lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, salis_info@yahoogroups.com, emala@yahoogroups.com, nmlis@yahoogroups.com, iatlis@yahoogroups.com, digilib_india@yahoogroups.com, corporatelibrns@yahoogroups.com, lisnet@yahoogroups.com, KM-Forum@yahoogroups.com, medlib@yahoogroups.com, plnf@yahoogroups.com, digitalindia@yahoogroups.com, manlibnet-india@yahoogroups.com, academic_lib@yahoogroups.com, aianet@yahoogroups.com, libtech@yahoogroups.com, malayasianlibrarian@yahoogroups.com, mlosc@googlegroups.com National ConferenceonNEXT GENERATION LIBRARY SERVICES Date: 16th & 17th August, 2013 SALIS 2013 NGLS Organized by Central Library, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai - 18 Jointly with Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) J.B.A.S. College for WomenThe Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed (J.B.A.S.) College for Women (formerly "S.I.E.T Women's College") is  maintained by the Southern India Education Trust, founded by Late Justice Mr. Basheer Ahmed Sayeed assisted by his wife Mrs. Fathima Akhtar and other colleagues. The College maintains high standards of excellence in the academic sphere and in the physical amenities and facilities intended to implement the educational programme.  The College endeavours to enroll students who hold high standards of performance, discipline and achievement. The college admits all eligible women students from all parts of the country and world irrespective of caste, creed or religion. J.B.A.S. college for Women is one of the reputed autonomous colleges in the country which is accredited by the  National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC) as  an outstanding college with ‘ A’ Grade. The College holds the first position amongst the Women’s Colleges in Chennai City.  The college holds the following  accreditation by the NAAC in 3 (three) cycles:• 1999 – Outstanding Five Star Status• 2007 – Outstanding A Plus Grade• 2013 – CGPA of 3.61 (out of 4) at ‘A’ GradeThe college offers many U.G., P.G., M.Phil. and Ph.D. research programmes on various disciplines. The Library holds more than 76500 volumes of books and other resources and subscribes to many national and international journals and e-resources to cater to the needs of the students and faculty. The library services are fully automated.  Library provides many innovative library services to students and faculty members. Library organizes many Information Literacy (IL) programmes regularly  for effective utilization of library resources. SALIS SALIS is a registered professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science (LIS) by organizing various programmes such as conferences, seminars, workshops, training programmes, lectures on emerging topics throughout the year in various parts of the country through its various chapters located in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Erode, Tirunelveli, Delhi-NCR, Nagpur, etc. SALIS publishes national and international journals, proceedings for exchange of information and knowledge sharing among professionals. It has instituted several awards to motivate LIS professionals. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more efficiently and also understand and adopt best practices in order to provide quality service to the users. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Libraries are the knowledge storehouse and dissemination centres of all academic and research institutions. The invention of printing press in 1440 and the advent of Internet in 1980’s brought out a paradigm shift in the Information Storage and Retrieval (ISR) and knowledge dissemination. The 21st century witnessed new technologies such as internet, web, digital,  technologies, mobile, security technologies, search engines, social networking tools, cloud computing, which affected the  libraries. Libraries are undergoing rapid and tremendous changes now due to information explosion and user demand on one side and revolutions of ICT on the other side. Libraries are attempting to embrace these technologies to understand the user needs and also to provide innovative information services to the users OBJECTIVE OF THE CONFERENCE The conference is intended to provide a forum for LIS professionals and practicing Librarians to discuss, deliberate and exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practices on the emerging trends that can be adopted to provide next generation library services. The objective of the conference is to :• Understand the google generation users requirements• Discuss the future trends and future of the library• Know the future IT trends and its impact on Libraries• Know how the new and emerging technologies can be harnessed to provide next generation library services  SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Research papers are invited on the following themes and sub-themes of the conference. Next Generation Library services- Design & development of innovative Library services-Information requirements of next generation users- User study-scientometrics/webmometrics- Citation and database studies- Evaluation of library services Next generation Library services using Social Networking tools - Web 2.0/Library 2.0 , RSS , Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, Mashups, LinkedIn, Metadata and Social Tagging , Federated Search and Discovery Tools, Semantic Web  Content Management- E-Publishing,, CM software and tools, OpenCourseWare, Open Source Journal Publishing – E-learning- Models and standards Digital Initiatives- Digital Library- Building Digital Archives/IR- OAI and OA journals- Digital Rights Management (DRM) - Next generation standards and protocols for DL- Interoperability and metadata -Digital Preservation and strategies Emerging Technology for Future LibraryArtificial Intelligence and Expert Systems - Future Library Automation- ISR and Search Engine- Cloud Computing- Search engines- M-Library- Security  and Surveillance Technologies-Technology- Solutions and Innovations Collection Development for future libraryPolicy, Criteria and methodology for selection of resources for the future library-Printed -E-resources- Purchase and access to books, journals, reference sources and databases-Ownership, Licensing-Access mechanism- Consortium-Resource sharing and partnership-                      E-resources management- Physical space and Funds availability IPR- Copyright & Open Licensing –Patents- IPR and impact of Library- Scholarly Publishing and copyright issues- Emerging trends IPR in the IT world Library and Society- Policy for Future Library and Library services –-Government's information policy – Knowledge Commission-Library Legislation - LIS Education and Research-Information Literacy Programmes-Universal Access to Information-Freedom to Access- Best practices GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are requested to submit the soft copy of full paper (with abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least three keywords) as an e-mail attachment tothe organizing secretary. Paper should not exceed 5 pages of A4 size with 1.5 line spacing and font size 12 in Times New Roman. Charts, graphs, photographs, if any,should be inserted at proper places in the paper if absolutely necessary. References should be given as per the Chicago Style. Authors are advised not to include downloaded materials andfigures from the Internet. A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented/ published elsewhere. Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. Papers should be prepared and submitted strictly based on the guidelines (pl. refer conference website for more details) and submitted along with the registration fee.  Papers will be accepted for publication only after being reviewed by the technical committee.  Co-authors need to pay the registration fee separately. Incase of the same author publishing more than one paper, she or he has to pay the registration fee according to the number of papers.Please note that the papers will not be accepted without registration fee. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN. AWARDS AND MEMENTOES Cash Awards will be given to the best papers for professionals and students. Mementoes will be given to all the presenters. REGISTRATION FEE  (for two days) 1. LIS Professionals and others  *                         :  Rs.1000/- [*Fee includes bag,  proceedings, pen and  pad,  lunch, snacks  and tea]2. Students / Research Scholars  (Regular)**   : Rs.500/- [**Fee includes proceedings, pen and  pad,  lunch, snacks  and tea)           3. Participants (without presentation)  ***         :  Rs.500/- [*** Fee includes folder, pen and pad, lunch, snacks  and tea). Registration Fees should be paid by means of Demand Draft in favour of 'JUSTICE BASHEER AHMED SAYEED COLLEGE FOR WOMEN' payable at Chennai. DATES TO REMEMBER Last date for submission of papers :  15th July, 2013Last Date of Registration                    :  12th August, 2013 TARGET PARTICIPANTS LIS Professionals, Teaching Staff, Students, Research Scholars, Practicing Librarians, Administrators and IT professionals. ACCOMMODATION Participants are requested to make their own arrangement for accommodation. Large number of hotels (room rent varies from Rs.500 - 5000) are available in  and around the conference venue (T.Nagar, Alwarpet, Teynampet, Egmore Railway Station, Triplicane, Near Central Railway Station, etc). Delegates may also contact the organizing secretary for guidance for booking accommodation in advance. They can also visit www.hotelsinchennai.org for bookings. ABOUT CHENNAI Chennai, the capital city of Tamilnadu and the Gateway to South, is the fourth largest city in the country. There are many important tourist places and cultural centers near Chennai such as Kanchipuram, Tirupathi, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram, etc. to visit. Large number of mosques, temples, churches, shopping malls, cultural Centres, etc. Important Places to visit around the conference venue: Guindy National Park, Express Avenue, Anna Centenary Library, Connemera Public Library, Museum, Marina Beach, Eliot Beach, Kovalam Beach, V.G.P. Golden Beach, M.G.M. Beach, Vandalur Zoological Park,  etc.   For further details please contact:Mrs. M. Jannath Najeemunnisa BeegumOrganizing Secretary and LibrarianJ.B.A.S. College for Women (Autonomous)No. 56 K.B. Dasan Road, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018. Tamilnadu ( India).Tel: Library: 91-44-42110745 College: 044- 2436 4152     Cell:  +91-9840596275 Fax No. 044 - 2436 4533E-mail:jannathjeelani@yahoo.com,  jbaslibrary@gmail.com Delegates are requested to visit the conference web site  regularly to know the progress and announcements of the conference @  www.jbascollege.edu.in &  www.autolib-india.net/salis  -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.