Sunday, January 22, 2017

National Seminar at DLIS, Vidyasagr University, West Bengal

Event Date : March 23-24, 2017

Theme:

Bonding of People’s Knowledge and People’s University: Pre-requisites of Knowledge Economy

Sub Themes:
  • Innovative information literacy program among potential users of Public Libraries.
  • Tracing in path for flow of information
  • Government initiatives for availability of information
  • Alternative proposals for peculation of Government information
  • User Empowerment Program
  • Need identification strategy
  • Ensuring co-operation of the community




Last date of sending abstract with full paper through e-mails – February 28, 2017

E-mailvuseminar2017@gmail.com

Organized by :
Department of Library and Information Science, 
Vidyasagar
University, Midnapur, 
Dist-Paschim Medinipur, 
PIN 721 102, West Bengal

Monday, January 16, 2017

National Seminar on Participatory Librarianship at DLIS, North Bengal University

National Seminar on Participatory Librarianship (NSPL), 2017
9-10, March, 2017

Sub-themes:
  • Participatory ethics
  • Academic library and participatory librarianship
  • Library as conservation
  • Catalogue to discovery
  • Knowledge management tools
  • Participatory library models
  • Participatory library culture
  • Virtual Reference Service and user participation
  • Participatory library networks
  • Participatory learning
  • Dynamic library service delivery
  • Ubiquitous information system
  • Globalization of LIS education
  • Social tagging
  • Data and information quality in participatory librarianship

Authors may explore other sub-themes of the ‘Participatory librarianship’ as well.

Important Dates:
Date of the Seminar: 9th and 10th March, 2017.
Date of registration: Spot registration, 9th March, 2017.
Last Date of Full Paper submission: 15th February, 2017.

N.B.: The Editorial Board reserves all the rights to accept, alter or reject the articles without any prior intimation. The Editorial Board accepts no responsibility of the statements and opinions expressed by the contributors.

Venue:
Conference Hall, University of North Bengal

Registration Fees:
Professionals: Rs.700
Students: Rs. 300
Accommodation: No accommodation will be provided by the Seminar Committee.
Participants are requested to arrange their accommodation by own.
Mode of Payments: By cash only

Papers may be submitted to the following contact persons:
1. Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of LIS, University of North Bengal. Email: sghoshnbu@gmail.com
2. Mr. Tapan Barui, Assistant professor, Dept. of LIS, University of North Bengal. Email: tapanbarui13@gmail.com


Sunday, January 15, 2017

Deputy Librarian at IIT, Kharagpur

Advertisement No.: R/01/2017 Dated January 09, 2017

Pay Band and Grade Pay:
15600-39100/- (PB-3) with Academic Grade Pay (AGP) 8000/- and other allowances as admissible.

Essential Qualification & Experience:
Master’s degree in Library Science/ Information Science / Documentation with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade and a consistently good academic record. Atleast one year specialization in the area of information Technology/Archives and Manuscript Keeping/Database management systems.
5 years experience as an Assistant University Librarian/College Librarian in AGP of Rs. 6000/-. Evidence of innovative Library Service and organization of published work and professional commitment, computerization of library.

Desirable: A M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree in library science/Information science / Documentation/Archives and manuscript-keeping/computerization of library with digital library experiences.

Maximum age limit: Not exceeding 50 years.




Last date: 16.02.2017

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Vacancy in Arya Vidyapeeth College Library, Guwahati

Librarian : 1 (UR)


Qualification: NET/SET or PhD as per UGC Regulation. MPhil warded before 10.7.2009 are also eligible.

Asst. Librarian: 1 (UR)
Pay scale: No Mentioned
Qualification: Graduation with BLISc

How to apply,

Apply to  with DD of Rs. 1000 (for Librarian) & Rs. 500 (for Asst. Librarian) in favour of Principal , Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati.

Last date: 25.01.2017

source: The Assam Tribune, 11.01.2017, page 2, column 1