The Ahmedabad Library Network (ADINET) and INFLIBNET in association with AMA will be organising a Seminar on Preparing New Generation Librarians for Meeting Future Challenges, in Amedabad on Saturday 7th August 2010.
The seminar sub-themes are:-
The ICT field is growing and changing rapidly. New Tools, Techniques & Search Engines are being developed. Hence to keep abreast of these skills, Training Programs, Distance Education, e-learning and many more are required.
Owing to Electronic Publishing, documents can be searched & instantly accessed from any part of the world. This enables Librarians to serve their clientele in a global learning and information environment. Librarians will need to acquire new skills for the Digital Age in all library work, be it Acquisition, Processing, Storage, Preservation, Access and also to Manage Digital Content.
Since the free Open Access Movement has been firmly established, there is growing collaboration and cooperation at the international level. What is needed is to create a culture of cooperation at the national and local levels.
It is essential to transform libraries to meet the needs of modern society and to become the vital foundation of a knowledge society. This will enable Librarians to play a meaningful role in a knowledge based society and to be in the mainstream for learning and for overall growth and development.
For more details please see the ADINET website www.alibnet.org
Please submit papers for this Seminar before the end of May 2010.