Call for Paper
International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2013)

27-29 November 2013, New Delhi

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) is organizing International Conference on Digital libraries (ICDL 2013) during 27-29 November 2013 at New Delhi. The conference will also aim at further strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliance in development of DL in the world. Theme of the conference is Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers.

In recent past TERI had organized three major ICDL conferences during 2004, 2006 and 2010 which were proved to be useful tools to bridge digital divide between developed and developing countries. It was able to create awareness and enthusiasm among the community. Please visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl for further details.

Aim: ICDL 2013 is expected to be a major forum focusing on digital libraries and related technologies and issues. This conference would facilitate exchange of ideas and experiences to bridge knowledge gaps in these areas and sustain the knowledge thus gained. It is expected to become a platform to bring together a galaxy of experts, researchers, academics, students, and others.

Call for Paper

Important dates
Submission of full papers 20 July 2013
Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 15 September 2013
Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 10 October 2013


ICDL 2013 invites original submissions focusing on the theme of the conference— Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and forging new frontiers. Contributions are invited for conference sessions and tutorials. Topics for contributions (but are not limited to) include the following.


• DL development, architecture, and management
• Information storage and retrieval
• Multi-linguality and interoperability issues
• Digital rights management
• Digital preservation and access management
• DL best practices
• E-learning and e-publishing
• DL standards and policy
• Open archives initiatives
• ODOL (Open, distance, and online learning)
• Multimedia content
• Sustainable DL model
• DL service marketing
• Digital research libraries
• Social media and network analysis
• Collaborative knowledge creation
• Information quality management
• Enterprise 2.0 and collaborative model
• Knowledge management business models
• Convergence of knowledge management and learning system
• Mobile technology and service-oriented architecture
• Information and communication model
• Knowledge management best practices

Paper submission guidelines and date

ICDL invites original papers typed on MS Word 2000. The word limit for each paper is 5000 words. All papers should be written in English for acceptance for presentation in the conference. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by a panel of experts and only well-researched and well-written papers will be accepted for presentation. It is expected that all accepted papers will be presented at the conference by the author(s). A few papers shall also be selected for the poster session presentation. The conference proceedings that will be distributed to the participants will include the selected papers (for presentation at the conference) and abstracts (selected for presentation in the poster session).

Papers may be submitted either in hard copy format to the ICDL secretariat or online, using the conference website or electronically at ( ICDL2013@teri.res.in ). For details of paper submission guidelines and submission, visit www.teriin.org/events/icdl.

Mailing Address:
ICDL 2013 Secretariat
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110003, India
Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900
Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013@teri.res.in
Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl