TISS BOSLA National Conference on Future Librarianship
Themes and Subthemes:
DIGITAL LIBRARIES:
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Architecture and Management of Digital Libraries
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Digital Preservation and Procedures
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Electronic Publishing Systems
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Institutional Repository (IR) - Design and Development
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ETDs: Tools and Techniques
HARNESSING WEB RESOURCES:
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Resource Discovery Tools-Search Engines, Intelligent Retrieval
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Federated Searching
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Web Data Mining- Storage and Accessibility
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Metadata Harvesting, Extraction and Management
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Collaborative Content Creation & Content Management
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Semantic Web, Ontology
LIBRARY TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS:
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Open Source Software
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Virtual Reference Tools
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Web-based Applications, Standards and Protocols
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Cloud Computing Applications
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Mobile Technologies and Information Retrieval
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RFID and Security Systems
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Smart Devices/ PDAs Use in Libraries
LIBRARY RESOURCE SHARING, NETWORKING AND CONSORTIA:
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Resource Sharing in Digital Environment
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Consortia Practices and Models
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Networking and Collaboration: Local, National, International
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New approaches to ILL and DDS
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Web 3.0 and Library 3.0
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Librarianship and Social Networking
COPYRIGHT AND IPR:
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Copyright and Licensing
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IPR and Digital Environment
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Open Access and Copyright Infringement
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Digital Rights Management and Library Professionals
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Copyright and Digital Archiving
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Plagiarism : Issues of Concern
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Ethics of Access: Copyright, Licensing and Privacy in Digital
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Environment
SCIENTOMETRICS AND WEBOMETRICS:
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Scientometric and Webometric Studies
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Global/National trends on various fieds of research
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Evaluation of Institutions/Universities/Departments
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Evaluation of Individual Scientists - Citation Analysis & Tools (EndNote, Refworks, Mendeley, etc)
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:
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Quality Assurance and TQM in LIS
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Skills Development and Training
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Change Management Issues
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Ethics and Social Responsibilities
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Marketing of Library and Information Services