Dear Members, NCSI-Net Foundation cordially invites you to attend the 9th Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar (2013). This year's topic will be "Digital Information Services in Academic and R&D Information Centers". It's a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of students of Library and Information Science and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below. Brochure is available at Foundation website. Title: 9th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2013): Digital Information Services in Academic and R&D Information Centers Date: November 23, 2013 (Saturday); 08:45 AM - 04:30 PM Venue: APC (erstwhile NCSI) Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Registration fee: Rs. 250/- for Students and Rs. 500/- for budding professionals (includes Kit and Lunch). Target audience: Students of Library & Information Science courses & budding information professionals. Seminar coverage: The Seminar is being conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the students and budding information professionals about the latest developments in the field of Information and Communication technologies applicable to LIS profession. This year's Seminar will give an overview on the various Digital Information Services provided by the Library & Information Centers in R&D and Academic Institutions. There will also be a session dealing with soft skills/communication skills and career building strategies for LIS professionals. The Agenda outline and Speaker list is as below Agenda Registration and High Tea Overview of Information Services in Academic and R&D Setup Information Services, Consortia and AICTE Requirements in Engineering College Library Web 2.0 - RSS, Blogs, Wiki etc. Digital Archiving including Grey Literature archiving Bibliometrics/Scientometrics as a Decision making tool in R&D setup Soft Skills/Communication Skills for LIS Professionals Career advice Summary/Feedback/Vote of Thanks Speakers Dr IRN Goudar - Mysore University Dr Francis Jayakanth - Indian Institute of Science Mr Ananda Byrappa - GE Mr Satya Ranjan Sahu - National Institute of Oceanographic, NIO, Goa Mr Mohan TA - Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur Mr Pradeep Kavi - Alliance University Mr Shiavaram BS - National Aerospace Laboratories Mr Prasanna TS - Intel India Mr Rajendra Babu - Tumkur University Mr Maruthu Pandiyan/Madhuresh Singhal - Advinus Therapeutics Ltd Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. Number of participants restricted to 40 (due to Space constraint), it will be on first come first serve basis. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information and Seminar Brochure, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.ncsinet.org/ Regards Madhuresh Singhal On behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.