Dear friends,   The College of Horticulture (CoH), Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Vellanikkara, Thrissur is organizing a National Seminar on Technology Management in Libraries for Qualified Librarians and Library Education Teachers during 29-30 August 2014, Friday & Saturday. 62 papers will be presented and deliberated.   The seminar is being organised in collaboration with the Academic Library Association (ALA) and Kerala Library Association (KLA) and sponsored by the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE).   All teachers, students, staff, other friends and librarians/Library Education Teachers are cordially invited to the Inaugural Ceremony of the Seminar on 29-08-2014 (Friday), 11.00am at the Seminar Hall, CoH. Detailed programme is given below:   Yours faithfully,   (Dr. P.K. Valsalakumari)                                                                       (Dr. A.T. Francis) Associate Dean, CoH                                                                           Head, Library, CoH & Organising Secretary INAUGURAL SESSION (29 August 2014, Friday 11.00am; Venue: Seminar Hall, CoH)   Welcome                             : Prof. (Dr.) P.K. Valsalakumari  Associate Dean, CoH   About the Seminar               : Dr. A.T. Francis   Head, Library, CoH & Organizing Secretary   Inauguration                        : Prof. (Dr.). V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai                                                   Executive Vice President, KSCSTE &   Secretary, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Kerala   Presidential Address           : Prof. (Dr.). T.R. Gopalakrishnan   Director of Research, Kerala Agricultural University   Key Note Address                : Smt. P.K. Sobhana   State Librarian, Govt. of Kerala                     Felicitations                         : Sri. K.P. Sathian, University Librarian, KAU : Dr. M. Lalitha, Chief Librarian, SCERT & General Secretary, KLA   Sri. P.A. Pradeep, General Secretary, ALA Vote of Thanks                    : Smt. V.S. Swapna, Joint Organizing Secretary         VALEDICTORY SESSION   (30 August 2014, Saturday 4pm; Venue: Seminar Hall, CoH)   Welcome                                 : Dr. A.T. Francis, Organizing Secretary Presided by                             : Prof. (Dr.) K. Sudhakara, Dean, Faculty of Forestry, KAU Report                                     : Sri. C. Abdul Razak, Rapporteur General Vote of Thanks                       : Smt. V.S. Swapna, Joint Secretary   TECHNICAL SESSIONS 29-08-2014 FRIDAY   9am: Registration   9.30-11am; Session 1: Digitization, Digital Libraries & Institutional Repositories                 Chairperson                   : Sri. K. Rajendran, DLIS, Bharatiar University, Coimbatore                 Theme Presentation   : Sri. E.K. Mohanlal, Kerala Veterinary and Animal University, Wayand 11am-12 Noon; Inaugural Session 12 Noon-1pm; Session 2: ICT, Data Management & Networked Services in Libraries Chairperson                   : Sri. Cherian K. George, Union Christian College, Aluva                 Theme Presentation   : Smt. R. Suganthy, CMC College of Education, Coimbatore 2pm-3pm; Session 3: Informatics & Web Technologies Chairperson                   : Dr. V. Vishnu, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum Theme Presentation   : Sri. P. Humayoon Kabir, Govt. Medical College, Thrissur 2pm-3pm Session 4; (Parallel Session): Information Literacy & User Education Chairperson                   : Dr. B. Shaji, M.P.M.M.S.N.T.College, Shoranur, Palakkad                 Theme Presentation   : Smt. N.B. Nisha, DLIS, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 3pm-5pm; Session 5: Library Automation, Data Migration & Management of OPAC Chairperson                   : Dr. K.F. George, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur                 Theme Presentation   : Dr. Sweety Isaac, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady 30-08-2014 SATURDAY   9.30am-10.30am; Session 6: Library Automation, Data Migration & Management of OPAC Chairperson                   : Dr. Susan Mathew, Cochin University of Science and Technology Theme Presentation   : Dr. N.K. Sheeja, Cochin University of Science and Technology 11am-12 Noon; Session 7: Library and Information Science Education Chairperson                   : Sri. S. Azhagiri, Librarian (Rtd.), Govt. College, Pattambi, Palakkad                 Theme Presentation   : Sri. Sunny Joseph, DLIS, Bharatiar University, Coimbatore 11am-12 Noon; Session 8:  (Parallel Session): Open Source Software for Library Management Chairperson               : Sri. V.S. Kunjumuhammed, Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences                 Theme Presentation   : Dr. Veerankutty Chelatayakkot, Cochin University of Science & Technology 12 Noon-1pm; Session 9:  Personnel Management & Public Relations in Libraries Chairperson               : Sri. V.C. John, ThejusEngineering College, Vellarakad                 Theme Presentation  : Sri. P. J. Wels, Govt. Ayurveda College, Thripunithura, Ernakulam 12 Noon-1pm; Session 10: (Parallel Session):  Resource Management in Libraries Chairperson               : Dr. P. Joshy George, St. Alberts College, Ernakulam                 Theme Presentation  : Sri. K.D. Anto, DLIS, Bharatiar University, Coimbatore 2pm-3.30pm; Session 11: Management of School Libraries Chairperson               : Dr. Shibu Ray, CochinUniversityof Science and Technology Theme Presentation  : Sri. S. Sreekumaran, Kelappaji College of Agrl. Engg. & Tech., Malappuram 3.30pm-4pm; General Discussion 4-5pm: Valedictory Session Rapporteurs:-   1.      Sri. C. Abdul Razak, University Librarian (Rtd.), KAU (Rapporteur General) 2.      Sri. K. Radhakrishnan, NPOL, DRDO, Kochi  (Associate Rapporteur General) 3.      Smt. Priya. T.K., Kannur University, Kannur 4.      Smt. Rekha Manoj, Kalamandalam Deemed University, Cheruthuruthy 5.      Smt. Surekha, District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Palakkad 6.      Smt. K.N. Vijayalakshmi, Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur 7.      Smt. K.V. Alphonsa, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur   Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor@yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.