---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Bk Panda" Date: Fri, October 13, 2017 7:24 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professional Friends, TCS Information Resource Center (IRC) Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Odisha Library Academy announces the 4th edition of "Soference" to be held on Saturday, 2nd December 2017. SoFerence is a bi-annual conference organized by TCS IRC for sharing experience on Library and Information Science (LIS) and related areas. First two editions of SoFerence were held at TCS Bangalore in 2011 and 2013 in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA).Third edition of SoFerence was organized at TCS, Hyderabad in collaboration with Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD) in 2015. This year's theme is "Digital by Default: Make Yourself Future Ready" SoFerence 2017 invites unpublished and original papers from LIS Professionals, Students, Research Scholars, Content Managers, Information Managers, Publishers, ECM/KM Professionals, Academicians and others on case studies, success stories, best practices and lessons learnt on the following topics but not restricted to: 1. Analytics/Big data Application in LIS 2. Data Science and Visualization 3. Disruptive Innovation and Technology 4. Internet of Things and Libraries 5. Cloud Computing and its Impact on Library Services 6. Social Media and Social Networking Services for Library 7. Plagiarism and Reference/Citation Management Tools 8. Evaluating Library Services and Quality (LibQUAL/SERVQUAL, Gap Analysis) 9. Web Learning and open source Learning Management System 10. Seeking Impact and Visibility of Scholarly Communications Last date for completed paper submission: October 30, 2017 Last date for registration: November 15th , 2017 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1toqbvCvK8XPT8VAeyDn95clbDhaCnQtRGneheypo33E Venue: Tata Consultancy Services, Bhubaneswar (Unit-II)- Barabati IT/ITeS Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Plot No.. 35 Chandaka Industrial Estate, Patia Bhubaneswar - 751 024,Odisha India 0674-6645275 & 9437079369 For More Details visit: https://sites.google.com/site/soference2017 and for any query mail to soference@gmail.com Register yourself for the SoFerence 2017 (Online Mandatory) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1toqbvCvK8XPT8VAeyDn95clbDhaCnQtRGneheypo33E Thanks & Regards, Bijoy Ketan Panda Information Resource Centre Tata Consultancy Services (UNIT-I)- KALINGA PARK IT/ITES SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (SEZ),PLOT NO. 35, CHANDAKA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PATIA, Bhubaneswar - 751 024,Orissa India Ph:- 91-0674-6645275 Mobile:09437079369