Information Literacy Skills

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 fourth online lecture in the series was organised on 7th May, 2021 (Friday) at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM through Google Meet. Dr. Rajesh Singh, University Librarian, Delhi University Library System, University of Delhi, Delhi has been invited as resource person and he delivered the talk on “Information Literacy Skills”.

The program was 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. Rajesh Singh initiated with the definition of information literacy and in his presentation, he covered different aspects of information literacy skills such as searching, ethics and access. The session has also covered various search strategies and how it can be used effectively. The ethics part was focused more on the plagiarism. The resource person discussed about various sources of information. The session was concluded with an active discussion on invisible web and deep web.

A total of 25 participants attended the session including faculties, research scholars, and PG students of the department. The session ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by the coordinator of the program, Dr. Anila Sulochana. Ms. Sarmishta Raghavan, 2nd Semester MLIS Student, worked as rapporteur for the program.

The glimpses of the program is given below:

Department congrats to all who attended the program and taken the benefit to listen Dr. Rajesh Singh on the very important topic in academics and research.

Selection of a Topic for Research

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 Anveshan: Online Lecture Series in LIS for Research Scholars. The fifth online lecture in the series was organised on 6th May, 2021 (Thursday) at 3:00 PM through Google Meet. Dr. K. P. Vijayakumar, Former Head, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram has been invited as resource person and he delivered a lecture on "Selection of a Topic for Research".

The program commenced 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. K. P. Vijayakumar started his talk with a short introduction of research including major steps involved in a research. According to him, research should be based on creativity and innovation, which means doing something in a different fashion, at the same time creatively. Selection of a research topic is a prominent issue in academia and it is the first step in the research journey. First, he corrected the confusion that everyone has, which is related to the difference between topic and subject with a suitable example. Then he pointed out some factors to be considered compulsorily while selecting a research problem i.e. supervisor as well as the researcher should have interest in the topic selected, topic should be appropriate to the discipline, scale should be moderate (neither be too broad nor be narrow), measurement of concepts should be clear, topic should be relevant, data should be available, ethical issues should be considered etc. In addition, he gave some suggestions on how to convert research ideas into research topic. At the end of his lecture, he shed light on major general sources, journals, databases and some other collections of LIS dissertations and thesis that research scholars can consult to identify potential areas of research in LIS.

The lecture was coordinated by Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur and attended by 77 participants. At the end, Dr. K. G. Sudhier, Assistant Professor of the department, shared his views about the talk. The lecture session ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree. Ms. Hasbi Alikunju, Junior Research Fellow, worked as rapporteur in the program.

The glimpses of the program is given below:

Department congrats to all who attended the program and taken the benefit to listen Dr. K. P. Vijayakumar on selection of a topic for research.

Demystifying Data Science

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 third online lecture in the series was organised on 16th April, 2021 (Friday) at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM through Google Meet. Mr. Mohit Garg, Assistant Librarian, Prof. R. D. Munda Central Library, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak has been invited as resource person and he delivered the talk on “Demystifying Data Science”.

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. 

The resource person started by introducing the discipline of data science and continued with its relevance in our day-to-day life and it’s historical aspects. The lecture included discussion about the integration of the said topic into Library and Information Science and later listed down various tools and resources of further study on data science for the students. He elaborated the study of data science by illustrating one of his own projects. Mr. Garg also explained why data science would be one of the leading job sectors in the years to come. 

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 34 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. Rittu Anilkumar, 4th Semester MLIS Student 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 Mr. Mohit Garg on the very important and emerging topic in academics and research.

Mendeley: A Reference Management Tool

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 Anveshan: Online Lecture Series in LIS for Research Scholars. The fourth online lecture in the series was organised on 15th April, 2021 (Thursday) at 3:00 PM through Google Meet. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sunny, Deputy Librarian, Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee has been invited as resource person and he delivered a lecture cum demonstration on "Mendeley: A Reference Management Tool".

The program begin with the welcome address given by Dr. Akhandanand Shukla, Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur followed by the introduction about Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sunny.

Dr. Sanjeev addressed the research scholars, students and faculties with a warm welcome and started the session by giving a brief note on research process. He stated that the research topic should be of interest to the researcher and connecting to literature will help the researcher greatly to identify the research gap as well as to frame the research questions and objectives. Afterwards, Dr. Sanjeev gave a brief introduction on Mendeley and why it is preferred over Zotero. In this session, he showed a demonstration on how to install Mendeley, how to create folders and sub-folders, highlighting a document, how to create tags, how to add an entry manually and many other features of Mendeley. Dr. Sanjeev also added that, unlike Zotero, Mendeley can be synced over Internet and is accessible from any system making it very convenient for the users. He also showed how citations can be exported to Mendeley from databases like Scopus, Web of Science, and Elsevier. Towards the end of the session, how to cite the reference with MS word plug-in and how to download more referencing style within Mendeley were also demonstrated.

The lecture series was coordinated by Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree, Assistant Professor and conducted by the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur and attended by 39 participants including faculties, research scholars, and MLIS students. The lecture series ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree. The program report was prepared by Ms. Mariam Bhanu M. A., 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 Mendeley: A Reference Management Tool.

Brief Report 1 - UGC-NET Coaching (Online)@DLIS CUTN

Dear All,

This is to inform you that Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu has initiated UGC-NET Coaching (Online) for MLIS students of the Department. The UGC-NET Coaching classes started from 1st March, 2021. Department has conducted 22 lectures (22 hours course) in the month of March, 2021. The brief report of the UGC-NET Coaching classes is given herewith:

SN	Date	Instructor	Unit	Topic Covered	No. of Participants
1	01.03.2021	Abhijith B	1 & 2	General Instructions, Resources and Materials	14
2	03.03.2021	Hasbi Alikunju	6	Library Management- Schools of Thought and Principles of Management	25
3	04.03.2021	Mariam Bhanu MA	7	Computer Generations, Character Representation Code, Categorization of Computers, Hardware and Software Basics; Q & A Practice	14
4	05.03.2021	Suman Barath P	9	Research Methodology; Q & A Practice	13
5	08.03.2021	Abhijith B	2	Useful Resources- Telegram Groups & Android Applications; Q & A Practice from Unit 2	12
6	10.03.2021	Hasbi Alikunju	6	Functions of Management, MBO, TQM, PERT, CPM, PEST and SWOT; Q & A Practice	15
7	11.03.2021	Mariam Bhanu MA	7	Machine Language, Assembly Language, High Level Language, Natural Language, Types of Programming Language; Q & A Practice	14
8	12.03.2021	Suman Barath P	9	Types of Research; Q & A Practice	9
9	15.03.2021	Abhijith B	1	Useful Resources-Important Text Books and Printed Materials; Q & A Practice from Unit 1	14
10	16.03.2021	Ammaji Rajitha	3	Information Sources	9
11	17.03.2021	Hasbi Alikunju	6	Q & A Practice based on Schools of Thought, Functions of Management, Principles of Management, TQM, MBO, PERT, CPM, SWOT, PEST	13
12	18.03.2021	Mariam Bhanu MA	7	Telecommunication, Transmission Channels, Multiplexing, Communication Standards and Protocols; Q & A Practice	14
13	19.03.2021	Suman Barath P	9	Research Methods - Observation and Questionnaire; Q & A Practice	10
14	22.03.2021	Abhijith B	2	National Library of India - Events, Dates & People; Q & A Practice	9
15	23.03.2021	Ammaji Rajitha	4	Library Networks	6
16	24.03.2021	Hasbi Alikunju	6	Motivational Theories of Management, Budgeting Systems; Q & A Practice	10
17	25.03.2021	Mariam Bhanu MA	7	Wireless Communication	7
18	26.03.2021	Suman Barath P	9	Research Methods -  Interview; Q & A Practice	13
19	27.03.2021	Bhavya KP	Paper I Unit 5	Decimal to Binary Conversion	24
20	29.03.2021	Abhijith B	2	Legislation and Library Acts in Indian States	18
21	30.03.2021	Ammaji Rajitha	4	Mobile based Library Services and its Applications	13
22	31.03.2021	Hasbi Alikunju	6	Q & A Practice based on Schools of Thought, Functions of Management, Principles of Management, TQM, MBO, PERT, CPM	12

The glimpses of the UGC-NET Coaching classes is given below:

Department congrats to research scholars and MLIS students for completing one month in the UGC-NET Coaching preparation. Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree, Assistant Professor is Coordinator of the UGC-NET Coaching.

 

Thanks.