Dear Sir Kindly forward the below report to the forum members. *Role of LIS Professionals in the Changing Academic Paradigm: Report of the Conference held on Feb 17-18, 2017* Two days National Conference on the Role of LIS Professionals in the Changing Academic Paradigm was organized by the Presidency University on Feb 17-18, 2017. The conference was held at Hotel Radisson Blu Atria, Palace Road, Bengaluru. There were 150 delegates from different parts of India which included librarians, students of library science schools, publishers, IT professionals, knowledge management experts and university teachers. The pictures of the conference are available at the below given link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4oGAr2mhKuuWV84NzZ4eXRxZEE?usp=shar... *The highlights of the conference include:* 1. Inauguration on 17th February 2017 by Prof. Dr. S A Kori, Executive Director, Karnataka State Higher Education Council and Guest of Honor was Dr. Satishkumar S. Hosamani, Director of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka in the presence of Hon’ble Chancellor of the Presidency University, Dr. Nissar Ahmed, Pro Chancellor, Prof. Radha Padmanabhan, Vice Chancellor, Prof Nagendra Parashar, Conference Director, Dr. A. Y. Asundi, resource persons, key officials, members of the media, faculty members from the university and delegates from different parts of the country. 2. The Conference had three technical sessions covering the following themes and 9 research papers were presented by the participants in each session. (i) *Evolving library landscape*, chaired by Prof. A. Y. Asundi, Conference Chairman (ii) *Professional challenges*, chaired by Dr. Gopakumar (iii) *Digital resources, Big Data and Library standards*, chaired by Prof. Ramesha 3. Besides, there were 5 key papers from experts. (i) Changing dimensions of academic librarianship from ancient to digital era, by Dr. B. M. Meera, Librarian, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru (ii) Open data and open repositories, by Prof. A. R. D. Prasad, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru (iii) Copyright and licensing issues, by Dr. Rama Patnaik, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru (iv) Recent trends in cataloguing, by Dr. N. S. Harinarayana, Professor, University of Mysore (v) Redesigning library spaces and services, by Dr. S. Venkadesan, Director, LRC & IT, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. 4. The conference had a panel discussion on the topic, “*Can we get rid of books in academic libraries?*” and the panelists were: Dr. N. S. Harinarayana (Chairman), Dr. Gopakumar, Dr. Mahabaleshwara Rao, Mrs. Prasanna Kumari and Prof. K. A. Venkatesh. 5. Best paper award: During valedictory session on 18th February 2017, Prof. Parashar presented the Best Paper award to Mr. Deepjyoti Kalita, from Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu for his paper “*Open Access Publication Trend of Top Universities in India: A Case Study from 2011 to 2015*”. The conference was coordinated by Dr. Ishwara Bhat, Chief Librarian and Dr. K N Sheshadri, Senior Librarian, Presidency University, Bengaluru. *Thanks & Regards* *Dr. K N Sheshadri, Ph.D.* *Senior Librarian* *Presidency University* *Itgalpur, Rajanakunte, Yelahanka* *Bangalore 560 064* *Cellphone: +91 7899218877* *Email: **sheshadri.kn@presidencyuniversity.in <sheshadri.kn@presidencyuniversity.in>* *URL: www.presidencyuniversity.in <http://www.presidencyuniversity.in/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.