Collaborators

 

 

 

Indian Council for

Cultural Relations

 

Gandhi Smriti &

Darshan Samiti

 

 

International Conference on

 

Building Knowledge Repositories:

Cross-Sectoral Collaborations

 

7-9th February 2008

Gandhi Darshan complex opposite the Gandhi Samadhi, New Delhi (India)

 

 

 

 

 

The conference will be held from 7th to 9th February 2008 coinciding with the

18th World Book Fair

New Delhi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speakers

 

 

Leading professionals from Libraries & Information centers, Heritage institutions, Academia, IT sector, publishing industry and other related sectors of India and abroad will be invited to share their experiences.

 

 

 

Invitation for

Papers & Presentations

 

 

 

The sessions of the conference will be interesting blends of formal papers by professionals and informal talks and presentations by experts. Information and knowledge professionals, IT professionals and conservators from India and abroad are invited to send their papers or presentations.

 

Selected papers will be presented during the conference; other valuable papers will be included in the conference proceedings. Original and concise papers will be given preference.

 

 

 

 

 

Last date for submission of paper or presentation is

31st December 2007

 

 

Please send soft and hard copies of your papers or presentations to

 

 

conference@niftindia.com

delhirc@gmail. com

 

 

In the 21st century the growth rate of knowledge capital is the critical index of development of any country. Various sectors contribute to the creation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge. The Libraries, Information Centres, Archives and Museums are the repositories of information and knowledge resources and were there even before Knowledge Management (KM) came into vogue. Now applications of ICTs have generated numerous knowledge repositories in several sectors throughout the world. The networked repositories of tacit communal, organizational and institutional knowledge assets are emerging as knowledge hubs. The information disseminating and heritage institutions are also increasingly getting woven into the new knowledge tapestry through enabling technologies. The public and private sectors are joining hands to build an inclusive knowledge network world over. Furthermore, various intra and inter-sectoral partnerships are emerging transcending the traditional boundaries dividing the academic sector, information disseminating agencies, heritage institutions, publishing industry  and many other sectors. The immense possibilities of inter-operability and new competencies generated by the applications of ICTs make greater cross-sectoral collaborations attainable in future.

 

India is emerging as a leading player in the knowledge economy. The cross-sectoral collaborations among agencies and institutions involved in creation, conservation and dissemination of knowledge resources are also developing. The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) plans to offer a forum for encouraging greater collaborations by organizing an international conference on “Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations” in February 2008 at New Delhi.

 

 

Objectives

 

This conference will analyze the architecture and organizations of all types of knowledge repositories those residing in servers of communities and corporate bodies as well as the networks of digital/hybrid libraries and other cultural heritage institutions across the world.

 

The main objective of the conference will be promoting international co-operation to develop a seamless global knowledge repository through cross-sectoral collaborations with applications of  ICTs at national and international levels. The resultant synergy will lead to development of a truly global knowledge society.

 

 

 

Who Can Attend?

 

All producers and managers of knowledge resources including Library professionals, IT professionals, Conservators, Community knowledge workers, Academics, producers and publishers are invited to attend the conference

 

T h e m e s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration Fees

(each participant)

 

 

*

India & SAARC COUNTRIES

Rs.2,500.00

*

Non-Sponsored students (India)

Rs.1,200.00

*

International participants

US$125.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM DOWNLOAD

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge Economy & Society : Impact of ICTs

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge Repositories:  Before & after KM

 

·          Libraries & Information Centres,  Museums &  Archives

·          Other Knowledge Centres

 

 

 

 

Building Knowledge Repositories:  KM & Other Tools & Technologies

 

·          Knowledge Representation

·          Knowledge Organisation systems

·          Knowledge Sharing & Networking

·          Open Source Software

·          Web 2.0

 

 

Building Knowledge Repositories: partnership of sectors

 

Libraries, Archives & Museums : Intra & Inter-sectoral collaborations:

 

·          Networking of libraries

·          Networking of Museums

·          Heritage sector: Libraries + Museums + Archives

 

Knowledge Centres: Intra & Inter-sectoral collaborations

 

·          Community Knowledge Centres: partnership of education sector, Libraries, IT sector, local government, NGOs etc.

·          Corporate/Organisational Knowledge Repositories: partnership of HR, Content management system, IT dept. etc.                   

·          Institutional Repositories: partnership of academia, Library & Information services, IT dept. etc.

·          Collaborative networks

 

 

Future of Knowledge repositories

 

·          Global knowledge repository – A vision

 

For any query please write to: Deputy Director(NRC), National Resource Centre
National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hauz khas, New Delhi -16, India, Phone 26542004/26542146, Email : conference@niftindia. com;    delhirc@gmail. com