Dear Professional Friends The LIS Academy in collaboration with NCSI-Net Foundation, Bangalore is happy to announce a series of webinar lectures for the benefit of LIS Professionals. The objective of this lecture series is to bring LIS expert speakers from industry, academia, and R&D sector to share their expertise and innovative initiatives implemented in their respective institutions. The Lecture themes include LIS market trends challenges and opportunities, skill set requirements of the Industry, Digital content creations, E-Resources management, Web Design, Research data management and research metrics, Information retrieval platforms, Communication Skills, and Personality Development. The proposed webinar lectures schedule: Commencement Date: 16th May 2020 Closing Date: 21st June 2020 Every Saturdays 3 PM to 5 PM & Sundays 11 AM to 1 PM. Total 24 Lectures spread over 6 weeks Each day there will be two lectures from eminent speakers on a single theme for 50 minutes each. Webinar organizers request all interested participants to register with the Google Form link given below to get lecture notifications well in advance. Online Certificates will be issued to those participants who attend at least 18 lectures out of 24 proposed lectures. For further information, all are requested to visit http://www.lisacademy.org or send mail to: lisacademyorg@gmail.com Click here for Registration to the Webinar Series (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_aF-FxIiDA5-j2ICagr1-OCuHYVHlWeUb9KxKJ4Swus...) ZOOM MEETING ID AND PASSWORD WILL BE SHARED TO THE REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS, Note: Online lecture series is free to participate and This wenbinar is hosted on paid version of zoom with maximum 10000 participation Details of Lectuers as follows: Theme:LIS Job Market Date & Time:16-05-2020, 3.00-5.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Inaugural Address by Prof. T. D Kemparaju, Vice Chancellor, Bengaluru North University, Kolar, Karnataka State 2. Trends in LIS Profession: Challenges & Opportunities by NV Satyanarayana, Chairman & Managing Director,Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore - 560 004 3. Skills to scale up in LIS Profession: Expectations of Industry by Dr. Ananda Byrappa, Head, Office of Data & Library, JRD Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Theme:Digital Content Date & Time:17-05-2020, 11.00AM -1.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Digital Content Creation: Digitalization Technologies by Dr. Aditya Tripathi, Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005 2. Digital Transformation of Libraries & Education by Rahul Agarwalla, Founder of Knimbus & Managing Partner at SenseAI Partners Knimbus, Gurgaon, India Theme:E-Resources Date & Time:23-05-2020, 3.00-5.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Library as a new online learning platform'- an integrated approach by Dr. HS Siddamallaih, Chairman, HELINET & University Librarian, RGUHS, Bangalore 2. Introduction to Corel ERM Tool by Madhuresh Singhal, DGM-IT and Knowledge Services, Eurofins Advinus, Bengaluru Theme: Web Information sources Date & Time:24-05-2020, 11.00AM -1.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Web decay and Internet Archive by Dr. B.T. SAMPATH KUMAR, Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumakuru-572103, Karnataka INDIA 2. Quality of Research and Publication Ethics by I.R.N. Goudar, Former Head, ICAST, National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL), Bangalore Theme:Digital Archiving Date & Time:30-05-2020, 3.00-5.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Cloud Computing: An Overview by Francis Jayakanth, Scientific Officer at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka 2. Institutional Repositories Using DSpace by Dr. S. M Pujar, Chief Librarian, IGIDR, Gen. A.K.Vaidya Marg, Goregaon East, Mumbai - 400 065 Theme:Library Automation & Research Communications Date & Time:31-05-2020, 11.00AM -1.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Working with Koha by Mr. Maruthu Pandian, Scientific Officer - Library, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai 2. Scholarly Communications by Dr. S. Srinivasa Raghavan, Professor & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy Theme: Web Designing Date & Time:06-06-2020, 3.00-5.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Designing, Developing and Commissioning a Website in Compliance with Government Norms: A Practical Approach by Dr. Satish Munnolli Chief Librarian, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210 2. Building Web portal using open Sources CMS:DRUPAL by Mr.Shivaram B S, Sr.Technical Officer, Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology (ICAST), NAL, Bangalore Theme: Information discovery Date & Time:07-06-2020, 11.00AM -1.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Search Strategies and search engines by Shri Kimidi Siva Shankar, Scientist-B (LS), INFLIBNET Centre,Gandhinagar, Gujarat 2. Federated Access Management in India by Mr. Raja Visvanathan, Scientist-B (Computer Science), INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Theme: Research Data & Metrics Date & Time:13-06-2020, 3.00-5.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Role of Library in Research Information Management System by Shri Kannan P, Deputy Librarian, Central University of Punjab Bathinda 2. Research Metrics by Prof. SL Sangam, UGC Emeritus Fellow, Retired Professor & Chairman, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Library & Information Science,Karnatak University, Dharwad-580 003 Theme: Social Media Date & Time:14-06-2020, 11.00AM -1.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Social Media Tools for Library & Information Services by Prof. B Ramesha, Professor & Head Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University, BANGALORE – 560 056 2. Search engine Optimization for Digital Libraries and Library website by Dr. Badan Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University Theme: Communication Skill Date & Time:20-06-2020, 3.00-5.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Working with Microsoft tools: Power point, Excel, and Infographics by Dr. H. RajendraBabu, Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Tumkur 2. Personality4Future by Dr. Nagappa Bakkannanavar, AGM & Head - Information Resource Centre at Tata Consultancy Services, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Theme: Personality Development Date & Time:21-06-2020, 11.00AM -1.00 pm Topics & Speakers: 1. Getting a Job and Going Beyond.. Resume Not just MS Word and Text by K.V.Lakshmi, Digital Workspace - Portofolio Advisor Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 2. Facing Interviews (Sell your Soft n Hard Skills) Sustain and Excel in a Job (Tips and Tricks), by Mr. Prasanna, Employee Engagement – India & Singapore, Public Relations Executive, Amazon India We request all LIS professionals to actively participate and make best use of this oppurtunity. Further, we also request all the professionals to kindly share this message to all the platforms from your side. Thanks & Regards, Dr. P. V. Konnur Former LIS Professor, Fulbright Scholar - (UIUC, USA) Adviser - VTU Consortium, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, Chairman - State Level Book Selection Committee, Karnataka President - LIS Academy, Bangalore Member of Syndicate, KUVEMPU University, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur@gmail.com Website: www.lisacademy.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.