Dear All, This is really shock hearing news that NCSI department is going to close. Tbe IT exposure which we have got at NCSI is uncomparable to exposure which we are getting in other institute in India. What we are today is due to NCSI only which was a great initiative taken by Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekhar Sir. This Information and Knowledge Centre is well known in all the information corner of the world. NCSI has provided a platform to all NCSIans to serve the country with its valuable information and knowledge resources. Hoping Dr. Francis Jaykanth Sir keeping us abreast with LIS forum and NCSI Net activites through IISc server. With Regards, Romesh Chander Assistant Librarian, Central Library Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra(Jammu) Mob. No. 09906318466 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Your right is to work only, but never to the fruit thereof. Be not instrumental in making your actions bear fruit, nor let your attachment be to inaction." ____________________________________________________________________ With Best Regards, Romesh Chander Assistant Librarian, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra(Jammu) . On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:06 AM, wrote:

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Dear Sir/Madam,

It is very sad to know the closure of NCSI (National Centre for Scientific Information). Since its inception in 1983 NCSI has played a very significant role in providing support for enhancing the quality of LIS education in India through its flagship program of training LIS graduates in Information and Knowledge Management (IKM). NCSI, through its IKM training program not only trained our young LIS professionals to manage digital information, NCSI laid the foundation for redesigning and re-modifying LIS curriculum in many universities across India to move with the changing information landscape.

NSCI has also provided a way to many of the LIS professionals who trained in IKM program to move to corporate world. Today we can see many of the LIS professionals working in corporate sector with new and diversified designations (information scientists, information manager, knowledge manager, information executives, domain experts etc.).

Another significant contribution of NSCI is the establishment of India?s first institutional repository for archiving scholarly communications of the IISc research output. NSCI has also played a major role in imparting training for establishing IR in many of the research organizations and universities in India.

It is appropriate to remember Late T. B. Rajshekar for making NCSI one of the best institutes for training Library graduates in Information and Knowledge Management. NCSI under his leadership had seen tremendous growth. When he was heading the institute NCSI was the entry point for many of the LIS graduates for repositioning their career in LIS profession. His sudden and untimely death made NCSI orphaned.

The only way to offer tribute to T. B. Rajshekar sir is through keep LIS forum active. Hope Dr. Francis Jaykanth would be succeeding in keeping LIS forum running through IISc server and abreast all of us every day as it has been since 1997. ? ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.