[LIS-Forum] [lisnet] Summary of Vth MANLIBNET

JK Vijayakumar vjkjk at yahoo.com
Wed May 7 10:27:55 IST 2003


Dear All

I am enclosing herewith the summary of " 5th 
Annual National MANLIBNET Convention" Held at
XLRI Jamshedpur during March 6-8 2003.

Due to the regular work load,   I am not able to
arrange as early,  sorry for the delay.

Regards

Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath
Librarian,XLRI
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XLRI – MANLIBNET

5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL MANLIBNET CONVENTION ON

“ EMERGING DIGITAL LIBRARY INITIATIVES AND FUTURE
OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN INDIA ”
held at XLRI – Jamshedpur during March 6-8, 2003


SUMMARY OF CONVENTON DELIBERATIONS

XLRI Jamshedpur and MANLIBNET conducted the Fifth
Annual National Convention on  “ EMERGING DIGITAL
LIBRARY INITIATIVES AND FUTURE OF BUSINESS AND
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN INDIA” at XLRI –
Institute of Management and Labour Studies,
Jamshedpur during March 6-8, 2003.  Dr. Sangayya
S Sirurmath, Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur was the
Organizing Secretary. More than 70 delegates from
  IIMs, IITs, Business Schools, Universities, R&D
institutions, Industrial set-ups and Colleges,
from all over the country participated in the
convention. 


Mrs. Nidhi Khare, District Commissioner, East
Singhbhum, Jamshedpur, while inaugurating the
convention on March 6, by lighting the ceremonial
lamp, highlighted the role of libraries in the
socio-economic and cultural development of
society.

Keynote Speaker   Dr. K.M.Muttayya, University
Librarian Tata Institute of Social Science –
Mumbai,  said “Evolution of the role of Library
Science Professionals has largely and
continuously been influenced by technology
applications in Libraries. Professionals status
have been changing periodically from Custodian,
Book Keeping Data Managers, Information Managers,
Chief Information Officers, and now Chief
Knowledge Managers, can become  “Wisdom
Administrators.” He  mentioned a few significant
challenges posed by Digital Library Initiatives.
The rich Indian paradigm of holistic development
of information professionals has now been
recognized world over. The four pillars of
learning  are: Learning to know, Learning to do,
Learning to live together, Learning to be, 
adapted by Librarians. Librarians have the hidden
strength, talent, opportunity to respond, and
potentiality for the acceptance of the challenges
posed by changing time and technology.  When
professionals  serve them in the best possible
way in spite of all limitations, they  feel like
“When   I go to him begging, whatever I get, I
loose it again and again, when he comes to me for
alms, I open myself to recognize enormous
treasure within”.  Twenty first century belongs
to information managers.  Indian Business and
Management Institute will be shaping the destiny
of the world as its leader.  As information
managers, they have to shoulder responsibility of
shaping the destiny of the country. They   have
all the necessary potential skills and
competencies. They need to believe in themselves
and need to harness their potentials fully and it
will depend upon developing a positive mindset. 
It is assured this conference will make an effort
to release that positive energy which will guide
the destiny of management education, which is
leading our country to greater heights.

Fr. P. D. Thomas. S.J Director XLRI Jamshedpur in
his Presidential Address highlighted of recent
developments in information and communication
technologies, especially the Internet and the
WWW, which have brought significant changes in
the way we generate, distribute, access and use
information. For centuries, we are familiar with
printed information sources. Publishers have
played a key role in the generation of printed
information while distributors, booksellers and
especially libraries have played a key role in
the distribution of information.  For hundreds of
years we have been using printed information
sources – either by purchasing them, or by using
them through libraries. The situation began to
change with the introduction of computers and
there has been a dramatic change over the past
few years. Building a sustainable digital library
presumes that the systems and services meet the
needs of some user community.  We need a much
better understanding of who the users of these
systems are, and what use they make of them. Many
users continue to use physical libraries, but
they expect their   libraries to provide a rich
mixture of physical and digital collections.  We
need to consider a new generation of users, with
experiences and expectations different from those
on whom the first generations of online
catalogue, information retrieval systems and
digital libraries were tested. To move toward
operational systems and services, more research
is needed on digital library uses and users, and
this work needs to be conducted in many different
environments. Having realized the inter sect oral
cooperation as the main contemporary social and
economic order, the effective organization
alliance is the need of the hour.  In order to
achieve the goals and accelerate achieving the
set output of these objectives, leading to the
collective vision of the future direction and
support thereof, the Management Libraries Network
(MANLIBNET) will continue to sustain its efforts
to attain the set visions.

Mr. Ashok Jambhekar, President MANLIBNET spoke
about the objectives of the MANLIBNET and
requested the Chief Guest, Mrs. Nidhi Khare to
release             proceedings of the  
Convention and released of the Souvenir by Fr.
P.D.Thomas. S.J Director, XLRI. 

Welcoming the chief guest and the delegates on
the occasion, Fr. E.A Augustine. S.J
Administrator, XLRI, emphasized the electronic
library systems.   Dr.  Sangayya S Sirurmath, 
Organizing Secretary of the convention, while
thanking the dignitaries on the dais  as well as
the delegates and invitees ,   hoped that Digital
Libraries will significantly impact the quality
of education and, indeed, the quality of life
over the next decade. The convention  identified
new opportunities for libraries, to support
librarians in developing a vision, and to provide
librarians with tools to initiate a change in
their own organization. This was followed by
inauguration of the Exhibition of Books,
furniture and equipments, library related
software, databases etc., by Fr. P.D.Thomas. S.J,
Director, XLRI.  

 
   Dr. Sangayya S Sirurmath, the Organizing
Secretary of the convention began the session by
inviting and introducing the Rapporteur General
for the convention, Mr. K.M.Rudresh, S.I.T.
Tumkur, Chairman for the session, Mr.
Chikkamalliah of IIMB Bangalore and Rapporteur
for the session Mr. Jitendra Sharma IIML New
Delhi.


In all six  papers related to the “Digital
Libraries”, the first  paper has  presented   by
Mr. AkhlaQ Ahmed, CWDS New Delhi, on “ Developing
Digital Library : A Practicle Exercise”, stressed
on the  digital library planning, technical
requirements, building up digital collection. The
technology and information resources on their own
cannot make up an effective digital library, the
role of people and service provided remains
important..  The paper entitled  “Digital rights
management : Managing rights in the electronic
age”  by  Mr. B.B.Chand, IIM Indore, highlighted
digital rights management as the  outcome of
research to protect the rights  digitally. It
also  depends on the usability, reliability,
scalability, availability and  interoperability
with respect to content creation, storage and
distribution.  The author responded the Queries
raised by Mr. M.G.Srikumar, Librarian, IIM -
Calicut.  The paper on “ Design and development
of digital library : An initiative at TISS,
Jointly   written by Dr. M.M.Koganurmath and
Mallikarjune Angadi Tata Institute  of Social
Science – Mumbai. Authors’ highlighted, new
technologies are forever  redefining  the  model
of delivering  instruction and service to keep
pace with the technological advancement in
information and communication to meet the
expectations of the  users.  They  stressed the
objectives  of digital library application and
sincere efforts to establish a modern knowledge
management system at TISS library – Mumbai.    In
response to queries raised by Mr. Ashok
Jambhekar, Mr. M.G. Srikumar and Mr.
Ckikkamalliah, Dr. M.M.Koganurmath  explained the
services given under the INFLIBNET Project at
TISS Library.   The paper entitled  “Business
research information: A study of business
databases used by management institutes” jointly
written by Dr. D.Shivalingaiah Mangalore
University and Dr. K. Manjunath TAPMI, Maniple,
Highlighted role of electronic databases in
supporting and shaping influence on B-Schools for
their academic, research and consulting
activities.  Author’s emphasized the Indian
context   and utility of the databases. The paper
on “Digital libraries: Problems and challenges”
jointly written by Dr. Mahesh V Mudhol and Dr.
Shivalingaiah, Readers, DLIS, Mangalore
University, Mangalore, discussed  digital
libraries problems, challenges and critically
analyzed the difficulties and trends of digital
library services in India.  Mr. G.B.Bhojaraju,
Information Offcer, IRMRA, Thane and Dr.
M.M.Koganurmath, University Librarian, TISS,
Mumbai,  joint authors of paper on “Database
system: A case study of ATEC Central library” 
highlighted the  in-house library automation,
database technology, information retrieval
system.  They  elaborated the ATEC database
system and its future perspectives. Authors have
responded the queries raised by Dr. S.D.Khan and
Mr. Ashok Jambekar.  The Chairman’s observations
in this context were that technological support
and library professional service motto will be
helping  the implementation of digital library
service in India.

The post lunch technical session chaired by Dr.
Shivalingaiah, Reader, DLIS, Mangalore
University, Mangalore and Mr. Malikarjune Angadi,
TISS Mumbai, acted as the Rapporrteur.  Five
papers on different aspects of “Computer and
network based information services”. The paper on
“ Information navigator future professionals
beyond the beginning” by Mr. P.V.Rajkumar, Anna
University, Chennai, has explained the role of
library professionals and of the service
perspective in the digital library environment. 
Another paper on “ Web enabled in house library
and information services: A case study of SIT
Library” by Dr. A.Y.Asundi, Retired Professor,
Bangalore University Bangalore and Mr. K.M.
Rudresh Librarian, SIT Tumkur, has explained the
case study of SIT library.  It also depict, how
library of an engineering college has plans to
provide web-enabled in house services to its
clientele and how the institutes computer and
communication infrastructure can be utilized by
the library and benefit to its users with help of
  in-house and external resources on the
Internet. Dr. D.S.Thakur, Documentation Officer,
NIEPA – New Delhi,  presented a paper on “ Value
of information and online information resources”.
 He has explained how electronic era has posed
some exciting challenges and opportunities to
explore the ways of electronic publishing online
resources and difficulties faced by the users.
The paper on “ Digital libraries for
e-governance: A proposition for a developing
country like India” by Mr. Rajanish Dass and Mr.
Arindam Mukherjee highlighted, how various
researcher have studied e-governance concepts and
how it has been influencing the social
environment, how social movement had itself
become the cardinal force in the framing and how
the concept of digital libraries may be used for
e-governance especially in India.  He has
clarified the queries raised by Dr. P.R.Goswami,
Director, NASSDOC, New Delhi.

The  third technical session was  chaired by Mr.
C.Ramaswamy, Former Divisional Manager (
Information Service), Tata steel, Jamshedpur and
Mr. Anil Kumar Librarian. NIRMA, Ahmedabad, acted
as the Rapporrteur.   Mr. N.B.Chaudhury, former
Librarian, REC, Rourkela and Ms. Partiva Acharya,
Librarian RIMS, Rourkela presented a paper on
“Knowledge management” They have enumerated the
concept   and role of library in Knowledge
Management.   Another paper also on “ Knowledge
Management” presented by joint authors Mr. A Anja
Reddy   and Ms. K Sunitah Deve, KITS, Ramtek
describes various factors and process involved in
the knowledge management system.  Mr. Chandra K
Swain, Librarian REM, Bhubaneswar and Dr. Sunil K
Satepathy Librarian DBC Bhatei, Joint authors
presented a paper on “ Cooperation, Consortia,
coordination: Key considerations in management
college library automation”,  explained the
action plan to establish cooperation, consortia
and coordination among the management college
libraries to facilitate automation programme.
Joints authors Ms. Shoba Kulkarni, Mr. M.N.Jadav,
IIT and TISS, Mumbai respectively have written a
paper on “ Knowledge Management: New challenge
for academic library managers”  highlighting the
knowledge management system in Scientific and
social science libraries and role of library in
managing the knowledge repository generated by
the diverge group of users in academic
environment.  A paper on “Resource sharing and
cooperative acquisition of electronic information
resources through consortia: A case of IIM
libraries”  written by Mr. Chikkamallaiah, Ms.
Neela and Ms. Usha, IIM Bangalore  discusses the
collective experience of IIM libraries in
organizing and implementing the deals of resource
sharing and cooperative acquisition of e-journals
and databases for the benefit of providing
better, faster and cheaper services. On behalf of
author Mr. Shaji P John EBSCO publishing has
clarified the queries raised by Dr. Sangayya S
Sirurmath, Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur. The
chairman’s of the session  concluded with remarks
of five papers.

On second day of the convention Mr.
N.V.Sathyanarayana, CMD Informatics (I) Ltd.
Bangalore,  delivered a lecture on “Access tools
and consortia imperatives of digital library
initiatives” he  expressed the practicality and
market trends of different databases and how
libraries can be  able  to access on consortia
bases for implementation of digital libraries
initiatives in India.

The fourth technical session was chaired by Mr.
C.V.Hiremath Librarian, UTI Mumbai and Mr.
M.G.Sreekumar, Librarian, IIMK, Calicut has acted
as Rapporteur.  Paper on “ Manpower development
in IT environment”  was presented by Ms. Prative
Acharya.  She has highlighted manpower
development, human resources development, skill
requirement etc., in the IT environment.  Dr.
Sangayya S Sirurmath Librarian, XLRI Jamshedpur
has presented a paper on “Digital Libraries: An
overview of social, economic and legal issues”,
he  expressed on overall idea of the social,
economic and legal issues connected with digital
libraries.  Digital libraries development and
utility are not only influenced by technology but
they have to consider other factors viz., library
professionals, researchers, government, and that
users themselves have a major role to play in the
fulfillment of the dream of providing distributed
global digital libraries.  Author has clarified
queries raised by Ms. Swati Bhattacharyya and Mr.
M.G. Srikumar.   Mr. Jagannathan, Mr. Diwakar
Loshali, Mr. Nakul Kumar Gupta, Nilesh Kumar and
Mr. J Prem, Students of XLRI  presented a paper
on “ Library in the digital era: A case for
building a learning organization” They pointed
out that, create a learning environment by making
the library a repository of knowledge, so that it
can be a center that provides the end user with
multi utility services. This session was ended
with two interesting vendor presentations by
ProQuest database by Mr. Kelvin Low, Area Manger,
S.E.Asia, Malaysia and Informatics (India) Pvt.
Ltd. Bangalore. The chairman’s expressed his
observations and remarks of the session.

The last technical session was chaired by Dr.
P.R.Goswami, Director, NASSDOC and Mr.
G.Bhojaraju, Information Officer, IRMRA, Mumbai
acted as Rapporteur.   The paper on “ Marketing
of indigenous databases in the field of S&T: A
survey conducted in CSIE Library and information
centers of Lucknow” by Ms. Shiva Kanajia, JRF,
DLIS, University of Lucknow,  discussed about the
survey conducted in CSIR library and findings of 
the marketing concepts found existing and taking
place in the national information scenario,  and
concludes with findings and suggestions. She has
clarified the queries raised by Mr. Ashok
Jambhekar.   Mr. Rajesh Singh, Researcher DIS,
Finland and Mr. M.K.Singh IIM Lucknow,  presented
a paper on “ Information marketing in digital
environment: Some reflections” paper analyzes the
role of information in marketing processes
associated with the digital world and
implications of digital environment and changing
context of marketing communications  highlighted.
Author clarified the queried raised by Mr.
Chikkmalliah and Mr. Balasubramanyam.  The paper
on “ Marketing of information products and
services in a knowledge driven society”  joint
authors Mr. M.G. Srekumar and Mr. M Gangatharan,
IIMK, Calicut has described the basis of library
marketing and the popular methods and services
and have focuses on the WWW, IIMK portal as a
case study.  The author clarified the queries
raised by Mr. Jitendra Sharma, Mr. Anil Kumar and
Dr. P.R.Goswami.  The last paper on the technical
session was “Library and information marketing
plan: A model approach”  by joint authors Mr.
C.V.Hiremath. Senior Librarian, UTI Mumbai and
Dr. C.R.Karisiddappa, Professor and Chairman,
DLIS, Karnataka University, Dharwad, has
identified the need and purpose of the marketing
plan for information products and services in the
changing LIS environment and   its users.  They
have further discussed a model approach to
implement the marketing concept effectively and
successfully in the area of information marketing
in LIS environment.  The author clarified the
queries raised by Mr. N.V.Sathynarayana, CMD,
informatics (I) Pvt. Ltd.  The session ended with
chairman’s observations and remarks. 




After the lunch break   Ms. Indrani
Bhattacharyya, Manager, British Council Library,
Kolkata  delivered the lecture on  “Information
Marketing”. She  expressed the BCL strategic
plans and services offered to the public.  Two
days presentations in the technical sessions
ended with a cultural programme performed by XLRI
students.

The third day of the convention started with
penal discussion on “ Consortium of Management
Libraries”.  The session  chaired by Ms. Swati
Bharracharyya. Librarian, was IIMK Kolkata, and
Panelists were Ms. Indarni Bharracharyya, Mr.
Ashok Jambhekar, Mr. Chikkamallaiah, Dr.
P.R.Goswami and Mr. Anil Kumar.  The chairman’s
observation in this context were that, library
consortium is a collective activity of any group
of libraries towards a common goal.  It has to be
actively encouraged by publishers, government
policies, library authorities, Professionals, and
users.  IT also plays an important role in
setting standards for usage measurement and other
related activities in the field of digital
services.


The Chief Guest of the valedictory session Fr.
T.A.Mathias. S.J, Former Director of XLRI gave
the certificates to the delegates and best
paper-cum-presentation award to the authors. 
While delivering the valedictory address, Fr. T.
A. Mathis S.J., described the importance of
Library and its service in the academic
environment and rapid changes of reading habits.
He highlighted the   role of information,
channels and    technology in the present
scenario.   The session, which was chaired, by
Mr. Ashok Jambhkar President of MANLIBNET,
mentioned the “Future plans and strategy of the
Management Libraries Network and role of
professionals in the management education in
India and positive mind set for the active
networking among the professionals and their
respective institution libraries. On behalf of
MANLIBNET and delegates, he  highly appreciated 
XLRI and its authorities   for active support and
facilities for the grand success of the fifth
MANLIBNET National Convention.  Finally, the
convention ended with hearty vote of thanks by Dr
Sangayya S Sirurmath, Librarian and Organizing
Secretary of the Convention. 
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