Dear Professionals,
Kindly find below outline of proceedings of the XXVI IATLIS National
Conference on the theme "Envisioning Employable LIS Courses in Developing
Countries for the Emerging Knowledge Society" held at the Department of
Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan
(West Bengal) from 25-27 November 2009.
A comprehensive report of XXVI IATLIS National Conference 2009 follows soon.
This volume is available for Rs. 500/- (Five hundred rupees only). For
ordering the conference volume and payment details, kindly contact
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All the best
Trishanjit Kaur
General Secretary
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*Envisioning Employable LIS Courses in Developing Countries for the Emerging
Knowledge Society*
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*IATLIS 2009*
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*Papers of the XXVI National Conference *
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*Department of Library and Information Science*
*University** of Burdwan**, Golapbag, Burdwan*
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*25-27 November 2009*
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Edited by
*Jagtar Singh*
*Trishanjit Kaur*
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*INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE*
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*Department of Library & Information Science*
*Punjabi** University**, Patiala-147002*
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© EDITORS
2009
Price: Rs. 595.00 (India)
$ 25.00
*Published by*
*Indian Association of Teacher of Library and Information Science (IATLIS)*
C/o Department of Library and Information Science
Punjabi University, Patiala-147002
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*Contents*
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Preface
Greetings from Dr. Ismail Abdullahi
Contributors
*Section I: Theme Paper *
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1. Educational Changes for Work in the Knowledge Society
*Russell Bowden*
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*Section II: LIS Education*
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2. Balancing the Relics and Harbingers of LIS Courses for the Emerging
Job Market**
*Jagtar Singh *and* Dilara Begum*
3. Higher Education in the Eleventh Five Year Plan: Some Implications
for the LIS Education
*M.P. Satija*
4. Library and Information Science Education in India: Development,
Status, Curriculum, Issues and Challenges
*M. B. Konnur, N. B. Dahibhate, S. K. Patil, *and* V. S. Mugade*
5. Exploring the Opportunities in the Emerging Information Environment
for Transformation of LIS Education
* I.V. Malhan *
6. Selection of students to LIS education programmes in Sri Lanka and
some related issues
*Pradeepa Wijetunge *
7. Growth and Development of Library and Information Education in
Nepal**
*Madhusudan Karki *
*Section III: LIS Curricula and Job Market*
8. Strategies for the employable LIS courses: Emergent issues and need
for contemplation
*A. Y. Asundi* and *C. R. Karisiddappa*
9. Relevance of Existing LIS Courses to the Job-Market – What Alumni
Tell Us: An experience from Shih Hsin University
* Chihfeng P. Lin*
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10. Employable LIS Courses in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Last Twenty Year
Syllabuses
*M. Jakaria Rahman, Momena Khatun *and* Muhammad Mezbah-ul-Islam*
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11. Developing LIS Courses for the Emerging Job Market in Nigeria**
*Bappah Magaji Abubakar*
12. Relevance of LIS Courses for Employability: A Study of LIS Curricula
of India
* R. S .R. Varalakshmi *
13. Remodeling the Curricula of LIS Education in Kalyani University: An
Analysis
*Bidhan Ch. Biswas*
14. Combining Moodle with DSpace: Designing an Architecture for LIS
Courseware
*Amit Kumar Das *and *Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay*
15. An Overview of Library and Information Science Curricula in the
context of the Indian Job Market
*Bobby Goswami Baruah* and *P. Hangsing*
16. Employability issues and public policy support for library and
information services in private academic sector in India: observations and
concerns
*H. P. S. Kalra *and* Khushpreet Singh*
17. UGC Report of CDC in Library and Information Science 2001: A Critical
Review of its Relevance in Present Indian Context
*Goutam Maity *and* Udayan Bhattacharya*
18. IT components in LIS Curricula envisioning the knowledge society: An
Analysis of Syllabi universities of West Bengal
*Tridib Tripathi*
19. Master of Library and Information Science Syllabus A Novice Way of
Thinking
*Geeta Gadhvi*
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20. Development of LIS Courses in Karnataka in the Emerging Job Market
*S. Padmamma* and *Geetha M.*
*Section IV: Quality Assurance*
21. Quality Faculty for Excellence in Library and Information Science
Education in Pakistan
*Mumtaz Ali Anwar *
22. Identification of Quality Indicators for Evaluation and Accreditation
of LIS Schools in India,
*Amitabha Chatterjee*
23. Quality Assurance in Distance Education: Some Parameters to be Used in
Assessing the Quality
* B.S. Biradar *and* Santhosh Kumar, K.T.*
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*Section V: Knowledge Management and Learning *
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24. Knowledge Management: the Leading-edge of the Emerging Information
Society
*Jagtar Singh *and *N. K. Swain*
25. Emerging trends in Resource-Based Students-Centered Learning in the
Knowledge Society
*C. Krishnamurthy *and* B.D. Kumbar*
26. LIS Education in India: Tutoring the Tutors with Intrinsic Questions
*N. K. Swain***
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27. M-Learning Opportunities and Challenges for the Modern Learning
Scenario**
* Selvaraj**. C *
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*Section VI: Research and Collaboration*
28. Recent Trends of Research in Library & Information Science in India
and Research Agenda for the Future
*Nivedita Bhattacharyya *and* Biplab Chakrabarti*
29. Problems and Prospects of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS): A Case
Study of Karnatak University, Dharwad
*B.D. Kumbar *and* Gururaj S. Hadagali*
30. Digital Learning Commons: a Proposal for Panjab University,
Chandigarh.
*Preeti Mahajan *and* Rupak Chakravarty *
31. Collaboration among Library and Information Science Education
Programmes in South Asia: Issues and Implications
*Trishanjit Kaur* and *Navkiran Kaur*
32. Continuing Education Programmes (CEP) for faculty improvement in the
emerging Knowledge Society.
* Gururaj S. Hadagali, B. D. Kumbar and M. M. *
* Bachalapur*
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*Preface*
We are delighted to organize the XXVI IATLIS National Conference (IATLIS
2009) in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information
Science, University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan from 25-27 November 2009.
IATLIS 2009 is being organized on the theme, “Envisioning Employable LIS
Courses in Developing Countries for the Emerging Knowledge Society”. The
sub-themes include:
· Relevance of existing LIS courses to the job- market.
· Developing LIS courses for the emerging job market.
· Equity, diversity and expansion of LIS education.
· Choice-based credit system and internship programmes.
· Resource-based student-centered learning.
· Accreditation, quality assurance and standardization with special
reference to distance education.
· Continuous Professional Education and Development for Faculty
improvement.
· Physical, technological, and learning support infrastructure.
· Liaison with and feedback management from students, alumni, and
employers.
· Marketing of LIS courses.
· Research agenda for future.
· International Cooperation and collaboration
· Role of stakeholders in LIS education and research.
This theme has been particularly chosen with a view to initiate discussion
on the issues of relevance and quality of LIS courses being offered by the
departments of Library and Information Science in developing countries in
general, and in south Asian region in particular. Information and
communication technology (ICT) has made a profound impact on the life and
work of people. There is a shift from teaching to learning, and from face to
face learning to e-learning. Similarly, today we are talking about library
and information networks, digital libraries, knowledge management, change
management, information literacy, open source software, etc. Unfortunately,
all is not well with regard to LIS education, research and training in south
Asian countries. In many of the universities, the courses are typically
traditional and conservative, whereas in a few universities there is a lot
of emphasis being placed on the Internet-based products and services. It is
high time that the LIS education providers in this region take a balanced
view of ground reality. There must be a fair balance between the traditional
turf and the leading edge areas the LIS education. Library classification,
cataloguing, indexing, reference service, and library management are
important but there is also an urgent need for integrating the
Internet-based resources and services in the LIS courses.
There has been a tremendous response to the call for papers. We have
received about 75 papers, but because of financial constraints and
portability of the conference volume, we have been able to include 32 papers
only. Every effort has been made to ensure excellence and diversity in this
volume. This time we have got six papers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. We sincerely hope that these six papers
will go a long way to inform the LIS education providers in India. These 32
papers have been organized in six sections. The first section contains the
theme paper by Professor Russell Bowden (Sri Lanka), and the second section
on LIS Education contains six papers. The third section entitled LIS
Curricula and Job Market includes thirteen, whereas the fourth section on
Quality Assurance has only three papers. Section five on Knowledge
Management and Learning contains four papers and section six on Research and
Collaboration includes three papers. No stone has been left unturned to make
this volume a valuable addition to the existing body of professional
literature. We are deeply grateful to Professor I. V. Malhan, Professor M.P.
Satija, Dr. H.P.S. Kalra, Mr. Khushpreet Singh and Mr. Bhupinder Singh
without whose timely help this volume would not have seen the light of the
day. We are also deeply grateful to Dr. Ismail Abdullahi, Convener, IFLA LIS
Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) and Associate
Professor, North Carolina Central University, School of Library and
Information Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, USA for sparing his valuable
time to send us his greetings for the success of this conference. M/S
Phulkian Press (Pvt.) Ltd also deserve our heartfelt thanks for publishing
this volume within a short span of one week only.
Last but not the least; the editors are deeply beholden to Professor Russell
Bowden who spared his valuable time and resources to contribute the theme
paper for this conference. In fact he was very keen to be present at the
IATLIS 2009, but could not make it because of the non-availability of visa
on time. We sincerely hope that papers in this conference volume would
certainly enrich and empower the LIS fraternity across globe.
* Editors*
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