Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:39:58 +0530 From: Debal Chandra Kar TERI is planning to publish a peer reviewed bi-annual journal on digital libraries titled ?World Digital Libraries: an international journal?. The first issue of this journal will be May-June 2008. The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information on a sustainable basis. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will be having global coverage with local focus and would provide a platform for decision-makers, planners, consultants, library and information science professionals to share their experiences. We would like to request all of you to submit paper for the same. We would welcome your contributions, suggestions and advice on the contents, which would help us in enriching the contents, quality and profile of the journal. Thanking you and with personal regards Yours sincerely, Debal C Kar, Fellow Library and Information Centre ************************************************************ TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Ext 2724 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail dckar@teri.res.in Web site www.teriin.org ************************************************************ Aims and scope World Digital Libraries is an international peer-reviewed biannual journal. The journal will seek quality research papers that present original theoretical approaches, as well as experimental case studies related to digital library development and maintenance and dissemination of digital information focusing on research and integration of knowledge at the interface between resources and development. In doing so, the journal will keep readers abreast with the current developments in the field. The journal will include articles, reviews, current developments, and case studies dealing with � theoretical and methodological issues that relate to the interrelationships among electronic resources management, digital preservation, multiple access, multilinguality, copyright issues and security aspects; � initiatives taken towards digitization through lucid case studies; � current developments across the globe; and � dialogues between the scientific community and society at large. The journal will have global coverage with local focus and will provide its contributors and readers a platform to share their experiences. It will also facilitate dialogue among the digital library communities. Articles and reviews should examine concepts, analyses, new approaches, and techniques pertaining to this field. Case studies covering new initiatives, as well as procedural breakthroughs of important issues in the digital library field would be included. Book reviews will cover recent books in the field, reviewed by an independent reviewer. All submissions will be peer-reviewed using the criteria of originality, accuracy, and quality of contribution in these fields. The journal will also provide an update on topical developments in the field; notes on important breakthroughs; information on forthcoming conferences, workshops, seminars and relevant events; and highlight activities of national and international importance in the field. Editor-in-Chief: 1. Prof N Balakrishnan, Professor & Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India Advisory Board: Dr. R K Pachauri, D-G, TERI, New Delhi Editor Debal C Kar, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi Editorial Board: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, India Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Prof. Alan Hopkinson, Head of Library Systems, Learning Resources, The Sheppard Library, Middlesex University, UK Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, PhD, Associate Professor and Head, Division of Information Systems, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Gary Marchionini, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Dr. A. Lakshmana Moorthy, Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, India Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Chief Librarian, Indian Statistical Institute, India Prof. Dr Erich J Neuhold, Professor, Computer Science, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Research Studios Austria, University of Vienna, Austria Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Mr John Paschoud, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics, UK Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Associate Professor, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, India Prof. Dr Michael Seadle, Director, Institute for Library and Information Science, Berlin Dr. V N Shuka, Director (Application), CDAC, India Dr. Ingeborg Torvik S�lvberg, Professor, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Dr. M G Sreekumar, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. Visiting Professor, Department of Information Science, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Library and Information Science, Japan Prof. P. Tapio Varis Ph.D. , Acting President, Global University System, Unesco Chair in global eLearning with applications to multiple domains, Professor and Chair of Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland Dr. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, India Prof. Om Vikas, Director, ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Prof Ian H. Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand