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Creative Commons Global Summit 2023 Concludes in Mexico City: A Resounding Success

October 2023

Prodip Roy, Melbourne

11 October, 2023

CC Global Summit 2023” by Prodip Roy, is licensed via CC BY 4.0.

The Creative Commons Global Summit 2023, a dynamic gathering of researchers, librarians, academicians, lawyers, IT specialists, journalists, musicians, cultural workers and many others in the realm of open access, concluded on 6 October in the vibrant heart of Mexico City. The program took place from 3–6 October 2023 at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco to unite, share ideas, and create a brighter future for open sharing in Mexico City.

The Summit, which spanned three days, showcased diverse sessions, workshops, panel discussions, networking, and lightning talks focused on promoting open knowledge, collaboration, and accessibility. The 6 Summit tracks included Science/Climate, Education, Culture, Journalism, Better Internet (Web3, Data, AI, Policy), Arts, and emerging Technologies.

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School and college librarians have been given ‘teacher’ status

2021 March

 

Infographic: Prodip Roy, under the CCBY

Since the establishment of the National Education Policy 2010, the position of school librarian was created in Bangladesh. Since the school librarian recruitment, there was a massive conflict and confusion surrounding the school librarians roles. The role of assistant librarian was removed from the third and fourth-class employees list in the partial amendment order issued on January 8, 2013. In this order, the assistant librarians were treated as teaching staff. On the other hand, the revised regulations of the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board issued on December 22, 2016, stated that “librarians, assistant librarians and any staff appointed for office management or part-time teaching shall not be considered as teachers.” Since then, the assistant librarians have been struggling with their position status and demanding the return of their teacher status through a government order (The Daily Star, 2021).

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Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) membership: ASIS&T offers free membership to Developing Nation’s librarians, information scientists, and researchers

March 2021

March 3, 2021

ASIS&T Membership is free for the developing nation’s including Bangladesh, library professionals, information scientists, researchers and LIS students under a Tier 2 Developing Nation membership categories.

Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Executive Director Lydia S. Middleton, has recently confirmed this information in a statement issued on the occasion of The Librarian Times fourth anniversary celebrations.

“We are proud to offer membership at no cost to librarians, information scientists, and researchers in Bangladesh”- Lydia S. Middleton.

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