The Librarian Times

The First International Children’s Libraries Symposium was held on 14-17 November 2018 at the University of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey. Ms Razina Akhter, Librarian, Bangladesh Shishu Academy was invited with a grant to present a paper in the symposium. Department of Information and Records Management University of Marmara, Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism Libraries and the Publications General Directorate Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Development Directorate of KOP Regional Development Administration jointly organized the event.

Ms Rezina presented a paper on the Reading habit of Comics by children and comics as reading materials in children’s libraries with other two participants from Bangladesh.

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A colourful fresher’s reception, farewell program and certificated giving ceremony for the students of On-Campus Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information Science program was held on 29 November 2018 at Senate Hall of the National University with great fervour and enthusiasm. Honourable guest Dr Md Mashiur Rahman, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh National University delivered his thoughtful speech to the students. Students are the life of the campus, he mentioned.

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Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre (BANSDOC) organized a day-long workshop on Application of Digital System in Information Management and E-book preparation on 26 November 2018 at the meeting room, BANSDOC, Agargaon, Dhaka. » Read more

Ahasan, Dhaka, 23, November 2018

Three Library professionals have been awarded, M.Phil Degree. The Degree was given to the researchers from a syndicate meeting with Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman in the chair on October 31, 2018. The degree holders are Mr. Shafiur Rahman, Senior Information Officer, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh icddr,b, Ms. Syeda Mukta Begum, Librarian, International School Dhaka, and Muhammad Burhan Uddin, Assistant Director, Bangladesh Bank Library.

The Librarian Times(TLT) has tried to collect a brief professional summary of the degree holders.

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Dilruba Rahman Eva, NSU | Dhaka

25 November 2018

North South University Library arranged an on-demand Information Literacy program. The first session was held on 15th November 2018 at the cyber section of the library for the students of the Economics department.

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Joynal, DU 25 November 2018

A Guest lecture on ‘Records Management’ held at the Department of Information Science and Library Management (DISLM), the University of Dhaka on November 13, 2018. The lecture was delivered by Mr James Lowry, Lecturer, Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, Liverpool, UK. The session was arranged at the classroom no. 1007 of the Arts Building. Selected students from all current batches were present at the lecture. Some faculties of the Dept. also attended the lecture.

Before his lecture, Mr Lowry visited the Department’s smart computer lab, seminar library and exchanged views with faculties.

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Ahasan, Dhaka, 25 November 2018

A day-long Training on Library Automation and Digitization Software SLiMS was held at East Delta University (EDU), Chittagong on 21 November 2018. SLiMS Country Coordinator (Bangladesh) Mr A.K.M. Nurul Alam (Apu) was the resource person on the programme. Mr Alam provided hands-on training on SLiMS installation and use to the participants. Sk. Md. Ali Abbas, Assistant Librarian, BAF Shaheen College was the Resource Person Associate on the training. 27 participants from different institutions including practising library professionals and students took part in the training.

Mr Nurul Islam Mahfuz, Senior Assistant Librarian, IIUC along with Mr Md. Amranul Haque, Assistant Librarian, CUET, Md. Monirul Islam, Librarian, Army Medical College Chittagong and Ms Tahmina Afrad Sharmi, Assistant Librarian, EDU organized the training programme.

 

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Prodip Roy AALIA (DCP) Library Officer (Digital Collections)

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PhD Candidate in Business Information Systems

School of Business Information Technology & Logistics

RMIT University

18 November 2018

 

I recently attended the 14th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM) and the 81st ASIS&T annual meeting held in Vancouver, B.C. November 9-14, 2018. Both conferences were an enormous gathering with around 600 attendees from 30 different countries around the world.

This year’s theme—of ICKM was “Profession and Discipline of Action”—highlights the efforts to push toward impactful action and change. ICKM provides academics, researchers, developers, practitioners, Information Professionals, and users from all over the world a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas concerning theoretical and practical aspects of information and Knowledge Management. The topics and presenters have added their own unique insights to this theme, and the ideas and collaborations that came out of the conference. I especially liked the plenary sessions throughout. These provided me with a chance to meet around critical issues in leadership and issues in the knowledge management field. I also participated in the ICKM council meeting after the closing remarks.

The theme—of the ASIS&T annual meeting was “Building and sustaining an ethical future with emerging technology” The theme of the ASIS&T 2018 Annual Meeting is focused on the ethical implications of the rapid and dynamic transformation of technology and its use in the collection and dissemination of information. The ASIS&T annual meeting is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society.

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Rajesh, NSTU

18 November 2018

International Hult prize inauguration program was held at Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh on Monday, 12 November 2018. Vice-chancellor Prof. Dr M Wahiduzzaman inaugurated the program through flying balloons and cutting a cake. The event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Information Sciences, Noakhali Science and Technology University.

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A two-day long workshop on using BanglaJOL and improving journal publishing practices and standards (JPPS) held at conference room  BRAC centre In, Mohakhali, Dhaka, from 8-9 November 2018. Facilitators of the event were Mrs Sioux Cumming, Program Specialist, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), United Kingdom(UK) and Mr Fahmid Uddin Khondoker, Journal Manager, Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL), Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

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