"Librarianship in Digital Environment: A Global Perspective" provides
a clear picture of innovations, approaches, strategies, management,
practical implications required for successful librarianship in
digital era. This book explores various ideas, knowledge, platforms,
practical practices, and other issues for developing proactive and
user centric services/ products in the different areas which presently
needed for effective librarianship in digital era at global level.
Contributions of Research Papers are invited on following broad
sections/topics but are not limited to below topics:
Target Audience:
Librarians, Libraries, executives, consultants, instructors, IT
specialists, managers, trainers, LIS students, and other LIS
professionals who intend to keep abreast of current trends in library
information science domain in the digital environment.
Submission Procedure:
LIS Professionals, researchers and practitioners are invited to submit
the manuscript clearly explaining the mission and concerns on or
before August 31, 2014. Authors will be acknowledged immediately and
the acceptance of the manuscript will be notified within a month as
per receipt date of the manuscript. Authors may be required to help,
if need be, in terms of proof, clarifications, etc. Manuscripts are
accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are
original and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Style manuals: Submissions must follow the styles outlines in the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001,
5th edition)
Abstract: Abstracts of a manuscript should not be more than 150 words.
Author identification: The complete title of the manuscript and the
name(s) of the author(s) should be only on the first sheet and the
main text should begin on the same sheet. Complete contact information
must be supplied for all authors and co-authors, including full
address and postal pin code, telephone, and e-mail address. The
corresponding authors should be identified.
Typescript: Manuscript should be typed on A-4 size paper,
double-spaced, with generous margins at top, bottom, and sides of
page. In soft copy it should be in IBM-compatible MS Word format.
Sub-heads should be used at reasonable intervals to break the monotony
of the text. Words and symbols to be italicized must be clearly
indicated, by either italic type or underlining. Abbreviations and
acronyms should be spelt out with its first occurrence, unless found
as entries in their abbreviated form in a standard dictionary. Pages
should be numbered consecutively.
Length: Manuscript should typically be of 10 to 15 pages including the
reference list.
Notes and reference: Notes are for explanations or amplifications of
textual material. They are distracting to the readers and expensive to
set and should be avoided whenever possible. They should be typed as
normal text at the end of the text section of the manuscript rather
than as the part of the footnote or endnote feature of computer
programme and should be numbered consecutively throughout the
contribution.
A reference list should contain references that are cited in the text.
These should be accurate and complete. Personal communications
(letters, memos, telephone conversations) are cited in the text after
the name with as exact a date as possible. Examples of references to a
book, a chapter in book, and journal article follow, formatted in APA
style:
Tables, Figures, and Illustrations: Create tables, figure, and
illustrations in their electronic files, separate from the main text.
(You may use one file for all the tables, but place each figure or
illustration in a separate file. Each table should begin in a new
page). Figures and tables should be keyed to the text. The data in the
text need not be described in such detail that tables become
redundant. Figure captions should appear on a separate sheet, not on
the original figures. One high quality, camera ready version of each
figure must be submitted with the manuscript; photocopies may
accompany the additional manuscript copies. Compositors will typeset
the tables.
Note 1: Generalised writings are not encouraged.
Note 2: Any doubt(s) regarding the sub themes of the proposed volume
may be clarified preferably by e-mail before preparing the
contribution.
Note 3: There will be a free copy to 1st author or corresponding author
Important dates
Submission of full paper: September 30, 2014
Finalization of review process: October 30, 2014
Final intimation/acceptance to the authors: 20 November, 2014
Copyright submission by the authors: 30 November, 2014
How to Submit
The soft copy of the article may be submitted to
drkaushikanna@gmail.com and CC to shriram.ncsi@yahoo.com in
MS-Word-2007/2003 format.
Editors Contact:
Dr. Anna Kaushik
Dy. Librarian and I/C
University of Kota
Kota(Rajasthan)
Mob:+91 9414936675
Shriram Pandey
Asst. Professor & Incharge
Department of Library and Information Science
Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur
Mob:+91 9636383110
a clear picture of innovations, approaches, strategies, management,
practical implications required for successful librarianship in
digital era. This book explores various ideas, knowledge, platforms,
practical practices, and other issues for developing proactive and
user centric services/ products in the different areas which presently
needed for effective librarianship in digital era at global level.
Contributions of Research Papers are invited on following broad
sections/topics but are not limited to below topics:
- Applications of ICT and web technology in libraries
- Open sources and librarianship
- Innovation approaches to information storage and retrieval
- Cloud based libraries-Challenges and Issues
- Consortia
- Cutting Edge Technologies in librarianship
- Virtual Learning Environment
- Digital Libraries
- Digital resources preservation, management and cultivation
- Semantic Web, ontology, Linked data
- E- resources: management, evaluation etc.
- IPR and copyright in digital age
- Marketing of Library service
- Digital humanities and librarianship
- Information literacy
- Knowledge management
- Total Quality Management
- User satisfaction and behaviour in digital age
Target Audience:
Librarians, Libraries, executives, consultants, instructors, IT
specialists, managers, trainers, LIS students, and other LIS
professionals who intend to keep abreast of current trends in library
information science domain in the digital environment.
Submission Procedure:
LIS Professionals, researchers and practitioners are invited to submit
the manuscript clearly explaining the mission and concerns on or
before August 31, 2014. Authors will be acknowledged immediately and
the acceptance of the manuscript will be notified within a month as
per receipt date of the manuscript. Authors may be required to help,
if need be, in terms of proof, clarifications, etc. Manuscripts are
accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are
original and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Style manuals: Submissions must follow the styles outlines in the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001,
5th edition)
Abstract: Abstracts of a manuscript should not be more than 150 words.
Author identification: The complete title of the manuscript and the
name(s) of the author(s) should be only on the first sheet and the
main text should begin on the same sheet. Complete contact information
must be supplied for all authors and co-authors, including full
address and postal pin code, telephone, and e-mail address. The
corresponding authors should be identified.
Typescript: Manuscript should be typed on A-4 size paper,
double-spaced, with generous margins at top, bottom, and sides of
page. In soft copy it should be in IBM-compatible MS Word format.
Sub-heads should be used at reasonable intervals to break the monotony
of the text. Words and symbols to be italicized must be clearly
indicated, by either italic type or underlining. Abbreviations and
acronyms should be spelt out with its first occurrence, unless found
as entries in their abbreviated form in a standard dictionary. Pages
should be numbered consecutively.
Length: Manuscript should typically be of 10 to 15 pages including the
reference list.
Notes and reference: Notes are for explanations or amplifications of
textual material. They are distracting to the readers and expensive to
set and should be avoided whenever possible. They should be typed as
normal text at the end of the text section of the manuscript rather
than as the part of the footnote or endnote feature of computer
programme and should be numbered consecutively throughout the
contribution.
A reference list should contain references that are cited in the text.
These should be accurate and complete. Personal communications
(letters, memos, telephone conversations) are cited in the text after
the name with as exact a date as possible. Examples of references to a
book, a chapter in book, and journal article follow, formatted in APA
style:
Tables, Figures, and Illustrations: Create tables, figure, and
illustrations in their electronic files, separate from the main text.
(You may use one file for all the tables, but place each figure or
illustration in a separate file. Each table should begin in a new
page). Figures and tables should be keyed to the text. The data in the
text need not be described in such detail that tables become
redundant. Figure captions should appear on a separate sheet, not on
the original figures. One high quality, camera ready version of each
figure must be submitted with the manuscript; photocopies may
accompany the additional manuscript copies. Compositors will typeset
the tables.
Note 1: Generalised writings are not encouraged.
Note 2: Any doubt(s) regarding the sub themes of the proposed volume
may be clarified preferably by e-mail before preparing the
contribution.
Note 3: There will be a free copy to 1st author or corresponding author
Important dates
Submission of full paper: September 30, 2014
Finalization of review process: October 30, 2014
Final intimation/acceptance to the authors: 20 November, 2014
Copyright submission by the authors: 30 November, 2014
How to Submit
The soft copy of the article may be submitted to
drkaushikanna@gmail.com and CC to shriram.ncsi@yahoo.com in
MS-Word-2007/2003 format.
Editors Contact:
Dr. Anna Kaushik
Dy. Librarian and I/C
University of Kota
Kota(Rajasthan)
Mob:+91 9414936675
Shriram Pandey
Asst. Professor & Incharge
Department of Library and Information Science
Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur
Mob:+91 9636383110
