R N S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to VTU, Belgaum)

CHANNASANDRA, BANGALORE – 560 061  

National Seminar

On

Management of Digital Information Sources, Services and Systems

July 29-30, 2010 

Organizing Secretary                                                                                                                   Mrs. Shobha H Prasad

  Library and Information Center

R N S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 About RNSIT 

            RNS Institute of Technology (RNSIT) established in the year 2001 is the brain- child of the Group – Chairman, Dr. R. N. Shetty. The Murudeshwar Group of Companies headed by Dr. R. N. Shetty is a leading player in many industries viz., construction, manufacturing, hotel, automobile, power & IT services and education. The group has contributed significantly to the field of education. A number of educational institutions are run by R. N. Shetty Trust, and RNSIT is one among them. With a continuous desire to provide quality education to society, the trust has established RNSIT, an institution to nourish and produce the best of engineering and management talents.

About the Library  

            Library at RNSIT was established in the year 2001. It endeavors to provide value-added services to support engineering and management education of the institution. The key motive is to improve education through quality information system and services. It ensures well equipped library facilities along with printed and electronic resources. Over the years RNSIT library has developed with necessary and relevant resources like books, journals, standards and specifications, trade catalogues, reports, etc., providing excellent information services.  

About the Seminar

            Library and information services today are changing very rapidly. Present Internet age has a lot of positive impact on Digital Information Systems and Services Management. Innovations in technology have lead to the emergence of a new phase in library development through timely application of digital technology. Added to this is the accelerated convergence of communication technologies with publishing and the media. Services become possible in the libraries only by implementing digitization activities. This upgrades libraries to provide better quality and a greater diversity of services and management than they currently are able to do with analogue technology. Utilizing these opportunities, libraries are harnessing better quality services to users.

             This national seminar is designed to provide an opportunity to discuss various aspects of “Digital Information Systems and Services Management” across the country. It aims at bringing together librarians of various engineering colleges and related premier institutes to deliberate on the challenges and issues concerning the theme of the seminar.

 Take away

  • Educationists, Research Scholars and Library Professionals will be exposed to emerging technologies like Digital Information System, Open Access Sources and Web-based Information Services etc.
  • Applicability and Adoptability of Digital Services will be identified and new ideas are shared and learnt to install in libraries.

 Topics for Discussion 

Themes 

·                     Digital Information Sources

  • Acquisition, Organization, Access and Preservation

·                     Open Access Sources

  • Open Access Journals, Institutional Repositories

·                     Web-based Information Services

·                     Information Systems and Enabling Technologies

o   Web 2.0 and Lib 2.0

o   Open Source Software

o    Library Automation Systems

·                     Information Search  Techniques

·                     Content Creation and Management

·                     Other Related Topics  

Call for Papers

             Theoretical, conceptual and application oriented research papers that are original and not published elsewhere are invited from library professionals on various themes mentioned and in related areas.

Guidelines for Authors

·                     The paper will be in Times New Roman with font size 12, space 1.5, clearly mentioning Name of Author(s), Title of Paper, Affiliated Organization, Contact Number and E-mail ID of Authors.

·                     Softcopy of the paper in MS Word should be sent through e-mail and as attachment to  rnsitlibrarynationalseminar@gmail.com  on or before 15th June 2010.

·                     Acceptance of the paper will be communicated to the participants on 30th June 2010.

·                     All the selected papers are to be presented by the Authors. Each presentation will be of 15 minutes duration.

·                     Mailing Address/author affiliation should be given in the paper.

·                     Selected papers will be published in the Seminar Proceedings.

 Accommodation

On campus accommodation can be arranged on first-cum- first served basis against nominal charges. Delegates are required to inform the organizing secretary well in advance, for on campus accommodation. 

Important Dates

Last date for Submitting the full paper                                    : 15th June 2010

Last date for Registration                                                       : 15th July 2010

Registration Fee                                                   :  Rs.500/-

 Registration Details

DD should be drawn in favor of the Principal, RNS Institute of Technology, payable at Bangalore and sent to the address below 

Mrs. Shobha H. Prasad,                                                                                                 Organizing Secretary                                                                                                                 RNS Institute of Technology ,Uttarahalli - Kengeri Main Road, Channasandra,                  Bangalore – 560 061, Ph: 080 28603880/81, Mobile: 9481800715,                                           E-mail:  rnsitlibrarynationalseminar@gmail.com

Seminar Committee

Chief Patron                                                       :  Dr  R N Shetty Chairman RNSIT

Patron                                                                   :  Dr H N Shivashankar Director RNSIT                                                   

Advisory Committee 

Dr M K Venkatesha                                          :               Organizing Chair                                                          Principal, RNSIT

Dr K S Raghavan                                               :               Member                                                                                       Prof., DRTC (ISI), Bangalore

Dr I K Ravichandra Rao                                   :               Member                                                                                    Head & Prof., DRTC (ISI), Bangalore

Dr S P Singh                                                      :              Member                                                                                        Prof., DLIS, Univ. of Delhi

Dr Usha Munshi                                                :               Member                                                                                     Librarian, IIPA,. New Delhi

Dr K N Prasad                                                    :               Member                                                                                         SRELS, Bangalore

Dr I R N Goudar                                                 :              Member                                                                                    Retd. Chief Lib., NAL

Dr H Siddamalliah                                            :               Member                                                                                       Chief Lib., NIMHANS

Sri R Dandapani                                               :               Member                                                                                                Retd. Chief Lib., British Library      

Mrs Gayathri Sen                                              :               Member                                                                                               Chief Lib.,PESIT

Mr N Chowdappa                                               :               Member                                                                                                Chief Lib., BMSCE

Dr R Srinivasan                                                  :              Member                                                                                  Dean, Research & PG Studies, RNSIT

Dr K Uma Rao                                                   :                Member                                                                                  Dean,  RNSIT

Dr G T Raju                                                         :               Member                                                                                   Prof  & Head of CSE, RNSIT

Dr U Bhojanna                                                    :               Member                                                                                    Prof  & Head of MBA, RNSIT

Prof Sridhar                                                        :               Member                                                                                      Prof of ECE, RNSIT

Prof R B Kulkarni                                             :               Member                                                                                    Prof of ECE, RNSIT

Mr. Purnachandra                                             :               Member                                                                                  PED, RNSIT

Mr V Kantharaju                                               :             Member                                                                                      Asst. Librarian, RNSIT

 Mrs Shobha H Prasad                                     :               Organizing secretary                                                   Librarian, RNSIT

City Bus Routes

Majestic (Platform No.19)       : 225C, 225J, 225H (Via Mysore Road)Market                                    : 225,225C (Via Mysore Road )                                               : 222D (via Jayanagar -Banashakari)                  B T M Layout                         : 373 (via Banashankari)                           Jayanagar 4th Block                 : 222G, 375, 378 (Via Banashakari)Shivajinagar                             : 239A, 239B (via Mysore Road)Yelahanka                                : 401R (via Mysore Road) 

Alight at : Channasandra 

National Seminar

On

Management of Digital Information Sources, Services and Systems

(July 29-30, 2010)

Registration Form 

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