About the Conference
The leading theme of this year’s conference are innovation in information, information services and their usage in the era of evolving changes, both technological and social ones. These changes are of often defined as the digital revolution. Conference themes cover a wide range of theoretical and practical aspects concerning: modern tools and methods of information activities, information and knowledge organization, shaping of information architecture, the analysis and evaluation of new technologies applied in the library and information science and their reception among users. We also want to discuss the context of trends in Information Science as a subfield of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Rapid advances in information processing, storage & retrieval and communication technologies have brought revolutions in the role of libraries in disseminating information sources and services to their users. The emerging challenges of acquiring and providing access to electronic knowledge resources require librarians to change their role from traditional librarian to information scientist/knowledge officers. Library professionals must ascertain their roles in more proactive ways, both in the context of their academic pursuit and in the competitive markets for information dissemination and retrieval. This national conference will be beneficial to the faculty, research scholars and students of library professionals, enrich the knowledge about new technologies and current trends.
The conference will have a balance of lectures and presentations from the academic as well as the practitioners’ perspective and will have renowned speakers. It is aims at creating a platform for a healthy exchange, debate and development of ideas and emerging issues in the areas of Sustainable Development. It also provides an opportunity to present your research work at national level and chance to publish you research paper in an edited book by a reputed publisher. It seeks to bring academic and practitioners closer for the further development of the subject areas.
Themes & Sub Themes
Emerging Technologies & Innovations for Libraries
Library Collection and Spaces: Need for repurposing
Open Access, Open Educational Resources & Open Source
Management of Digital Libraries
Electronic Resources Management
Designing Innovative Library Practices
Digital archiving and preservation
Semantic Web Technologies and Linked Data for Digital Libraries
Digital Libraries: Metadata, Search & Retrieval
Social Media and Libraries
Who Should Attend?
This conference is aimed at educators, researchers and practitioners in the areas of sustainable development and growth. This interdisciplinary forum is for scholars, teachers, and practitioners from library professional discipline. The Conference is aimed to target audience like:
Library and Information Science Professionals
Knowledge Management Professionals
Educationists and Policy Makers
Information Providers and Vendors
Students of Library and Information Science