National Workshop on Research Methodology and SPSS

Calicut : The department of library and information science, University of Calicut, in association with University Grants Commission, New Delhi organised One week national workshop on research methodology and SPSS during - 24-29 March, 2014. Vice-Chancellor Dr. Abdul Salam inaugurated the program. Training in research methodology is an essential pre requisite for quality research, he said. These type of workshops must be continued in future and the department may conduct such regular workshop in the university. 

Dr. TM Vasudevan, HOD, library Science and Dean, Faculty of Humanities presided over the function. Dr. Sailas Benjamin, Director, Directorate of Research, Prof. Mani KP, Dr. Abdul Azeez attended the program. Dr. Mohamed Haneefa welcomed the gathering and Dr. Mohamed Musthafa extended vote of thanks. 

Prof. M. Parameswaran falicitated

Prof. M. Parameswaran, the former Head, Dept. of library and information science, University of Calicut bagged the prestigious 'Kendra Sahithya Academy Award 2013'  for the best translation from Tamil to Malayalam. His award winning work entitled "Thiruvachanam' is a translation of a 9th century Tamil classic. On this occasion,  Prof. Ravindranath, Pro Vice Chancellor adorn him a 'Ponnada' and Dr. Arsu presented him a memento and introduced the book and author to the audience.                             Prof. Parameswaran was felicitated by Dr. Jalaja, Sri PL Sreedharan, Dr. Vinod VM, and Dr. Mohamed Musthafa. K. The felicitation program was jointly conducted by the Dept. of library science, CHMK Library and Kerala Library Association Calicut Chapter at the seminar hall of the University of Calicut. Dr. Abdul Aseez presided over the function and Dr. Vasudevan TM welcomed the gathering.

Workshop on Career Development in Library and Information Science held on 5th March 2014 at University of Calicut

The Dept. of Library and Information Science in association with the UGC Career and Counseling Cell, University of Calicut organized one day workshop on career development in library and information science on 5^th March 2014 at the department seminar hall. The program started with an inaugural session at 9.30 am.  Dr. Vasudevan TM, HOD, Library and information science presided over the session and Prof. M Parameswaran, former HOD and renowned writer inaugurated the function. Dr. Abdul Asees, the University librarian felicitated the function. Dr. Mohamed Haneefa welcomed the gathering and Dr. Mohamed Musthafa extended vote of thanks.

In the inaugural address,  Prof. M Parameswaran emphasized on the application of modern technologies including information and communication technology in the information and knowledge dissemination. The role of library and librarian has been changed from the concept of the custodian of documents to the information managers and knowledge engineers and the scope the library and information science has been elaborated in the contemporary world.

The first technical session was on the topic “new vistas and challenges in information management”. Dr. MG Sreekumar, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, a well known information scientist and librarian was the resource person. Dr. Sreekumar led the participant to the new areas and vistas of information science where the cyber libraries and virtual libraries are coming to prominent. He pointed out the need of special skills in information technology and tools and techniques in information preservation and dissemination.

The second session was on “career opportunities in library and information science”.  Dr. Dineshan Koovakai, Librarian i/c of Central University of Kerala, Kasarkode presented the topic. Through his interactive presentation, Dr. Koovakai spread light to various career opportunities for the students of library and information science in academic and  research institutions, media, NGOs, embassies and government departments as librarian, information scientists, documentation officer, reference officer, information analysis and information manager. One of the attractions of this session was the hand –on training in preparing an effective CV and tips to attend a successful interview.

            The program was attended by more than fifty participants that include Research scholars, M.Phil and MLISc students. The feedback from the students shows that the program was content-rich and very useful for them. The workshop ended at 4.45 pm.