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SoFerence is a leading biennial National Social Conference on Library & Information Science (LIS) organized by India’s largest Corporate Information Resource Centre from Tata Consultancy Services.

This year, the 7th edition is scheduled on Saturday, 20^th January 2024. The theme of SoFerence is “Transformation of Libraries: Design Thinking Way”.

Libraries are continuously evolving in the fast-paced technological milieu, making it increasingly imperative for Libraries to reimagine its collection, services as well as infrastructure in the pursuit of aligning with New Normal. Reimagining involves out-of-the-box thinking and decision-making which are pivoted tightly around library users. Design Thinking is a process applicable to all types of libraries interested in creating innovative services and solving problems iteratively.

This year, in SoFerence, we will be conducting an in-person Design Thinking workshop for Library Professionals, focusing on live library problems. The takeaway from this workshop would be a practical understanding of the complete design thinking process with a tailormade roadmap for transforming your libraries.

Registrations are invited for in-person SoFerence conducted at TCS Bangalore on Saturday, 20^th January 2024.  A Pre-SoFerence online workshop will be held on Saturday 6^th January, 2024.

REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION OF PROBLEM(S)/CHALLENGES:

• No Registration Fee (Free for all)
• 150 Seats only available (First come first serve basis)
• All participants will be rewarded with an E-Certificate.
• Submit your library problem(s) for brainstorming during SoFerence to elicit workable ideas.
  Register & Submit Problem | Click Here →

AWARDS

• Best Articulated Problem (Individual Awards)
• Best Pre-SoFerence Workshop (Group Awards)

IMPORTANT DATES

• 31^stDecember 2023 | Last date for Registration 
• 2^ndJanuary 2024 | Registration Confirmation 
• 6^thJanuary 2024 | Online Pre-SoFerence Workshop
• 20^thJanuary 2024 | SoFerence

SPEAKER @ WORKSHOP

Reeta Mehrishi
Head, Corporate Design
Tata Consultancy Services

SoFerence Brochure Click here →

For more details visit https://sites.google.com/view/soference/home

For queries, please write to us at: soference@gmail.com