Dear Members, Please consider participating in the forthcoming International Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization (ICDK 2011) 14-16 February 2011 at MDI Gurgaon (National Capital Region – Delhi) Jointly Organized by Management Development Institute (MDI) Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) INDEST-AICTE Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi In Association with UNESCO Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan South Asian Studies Council, MacMillan Center, Yale University Conference Highlights • Galaxy of International Speakers • Largest conglomeration of international DL experts ever in India • Best paper awards • Workshops/Tutorials on cutting-edge digital library topics • Emerald’s international journal Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems to bring out a special issue with selected articles from the conference • Reputed international publisher to publish the post conference proceedings as an edited book with ISBN • Most convenient location, in the millennium city Gurgaon (National Capital Region- Delhi), just 10 kms away from Delhi IGI airport and 30 kms from New Delhi railway station • Strategic partnership with national and international organizations Workshops / Tutorials How to Improve Access to Information? A Tutorial Workshop By Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Developing Digital Libraries Using DSpace: A Workshop By Prof. ARD Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Social Media in Information Services: A Workshop By Waltraut Ritter, Director (Research and Innovation), Knowledge Dialogues, Hong Kong Digitization Workflow from A to Z By Klaux Kempf and Gabriele Messmer, Bavarian State Library, Germany Digital Libraries and Building DLs using Greenstone By Dr. M.G. Sreekumar, (UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia), Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode Developing and Managing a Virtual Reference Service: A Tutorial-Cum-Workshop By Dr. H.P.S. Kalra, Punjabi University Eminent Speakers Dr. Ann Okerson, Yale University Dr. Anjana H. Bhatt, Florida Gulf Coast University Prof. Anna Maria Tammaro, (Chair IFLA Education and Training Section), University of Parma, Italy Prof. ARD Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Prof. Chutima Sacchanand, School of Liberal Arts, Sukhothaim Thammathirat Open University, (Former President - Thai Library Association), Thailand Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Dr. Eduardo da Silva Alentejo, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil Dr. Egbert De Smet, University of Antwerp, Belgium Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia, Department of Computer Science, University of Trento, Italy Dr. Fazlul Alam, Executive Director, Bangladesh Research and Development Association (BRADA), University of Dhaka Prof. G. P. Agarwal, National Cordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Gabriele Messmer, Bavarian State Library, Germany Prof. Gary Marchionini, Dean & Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information & Library Science, North Carolina University Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET-Developing Library Network Klaux Kempf, Bavarian State Library, Germany Heather Brown, Assistant Director, Artlab Australia Prof. Hussein Suleman, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa Prof. Ingeborg Torvik Solvberg, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad Dr. John B. Rose, Honorary Research Associate, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Prof. Joyce Chao-chen Chen, Professor and University Librarian, Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University Dr. Maja Zumer, University of Ljubljana Prof. Mitsuhiro ODA, Department of Education, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, IGNCA, New Delhi Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha, Joint Secretary, Parliament of India Dr. Ruth Creamer, UNESCO International Bureau of Education, Paris Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Dr. Sujin Butdisuwan, Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Dr. Suzie Allard, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee Dr. Timo Borst, German National Library of Economics, Hamburg Dr. Vesna Injac, National Library of Serbia, Serbia Dr. Wawta Techataweewan, Srinakharinwirot University, Thiland (and many more……….) Please visit the conference site at: http://www.mdi.ac.in/ICDK/Home.html for more details on registration, etc. -- Thanks and Regards Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo Central Library, INDEST - AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.