International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
Shaping the Information Paradigm
New Delhi * 23 ? 26 February 2010
Venue: Conference at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi ? 24?26 February
2010
Tutorial at IGNOU, Convention Centre, New Delhi ? 23 February 2010
The rapid growth of information technology has thrown up enormous
opportunities in the field of digital libraries (DL). Seeing the potential
of leveraging this tool for learning and bridging the knowledge gap,
TERI?s Library and Information Centre has already conducted two
international conferences on digital libraries since the year 2004. Both
the conferences received an overwhelming response and approximately 700
participants including over 100 foreign participants from over 30
countries. It is now proposed to host the third such conference from 23?26
February in 2010 by TERI and IGNOU.
The theme of the proposed conference is ?Digital Libraries: Shaping the
Information Paradigm?. The conference will focus on creation, adoption,
implementation and utilization of digital libraries, e-learning and a
knowledge society. We invite you all to submit your research paper.
Objectives
· Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and
researchers
· Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of
DL?s, and their future implications
· Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing
Who should participate?
· Information professionals
· IT and knowledge service providers
· Policy makers
· Academicians, students and distance learner
· E-publishers and virtual communities
· Other stakeholders
Call for papers
Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference?Digital Libraries:
Shaping the Information Paradigm are invited for the conference poster and
tutorial. Some of the topics are listed below:
· DL development, architecture, and management
· Contents management in DL
· Multi-linguality and interoperability issues
· Digital rights management
· Digital preservation and access management
· Semantic web
· KM (knowledge management) and organizational repositories
· E-learning and e-publishing
· DL standards and policy
· Open archives initiatives
· ODOL (Open, distance and online learning)
· Multimedia content
· Virtual support to distance learners
· E-resources management for distance learners
· Access management
· m-learning technology
· Open Educational resources
For details of paper submission guidelines and submission process, visit