National Level Conference on “Impact of Web Technologies and E-Resources on Library Services

Two day National Level Conference on “Impact of Web Technologies and E-Resources on Library Services” was organized by Central Library of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s College of Engineering, Pune, on 27-28 September 2013. Dr D K Veer, Librarian, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangbad and SOUL Coordinator Maharashtra and Goa region, Aurangabad) was the Chief Guest for this function. He emphasized in his key note address Web technologies significance in the achievement of LIS educational goals/objectives, fulfillment of the primary tasks of LIS Education, productivity and quality of information retrieved through resources, and how emerging web technologies will be helpful for librarians to improve their services. Library professionals from Cochin, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Karnataka, Delhi, Raigarh and Gujarat presented their research papers on web technology theme in this Conference. Total 68 participants registered for this conference. Program was started with Inaugural function. Conference proceeding was released by the Chief Guest Dr D K Veer. Total 72 papers were submitted for Conference, out of which 47 papers were selected. Selected papers were presented in four technical sessions.

Technical session 1 : Impact of IT on Library services (9 Papers)

Technical session 2 : Role of Librarians in Web Technology (13 Papers)

Technical session 3 : Use of E-Resources (10 Papers)

Technical session 4 : Digital Libraries (12 Papers).

Dr Shiva Shukla (Deputy Librarian, Agra University, Agra) worked as Chair Person for these technical sessions. Dr K C Vora, A Madhavrao (ARAI, Pune) received the best paper award for paper on, “Digital Information Services: A case study of ARAI Knowledge Center’’.