Thanks to Mr.Susanta Kumar Pathy and Thaty dada, I am also of the same opinion that we are, now, organizing so many seminars that the next is knocking the door hardly the proceedings of preceding seminar is read or digested. One can encounter many librarian-presenters of last seminars with papers on library organization, but in their own library the self-professed phenomenon is absent; rather it is disheveled. D R Meher Librarian, OUAT, Bhubaneswar On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Rajendra Kumar Thaty wrote:

Dear All, A pinching arrow rightly sent forth from some one who is quality conscious like many of us. I have a similar opinion for National Conferences too. It is so easy to write a paper for a conference now-a-days. one of the causes is the 'publish or perish' rule of the organizations. Even periodicals are facing the same problem. Some of the periodicals will close their shops if they start looking for really qualitative articles. This needs a debate.

Let me invite a very honest answer from all of you. How many of us, who send papers regulaly to journals and conferences and get them published profusely, have the guts to get the paper circulated in lis-forum and other fora like this seeking comments from all so that it can be improved? I do not remember anyone to have done so at least in India. But that would be a great practice - perhaps most of you will agree with me - for enhancing the quality of our publications.

Can we do so for PhD theses also? Is Prof Kapil Sibal listening?

If we have open access journals and open access archives, why not open access seminars, symposia and conferences? What about teleconferencing? If sight-seeing is important, may be we can demand for more frequent LTC so that the money earmarked for attending seminars can go to the LTC account to make it more enjyable for the family.

Well I think I have given enough food for thought.

Thanks

Rajendra Thaty University Librarian, Sambalpur University

On 12/8/10, sushanta kumar pathy wrote:

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Dear Professional(s),It is seen that for the last 4/5 years we in India organised so many International Conference in the field of Library & Information Science, many more are coming and more will come in future. In this regard I would like to discuss few points as mentioned below:1. Although this kind of international conference promotes many activities including interaction, debate, resource sharing, exchange of ideas, writing articles etc. Is it the right time to organise this many international conference?2. Is it justified to have International Conference by the same institutes/body every year? Don't we degrading the value of International conference?3. If so, why don't we regulating the system through our associations, body etc? Why not in 3/4yrs on rotation?4. Are the quality of papers accepted for the international conferences are of high standard?I think this is the right time that we should discuss the above topic and I invite all the great professionals to con! tribute their ideas/ pros and cons.Thanking youSushanta Kumar PathyCentral Library,Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), BhubaneswarSamantapuri (Rear-side of Hotel Swosti Plaza)Bhubaneswar- 751013, ODISHAEmail: spathy@iitbbs.ac.inOffice:0674-2306292www.iitbbs.ac.inwww.iitbbs.gov.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.