Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 17:16:31 +0530 From: Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu@qmedin.com> The theme sounds excellent, and I hope it becomes a turning point in the profession. Couple of inputs from me: (I hope I can come up with better ideas as I think) 1. Should Working Librarians from different spheres be compulsorily used as external faculty in L & IS courses.(Benefits for students as well as academic faculty to be discussed) 2. Norms and Objectives for students to do Internship / Summer or vacation training / Post qualification training (If some good & very practical norms and objectives are drawn up, then students should get some high quality training, and the libraries in which they train, should get some defined results). Vasumathi Sriganesh Director, QMed Services Pvt. Ltd. A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Ph: 91-22-28229223 Fax: 91-22-28224358 Email: vasu@qmedin.com, Web: www.qmedin.com ----- Original Message ----- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 17:08:13 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman@yahoo.com> dear friends the IATLIS organises annual conference every year/ this year we are planning to organise the said conference during oct / nov 2004 at Nagpur. we would like to suggest the following theme partnership between the LIS teachers and the librarians in professional development. this is not exactly the theme, it will touch the theme. we would like to frame it acccordingly. I will appreciate all the friends to suggest how the topic is and otherwise please suggeest the topics to me i will apprciatel the professional friends, who will be able to suggest the theme and contribute for the success of the conf thanks laxman rao Prof.N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS). Ph:+91-40-27171565 (res): +91-40- 27682290 (off) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman@yahoo.com OR naglaxman@indiatimes.com