KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2012, RELEASE OF BOOK & LIBRARY SEMINAR Dear friends, KeralaAgriculturalUniversity’s (KAU) College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, Thrissur is organizing the National Book Festival – 2012 during 18-20 October 2012.  Books in all subjects will be displayed in the exhibition.  Several reputed publishers, distributors, writers and other agencies are participating in the exhibition. In this connection, a Library Seminar is also being organised and a new book will be released. National Book Festival opens at 9.30am on 18-10-2012 at the Library, College of Horticulture.  The programme details are given below: INAUGURATION OF THE BOOK FESTIVAL & RELEASE OF BOOK 18-10-2012, Thursday, 2.30pm, At Seminar Hall, College of Horticulture, Thrissur Welcome :  Dr. C.T. Abraham, Associate Dean, College of Horticulture Inauguration:  Prof. Sarah Joseph, Eminent writer and social activist Presidential Address: Dr. P.K. Rajeevan, Registrar, KAU Key Note Address: Sri. K.P. Sathian, University Librarian, KAU Book Release:- The book, “Re-engineering and Re-defining University Libraries in the context of modern ICTs”, authored by Dr. A.T. Francis and published by Ess Ess Publishers, New Delhi, 368p. will be released. Introducing the Book: Sri. C. Abdul Razak, FormerUniversity Librarian, KAU Book Release: Dr. P.V. Balachandran, Director of Extension, KAU Receiving the Book: Smt.KS. Vijayalakshmi, Administrative Officer, College of Horticulture Facilitations:-  Dr. Jiju P. Alex, Member, KAU General Council  Sri. Avinash Regi Thomas, Member, KAU General Council  Sri. A. Jamaludheen, Member, KAU General Council  Vote of Thanks: Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library, College of Horticulture & Coordinator SEMINAR ON “TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN MODERN LIBRARIES” 20-10-2012, Saturday, 2.00pm, At Seminar Hall, College of Horticulture, Thrissur Collaboration: Kerala Library Association, Trivandrum Registration: Free to qualified Librarians and Teachers in Library and Information Science For more details contact/visit: Dr. A.T. Francis, Head, Library, College of Horticulture; Phone(o): 0487-2438511; (m) 9496839409; e-mail: francis.at@kau.in; francisaloor@yahoo.com Smt. V.S. Swapna, Library, College of Horticulture; Phone(o): 0487-2438513; (m) 9446434149; e-mail: swapna.vs@kau.in; swapnabenn@gmail.com www.kau.edu; or www.kauhort.in; or www.keralalibraryassociation.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.