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From: "Khushpreet Singh Brar"
Date: Mon, December 10, 2012 2:18 pm
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DRTC Golden Jubilee National Conference on Library Education
Jointly with
XXIX IATLIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2012
26-28 December 2012
Theme
LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues
Organized jointly by
Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS)
and
Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC),Indian Statistical
Institute, 8th Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore- 560 05*9*
IATLIS: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science
(IATLIS) is a professional association of more than 600 teachers and
professionals in Library and Information Science in India. Since its
inception in 1969, IATLIS has been active in taking up several issues of
LIS Education in India especially relating to the development of
curriculum, teaching methods, infrastructure, teachers training, etc. It
actively works for the promotion of the professional interests of LIS
teachers. As part of its activities, it conducts national seminars,
workshops, training programmes, etc. It brings out its official organ
IATLIS Communications besides publishing conference volumes. This year
the annual IATLIS conference is being held at Documentation Training and
Research Centre (DRTC), at Bangalore on the broad theme of *LIS Education
and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues from 26-28
December 2012
DRTC:*Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) established by
Prof. S R Ranganathan in 1962, is a research centre at Indian Statistical
Institute (ISI) conducting Research, Training and Higher Education in the
field Library and Information Sciences and allied areas. In the last five
decades, DRTC has been involved in Research, Education, Training and
cutting edge applications of Information and Communication Technology to
Libraries and Information Centres, Knowledge centers and systems. 2012
marks the Golden Jubilee of DRTC and we are happy to host as part of
'Golden Jubilee Celebrations', the national conference on LIS Education and
Research jointly with the XXIX IATLIS conference on *LIS Education and
Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues from 26-28
December 2012
Theme of the Conference
LIS Education and Research: Contemplating Persistent and Debatable Issues
Sub-themes: (suggested topics but not limited to the following)
- What course components are relevant and irrelevant in LIS Curriculum?
- Is LIS research over-emphasizing Survey Research, Citation Analysis,
and redundant topics?
- What ICT topics should form the core and specializations in LIS
Curriculum?
- Core vs. Specializations with special reference to Public Library
system and School Library system
- How to facilitate smooth transition from:
- Tradition to modernity
- Classification to Ontology
- Cataloging to Bibliographic Metadata
- Authority files to Metadata Schema
- Moving beyond Informatics and work in Data and Text Mining
- Information Sources to Information Gateways and Discovery tools
- National Mission for Libraries and LIS Education
- E-learning in LIS, Open Courseware, LISwiki (Open invitation for
voluntary editors)
- IPRs and Open Access
- Open Source Software in LIS
- Open Standards in LIS
- Library 2.0: Web 2.0 Technologies
- Role of Social Networks in Library Services
- Resource Discovery tools: A critique of Web Search Engines
Invited talks on:
- Data Science: Data Repositories, Linked Data, Data Analytics
- Semantic web: Ontology, metadata and Inferencing
- Cloud Computing: LIS Clouds
Panel Discussion on LIS Education and Research
Note: These sub-themes are not exhaustive, rather indicative only.
Call for papers:
Full articles and research papers (with abstracts) on the above mentioned
theme and sub-themes for the XXIX IATLIS* *National Conference should reach
to Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS, Department of Library &
Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) as a
hard copy and also as an email attachment latest by *21 December 2012*. The
paper should not be more than 3000 words. Please send your paper both in
print and electronic form on a CD in Microsoft Word and also a soft copy
through email to iatlis2012@gmail.com. The paper should include Title, Name
and Address of author(s), Abstract and Key Words. References at the end of
the paper and their in-text citing should be according to APA Style manual.
For further information about this check this link:
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/APA-crib.html
Registration Fees:
Indian Delegates:
Sponsored:
Rs. 3,000/-
Non-Sponsored
Rs. 2,000/-
Retired Professionals:Rs.1,500/-
Accompanying Person:Rs. 1,500/-
Students:Rs.750/-
Foreign Delegates:
SARRC Countries:USD 150
Other Countries: USD 300
The registration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of the conference
(upon post- publication), and working lunch, dinner and breakfast and
session tea for the days of the conference. The registration fee does not
include accommodation charges. Papers presented at the conference will be
published in the post-conference volume and would be sent to the registered
delegates later on. Delegates are requested to include registration fees
for accompanying persons while forwarding their registration forms since it
would not be possible to entertain last minute request in view of shortage
of accommodation. Accompanying persons shall not be entitled for conference
kits. Delegates are requested to intimate their travel plan in advance to
avoid inconvenience. The Demand Draft for registration fee should be in
favour of IATLIS payable at Patiala, and should be sent along with duly
filled Registration Form latest by 21 December 2012 to:
Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS and
Head, Dept. of Library and Information Science,
Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab)
Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180 Email: hpskalra@gmail.com
Accommodation: Accommodations in ISI guest house are very limited and
will be arranged by the local Organizing Secretary ONLY on first-come-first
served basis for those participants who send prior information for it in
the registration form. Charges for accommodation are to be borne by the
participants as per actuals. Bangalore is host to several hotels and
hostels catering to all budgets. Delegates can also make their booking on
their own.
Climate and Clothing:
Weather is generally pleasant in December in Bangalore with temperatures
between 15-27 degrees Celsius. Heavy woolens are not required but sweaters
and shawls are advisable.
How to reach DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute:
By Bus
The city bus service is known as BMTC (or BTS) and its main terminal is
right opposite the city railway station. Please use the subway from outside
the railway station to reach the BTS bus station. (The area that covers the
railway station, bus station etc. is known as Majestic.) You may take a
Kengeri bound bus (nos. 222A, 226A and 403A) from platform no. 19A to come
to ISI. Platform no. 19A is closest to the railway station. Ask for a
ticket to "Jairamdas Bus stop". (The ISI bus stop is known as 'Jairamdas'.)
This bus stop is just after the University Gate bus stop and just before
the R. V. College bus stop. The bus journey takes 30-40 minutes.
By Air
Bangalore International Airport is approximately one and a half hour drive
from the Institute about 56 kms. It handles direct flights from a number of
national and international destinations. A journey by taxi from the air
port to the Institute will cost approximately Rs.1050/-
By Rail
Bangalore, is well connected with rail and roads. There are plenty of
trains from all the major cities of India to Bangalore City. Indian
Statistical Institute, which is next to the Bangalore University, is about
12 km on the way to Mysore from the city railway station. A journey by
taxi from the railway station to the Institute will take approximately 30
minutes and costs approximately Rs.500.
Registration Form
XXIX IATLIS National Conference,26-28 December 2012
Documentation Training and Research Centre,
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
Name: (Prof./Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms):
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Name of accompanying person/s (if y):
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Designation:
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Institution:
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Mailing Address:
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E-mail:
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Phone: (O)
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Payment Details:
Bank:
. Draft No.
Dated:
................................ Amount:
(DD to be drawn in favour of IATLIS, payable at Patiala).
Whether accommodation is required: Yes / No.
If Yes, number of persons and their names:
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Arrival and Departure Details (Train / Flight No., Date, Time):
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Signature
Important Dates:
Receipt of full papers: 21 December 2012
Conference Dates: 26 28 December 2012
On behalf of Organizing Committee we extend a very cordial invitation to
all IATLIS members, LIS teachers, LIS students and Library professionals
for participation in XXIX IATLIS National Conference 2012 and to celebrate
Golden Jubilee of DRTC.
The filled-in registration form along with registration fee is to be sent
to the General Secretary, IATLIS C/o Dept. of Library and Information
Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Ph.-0175-3046179,
3046180.
IATLIS Office Bearers:
Dr. Jagtar Singh, *President, IATLIS *&
Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University,
Patiala 147002 Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180, Email: jagtardeep@gmail.com,
iatlis.patiala@gmail.com
Dr. H. P. S. Kalra, General Secretary, IATLIS and Head, Dept. of Library
and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab)
Ph.-0175-3046179 and 3046180 Email: hpskalra@gmail.com
Organising Secretary:
Dr. Devika P. Madalli, devika@drtc.isibang.ac.in
Regards
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Khushpreet Singh Brar
UGC-JRF
Department of Library and Information Science,
Punjabi University, Patiala-147002
E-mail: khushpreet.singh@gmail.com
Mobile: +919815303000
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