Information Management in a Knowledge Society
ICIM 2005 invites original papers and case studies on various facets of the conference theme, as listed here.
Knowledge Society
• Leveraging Information for Knowledge
• Characteristics of Knowledge Society – e-governance, e-learning, etc.
• Virtual Communities
• Digital Divide
• Triangle of Knowledge Society: Freedom, Censorship and Security
• IPR and Cyber Laws
• Policy Support : National, Regional and Institutional Levels
• Technological Support : NII (National Information Infrastructure) Internet, www, etc.
• Institutional Infrastructure : Information Centres and Depositories including HRD.
Information Management
• Organization of Traditional and Electronic Resources Cataloguing, Metadata, XML, Dublin Core, Web Cataloguing, etc. Architecture, Ontologies, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Mediators, etc.
• Resource Discovery Tools – Search Engines, Directories, Semantic Web, Intelligent Retrieval, Multi and Cross Lingual Retrieval, Information Audit, etc.
Knowledge Management
• Knowledge Assets
• Knowledge Sharing in Organizations : Models and Mechanisms
• Organizational Learning
• Knowledge Initiatives in Corporate, Govt, Academic & Voluntary Sectors.
• Information Mapping : Data Mining, Data Warehousing, etc.
• Technological Tools : Intranets, Extranets, CSCW, etc.
Digital Libraries: Design & Usability
• New Technologies and Adaptability
• Digital Library Development: Technical Issues
• Content Management and Structuring
• Web Design and Interfaces
• Digital Preservation
• Digital Resource Sharing & Networking: Consortia, Open Archives, etc.