Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy New Year 2009!!

Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2009 !
Thanks & Regards,
Kishor Satpathy

Dear All,

Greetings from the IIM Indore

Wish you all a very Happy New Year…

First of all I would like to thank to all of you for your kind cooperation for making INDEST-AICTE workshop and SIS 2008 conference a grand success.

I take this opportunity to thank all the members of the Programme Advisory Committee, National Advisory Committee, Local Organizing Committee, Invited Guests, Speakers & Working Committee members for their role in making the conference a great success. I wish to express my gratitude to my colleagues in the library for their valuable help & support.

I am grateful to many individuals, institutions & sponsors for their support in making this workshop and conference a great success.

I have received a no. of feedback ( from participants which I have uploaded to the SIS 2008 conference blog for your kind information…..!! Keep sending your feedbacks.
http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/2008/12/feedback-from-participants.html


I have received lot of queries, the response to the queries are given below:

1. Photographs: The photographs of the workshop and conference have been uploaded to the blog (http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/). To access the same please follow the link .

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2. Newspaper Clippings: The newspaper clipping of the workshop and conference have been uploaded to the SIS2008 Blog. To access the same please follow the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/ksatpathy/SIS2008InMedia

3. Report of the Conference: A short report of the conference has been uploaded to the site. To access the same please follow the link.
(http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/).

4. PPTs: The PPTs of the workshop and conference have been uploaded to the SIS2008 Blog & to other site. Pl. log in to: http://www.slideshare.net/ksatpathy/slideshows .

5. Certificates: Due to some printing mistakes we have asked the printer to reprint the certificates. We are hoping to get the same by 5th January 2009 and the certificates will be dispatched to the outside participants on 6th January 2009 and all the local participants are requested to collect the same from us or from DAVV Library after 7th.

6. Workshop Proceedings: All the received full paper will be reviewed and we will publish the papers in an edited book format, which will be published by a reputed publishing company. The details of the same will be sent to you shortly.

7. Printed report: However in the meantime we are planning to bring out a printed report consisting of invited lectures, photographs, newspaper clippings, participants list & this will be send to all of you. In this context, I would like to request all the paper presenters to send 1-2 pages summary of their papers for inclusion in the report.

Looking forward to receive similar cooperation in 2009 also.

Thanks and Regards

Kishor C. Satpathy

Workshop Director & Organising Secy, SIS 2008.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

SIS2008 AT A GLANCE

SIS2008 AT A GLANCE

SIS 2008
Twenty Fifth National Convention & Conference of SIS on
Role of the Librarian in 21st Century
(4-6 December 2008)
Organised by
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore – 453 331
http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/


Partners of SIS 2008
Society for Information Science, India
South Asian Regional Development Gateway, India
Indore Library Association, Indore
Indore Library Network (INDOLIBNET), Indore
IIM Indore
INDEST, New Delhi

Participants Statistics:
Total No. of . Participants (including Speakers): 205
No. of General Participants: 135
No. of students Participants: 70
No. of Female Participants: 84
No. of SIS Member Participants: 25
New Members added to SIS from SIS2008@IIMI: 43
No. of INDEST Member Participants: 25
No. International Participants: 3
Total No. of Full Paper Received: 64
Total No. of Abstract Received: 12
Total No. of Full Paper Received from Abroad: 5
Total No. of Paper Presented: 25
Total No. of Invited Paper Presented: 10
Total No. of Indian States Represented: 15 (M.P., Gujarat, Haryana, U.P., West Bangal, Chattishgarh, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Delhi, Andra Pradesh, Assam & Uttaranchal)

Media Coverage:
No. of News Paper Clipping : 25
Details can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/ksatpathy/SIS2008InMedia

The themes of the technical sessions:
I. Emerging Management & Technology Trends in LIS
II. HRD Issues & LICs
III. Networking & Consortia
IV. ICT, IR & Library 2.0
V. E-Learning & Information Literacy

The theme of the Panel Discussion: “Role of Librarian in 21st Century”
Panelist:
Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras
Dr. Shailendra Kumar, DLIS, Uinv. of Delhi
Dr. Hasan Kiani, DLIS, Al-Zahara Univ, Iran
Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurty, Librarian, Uinv. of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. N. B.Biswas, Dean (SSS), Assam Univ., Silchar
Dr. G.H.S. Naidu, Univ. Librarian, D.A.V.V., Indore (Moderator)
Dr. Rama Devi, NIRD, Hyderabad
Dr. Namita Gupta, DST, New Delhi

Key Speakers/Chairs of SIS 2008:
Prof. Roshan Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi
Mr. Yogender Singh, Librarian, IIT Roorkee
Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras
Mr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM, Ahmedabad
Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurti, Librarian, Univ. of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Hassan Kiani, Professor, DLIS, Al-Zahra Univ., Iran
Dr. Shailendra Kumar, Professor, DLIS, Univ. of Delhi
Dr. K. Veeranjaneyulu, Librarian, ANGR Agri. Univ., Hyd.
Dr. Rama Devi, Librarian, NIRD, Hyderabad
Prof. N B Biswas, Dean, SS, Assam Univ. Silchar
M. Atanu Garai, Globethics.net, International Secretariat, Switzerland
Ms. Sangeeta Narang, AIIMS Library, Delhi
Dr. H S Chopra, Prof. & Head, DLIS, GNDU, Amritsar
Dr. G S S Naidu, Librarian, DAVV, Indore
Dr. Namita Gupta, DST, New Delhi
Dr. Diviya Srivastava, Scientist E(DDG), ICMR, New Delhi
Prof. Prabin Panigrahi, Chair, IT Area, IIM Indore
Prof. S Dey, Chair, FPM, IIM Indore
Mr. Kishor Satpathy, Librarian, IIM Indore

Organising Committee:

PATRON
Prof. N Ravichandran, Director, IIM Indore

PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Prabin Panigrahi, Chair, LISC
Prof. D L Sunder
Prof. D D Chaudhuri
Prof. K K Jain
Prof. Abha Chatterjee
Prof. Prashant Salwan
Prof. R Kumra
Prof. U K Bhattacharya
Prof. V K Gupta
Dr. T A V Murthy, President, SIS, Delhi

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. Roshan L Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi
Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad
Dr. P R Goswami, Director, NASSDOC, Delhi
Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi
Mr. S K Arora, Librarian, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi
Dr. J N Satpati, President, IASLIC, Kolkata
Dr. A K Chakraborty, Librarian, Bose Institute, Kolkata and Secy, IASLIC
Dr. Renu Arora, Head, Education & Training Division, NISCAIR, New Delhi
Mr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM, Ahmedabad
Dr. M G Sreekumar, Librarian, IIM, Kazikode
Mr. Yogendra Singh, Librarian, IIT, Roorkee
Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT, Madras
Ms. Rangashree Kishore, Librarian, PHFI, Delhi
Prof. H S Chopra, Librarian & Head, LIS, GNDU, Amritsar
Dr. Devinder Kaur, Librarian, Panjabi Univ. Patiala
Prof. H R Chopra, Ex Head, DLIS, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. V K Ananda, Librarian, PU, Chandigarh
Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer "D", IUCAA, Pune
Dr. Christina Birdie, Librarian, IIA, Bangalore
Dr. Sanjay Kataria, Librarian, JIIT University, Noida
Mr. Nihar K Patra, Librarian, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata
Mr. Sada Bihari Sahoo, Manager, Library, SIDBI, Lucknow
Dr. K M Baharul Islam, Chairman & CEO, SARDG, India
Dr. B C Sharma, Vice President, SIS, Delhi
Mr. N. V. Satyanarayana, Vice President, SIS, Delhi
Mr. Dharam Vir, Chief Librarian, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Mr. S Ganguly, Librarian, Indus World School of Business, Greater Noida
Mr. J Sharma, Librarian, NIILM Centre for Managemnet Studies, New Delhi

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dr. G H S Naidu, Librarian, DAVV, Indore
Mr. J K Patanaik, Librarian, RACAT, Indore
Dr. G D Agarwal, Secretary, Indore Lib Association, Indore
Mr. G P Kori, President, Indore Lib Association, Indore
Mr. Ritesh Tiwari, Librarian, SIMS, Indore
Mr. Surendra Kumar, NRCS, Indore
Mr. Vivek Singh, IBS, Indore
Dr. Amit Patidar, Aurobindo Inst. Medical Science, Indore
Dr. Swarnalata Chaturvedi, New GDC College, Indore
Mr. Anil Pahurkar, Vaishnav Institute of Tech. & Science, Indore
Mr. B K Tiwari, Librarian, GSITS, Indore
Ms. Sangita Paliwal, IPS Academy, Indore
Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Sanghvi Innovative, Indore
Mr. Manish Anand, Librarian, Prestige Institute of Management, Indore
Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, M B Khalsa College, Indore
Mr. Avinash Mishra, Librarian, Indore School of Social Work, Indore
Prof. K C Sahoo, Head, Deptt. of LIS, Sagar Univ., Sagar

WORKING COMMITTEE
Mr. K Narendra Babau, CAO
Ms. Vasundhara Laad, F&AO
Mr. K R Unni, PO
Mr. Jigar Kantharia, Officer (EE)
Mr. Ajay Kumar Das, Officer (Students Affairs)
Mr. Anil Kaushal, IT Professional
Mr. Piyush Trevedi, IT Professional
Mr. Salim Shaik, SPO
Dr. Baldev Dimbani, CMO
Mr. Gopal Singh Jadon, Library & Inf. Assistant
Mr. Vilas Nimbhorkar, Library & Inf. Assistant
Ms. Aparna Choubey, Library Trainee
Mr. Satyanarayan Dwivedi, Library Trainee
Ms. Menika Patel, Library Trainee
Ms. Monika Singhai, Library Trainee
Dr. Ramesh Kundra, Secretary, SIS, New Delhi
Mr. H C Jain, Treasrure, SIS, New Delhi

Organising Team:
Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Mr. Gopal Singh Jadon, Library & Inf. Assistant
Mr. Vilas Nimbhorkar, Library & Inf. Assistant
Ms. Aparna Choubey, Library Trainee
Mr. Satyanarayan Dwivedi, Library Trainee
Ms. Menika Patel, Library Trainee
Ms. Monika Singhai, Library Trainee
Ms. Neeta Neema
Ms. Akansha Yadav
Ms. Aradhana Shrivastava

ORGANIZING SECRETARY
Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy

Cultural Programme:
Gala Dinner @ Nakhrali Dhani (A Famous Tourist Resort of MP)

SIS 2008 Agenda
Friday, 5th December 2008

9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:40 Inauguration
Welcome by K.C.Satpathy, Organising Secy.
Address by Secy (i/c), SIS, Dr. Divya Srivastava, ICMR, Delhi
Release of the Souvenir & SIS Directory
Address by Chief Guest Prof. R Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi
Announcement of SIS Silver Jubilee Award & Fellowships by
Dr. Divya Srivastava
Address by Chair, LISC, IIMI Prof. Prabin Panigrahi
Vote of Thanks by K C Satpathy, Organising Secy.
10:40-11:00 High Tea
11:00-11:30 Key Note Address by Prof. Roshan Raina
11:30-12:00 Invited Talk by Mr. H.Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM
Ahmedabad on “Management Trends in Libraries”.
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Conference Theme I
Chair: Prof. H.S.Chopra, Head, LIS, GNDU, Amritsar
15:00-15:30 Conference Theme II
Chair: Dr.K.Veerarnjallu, Librarian, ANGR, Hyderabad
15:30-15:45 High Tea
15:45-16:00 Presentation by Atanu Garai, Gobethics.net, Switzerland
on Critical Analysis of Knowledge Commission’s Recommendations
16:00-17:00 Conference Theme III
Chair: Dr. S. Kumar, Head, DLIS, Vikram Univ., Ujjain
17:00-18:00 Visit to IIMI Library & Book Exhibition
(Basement of the Library)
18:00-20:30 Cultural Programme & Dinner @ Nakhrali Dhani

Conference Agenda
Saturday, 6th December 2008
10:00-10:45 Conference Theme IV
Chair: Prof. S.Kumar, Univ. of Delhi
10:45-11:00 High Tea
11:00-12:20 Conference Theme V
Chair: Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurty, Univ. of Manitoba, Canada Invited Talk: By Prof. N.B.Biswas, Dean, Assam Univ.
&
Prof. Hasan Kiyani, Al-Zahara Univ, Iran
12:20-13.00 SIS GB
13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:00 Panel Discussion on Role of Librarian in 21st Century
Panelist: Dr. Harish Chandra, IIT Madras
Dr. Shailendra Kumar, Uinv. of Delhi
Dr. Hasan Kiani, Al-Zahara Univ, Iran
Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurty, Canada
Dr. N. B.Biswas, Assam Univ., Silchar
Dr. G.H.S. Naidu, D.A.V.V., Indore
Dr. Rama Devi, NIRD, Hyderabad
Dr. Namita Gupta, DST, New Delhi
16:00-17:00 Valedictory Function
17:00 High Tea

Agenda For Valedictory Function of INDEST –AICTE Workshop and 25th National Convention and Conference of SIS, 2008
Date: 6-12-08, IIM, Indore


Welcome Address by Kishor C. Satpathy, Organizing Secy
Report by Reporter General: Dr. G H S Naidu, Librarian, DAVV, Indore
Address by Dr. Divya Srivastava, Secretary, SIS
Award to SIS Fellow- Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras

Award to SIS Young Scientist– Dr. M. Angadi, TISS, Mumbai
Feedback by Participants
Address by Prof. P.K. Panigrahi, Chair, LISC, IIM Indore
Valedictory Address By Prof. S. Dey, Chair, FPM, IIM Indore
Vote of Thanks by Dr. Divya Srivastava, Secretary, SIS
Vote of Thanks by Kishor Satpathy, Organizing Secy

Details of the Techinical Session
Technical Session I / Theme: Emerging Trends
S.No./Title/Author
1Role of Libraries in the Knowledge Economy Era By: Dr. M. Natarajan
2Libraries in the Knowledge Economy By: Preeti Pandey
3Role of LIS Professional in New Emerging Technology Trends in Libraries By: Ravindra M. Mendhe, Preeti Agarwal & Vinay Patil
4Challenges for Agricultural Librarians in 21st Century By: Dr. K. Veeranjaneyulu
5Managing Libraries in a Changing Environment By: Mr. Sanat Bhattacharya
6Challenges of Education in 21st Century and Library By: Chitra Parasher, Ram Prakash Pandey, & Sangeeta Chourey
7Libraries in B-Schools- Trends Transformed By: K P Singh
8Emerging Management Trends: MIS In Libraries By: Mohammed Imtiaz Ahmed
9Managerial Roles of Library and Information Science Professionals in Present Era By: Sambhu Nath Halder, & Joydip
10Information Seeking Behavior of Management Students at A.M.U, Aligarh: A Study By: Mohd. Moinuddin Khan & M. Masoom Raza
11Methods of Data Collection By: Manisha Singh & Vivek Singh
12Essential of Disaster Management By: Prof. Chandrakant R. Satpute, & Dr. Shamkant Deshmukh
13Data Mining and Libraries: A Tool For Knowledge Management By: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar & Dr. B K Sawhney
Technical Session II / Theme: HRD
1Human Resource Planning and Development: Need For New Professionals to Manage Modern Library and Information Retrieval System By: Deepa Katiyal; B.L. Malhotra & H.K. Jain
2Human Resources and Building Competencies: An Academic Librarian’s Perspective By: Mrs. Sushma Jagirdar
3Empowering Library and Information Profession In The Digital Era By: Dr. K. Padmini & N. Maddiah
4Developing Library Leaders for the 21st Century By: Dr M K Bhandi & Dr Purushothama Gowda
Technical Session III / Theme: Networking & Consortia
1Networking and Resource Sharing in Engineering College Libraries of Jaipur
By: Dr. Purnima Kaushik & Ms. Mili Bajpai
2Library Consortia: Boon For Modern Libraries By: Ravindra M. Mendhe & Dr. Preeti Agarwal &Vinay Patil
3Resource Sharing Among Libraries With Special Reference to Library Consortium: India’s Perspective By: Ashok Kumar Upadhyay & Dr. M. Masoom Raza
4Role of Library Consortium in the Changing Digital Age: An Indian Scenario
By: Umesha Naik & Dr. D Shivalingaiah
5Indolibnet: A Proposal By: Kishor Chandra Satpathy
6Status of Online Journals in UGC Infonet Digital Library Consortium: A Comparison of Five Science and Social Science Disciplines By: Dr. Bhaskar Mukherjee & Prashant Kumar
Technical Session IV / Theme: ICT, IR & Library 2.0
1Utilization of CD-Rom Database By the Users of Niscair, New Delhi: A Survey Report By: Mrs.Nishat Fatima, Akhtar Hussain, Jasbir Singh & Vasiullah
2Computer Literacy Among the Library Professionals :In Indore City By: Dr. G.H.S. Naidu, Prabhat Singh Rajput & Namita Kapoor
3Electronic Services: Opportunities and Challenges By: Ranjita N. Dash
4Designing Interfaces for Better Information Retrieval By: Ms. Neha Joshi
5Open Access Initiative Through Institutional Repository: Knowledge Repository@CIMAP (Http://Kr.Cimap.Res.In) By: Manoj Semwal, Amit Mohan & Rakesh Tiwari
6Groundwork for Developing Institutional Digital Repository in the University of Kalyani By Using Dspace By: Sibsankar Jana & Prabin Karkee
7Institutional Repository Building Through GSDL: Burdwan University Movement
By: Dr. Kanchan Kamila
8Comparative Study of the Most Popular Web Based Rss Reader/Aggregators
By: Dr. Shymkant Deshmukh & Sandeep Bhavsar
9Library 2.0: Beginning of A New Era By: Soumi Sanyal
10Library 2.0: Extension of Web 2.0 In The Library Perspective By: Prabin Karkee, Sibsankar Jana & Subarna Kumar Das
11Use of web 2.0 technologies among medical students, residents and researchers at AIIMS: a survey By: Sangeeta Narang
12Comparative Study of Search Engines By: R K Shukla & Jata Shankar Gupta
13Marketing of Information in University Library Services: Maharashtra
By: Dr. Shamkant J. Deshmukh. Deshmukh, Prof. Pankaj R. Deshmukh & Prof. Chandrashekhar D.Wani
14Role of the Librarian in 21st Century: Marketing of Library Services
By: Mrs. Supriya Indapurkar
15Library Marketing Through Marketing Rules and Techniques By: Sangeeta Paliwal
16Changes In Tools For Marketing Library Product and Services In Information Technology Environment By: Pallavi
Technical Session V / Theme: E-Learning & Information Literacy
1Role of Subject Librarian In 21st Century: Reaching out Through Information Literacy By: Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurti
2The Impact of Information Literacy Programs in the Higher Education: An Evidence Based Approach to Assess Information and Research Skills Course in the Iranian Universities By: Dr. Hassan Kiani
3Information Literacy By: Archana Singh
4Libraries Role and Support for Effective Implementation of E-Learning Programmes
By: Dr.Rama Devi
5Design and File Formats of Ebooks in Electronic Learning By: Dr. Shailendra Kumar & M. Singh
6Information Literacy And E-Learning For Lifelong Learning by Dr P.V.Konnur &
Kavita H C
7E-Learning in Library and Information Science: Issues and Challenges in Digital Era
By: Prabhat Singh Rajput, S. Kumar & Sukhavendra Gautam
8Fundamentals of E-Learning: An overview By: Nirbhara Srivastava
9Role of Libraries in The E-Governance of India: An Opportunity for Transparency And Seamless Access To Information By: Dr Amruth Sherikar & Dr Suresh Jange
10Changing Role of Trends in LIS Professionals in the E-Learning Environment
By: Dr. Purushothama Gowda M.
11E-Learning & Information Literacy by Prof. N B Biswas

Feedback from the participants......

Dear Dr.Satpathy

I must congratulate you for this splendid and thoroughly professional reporting. I am seeing such a post-conference reporting of SIS after a long time. Hope the bench mark you have set will be followed by the future conference organizors

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Times in 2009.

Sathya
Sathya [sathya@informindia.co.in]
MD, Informatics India

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Dear Dr. Kishor

Hi, How are you. Let me to have the best thanks for your kindly hospitality during the IIM Conference. PLS send me the conference certificate as well as the other request items. I will be waiting for receiving the IIM Conference article collection , My published article about the LIS Education, pictures, and ...
PLS convey my regards to your family.

Best of the luck.

Yours : Hassan Kiani
DLIS, Al-Zahara University
Iran
hassan kiani
hkiani2000@yahoo.com
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Dear Dr. Satpathy,

Thanks for uploading the photos of the conference onto the web. I have downloaded all the photos of mine. I congratulate you and your team for the fantastic work done during the conf.

With warm regards

Mallikarjun Angadi, Ph.D
Inf. Scientist, USA-IVLP FellowSir
Dorabji Tata Memorial Library
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
P.B.No.8313,V. N. Purav Marg,Deonar, Mumbai - 400 088 Ph: 91-22-25525284(Direct)
E-mail:angdi@rediffmail.com; mallikarjun@tiss.edu
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Dear Mr Satpathy
Thank you very much for the support and service rendered during SIS 2008.It was an excellent way of conducting Seminar. Everything was well organised.Hope to continue in your future endeavours.

Dr M NATARAJAN
Scientist National Inst Of Science Comm. and Inf. Resources (NISCAIR)
14, Satsang Vihar Marg
New Delhi - 110 067. INDIA.
munusamy natarajan [m_natarajan@hotmail.com]

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Dear Satpathy

SIS conference was very successful conference. I congratulate you and your team members they have done great work. Thank you for your personal care to me and others.

Pl send the conference good photographs specially where ever I am in for my photo album.

In case you your going to publish conference volume if need I will send the updated paper to you.

Thanks and Best Wishes

Dr.Shailendra Kumar
University of Delhi
Shailendra Kumar [shail269@gmail.com]


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Dear Sir,

We congratulate you on making SIS2008 a grand success.

We were particularly impressed by you & your team's ability to manage an event of this scale with such panache & making it an experience that entire library fraternity would look forward to attending every year in future.

We believe the quality of speakers & paper presentations would have left an indelible impression on young & intelligent audience, especially inaugural speech by the director of IIMI, presentations on "Role of Librarians in 21st century by Dr. Roshan Raina, Emerging trends in Librarianship by Dr H. Anil Kumar, your paper presentation on Library Networks sighting a practical example of Indo-Libnet, an informal talk by Prof Panighri on Librarianship" in particular.

Few other things that made SIS2008 a mesmerizing experience was the impeccable hospitality by your entire team and our visit to Nakhrali Dhani. I was personally indebted when one of our staff working on library data conversion project thanked me and shared his once in lifetime experience at the venue, we personally thank you for this.

We sincerely thank you, Mr.Gopal, Mr.Vilas, Ms.Monika, Ms. Aparna, Mr.Sanny & other team members and promise to extend our heartfelt support for organizing such an event in future.

Best regards,
Jatin B Baraiya
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Dear Dr. Kishor C. Satpathy

Kindly accept our heartiest congratulation for organizing such a wonderful twin event and that too with a dedicated team of 2-3 library officials only.

Words are not enough to thanks you for providing us excellent hospitality. My husband is also very much greatful to you for extending all the facilities to him specially the visit arranged to Mahakaleshwar. You are the role model not only for young library professionals but for us as well.

Kindly make a visit to our library with your family. We will be more than happy to welcome you at IIT Roorkee.

With High Regards
Sushma Gupta
IIT Roorkee
Sushma Gupta [guptaaul@iitr.ernet.in]


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Dear Kishor,
Hello! I hope all has gone well with the SIS convention and conference. You must be feeling relaxed and easy after the hectic work. Kindly let me know in detail to the events when you are free and settled down Regards and best wishes.
Kundra
kundra ramesh [r_kundra@yahoo.com]

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Dear Sir,

It was a very pleasing and learning experience to be at the SIS conference. It was remarkable how u had taken care of every small detail, & had the personal touch with everybody.

Thank you & all your teammates like Prabhat, Vilas etc for all u ppl have done.

sushma jagirdar
Hyderabad
sushma[sushma_jagirdar@yahoo.co.in]

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Hello sir,
Good after noon!
I am very pleased to say that 4 - 6 Dec Workshop was very nice. I learnt lot more than my expectation. You arranged all the things very systematically and in a disciplined way.
I really appreciate you for such nice arrangement Now in future if there is any workshop or seminars then please inform me. I too will contribute my help and participations.Have a nice day
Regards
Mrs Jaya Patil
Jaymala Patil [jaymala_patil02@rediffmail.com]

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Dear Sir,
I heartly congratulate you & your team for organizing recently held national conference in IIM Indore. We are looking more such events from you because you are the first one who initiated such national conference in Madhya Pradesh first time since I entered in this profession. I also congratulate you for bringing together all Indore city librarians at one place as forming Indore Library Association. Here, I would like to suggest & you that you should have tried to form M.P. Library Association which will help to force; M.P. Govt to implement library legislation which is, still could not done yet by our fore professionals.

I always ready to offer my help in this regard.

Regards,
Hemant Bhoot
Librarian
Institute of Professional Education & Research, Bhopal
Hemant Bhoot librarian_iper@rediffmail.com
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Congrats!!
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Respected Sir
Please accept the Congratulation for the success of Conference. Kindly inform me about Conference Proceedings publication

With regards

M.K.Arya
Lecturer
Deptt.of LIS
B.U. Jhansi(U.P.)
M Arya [m.karya@rediffmail.com]
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Dear Dr. Satpathy,

Greetings..
Congratulation….. for SIS 2008 was successful conference.

Nice photographs (SIS 2008 conference) I have seen the on blog.

Thanks & Regards

Promila
Director
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e-mail: promila@softlinkasia.com


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Dear Sir,
Pl. accept my heartfelt congratulation on successful conduct of National convention and Conference of SIS 2008.I shall be highly grateful to you if would kindly arrange to send me a copy of Proceeding of Conf…….

Thanking you,

With High regards
R.B.Jatkar,Retd.Librarian,
Inside Ambagate,Near Sitaram Building,
Budhwara Road,AMRAVATI-444 601.

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Dear Kishore
How are you and your health. I enjoyed the programme in your organization. I saw the pictures, good. Thank you very much for your hospitality ……….. Wish you Happy New Year.
With best wishes
Ramadevi, NIRD
"trd"

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Thanks…
"U were wonderful as a host for sis 2008"
Sangeeta Narang
AIIMS Library
Delhi

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Accomodation & Transportation Details for SIS 2008

Dear All,
Greetings from IIM Indore.
First, I regret for the delay in my response. Actually I was not well.
Anyway, our preparation for INDEST-AICTE workshop on “e-resource Management” & SIS 2008 being organized by IIM Indore from 4-6 Dec., 2008 is almost over. This is just to inform you that those who have registered for SIS 2008 for them IDEST-AICTE workshop (starting on 4th Dec) will be free & vice versa. The registration will start from 9 AM & the Inaugural session will start from 9.30 AM for both the programmes.

We have arranged accommodation only for those who have requested us in time. We have arranged the transport facility to drop the delegates in the town in the evening of 4-6 Dec. We have arranged vehicle for the delegates staying in the Guest House for pick up & drop. Keeping in view large no participants & various dates & times of arrival, you are requested to reach the respective guest-houses / IIM Indore of your own (except the invited speakers /guest/ guest from abroad for them we have made arrangements). There are no of direct buses available from bus stand / railway station (platform no 1 side) to IIM Indore (bus no 25 or come by any bus to RAU / RAU Bypass or by train to RAU) & our car is available at Rau Bypass. For details pl. call in the following Nos for further help.:

Kishor Satpathy: 9425312746
Vilas: 9826040911
Gopal: 9826196396
Satyanarayan: 9302317678


Room Allotment details & Address is given below:

Name of Guest House with details:
DAVV
Gust House, Devi Ahilya University
Takashila Parisar, Khandwa Road,
Near Bhawarnkua Square,
Opp. Holkjar Science College Indore (M.P.) 452 001
Contact Person: Capt. Mr. Rai
Mob. 98263 81982
(O)+91-731-2401181

IPS
Gest House on the first floor of Girls Hostel, IPS Academy,
Rajendra Nagar, A.B. Road, Indore.
Contact Person. Ms. Sharmila
Ms. Sreekala
Ms. Choudhary
Tel: (R) +91-731-4037668

CAT
Guest House, CAT
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology
Rajendra Nagar Indore 452013 (M.P), INDIA
Contact Person. Mr. Ahmed
(O) +91-731-2442370
Fax: +91-731-2442377
Reception No.: +91-731-2442373
E-mail ahned@rcat.gov.in

MDC
Indian Institute of Management Indore
Indore-453331, Madhya Pradesh, INDIAE-mail: satpathy@iimidr.ac.in
Tel: 0731-4228626, 09425312746(M)
http://www.iimidr.ac.in/
http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/

Looking forward to meet you soon.

Thanks & Regards,

Kishor Satpathy
Secretary

Name of the Participant Name Of Uni. & Insti. Accom. Allotted
Dr. Divya Shrivastava ICMR, Delhi CAT- 1
Mrs. Namita Gupta DST, Delhi CAT- 1

Dr. K Veeranjaneyulu ANGRA Uni., Hyderabad CAT- 2
Mr. Shailendra Kumar Uni. of Delhi, Delhi CAT- 2
Ms. Ramadevi NIRD, Hyderabad CAT- 3
Ms. Manish Singh Uni. of Delhi, Delhi CAT- 3
Shri Mehar Singh IIT, Roorkee CAT- 4
Shri Natesh k. Sharma IIT, Roorkee CAT- 4
Mr. Atanu Garai GIS, Switzerland CAT- 5
Mr.Manoj Semwal CIMAP, Lucknow CAT- 5
Dr. M. Natrajan NISCAIR, New Delhi CAT- 6
Mrs. Sushma Gupta IIT, Roorkee CAT- 7
Mr. P.N. Bajpai YMCAIE, Faridabad CAT- 8
Mr. Umesha Naik &
Dr. D Shivalingaiah Manglore Uni., Manglore CAT- 8
Prof. C. D. Wani KCESIMR, Jalgaon DAVV
Mr. Ravindra M. Mendhe GHRIEM, Jalgoan DAVV- 1
Dr. H.S. Chopra Guru Nanak Dev Uni., Amirtsar DAVV- 2
Dr. H. R. Narayana Murthy Tunga Mahavidyalaya, Thirthalli DAVV- 3
Ms. Indira Dubey IPS College, Gwalior DAVV- 4
Mr. Sharad Kumar Sonker BBA Uni., Lucknow DAVV- 5
Mr. C. R. Satpute GC Engg., Jalgaon DAVV- 5
Mr. Ashok Kumar Upadhyay AMU, Aligarh IIMI Hostel
Mr. Nayakanti Maddaiah S. V. Uni., Tirupati IIMI Hostel
Mr. Sunil Yadav Ambala, Cahtt. IIMI Hostel
Dr. Shamkant J. Deshmukh NMC, Jalgoan IIMI Hostel
Mr. Pankaj R. Deshmukh SCHMCollege, Jalgoan IIMI Hostel
Mr. Punam Chandra Regar Jain Bharti Uni., Ladnu (RJ) IIMI Hostel
Mr. Mohd. Moinuddin Khan AMU, Aligarh IIMI Hostel
Mr. Satish Kumar Dixit MIT, Mandsaur IIMI Hostel
Mr. Deepak Nayak MIT, Mandsaur IIMI Hostel
Ms. Sushma Jagirdar BB College of IT, Hyderabad IPS
Ms. Ranjita N. Das B Inst. of Pharmacy, Vadodara IPS
Ms.Pallavi XLRI, Jamshedpur IPS
Ms. Ashwini Gosavi Symbiosis, Pune IPS
Mrs. Pranita Pradhan Symbiosis, Pune IPS
Prof. N B Biswas MDC- 3
Mr. Yogendra Singh IIT, Roorkee MDC- 1
Mr. H. Anil Kumar IIM Vastrapur, Ahmedabad MDC- 1
Mr. Kiani Khoozestani Hassan Al-Zahra Uni., Tehran, Iran MDC- 2
Dr. Roshan Raina (Invited Speaker) LBSM, New Delhi MDC- 2
Dr. Ganga B. Dakshinamurti ADCM Lib.Uni., Canada MDC- Single
Dr. Sngeeta Narang AIIMS IPS

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Workshop on E-Resource Management@IIMI Library

INDEST-AICTE Workshop on E-Resource Management
with INDEST-AICTE USER MEET
(December 4-6th 2008)

Background
The "Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and Technology (INDEST) Consortium" was set-up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in the year 2003 with 38 centrally-funded Government institutions including IITs, lISc, NITs, NERIST. ISM, lIlT, IIITM & NITIE as its core members with a provision to extend it to all engineering colleges and technological institutions under its open ended proposition. While the Ministry provides funds required for access to selected e-resources for the core members, other institutions may join the Consortium for any of its resource(s) by paying for them at highly discounted rates and a nominal membership fee. By the end of the first year, the Consortium had 119 members, which included 38 core members, 64 AICTE-supported members and 17 members under self-supported category. The Consortium was re-named as INDEST -AICTE Consortium in December 2005 with the AICTE playing pivotal role in enrolling its affiliated engineering colleges and institutions as members of the Consortium for selected e-resources at much lower rates of subscription. The Consortium has enrolled 788 members as in Oct. 2008 including 461 member institutions under its self-supported category.

The INDEST-AICTE Consortium, on the basis of sheer strength of present and prospective numbers of institutions has attracted the best possible price and terms of agreement from the publishers. The Consortium subscribes to over 6,500 electronic journals, numerous conference proceedings, standards and e-books from a number of publishers and aggregators. The INDEST Web Site hosts a search and browse interfaces to locate journals, their URLs and member institutions. The Consortium supports open access initiatives and has taken-up new initiatives related to content creation under its extended activities.

Objectives
The INDEST-AICTE Consortium Workshop and the User Meet is being organized with the following objectives:

1. To promote the optimal use of e resources.
2. To suggest means to enhance the uses of e resources.
3. To identify the ways and means to increase the INDEST-AICTE Consortium membership.
4. To hold the INDEST-AICTE Consortium users met.
5. To provide a forum to the librarians and academic administration to discuss and share their problems and experiences of using e resources with core as well as members, INDEST-AICTE functionaries, information solutions providers, experts and users.
6. To create awareness and understanding about the importance of introducing and executing information technology in Libraries and Information centers for effective and efficient management of e-resource to achieve excellence.
7. To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the world-class information technology infrastructure and organization of e resources in IIM Indore.
8. To provide an opportunity to the participants to see the implementation of RFID technology at IIM Indore Library.

Scope of the Workshop
The Workshop will have presentations on the core objectives followed by a panel discussion on the subject. The speakers and panellists include known authorities in their respective subject fields. The Workshop will also have presentations from the e-publishers and aggregators whose resources are being subscribed by the Consortium. Scope and contents of the Workshop can further be expanded depending on the feedback received from the participants.

Who Should Participate?
The Librarians & Academic Administrators from INDEST-AICTE Consortium member institutions. All member institutions of the Consortium may nominate one participant from their institutions. However, limited participants from Non INDEST-AICTE institutions may also register on first come first served basis against the payment. The participants can present case studies related to INDEST-AICTE Consortium. For details, pl. contact the Workshop Director.

Travel & Accommodation
The arrangement for lodging of participants is being made at the Institute's Guest House or in hotels on first-cum-first-serve basis (on twin sharing basis). All participants are required to meet their boarding, lodging and other expenses through their institutions.

Registration Fee
INDEST Members
1.Registration: FREE
2.Accommodation: Rs. 1500
Non-INDEST Members
1.Registration: Rs. 1000
2.Accommodation: Rs. 1500

About IIMI Library
IIM Indore has one of the most IT-enabled libraries in the country. The electronic library is available on the institute’s intranet for access and use. The library as on date has over 21000 books and subscribes to over 450 print journals and over 5000 e-journals. Around 40 Electronic databases such as Prowess, Capex, India Business Insight, India Trade, BMO, Capitalline, GMID, ISI Emerging Market – India, Tv ad Indx, Bankingrules.com, Econlit fultext, Sage HSS, Project Muse Social Science, World Bank Databases, Indlaw.com, etc. provide timely access to India specific information on economics, business and management. The library provides a range of information services to support the learning process.

About INDORE

Indore has been touted as the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh. Formerly a major trading centre, the city, along with its satellite townships of Pithampur and Dewas, has established itself as a strong industrial base. The era of liberalization has seen Indore at the forefront of a number of privatization initiatives which include the country's first toll road and private telephone network. In the midst of such vibrant industrial activity, the city maintains its link with its glorious past. Indore has witnessed the reign of one of the greatest women in Indian history, Rani Ahilyabai Holkar, Malhar Rao Holkar, the father-in-law of Ahilyabai was bestowed Indrashwar or Indrapur (from which the name Indore was derived) by the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao. Widowed when she was barely out of her teens Rani Ahilyabai took the responsibility of Indore into her own hands and was instrumental in planning and building this city. 14 generations of the Holkar dynasty ruled Indore for 220 years. On 16th June 1948, the Holkar State was officially merged with the Indian republic.

Indore is well connected by road, rail and air with the Agra-Mumbai highway passing through the city. It is strategically located, being in close proximity to Mumbai (593 kms.) and Delhi (807 kms.) both of which are connected by daily flights operated by all major Airlines.

Contact Person at IIMI
Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Workshop Director and Librarian
Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road
Indore – 453 331, M.P
Ph : 91-0731-4228626 (O), 4228817(R); Fax: 91-0731-422800
E-mail: statpathy@iimidr.ac.in

Contact Person in INDEST
Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo; Assistant Librarian, Central Library; INDEST-AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016
E-mail: bibhuti@library.iitd.ac.in Phone: : 011-2659 1444

Friday, October 17, 2008

Announcement of SIS Fellowship Awards and Raizada Memorial Awards for Young Information Scientists

SIS Fellowship Awards and Raizada Memorial Awards for Young Information Scientists

Applications are invited from SIS Life members for the SIS Fellowship Awards and from young information Scientists aged below 35 for the Raizada Memorial Young Information Scientists Awards. The Young Information Scientists Award was instituted in memory of late Shri A.S.Raizada Founder Secretary of the Society.

The application along with bio-data and scientific contributions like research paper, Books, or any other material produced by him/her may please be sent to Secretary, Society for Information Science C/O NISTADS, K.S. Krishanan Marg, PUSA, New Delhi-110012 positively by 5th November 2008. Applications received after this shall not be considered. Awardees shall be facilitated on 5th December 2008 at the 25th Silver Jubilee Year’s National Convention & Conference to be held on 5-6th December 2008 at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore.

The details of the Conference can obtained from:
Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Librarian & Organising Secretary, SIS 2008
Indian Institute of Management Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore-453331, Madhya PradeshE-mail:
satpathy@iimidr.ac.in; ksatpathy@gmail.com
Tel: 0731-4228626, 09425312746(M)
http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iimi/pages/institute/sis2008.php
http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/
http://www.indolibnet.org
http://sis2008.synthasite.com/

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Welcome to







SIS 2008
Twenty Fifth National Convention & Conference of SIS
on


Role of the Librarian in 21st Century
(5-6 December 2008)

Organized by

Indian Institute of Management, Indore
In collaboration with

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Venue:
Library
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Prabandh Shikar, Rau-Pithampur Road, Indore-453 3
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Information Technology has dramatically impacted the librarian and their relationship to the communities they serve. As we are at the threshold of year 2008, we librarians must reassess and reconsider the changing library environment. Librarians, individually and collectively, cannot ignore the changing shape of information services that are emerging. Everyone knows that the primary objective of libraries is to organize and provide access of information. This objective will never change, but the format and methods that we have used will change dramatically; thus, providing new opportunities and challenges. On this backdrop the Conference will focus on rethinking the role of a library professional, both in relationship to his personal identity and the community he serves.

The principal objectives of this conference is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Information providers & persons related to LIS.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The Conference program will include plenary sessions invited and contributed papers, posters sessions, product presentations, panel discussion and an exhibition. A series of parallel sessions will be held offering delegates a wide range of in-depth presentations by leading national and international experts.

MAIN THEME & SUB THEMES
1. Emerging Technology Trends in Libraries
2. Emerging Management Trends in Libraries
3. Library Consortia, Networking and Resource Sharing
4. Libraries in the knowledge economy
5. Human Resources & Competencies Development
6. Open Access Initiatives & I R Movement
7. Marketing of Library Services
8. Digital Library & Library 2.0
9. Information Literacy
10. Legal Aspects of Librarianship
11. E-learning
12. Disaster Management & Libraries

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Paper on the themes enumerated above or any other issue related with the broad theme of the seminar based on research, practical experience or case study in the field may be submitted for presentation at the seminar. The length of the paper should be around 3000 words. Paper should be submitted in A4 size with a soft copy on CD/DVD and/or as e-mail attachment using MS-Word latest by 25th Oct 2008 to satpathy@iimidr.ac.in & sis2008conf@gmail.com.

Title page of the paper should contain title of the paper, authors name, designation and official address of the author (including telephone no and e-mail address); and an abstract of the paper in about 150 words. Authors are requested to prepare a power point for the convention and bring it on a CD/DVD or pen drive. Each paper will be evaluated and the Organizing Secretary will communicate to the authors the decision of the Editorial board latest by 28th Oct 2008.

Only those papers will be included in the conference proceedings volume whose authors will send their participation confirmation along with the requisite participation fee in advance.

SOUVENIR AND PROCEDINGS
A souvenir containing abstract of the contributed papers / invited talks will be brought out at the time of the conference. It is also proposed to bring out the proceedings of the conference in CD format as well as in hard copy. Papers received after the due date will not be included in the proceedings.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Practicing Librarians
IT Professionals
Knowledge Workers
Information Specialist
Technology Firms
Knowledge Managers
Content Managers
E-Publishing Houses
Students and Faculties of LIS

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration till 31 Oct 2008
Sponsored Candidates : 1800
Individuals : 800
Students* / Senior Citizen : 300


From 1 Nov. 2008 to 30 Nov. 2008
Sponsored Candidates : 2000
Individuals : 1000
Students* / Senior Citizen : 400
Accompanied Members (Without Kit): 500
Spot Registration With an additional fee of Rs. 200/-
* Subject production of Identity Cards.
International Participants: $100 (including boarding & lodging)
Registration Fee includes conference kit, tea/coffee and working lunch. Registration Fee does not include accommodation charges. Fee as applicable should be sent in the form of Demand Draft drawn in the favour of “IIM Indore” payble at Indore.

DATES TO REMEMBER
Last Date for Submission of Abstract / Proposal : 25 Oct. 08
Last Date for Submission of final and full version of the paper: 30 Oct. 08
Early Bird Registration: 31 Oct. 08
Last Date for Registration: 30 Nov. 08

EXIHIBITION
As a part of the conference an exhibition of latest products and publication is also arranged.

SITESEEING
Visits to some of the tourist places in Indore/Ujjain and nearby other places will be arranged separately on Dec 7, 2008 (Sunday) at an extra cost based on the distance and duration of the trip and also the number of delegates. Those interested may kindly write to us separately.

Place For Visit: Mahakaleshwar, Onkareshwar, Maheshwar, Mandu etc.

WEATHER OF INDORE DURING DECEMBER
In winter (November to February), the night temperature is low around 10C. Thus heavy woollens for winter are required during December.

ABOUT THE HOSTS: SIS
The Society for Information Science (SIS) was formed during 1975 with the following aims:
* To promote interchange of information in the discipline of information science and its subdivision amongst the specialists and between specialists and the public.
** To encourage and assist the professionals to maintain the integrity and competence of the profession.
*** To foster a sense of partnership amongst the professionals engaged in these fields.
The Society is of the firm opinion that there should be systematic approach in adapting new information technology with cost-benefit analysis. There should also be a plan to strengthen infrastructure viz., to create manpower and maintenance support to the new technology. The Society is firmly committed to provide a congenial environment for interaction among information innovation, industry, technology management and services, which are socially relevant in the interest of the Nation. The SIS functions through an Executive Committee consisting of experts from different institutions and assisted by various sub-committees for carrying out its programme.

The Society organises annual Conferences on different themes and short-term courses on various topics every year. The SIS awards Fellowships to members in recognition of their outstanding contributions to information Science and to Society. The Young Information Scientist Award has been instituted in 1989 in the memory of Late Shri A.S. Raizada, Founder Secretary of SIS. The publications of SIS include SISCOM and SISTRANS. Membership is open to all information professionals. Membership fee for life members is Rs.1000/- and an Annual fee of Rs.100/- for ordinary members. Institutional membership is open to institutions interested and involved in information management. The institutional membership subscription is Rs.10000/- per year. The Executive Council of SIS is consist of:

President
Dr. T.A.V. Murthy, Ex. Director, INFLIBNET (UGC), Ahmedabad.
Vice Presidents
Shri N. V. Satyanarayana, MD, Informatics India Pvt Ltd., Bangalore.
Dr. B.C. Sharma, Rtd Scientist, NISCAIR (CSIR), New Delhi.
Secretary
Dr. Ramesh Kundra, Scientist, NISTADS, (CSIR) New Delhi – 110012.
Joint Secretary
Dr. Usha M Munshi, Librarian, IIPA, New Delhi.
Treasurer
Dr. H.C. Jain, Rtd. Scientist, New Delhi.

ABOUT THE IIM INDORE LIBRARY
The IIMI Library with its modern collection of knowledge resources and innovative information services fills an essential role for students, faculty, and the surrounding community in their intellectual pursuits.



It is a hybrid library with the state-of-the-art technological applications. The Library holds knowledge resources predominantly related to management and allied subjects. The fast growing collection includes around 21140 books on management and allied subjects. The current subscription to periodicals includes 321 foreign journals and 133 Indian journals. Other collection includes 150 training videos and 273 CDs. The electronic library includes over 5000 e-journals and 35 premier databases, such as Business Source Premier, ABI/INFORM, Emerald Fulltext, ACM Digital Library, IEEE online, CMIE databases, IndiaStat, Econlit, Capitaline, MagIndia, TvAdIndx, ISI Emerging Markets, Harvard ManageMentor, Business Monitor Online, Ebrary, ETIG and Global Market Indicator database etc. The entire Library collection including the CD-ROM databases and the online databases are made available through Institute's network. Users can access the online databases and also find out the real-time availability of library materials from their own computer terminals.

The Library offers a range of information services set to the highest professional standards. Information services provided by the Library include current awareness service, selective dissemination of information services, electronic notification of new arrival of books and journals, news items, book reviews etc. It also helps the users in procuring resource from other libraries through inter-library loan facility.

PATRON
Prof. P K Singh, Director, IIM Indore
PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Prabin Panigrahi, Chair, LISC
Prof. D L Sunder
Prof. D D Chaudhuri
Prof. K K Jain
Prof. Abha Chatterjee
Prof. Prashant Salwan
Prof. R Kumra
Prof. U K Bhattacharya
Prof. V K Gupta
Dr. T A V Murthy, President, SIS, Delhi
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. Roshan L Raina, Director, LBSIM, Delhi
Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad
Dr. P R Goswami, Director, NASSDOC, Delhi
Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi
Mr. S K Arora, Librarian, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi
Dr. J N Satpati, Librarian, SNBNCBS, Kolkata and President, IASLIC, Kolkata
Dr. Arun K Chakraborty, Librarian, Bose Institute, Kolkata and Secretary, IASLIC
Dr. Renu Arora, Head, Education & Training Division, NISCAIR, New Delhi
Mr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM, Ahmedabad
Dr. M G Sreekumar, Librarian, IIM, Kazikode
Mr. Yogendra Singh, Librarian, IIT, Roorkee
Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT, Madras
Ms. Rangashree Kishore, Librarian, PHFI, Delhi
Prof. H S Chopra, Librarian & Head, LIS, GNDU, Amritsar
Dr. Devinder Kaur, Librarian, Panjabi Univ. Patiala
Prof. H R Chopra, Ex Head, DLIS, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. V K Ananda, Librarian, PU, Chandigarh
Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer "D", IUCAA, Pune
Dr. Christina Birdie, Librarian, IIA, Bangalore
Dr. Sanjay Kataria, Librarian, JIIT University, Noida
Mr. Nihar K Patra, Librarian, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata
Mr. Sada Bihari Sahoo, Manager, Library, SIDBI, Lucknow
Dr. K M Baharul Islam, Chairman & CEO, SARDG, India
Dr. B C Sharma, Vice President, SIS, Delhi
Mr. N. V. Satyanarayana, Vice President, SIS, Delhi
Mr. Dharam Vir, Chief Librarian, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Mr. Shantanu Ganguly, Chief Librarian, Indus World School of Business (IWSB), Greater Noida
Mr. Jitender Sharma, Librarian, NIILM Centre for Managemnet Studies, New Delhi
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dr. G H S Naidu, Librarian, DAVV, Indore
Mr. J K Patanaik, Librarian, RACAT, Indore
Dr. G D Agarwal, Secretary, Indore Lib Association, Indore
Mr. J P Kori, President, Indore Lib Association, Indore
Mr. Ritesh Tiwari, Librarian, SIMS, Indore
Mr. Surendra Kumar, NRCS, Indore
Mr. Vivek Agarwal, ICFAI-IBS, Indore
Dr. Amit Patidar, Aurobindo Inst. Medical Science, Indore
Dr. Swarnalata Chaturvedi, New GDC College, Indore
Mr. Anil Pahurkar, Vaishnav Institute of Eng. & Tech., Indore
Mr. B K Tiwari, GSITS, Indore
Ms. Sangita Paliwal, IPS Academy, Indore
Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Sanghvi Innovative, Indore
Mr. Manish Anand, Librarian, Prestige Institute of Management, Indore
Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, Khalsa College, Indore
Mr. Abinash Mishra, Librarian, Indore Social Science College, Indore
Prof. K C Sahoo, Head, Deptt. of LIS, Sagar Univ., Sagar
WORKING COMMITTEE
Prof. Prabin Panigrahi, Chairman
Mr. K Narendra Babau, CAO & Coordinator of WC
Ms. Vasundhara Laad
Mr. K R Unni
Mr. Jigar Kantharia
Mr. Ajay Kumar Das
Mr. Anil Kaushal
Mr. Piyush Trevedi
Mr. Salim Shaik
Mr. Gopal Singh Jadon
Mr. Vilas Nimbhorkar
Ms. Aparna Choubey
Mr. Satyanarayan Dwivedi
Ms. Menika Patel
Ms. Monika Singhai
Dr. Ramesh Kundra, Scientist, NISTADS, (CSIR) New Delhi
Mr. H C Jain, Treasrure, SIS, New Delhi

ORGANIZING SECRETARY
Mr. Kishor Satpathy

All the correspondence should be made to:
Mr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Librarian & Organising Secretary, SIS 2008
Indian Institute of Management Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road
Indore-453331, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA


E-mail: satpathy@iimidr.ac.in; ksatpathy@gmail.com; sis2008conf@gmail.com
Tel: 0731-4228626, 09425312746(M)