[Sigkm-l] CFP - ICIKM08 (International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management) March 24-29, 2008; Kathmandu, Nepal

[Puna Das]

ICIKM 08 (International Conference on Information and
Knowledge Management) 
March 24-29 , 2008– Kathmandu, Nepal 

ICIKM 2008 is to bridge the knowledge gaps between the
developing and the developed countries in the field of
information and knowledge management, and the
conference will aim to strengthen the academic
collaboration and strategic alliances in the
development of information and knowledge management
across the world in digital form. The conference will
provide an international forum for sharing of
information, experiences and ideas among researchers,
educators, practitioners and policy makers from a
variety of disciplines such as Library and Information
Science, Computer Science, Archival and Museum studies
and Knowledge Management. A galaxy of international
and national experts in the field is expected to
enrich the forum.

Call for Papers
Full and short papers will be included in the
conference proceedings and will be presented at the
conference. 
Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages
(approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages
for short papers. All papers must be original
contributions (i.e., not have been previously
published or currently under review for publication
elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in
electronic form via the ICIKM-2008 submission web
page, following ACM format guidelines and using the
ACM template. Preferred submission formats are PDF or
Microsoft Word. Full and short papers are due Feb 29,
2008.

Pre-Conference Workshop
One of the special aspects of this conference is three
days long Pre-Conference Workshop on Building Digital
Libraries using the Open Source Software: Greenstone
Digital Libraries (GSDL), Open Journal System (OJS)
and Open Conference System (OCS) and Integrated
Library System (KOHA). Participants will have the
opportunity to learn software hands-on practice.

Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan
Member-Secretary
mpradhan at healthnet.org.np
http://www.icikm-2008.com.np


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