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iETD National Conference 2016
Editor-in-chief Convener Co-Convener Organising Secretary
Dr. Jagdish Arora Mr. Manoj Kumar K Ms. Suboohi S Mr. H G Hosamani Director Scientist-D (CS) STO-I (LS) Scientist-C (LS)INFLIBNET Centre INFLIBNET Centre INFLIBNET Centre INFLIBNET CentreGandhinagar-382007 Gandhinagar-382007 Gandhinagar-382007 Gandhinagar-382007
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ETD 2016NATIONAL CONFERENCE
05- 07 October, 2016
Theme
“Evolving ETDs to Knowledge Repositories”
Managing ETDs
Technology for Developing ETDs
Legal and Ethical Issues of ETDs and Plagiarism
Sub-themes
Organised by
Information and Library Network CentreGandhinagar, Gujarat
Receipt of Full Papers : September 20, 2016
Last date for Registration : September 30, 2016
Convention Dates : October 5-7, 2016
Important Dates
colleges in different disciplines; iv) Shodhganga for
enabling online submission of doctoral theses and
dissertations by research scholars in an open access
digital repository; v) Shodhgangotri for facilitating
research scholars to submit approved synopsis of research
proposals submitted to their universities; vi) Open Journals
Access System (OJAS) to facilitate faculty and researchers
in Indian universities to launch their open access journals
on OJAS platform; vii) InfoPort: INFLIBNET’s Subject
Gateway for Indian Electronic Resources; viii) e-PG
Pathshala, a project assigned to the UGC by NME-ICT,
wherein e-content are being developed in 77 subjects at
postgraduate level; ix) VIDWAN, a premier database of
profiles of scientists and faculty members working in
leading academic institutions and other R & D
organisations involved in teaching and research in India; x)
e-Acharya - an Integrated e-content portal: a web-
based portal consisting of all e-content developed and
funded under NME-ICT; xi) ICSSR Data Service: Social
Science Data Repository for setting up of repository and
hosting of NSS and ASI datasets into the data repository;
and xii) National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF),
a project assigned by MHRD for ranking institutions
across the country.
Registration & Accommodation
Registration for Students
The convention registration fee is /(including
15% service tax). It includes convention kit, convention
proceedings, lunch and tea (on three convention days
only). TA/DA and accommodation charges will have to be
borne by sponsoring organizations/participants.
The convention registration fee for student is
(including 15% service tax). Accommodation fees will be
₹. 3450
₹. 2,300/-
charged separately, based on type of accommodation
required.
Accommodation fees will be charged separately, based on
type of accommodation as required. Accommodation can
be arranged for the participants in the INFLIBNET Centre
campus or Hotels on first cum first basis provided
intimation and advance booking charges are sent to the
Convener along with registration fees. If any participant
intends to stay in a hotel, it may be arranged on actual
payment basis provided intimation and advance booking
charges.
Individual/per day 460 (including 15% service tax).
Sharing basis/per person/per day (including 15%
service tax).
Please send your completed dully filled-in registration
form along with the registration fee through Demand
Draft drawn in favour of INFLIBNET Centre, send to Sh.
Manoj Kumar K., Scientist-D (CS) on or before
September 30, 2016. DD should be drawn on
nationalized banks only with 3 months validity.
Accommodation
Accommodation charges (Guest House):
₹
₹ 288
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Objectives
v To impart knowledge on creating and managing
ETDs;
v To provide opportunity to the participants to
exchange ideas and enrich their respective
programmes on ETDs;
v To formulate policies based on the input and
discussions of experts for deterring plagiarism in
academic sector; and
v To create awareness on ethics and academic
integrity and hands-on for using plagiarism
detection software.
v Content Management in ETD Repositories
v Metadata Standards and Qualifiers
v Digital Preservation support for ETDs
v Data sharing and long-term data archives
v ETD publishing and Embargoes
v Use of Persistent IDs in the ETD (ORCID,
Research Resources ID, etc)
v
v Case Studies of evolving ETDs in Institutions
v Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Call for Papers
Programme Committee seek high quality technical papers
related to the theme and sub-themes but not limited to
the areas as specified below:
Theme: “Evolving ETDs to Knowledge Repositories”
Managing ETDs
Technology for Developing ETDs
Legal and Ethical Issues of ETDs and Plagiarism
Sub Themes
v Creation, Maintenance and Dissemination of
ETDs
v ETD Implementation and Policies
v Digitization Process and Policies
v Initiatives by Universities in Digitization and
Setting up of ETD Labs
v Technical Issues involved
v Case Studies : ETD Initiatives
To Incorporate Altmetrics in the ETD
iETD National Conference 2016
Introduction
Electronic Theses and Dissertations are primary sources
of research materials that originates from doctoral
theses/dissertations submitted to the universities for
award of Ph.D. As per UGC Notification (Minimum
Standards & Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D st
Degree, Regulation, 2009) dated 1 June, 2009, it is
mandatory to submit electronic version of theses and
dissertations by the researchers in universities into a
national repository with an aim to facilitate open access
to Indian theses and dissertations to the academic
community world-wide. Universities are requested to
host soft copy of the theses awarded by the universities
into a central repository i.e Shodhganga. Since 2010
January, the number of theses has grown progressively
and the repository has reached about 1,00,000 theses
in July, 2016 which makes Shodhganga the largest
repository of Ph.D theses in India.
The National conference is aimed at enhancing the
quality of ETDs and deliberates on various parameters
effecting the creation and maintenance of ETDs at
university as well as national level. In addition to the
invited talk from the national experts in the domain of
ETDs, sessions will be provided to understand the
workflow and process involved in creation of ETDs. The
conference also addresses important issues like
plagiarism, copyright, Open Access, etc.
This national conference on iETD 2016 is third in the
series. The first national conference was organized in nd rd
JNU, New Delhi on March 22
second national conference was organised at nd rd
INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar from 22 -23
January, 2015, The third national conference would
serve as an excellent educational opportunity to
librarians, research scholars, supervisors and other ETD
professionals from universities to create/build policy
on ETD/anti-plagiarism and maintain their digital
repositories by interacting each other. The goal of the
conference is to offer relevant, practice-oriented
content to support National ETD productivity
improvement, ETD professionals, advance ETD
operations, and encourage the creation of quality
repository for national ETDs in India.
-23 , 2012. The
v Impact of ETDs in Scholarly Communication in
India
v Open Access and Open Initiatives
v Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright
v The role of ETDs in Enhancing Visibility and in
Countering Plagiarism
v Dealing with Plagiarism in Universities and
Policies
v Case Studies: Curbing Plagiarism
Prof. Ved Prakash, Hon'ble Chairman, University Grants
Commission, New Delhi
Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET Centre,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Dr. M. N. Patel , Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Prof. S.A. Bari, Vice Chancellor, Central University of
Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Dr. Manju Singh, Joint Secretary (IUC), UGC, New Delhi
Prof Shabahat Hussain, President ILA and Chairman,
DLIS, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Raj Kumar, University Librarian, Panjab University,
Chandigarh
Dr. Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
Dr. G. Krishnamurthy, University Librarian, Anna
University. Chennai
Dr. Mayank Trivedi, University Librarian, Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat
Dr. S. B. Patil, University Librarian, Karnatak University,
Dharwad, Karnataka
Dr. G. Gangadharaiah, Information Scientist, Sri
Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Wooma Sankar Dev Nath, University Librarian, Gauhati
University, Guwahati, Assam
Conference Committee
Chief Patron
Patron
National Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Yogesh Parekh, Library (I/c), Gujarat University,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Dr. D. K. Veer, University Librarian, Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad,
Maharashtra
Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET Centre,
Mr. Manoj Kumar K, Scientist D (CS) INFLIBNET Centre
Mrs. Suboohi Siddiqui, STO (LS), INFLIBNET Centre
Mr. Ashok Kumar Rai, Scientist D (CS)
Mr. Yatrik Patel, Scientist D (CS)
Mr. Kannan P, Scientist C (LS)
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Scientist C (CS)
Mr. Gaurav Prakash, Scientist B (CS)
Mr. Swapnil Patel, Scientist B (CS)
Ms. Hema Cholin, STO (LS)
Mr. Mohit Kumar, STA (CS)
Mr. Kuldeep M, Project Officer (LS)
Ms. Archita Muchhadia, Project Officer (LS)
Ms. Neha Jain, Project Officer (LS)
Ms. Rahul Panchal, Project Associate (CS)
Mr. Harish Chandra, Administrative Officer (P&A),
INFLIBNET Centre
Mr. Devang Roy, Office Asstistant II, INFLIBNET Centre
Editorial Committee
Organizing Committee (INFLIBNET Centre)
Administrative and Support Staff
About INFLIBNET
Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre
was established in May 1996 as an independent,
autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of the
University Grants Commission (UGC).
Major activities and services include i) IndCat, a unified
online catalogue of books, theses and journals available in
major university libraries in India; ii) SOUL 2.0, state-of-
the-art integrated library management software; iii) e-
Shodh Sindhu for extending access to selected scholarly
electronic journals and databases to eligible
universities,centrally-funded technical institutions and
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