Building an open society: Advancing open science through collaborative workshop

Md. Anwarul Islam

The “Dynamic Convergence” Open Science workshop brought together global experts to advance Open Science.

Md. Anwarul Islam, Professor in the Department of Information Science and Library Management at the University of Dhaka, participated in the “Dynamic Convergence” Open Science workshop held in Washington, D.C. on September 18-19, 2024. Organised by the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) in collaboration with CERN, UNESCO, NASA, and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the event brought together approximately 100 participants from 31 countries.

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Role of libraries in teaching – learning during the pandemic: An online workshop held

21 January 2021,

Nawshaba Bulia

 

The iSAPT Virtual Academy (A research wing of iSAPT Virtual Academy) arranged an online workshop on “Role of Libraries in Teaching and Learning During the Pandemic” on 16 January 2021 at iSAPT Young Researchers Forum (iSAPTYRF) using the zoom Cloud Platform. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an unprecedented crisis in all areas. As a result, the situation has led to the massive closure of face-to-face activities of educational institutions in every country.

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Year plan of National Book Centre held

TLT, 11 August 2019

National Book Centre, Ministry of Cultural Affairs organised a year plan event at Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah Auditorium on 31 July 2019. Dr Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal, NDC, Secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs attended the event as the chief guest while Mr Farid Ahmed, President, Bangladesh Gyan O Sriginsil  Prokashok Samity  and Mr. Shyamol Pal, Vice President, Bangladesh Pustok Prokashok o Bikrata Samity were present as the special guests. The inaugural speech was given by Ms Suhita Sultana, Deputy Director, National Book Centre. Mr Minar Monsur, Director, National Book Centre conducted the session.

Workshop on ‘Following the Research Workflow using Elsevier’s Tool’ has been held at Brac University

TLT, 12 July, 2019

Brac University Ayesha Abed Library, in collaboration with Elsevier organised an author workshop Titled “Following The Research Workflow using Elsevier Tools: Scopus ScienceDirect & Mendeley”, the program was held on 10th July 2019 at the GDLN Centre, Brac University. Mr. Vishal Gupta, Customer Consultant-South Asia, gave a presentation on Scopus, ScienceDirect & Mendeley. He gave an overview of Scopus tool– how to track, analyse and visualize research using Scopus tool. He also showed how to use the ScienceDirect platform effectively.

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Workshop on ‘Following the Research Workflow using Elsevier’s Tool’ has been held at East West University

TLT, 11 July, 2019

Photo: EWU Library
East West University Library organized a Workshop on ‘Following the Research Workflow using Elsevier’s Tool’ for faculty members, researchers and students of EWU community on 9th July 2019 from 2:30 PM to 4:40 PM at S. M. Nousher Ali Lecture Gallery (Room-126), East West University. Mr. Vishal Gupta, Customer Consultant- South Asia, Elsevier was the Lead Facilitator of this workshop.
This workshop covered the following topics:
  • Provided an introduction of ScienceDirect and Mendeley to get maximum benefit in doing research
  • Explained the functionalities and benefits of Scopus
  • Showed the diversified tips and tricks which can help for researchers in the research process as well as the publication cycle

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