*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- 560 059 * * *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: $ 150 Other Countries: $ 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):………………………………………………………….. Name of accompanying person/s (if any):………………………………………………. Designation: …………………………………………... Institution: ……………………………………………………………………………….. Mailing Address: ………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………….. E-mail: …………………………………………………………………………………….. Phone: (O) …………………………….., (M) …………………………. *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:……………………………………….. Arrival and Departure Details (Train / Flight No., Date, Time): ……………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.