Conference Theme

The notion of transforming libraries into social and cultural spaces is an expansive role for the future library not only serving as an information resource, but much more, with the exact mission and goals evolving and changing over time. A culture based library is one that taps into the spirit of the community, assessing priorities and providing resources to support the things deemed most important. The library of the future could include all of these, but individual communities will be charged with developing an overall strategy that renects the identity and personality ofits own constituency. Libraries are in a unique position to experiment with creative spaces so the future role oftile library can define itself. Since the role of the library 20 years from now is still a mystery, libraries need to put their heads together to scratch the surface of many more changes to come and determine what ideas are drawing attention and getting traction. The conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the framework of this transformation. Some of the important areas, which conference intends to engage itself with are listed below:

Participants are invited to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related aspects. The papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers are to be sent to Conference Secretariat at: [email protected]

Submission of full papers (not more than 5 pages) with an abstract in approximately 200 words, keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all sides in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman type single line spacing. Length of the paper should not exceed 4000 words. Details such as name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E~mail address are to be included. Authors of accepted papers will be advised by The Program Committee by 15 January 2014. The paper submitted must not have been previously published or presented elsewhere. The Programme Committee will have the right to edit the papers. Selected papers wilt be published in the proceedings.