Dear all, The first International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL-2009) held at the University of Delhi from 5-8 October 2009. The conference was a historic event where eminent personalities in the field of Library and Information Science from around the world met and deliberated on many areas to create a road map for the future Academic Libraries in India. A pre-conference volume " Globalizing Academic Libraries: Vision 2020" was released by Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission at the inaugural ceremony on 5th October 2009.There were a number of 'gold speakers' and keynote addresses. Thee pre-conference tutorial was taken by Ms.Susan McGlamery on QuestionPoint (24/7 Reference services).The conference felicitated Ms.Ellen Ramona Tise, President IFLA. A panel discussion by the Delhi Vice Chancellors was also held which discussed various matters related to the academic libraries especially University and College Libraries. Paper and poster presentations by participants added value to the conference.The evenings were illuminated by cultural programmes.The less importance given to the School libraries was the only blind spot of the natable event. It was also declared that the next ICAL in 2011 will be held at the University of Hyderabad.The proceedings were well planned and executed. Needless to say Dr. Suprabhat Majumdar, Organizing Secretary and University Librarian, University of Delhi and his team did a commendable work. You can see some photographs of the ICAL 2009 at http://librarynext.wordpress.com Thank you   S.L.Faisal   Librarian   Kendriya Vidyalaya   Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004   Kerala   India   Ph.09447699724 Official   http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com   http://libzine.wordpress.com   http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com   http://mydearbook.wordpress.com Professional   http://librarynext.wordpress.com   http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com Social Networks   http://kvlibrarians.ning.com/   http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/isl-link/ Personal   http://slfaisal.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.