Department of Library and Information Science,

(Swami Vivekananda School of Library Sciences)

Assam University, Silchar

 Report on Librarians’ Day Celebration

12^th August , 2014

Department of Library and Information Science & Rabindra Library,  Assam University, Silchar in Collaboration Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) , Kolkata jointly organised Librarians’ Day Celebration on 12^th August 2014 at Gustin Winsur Seminar Hall  of the Department of Library and Information Science. The topic of Discussion was “Managing Library and Information Centre in Changing Environment”.

The programme was started with the offering of floral tributes to the portrait of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and lighting of candle by the Chief Guest and President of the Programme, Prof. Somnath Dasgupta ,  Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar . He was assisted by Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Organising Secretary and Associate Professor & Head of the Department of Library and Information Science. The floral tribute and lighting of candle was also offered by the two Guest of Honour  , Prof. G.P. Pandey , HoD, Department of Mass Communication and former Dean, School of Information Science, Assam University, Silchar and Professor Gopalji Mishra, Department of Social Work , Assam University, Silchar; Key Note Speaker Dr. Kishor Chnadra Satpathy, Librarian , NIT, Silchar ; Dr. Sumana Chakraborty Sarmah , Deputy Librarian; Dr. Mukut Sarmah, Asst Professor & Asst Organising Secretary , Sri NAbin Chnadra Dey , Asst Professor & Asst Organising Secretary; Sri Jayanta Bhattacharjee, Deputy Registrar and Registrar(I/C) ; Prof. S.P. Singh Chouhan , Dept of Hindi, Dr. Krishna Mohan Jha, Dept of Hindi and Dr. P.J. Goswami, Dept of Commerce, Assam University, Silchar. On this occasion all library professionals and staff working Rabindra Libraries, officers  and staff were present.

After floral tribute and lighting of candles, the Chief Guest and other dignitaries on dais were felicitated by the students and research scholars of the department which was followed by welcome song presented by the students of the department.

The formal welcome address was given by Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Organising Secretary and Associate Professor  & HoD.  Dr. Sinha in his address ,welcome the Chief Guest , Guest of Honour and other invited guests, speakers , LIS Professionals , Deans of the Schools, HoD’s of various Departments  Officers, Staff, Research Scholars and students, media personnel, and other ladies and gentlemen attending the programme. He highlighted some of the important contributions of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan who has been regarded as Father of Library Science in India and mentioned his contribution for the development of Indian Librarianship and library movement in the country.  On this occasion he paid floral tribute to Father of Library Science in India Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and expressed his best wishes Happy Librarians’ Day to all LIS professionals on this occasion.  

The gathering was then addressed by the Guest of Honour Prof. G.P. Pandey, HoD, Dept of Mass Communication who paid homage to the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and highlighted some of the contributions of Dr. Ranganathan. He appreciated the efforts taken by the department to organise such programme which reminds the LIS professionals to work in library with more dedication to provide effective library services.  On the other hand Prof. Gopalji Mishra , Dept of Social Work , conveyed his greetings to all the LIS professionals  and congratulated to the members of Organising Committee and HoD, to organise such programmes time to time and appreciated the efforts of  the Department of Library and Information Services for providing modernized teaching –learning & research using new technologies and also appreciated the efforts of Rabindra Library (Central Library) , Assam University, Silchar  for providing effective library services to the university community.

Dr. Nabin Chandra Dey , Assistant Professor & Asst. Organising Secretary presented  a brief biography of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and extended his greetings to all LIS professionals.  Dr. Sumana Chakraborty Sarmah , Deputy Librarian , Rabindra Library remembered the contribution of Dr. S.R. Ranagnathan and put emphasis on the green library system to be adopted for the libraries. She requested all the library users to use library services effectively for their academic and research purposes and career development.

Dr. Kishor Chnadra Satapathy , Librarian, NIT, Silchar presented the Key Note paper on “ Managing Library and Information Centres in Changing Environment”. He discussed about many issues pertaining to the NIT Library’s   library services in Web 2.0 , Library 2.0  environment. He emphasised on the collaborative efforts which should be taken by the LIS professionals for effective resource sharing among the libraries. He also discussed about his recent visit to aboard and shared his experience with the LIS professionals and guest in the audience.

Finally the Chief Guest and President of the Programme, Prof. Somnath Dasgupta, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Assam University, Silchar delivered Presidential Address. He discussed about the importance of the Librarians Day and he appreciated the efforts taken by the Department of Library and Information Science and Rabindra Library to organise Librarians’ Day and arrange a discussion on the relevant topic on “ Managing Library and Information Centers in Changing Environment” . He highlighted the role of modern library and call upon library and information professionals to update themselves to meet the expectations of the library users and provide them effective library services using latest ICT and Digital Technologies, Internet and E-Resources which are available at our disposal. He congratulated the team of Organising Committee for successfully organising the Librarians Day Celebration and for having fruitful discussions on the topic of the seminar. He also shared his experience of his visit to foreign university libraries and other advanced libraries extending online library services to their users. He extended best wishes and greetings to all LIS professionals on this occasion.

At the end of the Inaugural programme, the formal Vote of Thanks was offered by Dr. Mukut Sarmah, Assistant Professor & Asst Organising Secretary of the event to all the dignitaries on the dais, off the dais LIS professionals and others invited guests  participating in the events.

The Inaugural programme was followed by refreshment and tea.

Technical Session

After Inaugural Programme , Technical Session was arranged. Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Librarian, NIT Silchar has presented a paper on the the topic “Modernisation of Libraries with special reference to NIT Library, Silchar” which invited lot of discussions. The LIS professionals and students interacted with the resource person. The session was chaired by Professor G.P. Pandey , Dept of Mass Communication and Co-Chaired by Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Associate Professor  HoD, DLISc, Assam University, Silchar.

 The programme was followed by lunch and cultural programme and Group Photography.

Report is Prepared by :  

Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Associate Professor  Head,

Department of Library and Information Science

Assam University , Silchar

E-mail:mksinha1965@gmail.com, manoj.kumar.sinha@aus.ac.in