CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

“INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SERVICES”

Dear Professionals,

We have great pleasure to inform you that we are going to bring out an edited book titled “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SERVICES” which will be published by reputed publishers with ISBN. We invite to you to contribute the original research papers/ case studies on the given thrust areas but are not limited with.

About the proposed book

The prime purpose of academic library is to support education and research. Right from inception to the present digital era, the primary objective of library has always been to achieve this goal. The use of information is pinpointed, accurate, precise and concise. Today the resources and services of libraries have changed intensely because of the development and application of web technology. Libraries are striving to provide the right information to right clientele at right time by different web 2.0 techniques. The demand and expectation of users have also changed considerably. In this changed scenario, services in libraries are more personalized, more interactive and more collaborative with web-based services by the use of information technologies. The inherent character of web offers many advantages and improvements for library services including the ability to hyperlink to other resources, use of a graphical interface, and access for remote users. The basic aim of the proposed book is to explore the adaptability and applicability of different types of web based library services and its utilization to the academics and society.

Thrust Areas
1. Altmetrics
2. Archives & Special Collections 3. Bibliographic and Cataloguing Services
4. Bibliometrics 5. Bulletin Board
6. Citation Analysis
7. Cloud Computing – LIS 8. Current Awareness Services
9. Data Curation – LIS 10. Database Access 11. Digital Reference Services 12. E-Mail / current content 13. E-Selective Dissemination of Information 14. Frequently Asked Questions
15. Knowledge Management
16. Librametrics
17. Library Science
18. LIS – Allied Subjects 19. List serve
20. Marketing & Public Relations
21. Marketing of LIS 22. News Clipping Service 23. Newsgroup 24. OPAC/ Web OPAC 25. Scientometrics
26. Social Networks – LIS 27. Subject Gateways
28. Total Quality Management
29. Virtual Reference Services
30. Visualising Libraries
31. Web 2.0 – LIS 32. Web casting
33. Webometrics, etc.
Submission Procedures

Chapter proposals are invited based on practice/research/best practices/case studies/surveys related to the theme. The length of the chapter should not be more than 3000 words. All the submitted papers will be reviewed and an intimation of acceptance of chapters will be sent to the authors. Accepted papers will be published in the form of an edited book with ISBN. The proposals must be original contributions and should be sent by email. Only MS WORD file as an attachment will be accepted.

Guidelines for Authors

Length of the paper: 3000 words

Font and size: Times New Roman, and 12 Pts

Reference style: APA sixth edition style

Language of the paper English

Email id: aksinghbook2018@gmail.com

Important dates

Last date for receiving full paper: 30/04/2018 (now been extend to 20 May 2018)

Notification of paper acceptance: 10/05/2018

#you are requested to follow our guidelines properly.

With regard….

Anuj Kumar Singh

Sr. Assistant Professor-Library

Government Degree College,

Jakkhini, Varanasi.

Mob. No.: #9918455165 #9451097258