Dear Professionals,
Prof. D. Chandran, Professor and Head, Department of Library and InformationScience, S.V.University, Tirupati is one of the dynamic and mobile professor well known in all the parts of the country. After obtaining distinctive academic and professional qualifications, he joined the department in 1985.

Keeping in view the multifaceted contribution s of Dr. Chandran to the profession during the past 3.5 decades, we the close professional associates, friends and admirers are planning to honour him by way of presenting a Festschrift on the eve of his Superannuation. We are confident that this is going to be a befitting testimony to the person who has been a ‘role model’ to many of the budding professionals. Therefore, we earnestly appeal to all the active professional friends and experts to contribute paper(s) on any of the following facets of your choice;
Facets
1. Reminiscences on Prof. D. Chandran
2. Information and Society / Information Literacy
3. Information Processing and Retrieval
4. Collection development and Information Resource Management
5. Information /Knowledge Management
6. Digital Libraries and Digitisation
7. Open Access Movement / Web Technologies
8. Education and Research in LIS: Trends and Challenges
9. Scientometrics, Informetrics and Webometrics
10. Information use and user studies
11. Library & Information Centers of the future
12. Scientometric portrait of Prof. D. Chandran’s Contributions
Further we appeal to you to send your paper(s) (hard and soft copy), so as to reach to the
Convener on or before 5th March 2013. The paper should be of about 5000 words in MS word
document. Published Festschrift volume with ISBN number will be given to the author. (first author
in case of multiple authors). The Felicitation Committee intended to organize the function during
last week of April, 2013. We eagerly look forward for your active cooperation and support in this
regard.
With warm regards
Place : Tirupati                     Organizing Secretary
Date : 28th January 2013     Prof. D. Chandran Felicitation Committee