Call for Papers

Librarianship Redefined in Knowledge Society:

 Essays in Honour of Prof J C Binwal   

Submission Deadline

March 30, 2013

A book being edited by

Dr. Moses M. Naga

DLIS, NEHU, Shillong

mosesmnaga@gmail.com

Ch. Dr.  Ibohal Singh

DLIS, Manipur University, Imphal

ibohal68@gmail.com

&
Dr Nirmal Kumar Swain

DLS, Banasthali University, Rajasthan.
nkswainlisfaculty@gmail.com 

Introduction

The claim today is that we live in knowledge societies that represent a major departure from the kinds of societies we have lived in the past. Over the years numerous societies were created with different attributes and value systems. The single largest changing element was found to be none other than Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Knowledge has become sole ingredient to make any society/societies rich in its living, thinking, introspecting and pushing ahead the future plans also. All sections of people from different societies are very much affected the new trends in research and development of the different fields of knowledge. Sometimes knowledge society precedes the information society as the thinkers claim. But this much is true that the professions and people across the disciplines and subjects are affected by newly formed knowledge societies. The main driving force behind any knowledge society is the development of cyber world or Internet which gave a paradigm shift in shaping the economic development and standard of living of modern men.

About Professor J C Binwal  

Born on 19^th December 1939 at Nainital, Professor Jagdish Chandra Binwal holds degrees of Master of Arts in Sociology with a first class from Kashi Vidyapeeth; Master in Library Science from University of Delhi with first class first position; and Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from Karnatak University.  He did his post-doctoral work for some time at the University of Pittsburgh (USA) as a Senior Fulbright Fellow.  Starting his career as a Professional Assistant in BHU Library in 1961, he rose to the position of Deputy Librarian. He remained associated with both the Library and teaching at the Department of Library and Information Science, BHU till he joined North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong in 1978 as Librarian.  He organized NEHU Library from scratch and continued to manage it till 1992.

Besides managing the Library, he also took initiative to train manpower to meet the growing needs of libraries in North East India, first by launching a program of Certificate course in Library and Information Science and, later on, by starting the Department of Library and Information Science.  The department was started in 1985 with a 2 years integrated Masters program in Library and Information Science, which was the first of its kind in the entire country.  Subsequently, several universities adopted this model and today this is the model in currency.

Professor Binwal held several positions in NEHU such as, University Librarian; Head, Department of Library and Information Science; Dean, School of Library and Information Science; Dean, School of Economics, Management and Information Science; and Honorary Joint Director, ICSSR North Eastern Regional Centre.  He was member of the Executive Council, NEHU for nearly 7 years. Besides NEHU, he was also a member of the Executive Council of Arunachal Pradesh University for three years. Outside NEHU, he was member of several committees such as Board of Studies, Research Committee, selection committee of several universities and other institutions.  He also served as Professor of Library and Information Science at Sana’a University, Republic of Yemen from 1996 to 1998.

His contribution to LIS literature include three books and sixty articles on varied subjects such as Knowledge Organization; Knowledge Management; User Studies; Information Technology and its applications to LIS. His students are in four digits and are spread all over the length and breadth of the country.  His research scholars also include students from Yemen and Bangladesh.

Objectives of the Book     

Librarianship Redefined in Knowledge Society:  Essays in Honour of Prof J C Binwal proposes to bring professionals from varieties of disciplines to be agreed upon a focal theme ‘Knowledge Society’. The book is also proposed to be beginning with the basics of knowledge society considering it as a myth or a reality. People from philosophy, sociology, computing and dominantly from library and information science field will exercise their expertise in a single platform in a form of a book.

About the Book     

The book will be an exhibit of a gamut of scholars from different fields of high reputes. This book surely is useful for disciplines of Library and Information Science in particular and the social science related fields in general. It is promised to be a very good text to be brought out by a famed publisher.

Along with this special feature of the book it is proposed, as the title says a festschrift volume in honour of a senior teacher of library and information science of the country about whom you must have read in forgoing paragraphs.

Recommended sections/topics include but are not limited to the following:

PROF J C BINWAL

• About Prof J C Binwal
• As a Teacher
• As a Friend
• As a LIS Professional
• As We Know Him
• As a Scholar
• As a University Librarian
• As an Administrator

INTRODUCTION

• Basics of Knowledge Societies
• Theories of Society  
• Economic Structure of Knowledge Societies
• Freedom of expression as the touchstone of knowledge societies
• Freedom of information and media pluralism in knowledge societies
• Information Economy

INFORMATION SOCIETY VS KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

• Information is Power
• Knowledge is Power
• Industrial and Post-Industrial Society

KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY

• Philosophical Perspective
• Sociological Perspective
• Librarians Perspective
• Data, Information and Knowledge

• Government and Democracy in the Knowledge Society

ICT AND ITS EVOLUTIONARY IMPACT

• e-Teaching and e-Learning
• Cooperative Leaning
• Digital Libraries  
• Digital divide
• Knowledge Sharing  
• Library Consortia
• Social Networking
• E-Governance

LIBRARISNSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

• Information and Knowledge Work force   
• Open Source Software
• Open Educational Resources
• Right to Information
• Universal Access to knowledge resources

KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

• Open Educational Resources
• Gender Equality 
• Equal access to education

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

• The Knowledge creator vs. consumer
• Right Information at the Right Time to the Right Users
• Knowledge Organisation
• Knowledge Repackaging (Indexing & Abstracting etc)   

RECOGNITION OF NEW PROFESSIONS

• Knowledge Workers
• Professions and Professionals
• Professional issues & Professional Values
• Continuing Education Programmes for the LIS professionals

INFORMATION LITERACY

• Information Literacy Basics
• Information Literacy Models
• Computer  Literacy
• ICT  Literacy
• Internet Literacy
• Digital  Literacy
• Media  Literacy
• Case Studies

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

• The Nature of Change
• Change and the Manager Managing Change
• Gender Perspective
• Mapping Change
• The Systems Approach to Change
• Total Project Management
•  People Management Organizations
• Managing Knowledge and Change
•  Cases

Submission Procedure:  

Scholars, LIS Professionals, researchers and practitioners are invited to submit the manuscript clearly explaining the mission and concerns on or before March 30, 2013.  Authors will be acknowledged immediately and the acceptance of the contribution will be notified within a fortnight of receipt of the contribution. Authors may be required to help, if need be, in terms of proof, clarifications, etc.  Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. 

Style manuals: Submissions must follow the styles as outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001, 5th edition)

Abstract: All manuscripts should include an abstract of 100 words or less.

Keywords: A maximum of 5 keywords should be incorporated for each manuscript.

Author identification: The complete title of the contribution and the name(s) of the author(s) should be only on the first sheet and the main text should begin on the same sheet. Complete contact information must be supplied for all authors and co-authors, including full address and postal pin code, telephone, and e-mail address. The corresponding authors should be identified.    

Typescript: Manuscript should be typed on A-4 size paper, double-spaced, with generous margins at top, bottom, and sides of page. In soft copy it should be in IBM-compatible MS Word format. Sub-heads should be used at reasonable intervals to break the monotony of the text. Words and symbols to be italicized must be clearly indicated, by either italic type or underlining. Abbreviations and acronyms should be spelt out with its first occurrence, unless found as entries in their abbreviated form in a standard dictionary. Pages should be numbered consecutively.

Length: Manuscript should typically be of 10 to 15 pages including the reference list.

Notes and references:  Notes are for explanations or amplifications of textual material. They are distracting to the readers and expensive to set and should be avoided whenever possible. They should be typed as normal text at the end of the text section of the manuscript rather than as the part of the footnote or endnote feature of computer programme and should be numbered consecutively throughout the contribution. A reference list should contain references that are cited in the text. These should be accurate and complete. Personal communications (letters, memos, telephone conversations) are cited in the text after the name with as exact a date as possible. Examples of references to a book, a chapter in book, and journal article follow, formatted in APA style:

Tables, Figures, and Illustrations: Create tables, figure, and illustrations in their electronic files, separate from the main text. (You may use one file for all the tables, but place each figure or illustration in a separate file. Each table should begin in a new page). Figures and tables should be keyed to the text. The data in the text need not be described in such detail that tables become redundant. Figure captions should appear on a separate sheet, not on the original figures. One high quality, camera ready version of each figure must be submitted with the manuscript; photocopies may accompany the additional manuscript copies. Compositors will typeset the tables.

Note 1: Generalised writings are not encouraged.

Note 2: Any doubt(s) regarding the sub themes of the proposed volume may be clarified preferably by e-mail before preparing the contribution.

Note 3:  There will be a free copy to 1st author or corresponding author

Submissions can be forwarded electronically 
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