Training Programme : AU

March 21, 2013

Four Day Training Programme on Open Source library application Software for Library Services March 28-31, 2013

Jointly Organised By :

Department of Library and Information Science,
Assam University, Silchar and National Library, Kolkata -700 027

Four Day Training Programme
on
Open Source library
application Software for
Library Services

Objectives of the Training Programme :
 To familiarize participants with the historical background and the concepts of Open Source Library application Software;
 To familiarize participants with the concepts of Open Source Software based library Automation
 To facilitate to acquire hands-on technical expertise to implement and manage KOHA Library Automation Software;
 To offer hands-on experience to explore and manage core modules of KOHA along with valueadded and additional feature and utilities of the software;
 To familiarize participants with the historical background and the concepts and salient feature of free open source Digital Library Software Dsapce/ GSDL and many other software ;
 To help participants to develop Institutional Repositories / Local Digital Library using Dspace/ GSDL; and
 To provide hands –on practice for using Dspace/ GSDL for designing and developing Institutional Repositories and Digital Library using Open Source Software

Intended Participants :

 Library and Information Professionals working in colleges and universities;
 Teachers of Library and Information Science;
 Research Scholars and LIS students;
 Working College, School Librarians;
 College/ University Library Staff;
 Library and Information Science students and research scholars ;
 Computer Science/ IT Teachers / Students; and
 Any students / scholars/ teachers who have interest to learn OSS.

Contact :
Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha
Coordinator, Training Programme on Open Source Library
Application Software for Library Services & Associate Professor & HoD,Department of Library and Information Science,
Assam University, Silchar-788 011
Mobile : 09435231672
E-mail : mksinha1965@gmail.com,
dr_mk_sinha@yahoo.com ,
manoj.kumar.sinha@aus.ac.in , hod_lis@aus.ac.in