Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Library and Information Professionals Summit, New Delhi, India Fw: [DIGLIB] LIPS- 2012 Conference

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Dear All

I wish to inform you that last date has been extended upto 31 January 2012 to submit paper in LIPS- 2012 Conference. For details please visit: http://www.slp.org.in/LIPS/LIPS2012.html

The Full Paper may be sent by login to the following link:

LIPS Online Full Paper Submission
or https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=lips2012
or email to slp.lib@gmail.com

Library and Information Professionals Summit
(LIPS- 2012)

On
 “Leadership, Ethics, Accountability and
Professionalism in Library Service (LEAP)”
                    16-17 March 2012, New Delhi, India
Organized by

Society for Library Professionals (SLP)

 in association with

Institute of Economic Growth, Ambedkar University and SLA Asian Chapter

Venue
Institute of Economic Growth
University of Delhi Enclave, Delhi-110 007, India

Thematic areas
The conference will discuss all aspects of libraries. Each theme will be divided into several sub-themes as detailed below, but not necessarily limited to:

Leadership, Ethics, and Accountability in LIS
·         Strategizing leadership to bring about changes to work ethics and  to build accountability
·         Knowledge of and focus on teaching & learning
·         Providing and participating in focused and sustained professional development
·         Building and leading teams to achieve goals
·         Using technology for learning and professional development
·         Communicating with community for awareness building
·         Leadership and management trait in LIS  profession
·         Innovative leadership for implmenting products and services
·         Cultural dimensions of LIS development: Learning from others
·         Rethinking leadership: preparing professionals as future leaders in LIS

Maximizing Leadership and Effectiveness
·         Decision making and problem solving
·         Modeling and encouraging innovation and creativity
·         Building a personalized learning environment
·         Socio-economic transformation and institutional leadership
·         Professional development in institutional leadership through knowledge management

Ethics and Professionalism
·         Reassembling management ethics for bringing work culture
·         Ethics and professionalism in LIS
·         Rationalization and professionalization in LIS related to leadership and accountability
·         Ethics & morality in LIS leadership
·         Critical dimensions of ethics in LIS leadership
·         Ethics in copyright and intellectual property rights/ fair use
·         Developing ethics, values and professionalism to better serve our clients

Digital Library, Leadership and Ethics

·         Leadership initiative in digital libraries development and management
·         Case studies of leading successful digital libraries
·         Digital  libraries: Ethics,  standards and best practices
·         Digital information: Creation, usage and sharing in an ethical context
·         Digital information: Licensing and pricing issues

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 be sent to:
 Conference Secretariat at  slp.lib@gmail.com
 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 31 January 2012. 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. 

Registration Fee

Early Bird Registration till
15 February 2012
16 February  2012 onwards
Indian Delegates
Rs.1500/-
Rs.1800/-
Other countries delegates
US$ 50
US$ 60

*Students, SLA members, accompanied persons, retired professionals and additional participants from the same organization can avail 20% discount.

Payment Details: The payment should be sent through local cheque/ demand draft to be made in favour of “Society for Library professionals” and payable New Delhi. The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to the Conference Secretariat.

Dates to Remember:
Last Date for Submission of full paper
January 31, 2012
Early Bird Registration 
February 15, 2012
Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings, only if Registered on or before
 February 15, 2012

 Accommodation
 Accommodation can be arranged for the participants in the Institutional Guest Houses with usual amenities on first come first serve basis. Room rent and other charges are to be paid by the participants. Besides accommodation in the Guest Houses, Hotels can also be arranged for the participants on request and confirmation. Delegates may indicate their options in the registration form.
 Climate
 The climate of New Delhi in the month of March is pleasant ranging from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. The day time temperature will be moderate and evenings will be pleasant.

Eminent Speakers

Brent Mai
President 2012 SLA Concordia University Portland, Oregon, USA

Liz Blankson-Hemans
Chapter Cabinet Chair, SLA
Dialog London, England, UK

Deb Hunt*
President Elect 2012 SLA
Senior Information Specialist, Exploratorium, an interactive museum in San Francisco.
Dr. (Mrs.) Pradeepa Wijetunge,
Librarian, University of Peradeniya, Srilanka

Sheila Rosenthal
Manager of Library Services Senior Librarian Software Engineering Institute,
Pittsburgh, Pa., USA

Dr. Harish Chandra
Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
Chennai. India

Dr. P R Goswami
Director, Central Secretariat Library
Ministry of Culture, Delhi- 110001
 

Dr. E. RAMA REDDY
Visiting Professor
Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham University
Thailand, Retired Librarian
University of Hyderabad

Dr. C. R. Karisiddappa
Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad – 580 003.

Prof. J K Mitra
Professor-in-charge of S.P. Jain Centre of Advanced Management Research of FMS, South Campus University of Delhi.

Ms. Mangala Krishnamurthy
Reference Librarian
Rodgers Science and Engineering Library, University of Alabama, USA

Dr. A L Moorthy
Director, DESIDOC,
Delhi

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* Confirmation awaited

Regards

Dr. P.K.Jain
Organising Secretary, LIPS 2012
Librarian
Institute of Economic Growth
University of Delhi Enclave
Delhi- 110007. India
Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367
Fax: 91-11-27667410 Cell: 09899110787




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