Thursday, 23 July 2015

Festschrift: Call for Papers

Felicitation Function Call for papers for the Festschrift in honour of Dr.A.Hariharan & Dr.S.Surianarayanan
Venue  :           Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli – 620 017
Date     :           26th September, 2015 (Saturday)                  
Time    :           02.30 P.M.
Felicitation Programme
Dr.A.Hariharan and Dr.S.Surianarayanan have enormously  contributed to the LIS profession by establishing Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS). Dr.A.Hariharan, Head, Knowledge Resource Division, CSIR, SERC, Chennai and the Founder President of SALIS, will be superannuated in October 2015. Dr.S.Surianarayanan, Selection Grade Librarian, Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi and Former President of SALIS was superannuated in May 2013. In this connection, a felicitation programme has been planned to felicitate both of them at Bishop Heber College, Trichy on Saturday, 26th September, 2015 for their dedicated and meritorious services to the LIS professionals.
Dr.A.Hariharan
Dr.A.Hariharan was born in Poigai Village, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu on 14th  August 1956. He holds Associateship in Information Science (AIS) awarded by CSIR, New Delhi and secured first rank. He was awarded Ph.D. in LIS by Annamalai University in 2009. He is currently working as Head, Knowledge Resource Division at CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai since 1993. He is the Task Force Committee member and Nodal Officer for the projects of NKRC and KNOWGATE (CSIR). Previously, he worked in INSDOC (New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai) and Ministry of Home Affairs, Chennai. He is the ‘Founder President’ of Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS). With his initiatives, SALIS chapters have been established at various places in India, to cater to the needs of LIS community. He has organized more than 100 conferences, seminars, workshops, etc. on various emerging topics of LIS and delivered lectures through SALIS. He was the Project Co-ordinator for the creation of ‘e-Learning Portal’ for ‘Information Literacy Competency Skills for South Asia' developed by SALIS and funded by UNESCO. He is the ‘Managing Editor’ of SALIS Journals. He has visited many countries including Germany and USA. He has contributed a lot for the automation of Public and Academic Libraries in Tamilnadu. Tamilnadu. He trained a large number of LIS Professionals. His present mission is to promote ‘Reading Habit’among the children through Vasippom Nesippom- a mass movement of SALIS, Digital SALIS – a digitizing all SALIS activities  and to establish ‘Public-Private Libraries’.

Dr.S.Surianarayanan
Dr.S.Surianarayanan was born in Elathur Village, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu on 20th May, 1955. He worked as a ‘College Librarian’ in Sri Paramakalyani College (SPC), Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli District from 1979 and completed his service in May 2013. He introduced many innovative library services like overnight issue, Free online registration for competitive examinations and TNPSC exams, email, university question paper service, readers forum, etc. for the stakeholders of the institution. He was awarded Ph.D. in LIS by Annamalai University. He is an recognized Research Guide for M.Phil. and Ph.D. in various universities in Tamil Nadu. He has organized many seminars / workshops on LIS. He has served as Chairman / Resource person in various conferences / seminars. He has published more than 50 research papers in journals / conferences. He is an editor of a few LIS journals. He served as the Senate Member of MS University during January 2007 to December 2010. He is the recipient of AutoLib Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award’ for the year 2009 from SALIS and ‘Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award’ for the year 2010 from TLA. He is currently serving as the Coordinator of different academic activities such as the Coordinator of IGNOU special study centre 2535-D, Coordinator of Alagappa university Learning Centre, Admin incharge of Amar Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences and Principal of Sri Sathiya Sayee Institute of Computer Education and Training at Amar Seva Sangam, Ayikudy, Tenkasi. He is a good orator in Tamil and has published a few books.
Festschrift Volume
As a token of our goodwill and gesture to Dr.A.Hariharan (Dr.AH) and Dr.S.Surianarayanan(Dr.SS),  LIS professionals, teachers, students, scholars, friends, colleagues and well wishers are keen to bring out a Festschrift Volume to be released at the felicitation function. The main theme of the volume is “Library and Information Services: Growing with Technology”. It covers all the major components which are instrumental in the development of library and information services.
Sub-themes
- Library Automation
- ICT, Web, E-Learning and Library Services
- Information Literacy
- Library Management and Marketing
- Library Resource Sharing and Networking
- Library User Studies
- Other related technologies for LIS services
Submission of Papers
On behalf of the organizing committee, we request LIS professionals, teachers and scholars to submit original and unpublished papers on the above themes for the publication in the festschrift volume with ISBN. Papers will be accepted only after the critical review by the editorial committee. Only accepted papers will be included in the festschrift volume. Papers should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to harisuri2015@gmail.com on or before 15th August 2015. Please mention in the subject line of the e-mail: “Submission of Paper for Dr.AH and Dr.SS Festschrift Volume”.
Guidelines for Paper Submission
File format: MS Word, Abstract: not exceeding 200 words, keywords: atleast 3, Pages not more than 6 pages, Font: Times New Roman, Font size: 12, Line Space: 1.5, reference: APA style.
Souvenir
LIS professionals are also requested to send their poems on Dr.AH and Dr.SS and personal memories (half/quarter page write-up) for inclusion in the souvenir to be released with personal profile and photographs of Dr.AH and Dr.SS and messages from eminent personalities, etc…
Contact Details
Further details related to submission of papers, advertisements in the souvenir and sponsorship, etc. can be had from,

Organising Secretary,
Dr.A.Hariharan and Dr.S.Surianarayanan Felicitation Committee
E-mail  :           harisuri2015@gmail.com
Mobile :           94448 85083, 99942 50222

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