Dear Professional Friends, Greetings from RIE Mysuru! We are happy to inform about the launch of Six months Online Certificate Course in School Librarianship (CCSL) at Regional Institute of Education (RIE), NCERT, Mysore. The course was formally inaugurated by Prof. D.G. Rao, Principal of the Institute. To brief about Certificate Course in School Librarianship (CCSL), it is designed for the Teacher librarians, In-charge Librarians, Librarians and Administrative staff of Elementary, Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools managing the School Library. The 15 participants who were deputed by Sate Government agency from Southern States constituted the First Batch of CCSL. It is proposed to open the course to Graduates who wish to select School Librarianship as a profession from the next academic year. CCSL is designed with the objective to develop essential professional skills and competencies among the participant for effective management of school library. The 6 credit course is spread across six months duration and will be delivered in two modules with 9 units in each of the module deals with collection development for school library, library management, library services, conducting reading promotion activities, collaborative learning, information literacy, technological adoption for library automation, digital library for school, and use of web resources. The programme is designed on e-Learning environment using MOODLE. There will be two face to face contact programmes of 10 days each, with a time gap for undertaking assigned activities. We request your suggestions to make this program to reach the unreached. With regards, S. Nagaraja Librarian and Course Coordinator Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Manasgangothri, Mysuru- 570006 Ph.No.0821-2413670 Mob. No.9901733236 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.