PROGRAMME

DAY: ONE (7^th February 2008)

09:30 to 10:15a.m. Inauguration

09:35a.m. Welcome address by Ms. Monika S. Garg, IAS, Director Delhi Centre-NIFT

09:40a.m. Keynote address by Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU

10:05a.m. Address by Special Invitee

10:10a.m. Vote of thanks by Sr. Prof. Asha Baxi, Dean (Academics) - NIFT

10:15 to 11:30a.m. High Tea

11:30 to 1:00p.m. Knowledge Economy and society: Impact of ICTs

Chair: Mr. M. Moni, Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi

Theme paper: Mr. M. Moni, Dy. Director General, NIC, Delhi

Invited talks:

· Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Registrar & Chief Librarian, CIEFL, Hyderabad

· Prof. Jagtar Singh, Deptt. Of LIS, Punjabi University, Patiala

· Prof. R. L. Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi

1:00 to 02:00p.m. Lunch

02:00 to 02:30p.m. Product presentation – 3M

02:30 to 04:00p.m. Knowledge Repositories: Before & after KM

Chair: Prof. P.B. Mangla, Former Head, Deptt. of LIS, DU, Delhi

Invited talks:

· Dr. A. L. Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, Delhi

(Knowledge repository in an S&T organization: experience of DRDO)

· Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK

· Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore

(Knowledge repositories before and after web 2.0)

04:00- 4:30 p.m. Product presentation – Webaroo

04:30p.m. Tea

DAY: TWO (8^th February 2008)

9:30 to 11:00a.m. Building Knowledge Repositories: Tools & Technologies

Session I : KM Tools & Technologies

Chair: Dr. R.K. Chadha, Joint Secretary, Parliament Library, Delhi

Invited talks:

· Mr. Ramesh Singh, Scientist, NIC, Delhi

(KM-Technologies, Apps & Practices, Repositories & Collaborations: A Survey)

· Prof. Robert Newton, Associate Dean (Research), Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University,UK

(Subject Specification Theory: The Cornerstone of Knowledge Management. An historical perspective on developing tools and technologies to access large digital repositories)

· Prof. Ramesh Babu, University of Madras, Chennai

(Knowledge management and knowledge sharing tools and technologies: Impact on LIS education)

Contributed papers

· Mr. Biswajit Saha: From information professionals to knowledge managers: The emerging role of library & informational professionals

· Ms. Tilottama Budhajirao Shirsath: Knowledge management tools and techniques: A case study of TCS library & information centre

· Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan & Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan: Knowledge sharing among library professionals in Chennai: A survey

11:00 to 11:30a.m. Tea

Building Knowledge Repositories: Tools & Technologies

11:30 to 1:00p.m. Session II: Open source software & Web 2.0

Chair: Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore
Theme paper: Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore

Invited talks:

· Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling, Norway

(Open Access and NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives)

Contributed papers

· Dr. M. Natarajan & Mr. Upendra Bakta: Innovation of web 2.0: Implications to library- library 2.0

Mr. P.K. Upadhyay: eGranthalaya 4.0 And Library 3.0: A Future Technology Roadmap For Making India A Knowledge Based Society

· Mr. Bhrat Kumar: Library 2.0: Theory and implications for libraries

· Mr. Siramdasu Nagaraju: Open source software: Advantages and limitations

· Mr. Md. Azeem Siddiqui & Mr. Anurag Shrivastava: Open source software used for creating a digital library: An analytical study

· Mr. Sushanta Kumar Pathy: Building up digital library of visual resource in VRA Core 3.0 metadata standards: An experimental approach using GSDL

1:00 to 01:15p.m. Product presentation – Libsys

1:15 to 02:00p.m. Lunch

Building Knowledge Repositories: Tools & Technologies

02:00 to 03:30p.m. Session III: Digital conservation of knowledge resources

Chair: Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore

Theme paper: Prof. Shalini Urs, Executive Director, ISIM, Mysore (Past is prologue – digital preservation for future proofing the past and the present)

Invited talks:

· Ms. Heather Brown, Asstt. Director, Artlab, Australia

(After creation – Preservation: Time traveling for digital knowledge repositories)

· Mr. Pratapanand Jha, Director(Informatics), IGNCA, Delhi

Contributed papers

· Ms. Shreyasi Parikh: Building a multimedia knowledge repository

03:30 to 04:00p.m.                   Tea

04:00 to 05:30p.m. Building Knowledge Repositories: partnership within sector

Session I: Networking of libraries

Chair: Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi

Invited talks:

· Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, UK

(Networking of libraries: past and present and possible future)

· Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad

Contributed papers

· Dr. Shiddayya S. Shirur & Dr. B.D. Kumber: Networking of polytechnic libraries in Karnataks state (POLIBNET): A Model

· Mr. Bobby Phuritsabam and Dr. Th Purnima Devi: Proposal of Library Network in Manipur: Problems and Challenges

· Mr. Md. Azeem Siddiqui & Dr. K.L. Mahawar: Networking of libraries: an overview

· Mr. Mahesh Chand & Mr. Amar Singh Yadav: Sharing resources in networking environment

DAY: Three (9^th February2008)

9:30 to 11:00a.m. Building Knowledge Repositories: partnership of sectors

Session I : Libraries + Archives + Museums = Heritage sector

Chair : Mr. S.P. Singh, Director (Conservation), National Museum, New Delhi

Invited talks:

· Mr. Jon Birger Ostby, Director General, ABM-Utvikling, Norway

(Cooperation between archives, libraries and museums in presentation of digital sources to the public – experiences from Norway)

· Dr. Charu Smita Gupta, Dy. Director, Crafts Museum, Delhi

· Ms. Lucy Anne Tedd, Faculty, Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, UK

(Building knowledge repositories: partnership of sectors)

· Mr. Anurag Arora, Kaladhvani, Delhi

Contributed papers

· Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur: Digitization and digital preservation of archival material

11:00 to 11:30a.m. Tea

11:30 to 01:00p.m. Building Knowledge Repositories: partnership of sectors

Session II Knowledge repositories for Communities, Corporates

& Institutions

Chair: Prof. S. Arunachalam, M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

Theme paper: Prof. S. Arunachalam, M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

(Knowledge repositories for communities, corporates and institutions)

Invited talks:

· Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Deptt. of LIS, IGNOU, Delhi

· Mr. Sanjeev Singh, Coordinator, Computer Centre, DU, Delhi

· Mr. Tanay Krishna, Group Leader, Project Planning at Center for Development of Telematics(C-DOT), New Delhi

(Building Cost effective Knowledge Repositories

for Organisational Effectiveness)

Contributed papers

· Ms. Sushma Sharma & Mr. Batsa Choudhary: Role of knowledge repositories for broadcasting the seeds of learning among children

· Dr. Th. Purnima Devi, Mr. Kh. Surachand Singh and Ms. L. Shanta Meitei: Rural Library and Information Network

· Ms. Gayatri Doctor and Ms. Smitha Ramachandran: Information retrieval an institutional repository DSpace@IBSA

· Ms. Lovely Gupta: Knowledge repository in an institution: Digital and web environment

· Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Jain & Mr. Anurag Shrivastava: Academic institutional repositories in India: Global visibility for an institution’s scholarly communication

01:00 to 02:30p.m. Lunch

02:30 to 03:00p.m. Product Presentation

03:00 to 03:30p.m. Future of knowledge repositories

Global knowledge repository – A vision : Panel discussion

Moderator: Prof. Shalini Urs, Director, ISIM, Hyderabad

03:30 to 04:00p.m. Valedictory

Chair: Prof. R.L. Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi

04:00 High tea

*Rapporteur: Ms. Puja Anand, Librarian, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College

**Repporteur General: Dr. Tariq Ashraf, Dy. Librarian, University of Delhi, Delhi