Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:15:03 +0530 From: Debal Chandra Kar International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) Theme: Shaping the Information Paradigm New Delhi, 23 – 26 February 2010 http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl Submission deadline is 30 October 2009. Venue: Conference at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi • 24–26 February 2010 Tutorial at IGNOU, Convention Centre, New Delhi • 23 February 2010 Organiser: TERI and IGNOU Associate: SLA, ICIM, Goethe Institute, Netherlands Embassy, CEMCA, Austrian Embassy. We are inviting you to submit the paper by 30 October 2009. This is last call for paper for ICDL 2010 Highlights Awards will be conferred for the "Best Paper" and "Best Poster" Objectives Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and researchers Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of DL‘s, and their future implications Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing Who should participate? Information and library professionals IT and knowledge service providers Policy makers Academicians, students and distance learner E-publishers and virtual communities Other stake-holders Call for papers Submission deadline is 30 October 2009. Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference—Digital Libraries: Shaping the Information Paradigm are invited for the conference poster and tutorial. Some of the topics are listed below: DL development, architecture, and management Contents management in DL Multi-linguality and interoperability issues Digital rights management Digital preservation and access management Semantic web KM (knowledge management) and organizational repositories E-learning and e-publishing DL standards and policy Open archives initiatives ODOL (Open distance online learning) Multimedia content Virtual support to distance learners E-resources management for distance learners Access management M-learning technology Important dates Submission of full papers 30 October 2009 Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 30 November 2009 Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 30 December 2009 Registration Early–bird offer (for registration on or before 31 December 2009) Delegates Tutorial Conference Conference and Tutorial India/Bhutan/Nepal Rs 2000 Rs 6000 Rs 7500 Other countries US$ 80 US$ 250 US$ 300 Registration after 31 December 2009 Delegates Tutorial Conference Conference and Tutorial India/Bhutan/Nepal Rs 2500 Rs 6500 Rs 8000 Other countries US$ 100 US$ 275 US$ 325 * Additional registration from the same organization and SLA member qualifies for 10% discount * Regular Students (Ph.D and masters), accompanied persons qualify for 20% discount. Contact: DEBAL C KAR, Organising Secretary, ICDL Secretariat, TERI (The Energy & Resources Institute), Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003, India, Telephone 24682138, 24682100, 41504900, Fax 24682144, 24682145 E-mail icdl@teri.res.in, Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl