The International Conference on libraries concluded at the KIIT University on Wednesday.
The theme of the conference was ‘Marching beyond the libraries: The Role of Social Media and Networking’. Over 250 delegates from India and abroad participated the conference where 74 published papers and 68 papers were presented.
Dr Jagdish Arora, Director, INFlIBNET; Prof B Ramesh Babu, Madras University; Dr Opera Gineva Chinemdu, Nigeria; Dr MG Sreekumar, librarian, IIM Kozhikode; Dr RC Gaur, Chief librarian, JNU Delhi; Dr MN Jadav, librarian, IIT Madras; Prof Pravakar Rath, Dean, Mizoram University; Dr K Elavazagan, librarian, IIM Trichy; Prof KC Das, Professor, Utkal University; Prof Bulu Moharana, Professor, Sambalpur University; Dr. Sunil Kumar Satpathy, librarian, NIT, Raipur; Dr Masoom Raza, Aligarh Muslim University; Dr Parul Zaveri, SNDT Womens University, Mumbai; Prof RK Mahapatra, Tripura University; Dr Sada Bihari Sahu, SIDBI, lucknow; Dr DK Nehru, BARC, Mumbai; and Dr Radhakrishnan Natrajan, Periyar University, Tamil Nadu participated in different technical sessions.
Chief guest Dr Sasmitarani Samanta, Registrar, KIIT University, spoke at the inaugural ceremony. She said library has an important role in dissemination of knowledge. In the age of information technology, social media play a vital role. People want quick and exact information. So, the libraries should be digitised to cope up with social media.
Prof AK Rath, Chairman, ClC, welcomed the guests while Dr Bijayalaxmi Rautaray proposed a vote of thanks.