SoFerence 2013: a place to do something unique & different than others Dear Professional Friends, Sharing knowledge with others will give you an opportunity to enhance your knowledge base. Wish to publish a quality paper? Wish to do something unique & different than others? Wish to get an opportunity to exhibit your hidden talent? Wish to convert your tacit knowledge into explicit Knowledge? Then, SoFerence 2013 is the best place to find the answer to your above questions with quality output. SoFerence: A National Level Social Conference on Failures, Learnings, Case Studies Best Practices, and Success Stories in Library & Information Science and related areas… Organized by: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), Bangalore on October 19-20, 2013 @ Bangalore. Objectives: ü To create an environment for LIS professionals to come together and share their experiences. ü To discuss on the failures, Learnings, success stories, best practices, recent trends, etc. in LIS & related fields. ü To enhance the competencies of LIS professionals to meet the needs of the changing environment. Theme: v Case Studies on Failures, Learnings, Process Improvements, New Initiatives, Best Practices, Success Stories, Current Awareness Services, Information Retrieval & Repackaging Query Handling, Librarian as SME, Application of ICT/LMS, Marketing of Info Products, HRM, etc.* v Surveys on Users Satisfaction, Use of eBooks / Journals, Job Satisfaction, Career Growth, New Opportunities, etc.* v Classroom Teaching v/s Internship in LIS, Soft Skills, Professionalism, Recent Trends, Future of Libraries, etc.* * Specific to LIS and related areas. Call for Papers: Unpublished and original papers on the above theme are invited. Only Top quality papers will be accepted after thorough plagiarism check for stage presentation. Further, based on the participant's feedback and editorial advice, papers will be selected for the publication in SoFerence Proceedings (to be published after the event as a book with ISBN). Authors to follow the below guidelines, otherwise paper may not be considered for presentation: Ø Unpublished and original papers should be - in .doc format - in single-spaced, - A4 page size, - Times New Roman 12 font size, - between 4-10pages and - APA reference style Ø Scanned copy of Copyright Declaration letter (with the details of theme, title, author, etc.) duly signed by the author(s) should be sent along with the paper. Ø Paper should have Title, Author(s) Name, Organization Address, Tel. No., E-mail id, etc. Ø Registration is mandatory for authors as well as participants. Ø The full paper should be sent to: soference@gmail.com Who Can Participate? LIS Professionals, Students, Research Scholars, Content Managers, Information Managers, Publishers, ECM and KM Professionals, Academicians and others. Important Dates: October 5, 2013: Full paper Submission October 10, 2013: Registration Closes October 15, 2013: Acceptance for stage presentation Registration Fee*: - Working Professionals: Rs. 1500/- - Students & Retired Professionals: Rs. 1200/- *Includes SoFerence kit, Tea/Coffee, Snacks, Lunch and SoFerence Proceedings (to be sent after publication). #Registration is limited to 200 seats only (Including authors on first come, first serve basis). Payment: The completed registration form (download from https://sites.google.com/site/soference) along with the registration fee in the form of Cheque/DD in favour of "Karnataka State Library Association ", payable at Bangalore should send to: Registration Committee-SoFerence 2013, C/o Information Resource Centre, LCenter, Tata Consultancy Services, Near Vydehi Hospital, Plot No.78, 79 & 83, EPIP Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066, Karnataka, India. More details available @ https://sites.google.com/site/soference Email: soference@gmail.com Tel. +91 80 67251330/1/475 OR +91 7760505296 Download: SoFerence 2013 Brochure: https://sites.google.com/site/soference/SoFerence%202013_Brochure%20Portrait... SoFerence 2013 Registration Form: https://sites.google.com/site/soference/SoFerence%202013_Registration%20Form... You may wish to visit and see the SoFerence 2011 Report: https://sites.google.com/site/soference/SoFerence%202011%20-%20Report.pdf With Best Regards Dr. Nagappa B. 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