Dear All, Karnataka State Library Association (www.kalaonline.com) and Dept. of Public Libraries, Govt.of Karnataka is celebrating National Library Week from November 14 to November 20, 2008 You are cordially invited to attend the following programmes: Day 1: Friday November 14, 2008 Time: 11.00 a.m Venue: Granthangana, City Central Library, Hampinagar, Bangalore 560040 Inaugural Function by Dept. of Public Libraries and Karnataka State Library Association Day 2: Saturday November 15, 2008 Felicitation to Dr.T.V. Venkataramaniah, Retired Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University Time: 6.00 p.m. Venue: S Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Speaker: Dr. S Vidyashankar Topic: Life and Works Day 3: Sunday November 16, 2008 Timings: 11.30 am-12.35 pm Venue: Shankara Rotary Hippocampus# 44, Ranga Rao Road, Shankarapark, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560004 1) Welcome Address & an Overview of the programmes at Shankara Rotary Hippocampus. 2) Invocation song by Library Children. 3) Mrs Chinappa speaks about the Shankara Rotary Initiative. 4) Library Children perform to the song. 5) Story-Time. 6) A song on the Casio by a Library member. 7) Skit by Learning Centre Children in Kannada. 8) A few words by the Library Council members on the importance of reading. 9) Children speak about their experiences at Shankara Rotary Hippocampus. 10) Parents of children from the Library and the Learning Centre speak about how their children have benefited from the Library and Reading Programmes. 11) Vote of Thanks. Contact: Mookambika Hegde: Ph: 26678890 Day 4: Monday November 17, 2008 Speaker: Mrs. Geetha V Topic: Best Practices in Corporate Libraries: A case study of TCS and Speaker: Sridhar Raju Topic: Futuristic Librarians Time: 3.00 p.m. Venue: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park, Padandhur Agrahara, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560 066,Karnataka India Day 5: Tuesday November 18, 2008 Speakers: Kalyani Rangarajan Director, MBA Programme, PESIT Prof. A Srinivas Dean, Research & Consultancy, PESIT Shri. Mahantesh GK Managing Trustee, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled Topic: User Expectations from different points of view Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PESIT Campus, 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK III Stage, Bangalore -560085 Day 6: Wednesday November 19, 2008 Speaker: Francis Jayakanth, NCSI, IISc Topic: OAI-compliance of Legacy Databases Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue: National Centre for Science Information, IISc, Bangalore - 560011 Regards, Ananda Byrappa General Secretary, Karnataka State Library Association (R) http://www.kalaonline.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.