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