Proceedings of the International conference on Marching beyond the Libraries: Talent, Technology, and Transformation (ICMBL 2025)
Conference Name: International conference on Marching beyond the Libraries: Talent, Technology, and Transformation (ICMBL 2025)
Date: 18 - 20 December 2025
Location: Bhubaneswar, India (Hybrid)
Website: https://event.kiit.ac.in/manlibnet-2025/ This compendium is the outcome of the theme based papers presented on the International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries (ICMBL): Talent, Technology, and Transformation held at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during 18-20 December, 2025 where delegates presented papers physically. The aim and scope of ICMBL 2025 was to focus on talent management, recent technological revelations and transformation of systems and services of libraries and information center with the objective of influencing prevalent practices of library and information management This Conference theme serves as a rallying call for the global library community to reflect on its role in society and chart a course towards a future characterized by talent, technology, and transfer for ensuring innovative services to the users’ community. Participants can anticipate engaging discussions, valuable insights, and collaborative opportunities that will shape the future of libraries in the 21st century. In response to our invitation, there were overwhelming responses from academicians and practicing librarians from different parts of India and abroad for paper contribution, presentation and participation in this international conference. In the process, we received so many papers. Out of all received papers, the ICMBL 2025 advisory board recommended to publish only 22 theme based papers in the post-conference proceedings to be published by Atlantis Press, part of Springer Nature. All the contributors who have taken a lot of pain to write papers in accordance with the publication policy and guidelines of ICMBL 2025 deserve special thanks. We also express thanks to our professional colleagues and friends who sent their papers to us but very unfortunately we could not place their papers in this volume due to their non-compliance with the reviewers’ comments. Hope this post conference proceedings will be very much useful for practicing librarians, LIS faculty members, students, and research scholars of various institutions all across the globe. Bijayalami Rautary
Dillip K Swain
Chandrakanta Swain
Date: 18 - 20 December 2025
Location: Bhubaneswar, India (Hybrid)
Website: https://event.kiit.ac.in/manlibnet-2025/ This compendium is the outcome of the theme based papers presented on the International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries (ICMBL): Talent, Technology, and Transformation held at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during 18-20 December, 2025 where delegates presented papers physically. The aim and scope of ICMBL 2025 was to focus on talent management, recent technological revelations and transformation of systems and services of libraries and information center with the objective of influencing prevalent practices of library and information management This Conference theme serves as a rallying call for the global library community to reflect on its role in society and chart a course towards a future characterized by talent, technology, and transfer for ensuring innovative services to the users’ community. Participants can anticipate engaging discussions, valuable insights, and collaborative opportunities that will shape the future of libraries in the 21st century. In response to our invitation, there were overwhelming responses from academicians and practicing librarians from different parts of India and abroad for paper contribution, presentation and participation in this international conference. In the process, we received so many papers. Out of all received papers, the ICMBL 2025 advisory board recommended to publish only 22 theme based papers in the post-conference proceedings to be published by Atlantis Press, part of Springer Nature. All the contributors who have taken a lot of pain to write papers in accordance with the publication policy and guidelines of ICMBL 2025 deserve special thanks. We also express thanks to our professional colleagues and friends who sent their papers to us but very unfortunately we could not place their papers in this volume due to their non-compliance with the reviewers’ comments. Hope this post conference proceedings will be very much useful for practicing librarians, LIS faculty members, students, and research scholars of various institutions all across the globe. Bijayalami Rautary
Dillip K Swain
Chandrakanta Swain