5th International Library and Information Professionals Summit
2016

Conference Theme

TThe conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the framework of From Ownership to Access: Leveraging the Digital Paradigm issues. Some of the important areas, which conference intends to engage itself with are listed below:


E-Books Access in Libraries


  • New ways for Library Resource Access
  • Procurement and Management including Right management of E-books
  • Trends, New models and tools
  • Impact of eBooks on learning
  • E-books Accelerating - Will print books disappear?
  • Future of eBooks

  • Web Based Access in Libraries

  • Semantic Web
  • Text mining
  • Cloud Computing and Libraries
  • Social Media and Applications in Libraries
  • Social Networks, Virtual Organization and Networked Information
  • Web Archiving and Preservation
  • Next-generation web services

  • Future Models of Accessing the Libraries

  • Acquisitions and Collection Development
  • Access, Ownership and Resource Sharing
  • Economics of access versus ownership
  • Licensing Pricing IPR & Privacy Issues
  • Threats to Digital Lending
  • Database Ownership: Myth or Reality
  • New & Emerging Resources, Products, & Services
  • Library Outreach, Marketing & Advocacy
  • Open Access

  • Paper Submission Guidelines

    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]; [email protected]

    Submission of full papers (not more than 6 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. 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 will be published in the proceedings. The selected papers will be published as edited book with ISBN number in print or digital format.



    Dates to Remembers

    Last Date for Submission of full paper February 15, 2016 Now Extended to March 10, 2016

    Early Bird Registration March 31, 2016

    Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, only if Registered on or before March 31, 2016