--- On Wed, 3/11/10, Yogendra Singh wrote:
From: Yogendra Singh
Subject: Seminar at I I T Roorkee
To: naglaxman@yahoo.com
Cc: naglaxman@gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, 3 November, 2010, 11:29
Dear all
The
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library IIT Roorkee will conduct a two day
Seminar
during 18-19 Nov 2010 on E-Resource Management and North Zone User
Convention The aim of the seminar is to spread awareness about the
e-resources and their proper management.
The sub themes of the
Seminar are:
E-Resources-Features and Characteristics.
E-Resources
users-Information Seeking Behaviour.
Managing Shift from Print to
Electronic.
E-Resources-Collection Development
Licensing and
Access Management
User Support and Services
Usage
Analysis
Consortia- National and International
Open
Access
E-repositories
Digital Libraries
The
Host
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest engineering
educational institution in the country. It was established in 1847 as
College of Civil Engineering Roorkee which was renamed as Thomason College
of Civil Engineering in the memory of James Thomason (then Lt. Governor of
North West Provinces) in 1854. Thomason College was converted into
University of Roorkee after independence in 1947 which now have been
converted into Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2001 by the
Central Government recognizing its national importance.
The Mahatma
Ghandhi Central Library
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library of the Institute
finds a unique place in the
academic library scenario in this part of world.
It is an amalgamation of
the old and the new. While it is one of the oldest
academic libraries in
country, it is housed in a state of art new building
using latest ICT. The
Library contains more than 3.40 lacs documents in
every form of media. It
has access to more than 12000+ e-journals and 25000+
e-books. About 6000
books are added to its collection annually.
The
building of the MGCL has been designed keeping in view of latest ICT
facilities. It has a provision of more then 200 I/Os for connecting desktop
computers. Wi Fi connectivity is provided for laptops. A well equipped
imaging centre with two Minolta Planetary Scanners and several flatbed
scanners has been established for digitization purpose. The Library
maintains six servers for various activities. The library has also
established an Institute repository "Bhagirathi" which is to contain
Institute achieves and other publications and available at
http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace . Further information about the library
is
available at http://mgcl.iitr.ac.in.
About Roorkee
Roorkee is situated
at the foot of Himalayas, has picturesque landscape
blessed with holy Ganga
canal; and is the gateway to world famous pilgrimage
and tourist places of
Hardwar, Rishikesh, Valley of flowers, Badrinath,
Kedarnath, Dehradun and
Mussoorie. It has a population of over 1,50,000 and
is at a distance of
about 180 Km from Delhi. It is directly connected
through railways to Delhi,
Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, and Amritsar. Regular
bus and taxi service is
available from Inter State Bus Terminal at Delhi and
takes about 5 hours
from Delhi to Roorkee. The weather in April is very
comfortable however
sometimes light woolens may be required woolens are
required. Participants
are advised to come prepared accordingly.
INDEST-AICTE
Consortium
Indian National Digital Library in Engineering Sciences and
Technology
(INDEST) Consortium" was set-up in 2003 by the Ministry of Human
Resource
Development (MHRD) on the recommendation of an Expert Group
appointed by the
Ministry. It provides access to electronic resources to its
member
institutions comprising of more than 1207 members including 48 core
member
institutions with MHRD funding, including IITs, IISc, NITs, NERIST,
ISM,
IIIT, IIITM , NITIE, IISER & NITTTR, 60 AICTE supported
institutions and
1099 institutions that have joined the consortium under its
self-supported
category. The Consortium was converted into INDEST-AICTE
Consortium in
December 2005 with the AICTE playing pivotal role in enrolling
its
affiliated engineering colleges and institution as members of the
consortium.
Registration Fee
There is no registration fee
for the members of INDEST-AICTE Consortium. The
participants need to submit
their registration form through proper channel.
However for non members the
registration fee is Rs.1500. Accompanied persons
shall be charged Rs. 1000
each extra.
Lodging, Boarding and Travel
The arrangement for
lodging and boarding of participants will be made in
Institute's guest
houses from 17th November 2010 evening to 20th November
2010 morning on twin
sharing and first come first basis. Rs 750/- shall be
charged for
accommodation. As the accommodation at IITR is limited,
participants are
requested to book their accommodation as early as possible
by sending the
requisite amount in the form of cheque/DD payable at
Roorkeein favour of
Registrar IIT Roorkee. The participants desirous of
staying in hotels will
have to make their own arrangement. Travel expenses
will be born by
participating institutions.
For further details please
contact:
Mr. Yogendra Singh
Organising Secretary &
Librarian,
M.G.Central Library
Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee
Roorkee - 247 667 (Uttarakhand)
Tel.: 01332-285239, Mobile:
09412158901
FAX: : 01332-277587, 273560
Mrs. Sushma Guptai
Joint
Organising Secretary & Deputy Librarian,
Central Library
Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee - 247 667 (Uttarakhand)
Tel.:
01332-285352
Mob: 09719325499
Contact Person in the INDEST -
AICTE Consortium
Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo
INDEST-AICTE
Consortium
Central Library , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz
Khas, New Delhi - 110016
E-mail: bibhuti@library.iitd.ac.in
Tel.: 011-2659 1444
National Advisory
Committee
Patron: Prof. S.C. Saxena, Director, IIT
Roorkee
Chairman: Prof. Surendra Kumar, Dean, Academic Research.,
IIT Roorkee
Co. Chairman: Prof. Gopal P. Agarwal National
Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE
Consortium
Yogendra
Singh
Librarian
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee-247667
(Uttarakhand)
India
Tel#
+91-1332-285239/277587
Fax#+91-1332-273560/277587
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File - monthly membership reminder
Yogendra Singh
Librarian
Indian Institute of
Technology Roorkee
Roorkee-247667 (Uttarakhand)
India
Tel#
+91-1332-285239/277587
Fax#+91-1332-273560/277587
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