Send in your original research papers and posters on any of the sub-themes or covering topics relevant to the main theme of the conference. Full-text of accepted papers and abstract of accepted posters will be published in the form of conference proceedings with ISBN number. Final papers / posters should be sent as an email attachment to roaler2018@iiserb.ac.in on or before October 30, 2017. For detailed guidelines for submission of the papers and posters, please refer conference website: roaler.iiserb.ac.in

Academic Libraries and Assessment of Research

• Performance and Productivity Indicators
• Critical analysis of scholarly communication and Institutional Ranking
• Research in Electronic Environment and Collaborative Avenues
• Altmetrics, Social media and Web analysis

Research & Innovation in Science & Engineering

• Academic Libraries for Excellence in Research & Innovation
• Aligning libraries with Institution mission
• Research & Innovation in Academic Libraries
• Data and Knowledge Repositories
• Open Data, Big Data, Linked Data
• Data sharing policies and practices

Library and Information Services in Academic Libraries

• Long-term Preservation and access
• Best Practices and Case Studies
• Services in virtual environment
• Search Strategies, Techniques, Interfaces
• Intelligent Information Retrieval
• Information and Digital Literacy
• Orientation Programmes
• Library Subject Guides
• Library outreach, Marketing and Advocacy

Technology Trends for Academic Libraries

• Adoption of Technologies in Academic Libraries
• Social media applications in libraries
• Content Management Systems
• Research Data Management
• Discovery Services
• Open Access Tools, Technologies & Resources
• Data Security and Recovery
• Digital Rights Management
• Mobile & web based technologies
• Library virtual space
• Library Technological Tools (Anti-plagiarism, reference management, technical writing, etc.)
• Information visualization
• Transformation towards Smart Libraries

Demonstrating Value of Libraries in Academic & Research work

• Library Services to Next Generation of Students
• Partnering with faculty, students, researcher
• Bridging Gap Between Library & User: Information Literacy/Library Instruction as a tool
• Scholarly Communication & Research Support services
• Trends in Scientometrics: From Bibliometrics to Altmetrics
• Library assessment /evaluation

However, papers covering topics other than the above listed subthemes but relevant to the main theme of the conference may also be submitted.