Library Management and Services

Dear All,

This is to inform you that Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu has organised a special online lecture series OLSL: Online Lecture Series in LIS. The second online lecture in the series was organised on 26th March, 2021 (Friday) at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM through Google Meet. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sunny, Deputy Librarian, Mahatma Gandhi Library, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has been invited as resource person and he delivered the talk on “Library Management and Services”.

The meeting started with a welcome address given by Dr. Akhandanand Shukla, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, CUTN Thiruvarur followed by a brief introduction about the resource person. 

Dr. Sanjeev, in his lecture, gave a concise and informative idea on library management and services. He discussed about user services to be provided in an academic library, different types of users, how to keep record of library fines and dues? and managing library budget etc. Dr. Sanjeev also explained about procurement of journals, how to manage library budget and made aware on General Financial Rules. He elaborated on the services of library like institutional repository Shodh Bhagirathi, training programs on plagiarism avoidance, library housekeeping activities, physical asset management, human resource management, and library space management etc. during the session.

The lecture series was coordinated by Dr. Anila Sulochana, Assistant Professor and conducted by the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur and attended by 32 members including faculties, research scholars, and MLIS students. The lecture series ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Anila Sulochana. The program report was prepared by Ms. Mariam Bhanu MA, Junior Research Fellow of the Department.

The glimpses of the program is given below:

Department congrats to all who attended the program and taken the benefit to listen Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sunny on the very important issue on library management.