Launching of Subject Information Gateway (SIGIT)

Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University is developing Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology (SIGIT), first full-fledged subject information gateway exclusively in the field of Information Technology (IT) funded by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India. SIGIT comprehensively covers all areas of Information Technology like e-journals, e-books, IT schools and their curriculum, databases, free and open source software, research projects, electronic theses and dissertations, programming languages, forthcoming conferences/ workshops, fellowships and grants, training programmes in IT, etc. and it indents to cater the information needs of the specialists who are directly or indirectly concerned with IT as a subject or an activity. It will be also useful for scientists, academicians, researchers, authors, students, etc. who are engaged in IT based study/research work.

Program

Date: 3^rd December, 2011

Venue: Cultural Hall, Maulana Azad Library, AMU

Recitation from the Holy Qur’an

Welcome                   : Dr. Naushad Ali. PM

                                     (Principal Investigator)

Launching of SIGIT     : Prof. PK Abdul Aziz

                                     (Vice Chancellor, AMU)

Presentation on SIGIT: Mr. Mohamed Musthafa. K

                                     (Project Assistant, SIGIT)

Felicitation                 : Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi

                                     (Dean, Faculty of Social Science, AMU)

Chief Guest                : Prof. PB Mangla

                                     (Ex Dean, Delhi University & Former Member,

                                    National Knowledge Commission)

Guest of Honour        : Dr. RK Chadha

                                     (Joint Secretary, Parliament of India)

Presidential Address   : Prof. PK Abdul Azis

                                     (Vice Chancellor, AMU)

Vote of Thanks          : Prof. Shabahat Husain

                                     (Librarian-in-Charge, Maulana Azad Library, AMU)

All are welcome.

Workshop on Web Content Management (WCM) 2011

The department of Library and information science, AMU organizes two day workshop on Web Content management during 3-4, December, 2011

About the Workshop

Information Technology has made advances over the last several years. As the World Wide Web grows, it is becoming more and more complex for

humans to efficiently find and exploit the information. The underlying idea of having a description of data available on the Web is organized in such a way as to be used by machines. Therefore management of information on web is crucially important for better utilization of resources.

The information professionals in all kinds of information warehouses have to apply the tools and techniques of ICT to meet the changing requirements of the users by innovating its procedures and systems. This workshop aims to help the library professionals to get an overview and hands on experience on designing library web portals and developing subject gateways. This workshop intends to sharpen the skills of information professionals to present information effectively using internet technology.

Web Portal Designing

Web portal is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way. This workshop will give hands on training to most of the activities involved in designing a library web portal.

Subject Gateways

Gateways are the Internet search tools to help people find resources on the Internet. They are Internet based services designed to help users locate high quality information that is available on the Internet.

Participants

The Workshop is primarily meant for:

· Library and Information Science professionals

· IT professionals and

· Academicians

Important Dates

Registration starts 10th November, 2011

Registration closes 30th November, 2011

Registration

There is a registration fee of Rs 500. It includes the workshop folder,

working lunch, and high tea. Registration fee can be paid by Cash/Bank

Draft drawn in favour of The Coordinator, WCM2011 payable at Aligarh.

Participants will be given a certificate on successful completion of the

workshop.

Address for Correspondence

Dr. Naushad Ali PM, Coordinator, WCM 2011

Department of Library and Information Science

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh 202 002

Phone: Tel: 0571 2700039

Email: wcmdlis@gmail.com

Ph.D Viva-voce

Mr. Naved Ahmad, Research scholar of this department successfully defended his PhD thesis in a Viva-voce examination held in this department on 14^th November, 2011. He conducted research on 'Information Seeking Behavior of students and faculty members in IIMs of Culcutta, Lucknow and Ahmadabad: A survey ' under the supervision of Dr. Nishat Fathima. Prof. SM Shafi, Head,  DLIS, University of Kashmir, Srinagar  was the examiner for his Viva-Voce.

Presently Mr Naved is working as Patent Searcher in King Saud University, Riyad, Saudi Arabia. He has contributed a number of research papers in national and international journals and he is the editor of International Research: Journal of Library and Information Science (Bi-annual).

We congratulate and wish him all the success in his career.

International Open Access Week - 2011 Panel Discussion 31 October 2011

Report

Prof. Shabahat Husain inaugurates the program

Dr. Naushad Ali, Program co-ordinator  

OVERVIEW

International Open Access Week, the annual event celebrating the global movement towards Open Access (OA) to research and scholarship, kicks off for the fifth time on Monday, October 24. Coordinated by SPARC and organized by more than 2,000 advocates in countries around the world, the event provides an opportunity to learn about the benefits of Open Access, share new ideas and strategies, and inspire wider participation in establishing Open Access as the norm in scholarly communication.

INAUGURATION

A panel discussion on Open Access Movement on the auspicious of International Open Access Week was organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University got off with recitation from the  holy Quran. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M, Programme Coordinator and Chairman of the Department of Library and Information Science gave an introduction about the open access movement and its 5^th celebration of International Open Access Week from 24^th to 30^th October 2011.

Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian-in-Charge, Maulana Azad Library, AMU inaugurated the panel discussion. During the inaugural speech Prof. Shabahat Husain called upon all the departments in the university to create departmental repositories carrying the publication of faculties and research scholars. He appreciated the efforts made by the Department holding such a wonderful discussion on such a novel theme of the time.  He further stated that the Department should take initiative to congregate the publication of teachers of the department and put it on institutional repository on open access mode. For the benefit of larger community, he also demanded to take effort in creating repository of the publication of the whole academic staff of the University. He also mentioned the endeavor he had taken to download more than 2 lakhs e-books in Maulana Azad Library and to inform the faculty members of the University to utilize the opportunity during the e-book fair at free of cost.

Before handing over the podium to the discussion, Programme Coordinator and Chairman of the Department Dr. Naushad Ali P.M proudly announced that the Department will soon release an Intuitional repository of publication of teachers of Aligarh Muslim University under the name “Knowledge Garden”. He further informed that the Department could download more than one hundred e-theses related to library and information field during the fair.

PANEL DISCUSSION

The panel discussion aimed to provide a platform to discuss and share different aspects of open access and its issues and challenges in the present era. Dr. Sudharma Haridasan, Associate Professor, took the lead playing the role of moderator of the discussion. The panelists were Mr. Shibu K M, Guest Faculty, Department of Library and Information Science, Mr. Mohamed Musthafa K, Mr. Jafar Iqbal, Mr. Sheikh Imran Mr. Muzamil Mushtaq and Mrs. Shazia Khan, Research Scholars of Department of Library and Information Science.

At the outset of the discussion Dr. Sudharma Haridasan invited Mr. Sheikh Imran for the discussion. During his speech he demanded the academic community to negotiate with the publishing industry to retain a certain portion of the copy right so that the author would be in position to publish his or her scholar output on open access mode.

Mr. Jafar Iqbal briefly presented the concept of open access, its development, ways to achieve open access and some of the international and national level contributions to open access. He further stated the open access is a one of the powerful tool to increase the citation of the scholarly publication and listed some of the institutes which are already accepted open access policy in their publications.

Mrs. Shazia Khan concentrated to disclose the issues related to Quality assurance of the open access publications. She has mentioned some measures and ways out to resolve and improve the qualities of the open access publication. Mr. Muzamil Mushtaq strived to bring out the both the positive and negative aspects of the open publishing mode. Mr. Mohamed Mustafa K stated some of the issues related to the open access publishing. He argued that open access will not replace traditional publishing industry, instead both would go simultaneously. He further said that open source is a flow and it will go on in the coming future also.

Mr. Shibu K M started his talk with a famous saying of Adam Smith “A good supply of water would not develop a city” but a good supply of information would develop the country. He marvelously presented the concept of open access and its both roads of pubishing viz Gold and Green roads. He further raised the wind by blowing the issues in open access like peer review problem, quality, psychological fear of loosing intellects etc.

Moderator Dr. Sudharma Hardisan comprehending the discussion saying open access has a wide application and we cannot rule out the problems of the copyright and other peer review issues. Coordinator Dr. Naushad Ali extended vote of thanks.  The program brought to a close with refreshment arranged in the department.

Dr. Sudharma Haridasan, Moderator

Mr. Sheikh Mohd Imran, Panelist

Mr. Jafer Iqbal, Theme presentation

Ms. Shazia Khan, Panelist 

Mr. Muzamil Mushtaq, Panelist

Mr. Mohamed Musthafa. K, Panelist

Mr. Shibu KM, Panelist