CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES: New Vistas for Harnessing Information

Inauguration

Dr. Shashi Tharoor,Member of Parliament, Thiruvananthapuram (Formerly Under- Secretary -General, United Nations) inaugurating the KLA National Seminar on Content Management and Libraries. (14 July 2011)

Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar, IAS, Vice Chairman, State Planning Board (Formerly Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India) delivering the presidential address. Also seen, Mr. P.Jayarajan, Member, RRRLF, Kolkata, Advocate K. Chandrika, Mayor, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Mr. K.P.Sadasivan, Secretary, KLA and Dr.P.K.Suresh Kumar, Secretary, KLA

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Key Note Address

Dr. M.P. Tapaswi, Head, Knowledge Resource Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.

Title  :Be on the top of the tide : Content Management for Effective Information Dissemination.     

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Business Sessions

Six Business sessions (14-16 July 2011)

• Content management and ICT: The Technology interface
• E-Resource Management-I
• E-Resources Management-II including open access initiatives
• Content management and Public Libraries
• Capacity building for excellence
• Content management and Web technologies

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Panel Discussion

Moderator: Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair, Director, State Inter-University Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics University of Kerala

Panelists

1. Prof. C.A. Augustine, Director, YMCA e- Resource Centre & Library, Trivandrum
2. Dr. A. Ajayaghosh, Director Grade Scientist & Bhatnagar Prize Winner, NIIST(CSIR),Trivandrum
3. Dr. M.G.Sreekumar, Head, Library & Information Centre, IIM, Kozhikode
4. Dr. M.P. Tapaswi, Head, Knowledge Resource Centre, NIO Goa
5. Shri K.P. Sadasivan, Former Head, Knowledge Resource Centre, NIIST(CSIR),Trivandrum & President, KLA

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Valedictory Function

Shri. V.S.Sivakumar, Minister, Transport & Devaswam, Govt. of Kerala inaugurating the function. (16 July 2011)

Dr. K.P.Vijayakumar, Associate Professor, DLIS, Univ. of Kerala & Convener, Semiar Committee, Dr. A.Gopikkuttan, HOD, DLIS,Univ. of Kerala & Vice President, KLA, Shri. V.P.Joy IAS, Secretary, Taxation, Govt. of Kerala, Shri. Palode Ravi, MLA, Member, RRRLF, Kolkatta and Shri. N.Sukumaran Nair, Convener (Event Management) at the function.

Seminar Report: Dr. M.Lalitha, Organizing Secretary, KLA

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