International Conference on Future of Libraries from 26th-28th February 2019 at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

“ International Conference on Future of Libraries”

Dear LIS Professionals,

We are happy to inform you that IIM Bangalore and ISI Kolkata Jointly organising the “ International Conference on Future of Libraries” from 26^th-28^th February 2019 at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Themes:

Theme 1 Academic Libraries: At the cusp of transformation, academic libraries are driven by transformative changes especially driven by technology and change in learning, pedagogy and information seeking behaviour.

·         Learning Spaces

·         Research data management services

·         Instruction/literacy and outreach

·         Bibliometry /Impact /Research output

Theme 2 Public Libraries: Public libraries have always known for archiving and dissemination of Information and stood for literacy, knowledge and freedom. Their role in the current scenario is more critical than at any time in the history of public library movement in India and elsewhere. Access to information, knowledge and expertise in the digital domain to socially and economically challenged population with wide geographical reach can be attained only by public library systems anywhere in the world.

·         History, role and current scenario

·         Outreach, support for citizenship, lifelong learning and Skills

·         Access to information, knowledge, educational resources, citizenship, personal research etc.

·         Preservation and cultural heritage

Theme 3 Future in the Digital Domain: Digitization and Digital Content constitute a substantial amount of content acquisitions across Libraries. It may have perceptually inflated the access but still distraught with challenges of intellectual property, perpetuity, preservation, privacy copyright and host of other issues.

·         IPR, Copyright and DRM

·         Digital Preservation

·         Privacy and use

Call for Papers:

We invite research papers, case studies, poster for presentations on any of the above themes. The selected papers will be published in the form of anedited book with ISBN will be distributed to all registered participants. Please send abstract and full paper to rama.patnaik@iimb.ac.in .

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission: " 15th November 2018 "

Full Paper Submission: " 15th December 2018 "

Conference Date: " 26-28 February 2019 "

For more Updates please follow the Conference link: https://library.iimb.ac.in/conference2019

Thanks,

With Regards,

Dr K. Rama Patnaik,

Librarian

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore,

Bannerghatta Road,

Bengaluru, India - 560 076

Phone: 080- 26993016

Email: rama.patnaik@iimb.ac.in

&

Dr Kishor Chandra Satpathy,

Chief Librarian

Indian Statistical Institute,

203 Barrackpore Trunk Road,

Kolkata- 700 108,

Phone: Ph No: 9435175531

E-mail: ksatpathy@isical.ac.in