Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) in Collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore and SLA Asian Chapter Organises "SoFerence - 2011: A Social Conference" on Knowledge/Experience Sharing on 15 October 2011 at Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore, India. Introduction Days are gone, when LIS professionals were finding it difficult to struggle to align themselves properly in the industry. Present generation of LIS fraternity is very much networked and interacting at optimal level. We learn many things from the student life to manage our present professional life. Recent advancements in ICT helped LIS professionals to enhance their skill sets to achieve the best in the industry. However, there are many issues, which are still unanswered. That's where the SoFerence provides a kind of platform required and also play a vital role in finding out such solutions. About SoFerence It is a social platform, which allows professionals to share their experiences in the form of best practices, processes improvements, new initiatives, success stories, case studies, etc., which will help other co-professionals to know and implement them at their workplace. SoFerence will empower every author & participant to play a vital role by acting as a moderator to choose the best set of papers, which will eventually go for publication (SoFerence Souvenir, a CD and Book with ISBN Number). About Organizers Karnataka State Library Association It is a professional association working for LIS Professionals in the state of Karnataka since 50 years and has over 700members. For more Information, please visit: http://kalaonline.com/ Special Libraries Association (SLA) - Asian Chapter Special Libraries Association (SLA) is one of the world's largest and the oldest LIS professional Association with about 10,000 members in 85 countries with 58 chapters and 25 divisions. The Asian chapter with about 250 members covers a large geographical area consisting 22 countries. For more information please visit: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) TCS is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS has over 198,500 of the world's best-trained IT consultants in 42 countries. For further details visit: www.tcs.com TCS IRC is one of the biggest Corporate Information Resource Centres in Asia. With well established processes, deployment of latest tools and technologies, a team of 125 well qualified and trained professionals are leading the change in the field. TCS IRC is winner of SLA's B&F Excellence Award (for Management), 2009. Call for Papers Original contributions based on applications/ deployments/ research/ surveys/ practices related to the theme are invited for stage presentations and poster presentations. Based on participants' feedback, papers for the SoFerence Souvenir (to be published in both digital & print format) will be selected. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper presentation. All papers should be submitted through email only to the SoFerence Organizing Secretary at nagappa.b@tcs.com. The format and references of the paper should be according to the guidelines given on the SLA website: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ and http://www.kalaonline.com/ Theme: Knowledge / Experience Sharing Sub Themes: - Best Practices - New Initiatives - Creativity - Innovation - Processes Improvements - Deployment of IT Tools / Applications - Case Studies - Success Stories - Surveys - Education & Training Methods - Internships - Soft Skills in LIS and related fields. Author Guidelines Manuscripts Requirements: Length: No length has been prescribed for a paper; however, authors are advised to write concisely. Theme Font: Times New Roman Font Size: 28 = Heading, 16 = Sub Heading and 12 = rest of the text. Title: The title should be brief and typed on a separate sheet. Paper Format: The paper should have the following details: - Cover page giving title - Sub-Theme of the paper to which the paper belongs - Author's / Co-Author's name - Communication address - Contact details like telephone number, fax number, and email - Second page must have title and an abstract of 100-150 words along with 8-10 key words - The actual paper should begin from the third page - Headings & sub headings should be defined clearly and short - Footnotes may be used wherever necessary, which should be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, placed as superscript. - Case Studies proposed may preferably be supported by real life case examples from business situations - Quality of Illustrations, Photos etc. must be good with original caption and in black and white - Tables and Figures, if any must have a brief caption written on the bottom of the figure - References must be in standard format as given below: For books: Surname, initials, (year), title, publisher, place of publication. For Periodicals: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, x(x), pp-pp For WebPages: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the webpage. Retrieved from http://... ..................... [Accessed on DD Month Year]. Paper Submission 1. The participants may submit their papers on or before September 15, 2011. 2. Papers should be submitted in a detailed format suggested in the conference website. 3. Acceptance of paper for presentation will be intimated to the participants by 25 Sept., 2011. 4. In case of co-authors, correspondence will be sent to the first author only. 5. The deadline for registering for the SoFerence is 20 Sept., 2011. 6. Accepted papers will be called for presentation and based on participants' feedback, papers for the SoFerence Souvenir (to be published in both in digital & print format) will be selected. However, Abstract (max25 lines) of all selected papers will be included in the SoFerence Souvenir (with ISBN No.). 7. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper presentation. 8. Papers can be submitted through an email to: nagappa.b@tcs.com Registration Registration Charges (Delegates from) Rs. - Participants from Corporate & R&D institutions: 450 - Participants from Academic Institutions , SLA & KALA Members: 300 - Students, Research Scholars & Trainees: 150 The registration fee for the event covers attendance, program kit, lunch and light refreshments. Interested participants can register by sending the filled in registration form along with registration fee (by Cheque/Bank Draft) in favour of "Karnataka State Library Association" payable at Bangalore to Organizing Secretary: Dr. Nagappa B. Branch Head, Information Resource Centre Tata Consultancy Services International Tech Park (ITPL), Padandhur Agrahara, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560 066 Karnataka, India. Email: nagappa.b@tcs.com Tel. +91-80-6725 1331 / 6725 6841. Please mention your Full Name, Contact Details and Organization / Institute name on the back of your DD/Cheque. Note: Participation is limited to 80 only on first come first serve basis and there will be no spot registrations. Who Should Attend Students, Research Scholars, Teachers and Professionals working in the LIS field, Content Management, Knowledge Management, MIS and related areas. Chief Patrons: Mr. BP Prakash, President, SLA Asian Chapter and Global IRC Head, TCS, Mumbai Mr. Nagaraj Ijari, Head, TCS Bangalore Operations Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar, President, KALA, Bangalore Committees Advisory Committee Dr. SK Patil, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune Mr. NV Satyanarayana, Informatics Ltd., Bangalore Dr. Shalini Urs, ISiM, Mysore Dr. SL Sangam, Karnatak University, Dharwad Dr. PV Konnur, Bangalore University, Bangalore Dr. TD Kemparaju, Bangalore University, Bangalore Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, University of Mysore Dr. BS Biradar, Kuvempu University, Shimoga Dr. BS Maheswarappa, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga Dr. AK Baradol, Mangalore University, Mangalore Dr. P Sadashivamurthy, Tumkur University, Tumkur Dr. PG Tadasad, KSWU, Bijapur Dr. Francis Jayakanth, NCSI, Bangalore Organizing Committee: Mr. Kishore Ingale, Chair - Events Committee, SLA Asian Chapter & Branch IRC Head, TCS, Pune. Ms. M. Manjula, Manager, TCS, Bangalore Mr. Rajendra Babu, General Secretary, KALA and Manager, Wipro, Bangalore Mr. Anand Byrappa, Manager, GE, Bangalore Mr. Manish Mankad, Manager, Unilever, Bangalore Mr. M Nandeesha, KM Consultant, SAP, Bangalore Mr. Raghavendra Patil, Executive, TCS, Bangalore Mr. Iranna Shatter, Executive, TCS, Bangalore Organizing Secretary Dr. Nagappa B., Branch IRC Head, TCS, Bangalore Important Dates: Last date for Submission of full papers: 15 September, 2011 Last date for Registration: 20 September, 2011 Intimation of acceptance of paper for presentation: 25 September, 2011 SoFerence Date: 15 October, 2011 For more information please visit: http://www.kalaonline.com http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. 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