Dear All, Reposting the conference announcement as some information was missing in the previous post. Regards, S M Pujar IGIDR, Mumbai ============================ Sixth National Conference of Institute of Scientometrics Information for All: Scientometrics, Infographics, Social Media and Public Libraries November 16-17, 2017, Bangalore To address the current trends in metrics and involvement of public libraries and academicians in enhancing the science at a global level the 'Institute of Scientometrics' in collaboration with 'Department of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka' is organizing two days national conference. The event will have discussions and deliberations by experts on the current status, developments and future directions in the field. The conference will feature topics ranging from Scientometrics to Role of Public Libraries in fostering science to the society in the form of lectures and debate. The organizing committee invites extended abstracts (3 pages) but not limited to below topics. Librametrics, Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Cybermetrics, Altmetrics: -Bibliometric Laws, restatements, and applications -Scientific Productivity and H-Index -Ranking of Universities and Institutions -Collaboration trends -Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore -Data Citation, Citation Analysis -Application of Altmetrics in assessing scientific productivity Information graphics: -Design, tools, techniques -Creating and sharing content -Data Visualization -Case studies of library infographics Social Networks/ Social Media -Challenges and opportunities -Use of social networking tools for libraries -Case studies of social networking applications Public libraries -Public relations in public libraries -Extension activities -Best practices -Innovative services for millennial -Role in online learning Three pages abstract to be in A4 size sheet in MS-Word, with font type Times New Roman, size 11, double spacing and to be addressed to Conference Chair and Organizing Secretary. Conference Chair: Dr. S L Sangam Conference Chair Director Institute of Scientometrics Nirmal Nagar, Dharwad 580003 E-mail: Institute.scientometrics@gmail.com Organizing Secretary: Dr. Satish S. Hosmani, Organizing Secretary and Director, Karnataka State Public Libraries, Bangaluru-560001 E-mail: pvkonnur@gmail.com Important Dates: Submission of 3 pages abstract: 1st June 2017 Acceptance Notification: 1st July 2017 Submission of Final Paper: 1st August 2017 -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.