The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Conferences

• International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (ICIKM 2008), March 27-29, 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal
  Conference Theme: Information and Knowledge Management in a Connected World: A Challenge for the Developing Countries
  (Co-organizer: HealthNet Nepal; Central Library, Tribhuvan University)
  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.

  Pre-conference Workshops :
  Workshops on Building Digital Libraries using the Open Source Software:
  – Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Workshop (Mar 24-26)
  – Open Journal System (OJS) and Open Conference System (OCS) Workshop (Mar 24-26)
  – KOHA (Integrated Library System) Workshop (Mar 21-23)

  Keynotes: (2)
  Digital Libraries as Instant Knowledge Bases: The Experience of Global Memory Net
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  PLENARY SESSIONS:
  Potential and Challenges in Developing Digital Libraries in Nepal (invited talk)
  Resolution for development of digital libraries in Nepal

  TECHNICAL SESSION: Digital Libraries and Library Automation

  Invited Talks:
  Dizitization of Libraries: some Indian Initiatives
  A Knowledge Management Perspective on Outsourcing

  Contributed Papers:
  Digital Library application and trends in Nepal and future
  Challenges to Establish Digital Library in Academic Institutions of Nepal
  Digital Library of Nepal Health Research Council: Initiatives and Problems
  Role of Nursing Library in Providing E-learning Services in Nursing Education
  Digitization of Local Content: a panacea to achieve Millennium Development Goals
  Digitisation of Special Libraries in India: With Special Reference to Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) Library
  Creating Digital Repository by Using GSDL: Review and Analysis
  Planning and Development of Digital Library using GSDL Software at NIPFP Library
  Digital Libraries in Knowledge Management: Opportunities and Challenges in Library Services
  A framework for incorporating human factors in information system integration

  TECHNICAL SESSION: Digital Libraries and Knowledge Management

  Invited Talks:
  Inquire into Intellectual Capital Reporting: A Content Analysis Approach
  Role of Knowledge Professional in Knowledge Management: Indian Scenario (KMedu relevant)

  Contributed Papers:
  Role of knowledge portals in library information service
  Cochrane Collaboration and The Cochrane Library
  Application of Digital System for Conventional Knowledge Management
  Knowledge management in the parliament of Nepal: through a user’s perception
  Developing knowledge professionals in knowledge society and elearning — asian countries’ perspective (KMedu relevant)
  Information and knowledge management in the era of globalization
  Challenges and opportunities in Knowledge Management
  Algorithm in the particle tracking velocimetry using self organizing maps
  Internet based library as KM solution: A diversified business enterprises approach

  TECHNICAL SESSION: Innovation in Information and Communication Technology

  Invited Talks:
  A Zero-budget Strategy for Innovation and ICTs’ Promotion in Pakistani Libraries: The Case of Pakistan Library Automation Group (PakLAG)
  Information and Library Science, Universiteit Antwerpen Running through the labyrinth OR efficient information retrieval through the WWW

  Contributed Papers:
  Utilization of Internet Information for Research: With special reference to selected Universities in Andhra Pradesh
  Information Technology the Essential Hardware Knowledge for Library Professionals
  Indexing and Information Retrieval
  Knowledge-based IT Infrastructures and its role
  Library Consortia: A Network Centric Information System
  Library automation system in government libraries in Nepal: a case study of Ministry of General Administration (MoGA)
  Converting CDS/ISIS database records to KOHA
  Digital Libraries and Society
  History of library in Nepal
  Digital Library vs. Digital Divide: Impact on Each Other in Nepal
  Organisational learning: role of knowledge management
  An Algorithm for Evaluating Risk of Knowledge Management Projects

  TECHNICAL SESSION: Virtual Libraries

  Invited Talks:
  Online Journal Publishing: Global Issues
  Infancy of Tools in the Identification of Native Knowledge Assets

  Contributed Papers:
  Usability testing: study of three WEB OPACS from three different countries
  Visual Topic Maps Layer between Document Collections and Learning Material
  The roles of e-journals, e-books, and open access publishing in Libraries
  The Problems of Resource Sharing in Sri-lanka : the case among Scientific and Technical Libraries
  Concepts, issues and design of virtual library in mathematics: problem and prospects of virtual library in Bangladesh.
  Knowledge Management Implementation: Modeling the CSFs
  Development of an integrated model to control noncommunicable diseases at a workplace setting
  Does h-index comply with Journal Impact Factor?
  Publication trends, key papers and highly cited authors in knowledge management: a comparison of developed and developing countries
  Building the Knowledge-based Society – Digital Library (DL), Information & Knowledge Sharing, Management’s Key role