SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations. Papers should be sent to Conference Secretariat or to asiansla@gmail.com

Extended abstracts should have sub-headings e.g. purpose, design/ methodology/ approach, findings, originality/ value/ conclusion and keywords in about 500 words. Submission of full papers having abstract, keywords and references on A4 size paper with margin 1.5 cm on all side in MS Word format in 10 points New Times Roman type single line spacing. Length of paper is requested to be upto 6 – pages. It must be enclosed with the details of the author i.e. name of the author, designation, title of the article, abstract, name of the affiliating Institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and E-mail address. The contributors will be communicated about the acceptance of the paper by Program Committee to enable them to present their papers. Please ensure that the paper submitted should not have already been published elsewhere. The editors will have the right to edit the papers before acceptance is communicated. Selected papers will be published in the proceedings.
The proposal/ Abstract can be on any aspects related to special libraries. Some of the themes are given below, but not necessarily limited to:

Information Resources and Services
Managing Information over Load
Customized Information Services
E-Referencing and New Referencing Techniques
Value Added Services
Benchmarking Techniques
Measuring Service Quality
Sustainable Information Resources
Offshoring and Outsourcing
Key reference tools for Asian source
Content Creation and Management
Information Society: Emerging Paradigm

Information Society: An Asian Perspective
Information Society: Sustainable Models
Community Information Systems
Design and Role of Information Centres
Delivery of Information Services
Information Systems: Case Studies
E-Governance and Public Information
Information Literacy and Competency: Capacity Building
Mapping Community Participation Patterns
Information Divide and Deprivation
Private and Public Participation
Funding Opportunities
Information Communication and Technologies

Delivery Methods and Mechanisms
Information Generation and Cultivation
Information Warehousing and Storage
Information Harvesting and Dissemination
Retrieval and Access Mechanisms
Information Tools/Technology: State of the Art
Development of Information Portals and Information Gateways
Applications of Web 2.0 in Asia
Information Objects, and Products

Information Portals
Digital Libraries/Repositories
E-journals Management
Information Sharing Models/Consortia
Information Networks and Protocols
Standards, Copyright, licensing and IPR Issues
Publisher/Vendor/Library Relations
Information and Business

Information Entrepreneurship : Scope and Prospects
Information Marketing
Employment opportunities
Skill Upgradation and Career Advancement
Recruitment and Hiring Techniques
Creating Lobbies and Pressure Groups
Role of library Associations
Special libraries after 20 years
LIS Education, Training & Research

Course material and Content Contemporarising
Continuing and Life Long Learning and role of SLA
E-learning Modules
Skills and Competency Development
Incubation and Training Centres
Research Relevance LIS
LIS Education, Research and LIS School
 
The last date for submission of Abstract/ Proposal is June 30, 2008 and Submission of Full Paper is September 15, 2008.

Best Paper Award
An award will be given to the best contributed paper (or papers) submitted to the conference as judged by the Program Committee.
The proposal/ Abstract may be sent to Conference Secretariat or through email given below:

Mr P K Jain
Organising Secretary, ICoASL 2008
C/o Institute of Economic Growth
University of Delhi Enclave, Delhi - 110 007, India
Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367
Fax: 91-11-27667463; 91-11-27667410 Cell: 09899110787
Email: asiansla@gmail.com; asianchaptersla@yahoo.com