---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 23:10:12 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar Dear LIS Professionals, Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah (HSS), Principal Library and Information Officer, NIMHANS, Bangalore will be superannuating on 31st July 2013 after more than three decades of illustrious career in Library and Information Science. We friends, colleagues, LIS Professionals and well wishers of HSS have decided to arrange a befitting *felicitation program* in his honour coinciding with the Concluding Session of the Symposium on *"E- Content: Copyright, Licensing, Taxation and * *Regulatory Norms" *on 26th July 2013 at 5.00 PM at the Symposium Venue, NIMHANS Convention Centre, Hall No. 2, Hosur Road, Bangalore. Dr. HSS, before joining as NIMHANS served at Libraries of Tata Consulting Engineers and Ramaiah Medical College. He has the credit of Developing National Neuroscience Information Centre at NIMHANS, funded by DST, DBT, NIC and ICMR. He has helped many LIS students in choosing Ph.D. topics and preparing their Synopsis. He has served number of Professional Organisations including KALA, MLAI, HLAI and SIS as their office bearer and organised many National and International events. He is British Scholar, invited for Annual Lecture of American Mental Health Librarians Association. He has been a visiting faculty for Mahasarakham University, Thailand. He is in the forefront of the profession � always - for advanced studies and implementation of technologies and applications for library and information services. Role model for younger professionals for innovation and out of the box thinking. *His research and academic ambition is **treading LIS education to "Information * *Engineering **and Management". * * * *We invite you to participate in the Symposium and grace the Felicitation Program. * * * Regards, * * Friends, Colleagues, LIS Professionals and Well wishers of Dr. HS Siddamallaiah -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar@gmail.com Details of the Symposium: National Institute Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore has organised one day Symposium on "E-Content: Copyright, Licensing, Taxation and Regulatory Norms" on 26th July 2013 (Friday), presently a burning issue for all libraries. publishers and Subscription Agents. Venue: Convention Centre, Hall No.2, NIMHANS Hospital Premises, Hosur Road, Bangalore -560029 About the Symposium: Libraries are facing many challenges on Licensing and Regulatory norms for e -content, apart from handling tools and technologies, particularly coping with changing rules concerned to service taxes, Income tax, TDS, etc. Even the other stake holders are confused in the matter. This brain-storming Symposium covers a plenary lecture on overview of E-content licensing and regulatory issues followed by experts views of all stakeholders including libraries, publishers, aggregators, subscription agencies and authors. A post lunch session will facilitate participants to interact with the panelists. The expert speakers include all stakeholders in addition to Tax and Legal Professionals covering following aspects: - Authors Perspectives - Publishers/Aggregators Perspectives - Library/Librarians Perspectives - Copyright and Licensing Perspectives - Legal & Regulatory perspectives Program will be with rich content with less formalities an informal Inaugural Function. Registration Fee � Rs.500 (Students Rs.300) PROGRAMME (9 AM to 4.00 PM) 9.00 AM - 10.00AM - Registration: 10.0 AM � 10.45AM - Inauguration - Lighting the Lamp - Setting the Context : Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah, NIMHANS 10.45 AM -11.15 AM - Coffee Break Technical Sessions-I 11.15 AM to 11.45 AM - Plenary Talk: "An Overview on E-Content:Licensing and Regulatory Norms" - Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics, Bangalore 11.45 AM 01.15 PM - Experts Views by Invited Speakers. Mr. S. Gopalakrishna, Chief Commissioner, Income Tax (Retd.) Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, UoM Mr. Ananda Byrappa, Sr. Manager, GE, Bangalore Mr. Shaji John, EBSCO 01.15 PM � 02.15 PM - Lunch 02.15 PM � 3.30 PM Open House Interaction with Panelists Moderator: Mr. N.V. Satyanarayana Panelists: Mr. Shivakumar, S., Tax Consultant and Attorney Mr. Dayanand, Chartered Accountant and Service Tax Consultant Mr. Shaji John, Vice President, Sales, EBCSO Prof. Shalini Urs, UoM Mr. Anand Byrappa, GE * * *3.30 PM � 4.00 PM - High Tea 4.15 PM � 5.30 PM - Concluding Session * * * *Guests of Honour: Prof. V. G. Talawar, Vice Chancellor, Reva University,Bangalore * * and Former VC, University of Mysore Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, Rtd. Professor, DLIS, Karnatak University, Dharwad Presided by: Prof. P. Satishchandra, Director/Vice-chancellor, NIMHANS, Bangalore * ** *For more details and Brochure /Registration Form please visit the * *Symposium site at * *http://econtentnimhans.webs.com/* * * * * *Kindly mail for confirmation of your participation to siddahss@gmail.com Organizing Secretary Dr H S Siddamallaiah,Ph.D. Principal Library and Information Officer National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Post Box No 2900 Bangalore-560029,* *Email: siddahss@gmail.com Phone(O): +91-80-26995035/ 26995031 *