Dear Friends, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala Library Association, Kottayam Region and Kerala College Librarians' Association are going to organise a workshop on Academic Blogging on 20-21 February 2015. About the workshop Hands on training will be based WordPress blogging platform. WordPress is considered as an easy to use publishing platform for academic community. With WordPress, we can create any type of website: a personal blog or website, a photo blog, a professional portfolio, academic website, library portal, a magazine or news website, an online community, even a network of websites. Teachers, students, research scholars and library professionals can publish their content with ease and effectively to keep in touch with their peers. WordPress offers most of the features suitable for scholarly communication for academic community. In this workshop, participants will develop a custom website and blog with static and dynamic pages from scratch. Experienced resource persons will introduce various features and plugins available with WordPress to make your website fully functional. Scope Understand the capabilities of WordPress as a blogging platform and CMS. Learn basic HTML and CSS Develop a custom website from scratch Learn how to customize WordPress Understand how to utilise the WordPress plug-in library Who can participate Working Library Professionals, Faculty Members, Students and Research scholars. REGISTRATION RESTRICTED TO PARTICIPANTS WHO CAN BRING A LAPTOP TO TRAINING PROGRAMME. Venue: Seminar Hall, Mahatma Gandhi University Library Date & Time: February 20 & 21, 2015; 9.30 am to 4.00 pm Registration: Registration fee is Rs. 800 for outside participants (including working lunch, tea and snacks). Seat allotment will be based on first come first served basis. Completed registration form can be send to the email address, klaktym at gmail.com After the confirmation of admission, registration fee can be paid in cash at the registration counter of the programme on 20th February. Please visit following link to download registration form. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6E3iEzJp74udUJIcDF5aU81Tnc/view?usp=sharin... Download brochure from here, https://klaweblog.wordpress.com Accommodation will be provided to the participants on prior request on additional payment. Resource Persons: Shri. Faisal S.L., Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram. Shri. Prajeesh Bhaskaran, Library Assistant, MG University Library Shri. Jasimudeen S., Librarian, St. Stephen’s College, Uzhavoor. Contact details The Librarian MG University Library Kottayam-686560 Phone: 0481-2733527 Email: library at mgu.ac.in -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in http://moovandan.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.