two of the citys most prominent landmarks. The campus houses 41 post graduate departments offering 75 post graduate degree and diploma programmes. The two post graduate centres of the University are located at Hassan and Mandya, and offer postgraduate in select disciplines. Postgraduate programmes are also now being offered in a few constituent and affiliated colleges.
The University of Mysore has a great research tradition. It has gained international repute for its research contributions in the field of pure and applied sciences, language, literature and social sciences.
The University has also created a special provision for identifying and recognizing select institutions for conducting degrees/diplomas/research programmes of the University of Mysore. The University also has arrangements with universities abroad for offering twinning programmes.

COLLNET and ISSI COLLNET is a global interdisciplinary research network of scholars who are concerned to study aspects of collaboration in science and in technology (see COLLNET web site at: http://www.collnet.de/). This network of interdisciplinary scholars was established in January 2000 in Berlin with Hildrun Kretschmer as coordinator. Since that time there have been 9 meetings: the first in Berlin, September 2000, the 2nd in New Delhi, February 2001 and the 3rd in Sydney (in association with the 8th ISSI Conference), July 2001. The former ISSI President Mari Davis has mentioned in the Newsletter, July 2003: Importantly, ISSI needs alliance with other groups, such as COLLNET, for broader reach among a range of interdisciplinary researchers and to encourage new thinking and perspectives on investigations in science and in technology. The 4th COLLNET Meeting took place on August 29th in 2003 in Beijing in conjunction with the 9th International ISSI Conference; the International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics and 5th COLLNET Meeting in Roorkee, India, in March 2004. The 6th COLLNET Meeting took place in association with the 10th ISSI Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 2005 and the International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics and 7th COLLNET Meeting in Nancy, France, in May 2006. The Third International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics and Science and Society & Eighth COLLNET Meeting took place in New Delhi, India, in March 2007 (http://www.collnet-delhi.de), the Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Ninth COLLNET Meeting in Berlin, Germany in July 2008 (http://www.collnet-berlin.de) and the Fifth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Tenth COLLNET Meeting in Dalian, China, in September 2009 (http://www.wiselab.cn/collnet-dalian

CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are called presentation and publication in conference proceedings from librarians, information professionals, teachers of LIS researchers and students. The papers submitted at the conference should be the original work of the author(s). Research papers based on surveys and case studies are given preference. The paper submitted should have been neither published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication.
The article must be submitted according to the following format: The manuscript may be limited to 3000 to 5000 words.
Article should be submitted electronically.
All papers should be typed on Microsoft Word Version.
Paper size should be A4, Portrait (8.5*11) with margings:1 (top & bottom and right):1.5 (left)
Heading & sub headings must be in bold font, justified and numbered according to the level of heading as below: 1. First level heading
1.1 Second level heading
1.1.1 Third level heading
Figures, chairs, photos and tables within the article should have proper number and descriptions.
The font size is to be 12 in Times New Roman.
The main title should be followed by name, affiliation and adress of the author(s) with email ID and contact numbers.
The length of the abstract should not be more than 200 words.
At least 5 keywords must be given after the abstract
All papers must be accompanied by one passport size colour photograph and a brief CV.
Reference/bibliographies may be cited as per APA format prescribed by American-Psychological Association (http://www.apa.style.org)
General presentations and descriptive articles are not encouraged. Submission of Papers: Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference are invited from the potential authors engaged in the area of Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics and related issues are requested to send their full paper so as to reach the organizing secretary before 15th August 2010.

Conference Fee:
- Foreign Participants: 100 Euro - Foreign Students: 50 Euro - Foreign Accompanying persons: 50 Euro - -Indian participants: RS.2500/- - Indian students: Rs.500

The fee includes coffee break, lunches, Inaugural Cocktail, dinner and banquet. Proceedings are included in the conference fee for participants and students but not for accompanying persons. The sightseeing tour of Mysore is included in the conference fee. For persons who are interested in, a special extended tour will be programmed at the last day (with additional fees). For more information please contact: Mallinath Kumbar Mail : mallinathk@yahoo.com Important Dates:
Extended Abstract (3 pages): April 15, 2010 (deadline) Acceptance: May 15, 2010
Full Paper: August 15, 2010 (deadline) (Camera-ready version, maximum 10 pages including tables, figures, references)
Both abstracts and full papers will be peer reviewed by the Programme Committee. The accepted full papers will be published in the proceedings. Please send your extended abstracts to:
Hildrun Kretschmer Kretschmer.h@onlinehome.de
Please send also a copy to: S.L. Sangam slsangam@yahoo.com

How to reach city Mysore by Air:
The nearest airport is Bangalore that is a simple 140km away. Every one domestic airline is working flights to and from Bangalore to all main cities of the country. How to reach city Mysore by Rail: There are lots of train services working between Bangalore and Mysore. The Shatabdi Express connects Mysore to Chennai. The ideal route to reach Mysore is via Bangalore.
How to reach city Mysore by Road:
State Highways connect Mysore to the national Highways and to e very parts of the country. Bus services by Karnataka Road Transport Corporation and transport corporations of the adjacent states as fine as personal tour operators make it easy to attain the city without any difficulty. It is only a 3 hour journey from Bangalore.
SIGHTSEEING :
Mysore is a major tourist city of Karnataka. The city was the erstwhile capital of the state and hence has played an important role in the history of the state and of South India. Today it has developed into a modern city like many other cities in the country. But this city has not lost touch with its rich historical and cultural legacy. Mysore city is a favourite tourist destination in Karnataka. Tourist from within the country and from outside come see the splendour of the city of Mysore. The city has a number of places a person can visit. There are a number of Royal buildings, gardens, waterfalls, temples, museums and modern amusement parks. The city of Mysore is known as the 'City Of Palaces'. There are number of buildings built by the Royal family and are exquisite examples of Dravidian architecture and display grandeur and lavish life lead by the Emperors while they ruled the state. Apart from the Palaces there are number of other tourists attractions that one can visit in Mysore. One of the popular spots is the Chamundi hills and the temple on top of the hills. This prominent landmark of Mysore is a favourite destination for the locales as well. The KRS dam and the adjoining Brindavan Gardens are worth visiting. The Brindavan Gardens is one of its kinds in the country. It is famous all over for its colorfully lit dancing fountains that come alive once the sun sets. There are three lakes in Mysore that have become a haven for migratory birds and are set in lush green surroundings that are relaxing and worth visiting. The Mysore Zoo is the oldest Zoo in the country and was set up by Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar in 1892. The Zoo flourished under Royal patronage and was handed over to the Government after independence. Today the Zoo is equipped with the most modern facilities and is a pioneer in breeding animals in captivity. Another famous monument of Mysore city is the Philomena Church that has a relic of the 3rd century St. Philomena preserved in a catacomb in below the main altar. The Church is also famous for its 175 feet high spires. These are some of the important sights to see in Mysore city.
Hotels
Hotel KVC International Krishana Vilas Road, Near Ideal Jawa Rotary School, Mysore-570004. Phone: 0821-4283101, Fax: 0821-4283222. e-mail: hotelkvcinternational.com Website: hotelkvcinternational.com Kings Kourt Hotel Jhansi Lakshmi Bai Road, Mysore-570005. Phone: +91-0821-2421142, Fax: +91-0821-2422384 Mob. 9008373636 e-mail: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "kingskourt@gmail.com" claiming to be kingskourt@gmail.com/ ms@vivekhotels.com Website: www.vivekhotels.com Sandesh the Prince #3, Nazarbad Road, Mysore 570010, Karnataka, India Tel: +91-821-2436777/2436999, Fax: +91-821-2445577 e-mail: sales@sandeshtheprince.com Website: www.sandeshtheprince.com
Hotel Regaalis Mysore #13-14 Vinoda Road, Mysore-570005 Phone: +91-821-2426426/2427427, Fax: 91-821-2421689 e-mail: salesmys@ushalexushostels.com Website: www.ushalexushotels.com
Royal Orchid Metropole 5 th Jhansi Lakshimabai Road, Mysore- 570005, Karnataka, India. Phone: +91-80-41276667, Fax: +91-80-41476667, Mobile: 91-9845176667. e-mail: rooms@royalorchidhotels.com Website: www.royalorchidhotels.com Ramanashree Bangalore Nilgiri Road, Harding Circle, Mysore-570001 Phone: 0821-2522202, 2522265, Fax: 91-821-2565781. e-mail: mysore@ramanashree.com Website: ramanashree.com KAYNES Hotels Pvt. Ltd. # 85-87, Bemi Road, Hootagalli, Hunsur Road, Mysore-570018 Phone: 0821-2402930,31,33, Fax: 2402932 e-mail.- silentshoresort@yahoo.com Website: www.silentshores.in

Patrons: R. Chidambaram, Scientific Adviser to Prime Minister
Sukdev Thorat, Chairman, UGC, New Delhi.
Program Chair : Hildrun Kretschmer (Germany)
Program Co- Chair : S.L. Sangam (India) Program
Organizing Chair : V.G. Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore
Program Organizing Co-chair: N. V. Satanarayana, CMD, INFORMATICS India Ltd., Bangalore
E.T. Puttiah, Registrar, University of Mysore
Organizing Secretary: P. V. Konnur, Librarian, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Joint organizing secretary: Mallinath Kumbar & Khaiser Nikam
Treasurer:N. S. Harinarayana
Program Committee:
I. K. Ravichandra Rao
Shalani R. Urs
T. D. Kempraju
E. Ramareddy
K. S. Raghavan
N. K. Bar
Invited Speakers:
Wolfgang Glanzel (Belgium)
Zeyuan Liu (China)
Olle Must (Estonia)
Bulent Ozel (Turkey)

Advisory Committee:
T. Ramaswamy, Secretary, DST
Gagan Prathap, Director, NISCAIR
I. K. Ravichandra Rao, Head, DRTC
P. Balram ,Director, IISc
Samir K. Brahmachari, DG, CSIR
H.A. Ranganath, Director, NAAC
M.I.Savadatti, Vice Chairman, HEC
V. N. Rajashekar Pillai, VC, IGNOU
K. Siddappa, Former VC, Bangalore University

International Program Committee:

Isidro Aguillo, Spain
Petra Ahrweiler, India
R. Ambuja, India
A. Amudhavalli, India
Subbiah Arunachalam, India
AmirReza Asnafi, Iran
Elise Bassecoulard, France
Aparna Basu, India
Donald deB. Beaver, USA
Sujit Bhattacharya, India
Maria Bordons, Spain
Martina Brandt, Germany
Linda Chan, Hong Kong
Blaise Cronin, USA
Robert Dalpe, Canada
Mari Davis, Australia
Sandhya Diwakar, India
Leo C.J. Egghe, Belgium
A. Hossein Farajpahlou, Iran
Hubert Feger, Germany
Lars Fuglsang, Denmark
Isabel Gomez, Spain
Ulla Groe, Germany
Brij Mohan Gupta, India
Namita Gupta, India
Frank Hartmann, Germany
Frank Havemann, Germany
Michael Heinz, Germany
Haiyan Hou, China
William W. Hood, Australia
Shabahat Husain, India
Daisy Jacobs, South Africa
Margriet Jansz, Netherlands
C.R. Karisiddappa, India
Sylvan Katz, UK
Lidiya Kavunenko, Ukraine
Mohsin U. Khan, India
Ved Prakash Kharbanda, India
Rajesh Kochhar, India
Hildrun Kretschmer, Germany
Karl-Theo Kretschmer, Germany
Naresh Kumar, India
Sudhir Kumar, India
Ramesh Kundra, India
Jean-Charles Lamirel, France
Loet Leydesdorff, Netherlands
Liming Liang, China
Sofa Liberman, Mexico
Zeyuan Liu, China
Bruno Maltrs, Spain
Bernd Markscheffel, Germany
Valentina Markusova, Russia
Gran Melin, Sweden
Martin Meyer, Finland
lle Must, Estonia
Ed Noyons, Netherlands
Dennis Ocholla, South Africa
Yoshiko Okubo, France
Farideh Osareh, Iran
Siew Hock Ow, Malaysia
Maryam Pakdaman Naeeni, Iran
Koti S. Raghavan, India
Ravichandra Rao, India
Ronald Rousseau, Belgium
Jane Russell, Mexico
Shivappa Sangam, India
Andrea Scharnhorst, Netherlands
Annedore Schulze, Germany
Leena Shah, India
Neena Singh, India
Divya Srivastava, India
Johannes Stegmann, Germany
Yuan Sun, Japan
Dimiter Tomov, Bulgaria
Walther Umstaetter, Germany
Liwen Vaughan, Canada
Narendar Kumar Wadhwa, India
Caroline Wagner, USA
Roland Wagner-Dbler, Germany
Yan Wang, China
Vera Wenzel, Germany
Concepcion S. Wilson, Australia
Paul Wouters, Netherlands
Yishan Wu, China
Zoreh Zahedi, Iran
Michel Zitt, Franc

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEBOMETRICS, INFORMETRICS AND SCIENTOMETRICS
&
ELEVENTH COLLNET MEETING
October 19-22, 2008 Mysore INDIA

REGISTRATION FORM
Important note:
- Deadline for registration: 1st October 2010.
- Please provide information as you wish it to appear on your badge and in the list of participants.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION (REQUIRED)
Personal details
Title : ______________________________ (Dr./Prof./Mr./Mrs./Ms.)
Your Name : First : Last :
(in Block letters)
Institution :
Department : .
Address : . ..
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Accompanying person(s)
Title : ______________________________ (Dr./Prof./Mr./Mrs./Ms.)
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Registration fees (Please tick appropriate option):
Foreign Participants Euro 100
Foreign Students Euro 50
Accompanying persons Euro 50
Indian Participants Rupees 2500
Indian Students Rupees 500

Payment methods:
1. Bank Transfer for registration.
For foreign participants
Please deposit exact registration fees to the following account (in Euros only)
State Bank of Mysore NOSTRO: 000011406063
SWIFT CODE (Head Office): SBMYIBB020
Beneficiary Branch Name: SBMYINBB054
Bank Name: State Bank of Mysore, Manasagangotri Branch (SBMY0040166), Mysore 570006
Ultimate Beneficiary Name: COLLNET 2010, Account Number: 64056500183
Purpose: Registration for International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics.
For Indian participants:
Send your DD drawn in favour of COLLNET-2010, payable at Mysore to the Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics. C/O Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore
OR
Deposit the registration fee to the following account
Bank Name: State Bank of Mysore, Manasagangotri Branch, Mysore 570006
Branch Code: SBMY0040166
Account Number: 64056500183

Please make sure that the amount of money received by the Organizing Committee corresponds to the Registration Fee that you selected. Take into account any transfer fees that might be incurred by the corresponding banks. Please attach your deposit receipt with this form and send it to the address at the end of this form.

2. On-site cash payment when registering on/after October 10, 2010

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Registration fees:
- The registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, inaugural cocktail, dinner and banquet. Proceedings are included in the registration fee for participants and students and not for accompanying persons.
Registration confirmation:
- A confirmation letter will be emailed or sent by postal mail within two weeks after the registration form is received.
Hotel Bookings
Hotel booking may be made by the participant directly with the hotel and is subject to the availability of hotel rooms and to the individual hotels price and policies. Hotel fee should be paid directly to each respective hotel. Hotel room booking may also be made with the assistance of Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Joint Organizing Secretary, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. (email: mallinathk@yahoo.com.Phone: ..).

Signature: ...........................................................................................................................................
Date :............................................................................................................................................

Please return the completed form to:
The Organizing Secretary
Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Eleventh COLLNET Meeting
C/o Department of Library and Information Science
University of Mysore
Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006

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Dr.P.V.Konnur
Organising Secretary,
Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS)
Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois)
University Librarian,
Bangalore University Library,
Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056
Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510
Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/