By: Sanjay K. Bihani, Chair, Government Libraries Section, IFLA
The theme of the International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2013, the fourth in ICDL series, was ‘Vision 2020: Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers’.
The conference provided an international forum for sharing of experiences among researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers from a variety of disciplines such as library and information science, information and communication technology, archival and museum studies, knowledge management and various other related areas in the fields of Science, Social Sciences and Humanities. It facilitated the bridging of knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries; initiated capacity building activities in digital libraries; provided a forum for facilitating useful interaction amongst information science and technology professionals; and most important of all, facilitated the formulation of recommendations on digitization technologies, acts and policies in India.
Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri M Hamid Ansari delivering his inaugural address
Shri M Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India, inaugurated the Conference at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on 27th November 2013. The welcome address was given by Dr R P Pachauri, Director General, TERI. Dr M M Pallam Raju, Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India gave a special address. Mr Prabir Sengupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI gave an introduction to the ICDL 2013 programme.
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