Main Theme: Knowledge Conservation and Preservation

 Sub Themes (but not limited to) :

• Preservation and Conservation of

• Scientific Publications (Institutional Repositories)

• Electronic Theses and Dissertations

• Educational Resources (Open Courseware)

• Multimedia resources

• Problems and Role of Govt. and NGO's in Preservation

• Knowledge Engineering

• Knowledge Management 

• Copyright Issues in Knowledge Preservation

• Problems in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Museums, Archives and Libraries

• The Awareness of Conservation and Reasons for Re-Orientation of Library Training.

• Physical Preservation of knowledge Resources (hardcopies archives, Microfilm Archives etc.)

• Digital Preservation of knowledge Resources (digital text archives, e-paper archives, online web archives etc.)

• Metadata Standards for digital preservation.

Issues in Digital Preservation, Access and Management (Technical, Financial, Manpower, etc.)