Thursday, December 22, 2011

Incessant Scholastic accomplishments will make Aligarh Muslim University remain an Institution of Excellence”- Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh

Aligarh: Six days short term course on E-resources for Research organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with UGC Academic Staff College concluded by the Valedictory function held at the Audio Visual Hall of Department of Geology on 21st Dec. 2011. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M, Chairman, Dept. of Library & Information Science welcomed the gathering and briefed about the workshop. The valedictory function was presided over by Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi, Dean Faculty of Social Science and Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police, Aligarh City was the Chief Guest of the Function. During the speech, Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh stated that excellence of such intellectual exercises will shine the future of academic leadership of the University. Despite of advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), E-resources are least used due to the lack of knowledge to browse the same to get relevant information. Unfortunately both our educators and administrators have not fully succeeded to explore the plethora of information available on the net.  Such type of training programme will help our academician  to make optimum use of web based resources.  If such kind of intellectual activities continue, the university will cherish to remain at the helm of the higher education in the co During the presidential address, Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi, the Dean, enlightened that even the educators find it difficult to locate most appropriate databases or resources to search for relevant information for their research and developmental activities. The course will help to solve this problem in some extent. She also appreciated the Department for selecting such a time demanding theme for this short term course conducted for the teachers of Faculty of Social Science of the University.  More than forty five faculties, working professionals and research scholars were rigorously skilled over six days in total of eighteen sessions conducted in Auditorium of Faculty of Social Science, Computer Lab of the Department of Library and Information Science and Audio Visual Hall of Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University. Prof. Jagtar Singh, Dr. Shailendra Kumar, Mr. S. Mustafa Zaidi, Dr. Naushad Ali. P.M, Dr. Sudharma Haridasan, and Dr. Nabi Hasan acted as resource persons in the course.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh and Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi distributed the certificates and CD contained course materials to the participants. Dr.  Reshma Jamal, Academic Staff College extended the vote of thanks in the function.   

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Short Term Course on e-resources in social sciences for research

       A six day Short Term Course on e-resources in social sciences for research is organised by UGC Staff college and Dept. of Lib & Info Science, AMU. The course targets the faculty members and research scholars of the faculty of Social Sciences. The content of the course includes online resources, e-resources in social science, e-journal consortia, design of e-resources, web resources and services, online resources: issues and challenges, measurement of  e-resources, information use and ethics, plagiarism and copyright, effective literature search,  e-resources in  open access environment  institutional repositories, bibliographic standards.
    Experts like Dr. Sheilendra Kumar, Dr. Jagtar Singh, Dr. Nabi Hasan, Prof. NR Satyanarayana, Dr. Madhusudan, Dr. Naushad Ali, Dr. Sudharma Haridasan and Prof. Mustafa Zaidi are giving classes. The course started on 16th December, Friday 2011.
       

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Workshop on Web Content Management (WCM 2011)


3rd-4th December, 2011
Organized by
Department of Library and Information Science
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002

REPORT
“TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT CONCLUDED IN ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY”
National Workshop on Web Content Management (WCM 2011) organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University got off with recitation from the Quran. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M, Chairman & Coordinator of the workshop welcomed the gathering and gave an introduction about the workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. P.K Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University. He appreciated the efforts made by the department of Library and Information Science holding such a wonderful workshop on such a novel theme of the time. Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology (SIGIT--www.itsubjectgateway.com-- funded by DST, Govt. of India) also launched by the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University in the inaugural function. During the inaugural speech, Prof. Abdul Azis said that the Aligarh Muslim University has set another milestone in the field of Information and Communication Technology with the launch of the Subject Gateway in Information Technology (SIGIT) and the 3G/Wimax service. Prof. Azis appreciated the efforts of the Department of Library and Information Science in developing SIGIT, hub of Knowledge. He said that the present era is information based and we are living in a world where only those individuals or nations will achieve success that have knowledge power.
            Prof. P.B Mangla, former member, National Knowledge Commission stated that Users find it difficult to locate most appropriate databases or resources to search for relevant information according to their need. In this situation portals act as an intermediary to solve the problem by customizing information content to meet specific user need. He further said that technology is the key to access the information and its management is vital for easy access.     Dr. R.K Chadha, Joint Secretary, Parliament of India appreciated the department in selecting such an apt theme of the time for the workshop. He said that the technology revolution has brought many changes to the way libraries and library staff provides information to users. Librarian should use modern tools to provide quicker, more complete and more sophisticated services to the users.  Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi, Dean Faculty of Social Science enlightened that users find it difficult to locate most appropriate databases or resources to search for relevant information to their need.  Web Content Management tools will help to solve this problem in some extent. Prof. Shabahat Husain extended the vote of thanks in the inaugural function of the workshop.
            More than seventy working librarians all over the country were rigorously trained over two days in total of eight sessions conducted in Computer Lab, Computer Science Department and Audio Visual Hall, Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University. Dr. R.K Chadha, Dr. Madhusudhan, Mr. S. Mustafa Zaidi, Dr. Monawwer Eqbal and Mr. Nitin Swaroop were trainers in the workshop. Valedictory function was presided over by Prof. V.K Abdul Jaleel, Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University on 4th Dec. 2011. In the presidential address, Prof. Jaleel stated that training programs in the form of Workshops are crucial in developing  the skills of the library  professionals  as only a competent person will be able to cater to the increasingly demanded as well as complicated  ways and means of information provision. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M Chairman & Coordinator of the workshop welcomed all the dignitaries of the gathering.  Prof. S.M Shafi, Head, Dept. of Library Science, University of Kashmir, was the Chief Guest and Dr. Jamil Ahmad Qureshy, Director of Libraries, PMBFU, Al Khobar, KSA was the Guest of Honour.  Prof. V.K Abdul Jaleel, Registrar distributed the certificates to the participants. Prof. Shabahat Husain extended the vote of thanks in the valedictory function. 
                                                                                           
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