TERI (The Energy
and Resources Institute) invites your attention to ICDL 2006,
the second conference in the Institute’s ICDL (International
Conference on Digital Libraries) series. The theme of ICDL 2006 is
Digital Libraries: Information Management for Global Access, and the
conference will focus on the creation, adoption, implementation, and
utilization of digital libraries, e-learning, and knowledge societies.
The first edition of ICDL was held in New Delhi between 24-27 February,
2004. Inaugurated by the Hon’ble President of India, Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam, ICDL 2004 attracted more than 750 participants and 55
invited speakers from 36 countries shared their knowledge management
experiences on a single platform. The conference was able to create
awareness and enthusiasm in the digital knowledge community, and it
was agreed that a regular ICDL could be an extremely useful tool to
further e-learning processes and bridge the digital divide that exists
in this part of the world.
The objective of ICDL 2006 is to bridge the knowledge
gaps between the developing and the developed countries in the field
of digital libraries, and the conference will aim to strengthen
the academic collaboration and strategic alliances in the development
of digital libraries across the world. The conference will provide
an international forum for sharing of information, experiences and
ideas among researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers
from a variety of disciplines such as Library and Information Science,
Computer Science, Archival and Museum studies and Knowledge Management.
A galaxy of international and national experts in the field are
expected to enrich the forum.
Some of the broad categories of participants who will
benefit from attending this Conference are:
Library and Information Science professionals
Information Technology professionals
Knowledge workers
Policy makers
Educationists
Archivists
Content and knowledge managers
IT Service providers
Information providers and vendors
Museologists
Electronic publishing and virtual electronic communities
All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business
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