Dear Friends: The Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Memorial Lecture, instituted and organized by the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), is an intellectual treat to the LIS community. This year’s SRR Memorial Lecture will be delivered by: * Dr. Pertti Vakkari, Professor Emeritus of Information Studies, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland; * On the topic: Task-based Information Searching * On 9th August 2022, which also happens to be Dr. Ranganathan’s birth date; * At the Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. * Prof. CRE Raja, Head, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Presides The lectures will be delivered in two parts: 4:00-5:00 PM – Lecture 1: Information  Search Patterns in Complex Tasks 5:00-5:30 PM – Coffee Break 5:30-6:30 PM – Lecture 2: Assessing Information Search by Task Outcome. 6:30-7:00 PM – High-Tea ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Pertti Vakkari’s research interests include information seeking, task-based information searching, fiction searching, and methodologies for evaluating interactive information retrieval. His work has appeared in the proceedings of numerous conferences, in edited monographs, and leading journals such as Information Processing & Management and JASIST. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Documentation, and Information Processing & Management. Dr. Vakkari has been a member in several program committees of conferences like ISIC, IIiX , ECIR and TPDL. In 2012 he received the ASIS&T - SIGUSE Award for outstanding contributions to information behaviour. On behalf of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, I have pleasure in inviting all the members of LIS forum and information professionals to attend the lectures. For those in Bangalore attending this program, we are arranging transport with two pick-up and drop points closer to Metro stations. Transport departing at 2.30 PM from the office of Informatics (India), R.V. College Road, Basavangudi (near South End Circle) has also been arranged. Those who wish to use this facility may kindly reach the office of Informatics (India) before 2.30 PM RSVP: Ms. Kavitha Kumar, Informatics. Kavitha.kumar@informaticsglobal.commailto:Kavitha.kumar@informaticsglobal.com Ph. 080-40387777; Mobile: +91-98445-23650 K. S. Raghavan Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Dean (Academic) (Retd.) University of Madras Professor (Retd.) DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute Visiting Scientist (Retd.), Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering, PES University, Bangalore Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2015) Visiting Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2003) Senior Fulbright Scholar, University of California at Los Angeles, USA (1987) Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Vice-Chairman, Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies Editor, SRELS Journal of Information Management -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.