Dear Professionals, It is with great pleasure, we would like to inform you that IIT Gandhinagar Library will be organizing Second International Conference on “*Changing Landscape of Science & Technology Libraries*” during *28th February -2nd March, 2019.* One of the major objectives of this conference is to bring together Library & Information Professionals working in Science & Technology Libraries within and outside India to exchange their innovative ideas, new initiatives, rich experiences, research work, best & successful practices for mutual benefit. Some of the proposed sub-themes of the conference are; - Higher Education, Innovation and Research - Managing Change in S & T Libraries - Library Spaces, collections & collaborations - User Engagement with Libraries - Achieving Excellence in Library services - Scholarly Communication & Library Services - Trends in Open Science, Open Access & Predatory Publishing - E-Research Support Infrastructures, Research Data Management - Emerging Technology Trends for S & T Libraries - Demonstrating value of libraries in academic & research work - Future of Science & Technology Libraries & Librarianship *Program structure for three days:* Program will include Keynote addresses and invited expert talks by leading and eminent library professionals from India & abroad, especially from S & T libraries. There will be select but limited number of invited presentations covering the successful case studies relating to the sub themes. In addition, 2-4 half day workshops on specific topics and one or two panel discussions will be added to the program. To encourage larger participation, we will also have poster sessions. For the benefit of participants, new products and resources exhibition or demonstrations by well-known publishing houses, information intermediaries & IT Companies will be held. Effort will be made to make the conference fruitful, memorable and worth the time and money. *Target audience*: - LIS Professionals who are working in S & T Libraries, Academic and Research Libraries - LIS Professionals who are working in Industry & Research organizations - Teachers and Researchers in LIS field - Information technology managers, educationists, policy makers - Publishers, Information intermediaries and vendors, and - Anyone who is interested in the theme of the conference and wish to participate and contribute Other details relating to call for presentations & posters, workshops, registration, accommodation etc. will follow soon. *Kindly mark your calendar: 28th February -2nd March, 2019, IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat* We request for your participation and support to make this a productive event. See you at IIT Gandhinagar in February- March 2019! You may kindly contact us for further details at: clstl@iitgn.ac.in <librarian@iitgn.ac.in> Thanks & Regards Kumbar -- ------------------------------------------------- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar@iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar@gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in