About the Seminar

The idea Society 5.0 visualize a human-centric society which achieves both economic progress and smart resolutions for the societal problems. Thus society 5.0 can provide high quality life through a system that effectively intermix cyberspace and physical space.  Libraries are social institutions with a long history in the community and, over time, have acted as knowledge centers capable of illuminating civilization.  The development of the era of society 5.0 inevitably made the library to become an active participant in the evolution. The library is a combination of virtual and physical space to meet users' information needs as a society 5.  Through the interconnectedness of society, it appears that the Society 5.0 era has the power to change the community's mindset about libraries.  On this background the conference aims to discuss and address the ongoing trends, progress, and challenges of the libraries and adaptable technologies by libraries to become relevant and effective in a society 5.0

Registration Fees

Govt./Govt. Aided Librarian – Rs. 750/-

Unaided Stream Librarians – Rs 500

Students and Research Scholars – Rs 400/-

Important Dates

Full paper Submission deadline – 30/09/2024

Acceptance and intimation to the authors – 15/10/2024 onwards

Guideline for paper presentation and full paper submission

• Abstract in 350 words
• Maximum length of the paper is restricted to 4500 words and minimum lenth is restricted to 2500 words.
• Use Times New Roman Font 12 cm in size
• Main titles to be in Block Letters and the font size will be 14 cm bold
• Sub Titles in Normal Font and the size is 14 cm bold
• Provide 5 key words
• It is the author/contributor responsibility that the paper is free from plagiarism and grammatical errors
• Once the paper is accepted the author need to give the consent for publication
• The allotted time for paper presentation is 10 minutes
• Paper evaluated and selected by Expert Committee will be published in the post seminar volume having ISBN
• The paper should be original in nature
• Submit the paper on the following email Id libsmctsr@gmail.com

Themes

• Technology integration in library operations
• The advancement of technology and its implementation on library sources and services.
• The role of technology integrated library in learning and research
• Technology and sustainability – how it can be reflected through library services
• Technology integrated library and user satisfaction of the users of Society 5.0

Sub-Themes

• Hybrid and HyFlex Library Services
• Librarian 5.0 in a Society 5.0
• AI in libraries
• Media and information literacy challenges in information practice
• Pedagogical approach to digital and AI Literacies
• Smart Libraries
• Digital libraries
• Metaverse Libraries
• Automated reference service
• Virtual space in physical library
• Community engagements and collaborations
• Digital Literacy and technological fluency
• Any other topic of your interest related to Library and Librarianship

Accommodation

Accommodation will be provided on request on payment basis

Contact Number

7034522561 – Sr. Jolly Varghese U (Librarian, St. Mary’s College, Thrissur)