Dear Professional Colleagues,   It gives me immense pleasure to announce that Delhi University Library System of the University of Delhi has taken the responsibility to host an International Conference on Academic Libraries involving large number of professionals from India and abroad. The papers for conference is being accepted and registration is open.    The objective of the conference is to reposition the Academic Libraries by taking advantage of modern developments in the field of ICT; management techniques including change management; scholarly communications; advocacy; user-vendor-librarians interface etc. and develop a ROAD MAP which can be used by the governmental agencies for upgrading the library systems in India. We have developed a document having the conceptual framework which provides a framework on how various facets are conceived.   We expect a professional gathering of about 1000 experts from India and abroad for almost four days with dates being October 5-8, 2009 at the Delhi University Conference Venue through several parallel sessions and tutorials.   I have already informed about the prominent speakers of the conference. Many more speakers have given their consent. Given below is the complete list.   PROMINENT SPEAKERS   The Conference will notice galaxy of internationally known experts who will deliver their key note address on varient topics. They are: 1. Prof. Joyce, Chao-chen Chen Professor, Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies Universtiy Librarian National Taiwan Normal University   2. Prof. Jim O'Donnell Professor of Classics Provost Georgetown University, USA   3. Dr. Ellen R. Tise Senior Director, Library and Information Services JS Gericke Library University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 SOUTH AFRICA   4. Prof. David F. Kohl Dean and University Librarian, Emeritus University of Cincinnati 2929 Courtropes Lane Cincinnati, OH 45244   5. Prof. Gobinda Chowdhury Professor of Information & Knowledge Management University of Technology Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia   6. Dr. Susan McGlamery Director, QuestionPoint Programs 6565 Kilgour Place Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA   7. Dr. Jens Vigen, CERN Chief Scientific Information Officer Phone: + 41 22 767 2410 E-mail: jens.vigen@cern.ch Postal address: CERN, CH1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Web: http://library.cern.ch & http://www.scoap3.org   8. Prof. Carol Tenopir Chancellor's Professor School of Information Sciences Director of Research and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies College of Communication and Information University of Tennessee 451 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0341 USA (865) 974-7911 FAX: (865) 974-7878 ctenopir@utk.edu   9. Dr. Gaby Divay Archives & Special Collections UManitoba Archives 332E, Bldg Dafoe Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 CANADA Tel. 474 6483 ; Fax 7913 ; gaby_divay@umanitoba.ca http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/fpg/   10. Dr. Janice R. Lachance Chief Executive Officer SLA 331 South Patrick Street Alexandria, VA 22314 USA   11. Dr. Kiran Kaur Lecturer Dept.of Information Science Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia Tel: 603-79676402 Fax: 603-79579249 kiran@um.edu.my   12. Prof. John Dolan Head of Library Policy Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Grosvenor House 14 Bennetts Hill Birmingham B2 5RS UK Tel: +44 (0)121 345 7300 Fax: +44 (0)121 345 7303   13. Prof. Dr. Ursula Georgy Cologne University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences Institute of Information Science Cologne, Germany Tel.: 0221/ 8275-3922 E-mail: ursula.georgy@fh-koeln.de   14. Dr. Hazel Woodward University Librarian and Director of Cranfield Press Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire. MK43 0AL. hazel.woodward@cranfield.ac.uk +44 (0) 1234 754446 MANY MORE PROMINENT SPEAKERS FROM INDIA AND ABROAD ARE EXPECTED   For more details please visit: http://library.du.ac.in/ocs or http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09   For all querries and further details, please contact:        ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL C/o University Librarian, Central Library, University of Delhi New Delhi - 110 007, India Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 or 24682100 Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: ical2009.os@gmail.com    with regards Rajesh Singh Dy. Librarian E-Resources & Training Central Library University Of Delhi DELHI-110 007 011-27666404, 27667848 http://crl.du.ac.in/   -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.