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NIT Silchar
Presents

29thConvention & Conference of SIS


on

SIS 2012
(26-28 November 2012)

Information-Innovation-Technology: Creating Seamless Linkages

Organized by

Central Library National Institute of Technology Silchar

BACKGROUND New Paradigms are crafted by Contemporary Research in Information Science through a multidisciplinary approach with influence from bordering disciplines such Education, Sociology, Psychology, Behavioural Sciences apart from predominant perspectives from Computer Science. The theme of this conference is to provide a platform to educationists, Information specialists and Library professionals to explore this multi- disciplinary approach by integrating technologies in understanding the implicit and explicit functions of information, innovation and communication. THEMES Information, Innovation & Technologies: Creating Seamless Linkages SUB-THEMES I: Information New theories and paradigms in information science; foundations of information science Metadata, Information Retrieval and Information Access, Information Architecture and Organization of Information, Information & Knowledge Management, Distributed and Collaborative Information Spaces, Integration of Information Resources, Electronic Information System, Digital Rights Management, Patinformatics and Copyright Bibliometrics and Infometrics, Data Analytics. II: Innovation and Technology New Innovations & Technologies Applications in Information Science and Information Services Web 3.0; New Practices, Cloud Computing, Smart Mobile Applications in LIS, Wearable Technologies, Blogs & Wikis in LIS, E-Learning and Information Literacy Scholarly Publishing, Open Access, Digital Repositories, and Digital Libraries, E-Books & E-Journals, E Resources Access and Management, Consortia and Networks, Security of Library Resources, Quality Assurance & Best Practices, Innovative Library Products & Services OBJECTIVES The principal objective of this Convention is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Scientists, Information providers & persons related to LIS.

To identify emerging innovations in the field of Library and Information Science TARGET AUDIENCE Practicing Librarians and Information Specialists, Academicians, IT Professionals, Scientists, Students and Faculties of LIS etc. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers based on Case studies, Researches, Practical experiences, etc. on the main theme and sub-themes of the Seminar are invited from the interested participants. The Paper should be within 6000 word including Abstract of about 300 words with 4 keywords and typed in MSWORD in 12-point Times New Roman. All the references should be properly tagged and referred following Chicago Manual Style. The authors should agree with the transfer of the copyright of the papers to SIS, New Delhi and the NIT Silchar. The same should be sent as email attachment to the Organizing Secretary on or before 30th Sept. 2012. All the received papers will be peerreviewed. Only the accepted papers will be published in an edited book format to be published under the aegis of SIS, India.

General Instructions:

1. Both invited and contributed papers will be considered 2. A generalized presentation should be avoided 3. A declaration by the author(s) should be made separately that the paper(s) has/ have not been sent elsewhere for publication/presentation 4. All accepted papers will be invited for presentation 5. The decision of the Editorial Committee will be final. : : : : 30 Sept 2012 15 Oct2012 25 Oct 2012 26-28 Nov 2012

IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Paper Submission Notifications for Acceptance Camera Ready Paper Submission Conference Date

REGISTRATION Delegates are requested to fill the registration form and return the same with conference fee and other applicable payments to the Conference Secretariat latest by October 15, 2012. Conference Fee SIS Working Students, Retired members Professionals and unemployed library and Information specialists Rs 800 Rs. 1200 Rs. 500 Rs 1000 Rs. 1500 Rs. 600 Accompanying Overseas Person Delegate

(Early Registration by October 10, 2012) Regular (After October 10, 2012)

Rs. 1000 Rs. 1200

$ 100 $120

The registration fee will cover registration materials, lunch, dinner, tea & snacks.The demand draft should be drawn in favor of SIS 2012 and payable at State Bank of India, NIT Silchar Branch (code 7061), Silchar 788010.

ACCOMMODATION Delegates requiring accommodation during the Convention & Conference are requested to fill in the accommodation format in the registration form which can be downloaded from the website. Accommodation will be provided inthe institute guest house, other guest houses, and hostels. Limited accommodation is available for Students. All requests for accommodation must accompany demand drafts of required amounts drawn in favor of SIS 2012 and payable at State Bank of India, NIT Silchar Branch (code 07061), Silchar 788010. Tariff for accommodation per day for different categories is shown below: Type AC Type I Type II Non-AC Tariff (Rs.)/Day Single Double 2000 3500 400 700 300 600

TARIFF FOR ADVERTISEMENT FOR SOUVENIR Back Outside Cover Back Front/Inside Cover Special Page (Coloured) Ordinary Page (Full) Ordinary Page (Half) Advertisement submission deadline: 15th October, 2012 VENUE CET Hall, NIT Silchar-788010 NIT Silchar is located on the Silchar - Hailakandi road at a distance of about 8 K.M. away from the railway station/bus stand. Silchar is linked to the rest of the country by road, rail and air. Transport facilities by the way of day super/night super bus, are available from Guwahati/Shillong/Aizwal/Agartala/Imphal to Silchar. CLIMATE The state of Assam experiences a maximum temperature of 36 Celsius and a minimum temperature as low as 10 Celsius in upper Himalayas. The annual rainfall is 2484.5 mm and the rainy season is from June to October. The winter stretches from November to February. The climate of Silchar will be moderately cool during November. The participants are advised to bring some woollen clothes as during November the weather will be moderately colder one. The temperature will be between 17 and 30 Degree Celsius during morning and night. THE HOST The National Institute of Technology, Silchar (An Institute of National Importance) is one of the premier national level institutions for technical education in North East India. Government of India as a joint venture with Government of Assam established Regional Engineering College, Silchar in 1967 with the objective of imparting quality engineering education, providing cosmopolitan outlook among students and fostering a spirit of National Integration. Rs. 25,000 Rs. 20,000 Rs. 15,000 Rs. 10,000 Rs. 5000

This institution has been transformed and upgraded to National Institute of Technology, Silchar with a Deemed University Status with effect from 28.06.2002. The institute has been subsequently made into a fully funded Government of India institution. The institute is situated in an extending campus about 540 acres of undulating land and lakes surround by tea estates and hillocks providing an ideal environment for studies. LIBRARY@NIT SILCHAR The Central Library which is the heart of the Institute was established in 1977. It provides one of the important academic services to the Institute. It is a well equipped Library, centrally located with easy access and does provide right impetus for the intellectual growth of the students, teachers, research scholars & others around. Presently the Library is a part of the LTT building with 997 Sq. Ft. floor area & having around 90,000 collections of documents. The National Institute of Technology Silchar 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 Science and Technology, Social Sc & other allied subjects. The Library is now fully computerized with an integrated system connected to the Campus Network providing e-resource facility to the institute community.The entire Library collection including the CD-ROM databases and the online databases are made available through Institutes network. Users can access the online databases through Institutes network. On-line Public Access Catalogue facility is available at the ground Floor of the Library. OPAC can also be accessed through any terminal on the Campus Network. Library collection can also be searched through Web OPAC. The Library offers a range of information services to support the learning process set to the highest professional standards. The Library is holding membership of DELNET, New Delhi for inter library loan. National Institute of Technology Silchar Library is an active member of INDEST Consortium through which online full text journals can be accessed. SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE (SIS) The Society for Information Science (SIS) (http://www.sis.org.in) founded in 1975, works in the broad domain of Information Sciences. The Society for Information Science (SIS) was formed with the following aims; i) To promote interchange of information in the discipline of information science and its subdivision amongst the specialists and between specialists and the public. ii) To encourage and assist the professionals to maintain the integrity and competence of the profession. iii) 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 cot-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 subcommittees for carrying out its programme.

Society for Information Science (SIS) is an all India professional body devoted to encouraging interaction among information professionals, scientists, managers and users. The Society is truly professional in nature. It enrolls only the qualified persons as members after the applications have been screened and approved by the Membership Screening Committee which is duly nominated by the Executive Committee. The Society has come a long way in 36 years of its existence; it has been able to peruse the programme quite successfully maintaining its vibrant character. It is a body of experts and leading professionals from different esteemed Indian institutions such as CSIR, IITs, IIMs, ICMR, and different universities, colleges, and others in the field of information Science. The most important programme of SIS i.e. Annual Conventions are being organized regularly every year in different parts of the country. SIS has organized the event in most of the states of India but it will be for the first time one NE state will be holding the SIS Convention. The last SIS convention SIS 2011 was held in CSIR- URDIP, Pune on the theme 'Patinformatics for Research and Business Planning'. SIS Conventions, cover the topics, which in a way reflect SISs forward thinking about selecting topics from the frontier areas of information science and technology. 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. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Chief Patron: Prof. N V Deshpande, Director, NIT Silchar Patron: Prof. Naresh Kumar, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali & President, SIS India Chairman Prof. A K Dey, Dean (Academic), NIT Silchar Organizing Secretary Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Librarian, NIT Silchar Assistant Organizing Secretaries Dr. M K Sinha, DLIS, Assam University, Silchar Mrs. Krishnamati Singha, Asstt. Librarian, NIT Silchar ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr R R Hirwani, Head, URDIP, Pune Dr B C Sharma, Senior Consulting Editor, BI Publications, New Delhi Mr. N K Wadhwa, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Dr. Divya Srivastava, Director, Indian Council for Medical Research, New Delhi Dr. Ramesh Kundra, NISTADS (CSIR), New Delhi Dr. Harish Chandra, IIT Madras Dr. Rama Pattnaik, IIM Bangalore Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad

Dr. P R Goswami, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Delhi Dr. H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, Delhi Prof. N Laxman Rao, DLIS, OU, Hyderabad Prof. P K Panigrahi, DLIS, University of Kolkata Dr. Ramesh C Gaur, JNU, New Delhi Dr. P K Jain, SLA, New Delhi Dr. J N Satpathy, President, IASLIC, Kolkata Mr. Yogendra Singh, Librarian, IIT Roorkee Dr. B Sutradhar, IIT Kharagpur Dr. Sanjay Kataria, Librarian, JIIT University, Noida Dr. Subarna Das, DLIS, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (WB) Prof. Parbhakar Rath, DLIS, Mizoram University, Aizwal Prof. Masoom Raza, DLIS, NEHU, Shillong Dr. Tamal Guha, Librarian, Sikkim University, Sikkim Prof. Roshan Raina, IIM Lucknow Dr. M S Rana, HNBG University, Srinagar, UK Dr. D Krishnamurty, Librarian, University of Manitoba, Canada Dr. Gurdish Sandhu, Associate Director (Library & Learning Services), UEL, London, UK Dr. Hassan Kiani, Al-Zahara University, Tehran, Iran Mr. Girendra Pokharel, Librarian, Ministry of Education, Nepal Mr. Sugath Gunatilake, Librarian, Ministry of Agriculture, Colombo, Sri lanka Mr. Bhim Dhoj Shrestha, DLIS, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal Mr. Bishnu Aryal, Librarian, Public Youth Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal Mr. Nafiz Zaman Shuva, DLIS, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr. Md. Anisur Rahman DLIS, International Islamic University Malaysia LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Dr. M A Ahmed, Coordinator, TEQIP Mr. S K Pattnaik, NIT Silchar Dr. S K Barik, NIT Silchar Mr. K L Baishnab, NIT Silchar Mr. H. S. Chakroborty, NIT Silchar Mr. Langmuanjohn Tonsing, NIT Silchar Mr. I Goswami, NIT Silchar Sri Jayanta Bhattacharjee, AU Silchar Dr. Mukut Sarmah, DLIS, AU Silchar Sri Shankar Chakraborty, Librarian, N.C. College, Badarpur CONTACT DETAILS Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy Librarian & Organising Secretary National Institute of Technology (A Deemed University-Institute of National Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010, Assam, India Telephone : +91-3842-240055 (Off) +91-9435175531 (M) E-mail : kishor_satpathy@yahoo.com and ksatpathy@gmail.com http://sis2012conference.blogspot.in/ https://sites.google.com/site/nitsis2012/

SIS 2012
29 National Convention & Conference of SIS On Information, Innovation & Technologies: Creating Seamless Linkages (26-28 November 2012) Organized by Central Library, National Institute of Technology Silchar REGISTRATION FORM Name Prof./ Dr/ Mr./ Mrs/ Ms:. (First Name) (Last Name) Designation: Department. Organization... Address.. City.State.....PostalCode Fax TelephoneM.No E-mail. Do you require accommodation during the conference? Yes/No -----------------------(If Yes, please contact us immediately and not later than 15thOctober 2012). Accommodation Details Type of from Accommodation AC Non AC Traveling Details Travel Plan Arrival Departure
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