Dear All I am pleased to announce the "National Seminar on Perspectives of LIS Research in India towards 2020" and "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" from 9 to 11 August 2011. The event is organised by Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune at GIPE Campus. About the Seminar LIS Research in India has been actively pursued for last several decades and a large number of research results are reported in national and international publications. During the recent past, Indian LIS Profession has a good impact on the LIS research. But at the same time, it is observed that LIS research from India is mostly limiting itself to data driven by use and user studies while there is also some amount of original research in other areas. It is therefore felt that there is a need to get right directions on future research activities for the Indian LIS professionals. On the occasion of the Birth anniversary of Prof. S R Ranganathan, GIPE's one day seminar is planned to address these issues. Eminent personalities will guide the seminar participants to identify and pursue new emerging research theories and techniques. The experts will share their experiences, their expectations from the researchers and provide new thoughtful insights for the future LIS 2020. Speakers: Prof C R Karisiddappa. Former Head, Dept. of LIS, Karnatak University, Dharwad Prof Harsha Parekh. Former Head, Dept. of LIS, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai Prof Rajas Parchure. Offg. Director, Gokhale Inst of Politics and Economics, Pune Prof A R D Prasad. Professor and Head, DRTC, Bangalore Prof Neela Deshpande. Librarian and Head, Dept of LIS, University of Pune, Pune Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath. University Librarian, TISS, Mumbai Dr G K Manjunath. Chief Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai Dr N Koteswara Rao. University Librarian, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Dr Devika Madalli. Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore Target Audience for the Seminar The target audience for the seminar is anyone working in the field of library and information science, like Librarian, Teacher, and or Student of the Library and Information Science. Number of seats for the seminar is limited to 200 only, i.e. on first come first served basis. Registration Fees for one day Seminar on 9 August 2011 is Rs. 250/- only. Registration Fee includes the working lunch and Tea. About the Workshop Library and Information professionals have been creating digital libraries or institutional repositories for providing better access to digital contents. LIS professionals are making use of open source tools for effective management of digital contents. It is expected now to provide new value added services along with digital library services. Web 2.0 tools provide help for the librarians to start new services to its end users. This two days workshop is planned in such a way that the participants will learn the backend technologies in making effective use of Web 2.0 tools. The topics mainly will cover Ajax, Social Networks, Mash-ups, Wikis, XML, XSLT, Semantic Technologies, etc. Resource Persons for the workshop Prof ARD Prasasd, Professor and Head, DRTC, Bangalore Dr Devika Madalli, Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore Dr Sunita Barve, Librarian, NCRA (TIFR), Pune Dr Aditya Tripathi, Assistant Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras Participation for the Workshop The workshop is open for all the library and information professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. Corporate Librarians having no formal library education are also welcome. Number of participants for the workshop is limited to 25 only. The participants will be selected on first come first served basis. Registration Fees for the one day Seminar and Two Days workshop from 9 – 11 August 2011 - Rs. 2500/- only. Workshop Fees include Breakfast / Tea, working lunch, dinner and workshop material. Each participant will be given separate machine for hands on. Registration Fees either Rs. 250/ or Rs.2500/- to be paid by Cash or Demand Draft / Local Cheque drawn on any nationalized bank in favour of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics payable at Pune and must reach the workshop coordinator before 30 July 2011. Please note that the registration fees are not refundable. Accommodation for the participants of the workshop will be available on payment on first come first served basis. For further details please write to gipelibrary@gmail.com Certificates of participation will be issued to both Seminar and Workshop participants. Last Date for Registration: 30 July 2011. Registration form and the brochure can be downloaded from our website http://www.gipe.ac.in Organising Committee Members Dr Nanaji Shewale (Workshop Coordinator) Dr Prabhash Rath Mr M Murali Krishna Mr Vilas Jadhav Technical Support Mr. Pramod Joshi, Information Scientist Hospitality Committee Members Ms Manisha Shinde (0 9960613527) Ms Shilpa Kad (0 9763740109) Please note: Details of the titles of each speaker and the workshop schedule will be communicated by 10th July 2011. Registration Form for "National Seminar on Perspectives of LIS Research in India towards 2020" and "National Workshop on Web 2.0 Tools and Techniques for LIS Services" from 9 to 11 August 2011 Registration for : Seminar / Seminar and Workshop (Tick Appropriate) Participant’s Name :____________________________________________ Designation :____________________________________________ Name and Address of the Institution:_____________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Telephone : Office : ____________________________________________ : Residence : ____________________________________________ : Mobile : ____________________________________________ E-mail : ________________________________________________________ Do you require accommodation during the Workshop? Yes / No Payment mode : Cash / Cheque / Demand Draft Demand Draft / Cheque No: ____________________________________________ Name of the Bank: ____________________________________________________ Amount: ____________________________________________________________ Date: ________________________________________________________________ Date Signature of the participant Registration form and the brochure can be downloaded from our website http://www.gipe.ac.in Please mail the filled in Registration forms before 30 July 2011 to Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in Thanks and Regards Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian GIPE - Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.