53rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE THEME 13-16 December 2007 organised by Dept of Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad THEME: Developing Library and Information Resources and Services in the Internet Era Facets Public Library as a Community Information Center/Knowledge Center Role of Public Libraries in the Internet Era as access Points of knowledge and information era. Legislation for libraries in the Internet era Need, Issues, Provisions, implications etc. Library 2.0 and web2.0 Library 2.0 and its principles, Web 2.0 technologies and education, web2.0 technologies and library services, emerging technologies and user behavior, Library 2.0 and human resource development, Cases of Library 2.0 services, ICT & Internet impact and implications, and legal and ethical issues Collection Development Policies Information needs assessment, Preservation and conservation, Print, digital document, Issues and concerns, Legal and ethical issues, IPR and digitization, Resource sharing Management and evaluation of collection Library Counseling, Leadership and communication, Capacity/Competency building. Management and marketing of Library resources and services, Change Management, Fiscal management and technology issues. Print and Digital Publication Issues Legal and ethical, IPR issues and digitization, Issues pertaining to plagarism and intellectual freedom, Censorship and intellectual freedom Knowledge Management, Knowledge Society Institutional repositories, Professional response to information and Technological deluge, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Application, Knowledge Access, Knowledge concepts Open Sources Access versus ownership issues, Software and other peripherals, e-journals, e-books, v-books etc. --------------------------------- Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.