Organized by:
Indian Institute of Management, Indore

In technical collaboration with
SARDG, SIS, New Delhi, INDOLIBNET & INDORE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

About the Conference

Information Technology has dramatically impacted the librarian and their relationship to the communities they serve. As we are at the threshold of year 2008, we librarians must reassess and reconsider the changing library environment. Librarians, individually and collectively, cannot ignore the changing shape of information services that are emerging. Everyone knows that the primary objective of libraries is to organize and provide access of information. This objective will never change, but the format and methods that we have used will change dramatically; thus, providing new opportunities and challenges. On this backdrop the Conference will focus on rethinking the role of a library professional, both in relationship to his personal identity and the community he serves.

The principal objectives of this conference is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Information providers & persons related to LIS.

Programme Structure

The Conference program will include plenary sessions invited and contributed papers, posters sessions, product presentations, panel discussion and an exhibition. A series of parallel sessions will be held offering delegates a wide range of in-depth presentations by leading national and international experts.

Main Theme & Sub Themes

1. Emerging Technology Trends in Libraries
2. Emerging Management Trends in Libraries
3. Library Consortia, Networking and Resource Sharing
4. Libraries in the knowledge economy
5. Human Resources & Competencies Development
6. Open Access Initiatives & I R Movement
7. Marketing of Library Services
8. Digital Library & Library 2.0
9. Information Literacy
10. Legal Aspects of Librarianship
11. E-learning
12. Disaster Management & Libraries

Submission of Papers

Paper on the themes enumerated above or any other issue related with the broad theme of the seminar based on research, practical experience or case study in the field may be submitted for presentation at the seminar. The length of the paper should be around 3000 words. Paper should be submitted in A4 size with a soft copy on CD/DVD and/or as e-mail attachment using MS-Word latest by 25th Oct 2008 to kishor_satpathy@yahoo.com & sis2008conf@gmail.com.

Title page of the paper should contain title of the paper, authors name, designation and official address of the author (including telephone no and e-mail address); and an abstract of the paper in about 150 words. Authors are requested to prepare a power point for the convention and bring it on a CD/DVD or pen drive. Each paper will be evaluated and the Organizing Secretary will communicate to the authors the decision of the Editorial board latest by 28th Oct 2008.

Registration Fee

Early Bird Registration till 31 Oct 2008
Sponsored Candidates: Rs. 1800
Individuals: Rs. 800
Students / Senior Citizen: Rs. 300
Accompanied Members (Without Kit): Rs. 500

1 Nov. 2008 to 30 Nov. 2008
Sponsored Candidates: Rs. 2000
Individuals: Rs. 1000
Students / Senior Citizen: Rs. 400
Accompanied Members (Without Kit): Rs. 500

Spot Registration: With an additional fee of Rs. 200/-

International Participants: $100 (including boarding & lodging)

Registration Fee includes conference kit, tea/coffee and working lunch. Registration Fee does not include accommodation charges. Fee as applicable should be sent in the form of Demand Draft drawn in the favour of “IIM Indore” payble at Indore.

All correspondence should be made to:

Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Librarian & Organising Secretary, SIS 2008
Indian Institute of Management Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road
Indore-453331, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

E-mail: satpathy@iimidr.ac.in; ksatpathy@gmail.com
Tel: 0731-4228626, 09425312746(M)

For Further Information pl. visit:

http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iimi/pages/institute/sis2008.php
http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/
http://www.indolibnet.org & http://sis2008.synthasite.com/

Lectures will include:

“Observations and Questions from a Goddess Temple in Assam”

by Patricia Dold, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies and Shastri Representative for Memorial University
November 16, 11:15-12:00 noon at the Hindu Temple of St. John’s, 26 Penny Lane, St. John’s.

“India in the 21st century: Meeting the health needs of vulnerable populations”

by Shree Mulay, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, Community Health and Humanities Division, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland
November 20, 7:00-8:30 pm in Arts 2071

“Kashmir’s Secessionist Movement Resurfaces: Identity and the State”

by Reeta Tremblay, Professor in Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Memorial University.
November 24, 4:00-5:30 PM in Science 2036

“A Great Wild Boar: Looking Inside An Oral South Indian Epic”

by Dr. Brenda E. F. Beck, President, Sophia Hilton Foundation of Canada
November 26, 7:30-9:30 PM, Inco Innovation Centre 2001 Reception to follow in the Upper Atrium.

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Fishing in the Sea of Greed
November 25 at 7pm
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Murray Fraser Hall 160

Traditional fishing communities around the world are under threat of mass displacement by the industrial fishing practices of gigantic factory ships. Private capital, with the aid of international lending agencies, has embarked on a mindless offensive to catch fish in quantities unheard of until now. The primary victims of this approach are poverty-stricken rice growers and fishing communities. Salination of ground water causes a scarcity of fresh drinking water as waste from prawn farms are emptied into nearby rivers and other fresh water bodies. Fishing in the Sea of Greed documents the response of one fishing community in India to the “rape and run” industries that have begun to dominate their livelihood and decimate their environment.

There will be no admission fee.

We invite students and faculty at the University and members of the Calgary community to join us to learn about India and the programs available through the Shastri Institute. Upcoming film showings include: Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night, A Darker Side of Fair, and Diverted to Delhi.

His comments were the capstone of an exciting discussion that began with presentations from Mukesh Gupta, Director of Strategic Relations, Tata Consultancy, Dr. Sheila Embleton, Vice-President Academic, York University and Dr. K. D. Srivastava, Vice-President Emeritus, University of British Columbia.