Dear Professionals, NCSI-NET is organizing the third national level Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar, in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate Chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is a one day seminar targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of Library and Information Science course or its equivalent and budding information professionals. The details of the seminar are given below. Seminar Title: Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar on Emerging ICT Skills for Information Professionals - 2007 Date: November 03, 2007 (Saturday) Venue: National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Target audience: Students of Library & Information science course or its equivalent & budding information professionals. Seminar coverage: The Seminar is conducted with an intention to create an awareness amongst the students and budding information professionals about the latest developments in the information and communication technologies applicable to LIS profession. This year's Seminar will give an overview of Library Automation, open source software for Library Automation, and Open Access resources and tools relevant to information professionals. There will also be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. Registration fee: Rs. 150/- for Students and Rs. 200 for budding professionals. Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc in the workshop web site in due course of time. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/seminar/index.html Registration form is available at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/seminar/registration2007.html For further queries, please contact hipandian@gmail.com , umpradeep@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Regards Maruthu Pandian, B, Pradeep M & Ramya NCSI-NET Coordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.