[LIS-Forum] Fw: Lecture at JNU Library on 10th Jan. 2012 at 3.00 pm

[Dr Ramesh C Gaur]

Central Library

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

 

cordially invites you to the

 

Ist Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme

 

Topic

Documentation of Oral History

South Asian Oral History Project: Capturing Immigrant Journeys from South Asia to the Pacific Northwest 



Speaker

Dr. Deepa Banerjee
South Asian Studies Librarian
Reference and Research Services
University of Washington Libraries





Chairperson

Prof. Sucheta Mahajan
Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, 

School of Social Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University 
New Delhi-110067
 

Date

Tuesday, 10th January 2012 at 3:00 pm

 

Venue

 

Committee Room, Central Library, JNU, New Delhi

About the Topic

 

South Asian Oral History project at the University of Washington which captured the history of South Asian Immigrants to Pacific Northwest. through Oral History interviews. The interviews are now part of National Museum of Immigration in Ellis Island and a book " Roots and Reflections: South Asian Map Pacific Northwest" by the oral historian Amy Bhatt and Nalini Iyer is being published by University of Washington Press (Publication due 2012) based on above project. http://content.lib.washington.edu/saohcweb/index.html

 

About the Speaker:

 

Dr. Deepa Banerjee joined University of Washington Libraries in 2006 as a South Asian Studies Librarian and has been working closely with the faculty and students from South Asia programs at the University of Washington.  As a general Reference and Research Librarian, she assists students with their wide ranging research needs from various subject areas through individual consultations, virtual chat and working at the reference desks. She plays an active role as a member of various local and national library committees.  Examples include Scholarly Communications Committee, Diversity Committee, CONSALD (Committee on South Asian Libraries and Documentation), Association of American Libraries, ACRL / AAMES (Asian African and Middle  

Eastern Division). She has served as a Chair of the AAMES Publication Committee and AAMES Conference Planning Committee. She has also been the editor of AAMES newsletters.

Deepa also has publications, conference presentations and projects to her credit. One of her projects “ South Asian Oral History Project” has received national acclaim and led to a book publication titled “ Roots and Reflections : South Asians Map the Pacific Northwest” by University of Washington Press co authored by Dr Amy Bhatt and Dr Nalini Iyer based on the project. Publication is due in September 2012.

Deepa has worked in a variety of library settings in Australia, Canada and US prior to her current position. Deepa has an MLIS from Australia and a PhD from India.

About the Chairperson

The lecture would be presided over or chaired by Prof. Sucheta Mahajan, who was Chairperson, PC Joshi Archives on Contemporary History (2007-2011) and along with Prof Bipan Chandra, presently Chairman, NBT and Emeritus Professor, JNU, conducted the first major oral history project on the history of the anti-colonial movement as early as the mid 1980s in which over 1500 interviews were done.


 

Regards

Ramesh

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Dr. Ramesh C Gaur
PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA)
University Librarian
Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU)
New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067
Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551
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