The Library Soup : National Conference on Reaching the Unreached: Connecting the Library Users and Resources through Innovative Services and Technologies

National Conference on Reaching the Unreached: Connecting the Library Users and Resources through Innovative Services and Technologies (SALIS 2014)

Date: 8th & 9th August 2014

Organized by

Department of Library, COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

Coimbatore

Jointly with

Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)

About the Conference

Libraries are the integral part of academic, R&D institutions and also in a society to disseminate information and knowledge to the user community for the betterment and well being of the society. Libraries invest heavily for acquiring,

processing and disseminating and maintaining resources by spending huge amount of money.Therefore, these resources should be equitably utilized to the maximum for academic and R & D excellence, developing competency skills and

acquiring knowledge for all the stake holders in the society. Innovative programmes and services should be designed using technologies

to provide access and service to all particularly the unreached. At present, one group of users have access to plenty of resources but not utilizing and the another group needs information but not getting access to the information. Therefore, libraries should plan and design suitable programme to provide access to information to all and connect the right users to the right resource at the right time.

Conference Objectives

The conference is intended to provide a forum or LIS professionals to discuss, deliberate andexchange knowledge and ideas to reach the unreached. The objectives are:

To identify the unreached groups

Reasons for not reaching the unreached groups

Reasons for underutilization of resources

Information requirements of the unreached group

Ways to serve the unreached group

Innovative programmes and services to serve the unreached group

Suitable methods and technologies to promote and deliver the services.

Themes and Sub-Themes

Connecting Users to Resources

Initiatives-To Reach the Unreached, To serve the un-served, To make non-reader as reader, Right users to the right resources; Connecting the Resources to the users; Connecting the students of distance education; Equitable service to all the users; Academic Institutions: Students-Scholars-Faculty; assignment - project - fund - research - thesis - higher education -Funding - job opportunities; Programmes for Schools - Lesson planning, students project and exercises; Connecting R & D - Industry - Corporate Bodies - Small Scale industries with correct resources: Literature studies - products - patents - standards - reports - specification.

Innovative Programmes to Reach the Unreached

Audio - Video - TV - Online - Library Kiosk -

Information Booth - Online library services -

GPSS application to locate resources;

Programme for skill development and higher

studies - Research Help - Technology Help-

Online Research Assistants; Library as a incubator; Liaison with Departmental activities

Programs for attracting users to library -

developing reading habits making non-readers as readers.

Innovative Library Services

Literature Review - SDI, CAS, Alert services;

Research Output - Bibliometric, Scientometric

and Citation Studies; Push and Pull services; Eresource

usage studies; Database creation- IRTrend

report-consolidation and repacking;

Photos-Press-Publicity; Quality management –

accreditation-Best Practices; KM initiatives for

Knowledge Sharing: Ask a Librarian – FAQ -

Forum-Group for Research in Progress - News

Compilation; Publication activities; Electronic

Article Delivery; OpenURL; Patents writing -

IPR – Copyright – Plagiarism.

Innovative Library Services using Technology to ‘Reach the Unreached’

Telephone-IVRS-Internet-Email-Mobile-SMS; Elearning;

CMS; Digital library services; Social

networking tools: Blog – Facebook - Twitter –

RSS - Flicker; Cloud technology; automated

library vending machines; Library Hot-spot -

Mobile Library apps – MOPAC-Lending E-books

online – Online Tutorial - Webinar.

Information Literacy Programmes

Awareness - Orientation - Bibliographic

Instruction - Guided Tour - how to use

technology and resources - Curriculum - course

embedded IL programmes for each subject -

Modules for all courses; ICT- health - finance -

food – literacy; IL models and standards.

Out Reach Programmes

Extension service: for Isolated and Less privileged communities - rural population -

Differentially abled - Children-adult and aged - house wife - poor and homeless; Establishment of Village Library - Readers Group - reading corner - Mobile library / Circulating library; Home delivery; Adoption of Village libraries by corporate; Design of outreach programmes in vernacular language for all the ages;

Establishment of community college libraries;

Collaboration and Liaison of academic, local libraries, local communities, small scale industries and business groups for sharing

resources; Information Kiosk; Night Study room or adult; Off-campus services.

Promotion and Marketing of Library Services

Brochures- banners- Slogans- flyers-news letter cut-outs-exhibits-quotes-Advertisement -

Special programmes; Personal discussion – Chatting -

Group discussion – through websites – mobiles

– e-mail - street drama - mobile van – Library week – Tope 10 readers – Tope 10 books – gift\and awards for the best users - Participation of institution – professional association – Govt- national- state-local bodies-NGO-Corporate for promotion of library usage.

Submission of Papers

Original and unpublished papers on the

conference themes are invited for presentation

at the conference. Papers will be accepted only

after strict review by editorial committee.

Accepted papers will be published in the

Conference Proceedings with ISBN. Selected

papers may be published in the SALIS journals.

Author Guidelines

The full paper in word file (with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least 3 keywords) should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to citsalis14@gmail.com.

Paper should not exceed 6 pages (line space: 1.5, font size: 12, font: TMN, reference: APA).

For more details, please visit the conference website.

Papers will not be accepted without registration fee.

Target Participants

Librarians, Information professionals, LIS Teachers, Students and Research scholars.

Accommodation

The delegates will be provided accommodation in the college hostel on sharing basis against an advance payment of Rs. 500/- on first cum first served basis. In case of non-availability of rooms in the hostel, accommodation will be arranged in the nearby hotels on extra payment. Participants can also make their own arrangement for accommodation at hotels available in and around Central Railway Station and Gandhipuram. The room rent varies from Rs.

500 to 5000 per day.

Transport

CIT is located in the heart of the Coimbatore city in the Avinashi Road very near to Airport and is 8 kms away from Central Bus Stand and Railway Station. Call taxi, auto and bus facilities are available from all parts of the city.

Registration Fee

LIS Professionals Rs.1000

Research Scholars (Regular) & LIS Students Rs.500

(Kit without conference bag)

Participants (without paper) Rs.500

(Kit without conference bag and proceedings)

Registration fee should be paid through Demand Draft drawn in favour of 'The Principal, CIT’ payable at ‘Coimbatore’ and addressed to

the “Organizing Secretary”. The online payment details to be provided on request.

Last Dates

Submission of full-paper 07.07.2014

Registration 28.07.2014

Awards and Mementos

Cash Awards will be given to best papers for Professionals, Students and Women separately.

Mementos will be given to all the presenters.

Conference Websites

www.salis2014.wordpress.com

www.cit.edu.in

http://www.salis.in/

About Coimbatore Institute of Technology

The V. Rangasamy Naidu Educational Trust devoted to the cause of promoting technical and scientific literacy, established Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) in 1956. CIT is one of the most reputed and prestigious educational institutions in South India since 1956. CIT, a government aided autonomous institution affiliated to Anna University, Chennai managed by a pedigreed lineage for the past 58 years, enjoys national repute. The Institute backed by world class research and development. The Institute boasts of strong academic–industrial interaction and a high quality of research and consultancy. The institute has celebrated its Golden Jubilee in the year 2006. All the departments are well equipped with qualified staff, class rooms and laboratories. CIT is identified as one of the beneficiary institutions under TEQIP (Phase II) – Sub Component 1.1 (Strengthening institutions to improve learning outcomes and employability of graduates).

About the Department of Library, CIT

The Department of Library, CIT functioning in the vast area of 15,000 sq.ft. The main objective of the CIT library is to provide information services and access to print and e-resources to support the scholarly and informational needs of the institute community. The fully automated library is well equipped with modern facilities and resources in the form of books, print and e-journals, back volumes and non-book materials.

The CIT library has been subscribing many on-line databases of e-resources including IEEE, ASCE, ASME, Science Direct, Springer Link, Mc-Graw Hill’s Access Engineering Library,

J-Gate Plus, GREENR, ASTM, NPTEL etc. The library is also a member of N-LIST, DELNET and American Concrete Institute (ACI), USA for sharing / accessing information resources and services

About Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)

SALIS is a registered national professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of LIS by organizing various programmes such as conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes on emerging topics throughout the year in various parts of the country through its chapters located in many places. SALIS publishes national and international journals, proceedings and newsletter for exchange of information and knowledge among LIS professionals. SALIS instituted many awards to encourage and motivate LIS professionals. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals in the country to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently and also to understand and adopt the best practices in order to provide high quality library service to the users.

Address for Correspondence

Dr.M.Mandhirasalam

Organizing Secretary, SALIS 2014 &

Librarian

Coimbatore Institute of Technology

(Government Aided Autonomous Institution)

Civil Aerodrome (Po), Coimbatore - 641 014.

Tamil Nadu, India.

Phone: 0422-2574071-72, Extn.355

Fax: 0422-2575020, Mobile: 0 98 42 95 65 85

E-Mail: citsalis14@gmail.com

Web: www.cit.edu.in