1. Speakers
Eminent speakers from industry and library profession
will be invited to speak and to share their experiences.
SLA Asian Chapter Participation of experts from Microsoft (India) Ltd, Tata
Consulting Services, DNA News Daily, Daphne Systems
Pvt. Ltd. is confirmed. Advocate Dr.Mohan Dewan will
deliberate on Digital Content & IPR. A one day workshop on
Organizing Committee
Librarianship 2.0:
Secretary : Suniti Panse, MCCIA
Treasurer : K. Satyanarayana, TCS, Pune
Emerging trends
Meera Gaikaiwari, Algorhythms, Pune & in connecting
India Representative, SLA Asian Chapter people to information
Members :
Nirupama Bawadekar, IUCAA, Pune
Sponsored by N. B. Dahibhate, NCL, Pune
Asha Gadre, Organised by
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune SLA Asian Chapter
Kishore Ingale, TCS, Mumbai in Co-ordination with
Shubhada Nagarkar,
Departmentt of Library & Information Sciences,
MCCIA
University of Pune
Nagnath R. Ramdasi, C-DAC, Pune on
Debal Kar, TERI, Delhi; President, SLA Asian Chapter
Scott Davidson, Immediate Past President February 08, 2008
SLA Asian Chapter Singapore
Registration Fees
Early Bird registration Rs. 500/- Venue:
For SLA / MCCIA Members and Students early bird S. Moolgaonkar Auditorium
offer closes on 31st January 2008 MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex,
For others early bird offer closes on 25th January 2008 Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016
Regular registration Rs. 700/-
Workshop Secretariat (Seats limited to 80)
Mrs. S. M. Panse Duly filled registration form should be sent to the
Workshop Secretary or to any of the committee Workshop Secretariat
member. Mrs. S. M. Panse
Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture
Workshop timings
505 & 506, 'A' Wing, 5th Floor, MCCIA Trade Tower, 505 & 506, 'A' Wing, 5th Floor, MCCIA Trade Tower,
9.30 am to 5. 30 pm
ICC Complex, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016 ICC Complex, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016
Registration - 9.00 am to 9.30 am Tel : 2570 9231/000
Tel : 2570 9231/000

2. About the Workshop Organizers About the Workshop
About SLA Theme
Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit
Today we have a wealth of information on the Web.
global organization for innovative information
Information can be transformed into knowledge with the One Day Workshop On
professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves
addition of appropriate context to it. Context addition Librarianship 2.0 :
the information profession, including corporate, needs collaboration, communication and information
academic, government, corporations, media, finance, Emerging trends in
sharing among group of people. Connecting People to Information
science, research, academies, museums, trade The present Web 2.0 (the second generation Internet
associations, nonprofit organizations, and
where the user generates content) movement is laying Registration Form
nontraditional enterprises information specialists. The
the groundwork for collaborative efforts. Librarianship 2.0
mission of the Special Libraries Association is to
is about librarians embracing Web 2.0 technology to
advance the leadership role of SLA members in enhance services to the community they serve.
putting knowledge to work for the benefit of decision Name _____________________________________
Librarian 2.0 understands the user community deeply in
makers in corporations, government, the professions, terms of its goals and aspirations.
and society as well as to shape the destiny of our Designation ________________________________
This workshop covers usage of Web 2.0 tools like
information and knowledge-based society. For further
blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds, mashups, sharepoint Affiliation __________________________________
details : www.sla.org
as well as usage of social networking sites like
SLA – Asian Chapter in a nutshell Facebook, MySpace for Content generation. It also Address ___________________________________
focuses on other related topics such as Content
Special Libraries Association is one of the world’s Management; Digital Content, IPR.
largest information related Associations with 12,000 _________________________________________
members in 85 countries with 58 chapters and 25 Who Should Attend?
divisions. The Asian chapter covers a large _________________________________________
geographical area consisting of 22 countries. Information professionals in all sectors - Academia,
Government and Industry (Librarians, Information Telephone / Fax ____________________________
MCCIA – in a nutshell Architects, KM Heads, Content Annotators, Chief
Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Information Officers in industry) Email _____________________________________
Agriculture (MCCIA) is a premier industry association
with over 2200 members from different sectors. It is Workshop gives an excellent opportunity to
Rs................/- enclosed as registration fees
one of the most prominent and active Chambers of • learn emerging tools/platforms to interact with the
Commerce in India. It has been catalyst for economic user community. vide Cheque / Draft No................................
development of Pune and making Pune a global
business destination. • know best practices in knowledge / content
dated.......................................... drawn in favour of
management from practicing professionals.
The Asian chapter - plans:
• know latest information products from product and “SLA Workshop Librarianship 2.0” payble at Pune.
1. Networking with Asian Libraries and Information
service providers
Centers.
2. To organize Annual Meetings of Asian Librarians • establish a network with industry experts, solution Please send the completed form to the Workshop
and Information Professionals. providers and peer groups to share ideas and Secretariat.
3. To organize Workshops / Seminars in various experiences.
countries of the region.
• gain skills to deploy technology for enterprise Place ...................................
4. To provide guidelines and professional support to
advantage.
the Asian Libraries.
5. To provide training to Asian Chapter information Date .....................................
professionals.