REPORT ON THE

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ICDL) 2006

5-8 DECEMBER 2006

Organized

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THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE (TERI) DARBARI SETH BLOCK IHC COMPLEX, LODHI ROAD NEW DELHI – 110 003 CONTENTS

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1 Introduction 1

2 Partners and Sponsors 1

3 Background 2-3

4 Conduct of the Conference 3-14

5 Documentation 14

6 Conclusion 15-16

7 Appendices

‘A’ Details of Committees 17-23

‘B’ Details of Conference Programme 24-39

‘C’ Welcome Address by Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI 40-42

‘D’ Keynote Address by Dr N Balakrishnan, 43-46 Professor and Associate Director, IISc, Bangalore

‘E’ Special Address by Ms Minja Yang, 47-50 Director, UNESCO

‘F’ Inaugural Address by Mr Badal K Das, Secretary, 51-54 Ministry of Culture, Government of India

‘G’ First Keynote Address by Prof. V N Rajasekharan Pillai, 55-61 Vice Chancellor, IGNOU

‘H’ Second Keynote Address by Dr , 62-66 Chairman & CEO, WorldTel, USA and Chairperson, National Knowledge Commission, India

‘I’ Third Keynote Address by Mr Nitin Desai, 67-76 Distinguished Fellow, TERI and Former Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General for the World Summit on the Information Society

‘J’ Details of Tutorials 77

‘K’ Details of Paper Presentation by Invited Speakers 78-80

‘L’ Details of Contributed Paper Presentation 81-85

2 ‘M’ Summary of Discussions during Technical Session 86-103

‘N’ Details of Panel Members 104

‘O’ Details of Poster Presentation 105-107

‘P’ Details of Product Presentation 108

‘Q’ Details of Exhibitors 109-110

‘R’ Recommendations 111-114

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REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES (ICDL) 2006

INTRODUCTION

The Second International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2006 was held from 5-8 December 2006 at the India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The Conference was inaugurated by Mr. Badal K Das, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India on 5 December 2006. Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI welcomed the participants and introduced ICDL 2006. Prof. N Balakrishnan, Professor and Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, delivered the keynote address while Ms Minja Yang, UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka; and Director, UNESCO, New Delhi gave the special address. The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow, Library and Information Centre, TERI.

PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Partners 2. The Ministry of Culture, Government of India was Partner of the conference. UNESCO, New Delhi; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India; and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM SIGCHI), USA were Associate Partners of the conference. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Indian National Science Academy (INSA), British Council Library, India and the Embassy of Austria also supported the conference.

Sponsors 3. The conference was sponsored by Blackwell Publishing, Global Information Systems Technology Pvt Ltd, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Nature Publishing, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Indlaw Communications, Ankita Enterprises, Elsevier Science Publishers, Libsys, and Balani Infotech.

BACKGROUND

4. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution in the last decade has had drastic and far-reaching impacts on all aspects of human life, particularly on the knowledge and information sector. The Internet has added a new dimension to information technology, giving birth to rich concepts such as Digital Libraries (DLs), knowledge management, e- learning and