International Conference on Changing Information Marketplace

SNDT Women's University will organise International Conference on Changing Information Marketplace at Mumbai on 30th and 31st January 2014. The details are given below

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

CHANGING INFORMATION MARKETPLACE

30^th and 31^st January 2014

Organized by  SNDT University, Mumbai

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHANGING INFORMATION MARKETPLACE 30th and 31st January 2014

Introduction

Media transformation and ICTs have brought in unprecedented changes in the way the authors produce their work, the way readers and users of information, receive and use information and also in the way information is published and marketed. This has considerably changed the role of libraries as information providers.

These changes have also given rise to many new players like database vendors, aggregators, consortia administrators with different roles to play in the information marketplace. Thousands of information providers have jumped into the scholarly marketplace with a variety of electronic products: CDs, DVDs, online databases, full text resources, multi-media resources. Many learned societies, scientific publishers, university libraries, full-text publishers, vendor/aggregators, as well as new entrants to the publishing arena, now offer versions of either print-originating or completely electronic information.  Institutional repositories are flourishing with open source revolution. 

On the one hand, this has compelled librarians to think about pricing strategies and work on content negotiations and distribution, while on the other hand librarians also bear the commitment to the value of libraries as social institutions. The journey of libraries from analog to hybrid to digital has posed both challenges and opportunities for the library professionals. We need to update ourselves and discuss different issues related to these changes and capitalize on our relationship with the existing customers as well as other players in the information marketplace. This will provide a base for developing future potential of libraries.

Call for Paper / poster Proposals

Present conference strives to achieve this with papers on following themes and subthemes:

I  Communication

· Information Creation and Communication

· Scholarly Communication Process

· New trends in publishing

· Social  Media

· Mobile Technologies

II  Information Organization and Processing

· Collaborative Activities/ Searches

· Cloud computing

III  Information Services

· Embedded Librarianship

· Evidence-based Library  Practices

· Competitive Intelligence

· Partnerships, Joint Libraries

IV  Information  Use

· Information Ethics

· Infopreneurship

V   Library & Information Science Education

· Second Life/ Mid Career Development

· Credit Based Curriculum Develop  ment /Choice-based Credit System

· Accreditation

· Research

· Privatization of Education

Conference brings you additional interesting and useful sessions on variety of exciting topics like…..

We invite submissions of:

· Research papers presenting theoretical solutions, but with a clear illustration on how these solutions can be applied

· Position papers presenting opinions on some aspect of practice, or   describing work that is still in progress

· Experiences and case studies specifying requirements, challenges or opportunities

· Best practices

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date for the submission of papers is 30^th June 2013

Authors of accepted papers will be intimated by 30^th July 2013

Organizers

Patron

Prof. Vasudha Kamat, Vice chancellor, SNDT Women’s University

National Organizing Committee

Prof. Vandana Chakrabarti, Pro-Vice Chancellor

Prof. Madhura Kesarkar, Director, BCUD

Dr. Kumudavalli Sarangpani, Registrar

Prof. Harsha Parekh, Former Librarian, SNDT Women’s University

Conference Directors

Dr. Sushama Powdwal, SNDT

Dr. Medha Joshi, TMH

SNDT  Women’s University

 

Phone: +91-022-22072792, 22085439 E-mail: spowdwal@gmail.com

SNDT Women;s University Library 1 N Thackersey Road New Marine Lines Mumbai 400012 India

Address for Correspondence Dr S Powdwal Librarian

Phone: +91-022-22072792, 22085439 E-mail: spowdwal@gmail.com

SNDT Women;s University Library 1 N Thackersey Road New Marine Lines Mumbai 400012 India

Address for Correspondence Dr S Powdwal Librarian

Phone: +91-022-22072792, 22085439 E-mail: spowdwal@gmail.com

SNDT Women;s University Library 1 N Thackersey Road New Marine Lines Mumbai 400012 India

Address for Correspondence Dr S Powdwal Librarian

 

Address for Correspondence

Dr S Powdwal

Librarian

SNDT Women;s University Library

1 N Thackersey Road

New Marine Lines

Mumbai 400012

India

Phone: +91-022-22072792, 22085439

E-mail: spowdwal@gmail.com