International Conference on
Management of Knowledge Resource Centres in the Networked Digital Environment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities”
BACKGROUND:
Library is considered to be the heart of an educational institution. Libraries play a very important role in teaching, learning and research, and their main objective is to support the teaching, learning and research activities of the institution. Traditionally, libraries and Information Centres have been providing all kinds of information services manually for the benefit of their user community. Recent developments in information and communication technologies have enabled the users to access the library and its resources from anywhere using new and innovative technologies. At the same time, libraries are also expanding their reach by extending their services in a networked digital environment so that the users get the required information within a very short span time.
Agricultural libraries have a major role and responsibility in improving the agricultural education and research for sustainable development in food production in India. Agricultural libraries are also entrusted with the duty of providing various information products & services to farmers, livestock producers, agricultural business organizations, research workers, subject specialists, and extension workers. Right information at the right time helps in overcoming the challenges of food and hunger, which will help in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Agriculture has an important role in the growth of Indian Economy and the scientists, students, researchers and farmers are putting all their efforts to fulfil the food requirements of the country. The Internet has drastically transformed libraries and library services, which need to be accepted if they want to continue to remain active and useful. The agricultural libraries have to develop and adopt various innovative and emerging technologies to meet the end users with latest information. In the present digital information world, there is a need for identifying and implementing new and innovative technologies for information service delivery.
ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIES AND DOCUMENTALISTS OF INDIA (AALDI)
The Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India (AALDI) was founded in 1971 with an aim to bring Agricultural Librarians of the country on a platform to join hands to address matters of professional interests in improving library system and services towards the agricultural user community. The Association held its General Body meeting at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalapur in June 1973 and decided to publish a periodical entitled “AALDI Bulletin” annually to give vent to the intellectual thought of the Agricultural Library Professionals. The efforts of the Association bore fruits in 1974 when the first volume of the periodical saw the light of the day. To keep pace with the changing scenario and concept of agricultural librarianship, the title of the periodical was changed to “Indian Journal of Agricultural Library and Information Services” in 2008. It is important to note that the journal has been approved by the UGC vide UGC Journal Identification No. 64538. Due to some reason or other the Association became dormant and slowly passed into hibernation after 1993. It was revived during a workshop on “Krishiprabha” Indian Agricultural Dissertation Repository held at CCS HAU, Hissar in 2008.
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE
It was her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhi the Regent of Mysore in 1899 who donated 30 acres of land for Experimental Agricultural Station at Hebbal and appointed Dr Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. In 1913, Sir M Vishveshwaraiah, the then Diwan of Mysore (1912-1919) played the key role in establishing the Mysore Agriculture residential School at Hebbal in 1913 and appointed Dr Leslie Coleman, the first Director of Agriculture, Mysore to head this School to offer Licentiate in Agriculture for 15 students annually. The UAS was inaugurated by Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India on the 21st Aug 1964 in the august presence of Mr. Chester Bowles, the then US Ambassador to India and Sri S Nijalingappa, the then CM. In 1969, Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, inaugurated GKVK campus on 12th July. The UAS-B has played a pivotal role in carrying out front-line extension involving all the stakeholders for technology dissemination and also identifying problems that require technological interventions. Agricultural Technology Information Centre, UAS Agri-portal, Krishi Vignana Kendras, Extension Education Units, Bakery Training Unit, Staff Training Unit and Farmers’ Training Institute of the University have been nationally commended for their role in outreach activities both at the State and National level. Krishimela of UAS-B has proved to be a substantial boon to the surging development of agriculture in the State.
ABOUT UASB LIBRARY
University Library was established during 1966-67 which is the oldest and biggest University Library in the field of agricultural Sciences in Karnataka. University Library and its constituent College Libraries form the central hub of the University Library. Library has added its collections to WorldCat, by joining the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections, the library offers the world its own resources and offers its students and faculty members resources from around the world. WorldCat also helps the library to cooperate with others to address challenges. Library has created sophisticated video library cum virtual classroom to provide unique and dynamic real time online multimedia service to the user fraternity, Library provides access to many video collections in “Krishichitralaya” the Library is completely automated with Koha open source software package and integrated with RFID Technology. The University Library is hosting an International conference of Agricultural Librarians and users committee on the role of Agriculture Library in the networked Digital environment. The conference is scheduled to be held on February 2021 on 25th and 26th for the 1st time in Bengaluru and also in the history of UASB.
ABOUT BENGALURU
Bangalore known as Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located in southern India on the Deccan Plateau, Bengaluru is well known for its salubrious weather, is also known as the Science City of India. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India. Bengaluru is widely regarded as the “Silicon Valley of India”, IT capital of India” because of its role as the nation’s leading information technology (IT). A demographically diverse city, Bangalore is the second fastest-growing major metropolis in India. The country’s first Nobel Laureate in Science, Sir C V Raman, made Bengaluru his home where he also established a research institute, the Raman Research Institute.
Weather: During February the weather is mostly expected to be pleasant. The temperature may range from 160C (Min) to 240C (Max).
Clothing: Regular clothing with light woolens or other warm clothing for the evenings, especially outdoors, is recommended.
Connectivity : Bengaluru is well connected to every part of the country by Road, Rail and Air.
Places of visit in and around Bengaluru:
Within 10-25 km: Vidhana Soudha (Secretariat), the Seat of the Government of Karnataka, Cubbon Park, Lalbhag, States well Known botanical garden, the famous ISKON Temple, Tippu’s Palace and Bannerghatta National Park
Within 150-160 km : Nandi Hills, on the way to Mysore- Ranganathittu, Srirangapattana, Nagarhole, Balmuripalse, Dhariya Daulat, Mysore Palace, Zoo, Jagmohan Palace, Brindavan Garden (the KrishnarajaS agar Dam), Wonder La Amusement Park, Goravanahalli Lakshmi Temple, Siddaganga Matta, Tumkur, Shivaganga Hills, GhatiSubramanya Temple, chunchi falls, Mekedatu, Shivanasamudra falls, Hogenakkal, etc.,
Within 200 km : Sravanabelagola, Belur and Halebedu, and Chitradurga Fort etc
About the International Conference
Over the years, Library and Information Science (LIS) has grown tremendously keeping pace with the technological developments. The agricultural libraries in particular, are facing many challenges in meeting the information requirements of the stakeholders in the networked digital environment. It is envisaged that renaissance in library and information science lies in the application of resurgent digital tools and technologies. Considering the significance of sensitization of the LIS professionals on the latest developments in the field and to ensure effective and efficient information services to the stakeholders, AALDI regularly conducts its annual convention where our professional fraternity meet to discuss the professional issues and prepare a roadmap for the future. So far, AALDI had organized seven National Conferences since 2009. The latest National Conference was held in 2019 at Navsari Agricultural University, Navasari Gujarat. During the office bearers meeting it was decided to hold an International Conference of AALDI to have a network of professionals from across the globe to take our profession to the next level.
Hence, this year the first International Conference of AALDI is being organized at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru on the following theme:
Theme:
Management of Knowledge Resource Centres in the Networked Digital Environment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Sub Themes :
- Technology Innovations and Applications in Libraries and Information Centers
- Web Portals, Mobile Technology, Cloud computing, Citation / Reference Management Tools, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Block Chain Technology, Open Source Software, Library security, ICT Models and Protocols; Technology Innovations and applications in Libraries with particular reference to Agricultural Libraries
- Digital Initiatives
- Digitization, Consortia, Digital Scholarship, Institutional Repositories; Archiving, Digital Preservation; State of the art of digitization in Libraries in India with emphasis on Agricultural Libraries
- Open Access Initiatives and Movement
- Open Access Digital Repositories, Open Access e-Resources including OA books, OA Journals, OA databases, etc., Open Science and Open Scholarship Initiatives; OA initiatives in Libraries in India with emphasis on Agricultural Libraries
- Scholarly Communication
- Digital scholarship, Research tools, e-Publishing, Publication Ethics, Plagiarism, Research data management, Peer review, Economics of Scholarly Publishing, Evaluation of Journals, Library publishing programmes, Research Metrics.
- Information Literacy and Capacity Building Skills for LIS Professionals
- Information literacy programmes in Libraries, MOOCs: Skills and Competencies of LIS Professionals, Continuing education programmes.
- Information Use studies
- Information seeking behavior, Library Use and User studies, Webometrics.
- Library Consortia Initiatives
- Library consortia in India; Consortia developments in Agricultural libraries; Problems and prospects in managing consortia
- Knowledge Management (KM) and Knowledge Sharing (KS)
- Electronic Resource Management (ERM); KM models; KS Opportunities, means and methods; KS barriers.
- Data Science
- Data science techniques, languages, frameworks, virtual tools, platforms, etc.; Big Data in Agriculture, Data/Text mining, Data migration, Data harvesting, Machine Learning and other trends and developments
OBJECTIVES:
- To provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience of Librarians, Information Specialists, Scientists, Information Providers and LIS faculty in general and Agricultural Librarians in particular.
- To identify emerging technologies and innovations in the field of Library and Information Science and to sensitize the LIS professionals to cater to the increasing information requirements of the stakeholders of NARES
TARGET AUDIENCE: Working Librarians, Library Professionals, Information Specialists, Academicians, IT professionals, Scientists, Students, LIS Faculty and stakeholders of Agricultural Librarianship.
CALL FOR PAPERS: The AALDI International Conference 2021 program committee seeks conference papers addressing proactive steps that professionals take to support the library patrons in the evolving world of the academy. Suggested proposals should be in line with the theme and sub-themes.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
- Font : Times New Roman
- Title: The title should be with Font size 16 pt.
- Font Size: Heading 14 pt. (Bold), Sub Heading 12 pt. (Bold) and Text 12 pt.
- Authors have to give an undertaking regarding surrendering copyright in favour of AALDI.
- All accepted papers will be invited for presentation.
- Papers will be published in the conference volume only after the receipt of
registration fee.
- The decision of the Editorial Committee will be final regarding acceptance or
rejection of paper.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for paper submission : 1st January 2021
Last date of Registration : 10th January 2021
REGISTRATION FEES :
| Delegates from India | Delegates from Abroad | |
| Working professionals | Rs.3000/- | $ 250.00 |
| Retired Professionals / Students | Rs.1500/- | $ 100.00 |
Registration Fee includes Registration Kit, Working Lunch, Conference dinner, Welcome, Valedictory & Session Tea. Registration fee may be paid online to the following account or sent by Demand Draft drawn in favour of “Organizing Secretary, ICALUC 2021”
ACCOMMODATION
- Accommodation will be provided to the delegates in the University Guest Houses / Farmers Hostels on first come, first served basis on payment.
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
CHIEF PATRONS
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. R. C. Agrawal, DDG (Education) & National Director, NAHEP, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad, Vice-chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
Dr. M. B. Chetti, Vice-chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
PATRONS
Dr. K.N. Kattimani, Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur
Dr. K.M Indiresh, Vice-Chancellor, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot
Dr. Manjunatha K. Naik, Vice-Chancellor, UAHS, Shivamogga
Dr. P. S. Pandey, ADG (EP & HS), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. G. Venkateshwarlu, ADG (EQA & R), ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. R. B. Sharma, National Coordinator, ICAR-NAHEP (IG), New Delhi
Dr. M.K. Prabhat Kumar, National Coordinator ICAR-NAHEP (CAAST), New Delhi
Dr. C. Devakumar, Former Assistant Director General, ICAR, New Delhi
Dr. A. K. Jain, Former Principal Scientist & PI, Krishikosh, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
CHAIRMAN
Dr. K. Veeranjaneyulu, President, AALDI
CO-CHAIRMEN
Dr. U. S. Jadhav, Senior Vice-President, AALDI
Dr. K. N. Kandpal, General Secretary, AALDI
ORGANISING SECRETARY
Dr. V. Srinivasa, University Librarian, UAS, Bengaluru
CO-ORGANISING SECRETARIES
Dr. Papegowda, Assistant Librarian, UAS, Bengaluru
Dr. N. Naganna, Assistant Librarian, UAS, Bengaluru
DIRECTOR
Dr. G. Rathinasabapathy, Chief Editor, AALDI
Rapporteur General
Dr. Harish Kumar Tripathi, Joint Secretary
MEMBERS
Dr. C. V. Bankar, Vice-President, AALDI
Mr. N. P. Ravi Kumar, Treasurer, AALDI
Dr. Balwan Singh, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
Dr. Kailash D. Tandel, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
Dr. Rekhraj Sahu, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
Dr. T. Sreenivasa Rao, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
Mrs. Yashoda Negi, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
Mr. Satyavir Chaudhary, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
Mr. Narendra Singh Rohila, Member, Executive Council, AALDI
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Barbara Hutchinson, Director, CALSCCT, University of Arizona, USA
- Shailoo Bedi, Director, University of Victoria Libraries, Canada
- Mohan Ramaswamy, Interim Dean, National Defense University, USA
- V.Balaji, Vice-President, Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada
- Amy E.Gay, Binghamton University, New York, USA
- Jason Brodeur, Admn Director, SCDC, McMaster University, Canada
- M. Koteswara Rao, Former Librarian, UoH, Melbourne, Australia
- Andrea Sheffiro, Academic Director, SCDC, McMaster University, Canada
- Kirsta Stapelfeldt, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Canada
- Maryam Pakdaman Naeini, IIEES, Tehran, Iran
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Prem Singh, Former President, AALDI
Dr. B. Ramesh Babu, Former Professor, University of Madras, Chennai
Dr. D. Chandran, Former Professor, S.V. University, Tirupati
Dr. M.S. Pathania, Chief Librarian, Chandigarh University
Mr. N.S. Pakhale, Former Head, Library, IARI, New Delhi
Prof. P.A. Shinde, Formemer University Librarian, MPKV, Rahuri
Dr. R.K. Mahapatra, Former Chief Librarian, OUAT, Bhubaneshwar
Dr. A.T. Francis, KAU, Thrissur
Dr. S. N. Gawande, MAFSU, Nagpur
Mr. S.S. Rawat, IVRI, Izathnagar
Dr. Madhav Pandey, IGKV, Raipur
Dr. Rakesh Mani Sharma, DrRPCAU, Samastipur
Mr. Subhash Chand, CIFE, Mumbai
Dr. Rajive Kumar Pateria, CCSHAU, Hisar
Mr. H. K. Gohain, Assam Agril. Univ., Jorhat
Mr. Sudhir Gupta, Dr YSPUHF, Solan
Dr. Chetan Prakash Rajpurohit, SKRAU, Bikaner
Dr. Yogita Sharma, PAU, Ludhiana
Dr. Sisir Kumar Mohanty CIBA, Bhubaneshwar
Dr. Kuldeep Chand, RAJUVAS, Bikaner
Dr. Hans Raju, BASU, Patna
Mr. Anil Kumar Kulshrestha, IARI Library, New Delhi
Dr. Amrender Kumar, Pr. Scientist, AKMU, IARI, New Delhi
Dr. Joshi, Incharge CeRA, DKMA, ICAR, New Delhi
Mr. A.B. Bhosale, Dr. PDKV, Akola
Mr. A.P. Shilarkar, CIAE, Bhopal
Dr. Surender Kumar, IISR, Indore
Mr. Satish Kumar, ICAR-RCER, Patna
Dr. Jiji Cyriac, NBSS & LUP, Nagpur
Dr. C. Prema, TNAU, Coimbator
Dr. Bashir Ahmed , SKUAST, Srinagar
Dr. Rajesh Kumar, BAU, Bhagalpur
Dr. K.P. Saxena, GBPUAT, Pantnagar
Mrs. Prachi Mhatre, CIRCOT, Mumbai
Dr. Santosh D.Kadam, VNMKV, Parbhani
Mr. B.P. Singh, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal
Mr. Deep Chand, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. G.N. Dhanapal, Registrar, UAS, GKVK
Dr.Y.G. Shadakshari, Director of Research, UAS, GKVK
Dr. M. Byregowda, Director of Extension, UAS, Hebbal
Dr. N. Srinivasa, Dean (PGS), UAS, GKVK
Dr. D. L. Savithramma, Dean (Agri.), Agricultural College, GKVK
Dr. Ventakesh, Dean (Agri.), Agricultural College, VC Farm, Mandya
Dr. N. Devakumar, Dean (Agri.), Agricultural College, Karekere, Hassan
Dr. P. Venkataravana, Dean (Seri.), Sericulture College, Chintamani
Dr. M. P. Rajanna, Special Officer/Dean, Agricultural College, Chamarajanagara
Dr. B. C. Ravikumar, Special Officer/Dean, Agricultural Engineering College, GKVK
Dr. T. Narendrappa, Dean of Student Welfare, UAS, GKVK
Dr. G. Gopinath, Administrative Officer, UAS, GKVK
Dr. S.V. Suresha, Comptroller, UAS, GKVK
Mr. D. Krishnamurthy, Estate Officer, UAS, GKVK
Dr. Devraj, Assistant Librarian, UAS, GKVK
Dr. S.D. Shivakrishna, Assistant Librarian, UAS, GKVK
Dr. Girija, Assistant Librarian, UHS, Bagalkote
Dr. Girish Gangihal, Assistant Librarian, UHS, Bagalkote
Mr. Eshwar, Assistant Librarian, UAHS, Shivamogga
Mr. Subramanya, Assistant Librarian, UAHS, Shivamogga
Dr. Shilpa S. Uplaonkar, Assistant Librarian, UAS, Dharwad
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