Dear Colleagues, Professional Friends and Research Scholars, This is a pleasure to invite your original research manuscripts to get published in forthcoming edited book "Librarianship in Digital Environment: A Global Perspective" Objectives of the Book "Librarianship in Digital Environment: A Global Perspective" provides a clear picture of innovations, approaches, strategies, management, practical implications required for successful librarianship in digital era. This book explores various ideas, knowledge, platforms, practical practices, and other issues for developing proactive and user centric services/ products in the different areas which presently needed for effective librarianship in digital era at global level. Contributions of Research Papers are invited on following broad sections/topics but are not limited to below topics: v Applications of ICT and web technology in libraries v Open sources and librarianship v Innovation approaches to information storage and retrieval v Cloud based libraries-Challenges and Issues v Consortia v Cutting Edge Technologies in librarianship v Virtual Learning Environment v Digital Libraries v Digital resources preservation, management and cultivation v Semantic Web, ontology, Linked data v E- resources: management, evaluation etc. v IPR and copyright in digital age v Marketing of Library services v Digital humanities and librarianship v Information literacy v Knowledge management v Total Quality Management v User satisfaction and behaviour in digital age Target Audience: Librarians, Libraries, executives, consultants, instructors, IT specialists, managers, trainers, LIS students, and other LIS professionals who intend to keep abreast of current trends in library information science domain in the digital environment. Submission Procedure: LIS Professionals, researchers and practitioners are invited to submit the manuscript clearly explaining the mission and concerns on or before August 31, 2014. Authors will be acknowledged immediately and the acceptance of the manuscript will be notified within a month as per receipt date of the manuscript. Authors may be required to help, if need be, in terms of proof, clarifications, etc. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Style manuals: Submissions must follow the styles outlines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition) Abstract: Abstracts of a manuscript should not be more than 150 words. Author identification: The complete title of the manuscript and the name(s) of the author(s) should be only on the first sheet and the main text should begin on the same sheet. Complete contact information must be supplied for all authors and co-authors, including full address and postal pin code, telephone, and e-mail address. The corresponding authors should be identified. Typescript: Manuscript should be typed on A-4 size paper, double-spaced, with generous margins at top, bottom, and sides of page. In soft copy it should be in IBM-compatible MS Word format. Sub-heads should be used at reasonable intervals to break the monotony of the text. Words and symbols to be italicized must be clearly indicated, by either italic type or underlining. Abbreviations and acronyms should be spelt out with its first occurrence, unless found as entries in their abbreviated form in a standard dictionary. Pages should be numbered consecutively. Length: Manuscript should typically be of 10 to 15 pages including the reference list. Notes and reference: Notes are for explanations or amplifications of textual material. They are distracting to the readers and expensive to set and should be avoided whenever possible. They should be typed as normal text at the end of the text section of the manuscript rather than as the part of the footnote or endnote feature of computer programme and should be numbered consecutively throughout the contribution. A reference list should contain references that are cited in the text. These should be accurate and complete. Personal communications (letters, memos, telephone conversations) are cited in the text after the name with as exact a date as possible. Examples of references to a book, a chapter in book, and journal article follow, formatted in APA style: Tables, Figures, and Illustrations: Create tables, figure, and illustrations in their electronic files, separate from the main text. (You may use one file for all the tables, but place each figure or illustration in a separate file. Each table should begin in a new page). Figures and tables should be keyed to the text. The data in the text need not be described in such detail that tables become redundant. Figure captions should appear on a separate sheet, not on the original figures. One high quality, camera ready version of each figure must be submitted with the manuscript; photocopies may accompany the additional manuscript copies. Compositors will typeset the tables. Note 1: Generalised writings are not encouraged. Note 2: Any doubt(s) regarding the sub themes of the proposed volume may be clarified preferably by e-mail before preparing the contribution. Note 3: There will be a free copy to 1st author or corresponding author Important dates Submission of full paper: September 30, 2014 Finalization of review process: October 30, 2014 Final intimation/acceptance to the authors: 20 November, 2014 Copyright submission by the authors: 30 November, 2014 How to Submit The soft copy of the article may be submitted to drkaushikanna@gmail.com and CC to shriram.ncsi@yahoo.com in MS-Word-2007/2003 format. Editors Contact: Dr. Anna Kaushik Dy. Librarian and I/C University of Kota Kota(Rajasthan) Mob:+91 9414936675 Shriram Pandey Asst. 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