National Seminar at Thrissur

National Seminar on Academic inclusion of Librarians in Digital Era

 4-5 November 2016 (3rd Call for Papers)

 

Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur is organizing a National Seminar on Academic Inclusion of Librarians in Digital Era during 4-5 November 2016, Friday & Saturday. The seminar is organised jointly by KAU’s College of Horticulture (CoH), and University Central Library (KAUCL) in collaboration with the Academic Library Association (ALA) and Kerala Library Association (KLA). Library Professionals, Library Education Teachers, Library Scientists and students in Library and Information Science can participate.

Registration: Registration to the Seminar is free. Expenses towards travel and accommodation should be borne by the participants.

Free Accommodation: Maximum 2 days free shared accommodation will be provided to out of Kerala participants, subject to the availability on first come first serve basis.

Submission of Papers: Original and unpublished papers are invited on the conference themes.  Papers will be accepted only after strict peer review by the editorial committee.

Conference Themes:-

1.      Academic, Research and Extension roles of Librarians; 2.      Academic Inclusion of Librarians; 3.      Academic Status and Career Development of Librarians

4.      Library Services and Quality in Education, Research and Publishing; 5.      Libraries and Academic Impact; 6.      Motivation and Morale of Librarians; 7.      Library Management in Digital Era; 8.      Personnel Management in Libraries; 9.      Change Management in Libraries; 10.  Hardware and Software Management

11.  Library Automation Softwares; 12.  Open Source Software for Libraries; 13.  Library Networking, Resource Sharing and Library Consortia; 14.  Network Security and Data Security; 15.  Use of Social Networking Sites in Libraries; 16.  Application of Web/Web 3.0; 17.  Digitization and Preservation of Knowledge Resources

18.  Library Portals/Websites; 19.  Digital Libraries and Institutional Repositories; 20.  Information Literacy, Library Education, User Orientation; 21.  Re-engineering Library and Information Systems; 22.  Re-structuring Library Services and LIS Education in Digital Era; 23.  Other topics related to effective Library & Information Science

Author Guidelines: Full paper in word file with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and 3-5 keywords should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to francisaloor@yahoo.com

Important Dates:-

Submission of Abstracts: 10^th October 2016;        Intimation of Acceptance            : 25^th October 2016

Submission of Full Paper: 31st October 2016;     Last date of Registration              : 31st October 2016

Seminar Dates: 04-05 November 2016 (Friday & Saturday)

For Further details contact:-

1. Dr. A.T. Francis, Organizing Secretary; Phone(o): 0487-2438551; (m) 9496839409; e-mail: francisaloor@yahoo.com
2. Dr. V.S. Swapna, College of Horticulture; Phone(o): 0487-2438313; (m) 9446434149; e-mail: swapnabenn@gmail.com
3. Smt. N.B. Nisha, KAU Central Library; Phone(o): 0487-2438553; (m) 9495037603; e-mail: nishanaren97@gmail.com
4. Websites:- www.kau.edu; www.kaucentrallibrary.org; www.alaindia.org