[BOAI] ICLAM 2011 (International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums)

[Rajesh Singh]

*International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and
Museums*



February 15 to 17, 2011

*Venue: ** India** International Centre**, ** New Delhi*

The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will organize an
international
conference in collaboration with the Art Libraries Section of the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from February 15
to 17, 2011 in New Delhi. The venue of the conference is the centrally
located and prestigious cultural hub of Delhi - the India International
Centre.



The theme of the conference is User Empowerment through Digital Technologies.
This is the first conference in the series titled “International conference
on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM)” and NIFT’s
third initiative to promote cross-sectoral collaborations in the knowledge
sector in India.


Empowerment of users is the key concern of all information service
professionals.
At present the most challenging issue is serving the technology-empowered
users who easily metamorphose from consumers to creators or producers of
information. Libraries, Archives and Museums continuously
empower their systems and services with dynamic digital technologies to
serve the users more effectively. This conference will offer a forum to
discuss the theme of empowerment of users from multiple perspectives –
ranging from user interface technologies to empowerment of disadvantaged
user communities.


The issue of empowerment is also related to affordability and sustainability
of digital technologies particularly in this age of financial
instability. Library
& Information professionals and conservators, as end users of open source
and commercial software, will also discuss trends and problems. Various
infrastructural, organizational and technological options including
partnerships
of various sectors will also be discussed.

*Who can participate?*


Library & Information professionals from special, academic & public
libraries, conservators, IT professionals, publishers, authors,
educators, students and all users of libraries, information centers,
archives and visitors of museums from any part of the world can attend the
conference.



*Call for Papers*


Papers and presentations are invited on the following topics related to each
listed sub-theme (in bold): (More sub-themes and topics will be added.
Papers on related topics are also welcome)



*Emergence of the Technology-Empowered Users: *

Changing roles of Users in Libraries, Archives & Museums

Information seeking behavior of Users : Emerging Trends

New roles & identities for Librarians, Archivists & Conservators


*Empowering Users of Libraries, Archives & Museums:*
User Interface Technologies : Emerging Trends

Social Media for Empowerment: Web2.0 & beyond

Management of User-generated contents in Libraries & Museums



* Building Information Repositories : Emerging Trends in Technologies*
 Digital Preservation Technologies : Emerging Trends

Building Institutional Repositories : Strategies for future

Open Source vs. Commercial software

* *

*Re-defining Rights of Users of Libraries : Perspectives of Creators,
Mediators and *

*Users*

Freedom of Access to Information

Copyright & Fair Use

IPR  &  Digital resources


*Serving the Empowered Users in Libraries & Information Centers*

Relevance of Conventional Library services to Web - empowered Users

Information Literacy Programmes

Special services for Users with Special Needs

Marketing information services to the empowered users

Branding & Promoting Institutional repositories


*Open Access Publishing: A tool for Empowerment*

Open Access Publishing of Books

Scholarly Communication & Open Access Publishing

Sustainability of Open Access Initiatives

Future of e-journals & e-books : Emerging Integrated format

*
Bridging the Digital Divide among Users: Roles of Libraries & Information
Centers*

Economic barriers to Information Access

Empowerment of Disadvantaged User Communities

Roles of Public Libraries & Information Centers in the Rural Sector

Transcending the language barriers through digital technologies


*Partnerships for Empowerment & Libraries*
Sustainable Digitization Projects

Public & Private Partnerships for Digit al Libraries

Consortium model of Co-operation



*From Collaboration to Convergence:*

Networking of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Beyond


*One day of Special Parallel Sessions on Heritage Resources in Art
Libraries, Archives & Museums *

*Cultural heritage** **in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums*

Culture of Heritage Preservation: Eastern & Western  perspectives

Changing Patronage : Public &  Private funding of Artists  & Collections

How authentic is the Art work? The Collector’s nightmare

Marketing Strategies for Visual Resources

 Art libraries in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects

Public Museums in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects

Archives in the  Digital Age : Problems & Prospects



*Digital Preservation of Cultural heritage*

Conservation of  Art works  & Handicrafts : Fusion of traditional techniques
& modern           technologies

Challenges of preservation of Rare books & Manuscripts

Archiving Exhibitions (including various forms of art)

Preserving ‘born digital’  heritage : Emerging trends

Virtual & Physical Environments in Museums

Revival of traditions through Digital Preservation



*For more information please visit at:*
 http://www.nift.ac.in/ICLAM_2011/ or http://www.ifla.org/en/news/71

*The Conference brochure is attached*



*Contact:*

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Organising Secretary

011-26542004&2
Mobile : 9810011975


Co-organising Secretary:

Nandini Dutta

011-26542146/7

  Mobile :9818003497

-- 
Rajesh Singh
Deputy Librarian
Delhi University Library System
University of Delhi
DELHI-110 007
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