Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:46:30 +0000 (GMT) From: pradyot bharatkar INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560059 8th Colloquium on INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN CYBER AGE ABSTRACT We are living in an era, which is referred to as the knowledge era. IT has played and continues to play a major role in shaping the form and format of a wide range of activities related to business, scholarly communication, governance etc. Due to the changes in Hardware, Software, Storage technologies, Telecommunication technology, the resources and services of libraries have also changed and are expanding. The outstanding advances in IT and e-media related fields have made it necessary to change the traditional image and to adapt to the challenges posed by these new technologies. In this colloquium we will focus on �INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE CYBER AGE.� TOPICS SPEAKERS 1. OVERVIEW PROTITI MAJUMDAR 2. TOOLS HEMA SINGH & SAMIKSHA YADAV 3. RESOURCES Md. EHTESHAM & SUKLA CHAKRABORTY 4. SERVICES ANANYA SARKAR, SUCHETA LAHIRI & RANDHIR KUMAR 5. CONCLUSION NEHA SINGH All are cordially invited. Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 31ST JANAUARY, 2006 Time: 2.00 p.m. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) Pradyot S. Bharatkar Associateship in Documentation & Information Science (ADIS IInd year) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College PO, Bangalore- 560059. Email & web site: pradyot@drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~pradyot (/wwwisis)