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Seeing overwhelming responses from all corners—government, librarians, and publishers— the ICDL was organized
again in 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2016. Since the beginning, ICDLs were fortunate to receive support of the Indian
government, online publishers, renowned speakers, organizations, and participants. Speakers from over 25 countries
have attended the past four ICDLs. Ever since its inception, the ICDL has served as a key platform to promote DL
research and connect DL enthusiasts from around the world, and has been recognized as a leading international
DL conference.
The major components of the ICDL reveal a certain trend indicating the evolution of topics such as Library and
Information Science. Figure 2 gives a bird’s-eye view of the percentage of minor topical sections submitted in the
previous conferences (2004, 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2016).
The set of juvenile subjects gain their due through the emergence of new technology, which is the need of the hour,
whereas a few topics slowly recede from the minds of their readers or audience owing to the changing trends. The
subjects come up with thresholds and their relevance and usability are majorly observed such as DL services, DL tools
and technology, DL development and management, open access and online learning, KM, and so on.
The maximum papers were submitted on the topic of DL development and architecture in the early ICDLs (2004
and 2006), but in the later conferences (2010 and 2013), there was a significant upsurge in the acceptance of the
said theme and other allied areas. Similarly, the topics shown in individual years are mentioned in figures reflecting
the evolving trends of the decade’s knowledge demands and a few going behind the curtain of new technology
dominance. Paper submission for topics like ‘Digital Divide’, ‘Metadata and Interoperability’, ‘User Behaviour’, and so on
shows a declining trend. The new topics introduced in 2013 are ‘DL technology and architecture’. Figure 2 shows an
increasing rate of submission in ‘DL Development’, ‘DL preservation’, ‘E publishing’, ‘Semantics’, and ‘DL services’. KM is
the need of the hour for Library and Information professionals in order to adapt to the technology in vogue to curate
and deliver knowledge in the near future.
This trend has been changing since 2016 with the introduction of some new topics such as big and open data, IOT,
and interoperability, which have gained huge acceptance amongst the conference stakeholders. Maximum papers
submitted in the ICDL 2016 focused on topics such as DLs, information resources and management, open access and
innovation, KM, and information storage and retrieval.
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again in 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2016. Since the beginning, ICDLs were fortunate to receive support of the Indian
government, online publishers, renowned speakers, organizations, and participants. Speakers from over 25 countries
have attended the past four ICDLs. Ever since its inception, the ICDL has served as a key platform to promote DL
research and connect DL enthusiasts from around the world, and has been recognized as a leading international
DL conference.
The major components of the ICDL reveal a certain trend indicating the evolution of topics such as Library and
Information Science. Figure 2 gives a bird’s-eye view of the percentage of minor topical sections submitted in the
previous conferences (2004, 2006, 2010, 2013, and 2016).
The set of juvenile subjects gain their due through the emergence of new technology, which is the need of the hour,
whereas a few topics slowly recede from the minds of their readers or audience owing to the changing trends. The
subjects come up with thresholds and their relevance and usability are majorly observed such as DL services, DL tools
and technology, DL development and management, open access and online learning, KM, and so on.
The maximum papers were submitted on the topic of DL development and architecture in the early ICDLs (2004
and 2006), but in the later conferences (2010 and 2013), there was a significant upsurge in the acceptance of the
said theme and other allied areas. Similarly, the topics shown in individual years are mentioned in figures reflecting
the evolving trends of the decade’s knowledge demands and a few going behind the curtain of new technology
dominance. Paper submission for topics like ‘Digital Divide’, ‘Metadata and Interoperability’, ‘User Behaviour’, and so on
shows a declining trend. The new topics introduced in 2013 are ‘DL technology and architecture’. Figure 2 shows an
increasing rate of submission in ‘DL Development’, ‘DL preservation’, ‘E publishing’, ‘Semantics’, and ‘DL services’. KM is
the need of the hour for Library and Information professionals in order to adapt to the technology in vogue to curate
and deliver knowledge in the near future.
This trend has been changing since 2016 with the introduction of some new topics such as big and open data, IOT,
and interoperability, which have gained huge acceptance amongst the conference stakeholders. Maximum papers
submitted in the ICDL 2016 focused on topics such as DLs, information resources and management, open access and
innovation, KM, and information storage and retrieval.
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