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A two day national conference on the impact of emerging information scenario on library information sciences education, research and training was inaugurated at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib. The conference has been organised by the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) in collaboration with Department of Library and information sciences of the University. Dr. I.V. Malhan, Dean Academic Affairs, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala delivered the keynote address while Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr. Sukhdarshan Singh Khehra presided over the inaugural session of the conference. In his keynote address, Dr. Malhan said that information communication technologies have changed the way we communicate and effect of the same in the field of education, training and research has been tremendous. Dr. Malhan said that huge amounts of information are generated in a single day and we must devise ways and methods to ensure that only useful and quality information reaches the masses.
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