Dear Professional colleagues Greetings! We are pleased to announce that the National Conference on the *Role of LIS Professionals in the Changing Academic Paradigm *will be organized by Presidency University, Bangalore on *February 17-18, 2017*. Main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for LIS Professionals, researchers as well as academicians from all over India to present the results of their research and development activities related to library requirements for the constantly changing academic programs. The following are the conference themes & sub-themes and these are suggestive, but not exhaustive: *Evolving Library Landscape:* *Professionals’ Challenges:* · Futuristic vision of Academic Libraries · E-books procurement, Access methods and Rights management · Impact of Mobile Technologies on Libraries · Open access resources and technology · Application of Cloud Computing · Outsourcing of Information Services · Application of Social media for promoting the Digital Resources · User Education · User Satisfaction and Behavior in the Digital Age · Infrastructure, Budget and Staff competency issues · Academic Libraries in E-teaching and E-learning · Impact on Space Planning in Libraries · Issues in E-resources subscription in Libraries · Ensuring the Effective use of E-resources · Changes in emerging User Characteristics, Behaviors, and Expectations · Future of Print Publications · Impact on space planning *Digital resources & Big Data:* *Library Standards:* · Librarians’ Role in Curating and Exposing Big Data · Competency Standards for Library and Information Services · Impact of Big Data on LIS Education · Quality Assurance and Accreditation of LIS Programs · Evaluation of Digital Resources · Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development in LIS · Metadata for Digital Resources · IPR and tools to check Plagiarism · Digital Preservation · Best and New Practices and Processes, ISO and TQM Original contributions and case studies based on applications, research, surveys and practices related to the above themes are invited. Deadline for full paper submission is 31 December 2016. Registration of author is mandatory for paper presentation and publication. Please see the brochure provided in the conference website for further details. The conference website link will be up on *www.presidencyuniversity.in http://www.presidencyuniversity.in/* soon. Kindly contact me for the E-brochure. *Registration Fee (excluding Accommodation):* *INR 1000/-* for Library Professionals & Academicians & *INR 100/-* for Students & Research Scholars. The payment should be sent by DD in the favor of “REGISTRAR, PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE–560064”. OR Bank transfers to “REGISTRAR, PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY ACCOUNT”. A/c No. 11890100129874 at FEDERAL BANK, GANDHINAGAR BRANCH, and IFSC: FDRL 0001189. The duly filled registration form along with payment details should reach the Organizing Secretary latest by 31st January 2017. *Accommodation & Transport:* Transport from and to Yelahanka, Bangalore will be arranged. Besides, economic accommodation at service apartments, budget hotels, guest houses, etc in the range Rs 600 – 1000 per night will be arranged on first cum first served basis. *Important Dates:* • Full paper submission deadline: *31st Dec, 2016* • Last date for Registration: *31st January, 2017* • Conference Dates: *17th & 18th Feb, 2017* *Manuscript requirements:* Length: Approximately between 2000-3000 words (4-8 pages on A-4 size papers with 12 font sizes for texts and single line spacing). Title: The title of the paper be in Title Case with 14 point bold letter size in Calibri. The same should be left justified. Font: Calibri, Font Size: Heading-14 (Bold), Sub Heading -12(Bold), and rest of the text - 12. Abstract: Papers should have abstract (maximum 200 words), five subject headings, brief information about the author, a color photograph of the author and e-mail address. References: APA style guidelines are to be followed for text as well as rendering references. *For any information, contact:* *Dr. K. N. Sheshadri, Organizing Secretary & Senior Librarian* *Presidency University* Itgalpur, Rajanakunte Yelahanka, Bangalore 560 064 Email: sheshadri.kn@presidencyuniversity.in Cellphone: +91 7899218877 URL: www.presidencyuniversity.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.