Organising National Level Conference on 12th September 2014

Dear Professional Friends,

SKM's J M Patel College of Commerce is organising UGC Sponsored One Day National Level Conference on "REshaping the Academic LIbraries: Trends and Issues (REALITI)" on 12^th September, 2014. The Seminar will provide an opportunity to LIS Professionals to discuss and deliberate on the challenges faced by them in their endeavor.

Theme: "REshaping the Academic LIbraries: Trends and Issues (REALITI)"

Sub-themes:

       1.             Collection Development and Preservation

·         Collection Development Policy in the Digital Era

·         E-resources acquisition

·         Data curation in Academic Libraries

·         Methods & Techniques for Preservation & Conservation

·         Resource Sharing /Consortium

       2.            Library Administration

·         Staffing and Administration in Academic Libraries

·         Communicating values in Academic Libraries

·         Policies and Guidelines for Managing Hybrid Library System

·         Impact of UGC Regulations on Academic Libraries

       3.             Web based Services and Concept of Open Access

·         Impact of Social Networking Sites on academic libraries

·         Cloud Based Services

·         Open Access initiatives at national and international level

·         Open Source Library Management Softwares

·         Open Source Content Management Softwares

       4.             Digital Library

·         Digital Library Development- Tools and Techniques

·         Digital Library Case Studies

·         Web 2.0 based services and its integration with library System

·         Creation of Institutional Repositories

·         Plagiarism Control and Ethical Use of information (copyright awareness)

       5.            Current trends in Library System and Services

·         Emerging Enabling Technologies in Academic Libraries

·         Case Studies:  Best Practices in Academic Libraries

·         User behaviors and User Studies in Academic Libraries

·         User Education and Information Literacy Programmes

·         Information Aggregators

·         Library Security systems 

We are looking for qualitative research papers in Library and Information Science on the above mentioned sub-themes. Only selected papers will be included in the Conference Proceeding.  

The Conference Proceedings will be published with ISBN 978-81-928786-0-7.

 Please submit your papers in the following prescribed format.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Length of Paper	Maximum 3000 words including abstract and 5 key words
Font	Times New Roman (12 Pts)
Line Space	1.5
Reference Style	APA
Language	English

IMPORTANT DATES:

Last Date of Submission of Paper	20/8/2014
Date of intimation of Acceptance of Paper	30/8/2014
Last Date of Registration	5/9/2014
Last Date of Submission of PPT (for Paper presenters)	7/9/2014

v Papers should be submitted to the following e-mail address: realiti14@gmail.com

REGISTRATION FEES:

Registration  Fee

Rs.500/- per Participant  (Mandatory for publication of papers in Conference Proceedings)

 Registration fee includes tea, lunch and conference kit and conference Proceeding.

v  Demand Drafts should be drawn in favour of ‘The Principal, J.M.Patel College of Commerce’ payable at Mumbai.

CONFERENCE DATE:

12th  SEPTEMBER 2014, FRIDAY

 Contact Details:

Dr. Vidya V.Hanchinal

Librarian

SKM's J.M.Patel College of Commerce

Goregaon(w). Mumbai -400090

Ph: 022 28737858(Extn.15)

Mob: 9322284347