Dear Professional partners, Library Junction, the online academic social network, launched by the Library Media Centre of Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom has won the All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Schools and Teacher Education Institutions, 2010-'11 conducted by NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training), New Delhi, India. The project (www.libraryjunction.net) was conceived as an online academic collaborative learning platform where the students can ask curriculum related questions to expert faculty members and clear their doubts. The network combines all the popular social networking features through which the members can communicate with each other, express their views and ideas, discuss issues related to different subject areas, share links, do wiki projects, download study materials and e-books and create sub groups on books, authors and themes. The Network has more than 800 members and now opens to all students and teachers. The award, consisted of a citation and Rs.20,000/-, was received by C.P.Kumaran, Principal and S.L.Faisal, Librarian and the coordinator of the project from Prof. G. Ravindra, Director, NCERT at a National Seminar in New Delhi. More: http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/library-junction-won-ncert-i... At this moment, I would like to thank all fellow professional friends for their inspiration and support. Regards S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com http://libzine.wordpress.com http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com http://mydearbook.wordpress.com Professional http://librarycloud.wordpress.com http://librarynext.wordpress.com http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com Social Networks http://grou.ps/kvlibrarians http://libraryjunction.net Personal http://slfaisal.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.