ICLAM 2014 at IGNCA, New Delhi

All LIS professionals  are invited  to submit papers or presentations to ICLAM 2014, an international LIS conference that is unique in so many ways:
Ø For the first time a LIS conference in India invites you to share your experiences about  Jugaad, a form of innovation (also known as Frugal Innovation), you engage in almost everyday in your library/organisation to serve the users better.
Ø For the first time you have the freedom to submit a presentation without a paper or a full paper on multiple aspects of innovation including Jugaad. 
Ø   In ICLAM 2014 you do not submit a traditional poster but  a video that will be uploaded to Youtube. 
Ø  ICLAM 2014 is truly inter-disciplinary - professionals from libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions; and non-professional enthusiasts for learning from any field are invited to attend and actively participate in ICLAM 2014. The conference being  inter-disciplinary  the boundaries of disciplines simply do not matter.
 
There are many other interesting features of ICLAM 2014. Kindly visit the conference website http://www.iclam2014.in/iclam-2014/ for further details  about the conference and the topics for submission of papers or presentations. You can submit your paper or presentation from 15th March 2014 onwards.
Few important details about the Conference :
The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in collaboration with the Government Information and Official Publications section of the International Federation of  Library Associationsand Institutions (IFLA) will organize the second international conference of the series titled International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM) from 27th to 29th November, 2014 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. As in the past, ICLAM will offer the library professionals an opportunity to exchange ideas with professionals from archives, museums and various  other domains.
ICLAM 2014 aims to foster a spirit of innovation among all the professionals  of the  knowledge sector in order to attain the goal of long-term preservation of the collective memory of mankind.
Apart from Library and Information professionals, Archivists and Conservators,  experts drawn from  the diverse  fields of Management, Information Technology, Education and Governance  from all over the world will be invited to present their  perspectives. 
I M P O R T A N T   D A T E S
 
·         Call for papers  / presentations  
15th March, 2014
·         Opening of registration 
1st April, 2014
·         Last date for submission of full papers/presentations 
31st July, 2014
·         Acceptance of submitted papers/ presentations 
7th August, 2014
·         Submission of camera-ready paper 
31st August, 2014
·         Early bird registration 
31st October, 2014
·         Conference 
 27th to 29th November, 2014
 
Dr. Nandini Dutta
National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi