13-16 December 2007
organised by Dept of Library and Information Science,
Osmania University, Hyderabad
THEME:
Developing Library and Information Resources and Services in the Internet Era
Facets
Public Library as a Community Information Center/Knowledge CenterRole of Public Libraries in the Internet Era as access Points of knowledge and information era.
Legislation for libraries in the Internet era Need, Issues, Provisions, implications etc.
Library 2.0 and web2.0 Library 2.0 and its principles, Web 2.0 technologies and education, web2.0 technologies and library services, emerging technologies and user behavior, Library 2.0 and human resource development, Cases of Library 2.0 services, ICT & Internet impact and implications, and legal and ethical issuesCollection Development Policies Information needs assessment, Preservation and conservation, Print, digital document, Issues and concerns, Legal and ethical issues, IPR and digitization, Resource sharing Management and evaluation of collection Library Counseling, Leadership and communication, Capacity/Competency building.Management and marketing of Library resources and services, Change Management, Fiscal management and technology issues.
Print and Digital Publication Issues Legal and ethical, IPR issues and digitization, Issues pertaining to plagarism and intellectual freedom, Censorship and intellectual freedomKnowledge Management, Knowledge Society Institutional repositories, Professional response to information and Technological deluge, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Application, Knowledge Access, Knowledge concepts Open Sources Access versus ownership issues, Software and other peripherals, e-journals, e-books, v-books etc.