Themes and Subthemes:

 

DIGITAL LIBRARIES:

 

• Architecture and Management of Digital Libraries

• Digital Preservation and Procedures

• Electronic Publishing Systems

• Institutional Repository (IR) - Design and Development

• ETDs: Tools and Techniques

 

HARNESSING WEB RESOURCES:

 

• Resource Discovery Tools-Search Engines, Intelligent Retrieval

• Federated Searching

• Web Data Mining- Storage and Accessibility

• Metadata Harvesting, Extraction and Management

• Collaborative Content Creation & Content Management

• Semantic Web, Ontology

 

LIBRARY TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS:

 

• Open Source Software

• Virtual Reference Tools

• Web-based Applications, Standards and Protocols

• Cloud Computing Applications

• Mobile Technologies and Information Retrieval

• RFID and Security Systems

• Smart Devices/ PDAs Use in Libraries

 

LIBRARY RESOURCE SHARING, NETWORKING AND CONSORTIA:

 

 

• Resource Sharing in Digital Environment

• Consortia Practices and Models

• Networking and Collaboration: Local, National, International

• New approaches to ILL and DDS

• Web 3.0 and Library 3.0

• Librarianship and Social Networking

 

COPYRIGHT AND IPR:

 

• Copyright and Licensing

• IPR and Digital Environment

• Open Access and Copyright Infringement

• Digital Rights Management and Library Professionals

• Copyright and Digital Archiving

• Plagiarism : Issues of Concern

• Ethics of Access: Copyright, Licensing and Privacy in Digital

• Environment

 

SCIENTOMETRICS AND WEBOMETRICS:

 

• Scientometric and Webometric Studies

• Global/National trends on various fieds of research

• Evaluation of Institutions/Universities/Departments

• Evaluation of Individual Scientists - Citation Analysis & Tools (EndNote, Refworks, Mendeley, etc)

 

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:

 

• Quality Assurance and TQM in LIS

• Skills Development and Training

• Change Management Issues

• Ethics and Social Responsibilities

• Marketing of Library and Information Services

 

PAPER SUBMISSION:

 

Original contributions based on practice/theory/research related to the theme are invited for presentation. All papers will go through a process of review and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Papers should not normally exceed 5,000 words or 16 double-spaced pages, including tables,
diagrams, etc. Also, each paper should contain an abstract, upto ten keywords, body of the paper, conclusion and references. The paper should also contain the author's name, organisation and E-mail address.

 

The format and the references of the paper should be as per the NCFL 2016 Paper Template. Click here to download the Paper Template
 

Please note that only the accepted papers from authors who register for this conference will be included in the Conference Proceedings. The manuscript should be in the MSWORD format and can be sent to ncfl2015.mumbai@gmail.com  on or before 20th March, 2016

 

 

Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi
Chief Editor, NCFL-2015

 

Tel: 022-25525284 / 09892907384
E-Mail: ncfl2015.mumbai@gmail.com

 

Important Dates:

 

Last Date for Registration                                    : 8th April 2016

Last Date for Paper Submission                          : 20th March 2016

Registration Fees                                                   : Rs.2000/-

Concessional Fees for Students /                         : Rs.1500/-

        Full-time Research Scholars