Indian Contributions @ IFLA / WLIC 2013, Singapore

VADODARA: "For the first time in the history of HansaMehta Library, a university librarian has been sponsored by government of another country for World Congress on library.

Dr Mayank Trivedi has been invited by the Singapore government to attend World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2013 which is being held at Singapore by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). .. Trivedi, who will be attending the conference which started from Saturday and will continue till August 23, told TOI. Over 2,000 delegates from across the world are participating in the conference, which is being held on the theme of 'Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities'. " Maharaja Sayajirao University's librarian invited to World Library and Information Congress, The Times of India, Aug 18, 2013.

• AHAS, Shahina P. and BANERJEE, Swapna (2013) The Indian National Bibliography: today and tomorrow. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• BHATTACHARYA, Udayan and ROY, Avik (2013) Digital reference services for people with special needs: what, why and how?. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• CHAKRABORTY, Susmita (2013) Going green or not: realities of the Indian metropolis libraries. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.                   
• DUTTA, Bidyarthi, MAJUMDER, Krishnapada and SEN, Bimal Kanti (2013) Classification of keywords selected from research articles on physics and development of a quantitative subject access tool. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.            
• GAUR, Ramesh C., CHAND, Mahesh, GAUR, Kavita and SINGH YADAV, Amar (2013) Online newspaper clippings & news services for libraries: Experiences in Indian Libraries. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore. 
• GHOSH, Maitrayee (2013) Health literacy for all- an investigation into consortia and partnership amongst libraries to promote health care information in India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• JAIN, Anil Kumar, KUMAR, Sudhir, CHOUDHURY, Subhajit, JAIN, Keerti Bala and SHARMA, Bal Krishna (2013) Rare handwritten manuscript collection in Indic Languages at Scindia Oriental Research Institute (SORI), India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• GOPAL, Nalina (2013) Encounters with the public archives & collective memory: researching the Indian community in Singapore. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• JAIN, P.K., BABBAR, Parveen and PALIWAL, Geeta (2013) Government information sources for economic development: a case study of the Institute of Economic Growth Library, India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• KUMAR, Sudhir, JAIN, Keerti Bala and SHAH, Leena (2013) Education and training for medical librarianship in India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• KUMBAR, Rashmi and PATTANSHETTI, Deepti (2013) Essential competencies of Indian school librarians in the digital age: A study. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• MURARI, Durga and NAGARKAR, Shubhada (2013) Information requirements of women entrepreneurs in Pune City. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• NARAYAN, Uma (2013) Indian initiative to provide free access to authentic legal information. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• NARAYANANKUTTY, Narat (2013) Inspiring library patrons through an open book written quiz: an innovative library marketing tool. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore. Item availability may be restricted.
• RAJU, Jaya (2013) The LIS school in the ICT age: a casualty, or catalyst for making a "cross-border" shift of a different type? - the case of South Africa. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• SINGH, Ajay Pratap and YUVARAJ, Mayank (2013) Scenario of Indian agrarian librarianship: an evaluative study. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• VIJ, Rajeev (2013) Government information, publications and information dissemination strategies for the future: a case study of DRDO, India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.

On the same shelf:

• Indian Contributions @ IFLA 2010, Sweden
• IFLA 2010 - Papers from South Asia
• International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL 2009) at University of Delhi Campus at Delhi, 5 to 8 October, 2009.

Ontario Library Association's Super Conference 2010 - Media Monitoring

My 2 cent: I notice that this year's conference is totally shy of social media and news media. Even external factors (e.g., bloggers, aka virtual news media) are not so passionately contributing to this scenario.

I am not just talking in the air. See the list below. Compare this with the huge coverage (2008 media monitoring) I covered in 2008.

Why I say this is because in 2008 they invited bloggers, to join. In 2009 they had a 'blog' of their own. And in 2010, all of the above is gone. NO Blogging or Facebooking. Media has no news stories, whatsoever, so is the glaring absence of the social media, not many to blog about, no presence or links to facebook, twitter, etc.. Does this give any clue that we are fading or ready to fade. There are no social media buttons, that was the least to show the currency of the professional conference. A slide show (in 2010) with no dynamic approach (to make the show interactive or informative), is the only innovation and that's it.

There ends the story of media attraction, media presence, and social media in short. Incidentally, the theme of this year is: Step Up Your Passion.
The bottomline is: It pays to be a pessimist just for a better ROI!!!


Super Conference 2010 details are here
Are you in this Slide Show? Or you know someone in this show? See the Super Conference 2009 Slide show


Who else is blogging about this subject (NONE is reporting the scenario nor evaluating the sessions, as they did in the past):

Jane Dysart

mwblogger

Library-Child

Library Steph

BookPusher

J. Torres

k12digital

http://stephenslighthouse.com

Laura D. - KPL

Google for more bloogers's Updates here


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