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Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) is an establishment of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence. DESIDOC was established in July 1970 with the aim to be a centre of excellence in disseminating scientific and technical information on cutting edge technologies for defence research and development. DESIDOC is a central information resource centre for providing scientific information, library services, reprographic and translation services to the DRDO scientific community. DESIDOC, as a nerve centre for defence-related information, strives to provide leadership in knowledge management in DRDO. The activities of DESIDOC include dissemination of information through conventional/digital publications, providing web-based information services, digitization/DRDO archives, digital library, institutional repository and technical editing & publishing. It also provides consultancy and referral services to technical information resource centres (TIRCs)/libraries of DRDO. It is moving towards becoming a mission-oriented service centre to support lab/estts and top management of DRDO.
Digitization and preservation refers to the management of digital information over time. Preservation of digital information requires more constant and ongoing attention than preservation of other media. Establishing a reliable technological infrastructure in the face of rapid and ongoing changes is a core organizational challenge. Meeting that challenge requires adequate funding, appropriate expertise, systematic monitoring and an established process for informed decision making. An organization needs to identify essential changes for implementation over time to sustain the digital preservation. In view of this DESIDOC is organizing a two-day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation aimed to debate various issues on the subject. It will emphasize the ways in which the historical records of an organization can be preserved and made available for dissemination and scholarly use.
The digitization means not only making digital materials broadly accessible to the users, but also ensuring its longevity. The objectives of the Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation are for providing a strategy for safeguarding of scientific heritage as well as discussing the key issues related to digitization and preservation.
LIS professionals including practicing librarians, teaching faculty, scientists, technologists, computer professionals from central and state govt., private, public sectors and academic institutions.
Rs. 1500 per delegate and Rs. 1000/- for accompanying subsequent participant from the same institute/organization. Registration fee includes Conference kit, tea/coffee and working lunch. Registration fee does not include accommodation charges and local transportation, or dinner. Fee as applicable should be sent in the form of Demand Draft/Banker’s Cheque drawn in favour of "Organising Secretary, NCDDP 2008" payable at Delhi.
ACCOMODATION
The conference will be held during 11-12 December 2008, INSA Auditorium, New Delhi.
Dr A L Moorthy
Director DESIDOC, Metcalf House, Delhi-54
Phone: 011-2390 2527, 2390 2529, Fax: 011-2381 9151, 2390 2449
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