UGC Sponsored Two Day  National Seminar

on

Glorious 100 Years of LIS Education in India : Introspect and Prospects

      In Collaboration with Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata

                                 December 8-9, 2011

 

Organised by:Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore – 721 10,West Bengal,  India

The Seminar...

The year 2011 is the 150^th birth anniversary of two golden son of the motherland - Achrya Prafulla Chandra Roy and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The year 2011 is therefore remarkable to remember the innovations and creation of knowledge by the two greatest soul. Incidentally this year is also the year of celebration of glory of India for pioneering the formal Library and Information Science (LIS) education. Information practitioners exists since the earliest civilization as the Library and Archive exists, but formal education for information activity has been introduced very recently in 1911 with the initiation of library education at the University of Punjab of undivided India. This was the second university program of library education in the world after Columbia University program. Ever since the publication of first ever textbook on library education – the Punjab Library Primer India is credited with many more revolutionary contributions which pushed the field Library Science to a discipline. The theories and principles put forwarded by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan has given the scientific basis to the discipline which are fundamental basis for information activity even in Information Technology environment.

      The journey of the last hundred years was not an unmixed fairy tale. Roses and thorns were woven evenly. The library and information professionals are most susceptible knowledge worker to every change in information activity. The communication of information has ever been affected by technological revolutions. The greatest challenge of an information professionals is to keep pace with the technological challenges, make balance with the socio-economic dynamics and understand the users of information. LIS education curriculum has the most important role to produce a receptive and tolerant workforce of information professionals. Reaching the milestone of 100 years the Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University in collaboration with the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation , Kolkata celebrating the pride and glory of India’s pioneering contribution to the LIS education and also to envisage much clear vision about the unseen future of LIS education. 

 

Sub Themes

 

i) Historical Perspectives of LIS Education in India

ii) Present Status of LIS Education in India

iii) LIS Education and its Future 

iv) LIS Education and ICT

v) Job Opportunities and LIS Education

vi) Trend of Research in LIS

vii) Designing Curriculum in LIS

viii) Professional Associations and LIS Education

ix) Teaching Methods in LIS Education

x) Accreditation of LIS Courses

xi) User Studies and LIS Education

xii) Qualitative Analysis and LIS Education

 

Information for Contributors

I) All manuscripts should be unpublished original work.

II) An author can contribute more than one paper. However, an author will  present only once throughout the seminar and for any one of his/her contributed articles.

III) The author/authors should provide their name/names, address of the institution along with telephone no., fax no. and e-mail ID.

 

Target Audience

 

This seminar will be addressed by the peers in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). The experienced librarians and information professionals, eminent faculties of LIS academia will enrich the collective wisdom of the seminar. Students and scholars will also participate to increase knowledge, express their expectations and share experience for better research in LIS. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of LIS, participation of Information Practitioners, Planners, Academicians, Scholars, and Students from every field of knowledge are highly desirable.

 

Call for Papers

            We invite articles on the aforementioned sub-themes. Full paper in MSWord 2003 format and of maximum 3000 words using APA Style of citation in CD or by e-mail and a hard copy of the same must reach us by November 30, 2011.

The abstracts of the accepted articles will be published in the Pre-Seminar Publication Volume and those articles will be presented in the seminar by the respective author. An edited volume will be published with the selected articles presented in the seminar along with some invited papers.

 

Venue

 

B C Mukherjee Hall

Vidyasagar University

Midnapore

About the Place

 

            The weather is normally cool during this time. Participants may require worm cloths. This is also suitable time to visit this beautiful place. Numerous historically important sites, forests are the added attractions of this place.

 

How to reach the Venue

Midnapore Town is located 13 km away from Kharagpur in between Kharagpur and Adra Railway Station of South Eastern Railway and 129 km away from Howrah Railway Station via Kharagpur. The institution is nearly 3 km away from Midnapore Central Bus Stand and approximately 2 km away from Midnapore Railway Station.

 

Accommodation

 

            Accommodation will be provided to the outstation authors who will present their papers in the seminar. However, accommodation of other outstation participants may be arranged if request is sent at least seven days before the Seminar and in that case participants will have to bear the charges.

 

 

Registration Fees

 

Student (V. U.) Rs. 250.00

Others                          Rs. 350.00

Payment should be made by Cash/DD in favour of the Dept. of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University. Filled in Registration Form and  Fees must reach on or before December 2, 2011. However,   registration will also be made on spot.

 

All Communication should Address:

Dr Pijush Kanti Jana   Soumen Mallik

Joint Secretary            Joint Secretary

National Seminar

on

Glorious 100 Years of LIS Education in India: Introspect and Prospects

 

December 8-9, 2011

 Dept. of Library and Information Science

Vidyasagar University

Midnapore - 721 102

West Bengal, India

 

Ph. (03222) 267 554/555/557/558

Extn. 448

Mob: Soumen Mallik - 9476432869; 

Dr Pijush Kanti Jana- 9434342283

 

e-mail: soumenmallik@in.com

    soumen.mallik@gmail.com

pkjanavu@gmail.com

 

 Application Form

National Seminar on Glorious 100 Years of LIS Education in India: Introspect and Prospects

December 8-9, 2011

 

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