Workshop on digital libraries at ICFAI University underway | University Nagaland, Dimapur

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Summary:

"Dimapur, March 9 (MExN): Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in collaboration with ICFAI University Nagaland is organizing a three-day workshop on ‘Digital Libraries: Open Source Software for digital repositories’ from March 8 to 10 at ICFAI University Nagaland, Dimapur.  

The inaugural programme was graced by Puchosale Yori, Joint Director, Art & Cultural Department. She highlighted the importance of information technology in the Library and Information Science profession, the department’s enthusiasm towards a progressive change in the field and endorsed the Department’s co-operation for such developmental activities in the future to come.  

The welcome address was given by Prof. Charles P. Alexander, Vice Chancellor, ICFAI University Nagaland. He encouraged the department to take the field to a high end information service as required in the society today and highlighted the contributions of ICFAI for such skill based education in the region.  

Keynote address for the workshop was delivered by Prof. ARD Prasad, Head, Documentation Research & Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute who spoke about the importance of information management, data management and technology based skills requirement in the field today and emphasized the workshop as a training ground to meet the gap.  

An introduction to digital repositories was addressed by Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Professor, Documentation Research & Training Center, Indian Statistical Institute who spoke about open access to information movement and the digital repositories as a platform to facilitate storage, management and access of information resources.  

It was informed here in a press release that the workshop is sponsored by Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF). The workshop provide hands-on training to library and information science professionals from across the North-Eastern states of India on the application of Open Source Software in libraries towards a digital library. It is a first of its kind workshop in Nagaland."

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http://morungexpress.com/workshop-digital-libraries-icfai-university-underway/

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Date tagged:

03/11/2018, 14:12

Date published:

03/11/2018, 10:14