NATIONAL CONFERENCE on NETWORKING OF LIBRARIES, RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGIES AND USERS IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY October 13, 2011 Pre-Conference Tutorial October 14-15, 2011 Main Conference Organized by Central Library NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE Kovilpatti -628 503 Jointly with Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) Venue: NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (An Autonomous Institution) K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti – 628 503. Thoothukudi DT, Tamil Nadu. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE AND OBJECTIVES Networking of Libraries, Resources, Technologies and Users in the Knowledge Society Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes worldwide in the recent past due to various factors such as globalization of education, ICT revolution, information explosion, escalation of cost, etc. The expectations of the present day users from the library and LIS professionals are changing enormously. Knowledge resources are being made available in many formats, media and standards. LIS professionals need to acquire many skills to know about various knowledge resources and also to acquire, organize, store, retrieve, and disseminate the resources using various modern IT tools and techniques. It is impossible for any library to acquire all the published documents, technologies and expertise due to various constraints to provide access to the users. Networking of libraries, institutions and resources are paramount important in the knowledge era to share not only the resources but also expertise, experience and best practices among institutions and professionals. OBJECTIVES The objective of the National Conference is to provide a platform to the professionals to explore, discuss, debate and share ideas and knowledge in the following areas of the conference themes among professionals To network the Libraries for resource sharing To empower the users in the knowledge society To sensitize the Librarians to deliver the user-oriented services in the knowledge society To connect the right users to the right resources To know more about the knowledge resources, technologies, tools and techniques for sharing the resources To discuss, debate and exchange the knowledge and ideas towards redefining the Library and Library services in the knowledge society A platform for the practicing Librarians to know about the users' expectations and requirements in the knowledge society ABOUT THE THEMES Papers are invited for presentation in the following sub-themes conformance with the main theme. Original case studies and reports on best practices will be appreciated. The given sub-themes are only indicative and not exhaustive. 1.Users' expectations, requirements, studies and behaviour in the  Knowledge Society 2.Knowledge Resources and  collection building and organisation 3.Connecting the right users to the right resources 4.Knowledge Resource sharing among Libraries: e-resources, models, consortia, cost- benefit, limitations, key players,  etc 5.Digital Libraries: standards, software, initiatives, Knowledge / Institutional Repositories/Archives, case studies, preservation 6.Open Access Initiatives (OAI) - Open  Source tools and technologies for sharing knowledge and dissemination 7.Technology implementation for networking institutions, resources and users – standards, Internet, web tools, etc.. 8.Marketing and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 9.IPR and Copyright issues in sharing knowledge resources 10.Information Literacy, LIS Education and Human Resource Management INVITED PAPERS Each session will focus on a specific emerging topic with special keynote address by subject experts from various reputed institutions across the country. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are requested to submit two hard copies of full papers and a soft copy on CD as per the specifications: format: MS-WORD, font: Times New Roman, size: 12, space: 1.5 Line, paper size: A4, column: single, reference style: APA style, keyword: 2-5 words, abstract: 100 - 200 words, full paper length: 3 to 8 pages in camera-ready form along with the Registration Fee. Charts, graphs, photographs if absolutely essential only any be inserted at the proper place in the paper. Maximum of three authors only can contribute a paper. An author can send maximum two papers only.   Papers will be accepted only if it is prepared as per the conference specifications and with registration fee. A declaration by the author(s) should be given separately stating that the paper has not been presented / published elsewhere. Papers accepted for presentation will be intimated to the first author by e-mail. The decision of the editorial committee regarding the acceptance of the paper for presentation will be final. Last date for submission of Papers 13.09.2011 Last date for Registration 07.10.2011 PRE - CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Topic: Social Networking Tools Date :13th October 2011 PANEL DISCUSSION Topic    :  Next Generation users' expectations Date    :  15th October 2011 at 04.00 p.m. REGISTRATION FEES Programme Individual Deputed Conference & Tutorial  Rs. 1000.00 Rs. 2000.00 Conference Rs. 800.00 Rs. 1500.00 Tutorial      Rs.600.00   Rs. 800.00 25% concession will be given to regular students in the registration fee. Non-member has to pay Rs. 100/- extra. The Registration fees may be paid through D.D. in favour of The Principal, National Engineering College payable at K.R.Nagar,Kovilpatti and addressed to the Organizing Secretary. Best paper Awards: Best paper awards for the students and working professionals will be given separately for the best paper published and presented in the conference. Good quality papers presented in the conference maybe considered for publication in SALIS Journals. Conference website: All the announcements about the conference will be made available in the conference website only @ www.nec.edu.in and also at: http://autolib-india.net/salis Participants are requested to visit the conference site regularly to know about the progress of the conference. NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE (NEC) National Engineering College was established in the year 1984 by a renowned philanthropist Kalvithanthai Thiru. K. Ramasamy, and is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli. The college is accredited by NBA, New Delhi. NEC offers six undergraduate and seven postgraduate courses in Engineering, Technology, Research and Doctoral programme in various departments. It has the state-of-the-art laboratories, a well-stocked Library and the best computing facilities besides well qualified and experienced faculty. Since its inception NEC has achieved national standing in terms of academic performance, co-curricular and extra curricular activities and also in its growth and commitment to social service. The standard of excellence of our teaching is reflected in the success of our students in industry both in India and abroad. CENTRAL LIBRARY Central Library is the Learning Resource Centre which acts as the knowledge hub for the academic activities of our institution with a mission to provide knowledge gateway to the user community with the state of the art technologies.  A fully air-conditioned modern Library building is housed in an area of around 29585.68 sq.ft. An e - Library is equipped with the 2 mbps broad band Internet, 20 mbps leased Line connectivity and 2 mbps wireless (RF) connectivity for the users. All the library services have been automated on modern line. Library is enabled with wi-fi technology and security systems with Closed Circuit Television System (CCTV). SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (SALIS) SALIS is a registered professional body, which actively involves in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science by organizing various programmes such as seminar, lectures, training programs, conferences, etc., on emerging areas. It has many chapters across the country to provide services in the respective regions. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently in order to provide quality based services. SALIS publishes journals, books, newsletter to disseminate latest information to the professionals. SALIS instituted many awards to encourage the LIS professionals. ABOUT KOVILPATTI National Engineering College is located on the Kovilpatti – Tirunelveli National Highway (NH7), 4 km south of Kovilpatti - a town well connected by road and rail. The airport at Madurai is  90 km from NEC. Kovilpatti is surrounded by a lot of entertainments, historical and spiritual places such as Courtallam Falls, Nellai Gandhiamman temple, Tiruchendur Murugan temple, Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, Pathmanathapuram Palace, Rameswaram, and Vivekananda Rock at Kanyakumari.     FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS K.Karunai Raghavan Organizing Secretary & Librarian National Engineering College K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti - 628 503, Thoothukudi Dt, Tamil Nadu necsalis2011@gmail.com, tnneclibrary@gmail.com Cell: 91765 76503, 94437 21864,97904 38230 Phone : 04632 248 990, 222 502, 230 277 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.