KV Librarians Network got its 100th Member

 

The Online Social Network of Kendriya Vidyalaya Librarians expanded its member base to Hundred as Mr.Satyavan Richhariya, Librarian, KV Khonsa joined the family on 20th September 2009.

This Network is a platform for working Kendriya Vidyalaya librarians from all over the country and abroad. The members have their own pages where they can upload everything regarding their own library. They can start a discussion and participate in a live one along with other common networking activities.

Networking the unorganised School Library Professionals working in Kendriya Vidyalayas and thereby initiate strategic developments in the arena of School Librarianship in India is the prime aim of the  start up.

New Library Blogs

Kendriya Vidyalaya AFS Arjangargh, New Delhi

Kendriya Vidyalaya, AFS, Kasauli (H.P.).

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sec-12 Dwarka, New Delhi

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, GCF, Jabalpur(M.P.)

In service Course for Librarians (Batch-1), 2009

The fourteen days In service course for librarians started on 17^th August 2009 at the KVS Zonal Institute of Education and Training, Mysore with thirty nine participants from five Regions, Delhi, Dehradun, Chandigarh, Guwahati and Kolkata. The participants included freshers who joined in 2009 and seniors who to be retire in this year.

The programme was planned in a way to familiarize the participants with modern day professional tools and techniques with demos on real life applications. The thrust areas were the New Library Policy, Library Automation, Digital Libraries and Library 2.0.

In the inaugural session on 17^th August 2009 Sh. Shaik Mohammad Saleem, Director, ZIET welcomed the chief guest and all the participants. Prof. Umesh H. S., Principal, Sarada Vilas Teachers College, Mysore formally inaugurated the training programme. On the key note address he emphasised upon the modern day skills a library professional should be mastered. Associate Director, Smt. Ruby Huria proposed vote of thanks.

The mandatory pre-test was conducted on the same day.

The participants were divided into five groups and allotted with assignments , projects and daily duties. The assignments were,

1. Check list to evaluate a Library and its services

2. A Format for Librarian’s Diary

3. An Inspection format for the Librarian

4. Status of Library services in KVS and operational difficulties

5. Solutions and suggestions for the operational difficulties and overall improvement of KV libraries.

From the second day the the participants were engaged in different theoretical and hands on sessions.

The expert panel of guest lectures included, Prof. M. Minhaj, SDMIMD, Mysore (Internet search strategies, Greenstone Digital Library, Creation of library websites), Dr. Amruthavally, Faculty, CIST, University of Mysore (introduction to computers and related technologies), Dr. C.P.Ramasesha, Deputy Librarian, Uiversity of Mysore (Electronic resources for school libraries), Mr. Swaroop, E-Lib Manager, Mr. Sunil, M.V., Librarian, Mrs. Taramalini, Assistant Librarian, SDMIMD, Mysore (Library Automation with NewGenLib) and Mrs. Sumithra Raghavan, Librarian, KV CLRI, Chennai (Getting strated with ThinkQuest).

All the theoretical sessions were followed by extensive hands on experiences in the ZIET labs.

The in house experts Sh. Shaik Mohammad Saleem, Director and Smt. Ruby Huria, Associate Director handled sessions on effective communication skills and skills for life. Resource Person Mr. S.L.Faisal, introduced web 2.0 and library 2.0 technologies (library blogs, social networks) to the participants.

The course discussed the New Library Policy in detail and consolidated the suggestions for further following. Preparation of a Library manual was another general project assigned to the participants.

Each participant was given with five individual projects on Library Policy, Library Manual, Internet search, Greenstone Digital library and Library Blogs.

Spoken English and life skill education also were taken up elaborately as a part of the course content as per the direction of KVS training policy.

All the assignments and projects were completed timely under the supervision of the course director and presented before the participants on the allotted days.

The participants visited the Library at SDMIMD to get a real life experience on Library automation. They also visited Ooty, Mysore palace, Brindavan Garden and Srirangapatna.

Post test was conducted on 28^th August. Twenty three participants secured ‘A’ and thirteen got ‘B’.

A cultural evening was organized by the participants on 29th August 2009.

The assignments and projects were presented and thoroughly discussed on 30th August in the presence of Director, Sh. S.M.Saleem.

Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Senior Faculty, Dept. of Inf. Science, Univ. of mysore was the chief guest in the valedictory function. The Resource Person, S.L.Faisal presented the consolidated course report. In his speech, Director, Sh. S.M.Saleem, expressed satisfaction on the success of the programme.

Mr. Nisar Ahmed proposed the vote of thanks.

The fourteen days in service training programme was well planned and thoroughly executed. The success of it purely depended on the attitude and hard work of the participants.

Daily proceedings along with photographs were also uploaded to the blog KV Library Web pages http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com .