<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt">Dear Professional Colleagues,</SPAN> </FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt">It gives me immense pleasure to announce that <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_0><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_0>Delhi University Library System</SPAN></SPAN> of the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_1><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_1>University of Delhi</SPAN></SPAN> has taken the responsibility to host an <B><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">International Conference</SPAN></SPAN> on <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_3 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand;
BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_3 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Academic Libraries</SPAN></SPAN> </B>involving large number of professionals from <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_4>India</SPAN></SPAN> and abroad. <B>The registration for the conference is open.</B> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The objective of the conference is to reposition the Academic Libraries by taking advantage of modern developments in the field of ICT; management techniques including change management; <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_5 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_5 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">scholarly communications</SPAN></SPAN>; advocacy; user-vendor-librarians interface etc. and <B>develop a</B> <B>ROAD MAP</B> which can be used by the governmental agencies for upgrading the library systems in India. We have developed a document having the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_6
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We expect a professional gathering of about 1000 experts from India and abroad for almost four days with dates being October 5-8, 2009 at the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_7><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_7 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Delhi University Conference</SPAN></SPAN> Venue through several parallel sessions and tutorials. </FONT></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt">I take this opportunity to inform about the following prominent speakers of the conference.</SPAN><B><SPAN lang=EN></SPAN></B></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Dr. Ellen Ramona Tise</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, President-Elect, IFLA and Director, LIS, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">University of<SPAN> </SPAN>Stellenbosch</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">South Africa</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Prof. Carol Tenopir</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, Chancellor's Professor, </SPAN><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_8 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_8 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">School</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> of </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Information Science</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_9><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_9>University of Tenessee</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Prof. Anne Shumelda Okerson</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Associate</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">University</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> Librarian, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Yale University</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">United States</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Prof. David Kohl</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, Editor, Journal of Academic Librarianship and Dean and University Librarian, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_10 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_10>University of Cincinnati</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">United States</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Prof. Joyce Chao-chen Chen, </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Professor & University Librarian, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_11 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_11>National Taiwan Normal University</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Taiwan</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Province</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> of </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">China</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Prof. Gobinda Chowdhury</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, Professor of Information and Knowledge Management, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">University of Sydney</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Australia</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red">MANY MORE PROMINENT SPEAKERS FROM </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red">INDIA</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red"> AND ABROAD ARE EXPECTED</SPAN></B></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For more details please visit:</FONT></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><A href="http://library.du.ac.in/ocs" target=_blank rel=nofollow><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: fuchsia"><FONT face="Times New Roman">http://library.du.ac.in/ocs</FONT></SPAN></B></A></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: fuchsia; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><A href="http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09" target=_blank rel=nofollow><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: fuchsia"><FONT face="Times New Roman">http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09</FONT></SPAN></B></A></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: fuchsia; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"></SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For all querries and further details, please send your mail to : </FONT></SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <B> ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat</B> </FONT></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL </FONT></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">C/o University Librarian, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_12 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245755156_12>Central Library</SPAN></SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">University</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> of </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Delhi</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 or 24682100</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt">Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #28242e; FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt"><A href="http://us.mc87.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ical2009.os@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:ical2009.os@gmail.com"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1245753743_14>ical2009.os@gmail.com</SPAN></A></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #28242e; FONT-FAMILY: 'Berlin Sans FB Demi'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt">with regards</SPAN><BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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