Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 206, Issue 44

28 May 2020

      Dear Professionals.

I too agree with Mr. Anand Dodamani TISS, Mumbai on his view that during
this lockdown period
Most of the faculties are busy in preparing the course materials,
presentation to serve the students
of their institute, as a part of the institute we the library professionals
should also take part in serving
the faculty and student fraternity by providing the required information to
them.

It is my opinion that for updating the professional's knowledge till time
so many seminars, conferences have
been conducted in the country but this is not the right time to conduct
such online sessions.
Professionals should really think in this regard that they really need such
online sessions or they need to serve the
users of their respective institute, college, university etc. If this is
the situation continues the importance of seminar,
conferences, workshop are losing their value in the academic environment.
The professionals need to think about this issue.

With regards
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Devendrappa T M
Assistant Librarian
Indian Maritime University
Navi Mumbai Campus.

Instead of holding Webinars exclusively for LIS professionals, I think we
(librarians) should hold such events for the benefit of our own library
users (students/ faculty/ researchers) which will not only enhance the
visibility to our work as librarians but will also give us a satisfaction
of doing something fruitful for the welfare of the society.

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1. Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 206, Issue 41 (Anand Dodamani)
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Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 15:32:44 +0530
From: Anand Dodamani 
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Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 206, Issue 41
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Dear All,
This mail has reference to the ongoing discussion on a large number of
webinars happening in the field of LIS since the start of lockdown period.
There is no doubt that these Webinars have provided an opportunity for all
us to spend our idle time at home productively either through sharing
knowledge as speakers or gaining knowledge as listeners.
But there is a saying in English that 'too much of a good thing can be
bad'. We know that even breathing pure oxygen at higher than the normal
partial pressure will lead to oxygen poisoning.
What I want to say is that the human mind has its own limitations and it
can absorb information only to certain extent and whatever we offer beyond
that limit will go waste.
We have to accept the fact the increased number of Webinars in the field of
LIS during this lockdown period have created a kind of confusion among the
professionals with regard to their participation in them.
In contrary to this, as Dr. Vinit Kumar has rightly pointed out, most of
these Webinars are optional in nature and it is left to the professionals
to decide whether they want to take part in them.
As I have noticed, most of the Webinars conducted so far in the field had
wonderful themes. Though I personally wanted to attend most of them, I
could not do so due to clash of dates and timings between the events.
The beauty of these Webinars is that they can be made available in the form
of You Tube recordings for those who missed them. We can enrich our
knowledge by watching those videos during our free time.
Some of the reasons for the increased number of Webinars are:
1. Most of the librarians want to prove to their management that they are
productive even during the lockdown by organising various webinars.
2. Most of the LIS professionals want to attend as many number of Webinars
as possible to collect Certificates of Participation so that they use them
for their promotional prospects.
If we change our mind sets and learn how to be selective in choosing the
events for participation based on their quality and our requirements, then
we need not worry about the increasing numbers.
Instead of holding Webinars exclusively for LIS professionals, I think we
(librarians) should hold such events for the benefit of our own library
users (students/ faculty/ researchers) which will not only enhance the
visibility to our work as librarians but will also give us a satisfaction
of doing something fruitful for the welfare of the society.
Regards,
Anand Dodamani Ph.D.
TISS, Mumbai
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1. Re: Excess of webinars.. Too much to take.. (Sharmila Ghosh)
   2. Re: Excess of webinars.. Too much to take.. (Sushanta Pathy)
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Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 10:57:28 +0530
From: Sharmila Ghosh 
To: Vinit Kumar 
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Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Excess of webinars.. Too much to take..
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Dear Mr Vinit Kumar
Thank you for sharing your '*pearls of wisdom*' and reinforcing my
awareness about the value and efficacy of webinars.
With more than 30 years of working experience as a library professional
with particular interest in knowledge sharing and selective dissemination
of information, I guess I am capable of making comparative studies of
domains .. homogeneous or heterogeneous, whatever they may be.
I am afraid you failed to catch the metaphor in my statement or the
image I
shared. (image credit not mine)
Best wishes
Sharmila Ghosh
Facilitator, Knowledge Sharing & Retired Librarian
Mysore, Karnataka
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 9:36 PM Vinit Kumar 
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Dear Ms Sharmila Gosh,
Sorry to say that you are comparing an online activity with a pandemic.
You are
comparing a disease taking human lives with an event that is enriching
the
knowledge base of many in this case library professionals in a
situation
where physically attending academic activities is not possible.
On the same lines, the term 'excess' is a relative term that varies
from
person
to person as all of them are optional, and one has the freedom to
attend
depending on one's interest.
Additionally, these webinars have allowed crossing the limitations of
money,
space and accessibility of listening to the views of senior
professionals. No doubt they have provided a platform for the upcoming
LIS speakers
and professionals to share their experiences too. In my opinion, these
webinars offer the knowledge in one or two hours that you gain by
spending
min 6-7 hours of logistics and other expenses when you attend physical
conferences. The other benefits as you mentioned associated with
physical
conferences were anyway missing in the majority od national or
international
conferences organised in India barring few of the reputed conferences.
As a professional, we should be happy that the flow of knowledge is
taking place
through a medium accessible to all.
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Regards
Vinit Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Library and Information Science
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,
Rae Bareilly Road, Lucknow 226025
+919454120174
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 7:11 PM Sharmila Ghosh 
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Number of webinar cases each day is exceeding spike in corona cases
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Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 11:03:46 +0530
From: Sushanta Pathy 
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Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Excess of webinars.. Too much to take..
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Dear Professionals,
I totally disagree with the excess of webinars phenomena. In these
lockdown
days, this helps the learners and speakers both to share their queries
and
exploring the knowledge without travel, registration and boarding costs
simply sitting at home saving time and money. Of course I do agree there
should be quality in our lecture so that a clear concept reaches to the
learners.
With regards,
Dr. S.K.Pathy
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 7:12 PM Sharmila Ghosh 
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The debate on the current scenario on excess of Webinars 👇 for the
perusal
of LIS Forum members 👇
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From: Sharmila Ghosh 
Date: Sat, 23 May, 2020, 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Excess of webinars.. Too much to take..
To: Nabi Hasan 
Cc: Anup Kumar DAS , 
When you attend an event physically / in person..
Be it a scholarly event or a socio-cultural event, the levels of
*active*
participation, verbal interactions with fellow participants ,
information
exchange and knowledge sharing.. Happens at different levels
altogether..
This *cannot* be possible from the space of your home or office, you
being
solo.. And isolated..
Just you, your equipment, the network and everything that is possible
online!
Agree.. In a situation like this (lockdown and compulsory social
distancing) we don't have a better option. But, why not keep the number
of
such webinars limited ONLY to what is actually required.?
On Sat, 23 May, 2020, 2:37 PM Nabi Hasan,  wrote:
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Infact this is good, that the people have choice to attend without
cost,
keeping busy and learning as well. Its better than predatory
conferences
or
publishing or predatory awards.
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Thanks and regards,
*Nabi Hasan*, *Ph.D.*
Librarian & Head
Central Library
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi - 110016
Phone - +91-11-26591451,+91-9560978667
URL:  http://web.iitd.ac.in/~hasan
Email: hasan@library.iitd.ac.in  nabihasan@gmail.com
(Ex. University Librarian, Aligarh Muslim University)
Coordinator, National Resource Centre in Library and Information
Science
(ARPIT), Govt. of India
*Professional Affiliations:*
*Norman E. Borlaug Fellow (PDF)*, Cornell University, USA
*President,* Asian Chapter - Special Libraries Association (SLA-USA)
*Joint Secretary*, Asian Library Association
*Joint Secretary*, Information and Communication Society of India
*Secretary*, Delhi Library Association, 2013-16
*Vice-President*, Indian Association of Special Libraries and
Information
Centres,  2017-19
On Sat, 23 May 2020 at 12:58, Anup Kumar DAS 
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Dear Sharmila-di,
Thanks for your insightful comment. However, I feel that webinar is
spreading more knowledge than pre-Covid19 situation.
Let the budding professionals learn from the experienced
professionals
and scholars through these webinars.
With Best Wishes
Anup
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 12:53 PM Sharmila Ghosh <
milaghosh@gmail.com>
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Number of webinar cases each day is exceeding spike in corona cases
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Centre for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi - 110067, India
E: anup_csp@jnu.ac.in
T: +91-11-26738906
W: http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.in
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B.Sc.(Phy), M.Lib.Sc., PGDCA, UGC-NET, Ph.D. (Sambalpur University)
Assistant Librarian
P.K.Kelkar Library
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur, UP
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Email: pathysushanta@gmail.com
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