The Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore [Pakistan] is celebrating its centenary anniversary this year. PU became the first in Asia to establish a seat of formal learning in library education by appointing an American Librarian, Asa Don Dickenson, to teach a Certificate Course in Librarianship in 1915. Since its inception the nomenclature has also been evolved as “Librarianship”, “Library Science”, “Library and Information Science”, and most recent “Information Management” to display the dynamic nature of the discipline. The Department has planned an International Conference on Information Management and Libraries (ICIML 2015) to celebrate the centenary anniversary. Conference website is available at http://pu.edu.pk/iciml/index.html *Submissions:* The key focus of the ICIML2015 is on Education and Research Trends in Management of Information, Knowledge, Libraries and similar organizations. We aim to look into the past, analyze the present and foresee the future. You are very cordially invited to disseminate your research and experience in any of the following tracks: 1. Juried Full Paper (5000-7000) 2. Research in-progress (short paper 2000-3000) 3. Best practices and Lessons Learned: Oral presentations Authors will have the opportunity to publish their papers in conference proceedings, Library Management (Emerald) and Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries. *Proposed Themes for Authors’ Guidance (though not limited to these)*: - Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Academic Programs - Curriculum Designing and Implementing in Evolving Scenario - Issues in National and International Collaborations - Job Market and Professional Education - Leadership Development Challenges for the Information Professionals - Social and Communication Skills for Information Professionals - Challenges to Library Associations in Developing Countries - Electronic Scholarly Communication - Open Access - Information Behaviours in the Emerging Information Environment - Information and Digital Literacy - Information Storage and Retrieval - Digital Libraries - Social Media and Information Organizations - Library 2.0 - Metadata Schemas and Ontologies - Big Data; Linked Data - E-science; E-government; E-learning - Digital Preservation - Disaster Management in Information Organizations - Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Webometrics - Health Informatics - Digital Humanities - Re-positioning Libraries and Information Organizations in Google Era - Freedom of Information and Copyright Issues in Developing Countries - Access Management in Information Organizations - Personal Knowledge Management - Marketing and Customer Focused Information Services - Services Quality in Libraries and other Information Organizations - Human Resources Management for Information Organizations - Continuing Professional Development - Cloud Computing and Libraries - Re-defining Library as a Space - Media Librarianship - Archives and Record Management - Institutional Repositories - Professional Ethics *Author Guidelines:* Please follow APA Style Manual 6th edition, for preparing manuscript according to the following structure: *Abstract Submission (Structured):* Purpose/Aim, Research Design, Key Findings (if applicable), Significance/implications, Key words. *Full Paper: *Structured Abstract; Keywords (4-6); Background/Introduction; Purpose/Problem Statement; Research Objectives/Research Questions/Hypotheses; Literature Review; Research Design/Methodology; Findings; Discussion; Recommendations and Conclusion; Research Implications. *Important Dates:* Abstract Submission (Structured) 9th March, 2015 Notification of Acceptance 9th April, 2015 Full Paper Submission 24th June, 2015 Final Notification of Acceptance 5th August, 2015 Camera Ready Final Version Submission 30th August, 2015 *Key Note Speakers:**· * *Prof. Gary E. Gorman* Professor of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington, Professor of Information Science at the University of Malaya, Joint Director of Asia-New Zealand Informatics Associates *Prof. John Feather* Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies at Loughborough University, UK. *Prof. Sanda Erdelez* University of Missouri, USA *Organization:* *Conference Chair: * Kanwal Ameen Professor & Chairperson, Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore. kanwal.im@pu.edu.pk *Honorary Chair: * Mumtaz A. Anwar ( anwar.mumtazali@yahoo.com) *Conference Secretary:* Muhammad Rafiq (rafiq.im@pu.edu.pk) *Conveners:* Program Advisory Committee: Nosheen Fatmia Warraich ( nosheen.im@pu.edu.pk) Organizing Committee: Shafiq Ur Rehman ( shafiq.im@pu.edu.pk) Marketing & Promotion Committee: Syeda Hina Batool (hina.im@pu.edu.pk) Sponsorship & Exhibition Committee: Haseeb Piracha ( chieflibrarian@pu.edu.pk) Finance Committee: Aalia Arshad ( aalia.im@pu.edu.pk) Registration & Reception Committee Ammara Malik (ammara.im@pu.edu.pk) * International Steering Committee* Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, Kuwait University, Kuwait Abebe Rorissa, State University of New York Albany, USA Abrizah Binti Abdullah, Malyasia Adnan Adil, National Health Services London, UK Aryati Bakri University of Technology, Johor Barhu, Malaysia Bharat Mehra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. USA Christopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dilara Begum, East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh Fabrice PAPY, Université de Lorraine Nancy, France Farasat Shafi Ullah, University of Dammam, KSA Farzana Shafiqu, University of Dammam, KSA Hamid Saeed, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ismail Abdullahi, NCCU, North Carolina, USA Jagtar Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, India Javed Iqbal, British Council, UK Joho Hideo, University of Tsukuba, Japan Khalid Mahmood, University of Dammam, KSA Lili Luo, San Jose State University, USA Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research, USA Mohinder P. Satija, India Muzamil Tahira, UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia Nadeem Siddique, University of Dammam, KSA Noorminshah Ihad , University of Technology, Johor Barhu, Malaysia P. K. Jain, University of Delhi, India P. Wijetunge, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Pervaiz Ahmad, Edith Cowan University, Australia Robert B. Allen, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea S. M. Zabed Ahmad, University of Dacca Sajjad ur Reman, Kuwait University, Kuwait Serap Kurbanoğlu, Hacettepe University, Turkey Shaheen Majid, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sheela Webber, The University of Sheffield, UK Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Steve O. Conner, Information Exponentials, Australia Susmita Chakraborty, University of Calcutta, India Trishingit Kaur, Punjabi University, Patiala, India Widad Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille3, France *Conference Website: *http://pu.edu.pk/iciml/index.html *Conference Email: *iciml@pu.edu.pk -- Dr. Muhammad Rafiq, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore [Pakistan] Email: rafiq.im@pu.edu.pk dr.rafiqm@gmail.com Cell: +92 (0) 333 311 0909 *HEC Approved PhD Supervisor* *The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellow, OH, USA * *Associate to Mortenson Centre for International Library Programs, IL, USA* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.