Workshop on Web Content Management 2012

December 18:   Delivering the presidential address at the two-day National Workshop on "Web Content Management", the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. General (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah said that the University would facilitate access to the wealth of knowledge to outside researchers.

Gen. Shah said that now a days, research scholars are very lucky to have internet for searching the resource material. He said that digitalization process of the University is proceeding speedily.

Gen. Shah said that although he belonged to a generation that enjoyed reading printed books, he was aware that the future belonged to digitalized work and several institutions had developed e-Libraries. He said that he was committed to digitalization of all valuable books and their availability to users through the internet.

Prof. N. Laxman of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad said that the website is a gateway to internet. He said that 300 million websites are available for various purposes throughout the globe. Germany has the highest number of internet users as 84.7 percent people there are using this technology. He said that India has the largest number of electronic books. He pointed out that AMU's Maulana Azad Library has the facility of accessing e-books and it is considered the best library among Indian universities' libraries with a facility of two million e-books.

Prof. Laxman appreciated the Digital Resource Centre developed by Maulana Azad Library which provides free access to the resource material to the users. He said that the libraries were the centre of knowledge activity because of the technological advancement. He however urged the research scholars to use authentic material.

On this occasion, AMU Vice Chancellor, general Shah released the "Directory of Major Scientific Research Organizations and Institutes in India" compiled by Dr. Naushad Ali PM.

The purpose of this Directory is to provide a reference source to students, researchers, scientists, academicians etc who are engaged in various research assignments in various disciplines of science and technology.

The Directory covers details of more than 300 institutes all over India specializing in various disciplines of science and technology.

Noted historian, Prof. Irfan Habib was the guest of honour of the inaugural ceremony. He hoped that more and more history material will be available on the internet.

While welcoming the dignitaries, Prof. Shabahat Husain, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science at AMU, said that the department was a pioneering department in the country which started Certificate Course in Library Science in 1951. It started B. Lib. Science in 1958-59 and M. Lib. in 1971-72.

Prof. Shabahat Husain pointed out that the Information Technology Lab was established in 2003. He said that the Subject Gateway is an organized collection of resources.

Dr. Naushad Ali, PM proposed a vote of thanks and Dr. Mohd. Musthafa K. conducted the inaugural ceremony

  (Report by PRO, AMU)

AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (centre) releasing the Directory of Scientific Research organizations at Dept. of Lib. and Information Science (Picture) 

PhD Viva

Ms. Vibha Gupta, Research scholar of this department successfully defended her PhD thesis in a Viva-voce examination held in this department on 4^th October, 2012. She conducted research  under the supervision of Dr. Mehtab Alam Ansari.

Prof. Sangeeta Gupta, Head,  DLIS,University of Jammu,  was the examiner for her Viva-Voce.

Presently Ms. Vibha Gupta is working in the National Library, Kolkota. We congratulate and wish her all the success in her career.

Answer keys of June 2012 exam published

UGC net question papers and answer keys of June 2012 exam published

follow the link for the same

http://ugcnetonline.in/question_papers_june2012.php

Journal of Knowledge and Communication Management released

Aligarh: The first issue of the ‘Journal of Knowledge and Communication Management (JKCM)’ is released by Prof. Shabahat Husain, AMU and Prof. Ashu Shokeen, Kurukshetra University, Haryana at the Dept. of library and Information Science, Aligarh. The journal is dedicated to the exchange of the latest academic output and practical information on all aspects of managing knowledge. The journal publishes original research and case studies by academic, business and government contributors on strategies, tools, techniques, technologies and best practices in knowledge and communication management. The focus of this journal is on the identification of innovative Knoledge Management strategies and the application of theoretical concepts to real-world situations. This is a broad-based journal, covering all branches of knowledge and communication of information. It also publishes interdisciplinary research works. The journal is published by IndianJournal.com, one of the leading e-journal publisher in the country.

Please visit the following link for the latest issue of the journal.
http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jkcm&volume=1&issue=1and2&type=toc

Editorial Board

Chief Editor:
Dr.  Naushad Ali P.M
Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Executive Editors:
1.    Prof. Jean Louis Ermine, France
2.    Prof. Gabriel Gomez, USA

Coverage

The scope of the Journal is broadly knowledge and communication
management, surrounding all of the academic and professional
disciplines which deal with recorded information. The areas of
include, but are certainly not limited to:

* Knowledge innovations and dissemination management
    Knowledge Management -case studies and best practices.
    Knowledge Management -strategies and models.
    Knowledge sharing in collaborative work environments
    Knowledge Management in libraries and information centers
    Knowledge Management in public sectors
* New Media and E-Society in Knowledge management environment
    Digitization, heterogeneity and convergence
    Interactivity and virtuality
    Innovation, identity and the global village syndrome
* Knowledge and Communication Structures
    Knowledge and Communication Strategies
    Knowledge engineering
    Integrating learning and knowledge infrastructure
    Internal and workforce communications
    Communication and organizational culture
    Knowledge organization, taxonomies and ontology
    Corporate communications
    KM and disaster management
* Knowledge communication and Information Systems
    Knowledge Sharing
    Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
    Intelligent Systems
    IS Security Issues
    Mobile Applications
    Multimedia Applications
    Software Requirements and IS Architectures
    Wireless Communications
* E-Society and digital communication divide
    Social & Political Aspects of KM
    Social Integration
    Social Book marking  retention
    Social Software
    E-Democracy
* Information Management
    Computer-Mediated Communication
    Content Development
    Cyber law and Intellectual Property
    Data Mining
    Human Computer Interaction
    Information Search and Retrieval
    Social and Organizational Aspects
    Virtual Communities
* Digital services in E-society
    Service Broadcasting
    Political Reporting
    Freedom of Expression
* Information Technology and Knowledge and Communication
    Knowledge Innovation Networks
    Digital Libraries
    Open Source Software
    Open access
    Social Networking

Authors wishing to make a submission to the journal may note the following:
Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged. One copy
of the paper, in MS word format,  should be submitted as e-mail
attachment to the  chief editor at  editorjkcm@gmail.com

New Release- Open Source Digital Library Movement in India by Shibu KM

LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing

Six day Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research - Report

The six day national training course in “Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research” organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi  got off with recitation of holy verses from the Quran on 20^th  March 2012. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M, Chairman and Course Director welcomed the gathering and gave an introduction about the Training Course. The Training Programme was inaugurated by Prof. P.B. Mangla, former Dean and member,  National Knowledge Commission. He appreciated the efforts made by the department of Library and Information Science holding such a wonderful training programme on such a novel theme of the time. He laid emphasis to the interdisciplinary research in social sciences. In his concluding remarks, he insisted upon three major components of research process-Shravan, Chintan, and Mannan which can lead to an effective and smooth sailing of any type of research.  Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi, the Dean, Faculty of Social Science, AMU and former Vice Chancellor, Calicut University, presided over the session. Dr. Sudharma Haridasan, Associated professor expressed vote of thanks.

55 participants from all over the country participated in the course. The six day training course covered multiple thought provoking and knowledgeable topics from various resource persons and hands on training on citation tools, online questionnaire, SPSS and  R softwares were given.

The valedictory session was presided over by the University Registrar Prof. V.K. Abdul Jaleel. He praised the efforts of the department to organize training course which is the first of its kind in social science faculty and showed a great concern to organize such training programmes in future as well. He also admired the activeness of the department in the university which has played a great role in bringing up the fame to university. Such type of programme will help to increase quality research publications of A.M.U. The chief guest Prof. Akhtar Haseeb said that the social science research is moving at a very rapid pace nowadays and is trying to be more valid and vivid in tackling today’s growing social problems. He praised the way that computer technology is being effectively used in social science research and wished to carry on in organizing the same type of courses in future to cope up with modern research needs. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M. chairman and Course director, summarized the highlights of the sessions and praised the participants for their enthusiasm, patience and cooperation throughout the course.

Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian in Charge, MAL, extended vote of thanks to all the dignitaries and the gathering. He thanked ICSSR, New Delhi for their support and financial assistance. He said that one has to be vibrant and dynamic enough in his professional career in order to learn, gain and spread knowledge and stressed to stick to professional ethics for success. Prof. Akhtar Haseeb and Prof. V.K. Abdul Jaleel distributed the certificates and CDs which contain course materials and softwares to the participants.

ALIGARH March 23: The Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi organized a six-day training programme on "Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research". The chief guest Prof. P. B. Mangla, Former Dean at University of Delhi and Member of National Knowledge Commission addressed the inaugural ceremony attended by eminent personalities drawn from various fields of studies.

Prof. Mangla in his inaugural speech encouraged the efforts of Course Director for conducting such an illuminating programme. He laid emphasis on the interdisciplinary research in social sciences. He also stressed on the elements of subjectivity and objectivity in research and the use of various statistical softwares like SPSS for data analysis. Prof. Mangla insisted on three major components of research process ? Shravan, Chintan and Mannan which could lead to an effective and smooth pursuance of any type of research.

In his welcome speech, the Course Director, Dr. Naushad Ali P.M., Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science insisted on the impact and importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the research process. He also laid emphasis on the improvement of qualitative research in social sciences by strengthening ICT skills.

The Guest of Honour, Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian In-charge, Maulana Azad Library highlighted the achievements of the Department of Library and Information Science.

Talking about the relevance of the training course, he stressed on the imperative use of research methodology along with the whole process of research.

Prof. Anwar Jehan Zuberi, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences threw light on the importance of ICT in research process. She urged the participants to focus on the quality of research and work for the improvement in the number of publications in the journals of national and international repute. Mentioning the ranking of research institutions all over the world, she exhorted the researchers to increase their publication count.

Dr. Sudharma Haridasan proposed the vote of thanks.

‘Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Application in Social Science Research’

ResearchGate: the professional network for scientists and researchers an ideal fit to Indian society

Currently in India there are discussions of imposing restrictions on social networking sites. Even educational institutions don’t encourage the use of such platforms. But there are many advantages to connecting with other people, especially in the sciences. Imagine members of a social network who are trying to identify a microbe and are not tagging a picture from a random party. ResearchGate is a professional network for scientists, to share their recent scientific work and discuss it with experts around the world. In Topics, members can discuss problems they face in the lab. According to Dr. Rajiv Gupta, a lecturer at the Harvard Medical School and MIT, “There are the Facebook-type social networking sites, but they have been sort of populated by teenagers. There is nothing there that is specific to doing research.” On ResearchGate, researchers can Follow their favorite scientist and they can read their publications and ask relevant scientific questions. Dr. Ijad Madisch, an alumni of Harvard Medical school and founder of ResearchGate, says that he came up with the idea for ResearchGate when he was stuck with a problem in his subject and could not find any answers. Within three years, the Network has grown to more than 1.3 million members from 123 countries.

What is the most exciting part for science enthusiasts and for educational institutes? The product is magnificently tailored to the researchers. The members have access to 45,000,000 abstracts and 350,000 publications, recommendations for conferences, related researchers and jobs – all simply by creating a profile. The profile is like a research curriculum vitae, which also includes publications. According to a New York Times article, Dr. Rajiv Gupta uses ResearchGate for his class notes. “There is so much activity online that he doesn’t have to answer the questions himself because someone else already has. The beauty of ResearchGate, he said, “is that the members are all there for a common purpose of advancing scientific research”. India continues to grow in the fields of science and technology. ResearchGate is the space for Indian scientists to become a part of this movement.

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 21^st 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.   

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.

       

Workshop on Web Content Management (WCM 2011)

3^rd-4^th 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 4^th 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. 

                                                                                           

 More photos at : https://picasaweb.google.com/108727843266440873246/WCM2011DLISAMUAligarh#

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