Dear LIS Professionals, The Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is organizing a one-day National Symposium on Next Generation Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges, on Friday 29th October 2010; 9.00 hrs. to 16.00 hrs. At the Seminar Hall, City Central Library, West Zone, Hampinagar, Bangalore 560040 The objective of the Symposium is to provide an effective platform to learn, discuss, debate and develop a broad understanding of the next generation libraries and the technologies that drive such libraries. The program is designed in the form of a panel discussion. The panelists will comprise of experts from industry & academia. The discussion topics will include: - Next Generation Information Sources: Content, Access,Pricing, trends and Promotion & Usage - Next Generation Library Services: New model for library services based on library .2.0 - User expectations and required skills for managing the next generation libraries. On behalf of KALA, we invite your active participation in the symposium. The registration form is appended to this message. Registration Fee ---------------- Members of KALA and other professional associations - INR 250 Others - INR 350 Thanks and regards, For KALA: Ananda T.Byrappa Hon. General Secretary, KALA ananda.byrappa@ge.com mailto:ananda.byrappa@ge.com Rajendra Babu H Hon. Joint Secretary, KALA Rajendra.Babu@capco.com mailto:Rajendra.Babu@capco.com Francis Jayakanth Hon. Vice President KALA franc@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in mailto:franc@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in website: http://www.kalaonline.com http://www.kalaonline.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.