Visva-Bharati Digital Library

 Six-day National Level Workshop

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About UKOAS-2024

 

About UKOAS-2024

Six-day National Level Workshop

on

Unlocking Knowledge: Open Access Solutions

UKOAS-2024

 

During

19-24 February 2024

 

Organized by

Visva-Bharati Library Network

Visva-Bharati

Dr. Nimai Chand Saha

Organizing Secretary & Librarian, Visva-Bharati Santiniketan

Dr. Tapas Kumar Das

Joint Organizing Secretary & Deputy Librarian (Stage - 3)       In-charge, Kala Bhavana Library, Visva-Bharati

Sri Ajay Kumar Sharma

Joint Organizing Secretary & Assistant Librarian (Stage - 3) In-charge, Cheena Bhavana Library, Visva-Bharati

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About the Workshop

About the Workshop

 About the Workshop

We are extremely delighted to provide a workshop on Unlocking Knowledge: Open Access Solutions to answer the growing demand for librarians and information specialists to adopt open access principles and manage the shifting environment of scholarly communication. This programme aims to give library professionals the skills and resources they need to effectively support open access projects and promote an open culture inside their organizations.

Workshop Objectives:

  • Understanding Open Access
  • Navigating Open Access Resources
  • Open Access Policies and Mandates
  • Supporting Open Access Advocacy
  • Copyright and Licensing in Open Access
  • Measuring the Impact of Open Access

 

Course Content (Indicative but not limited)

  • Library Management Software (LMS)
  • Reference Management Tools
  • Content Management System
  • Learning Management System (Tools & Techniques)
  • Artificial Intelligence in Academic & Research Activities
  • Open Source Discovery Tools
  • Digital Library Software
  • Open Source Operating System (Open OS)
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Open Access Policies and Compliances (Copyright, Licensing, etc.)

Target Audience:

  • Student of LIS and any discipline
  • Research Scholar
  •  Library & Information Science Professionals
  • Information Scientist / Specialists
  • Research support staff working in academic, research, and public libraries
  • Faculty Members

 

Resource Persons:

  • The resource persons are eminent IT Professionals/LIS Professionals/Faculty Members, Information Scientists.

 

Duration & Format:

  • Six-day: Three to four sessions (lectures / demonstration) in a day.
  • It will include a mix of presentations, interactive discussions, case studies, hands-on exercises, and group activities to encourage active participation and knowledge sharing.

 

Pre-requisite:

  • Participants must have a laptop/ computer with them for better understanding and practice during the workshop.
  • Participants should have strong and stable internet connectivity
  • Participants should be conversant with basic ICT terminologies & knowledge

 

Logistics:

  • Mode of Workshop: Online
  • Date: 19-24 February 2024
  • Duration: from 10.30 am to 5.30pm (Recess: 1.30 to 2.30pm)
  • Seat: Limited Seats, will be selected on First-Come-First-Serve basis.

Certificate:

 

  • E-certificate will be provided to the participants after successful completion of the workshop, and filling up the feedback form.

 

 

Registration & Payment Details

Registration & Payment Details 

 Registration & Payment Details  

  • Registration Fee: Rs. 500/- (five hundred) only for student (including scholar) & Rs. 1000/- (One Thousand) only for practicing library professionals/ working Staff.
  • Registration fee is to be paid at the time of online registration
  • Last date of the Registration: Register on or before – 15 February 2024
  • Payment details: The payment should be made through online. Guidelines to make payment through SBI Collect Module under State Bank of India.

1.      Step 1: Please type https://www.onlinesbi.sbi/sbicollect/icollecthome.htm

2.      Search “VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY” in search box, OR

3.      Click on the “Educational Institutions”

4.      Select Payee Institution by typing institute name “VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY” or find it by filtering the state “West Bengal” 

5.      Select State “West Bengal”

6.      Select  “VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY”

7.      Select Payment Category “ Misc Receipt”

8.      Fill up all details in CAPITAL and Select Purpose of Deposit “ Other”

9.      Type at Remarks in CAPITAL “SEMINAR FOR UKOAS-2024

10.  Take print out of payment receipt and upload it through Google form during registration

Speakers

Speakers 

 Speakers

download pdf version of UKOAS-2024 Programe Schedule   

 

                       Inaugural Address

 
                         
  Prof. Sanjoy Kumar Mallik
Vice Chancellor (Offg.)
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
 
  Address by Guest of Honour                         Keynote Address
                                         
Prof. Narendra Lahkar
Retired Professor, DLISc,
Gauhati University, Guwahati
and President, IASLIC
  Dr Sangeet Kaul, Director,
DELNET, New Delhi
     
Chief Guest (Velidictory Session)    Guest of Honor (Velidictory Session)
 

Prof. A.P. Singh

Director General

National Library of India, Kolkata

 

Prof. Moses M. Naga

Head, DLISc. 
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong

     
                       Presidential Address  
                       
 

                           Prof. Amrit Sen

Director, Granthan Vibhaga, Visva-Bharati, Kolkata &

Professor, Department of English, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

 
     

Speakers 

   
Dr Nabi Hasan
Librarian, IIT, Delhi
Prof Partha Sarathi Mukhopadhyay

Professor and Head, DLISc

The University of Kalyani

Prof. Saptarshi Ghosh

Professor, DLISc

University of North Bengal

Prof. (Dr.)  Sanjay Kataria

University Librarian and Professor

Bennett University, Greater Noida

Prof. Sabuj Kumar Chowdhury

Associate Professor, DLISc

University of Calcutta

Prof. Arup Bakshi

Professor, Dept. of Business Administration

Aliah University, Kolkata

Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo

Deputy Librarian

IIT, Bhuveneswar

Dr Anand Dodamani

Deputy Librarian and Faculty, CLIMS,

TISS, Mumbai

Dr Akash Singh

Assistant Librarian (Sl. Grade)

National Law University, Delhi
Dr Ujjawal Marjit

System-in-Charge, CIRM

The University of Kalyani, Kalyani

Dr Rajesh Das

Assistant Professor and Head, DLISc

The University of Burdwan

Dr K. Palanivel

System Analyst, Ananda Rangapillai Library,
Pondicherry University, Pudducherry

Dr Vindod Kumar Mishra

Assistant Librarian

NIT, Rourkela

Dr. Vinit Kumar

Assistant Professor, DLISc

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

Dr Debaditya Barman

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science

Siksha Bhavan, Visva-Bharati 

 

Flyers

Flyers   

 Flyers 

 

Contacts

Contacts  

 Contacts 

For further information please contact

Dr. Tapas Kumar Das

Joint Organizing Secretary & Deputy Librarian (Stage - 3)

In-charge, Kala Bhavana Library, Visva-Bharati

Mobile: 8509935451

Sri Ajay Kumar Sharma

Joint Organizing Secretary & Assistant Librarian (Stage - 3)

In-charge, Cheena Bhavana Library, Visva-Bharati

Mobile: 9735111064

 

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