TERI announces three-day
Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL
8–10 January 2008, India
Habitat Centre, New Delhi
TERI is organizing the Workshop
on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL.
The aim of the Workshop is
to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable
them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will
be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about
the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php
Workshop Objectives:
- To facilitate the understanding
of implications of digitization and with practical knowledge on the digitization
process
- To enable participants to develop
the practical skills in the installation and implementation of digital
libraries, which they can then utilize in their own institution
- To offer hands-on experience
on advanced features of GSDL software programme:
- The workshop programme will
include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions,
and will cover the following topics:
- E-resources & their management
- OAI-PMH
- GSDL: an overview
- GSDL installation, configuration
and administration
- Converting CDS/ISIS databases
to GSDL
- Collection building with GLI
(GreenStone Librarian Interface), designing and creating standard metadata
sets
- Customization using GLI
- Customization using macro files
and style-sheet
: -Home page customization
: -Collection specific customization
The faculty will comprise of
digital library experts from TERI and other institutes.
Participants:
The workshop is intended for
library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information
entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have the interests, initiatives,
and need to set up digital libraries in their organizations. To allow rich
and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to
25.
Registration:
The registration fee is Rs
3500/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization
qualifies for 10% and student 15% discount.
Please note that registration
closes on 28 December 2007.
To register for the workshop,
you can register online at http://www.teriin.org/events/dlworkshop
or download registration form from workshop website and fax or mail
it to:
DL Workshop Secretariat
Library and Information Centre,
TERI, Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145
E-mail: DLWorkshop@teri.res.in
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About Library and Information
Centre, TERI
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The LIC (Library and Information
Centre) at TERI maintains a pioneering research library—South Asia’s
finest repository of readings on energy, environment, and sustainable development.
The LIC has undertaken digital library initiatives and has developed a
comprehensive electronic library that provides rich and structured content
through online, remote, and continuous access to resources. It is a common
gateway that provides free facility to browse and search various forms
of digital publications. The Centre regularly organizes seminar, workshops,
and conferences with an objective to create a forum for interaction among
library and information professionals to keep abreast of the latest developments
in the fields of information science and related IT applications.
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Contact:
DL Workshop Secretariat
Library and Information Centre
TERI
Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110
003
Tel: 91-11-24682141, 24682100
or 41504900
Fax: 91-11-24682144, 24682145
E-mail: DLWorkshop@teri.res.in
Web: http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php
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