Dear Mr. Badman,   It will be really an incredible concept in the field of Library and Information Science. Open source is playing crucial role in developing country like India. Hence thinking such type of course to incorporate in the field of library and information science is authentic. There are lot of experts involved in the development and implementation of open source conception in India for developing open digital library. You may gain expertise from experts like  Dr. ARD Prasad, DRTC, Dr. M.G.Sreekumar, IIMK, Dr. L J Haravu, NewGenLib, Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Dr. Jadish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET.   Wish you all the best!   With Regards, Champeswar Mishra Library and Information Officer Library Resource Centre   --- On Thu, 9/7/09, Badan Barman wrote: From: Badan Barman Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL) To: "POSTING MESSAGES TO LIS-FORUM" Date: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 1:55 PM Respected forum members, Myself as an Academic Consultant at KKHSOU, preparing a syllabus for "Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL)". It needs not to be mentioned that if it happened this will be the first such course in LIS in India. But as I am an infant in the subject so need the guidance of the experts from all over India. Can any one help me to lay the outline of the syllabus or can any one let me know to whom I should contact to make my food cook. I will be highly obliged if you can help me in this regard. The software’s that will be included in the syllabus are as follows. I request people who have sufficient expertise on the following software to contact me immediately.    Library Management Software Packages (Evergreen, Koha and NewGenLib)   Installation of Evergreen: Customization of Evergreen: Use of Evergreen:   Installation of Koha: Customization of Koha: Use of Koha:   Installation of NewGenLib: Customization of NewGenLib: Use of NewGenLib:     Digital Library Software Packages (Dspace, GSDL, EPrints) Installation of Dspace: Customization of Dspace: Use of Dspace:   Installation of GSDL: Customization of GSDL: Use of GSDL:   Installation of EPrints: Customization of EPrints: Use of EPrints:     Content Management System (MediaWiki, Joomla, Drupal)   Installation of MediaWiki: Customization of MediaWiki: Use of MediaWiki:     Installation of Joomla: Customization of Joomla: Use of Joomla:     Installation of Drupal: Customization of Drupal: Use of Drupal:     Learning Management System (Moodle, ATutor, Claroline) Installation of Moodle: Customization of Moodle: Use of Moodle:     Installation of ATutor: Customization of ATutor: Use of ATutor:   Installation of Claroline: Customization of Claroline: Use of Claroline: Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.