International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL)
                     Shaping the Information Paradigm
                     New Delhi * 23 – 26 February 2010
                     http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl

Venue: *Conference at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi • 24–26 February
2010
            *Tutorial at IGNOU, Convention Centre, New Delhi • 23 February
      2010

Continuous capacity development and awareness programmes are necessary to
achieve the objective of transforming the novice into digital librarians of
future. The success of ICDL 2004 and ICDL 2006 has encouraged and motivated
TERI in partnership with IGNOU to conduct of the ICDL 2010 which will
provide yet another stimulating forum for DL professionals to share their
knowledge, experience and wisdom.

Objectives

· Provide a platform and enable interaction among DL experts and
researchers
· Facilitate creation adoption, implementation and utilization of DL‘s,
and their future implications
· Bridging the digital divide through knowledge sharing

Who should participate?

· Information professionals
· IT and knowledge service providers
· Policy makers
· Academicians, students and distance learner
· E-publishers and virtual communities
· Other stakeholders

Call for papers

Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference—Digital Libraries:
Shaping the Information Paradigm are invited for the conference poster and
tutorial. Some of the topics are listed below:

· DL development, architecture, and management
· Contents management in DL
· Multi-linguality and interoperability issues
· Digital rights management
· Digital preservation and access management
· Semantic web
· KM (knowledge management) and organizational repositories
· E-learning and e-publishing
· DL standards and policy
· Open archives initiatives
· ODOL (Open distance online learning)
· Multimedia content
· Virtual support to distance learners
· E-resources management for distance learners
· Access management
· M-learning technology
For details of paper submission guidelines and submission process, visit
<www.teriin.org/events/icdl >.

Important dates

Submission of full papers 15 September 2009
Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 30 October 2009
Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 30 November 2009

Registration
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|Early–bird offer (for registration on or before 31 December 2009) |
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|Delegates Tutorial Conference |
|Conference and Tutorial |
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|India/Bhutan/Nepal Rs 2000 Rs 6000 |
|Rs 7500 |
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|Other countries US$ 80 US$ 250 |
|US$ 300 |
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|Registration after 31 December 2009 |
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|Delegates Tutorial Conference |
|Conference and Tutorial |
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|India/Bhutan/Nepal Rs 2500 Rs 6500 |
|Rs 8000 |
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|Other countries US$ 100 US$ 275 |
|US$ 325 |
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* Additional registration from the same organization and SLA member
qualifies for 10% discount
* Regular Students (Ph.D and masters), accompanied persons qualify for 20%
discount.

Contact: ICDL Secretariat, TERI (The Energy & Resources Institute),
            Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110
003, India,
            Telephone 24682138, 24682100, 41504900, Fax 24682144, 24682145
            E-mail [log in to unmask], Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
            India +91 • Delhi (0)11
Kind regards
Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj,
Fellow & Librarian, TERI.