<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><font face="Times New Roman">Dear Professional Colleagues,</font></span> </p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-language: EN-US">It gives me immense pleasure to announce that <span id="lw_1239777451_0"><span class="yshortcuts">Delhi University Library System</span></span> of the <span id="lw_1239777451_1" style="CURSOR: hand"><span class="yshortcuts">University of Delhi</span></span> has taken the responsibility to host an <b>International Conference on <span id="lw_1239777451_2" style="CURSOR: hand"><span class="yshortcuts">Academic Libraries</span></span> </b>involving large number of professionals from <span id="lw_1239777451_3"><span class="yshortcuts">India</span></span> and abroad. <strong>The registration for the conference is open.</strong> </span> </p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">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 id="lw_1239777451_5" style="CURSOR: hand"><span class="yshortcuts">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 id="lw_1239777451_6"><span class="yshortcuts">conceptual framework</span></span> which provides a framework on how various facets are conceived. </span><span style="COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">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 id="lw_1239777451_7"><span class="yshortcuts">Delhi University Conference</span></span> Venue through several parallel sessions and tutorials.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN" style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><a href="http://library.du.ac.in/ocs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black"><span id="lw_1237529660_19">http://library.du.ac.in/ocs</span></span></b></span></a></span><strong><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: fuchsia; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"> </span></strong><span lang="EN" style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="EN" style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"><a href="http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: black"><span id="lw_1237529660_20">http://crl.du.ac.in/ical09</span></span></b></span></a></span><strong><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: fuchsia; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"> </span></strong></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strong><font color="#6c2b2c"> </font></strong>For all querries and further details, please send your mail to :</p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"> <strong> ICAL 2009 Conference Secretariat</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px" align="center">Dr. S. Majumdar, Organising Secretary, ICAL</p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px" align="center">C/o University Librarian, Central Library, University of Delhi</p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px" align="center">New Delhi - 110 007, India</p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px" align="center">Phone - 91-11-27666034, 27667848 or 24682100</p></span><span lang="EN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 0.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px" align="center">Fax - 91-11-27666034 E-mail: <font face="Berlin Sans FB Demi" color="#28242e" size="2"><a href="mailto:ical2009.os@gmail.com"><font color="#0000ff">ical2009.os@gmail.com</font></a></font><font face="Berlin Sans FB Demi" color="#0000ff" size="2"><u> </u></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"></p></span></span></span></div></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Rajesh Singh<br>Deputy Librarian<br>Delhi University Library System<br>University of Delhi<br>DELHI-110 007<br>