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Sunday, January 17, 2010

IGNOU and TERI to hold Conference on Digital Libraries

IGNOU and TERI to hold Conference on Digital Libraries

Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) are jointly organizing the International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2010 as part of IGNOU’s  Silver Jubilee Year celebrations. ICDL 2010 is proposed to be organized during 23-26 February 2010 in New Delhi.

The theme of the three-day conference is ‘Digital Libraries: Shaping the Information Paradigm’ and the focus is on the strengths and potential of digital libraries and their role in education, cultural, social and economic development. ICDL 2010 is the third conference in TERI’s ‘International Conference on Digital Libraries’ series.

Apart from the other aspects, this conference has special focus on web-based methodologies. IGNOU’s participation in the event would help it strengthen its arena of ICT, Web-based methodologies and digitization for promoting seamless access to all. Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The  Speakers in the conference would be Prof. Michael Seadle ,Director, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Prof. Dr Erich J Neuhold
Professor, Computer Science, University of Vienna, Austria and Edie Rasmussen ,Professor and Director, School of Library, Archival
and Information Studies, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

The Conference will include Tutorials, in which leading researchers and practitioners will present the tutorials to familiarize participants with the new and innovative tools and techniques DL development, Workshops with international experts,Business sessions, Exhibitors and  Valedictory sessions.

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