** *International Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization (ICDK 2011)*
Jointly organized by Management Development Institute (MDI) and Indian Association for Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) during 14-16 February 2011. Venue: Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (National Capital Region – Delhi) The conference will provide a platform for world’s leading academicians, researchers and professionals interested in the area of digital libraries to exchange ideas and share research findings. The conference will also generate valuable ideas for advancing research in the fields of digital libraries and knowledge organization tools and techniques. The specific objectives of the conference are: · To provide a forum for scholars from different fields and backgrounds to share their views and perspectives on how to advance research in the area of digital libraries and knowledge organization tools and techniques. · Identifying best practices in all the spheres of digital library development and knowledge organization. · To provide strategic directions for the development of digital libraries · To prepare a sustainable knowledge organization framework for digital library development Pre-conference Workshops/Tutorials 1. Semantic Digital Libraries: Bringing Libraries to Web 3.0 by Dr. Sebastian Ryszard Kruk, CEO & Co-founder, KnowledgeHives.com, Poland 2. How to Improve Access to Information? A Tutorial Workshop by Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 3. Developing Digital Libraries Using DSpace: A Workshop by Prof. ARD Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore 4. Digital Libraries and Building DLs using Greenstone by Dr. M.G. Sreekumar, (UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia), Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. (Details about more workshops will be announced soon) Some of our Speakers 1. *Dr. Ellen R. Tise, President, IFLA 2. Prof. Anna Maria Tammaro, (Chair IFLA Education and Training Section), University of Parma, Italy 3. Prof. ARD Prasad, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore 4. Carol Priestley MBE, Director, Network for Information & Digital Access (NIDA), UK 5. Dr. Fazlul Alam, Bangladesh Research and Development Association (BRADA), University of Dhaka 6. Prof. Gary Marchionini, Dean & Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information & Library Science, North Caolina University 7. Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET 8. Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET 9. Prof. Joyce Chao-chen Chen, Professor and University Librarian, Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies, National Taiwan Normal University 10. Prof. Mitsuhiro ODA, Department of Education, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan 11. Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 12. Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha, Joint Secretary, Parliament of India 13. Dr. Sebastian Ryszard Kruk, CEO & Co-founder, KnowledgeHives.com, Poland 14. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore 15. Dr. Sujin Butdisuwan, Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University, Thailand 16. Dr. Suzie Allard, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, US, Last date for submission of full papers is 30th September 2010. Please visit the conference site at http://www.mdi.ac.in/ICDK/Home.html for more information on themes of the conference, registration formalities, etc. Dr. Antony Jose Convener (ICDK 2011) Management Development Institute Mehrauli Road Gurgaon – 122007, INDIA Phone: +91-124-4560324 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Conference URL: http://www.mdi.ac.in/ICDK/Home.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
