5th NACML – 2023
5th National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) – 2023
User-Centric Library Systems and Services: Trends and Challenges
Organized by
SEARCH – The KMC Health Sciences Library & Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
February 3-4, 2023
ONLINE REGISTRATION & PAYMENT
- Delegates: Rs. 1,000.00
- Students and Retired Professionals: Rs. 600.00
- MAHE LIS Professionals and Alumni: Rs. 600.00
Registration fee includes conference kit, working lunch/dinner, refreshment, etc.
Call for paper
- Main Theme
User-Centric Library Systems and Services: Trends and Challenges
- Sub ThemesLibrary Users and their Needs
- User groups and their information needs, demands, expectations and preferences
- Information seeking behavior of users
- User studies
- User education, information literacy and user training
- Users’ experience/perception on accessing digital resources
- Role of libraries in promoting reading habit among users
User-Centric Library Design
- User-centric library and information systems
- Library space needs
- Library infrastructure
- User-centric design of library space
- Space for collaboration, networking and research
- Qualities of good library space
- Impact of technology on library design
- Norms and standards for library
User-Centric Library Resources & Information Services
- Transformation in library collection
- Relevance of print resources in the digital era
- Implementation of emerging technologies and NEP -2020
- Digital library services
- Innovative library services –Implementation of ICT and Mobile Apps, Social Networks, Blogs, Web 2.0 to 4.0, etc.
- Research/project support and service initiatives
- Discovery service and remote access facilities
- Services for visually impaired
- Focusing on user-centric services in LIS curriculum
- Best practices in libraries
Skills and Competencies among LIS Professionals
- Future-ready library professionals
- Professional competencies
- Continuing education programmes for LIS professionals
- Embedded librarianship
- Soft skills
- Design thinking in librarianship
- Mastering information skills
Submission of Papers
for more Check:
visit: https://conference.manipal.edu/NACML/