Indian Library Association (ILA) annual conference report

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report on the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Indian Library Association (ILA) held during December 13‐16, 2008 in Hyderabad.

Design/methodology/approach

This is a descriptive report.

Findings

The meeting discussed “Developing library and information resources and services in the internet era”, comprising “Public library as a community information centre/knowledge centre”, “Legislation for libraries in the internet era”, “Library 2.0 and Web 2.0”, “Collection/resource development policies”, “Management and evaluation of collection”, “Print and digital publications issues”, “Knowledge management and knowledge society” and “Open sources”.

Originality/value

Will be of interest to library and information professionals.

Citation

Swain, N.K. and Kumar, S. (2009), "Indian Library Association (ILA) annual conference report", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 26 No. 3/4, pp. 8-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050910979937