Dear Library professionals,National Seminar on Academic inclusion of Librarians in Digital Era   4-5 November 2016 (2nd Call for Papers)   Kerala Agricultural University,Thrissur is organizing a National Seminar on Academic Inclusion of Librarians inDigital Era during 4-5 November 2016, Friday& Saturday. The seminar is organised jointly by KAU’s College of Horticulture(CoH), and University Central Library (KAUCL) in collaboration with theAcademic Library Association (ALA)and Kerala Library Association (KLA). Library Professionals,Library Education Teachers, Library Scientists and students in Library andInformation Science can participate. Registration: Registration to the Seminaris free. Expenses towards travel and accommodation should be borne by theparticipants. Free Accommodation will be provided to out of Keralaparticipants, subject to the availability on first come first serve basis.   Submission of Papers: Original and unpublishedpapers are invited on the conference themes. Papers will be accepted only after strict peer review by the editorialcommittee. ConferenceThemes:- 1.     Academic, Research and Extension roles of Librarians 2.     Academic Inclusion of Librarians 3.     Academic Status and Career Development of Librarians 4.     Library Services and Quality in Education, Research and Publishing 5.     Libraries and Academic Impact 6.     Motivation and Morale of Librarians 7.     Library Management in Digital Era 8.     Personnel Management in Libraries 9.     Change Management in Libraries 10.  Hardware and Software Management 11.  Library Automation Softwares 12.  Open Source Software for Libraries 13.  Library Networking, Resource Sharing andLibrary Consortia 14.  Network Security and Data Security 15.  Use of Social Networking Sites inLibraries 16.  Application of Web/Web 3.0 17.  Digitization and Preservation ofKnowledge Resources 18.  Library Portals/Websites 19.  Digital Libraries and InstitutionalRepositories 20.  Information Literacy, Library Education,User Orientation 21.  Re-engineering Library and InformationSystems 22.  Re-structuring Library Services and LISEducation in Digital Era 23.  Other topics related to effectiveLibrary & Information Science Author Guidelines: Full paper in word filewith an abstract not exceeding 200 words and 3-5 keywords should be submittedas an e-mail attachment to francisaloor@yahoo.com Important Dates:- Submission ofAbstracts: 10th October 2016;        Intimationof Acceptance            : 25thOctober 2016 Submission of FullPaper: 31st October 2016;     Last date ofRegistration              : 31st October 2016 Seminar Dates: 04-05November 2016 (Friday & Saturday) For Further details contact:- - Dr. A.T. Francis, Organizing Secretary; Phone(o): 0487-2438551; (m) 9496839409; e-mail: francisaloor@yahoo.com - Dr. V.S. Swapna, College of Horticulture; Phone(o): 0487-2438313; (m) 9446434149; e-mail: swapnabenn@gmail.com - Smt. N.B. Nisha, KAU Central Library; Phone(o): 0487-2438553; (m) 9495037603; e-mail: nishanaren97@gmail.com Websites:-www.kau.edu;www.kaucentrallibrary.org; www.alaindia.org  Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor@yahoo.com