Friday, May 11, 2018

Festschrift volume: Call for Chapter/Article/Message

Call for Chapter/Article/Message

May I take this opportunity to inform you that a Festschrift volume is planned to be published by a reputed publisher with an ISBN in Honor of Professor V.P. Khare, DLIS, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (U.P.) for his remarkable contributions to the profession on eve of his superannuation on 30th June 2018.

Prof. V.P. Khare is a well-known name in the Indian LIS Fraternity. He has put in 33 years of dedicated service in this field. Where ever he worked he put his heart and soul for the development of the organization. He started his career from Central Library of IIT, Powai, Mumbai in 1979 where he organized a Reference Library of American Society for Metals – India Chapter, Mumbai in 1982. After working there for six years he joined as Documentation Officer at Central Library of Shivaji University, Kolhapur in 1985. In his very short tenure there, of only one year, he established a Documentation Centre in the University. He then joined Dept. of Library and Information Science, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi in 1986. He has been the founder and first Head of the Department. He has strived hard to establish the Department and nurtured it to attain its present status of a well known LIS Department in India.

His contributions are not limited to LIS; he is also passionate about art literature and music. He is a melodious singer and also a polyglot, having knowledge of English, German, Hindi, Kannad, Marathi, Urdu and Sanskrit. To say the least, Prof. V.P. Khare is a multi-talented, energetic and dynamic personality.
The theme of the Festschrift volume is “Emerging Trends for SMART Libraries”. The sub-themes include:

Part I - About Professor V.P. Khare
❖ Profile and a journey in Retrospect
❖ Experiences with Dr. V.P. Khare as a student, researcher, colleague, friend, family member.

Part II- Contributed Papers
❖ Changing Context of Library
❖ Modern Concept of Library
❖ Reinventing Library Management
❖ Innovative Library services
❖ Role of Library in the information society
❖ Web as a Global Library
❖ Technology Trends in Libraries
❖ Digital Resource Management
❖ Mobile Technologies
❖ Cloud Technologies
❖ Role of Social Media
❖ Visual Data analysis
❖ Information Literacy
❖ Metric Studies
❖ Security and Surveillance
❖ Library Transformation
-e-Library
-Digital Library
-Virtual Library
-Hybrid Library
❖ Any other related to Theme

You are cordially invited to be a part of this memorable Festschrift Volume and contribute a Chapter/ Article/Message. The papers may be submitted in MS-Word in Times New Roman Font with 12 size, 1.5 spacing with 1” margin on all sides of the page with APA style to drssonal@rediffmail.com on or before 31st May 2018. Kindly take care of Copyright and plagiarism of your article. You are also requested to send a Passport size photograph with a brief note along with the article.

With regards,
Dr Sonal Singh
Associate Professor & Head,
S.S. in LIS, Vikram University, Ujjain-456010
Mobile-8989218671

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