Greetings of the “INTERNATIONAL OPEN ACCESS WEEK” October 21-27

Greetings of the

“INTERNATIONAL OPEN ACCESS WEEK”

October 21-27

 

 

- Puttaraj Choukimath

International Conference on Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries (DigiTTAL 2019), December 26-28, 2019, NITK Surathkal (INDIA)

International Conference on Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries (DigiTTAL 2019): Call for Papers

December 26-28, 2019

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, one of the top ranked technical institutes in the country, is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee Year (1960-2020). As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Central Library, NITK Surathkal is organising an International Conference on Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries (DigiTTAL 2019) during December 26-28, 2019.

Main Theme

Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries

SUB THEMES

The conference will consider, but not be limited to, the following indicative sub themes:

• Digital Library Applications
• Open Knowledge Resources
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Technology Trends in Libraries and Librarianship
• Big Data, Data mining, Data Visualisation, Data Science
• Innovation in Libraries
• Trends in Scholarly Communication
• Library Analytics and Metrics
• Achieving Excellence in LIS Education and Research
• Best Practices in Library Services

For more information please visit the following web-links: 

Conference Website: http://digittal2019.wixsite.com/index
Facebook: fb.me/DigiTTAL2019

Source: fb.me/DigiTTAL2019 (24.06.2019)

Second annual "The Elsevier Karen Hunter Memorial Award": call for nominations

Second annual "The Elsevier Karen Hunter Memorial Award": call for nominations 

Library Connect | Apr 23, 2019 Email Print

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Call for Nominations for the Second Annual Karen Hunter Memorial Award have been announced. The award recognizes demonstrated evidence of the desire to encourage collaborations between librarians and publishers or exemplar experience with advancing information dissemination via technology. Awardees receive $5000 and travel support to attend the Hunter Forum at the annual ALA Mid-Winter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

The Elsevier Karen Hunter Memorial Award was established in 2018 to honor Karen’s legacy. In her four decades at Elsevier, Karen led groundbreaking initiatives in scholarly communications in partnership with the research community.  You can read more about Karen and her contributions here.

”There is no better way to honor Karen’s Hunter’s legacy than to issue an award to a librarian or ensemble of librarians who demonstrate leadership in applying technology to scholarly communications, or who have partnered with a publisher to advance the sharing of research findings,” according to Jean Shipman, Vice President, Global Strategic Networks, Elsevier.

The inaugural award was presented to The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries team during the 2018 ALA Mid-Winter Meeting. A team of librarians worked on applying APIs to provide full-text journal articles - both version of record and author manuscripts - via its institutional repository (IR) to highlight the over 8,000 publications per year of the faculty of the University of Florida. The project saved faculty time and helped them with meeting funder compliance requirements, as it eliminated the need for them to individually contribute their publications to the IR. The project also saved library staff time as they did not have to solicit the articles from the faculty.

How to Submit Nominations and Notification Schedule

Demonstrated evidence can be a project, a product, a publication, a program event, a testimony, or other form of collaboration between librarians and publishers or a technological advancement. The collaboration or technological development does not need to be related to Elsevier.

The awardee is selected by Elsevier’s North American Library Advisory Board (NALAB), and it is issued at the Hunter Forum, American Library Association (ALA) Mid-Winter meeting. Award criteria include being:

1. An accredited/degreed professional librarian or group of librarians
2. Currently employed within the United States
3. Any kind of librarian – e.g., academic, government, school, public, medical or special
4. Able to attend Elsevier’s Hunter Forum to accept the award and participate in the Hunter Forum if requested.
5. Willing to say a couple words of award acceptance at the Hunter Forum

Nominations are due midnight U.S. Pacific Time July 31, 2019.  The nomination should be sent to j.shipman@elsevier.com and include a cover letter stating nomination justification and by whom, nominee’s qualifications as they relate to the award criteria, the nominee’s CV, and two to three letters of support from colleagues.

The awardee will receive notification of their selection no later than the end of November 2019. This will provide the awardee time to register and participate in the 2020 Hunter Forum, usually held at the ALA Mid-Winter meeting.

Source: A message received from  Elsevier Library Connect, dated 13/06/2019, AND https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/second-annual-karen-hunter-memorial-award-call-nominations

International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019), December 12-14, 2019, NIT Rourkela, INDIA

International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019): New Trends & Technologies, Collaboration & Community Engagement, Future Librarianship, Library Spaces & Services

 December 12 - 14, 2019

Venue: TIIR Auditorium, NIT Rourkela, India

Organised by: Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, India

Call for paper / Participation

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ABOUT: As Information Professionals, we live in the age of digital information. Recent studies have shown that there is a drastic change in user demands needed to support the teaching, learning, and research activities of the library profession. The desire for physical library collections is in decline. Even though there is high demand for internet access and allied resources, there are certain user categories like traditional resources and demand for the physical space in the library. In such conditions, libraries may reconsider their current spaces and future renovations to reflect these usage trends to meet the changing requirements of the user community.

In this international conference, library professionals from different regions of the world will discuss how Next Generation Libraries (NGL) can be useful for the library users. This consortium will focus on themes such as
(a) New Trends & Technologies,
(b) Collaboration & Community engagement, and
(c) Future Librarianship, Library Spaces & Services.

This event is supported by invited talks, panel discussion and demonstration, case studies on the above themes. This forum will also provide a platform to discuss on the above themes along with related issues and challenges and probable solutions to overcome risks associated with the future of different types of libraries.

The conference will connect library professionals, academic-industry partners, and allied professionals across the world.
Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019) will examine the challenges and solutions faced by the academic libraries which can be useful for the library policy makers to frame policies to provide value added services to its users. 

Important Dates:
Full Paper submission deadline: 06th September 2019
Full Paper Notification of acceptance: 30th September 2019
Final Paper Submission deadline: 15th October 2019
Registration deadline for Authors: 1st November 2019
Conference Dates: 12-14 December 2019

Source: https://ngl2019.webnode.com/ (11.06.2019)