Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries and LIS Professionals in the Changing Global Scenario
(28 - 30 December 2020)

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Themes and Sub-themes (1 to 3)

 1. Impact of COVID-19 on Libraries

  • Challenges and future of libraries
  • Online library services - Remote access, Mobile apps, e-Journals, e-Books
  • Open access resources and Open source technologies
  • Library services using social networking tools
  • New initiatives in libraries during COVID-19 pandemic

2. Information Policy

  • Manpower – Capacity building initiatives
  • Infrastructure facility – IT – Computer – Internet  –  Cloud Technologies
  • ICT - Information  - Digital Literacy
  • Library embedded curriculum
  • Information literacy courses for UG, PG students and research scholars
  • Community information services
  • Integration of  social networking tools to provide library services
  • Information policy related to pandemic and other natural disasters
  • Market driven and technology embedded  library courses / syllabus
  • Digital preservation policy
  • Consortium based access policy – Licensing and copyright
  • Online Acquisition Policy

3. Collection Development

  • E-Journals, E-Books, Open Courseware and other Open Resources
  • Institutional Repositories
  • Access to text books through aggregators
  • Consortium based access – Pricing – Licensing and Agreements
  • International and national initiatives of MOOC’s 
  • Online acquisition models and methods

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