Special Issue

International Journal of Advanced Library and Information Science

ISSN 2348-5167

Special Issue

 "Modern Trends in User Centric Design (UCD) of Library Services and Applications"   

 

Guest Editor-in-Chief

Dr. V.J. Suseela

 ( Dy.Librarian, IGM Library, University of Hyderabad, Telengana State, India, Emails: [email protected] (O) [email protected] (P))

Guest Editor-in-Chief

Dr.V.Uma

(Dy.Librarian, IGM Library, University of Hyderabad, Telengana State, India, Emails: [email protected] (O) [email protected] (P))

 

Purpose: The library is the channel for connecting the user to information sources. The ‘user’ is the dynamic component that enforces the redesign of library services, collection of learning resources, organization of information, various other managerial operations as well as the best practices and also exploring the new applications and devices. The emphasis on User Centric Library (UCD) models and services is becoming more in the present era, to enhance the quality of library resources and services and also to evaluate in terms of users needs.

Scope (coverage): The contributions should focus on the main theme - ‘User-centric design (UCD) of library services, practices, models and applications”.  Thus, contributions may not limit to the listed topics

  • Users’ needs (requirements), approaches to information, preferences, information using patterns, etc. User studies, user information or user research and methodologies
  • User centered management of library services, collection development, best practices, case studies
  • User centric designs for the development of libraries including digital libraries, acquisition models, library services, collections of learning resources
  • User centric technologies, tools, applications and decision making models for the enhancement of services in libraries and information centres

Proposed Contributions

  • Selected manuscripts 12-20  / Words 5000 to 8000

Deadline for paper submission: 15th September, 2015     

Notification of review results:  Within 1 month after the submission of the paper

Publication of the Special Issue:  Till 20th December, 2015*    

*  Accepted Paper(s) will be Published Immediately Online during this period

Note:

  • Author must follow the author's guideline before submission.
  • Author must assure that manuscript should be plagiarism free. 
  • Author clearly mentioned the Special Issue Title on the first page of manuscript during submission.

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    ISSN: 2348–5167