SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation on the
above themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research
surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations.
Papers should be sent to Conference Secretariat or to asiansla@gmail.com
Extended abstracts should have sub-headings e.g. purpose, design/ methodology/
approach, findings, originality/ value/ conclusion and keywords in about
500 words. Submission of full papers having abstract, keywords and references
on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all side in MS Word format in 10 points
New Times Roman type single line spacing. Length of paper is requested to be
upto 6 – pages. It must be enclosed with the details of the author i.e. name
of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the
affiliating Institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number
and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the
acceptance of the paper by Program Committee to enable them to present
their papers. Please ensure that the paper submitted should not have
already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit
the papers before acceptance is communicated. Selected papers will be
published in the proceedings.
The proposal/ Abstract can be on any aspects related to special libraries.
Some of the themes are given below, but not necessarily limited to:
Information Resources and Services
- Managing Information over Load
- Customized Information Services
- E-Referencing and New Referencing Techniques
- Value Added Services
- Benchmarking Techniques
- Measuring Service Quality
- Sustainable Information Resources
- Offshoring and Outsourcing
- Key reference tools for Asian source
- Content Creation and Management
Information Society: Emerging Paradigm
- Information Society: An Asian Perspective
- Information Society: Sustainable Models
- Community Information Systems
- Design and Role of Information Centres
- Delivery of Information Services
- Information Systems: Case Studies
- E-Governance and Public Information
- Information Literacy and Competency: Capacity Building
- Mapping Community Participation Patterns
- Information Divide and Deprivation
- Private and Public Participation
- Funding Opportunities
Information Communication and Technologies
- Delivery Methods and Mechanisms
- Information Generation and Cultivation
- Information Warehousing and Storage
- Information Harvesting and Dissemination
- Retrieval and Access Mechanisms
- Information Tools/Technology: State of the Art
- Development of Information Portals and Information Gateways
- Applications of Web 2.0 in Asia
Information Objects, and Products
- Information Portals
- Digital Libraries/Repositories
- E-journals Management
- Information Sharing Models/Consortia
- Information Networks and Protocols
- Standards, Copyright, licensing and IPR Issues
- Publisher/Vendor/Library Relations
Information and Business
- Information Entrepreneurship : Scope and Prospects
- Information Marketing
- Employment opportunities
- Skill Upgradation and Career Advancement
- Recruitment and Hiring Techniques
- Creating Lobbies and Pressure Groups
- Role of library Associations
- Special libraries after 20 years
LIS Education, Training & Research
- Course material and Content Contemporarising
- Continuing and Life Long Learning and role of SLA
- E-learning Modules
- Skills and Competency Development
- Incubation and Training Centres
- Research Relevance LIS
- LIS Education, Research and LIS School
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