Dear All, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and Dept. of Public Libraries, Govt. of Karnataka, cordially invites you to celebrate the National Library Week. We have planned the following programmes for the week. Request you to participate and make the programmes successful. PROGRAMME DETAILS: Date: 15.10.2009 Topic: 'Pustakagalu Mathanaduthave' Time: 11.00 A.M. Speaker: Prof. Lingadevaru Halemane, Rtd. Professor, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore Chairman: Prof. H.A. Khan, Retd. Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Venue: J.S.S. College for Women, Saraswatipuram, Mysore _______________________________________________________________________ Date: 16.10.2009 Topic: 'Kannada Pustaka Prakatane-Udyama Neethi' Time: 6.00 P.M. Speaker: Dr. S.G. Siddarammaiah, Former Chairman, Kannada Development Authority, Bangalore Chairman: Dr. M. Byregowda Writer, Publisher, and Lecturer. Christ College, Bangalore Venue: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Rajajinagar, Bangalore ________________________________________________________________________ Date: 17.10.2009 Topic: Role of Libraries in Knowledge Societies Time: 6.00 P.M. Speaker: Dr. N.K. Sridhar, Member-Secretary & Executive Director, Karnataka Knowledge commission, Bangalore Chairman: Dr. K. Mallikarjuna Babu, Principal, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore Venue: BMS college of Engineering, Basavanagudi, Bangalore ________________________________________________________________________ Date: 18.10.2009 Topic: Education Resource Library: Concept in Practice: A Journey of DIET, Chamarajanagar Time: 6.00 P.M. Speaker: Mr. Prakash Kamath, Development consultant, Bangalore Chairman: Mrs. Usha Mukunda, Teacher & Resource Person, Bangalore Venue: National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ________________________________________________________________________ Date: 19.10.2009 Topic: Archiving of Digital Resources Time: 6.00 P.M. Speaker: Dr. S. Venkadesan, Librarian, JRD TAta Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Chairman: Dr, Nethaji S. Ganesan, Principal, Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore Venue: Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy lay-out, Bangalore ________________________________________________________________________ Collaborators: Dept. of Public libraries, govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA), Mysore S.D.M. Institute for Management Development, Mysore J.S.S. College for Women, Mysore Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of science, Bangalore Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore ____________________________________________________________ Thanking you, Ananda Byrappa General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA)