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ICDL 2004=20
New Delhi
24-27 February 2004

International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation, =
preservation, access and management

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The Hon'ble President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has kindly accepted =
the invitation to be the Chief Guest at the inauguration of the conference =
on 24 February, 2004 at 1200 hrs at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.=20

Digital libraries and knowledge management are innovations, the implementat=
ion of which is still nascent in developing countries. However, they hold =
the promise of becoming key technologies for knowledge creation and =
management in the future. In February 2003, the Government of India =
launched the National Mission for Manuscripts, aimed at preserving the =
valuable manuscripts in India. The mission is designed to undertake =
elaborate surveys, run awareness programmes, and impart training in =
conservation/preservation techniques. ICDL 2004 would contribute to the =
objectives of the mission by assembling a galaxy of experts, researchers, =
and academics from across the world to exchange ideas on digital libraries,=
 and related technologies and issues.


Objectives
	.Bridge knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries
	.Initiate capacity building activities in digital libraries
	.Evolve  a road map for the digitization of archives, manuscripts, =
and libraries
	.Provide a forum for facilitating interaction amongst participants=
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	.Formulate  recommendations on digitization technologies, Acts, =
and policies


Who should participate?
	.Policy-makers
	.Library and information science professionals
	.IT professionals
	.Archivists and museologists
	.Content developers and knowledge managers
	.IT service providers
	.Information providers and vendors
	.Professionals from electronic publishing and virtual electronic=20=

         communities
	.All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business


Patrons:

                        Mr Jagmohan
             Hon'ble Union Minister for Tourism and Culture=20
                     Government of India
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Tutorials
	.Conference sessions
	.Panel discussions
	.Business sessions
	.Exhibition



Day 1: 24 February 2004 (Tuesday)

8.00 a.m. 	Registration for Tutorials and=20
		Conference=09

9.00-10.30 a.m.	TUTORIALS

TUTORIAL 1A                 TUTORIAL 1B            TUTORIAL 1C
Finding information 	       Ontologies and 	           Institutional=20=

through the Internet	       Thesauri	           repositories
and the WWW	        Nicola Guarino           T B Rajashekar
Paul Nieuwenhuysen
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10.30-11.00 a.m.	Tea=09

11.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m.	TUTORIALS

TUTORIAL 2A	    TUTORIAL 2B                    TUTORIAL 1C
Build digital library  	    Knowledge Management       Automatic classifica=
tion of =20
using open source       and Systems: development    of documents, or the
software (GSDL)/        applications                            automatic =
generation of
Ian Witten	    Hsinchun Chen                        metadata/=20
	                                                                   =
 Fabrizio Sebatiani

1.00-2.00 p.m.	Lunch

2.00-4.00 p.m.	TUTORIALS

TUTORIAL 3A	   TUTORIAL 3B                   TUTORIAL 3C
Dublin Core	   Metadata: XML/RDF         Building DLs using
Stuart Weibel	   Erich Neuhold                    DSpace, OAI-PMH=20
                                                                           =
   Version 2, Handle System
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                                12.00-1330 a.m.
                       Conference Inauguration=20
                                    At
                       Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

                          Inaugural Address
                                   By
                        Hon'ble President of India=20
                         Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam=20


 Day 2: 25 February 2004 (Wednesday)

8.00 a.m.	Registration =09

9.00-9.30 a.m.	Keynote Address 1=09

9.30-11.30 a.m.	  TECHNICAL SESSION 1=09

SESSION 1A	  SESSION 1B	     SESSION 1C=09
ePublishing,               Digital library             Digital library=20
initiatives	                  multimedia, and        technology:
                                  Digital library             planning, =
development,
		  evaluation	  and management
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11.30 a.m.-12.00 noon	Tea=09

12.00 noon-1.30 p.m.   TECHNICAL SESSION 2

SESSION 2A	       SESSION 2B	     SESSION 2C
Digital library           Country initiatives/            Digital =
library=20
policy issues	       case studies	     architecture,=20
				     network and=20
			                     technology

1.30-2.30 p.m.	Lunch=09

2.30-3.30 p.m.	BUSSINESS SESSION 1=09

3.30-4.00 p.m.	Tea

4.00-5.30 p.m.	TECHNICAL SESSION 3

SESSION 3A	       SESSION 3B	     SESSION 3C
Digital divide	       Multilingual	     Metadata issues
		       metadata issues=09
7.30 p.m. 	Dinner
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        Day 3: 26 February 2004 (Thursday)

9.00-9.30 a.m.	Keynote Address 2

9.30-11.30 a.m.	TECHNICAL SESSION 4

SESSION 4A	      SESSION 4B	   SESSION 4C
Content 	                      Knowledge 	   Semantics, =
thesauri,=20
management	      management	   and ontologies=09

11.30 a.m.-12.00 noon	Tea=09

12.00 noon-1.30 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 5

SESSION 5A	      SESSION 5B	   SESSION 5C
Copyright issues            e-Learning	  System scalability=20
and digital 	                                  and inter-operability
rights management			   =20

1.30-2.30 p.m.	Lunch

2.30-3.30 p.m.	BUSINESS SESSION 2=09

3.30-4.00 p.m.	Tea

4.00-6.00 p.m.	TECHNICAL SESSION 6

SESSION 6A	      SESSION 6B	       SESSION 6C
Archiving and 	      Retrieval systems   Human-machine=20
sharing cultural		                     interface, user
heritage and 		                      interaction
history globally	=09


	Day 4: 27 February 2004 (Friday)

9.00-9.30 a.m.	Keynote Address 3

9.30-11.00 a.m.	TECHNICAL SESSION 7

SESSION 7A	       SESSION 7B	    SESSION 7C
Manuscript: archiving     Digital library	    Digital library
and digitization  	       consortium	    communities

11.00-11.30 a.m.	Tea

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 8

SESSION 8A	       SESSION 8B	   SESSION 8C
Futuristics	                       Digital library	   Digital library
		       services	           security=09

1.00-2.00 p.m.	Lunch

2.00 a.m.-4.00 p.m.	PANEL DISCUSSION
	                Digital library policy and strategic
	                planning

4.00 - 5.30 p.m.	Valedictory session

For programme details please go to icdl site: www.teriin.org/events/icdl
Advisory Committee=20

 Conference Co-chairs=09
.Mr Dhanendra Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of =
Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
.Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi, and Chairman,  =
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva=20
. Prof. N Balakrishnan, Professor and Chairman, Division of Information =
Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie =
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

 Members


.Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscript=
s, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of =
India
.Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of =
Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
.Mr Yateendra Joshi, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi
.Dr Abhijit Lahiri, Adviser, Department of Scientific and Industrial =
Research, Government of India, New Delhi
.Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of =
India, New Delhi
.Dr S S Murthy, Former Director, Defence Scientific Information and 	=
Documentation Centre, Government of India, New Delhi
.Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, =
Ahmedabad
.Dr Usha Reddi, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, =
The Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi
.Dr S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, =
Bangalore
.Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, New Delhi
.Prof. M Tawfik, Director, UNESCO New Delhi Office, UNESCO Representative =
to Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka
.Dr R K Verma, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced =
Computing, Noida
.Dr N Vijayaditya, Director-General, National Informatics Centre, =
Government of India, New Delhi
.Dr Om Vikas, Scientist 'G' and Head, Computer Development Division, =
Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and =
Information Technology, Government of India


International Programme Committee

.Prof. Jos=E9 Luis Borbinha, Direction of Services for Innovation and =
Development,
National Library of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
.Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS, Director, Artificial =
Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman E-Commerce Lab, University of Arizona, =
Management Information Systems, McClelland Hall, Tucson, USA
.Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and =
Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1, Scotland, UK
.Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Archives f=E9d=E9rales suisses, Archivstrasse, =
Bern, Switzerland
.Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor, Computer Graphics, University of =
Technology
Braunschweig, Germany
.Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University=
 Library, Monash University, Australia
.Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian =
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
.Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of =
Communication, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State =
University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
.Prof. Gary Marchionini, Distinguished Professor, University of North =
Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
.Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries,=
 Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
.Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation University =
Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
.Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information =
Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of conomics and Political =
Science, London, UK
.Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright =
Librarian, 100 Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
.Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department =
of Education and Skills, London, UK
.Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, =
OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, OH, USA
.Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of =
Waikato, New Zealand
.Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, =
Nottingham, UK

Steering Committee

 Co-chairs
.Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of =
Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New  Delhi
.Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi=09
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 Conference Coordinator
.Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow and Area Convenor, Library and Information Centre, =
TERI,=20
New Delhi

 Members =09
.Dr Jagdish Arora, Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, =
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
.Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information=20
Department and Library Regional=20
Coordinator South Asia, Goethe Institut, New Delhi
.Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscript=
s,=20
Department of Culture, Ministry of=20
Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
.Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, =
Indian Council of Social Science Research,=20
Government of India, New Delhi
.Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British =
Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi
.Dr H K Kaul, Director, Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi
.Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of =
India, New Delhi
.Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Office and Public Affairs - US =
Embassy, American Center, New Delhi
.Mr M Moni, Deputy  Director-General,=20
National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi
.Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian National Science Academy, New =
Delhi
.Dr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications)
Centre for Development of Advanced =09
Computing, Noida
.Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, New Delhi
.Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information =
Science Mysore University, Mysore=09


Eminent speakers

.Dr Jagdish Arora, Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, =
Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology,  New Delhi
.Prof. N Balakrishnan, Professor and Chairman, Division of Information =
Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
.Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Computer Science and Information Systems Co-ordinato=
r, Centre for Software Development; Assistant Dean, Distance Learning =
Programmes Division, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
.Prof. Jos=E9 Luis Borbinha, National Library of Portugal, Direction of =
Services for Innovation and Development, Portugal=20
.Dr Muniram Budhu, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and =
Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, USA
.Dr Vinod Chachra, Chairman & CEO, VTLS Inc., VA, USA
.Dr Harish Chandra, Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of =
Technology - Madras, Chennai
.Dr Ching-chih Chen, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information =
Science, Simmons College, USA
.Prof. Hsinchun Chen, Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab and Hoffman =
E-Commerce Lab, Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, =
USA=20
.Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and =
Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK =20
.Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration=20
Manager, Archives F=E9d=E9rales Suisses, Switzerland
.Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor, Computer Graphics, University of =
Technology,
Germany
.Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor and Head, Division of =
Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang =
Technological University, Singapore
.Dr Nicola Guarino, Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Applied =
Ontology (LOA), ISTC-CNR, Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies=
, National Research Council,  Italy
.Prof. Amarnath Gupta, Director, Advanced Query Processing Lab, Data and =
Know-ledge Systems, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of =
California, USA
.Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Monash University Library, Australia=20=

.Dr Ernie Ingles, Associate Vice-President (Learning Services) and Chief =
Librarian, University of Alberta, Canada=20
.Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Professor, Institute of Informatics =
Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
.Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor, Information and Library Science, School of =
Communication, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
.Dr Javed Mostafa, Victor H Yngve Associate Professor of Information =
Science, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana=20
University, USA
.Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre =
(INFLIBNET)/UGC, India
.Prof. Erich J Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE=20
Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Director and Professor, =
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
.Dr Liddy Nevile, Adj. Associate Professor,=20
Applied Computing Research Institute, La Trobe University, Australia
.Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head,=20
Information and Documentation,=20
University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
.Dr Peter Noerr, Chief Technology Officer, MuseGlobal, Salt Lake City, USA
.Dr Douglas W Oard, Digital Library Research Group, College of Library and =
Information Services, University of Maryland, USA
.Dr Harsha Parekh, Librarian and Professor of Library Science, SNDT =
Women's University, India
.Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager,=20
ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, =
London School of Economics and Political  Science, UK=20
.Dr Darren Peacock, Director, Information and Communications Technology,=20=

National Museum of Australia, Australia
.Dr Annelise Mark Pejtersen, Senior  Scientist, Systems Analysis Department=
, Ris=F8 National Laboratory, Denmark
.Dr T B Rajashekar, Associate Chairman, National Centre for Science =
Information, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science, India
.Dr Andreas Rauber, Research Fellow, Department of Software Technology, =
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
.Dr Anshuman Razdan, Director, PRISM, Arizona State University, USA
.Prof. Bruce Royan, Chief Executive, Concurrent Computing Ltd, UK
.Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, =
Bangalore
.Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Director, International Institute of Information =
Technology, Hyderabad
.Dr Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services, Humboldt-Un=
iversity, Germany=20
.Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Assistant =
Director for Systems and Digital Services; Copyright Librarian, Michigan =
State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech; USA
.Dr Fabrizio Sebastiani, Instituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazion=
e, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
.Prof. Tengku Mohd T Sembok, Professor in Computer Science, Department of =
Information Science, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, =
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
.Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department =
of Education and Skills, UK
.Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of =
Library and Information Science, Japan
.Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information =
Science Mysore University, Mysore=09
.Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, =
OCLC Office of Research, USA
.Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK
.Prof. Ian H Witten, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University =
of Waikato, New Zealand
.Dr Vilas Wuwongse, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
.Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information =
Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
.Ms Xu Yinchi, Professor, Director of Chinese Science Digital Library, =
Beijing
.Prof. Halimah Badioze Zaman, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

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                             Registration=20
The registration fee covers the conference kit, pre-conference proceedings,=
 lunches, dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and accommodatio=
n.=20

Registration fee*

Delegates       Tutorials	       Conference	Conference and =
tutorials
Indian	        Rs 2500	        Rs 5500	        Rs 6500=09
Foreign	        US$ 100	        US$ 225	        US$ 250=09

* Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10% =
discount .
* Students (full-time) can avail 50% discount.
* 25% special discount for foreign delegates from developing countries.

Registration

A registration form is sent along with this announcement brochure. The =
form can also be downloaded from the conference web site. The completed =
form, along with the registration fee should be sent to the ICDL 2004 =
Secretariat. Payment can also=20
be made through any of the following modes: local cheque /=20
bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New Delhi; credit=20
card; and bank transfer.

Registration confirmation

Confirmation of registration will be sent upon receipt of the=20
completed registration form and payment.

Cancellation and substitution policy

No cancellation or refund will be possible after a firm registration has =
been made. However, substitutions may be made. Please indicate, by 15 =
February 2004, the name and other necessary details, of the delegate who =
will replace the original registrant.


Conference venue:
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India


For conference details,contact

Mr Debal C Kar
Conference Coordinator
ICDL 2004 Secretariat
TERI
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place (India Habitat Centre)
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
India

Telephone:   2465 1629, 2468 2100, or =20
	     2468 2111 (extn. 2724)
Fax	 :   2468 2144 or 2468 2145
E-mail	 :   ICDL2004@teri.res.in
Web	 :   www.teriin.org/events/icdl
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