*AALDI*
*(Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India)*
*National Conference*
*On*
*Knowledge Management in the Globalized era*
* * * 21**st** to 23**rd** April 2010*
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*Organized by *
*Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India*
*Co-Organizers* * ICAR Library, ICAR H.Q, Krishi Bhavan,
New Delhi*
*Library Information System, IASRI, PUSA, New Delhi*
*AALDI (Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalist of India)*
The Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India* *was
founded in 1971 with aim to bring the Agricultural Librarians of the
country on a platform to join heads to address matters of professional
interests with eyes on improving library and information services. The
Association embarked on the first General Body Meeting at* Jawaharlal Nehru
Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur* in June 1973, and decided to publish a
periodical entitled “AALDI Bulletin” annually to give vent to the
intellectual thought of the Agricultural Library Professionals. The efforts
of the Association bore fruit in 1974 when the first volume of the
periodical saw the light. To keep in pace with the changing scenario and
concepts of librarianship, the title of the periodical was changed to *Indian
Journal of Agricultural Library & Information Science in 1983*, and as* Indian
Journal of Agricultural Library & Information Services in 2008*. Due to some
unavoidable circumstances the Association became dormant and slowly passed
into hibernation after 1993. It was revived during a Workshop on
“KrishiPrabha - Indian Agricultural Dissertation Repository” held at *Chaudhary
Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University*, Hisar 0n 24.2.2008.
*ICAR Library, Indian Council of Agricultural Research H.Q, New Delhi*
ICAR library was established in 1929 under one of the mandates of ICAR to
render the information services to Scientists, Researchers, Policy makers,
Farmers, Research managers etc. Its collection and clientale are specialized
in agriculture and its allied sciences. The physical location of the library
has been made in two locations i.e at Krishi Bhavan and Krishi Anusandhan
Bhavan . The publications of Crop Sciences, Animal sciences and general
interest like literature, religion, music, philosophy, culture, Indian
constitution under theme "Indiana" and publications of Reference natured
are kept in Krishi Bhavan and scientific literature on Veterinary, Dairy,
Horticulture, Soil sciences, Engineering etc., are at Krishi Anusandhan
Bhavan, Pusa.
ICAR Library, Krishi Bhavan has been modernized, barcoded and computerized
by using latest information technology and developed Information Kiosks,
internet Surfing, On-line catalogue etc .The mandatory housekeeping
activities of library have been automatized by using
"e-Granthalayahttp://mcitconsortium.nic.in/"
software developed by the NIC http://home.nic.in/ . Online Databases &
Services of ICAR library can be accessed from *
http://www.icarlibrary.nic.in*
*Library Information System , IASRI (Indian Agricultural Statistics Research
Institute), New Delhi.*
The Library Information System (LIS) of IASRI was established in 1968 and it
has an excellent print and electronic resource base in the fields of
Agricultural Statistics, Computer applications, Agricultural Economics and
allied fields to support teaching, research and consultancy in the relevant
areas. This is the referral and sole library in Agricultural Statistics and
Computer Applications in India. It caters the information needs of
Scientists, students, faculty and researchers, trainees of not only IASRI
but also NARS in both conventional as well as in electronic. It has been
automated and bar-coded completely and digitized partially. All electronic
services and resources of library can be accessed from *
http://lib.iasri.res.in.*
*Who should Participate* :
Library & Information professionals, Documentlists, Information Scientists,
IT Professionals, Policy makers, Academicians, Students, Distance learners,
e-Publishers and other stakeholders.
*Pre-Conference Tutorials :*
There will be Pre-Conference tutorials on MARC 21, WorldCat, Web 3.0 and
Lib 2.0 technologies on 21.04.2010 for the benefit of the Librarians. These
tutorials will be given by highly competent and expert professionals in
their respective fields. The tutorials have been designed from a layman
point of view so that the participants get an insight of the emerging
technologies, besides getting basic understanding.
*Venue : *Auditorium, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute,
Library Avenue, PUSA Campus, New Delhi -100012
*Conference : *Two days National Conference on* “Knowledge Management in
the Globalized era” *will held on 22nd and 23rd April 2010 on below
mentioned subthemes.
- e-Resources
- Information Portals & Gateways
- Digital Content Management
- Open Source Softwares
- Automation of Libraries
- Library Networks & Consortia
- Scientometrics & Webometrics
- Institutional Repositories
- Electronic Thesis Depositories
- Information Literacy Programmes
- Knowledge & Skills in ICT
- Web 2.0 /3.0 and Lib 2.0
- Copy rights & IPR issues
- E-learning & e-Publishing
- International Standards, Format & Protocols
- Information Seeking behaviour
- Semantic Web
- Case studies
- Collection development Policy
- International Standards, Formats & Protocols
*Venue : Lecture Hall, NAAS, NAS Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi -12*
*Call for Papers*: Original Papers focusing on the theme /Subtheme of the
Conference are invited for the presentation as well as for the Posters.
Authors are requested to prepare papers based on original findings of
research, case studies, etc. The papers, not exceeding 2500 words with an
abstract of 250 words in MS Word format in A4 size with single column and
single space, may be sent to the Organizing Secretary by e-mail at e-mail
addresses : *aaldisecretary09@gmail.com*