Dear Moderator Kindly arrange to announce the following information for the benefit of the LIS professionals Dear professional friends We are very happy to inform you that, Dr. Raja Ramanna Centre for Knowledge Resources (Library and Information Centre), Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore in association with AKELPA, is organizing Two-day National seminar on “Information Literacy in Promoting E-Resources and Its Empowerment for LIS Professionals”. On 5th & 6th October, 2012 Seminar Theme: Information Literacy in Promoting E-Resources and Its Empowerment for LIS Professionals About the seminar * * This seminar on Information literacy in Promoting E-Resources & Its empowerment of LIS professionals provides an opportunity to enhance our skills to meet the changing needs of the information society. Also help LIS professionals to improve their efficiency and effectiveness at workplace by improving his/her skills set. In the era of Information technology, Information storage and retrieval has become unbelievable. The uncertain quality and expending quantity of information poses large challenges to information users/Information seekers and library and information professionals. The available information resources are of multifarious in nature and ranging from printed documents, e-resources, WebPages, online databases of full text/Bibliographic journals and other multimedia format. The new paradigm emphasizes the empowerment of students and encourages them to take control of their own learning. In this age of information explosion, there is a need for LIS professionals to play vital role by educating the users about the potential resources and develop suitable devices to help in searching the relevant sources along with assistance to the user in evaluating the retrieved resources. Objectives of the seminar To create awareness among the LIS Professionals about the importance of information literacy and promotion library print as well as e-Resources. To train and create comfort level within the existing LIS professionals and encourage them to design Information literacy models to create awareness of e-Resources and empowerment of user community. To provide an opportunity to discuss various aspects of Information Literacy in promoting e-Resources and Its empowerment for Library & information Science professionals. * * To bring the librarians of various engineering colleges, corporate sector and other related institutes together to update them with advances in the field with the help of distinguished resource persons from industry & academia. VENUE * * DBIT Seminar Hall, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kumbalgod, Mysore Road, Bangalore, Karnataka State, (India) Speakers/Resource persons The Eminent personalities of LIS Professionals, Industry, IT sector and Academia Who can participate? Working Librarians, Information Managers, KM &CM professionals, students, research scholars, teachers and others belongs to LIS and related field. Seminar Date: 5th & 6th October 2012 Early registration is requested to enable us to arrange hospitality & other arrangements. Registration Fees: 500/- Rupees Accommodation Limited Accommodation will be provided at DBIT hostel on first come first serve basis. CHIEF PATRONS Sri. Bylappa, President, WET, Bangalore Sri. P.B. Manjunath, Executive Director , WET, Bangalore Sri. Raghav Bylappa, Secretary, WET, Bangalore PATRON Dr. V.S. Ramamurthy Principal Don Bosco Institute of Technology Advisory Committee members: Dr. D. Shivalingaiah, Registrar, Tumkur University ,Tumkur Dr. N. Chowdappa, Librarian, BMSCE, Bangalore & President AKELPA Dr. B.D.Kumbar, Professor & Chairman ,Dept. of LIS, KU, Dharwad Dr. B.S.Biradar, Professor & Chairman , Dept of LIS, KU, Shimoga Dr. R.B.Gaddagimath, Librarian, Gulburga University, Gulburga Dr. M.K.Bandi, Librarian, Mangalore University, Mangalore Dr. M.Chandrashekhara, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of LIS,, UOM,,Mysore Dr. P.G.Tadasad, Associate Professor, Dept of LIS,KSWU, Bijapur Dr. Ramesha.B, Associate Professor, Dept. of LIS, BU, Bangalore Dr. M. Dhanamjaya, Dean (Students Affairs), RGEI, Bangalore Dr. K.R. Mulla, Librarian, VTU Belgaum & General Secretary, AKELPA Dr. Vinayak Bankapur, Librarian, SDMCET, Dharwad Dr. Vijayakumar M, In-charge Central Library, BIT, Meesra, Ranchi Dr. M. Manogar, Librarian, MSRIT, Bangalore Dr. Nagappa B, Head, IRC, TCS, Bangalore Dr. Stanley M.S, Rtd Librarian UAS, Dharwad Dr. M. M. Bachalapur ,Chief Librarian, KIT, Tiptur Sri. B. Sanjay, Lead Librarian Infosys Tech, Mysore Sri. Ananda T. Byrappa, Manager, WKC, GE, Bangalore Sri. S.F. Kattimani, Dy. Librarian, MSRIT, Bangalore Sri. J.C. David, Librarian, DSCE, Bangalore Sri. R.M. Puttaswamy, Librarian, BNMIT, Bangalore Smt. C.A. Malagan, Librarian Dr. AIT, Bangalore Sri. Vinay C, Librarian SJBIT, Bangalore Smt. V. Bharthi, Librarian, KSIT, Bangalore Sri. Pandu Koppad, Librarian, RTESACC, Ranibennur Sri. Dhanappa Pattar, Librarian. KIMAS, Harihar Sri. Chimmojirao Marathe, Librarian AITB, Bangalore Sri. Manjunath Karakannavar, IS, IMS Health, Bangalore Sri. S.S.Patil, Librarian, BLDEA’sDr.PGHCETE , Bijapur Sri. Suresh Horakeri, Asst. Librarian, BVBCET, Hubli Sri. Satish Totar, Librarian, KLE Engineering College ,Belgaum ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr.N.Suresh, Proffessor & Director ,DBIBMS, Bangalore Dr. Beena Kittur, Professor & HoD, Dept. of Mathematics Dr. Sowmya Sathish, Proffessor & HoD, Dept. of MBA Prof. Nagaraj N.S., HoD, Dept. of CSE Prof.Venkatesh P, HoD, Dept. of TE Prof. Angurja R., HoD Dept. of EEE Prof. Manjunath. D.V, HoD, Dept. of ECE Prof. Gowramma.G.S, HoD, Dept. of ISE Prof. Vinutha .K.M, Dept. of S & H Prof.Kumaraswamy, Director of Physical Education * * ORGANIZING SECRETARY Mr. Somaraya B.Tallolli Librarian & Organizing Secretary Don Bosco Institute of Technology Kumbalagodu, Mysore Road Bangalore-560 074 Mobile : +91 9449960206, +91 8553948128 Mail-ID: sbtallolli@gmail.com Website: www.dbit.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.