<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=right><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #336666; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><FONT size=5>INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_0><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_34 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">ACADEMIC LIBRARIES</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">F I R S T C A L LF O P A P E R S</SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #33669a"><FONT face="Times New Roman">VISION FOR THE FUTURE</FONT></SPAN>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">October 5 to 8, 2009</SPAN>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #00339a; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_1>University of Delhi</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> Delhi-110007 (<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_2><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_2><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_2><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_35><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_2>India</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>)</SPAN></SPAN>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=left><SPAN style="COLOR: #00339a; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=yshortcuts style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><FONT color=#000000 size=3>Invites original papers reflecting Case Studies; State of the Art; Review Papers; Specific Proposals; Current Trends etc.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="COLOR: #00339a; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=yshortcuts style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><STRONG><FONT size=4>LAST DATE OF PAPER SUBMMISSION : 30TH JULY, 2009</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt">CONFERENCE THEMES</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Theme 1: Vision & Roles of the Future academic libraries<SPAN></SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN lang=EN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><BR><BR></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_36 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_3>University libraries</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> as partners in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_37 style="BACKGROUND: none
transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_4 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">knowledge creation</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>;<BR>Academic Libraries in e-teaching and e-learning; Future of Print Publications<BR><BR><B>Theme 2: Technology, Policy and Innovation</B><BR><BR>Local to Global: Implications of repositioning libraries into digital future;<BR>Technologies and critical issues involved in the provision of digital information and services; </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Technological Innovations leading to improved <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_5 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_5 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1237885117_5 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_5><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_38 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_5 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Library management</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and services<BR><BR><B>Theme 3: <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_6><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_6><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_6 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_6><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_39><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_6 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Change
Management</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><BR><BR>Empowering staff to meet the challenges, professional leadership and<BR>development, and new models of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_7><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_7 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_7 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_7><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_40><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_7 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">academic library</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> governance;<BR>Models and success stories of deliveries, exchange of ideas of how to work together in future; and Government and institutional policies on infrastructure,
<SPAN> </SPAN>accesscontrol, resource sharing, and resource development and management.<BR><BR><B>Theme 4: Library Vendor/ Publisher Interface</B><BR><BR>Library Vendor Publisher relationship in knowledge access and management;<BR><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_8><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_8><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_8 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_8><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_41><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_8 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Indigenous knowledge creation</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> ,content development and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_9><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_9><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_9><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_9><SPAN
class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_42 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_9 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">digital libraries</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>;<BR>Copyright and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_10><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_10 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_10 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_10><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_43><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_10 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">open access
publishing</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, self archiving, and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_44 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_11 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">open access policy</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>; <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_12><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_12><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_12><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_12><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_45><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_12>Legal deposit</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, electronic publications, and digital archiving;<BR>National
and international cooperation and collaboration in knowledge access and management<BR><BR><B>Theme 5: Management Models and Framework, Library Services</B><BR><BR></FONT>Emerging management models for academic libraries; <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_13>Manpower</SPAN> structure in ICT environment Library budgeting models; Evolving ways and means for better relationship for working with faculty; User centric services, reference and outreach; Changes in emerging user characteristics, behaviors, and expectation; <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_13 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_13 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_13><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_46 style="BACKGROUND:
none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_13 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Academic Library linkages</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> with <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_15><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_47><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_14 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Public Libraries</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_16 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_15 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_15 style="CURSOR:
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medium none">Information literacy</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> and competency programmes, e-tutorials; Best practices on <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_18><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_17><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_17><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237963111_17><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242797394_50><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242798217_17>modern library services</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>; Convergence in collection management and technical services; <FONT face="Times New Roman">Cataloguing and metadata; Management systems and standards; Marketing and promotion<BR><BR><B>Theme 6: Advocacy</B><BR><BR>Problems, issues and best practices for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237528687_19><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_18 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237885117_18 style="BACKGROUND: none
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For details please visit:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>or </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><A href="http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ff00ff size=4><STRONG><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1237529660_20>http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#ff00ff size=4><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></DIV>For all querries and further details, please send your mail to :
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <STRONG> ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat</STRONG>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px" align=center>Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL
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