Dear Members    I cordially invite you all for NCSI-Net monthly lecture scheduled on 10th of March 2012 (Second Saturday) at NCSI Seminar hall at 11.00AM. Details of the Talk: Topic: School library- a live workshop Speaker: Mrs. Vanishree MS, Librarian, Pramati  Hillview Acadamy, Mysore Date & Time: 10/03/2012 at 11.00 AM Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore About the talk: The user is not broken. Your system is broken until proven otherwise... The most significant help you can provide your users is to add value and meaning to the information experience, wherever it happens; uphold their right to read; and then get out of the way... Information flows down the path of least resistance. If you block a tool the users want, users will go elsewhere to find it. You cannot change the user, but you can transform the user experience to meet the user. Meet people where they are--not where you want them to be.                     A competent, effective librarian is the key to good library services.  They must understand children and have the ability to manage and direct them; they must have a wide variety of interests, vitality, tact, enthusiasm, energy, and ability to work with adults as they do with children.  They must be familiar with children’s literature and be capable of carrying out the technical organization of the library. School library- a live workshop, which includes the topics like the services and collection management, a classroom library which supports the main library and importance of having classroom libraries in school, activity based library hour, role of a librarian and a library in schools. The speaker would be highlighting the specific library services provided to Students, staff and management as well. About the speaker: Vanishree has done her Diploma in Library Science, From PU College, Mysore, B.A., From University of Mysore, BLISc from KSOU, Mysore and MLISc from IGNOU. During her 20 years of service in many libraries, Vanishree has initiated and demonstrated the success of an Open Access Library in all the institutions she has worked. At present working at Pramati Hillview Academy, Mysore since 7years. It's a fully computerized library and used by maximum number of students.  The library is used by children from age 3+ to 16, as well as teachers. Recently, at the invitation of NCERT, she was involved in writing a manual along with a few other professionals, for school librarians in the southern region of India. Her contribution to this manual was on planning and organization of library. She conducts many activities in the Library hour for students to enhance reading habit and effective utilization of available resources in the library.  She also has a credit of successful celebration of National Library Week every year by inviting active personalities in the field. She has been recognized and invited by many schools in Mysore for planning and organizing the library. She has written few articles about Celebration of National Library week, Activity based library periods in schools, classroom libraries in school etc., school magazine and shikshana varte. She also has delivered many talk and also a monthly talk in Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) on a teacher librarian concept in the School Libraries Kindly confirm your participation to NCSI-Net coordinators With Warm Regards NCSI Coordinators  Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.