[LIS-Forum] MULISSA inaugurated at MyDLIS

N.S. Harinarayana ns.harinarayana at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 09:31:18 IST 2007


Dear Professionals,

Here is the summary of the MULISSA inauguration at MyDLIS.

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association
(MULISSA) is a student forum to support the overall development of
students.  MULISSA is in action for more than 35 years.   Every year it is
constituted with the current batch of students as its members.  Department
nominated faculty member faculty member would act as its advisor.  A student
elected committee co-ordinates the overall activities.  'Friday Talk' – a
lecture series on every Friday organised by MULISSA – has been ascribed by
NAAC as one of the 'best practices' in the campus. The main objectives of
MULISSA are:
*  To enhance academic and professional skills/knowledge among its members
*  To provide opportunity for enrichment of cultural and other abilities
*  To foster relationships among faculty, staff, and students

As per the tradition, MULISSA for the current academic year, ie., 2007-08,
was inaugurated on the Friday 19th October 2007.  Prof. B. Nagappa, a
retired professor of MyDLIS  (Department of Library and Information Science,
Mysore) inaugurated the association by lighting the lamp.  He spoke at
length on libraries and librarianship as a profession. Throughout his
lecture he emphasised the values and ethics our profession should follow.
In his speech he took the audience to a historical journey from 'clay tablet
libraries' to 'digital libraries'.  He traced the changes in the
nomenclature of librarians from 'keeper of books' to 'librarians' to
'information scientists'. He highlighted the importance of the role of
librarians in the society.  He said 'smile', 'work' and 'think' are the
three qualities of a librarian. He opined that the challenges of present day
librarians are very high and the students have to be aware about them in
order to prepare themselves for the future challenges in their career.  He
cautioned the professionals that unless we welcome the changes and learn the
art of the game very fast, some body else would take away our jobs.  Prof.
Nagappa said the four basic principles of Charles Darwin propounded in his
book 'On the origin of species' published in 1859 could be construed as the
basic principles for success in life.  He showed how librarians can
interpret the Darwin's principles "Struggle for existence",  "Survival of
the fittest",  "Natural selection" and "Adaptation to the environment" to
face the challenges.

Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman and President of MULISSA presided over the
function.  Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, the faculty advisor for the current batch
and Dr. M. Chandrashekara, Reader in the Department were present on the
occasion.

Students of MLISc managed the whole show.  Ms. Umme Asima N.A welcomed the
gathering and Ms. Sajana C. proposed vote of thanks.  Mr. K. R. Udaya
Bhaskar was the master for ceremonies during the programme.
-- 
N.S. Harinarayana,  Ph.D
Department of Library and Information Science
University of Mysore, Manasagangtori
Mysore 570 006
Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399

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