Report of the conference
Introduction
Today’s knowledge driven digital age is defined by the amount of information used, by the means of technology, powered by human creativity. In this context, libraries and librarians need to understand the nature of information, its use by the users. Library and information professionals take on many challenges in serving the needs of their clientele that constitutes both information haves and have-not’s. The modern day information professionals inspire their clientele by not only providing required information, but also through their interpersonal skills such as time management, comprehending, right information in the right context in the right time in the right format. Gone are the days where in the LIS professionals provide the source and leave the user to decide upon how and what’s of use. Now, it is more challenging on part of LIS professionals to provide the contextualized information but also manage iterations (more refined information every time).
As today’s decision makers are taking decisions based on 30% of the available information, 30% based on seniority, experience and the rest 40% is based on the gut-feeling… if a LIS professionals make the first 30% of the available information to anything more than that is a bonus and the direct impact can be seen based on the decisions made… called “more and informed decisions”. So, every LIS professional needs to not only work on improving the domain knowledge, knowledge of sources, implementing new and innovative services, but also needs to work on batter personality development skills, to name few are Communication skills, people management, financial management, negotiation skills, time and crisis management, service management, counseling techniques, oral/written/presentation skills and so on.. we all have studied and practicing that the LIS professional must be a teacher, philosopher, guide, friend and so on. But, the need of the hour is much more than what it is.. and we (LIS professionals) need to constantly upgrade our skills, knowledge, up-our-service levels, continued satisfaction levels among users, zeal for the client’s WOW factor and many more with shrinking budgets and manpower. The other challenge we face on part of LIS professional is the lack of self motivation and seeing the big picture and acting towards realizing that big picture. This conference has provided such an opportunity where-in young professionals suitably guided by seniors professionals.
It is good recall the books we issue to our users but we also need to read are Mr. Narayanamurthy’s “BETTER INDIA, BETTER WORLD”,Ron Caufmann’s “UP YOUR SERVICE” and Jaideep Prabhu’s “JUGAD INNOVATION”,wherein we can get a lot of clues as to how we can be “innovative” in our jobs we do and how to constantly keep our customer satisfaction levels high using innovative services. The problem lies in us, where we provide a lot of information (books, journals and the like), but we need to try and adopt what we have read.
Inaugural Function
Prof, M Anjaiah, Asst. Professor, Dravidian University, Kuppam invited the inaugural guests on to the dias.
Dr. R Yashoda, Prof, Asst. Professor, dept. of Education, Dravidian University, Kuppam sung a melodious invocation song.
Presidential address was rendered by Prof. M Doreswamy, HOD-DLISc, and University Librarian (I/C), Dravidian University, Kuppam.
Introduction to the theme of the conference was rendered by the organizing secretary Dr. Avineni Kishore. Dr. Kishore spoke in length about the change and how we as LIS professionals can provide leadership in the quest of knowledge among user community by providing right information to the right user in the right format. Spoke about the initiative the university has taken in this direction. How this conference can help the user in conquering their information needs… Spoke about themes and subthemes for the paper presentations. Thanked the VC for funding the conference generously.
Prof. C V Varadarajulu Naidu, Head and Dean, spoke about his memories in SV university, Tirupati in 1980’s and narrated his information quest story in library as a student and scholar. Spoke about his love for journal articles. He spoke about the boon the technology (digital era) has brought in the speed it brings as well. He urged all the LIS professionals to update the library to help the nation to become a better knowledge society.
Dr. Balasubramanyam, spoke about the surprises VC comes up with. He preferred to speak on TV revolution, where in cinema would die, similarly technology/digitization will not kill the traditional books. He recalled his experiences of visiting book exhibitions. He has recalled the words of VC in creating a world-class library in terms of Dravidian studies, dravidian culture, history and so on in the Dravidian University.
Prof. I Chandraiah spoke about his experiences from the inception of the concept to the stage now in regards to the conference. He has discussed impact of computer applications on all walks of life today in general and library in particular. Spoke about Librarianship as a profession and its branches with suitable analogy and stressed on the organizational approach to strengthen the profession. Pointed out the need for knowledge organization and its techniques includes Catalogue, Index and bibliographical tools for better and accurate organization and retrieval of information/ knowledge.
Prof. K Padmini in her keynote address mentioned her experiences where Dr. Kishore, org. sec of NCLC-2014 who lead her to learn computer and internet way back in 1990’s. Show cased her interest towards technology in all her activities now. She has narrated her viewpoint about flying books and boundary-less library. Quoted few of Mahatma Gandhi and other eminent personalities such as Dr. A P J Kalam on change, how to lead the change in our life and LIS profession. Spoke about the transformation technology is bringing in human life today from learning to lead. She stressed on the importance of being positive in our attitude in handling users, failures being a professionals and so on. She pointed Value of motivation, planning, execution and team work as professionals to achieve the success. She has discussed in-length on confidence, conquering the change, being the change agent and the need for negotiation skills, communication (oral, written and presentation) skills, personality development skills (both hard and soft skills) for the modern day LIS professionals. She has suggested to all the young LIS professionals that Reduce copy, paste culture in all your future articles. She ended her presentation by a quote ‘Always wrong persons teach the right lessons of life”…
Prof. Kankanala Rathnaiah, the in his chief guest address to not to hesitate to meet new people and always seen how to add value in their work. The habit one should inculcate in believing only in winning not in loosing, learning even in loosing, in which case it is winning only according to him. He has pointed out the issues and its prevalence in all walks of life. Among his four habits watching movies, visiting a library, teaching, and his love for tea, he has stressed more on library visit for what he is today. Spoke about quick disposal on any matter/issue. Spoke about his mission and vision for the university as a head of change management. Spoke about the quality of the studies, research, seminar papers and difficulties in organizing events such as this conference. He also spoke about his vision for starting a world class library in the university in length before he concluded his chief guest speech.
The following dignitaries were felicitated
1. Prof. Kankanala Rathnaiah
2. Prof. K Padmini
3. Prof. I Chandraiah
4. Dr. Balasubramanyam
5. Prof. C V Varadarajulu Naidu
The Inaugural function was presided by Prof. M Doreswamy, HOD and University Librarian, Dravidian University, Kuppam.
The event was concluded followed by vote of thanks rendered by smt. S Sujatha, documentation officer, Dravidian University, Kuppam.
The technical sessions:
There were total of 95 papers were published in the conference volume with ISBN number (). There a total 29 papers were presented in following six sessions.
Director of the conference: Prof. I Chandraiah, Professor, DLISc, S V University, Tirupati, AP.
Technical Session-I: Digital Library Initiatives and Practices
Chair: Prof. Khaiser Nikam, Professor, DLISc, University of Mysore, Mysore
Rapporteur: i. N Prabhakar, Librarian, V R College, Nellore, AP
ii. Sujatha, Library & Doc. Officer, SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, AP.
Total of five papers out of seventeen were presented in session-I
1. Building a sustainable institutional repository for Palm-Leaf and paper manuscripts collection in Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Library, Tirupati: Acase study by Dr. P. Giri Naidu.
2. Effective usage of digital library collection, E-Information Services and Facilities at Engineering college libraries, Bangalore: A study by A G Kotreshappa, Dr. M. Anjaiah and Gopala K.
3. Digital library practices in India: A Study by Dr. K Rajashekar and Dr. G Reddappa
4. Digital preservation: A perspective for Digital Libraries by V. Krishnan and Dr. S. Raja.
5. Digitization of Library and Information Resources: Tools and Techniques by Prabhu S. and Shivakumar TC.
There was a good comment from Mr. H Karthiban, Librarian, Sanmar Group, Chennai (hkarthiban@gmail.com) on Availability of Specifications for Digital Library preservation from University of Chicago, USA.
Technical Session-II: Emerging Web Technologies
Chair: Dr. K Nataraja Naidu, Librarian, Govt. Polytechnic, Ananthapur, AP
Rapporteur: i. Dr. K Usha Rani, Asst. professor, DLISc, S V Veterinary University, Tirupati.
ii. Mr. M Sreenivasulu, Lecturer, DLISc, Govt. Degree College, Nagari, Chittor, AP
Total of six papers were presented
1. Use of social networking sites (Sns): A case study of Engineering students community by Dr. M. Doraswamy and K. Kusuma Kumari.
2. BIBME: A online references management system by Prof. Khaiser Nikam and Umesh ML.
3. Social Media: A tool for Library Professionals by Lokesha E.
4. Impact of social networking sites: A comparative study of TTD Degree Colleges, Thirupati by KC Muthayalaiah Chetty, Dr. Naramala Prabhakar and Dr. B. Ramana.
5. Social Media: What is there for the Library?? By Nagaraja LG and H. Rajendra Babu H.
6. Creating a Library Blog using Wordpress: An Experience by O. Seshaiah.
7. Cloud Computing in Libraries – A case study of centre for Good Governance (CGG) by M. Shanthi and Sarafaraz Shaik.
· There was a concern and suggestion by Prof. K Padmini to all the presenters for not to read the text in the presentation, but to explain and use of words and phrases judiciously.
· Question by Mr. Munichandra B (munichadrab@gmail.com), Research Scholar, Dept. of Education, Dravidian University, Kuppam:
i. What are the values developed among users by using social media websites?
ii. To what extent these values are developed among different users (students, professionals and so on)?
iii. Are there any studies conducted in this area of values improvement by social media?
Technical Session-III: E-resources, E-publishing, Library Networking and Consortia
Chair: Mr. Vimal Kumar V, MG University, Kerala.
Rapporteur: i. Nayakanti Maddaiah, Librarian, Govt.Degree College for men, Srikalahasti.
ii. Mrs. G Tara Kumari, Asst. Librarian, ANR College, Gudivada.
Total of five papers were presented
1. Preference accorded to E-resources for academic activities by JNTUA Faculty members: A study by Avineni Kishore and S Sujatha.
2. Access& use of UGC-Infonet consortia based on e-information by the faculty members and research scholars Annamalai University, Tamilnadu – A case study by H Kharthiban, MN Mythili Rajyalaxmi, Suresh and Dr. M Anjaiah.
3. Use of Internet through mobile technology by the students at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati: A study by Dr. M Prashantha Kumari and Dr. K Mahendra Rao
4. Internet access and use in higher education institutions in Tirupur District by J Ramesh and Naramala Prabhakar.
5. Use of Electronic information resources by the Post Graduate Students in Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati: A study by E. Sudhakar, P. Suneetha and Prof. I. Chandraiah
Technical Session-IV: Human Resources Management and Development
The session started with Prof. I Chandraiah wishing all the women participants “A
Happy Women’s day”
Chair: Prof. K Padmini, Professor and HOD, DLISc, S V University, Tirupati
Rapporteur: i. Smt. Sujatha, Doc. Officer, Dravidian University, Kuppam
ii. Mrs. Aruna Jyothi, RGKUT, IIIT, Basara, AP
Total of six papers were presented
1. Principles and qualities of visionary leadership in libraries and Information centre’s by Prof. GL Narayanappa and B Madhusudhan Naik
2. Total Quality Management in engineering college libraries by Dr. K Nataraja Naidu
3. Exploratory decision making for innovative information professionals by KV Ramaswamy and H Rajendra Babu
4. TQM in college libraries: A study by P Ramamurthy and E Balaji Prasad Rao
5. Application of open source software in academic libraries: Issues & challenges by Shivakumar TC and Prof. T D Kemparaju
6. Qualities of visionary leadership by Dr. D Srinivas Kumar and B Munichandra
There was a question from Prof. Khaiser for Shivakumar on the applications levels of OSS in his own library.
Prof. K Padmini recalled visionary leadership skills of the politicians who have created vision document to make our country developed on by 2020.
Technical Session-V: Recent advances in Library Automation
Chair: Dr. B Ravi Venkat, Dy. Librarian, Tumkur University, Tumkur
Rapporteur: i. O seshaiah, Librarian, PBRVITS, Kavali, AP
ii. B Padmaja, Chief Librarian, Vijaya College, Jayanagar, Bangalore.
Total of four papers were presented
1. Open source software use in Indian libraries: A Survey by Jasimuddin S, Vimal Kumar & Biju V V
2. Library automation through e-granthalaya: a study by M Sreenivasulu, M R Nagabhushanam and D Tulasiram.
3. Step towards web OPAC: Case study of S V Veterinary university library, Tirupati by Dr. K Usha Rani
4. Automation of academic libraries: A Case study of Jawahar Bharathi Degree College Tampoe library, Kavali by D venkata Rao
Technical Session-VI: ICT Based Pedagogy in LIS Education and Research
Chair: Prof. Srinivasa Raghavan, HOD, Professor and Librarian, Barathidasan University, Trichi, TN
Rapporteur: i. Prof, M Anjaiah, Asst. Professor, Dravidian University, Kuppam
ii. Shiva Kumar T C, Librarian, St. Joseph College, Bangalore.
Total of three papers were presented
1. Use of On-line digital resources for developing E-learning systems by S Aquter Babu and D Mabuni.
2. Role of professional associations in promoting research culture in LIS by D Narayana and K Murthy Naik.
3. Challenges and problems of LIS Education in digital age by K V Padmaja.
Recommendations of the conference NCLC-2014.
1. Suggestion by Prof. K Padmini that Reduce copy, paste culture in all your future articles
2. “Lead the change in the digital age” suggested by Prof. Padmini to equip themselves with the domain, latest tools and technology, personality development skills by becoming members in professional associations, organizing and participating conference, refresher courses and hands-on-training-courses.
3. Help develop the good reading habits for all your users
4. New areas of research to be explored to enhance the domain of LIS such as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of research in the behavioral areas “What are the values developed among users by using social media websites?”, and how these values developed among different users (students, professionals and so on)?
There are two best paper category awards based on
a. Presentation and
b. Research
Congratulations to the following winners!!!!!!!!!
Best presentation
Mr. O Sheshaiah, Librarian, PBRVITS, Kavali, AP. (Rs. 1000/- cash Prize)
Best Research paper (sponsored by Prof. K Padmini)
i. Mr. E. Sudhakar, Research Scholar, DLISc, S V University, Tirupati
ii. Mr. V. Vimal Kumar, Technical Asst., Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.
There was a very good participation levels from the participants and the senior professionals. Where in most of the participants were interactive and seniors were providing suitable and timely guidance for the youngsters guiding them.
I thank the organizers, Prof. Kankanala Rathnaiah, Dr. Kishore, Prof. K Padmini, Prof. Doreswamy, Dr. I Chandraiah in believing my ability and providing this time opportunity of reporting the complete proceedings of the whole conference like this. I thoroughly enjoyed this learning experience.
Thank you all.
H Rajendra Babu
Rapporteur General
Assistant Professor, DLISc
Tumkur University
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