Dear All, SoFerence is a leading biannual National Social Conference on Library & Information Science (LIS) organized by India’s largest Corporate Information Resource Centre from Tata Consultancy Services. This year, the 6th and virtual edition of SoFerence is scheduled on Saturday, 18 December 2021. Theme of the conference s, “Looking Ahead: Future of Libraries”. The Conference will have three Technical Sessions and one Panel Discussion involving leading LIS professionals, technology solution providers and publishers. We invite presentations from LIS professionals on the following themes: Collection Development and Access Patterns: Impact on Library Services 1. Trends in Collection Development 2. Subscription/Business Models 3. Platforms & DRMs 4. Innovative Library Services LIS Professionals in the New Era: Extended Roles and Diffused Boundaries 1. Rebranding of Librarians 2. Collaboration: Resources and Services 3. Online / Collaborative / Group Learning 4. Social Media Analysis / Sentiment Analysis 5. Big Data & Analytics The Transforming Library Environment: Priorities and Perspectives 1. Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Robotics /Cloud Application in Libraries 2. Information Tools / Technology: State of the Art 3. Design Thinking in Libraries 4. User Experience: Self-help Kiosk, etc. 5. Remote Services / Touchless Access Nodes 6. Application of Gamification Techniques Guidelines for Presentations ▪ Presentation should be aligned to the Themes / Subthemes mentioned above. ▪ Preferably covering learnings from experimentation (Success or Failure stories) ▪ The number of slides should be limited to 15 and time allotted for presentation will be maximum 7 minutes. ▪ Last date for submission of Presentation is 15 November 2021. Selected submissions will be invited for presentation at SoFerence 2021 Features ▪ Each technical session will have 1 Best Paper Award. ▪ There is no registration fee, however registration is mandatory and only registered participants will be accommodated in SoFerence. ▪ All participants will be rewarded with an E-Certificate. Register at htttps://forms.gle/byNa7xnuoAkZJKjT6 before 30 November 2021 For more details visit the SoFerence website: https://sites.google.com/view/soference/home?authuser=0 For queries, please write to us at: soference@gmail.commailto:soference@gmail.com With regards Kishore Ramdas Ingale TATA Consultancy Services Kishore.ingale@tcs.commailto:Kishore.ingale@tcs.com [cid:image001.png@01D7B6A9.383D51F0] =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you