Rejuvenated Libraries for Empowered Users: Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13

[Dr. Badan Barman]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are pleased to propose to bring out a festschrift edited volume in honor of Dr. TAV Murthy, the former director of INFLIBNET Center, India.  Dr. Murthy requires no introduction among the Indian LIS community. He is the first professional to become the Director of Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), equivalent to the rank of a Central University Vice Chancellor in India. He has played the lead role in establishing the UGC Infonet and E-Journal Consortium under the umbrella of University Grants Commission. He has also initiated several projects for the development of libraries and transformed INFLBNET into a vibrant organization and made it as a catalyst in higher education and research libraries and campuses across the modern India.

 

More about Dr. TAV Murthy is at http://www.socio.org.uk/reju. php.

 

The proposed festschrift volume will include seminal and methodologically incremental papers, case studies and research articles in the various themes in Library & Information Science as described below. The proposed title of the volume “Rejuvenated Libraries for Empowered Users”, will focus on how the needs of technologically empowered users are met by technologically empowered libraries and librarians.

 

This will include, but not limited to the below sub themes;

 

1. Users: Empowered and Changed
2. Library Spaces: Remodeled and Reorganized
3. Search Interfaces and Systems: Enhanced and Integrated
4. Collections and Services: Reformatted and Redesigned
5. Metrics and Marketing: Redefined
6. (Next Generation) Librarians: Rejuvenated

More details about the topic, submission process and styles can be found from
http://www.socio.org.uk/reju. php

We invite the potential contributors to take part in this endeavor for honoring a library professional, who has made significant contributions to the uplift of the LIS profession, and promoting valuable services among Indian academic and research community. You can submit your paper (s) as contributed chapters to this proposed volume. Writings can include case studies, applied research, literature reviews and reports, but general articles may be avoided. The work can be based on a range of library settings such as academic, research, public, corporate, government, health/medical, law, and non-traditional libraries. The Editorial committee with the help of its international board of reviewers will blind review the submissions, and inform the author(s) accordingly.

The edited book will be published by Digital Information Research Ltd, UK (a division of the Society for Information Organization, Harrow, London, UK and articles/chapters will be indexed by leading A&I databases.

More details about the topic, submission process and styles can be found from
http://www.socio.org.uk/reju. php

 

Last date for submission is 15th December 2012.

 

All submissions will undergo the blind review process. The accepted submissions need to be revised before the camera ready. The submissions need to be original and contain technical merit.

 

With regards,

 

Dr. P. Pichappan, Zhejiang University,
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. 
(Editors of Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13)

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International Advisory Board (confirmed): Dr. TAV Murthy Festschrift Volume, 2012-13

 

Dr. A Majid Pathan, American University of Antigua & MLA.

Dr. Ajay Pratap Singh, Banaras Hindu University.

Dr. Akhtar Parvez, Indian Institute of Management Indore & MANLIBNET.

Dr. Anand Pratap Singh, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

B.O. Suresh Kumar,  Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University.

Dr. Daisy Jacobs, University of Zululand.

Edward Proctor, Duke University, University of North Carolina & CONSALD.

Dr. Harish Chandra, Indian Institute of Technology Chennai, SLA Asian Chapter.

Dr. Helen Ladron de Guevara Cox, Mexican Librarians Association.

Imma Subirats Coll, Food and Agriculture Organization & E-LIS International Repository.

Joseph Hafner, McGill University & IFLA.

Dr. K. Prakash, Azim Premji University.

Dr. K. P. Vijayakumar, University of Kerala.

Dr. Lalitha Poluru, Nirma University.

Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Assam University.

Dr. M.T.M. Khan, Galgotias University.
Dr. M. Bavakutty, Kannur University.

Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, ILA Journal & BOSLA.

Dr. Naresh Kumar, Society for Information Science India.

Dr. O. N. Chaubey, Election Commission of India & ILA.

Dr. P. Vijayakumar, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering.

Dr. Pijushkanti Panigrahi, University of Calcutta & IASLIC.

Dr. Raj Kumar, Punjab University & SATKAL.

Dr. Rashed S. Alzahrani, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology.

Dr. Regine Schmolling, State University Bremen & IFLA.

Dr. S. Saraswathy, Amrita University.

Sanjay Kumar Bihani, Indian Embassy UK, Ministry of Indian Foreign Affairs & IFLA.
Dr. Suhaimi bin Haji Abdul Karim, University of Brunei.

Dr. Tamara Pianos, German National Library of Economics.

Dr. Thiyam Satyabati Devi, University of Swaziland.

Dr. T. Temjen, Nagaland University.

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[Surbhi Saini]

Sir, 

Thanks for this information.