National Seminar on Networking of Library and Information Centres of North East India in Digital Environment (NLICDE-2011) (21-23 March 2011)   ORGANISED UNDER THE AEGIS OF National Library, Kolkata Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India  Organized by Central Library, National Institute of Technology Silchar   THEME Networking of Library and Information Centres of NE India in Digital Environment   SUB-THEMES 1.      Networking of Educational & Research Institutes of NE India 2.      Library Consortia, Networking and Resource Sharing of LICs of NE India 3.      Impact of ICTs on LICs of NE India: Issues and Challenges. 4.      Web 2.0 / Lib 2.0 and Its Implications in LICs of NE India 5.      Open Access, DL/ IR Initiatives in LICs of NE India   OBJECTIVES 1.      The principal objectives of this seminar is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Information providers & persons related to LIS. 2.      To identify constraints, problems and challenges relating to networking & information sharing of LICs of NE India. 3.      To develop inter-institute links within the North East India to facilitate effective exchange of information resources among the information professionals of NE India. 4.      To initiate a library Consortia in North East India & to suggest the mechanisms to set up North East India Library & Information Network (NEILIBNET).   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Practicing Librarians, Retired Library Professionals, Teachers, IT Professionals, Knowledge Workers, Students and Faculties of LIS etc of the country in general and of the North East India in particular are the targeted participants.   CALL FOR PAPERS Papers based on Case studies, Researches, Practical experiences, etc. on the main theme and sub-themes of the Seminar are invited from the interested persons. The Paper should be within 6000 word including Abstract of about 300 words with 4 keywords and typed in MS-WORD in 12-point Times New Roman. All the references should be properly tagged and referred following Chicago Manual Style. The authors should agree with the transfer of the copyright of the papers to NL, Kolkata and the NIT Silchar. The same should be sent as e-mail attachment to the Organizing Secretary on or before 10th March 2011. All the received papers will be peer–reviewed. Only the accepted papers will be published in an edited book format to be published under the aegis National Library, Kolkata.   REGISTRATION Interested delegates need to resister for the Seminar. Registration, Boarding and Lodging for the Seminar is free.  Due to limited financial resources, only the selected participants (presenting papers) from North-East Region shall be paid TA on production of Train/Bus/Sumo fare receipts. Please note that there will be no telephonic or on-the-spot registration, so please send your registrations before 10th March 2011.   CONTACT  DETAILS Kishor Chandra Satpathy Librarian & Organising Secretary. National Institute of Technology (A Deemed University-Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010, Assam, India Telephone        : +91-3842-240055 (Off)  +91-9435175531 (M) E-mail              :  kishor_satpathy@yahoo.com and ksatpathy@gmail.com   Seminar updates can be accessed at: http://nerlibnet.blogspot.com/     -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.