Dear Sir/Madam,
Mysore Librarians and
Information Scientists (MyLISA) is the voice of the librarians and information
professionals from the city of Mysore. It is the forum which is
furthering the knowledge and skills among information professionals.
MyLISA started a new initiative called ‘Orientation Program for Enthusiasts of
NET/SLET’ (OPENS). It was training cum orientation program for those who
have taken the NET/SLET examinations. The following is the brief report
of OPENS.
We learned that there are
little more than 300 students from Mysore region who have taken SLET
examination this time. We could attract 1/5th of them here. There
were 59 participants; 28 of them were females and 31 were male. A few
participants fly every week from Bangalore for this purpose alone shows the
interest of participants in MyLISA OPENS. 31 participants were from MyLISA
fraternity and 28 non-MyLISA members also participated in the training.
The classes were very
regularly held on afternoons of Saturdays and mornings of Sundays. In all
37 sessions of two hours each were conducted which amounts to 74 hours of
teaching and interaction. What is very satisfying for the organisers is
that they could give more than what they promised at the beginning of the program.
In fact, they envisaged just 60 hours of training; but finally ended up with 14
hours extra classes. MyLISA is happy that it could do it. The
classes were started on September 29, 2013 and ended on December 1, 2013; in
all there were 12 week end sessions along with classes on 4 public holidays.
There were 66 hours
of subject oriented classes and also 8 hours of paper1. Even here MyLISA
had promised only subject oriented classes. However, as the days proceeded
there was an increasing pressure from the participant to have some classes for
Paper 1 also. The resource persons for Paper 1 were Sri Nischit and Sri
Y. Narasimhan who despite being young were found to be on par in their teaching
with most experienced resource persons. They covered 5 units of paper 1 and
provided tips for other remaining units.
MyLISA could attract
a galaxy of excellent resource persons for teaching subject papers 2 and
3. It was able to get the esteemed services of 11 resource persons
for subject oriented teaching among them 4 were from outside Mysore.
Resource persons were Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Prof. M. Chandrashekara,
Prof. P.G. Tadasad, Dr. C.P. Ramasesh, Dr. K. Prakash, Dr. Ramesha, Dr.
N.S.
Harinarayana, Dr. Dharanikumar, Dr. Adithya Kumari H., Sri Nagaraja S.
Dr. Sunil M.V., and Dr. Vasantha Raju N. All of them are experts in
their own field. All
the ten units were covered and on an average each unit got more than 6
hours
for teaching and interaction. All the resource persons introduced the
basic concepts involved in the subjects that they taught highlighting
the
modern developments/trend. All of them used well prepared PPTs for
their
presentation. Each of the resource persons gave their own tips for
solving the objective type questions. Previous years question papers
were
solved. In a way all the objective papers that are available for the
past
ten years have been solved. This is a great benefit for the
participants. Thus the participants have had a number of tips from
different resource persons. It is hoped that they find them useful in
the
ensuing examination.
Reading resources were
distributed in the form of PPTs, Weblinks, Printed Notes, etc., depending upon
the convenience of the resource persons. Interactive sessions had many
questions from the participants. This shows the quality of training
programme as a whole.
One special lecture
was organized during the period. It was delivered by eighty-year old
scholar librarian Sri L.J. Haravu. The topic was “Open Access: The
Philosophy and Trends”. The lecture was in commensurate with the open
access week celebrated all over the world. MyLISA participated in its own
small way in this world event. This lecture was attended by professionals
from Bangalore and Mysore. An email alert about the significance of the week
was sent to all the MyLISA members.
The valediction
program of MyLISA OPENS was held on December 1, 2013. Prof. Mallinath
Kumbar of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of
Mysore, Mysore was the guest of honour and Sri E.C. Ningaraju, Academic Council
Member of University of Mysore and also the Librarian, Administrative Training
Institute, Mysore was the Guest of Honour. The President of Mahajana
Educational Institute Sri R. Vasudeva Murthy presided over the function.
Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Associate Professor, Department of Library and
Information Science, University of Mysore, and also Secretary, MyLISA, Mysore
spoke at length about the program. Sri S. Nagaraja, Librarian, Regional
Institute of Education and also the President, MyLISA was present. Smt.
M. Veena, Librarian, SBRR Mahajana’s First Grade College Mysore welcomed the
gathering.
Report By:
Dr. N.S. Harinarayana
Secretary MyLISA, Mysore
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With best wishes
Vasantha Raju N.
PRO
MyLISA, Mysore
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