Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies, Madhuban Chowk, Rohini (Delhi) and Satija Research Foundation for Library and Information Science (SRFLIS) are jointly holding an International Conference on the topic “Content to Connectivity- Paradigm Shift in Knowledge Innovation, Information Representation, Information Management Systems and Librarianship’.

The conference is being organized to bring together and provide a platform to Management, Information Technology, Library Information Sciences and Media Professionals, academicians, students and research scholars to present, discuss and exchange their experiences and expertise on the current issues pertaining to the theme of the conference.

Prelude
Today, organizations find themselves buried in structured and unstructured data, as the use of online data resources, mobile tools, and social networking tools spread, there is growing need to capture, manage and share content and knowledge in new ways. Organizations are looking for solutions to retrieve and manage their content; unfortunately, many organizations lack the systems to do so. There are many interfaces to share information and knowledge content among employees, customers and business partners. The world has become small due to connectivity, knowledge has become strong currency to trade between individuals and groups, which requires cross-functional planning and expertise through information technology and ultimately it promotes creativity. There’s no single tool or software package that captures the imagination of the organization to look into as one stop solution for storing and managing the contents and knowledge and to brings in compatibility between storage devices and human resources.
The main goal of ‘Tecnia SRFLISindia Summit-2014’ Content to Connectivity a two days international conference is to exchange ideas and find out different ways to manage knowledge contents and connect it to the world in more effective and efficient way. The ‘Tecnia SRFLISindia Summit-2014’ will explore different modes of available connectivity, which brings in new Paradigm shifts in knowledge Innovation, Innovation Representation, Information Management Systems and Librarianship.
The conference will provide an appropriate platform to all Academicians, Intellectuals, Researcher and, Scientists for capturing & sharing expertise on:-
• Knowledge management:- Knowledge management is a developing body of methods, techniques, tools, and values which organizations use to acquire, create, develop, share, transfer and apply knowledge to provide a return on their intellectual assets. For organizations to innovate – and thus sustain competitive advantage – requires the ability to quickly adapt to the business environment and save time-to-market. This adaptation requires learning, problem-solving, and the creation and integration of relevant new knowledge in response to business needs. The core components of KM – People, Process, Content and Technology, are the People component that is increasingly regarded as the lynchpin of successful organizational innovation.

• Information:- Information- as a concept has been considered and contrasted extensively with such terms as data, knowledge, and wisdom. On the other hand, the words information, text, and document are often used interchangeably in the field. No matter which format a piece of information may take, it needs to be rep- resented before it can be retrieved. Information representation includes the extraction of some elements (e.g., keywords or phrases) from a document or the assignment of terms (e.g., descriptors or subject headings) to a document so that its essence can be characterized and presented.

• Information Representation:- Information Representation-can be done via any combination of the following means: abstracting, indexing, categorization, summarization, and extraction. Information processing and information management, though having different meanings, are often regarded as synonyms of information representation. While information processing refers to how information is handled for retrieval purposes, information management deals with the full range of activities associated with information, from information selection to information preservation.

• Knowledge and innovation:- Knowledge and innovation are inseparable from each other since they drive economies around the world. Knowledge producers and users endeavor to leverage the ideas, technologies, know-how and expertise on which their competitiveness depends. In simple terms, innovation is the application and transmission of knowledge from research to development and application. Now sharing knowledge through collaborative innovation has become increasingly important.

• Information Management System:- Information Management System (IMS) is a general term for software designed to facilitate the storage, organization and retrieval of information. It is a database and transaction management system that was first introduced by IBM in 1968. Since then, IMS has gone through many changes in adapting to new programming tools and environments.
• Librarianship:- Librarianship incorporates extensive revisions reflecting the increasing shift towards a networked and digital information environment, and its impact on documents, information, knowledge, users and managers. It offers a broad-based overview of the approaches and tools used in the structuring and dissemination of knowledge.