This is to inform all that the 2nd 3-Week
Refresher Course in Library & Information Sciences organized by the
UGC-Academic Staff College of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-25 from 06/8/2008
to 27/8/2008 has successfully concluded yesterday. The valedictory function was
graced by Prof Krishna Kumar, the retd. Prof. & HOD, DLIS, University
of Delhi and an author of many good books on almost all aspects of LIS, in the
capacity of chief guest. He distributed the certificates to the participants
and congratulated them for successfully fulfilling all requirements of this
rigorous course which shall surely add to their understanding about the current
developments in the field of LIS and also increase their levels of competency
and commitment to the profession. He made an impassioned appeal to the
professionals to make their presence felt in the organization wherever they are
working by performing the best service possible with the given resources. He shared
the working experience of his time with the participants and remarked about the
good fortune of the present generation of librarians for having access to very
enabling facilities of ICT. Prof. Zahid Khan of the Dept. of Physic and the
Director CIT, JMI who presided the function, informed the gathering about the
network topography of Jamia Millia Islamia. He told of his feeling that going
through the content of the lectures delivered during the Refresher Course, he feels
that it would have also been very beneficial for him. Dr. Ghayas Makhdumi, the
ever ebullient coordinator and University Librarian of JMI in his brief address
read out the subject-matter covered during the course and remarked that the
overwhelming response of the library professionals is not only indicative of
the fact that they are ever open and eager to absorb the latest development in
LIS but also that the profession of library and information services has bright
future in the country. The programme was made lively by soulful rendering of
ghazals by Mr M.A. Khan of Tonk (Rajastahan), a poem (geet) by Dr. Srivastava
of IIT-Delhi and a joke concerning librarians by Mrs Guliya of Haryana. The participants
felt privileged to honour the eminent persons on the dais by presenting bouquets
and some gifts as token of their gratitude.
However, after attending this Refresher Course, I want to
share some of my personal opinion with the library professionals through the gateway
of lis-forum:
i)
the library
professional on the verge of retirement may be screened out;
ii)
while screening the
applications for selection, the status of computerization in the participant’s
organization may be taken as a criteria;
iii)
the working
knowledge of English may be made a compulsory criteria;
iv)
the resource
persons may be requested to make the lecture session a very interactive one having
a look out for those participants who appear to be less understanding.
Regards
TANWIR