ETTLIS 2008

Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation The Papers should be based on practical experience, research findings and case studies are invited from the library and information specialists. The papers will be reviewed by an International Review Committee. The short listed papers will be published as a part of the symposium proceeding. The details regarding standards, guidelines and format of papers are given below:

The abstracts of the paper proposed to be presented should be divided into sub-headings such as purpose, design/methodology/approach, findings, originality/value/conclusion and keywords in about 500 words. Full papers having abstract, keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all sides in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman type single line spacing. The size of the paper may run up to 6 – pages and should not exceed beyond that. It must be enclosed with the details of the author i.e. name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating Institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the acceptance of the paper by Program Committee to enable them to present their papers. It may be ensured that the proposed paper on theme/sub-themes should not have already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit the papers before acceptance is communicated.

The proposal/ Abstract can be on any aspects on the themes but not limited to:
Best Practices in the Global Scenario

International Standards and Library Systems
E-Learning
Information Literacy
Digital Content Management System

Emerging Technologies: Issues and Challenges
RFID and Smart Card
Storage Devices
Digital Preservation/Archives
Digital Libraries and Future
E-Resources  

Perceptions in Librarianship

Role of Librarians in the e-governance era
Professional Behavior and the changing Attitudes
Delivery and Exchange of Services
Ethics and Values
Customer Relation Management

Strategic Partnership
Government-Private Partnerships
Corporate-cum-Professional Partnerships
Library Consortiums
Library Networks

Open Access and Open Source
Open Source Software & Library Applications
Open Access for Scholarly Contents

Award will be given by the program committee to the best contributed paper submitted to the symposium.

The last date for submission of Abstract/ Proposal is August 15, 2008 (Extended New!) and submission of Full Paper is October 30, 2008. The papers may be sent direct to

Dr. Sanjay Kataria
Organising Secretary, ETTLIS 2008 &
Head, Learning Resource Centre
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University
A-10, Sector -62, Noida (UP) India
Ph. +91 120-2590851, +91 9810503341 (M)
Email: skataria.jiitu@gmail.com , sanjay.kataria@jiit.ac.in
Website www.ettlis2008.com, www.jiit.ac.in