Asian Digital Libraries meet in Bangalore

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JULY 8. The fourth International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) will begin here from December 10. The theme of the conference is `Digital Libraries: Dynamic Landscapes for Knowledge Creation, Access and Management'.

The ICADL is being orchestrated by a team of experts from all over the world. The International Programme Committee is steered by Prof. Hsinchun Chen of the U.S., Prof. Key-Sun Choi of Korea and Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto of Japan. The National Advisory Committee is led by the Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University, Prof. S.N.Hegde, and the Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Prof. S. Sadagopan.

Prof. Shalini Urs, Chairperson, Department of Information and Library Science, Mysore University, who is the Chairperson of the organising committee, told presspersons that Tokyo and Singapore were the other bidders for the ICADL.

The ICADL in Bangalore will encompass the full range of digital library research and practice, including information systems of all levels of digital content and granularity, means and techniques of selection, collection, and organisation and distribution of digital content.

All manner of document genres and electronic publishing, searching and finding information, diverse techniques of system design, development and implementation, interface design, and other areas will also be covered.

The local partners of ICADL include the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT) and the National Centre for Science Information at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The conference is organised by the Mysore University and the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT).

The IIIT is already into accessing e-journals in a big way and is assisting the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and other institutions in digitising a vast cornucopia of heritage and culture-based knowledge content.

Prof. Hegde said the vast treasury of ancient manuscripts on palm leaves and priceless texts housed in the Oriental Research Institute would be retrieved, coded and preserved for posterity through digitisation, apart from microfilming and other modern methods of preservation.

The three-day conference will draw over 200 delegates and cover the gamut of issues and potential of digital libraries. It will target stake-holders, including library and information science professionals, computer science professionals, archivists, content and knowledge managers, electronic publishing, information providers and vendors, knowledge organisers and technology service providers.

The event is sponsored by The Hindu and Deccan Herald newspapers.

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