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Saturday Mirror-3: Special Lecture by Dr. Francis Jayakanth
ಈ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಯು ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಶ್ ಆವೃತ್ತಿಯ ನಂತರ ಲಭ್ಯವಿದೆ.
“The use of intellectual output by most countries of the world including India is miniscule.” said Dr. Francis Jayakanth, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B). He delivered a lecture on Saturday, 19th March 2016 on “Institutional Repository as a Digital Library Service” as part of “Saturday Mirror” Special Lecture Series organized by the Department of Studies & Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University.
Dr. Rajendra Babu introducing the resource person
Dr. B T Sampath Kumar welcomes Dr. Francis
A common perception about digital library is that it is just a collection of digital documents. However, even a huge collection of digital documents does not become a digital library unless it is supported by the methods of search, access and retrieval. A digital library will have a focused purpose and therefore, documents are carefully selected, deposited, described, indexes are built and methods of search, access and retrieval and well-defined. It is to be noted that digital library and online library catalogue are not the same. Their purposes are different.
Dr. Francis begins the lecture
The scope of digital libraries is not just confined to education and research. Health information, culture and heritage related knowledge have been successfully preserved in digital libraries. Library of Congress “Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu”, Kalasampada digital library of Indian cultural heritage are noteworthy examples in this regard.
Interaction in progress
Digital libraries have limitations too. Technological obsolescence, hardware cost and digital rights management pose serious challenges to digital libraries. “The onus of tackling these challenges and making intellectual wealth available to the masses lies on libraries.” he opined.
Getting together…
Students, research scholars, teachers of the Department, university library staff were present on the occasion.
Department of Library and Information Science has been holding “Saturday Mirror” special lecture series on one of the Saturdays every month. This is the third in the series. The first and second lectures had been delivered by Mr. Ananda Byrappa and Dr. Harinarayana N S respectively.
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ಕನ್ನಡ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ
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“ಭಾರತವನ್ನೂ ಒಳಗೊಂಡಂತೆ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಬಹುತೇಕ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿನ ಬಳಕೆಯ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಸಾಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವು ಹನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಂತಿದೆ. ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಸಂಪತ್ತನ್ನು ಕ್ರೋಢೀಕರಿಸಿ, ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಿಸಿ, ಜನರಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳ ಪಾತ್ರ ಮಹತ್ತರವಾದದ್ದು.” ಎಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಿಟ್ಯೂಟ್ ಆಫ್ ಮ್ಯಾನೇಜ್ಮೆಂಟ್ನ ಗ್ರಂಥಪಾಲಕ ಡಾ. ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ ಜಯಕಾಂತ್ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಪಟ್ಟರು. ತುಮಕೂರು ವಿವಿಯ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ವಿಭಾಗವು ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ “ಸ್ಯಾಟರ್ಡೇ ಮಿರರ್” ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸ ಸರಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶನಿವಾರ, ೧೯ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೧೬ರಂದು ಮೂರನೆಯ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸ ನೀಡಿದ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ “ಸಾಂಸ್ಥಿಕ ಗ್ರಂಥಭಂಡಾರಗಳ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಸೇವೆಗಳು” ಎಂಬ ವಿಷಯದ ಕುರಿತು ಸಂವಾದ ನಡೆಸಿದರು.
ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳೆಂದರೆ ಕೇವಲ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಎಂಬ ಸೀಮಿತ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಇದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇವಲ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ, ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಇಟ್ಟಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಆಗಲಾರದು. ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಉದ್ದೇಶಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಬಹು ಜಾಗ್ರತೆಯಿಂದ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕ್ರೋಢೀಕರಿಸಿ, ಸೂಕ್ತ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸಿ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಿಸಿ, ಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಪಡಿಸಿ, ಶೋಧನೆಗೆ ಅನುವು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅದು ನಿಜವಾದ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಎನಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಆನ್ಲೈನ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಸೂಚಿಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸಗಳಿದ್ದು, ಎರಡರ ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಭಿನ್ನವಾದುದು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.
ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳ ಬಳಕೆಯ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ ಕೇವಲ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ರಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಮಾಹಿತಿ, ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ, ಪರಂಪರೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಸಂರಕ್ಷಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಇವು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಮಾತ್ರ ವಹಿಸಿವೆ. ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾದ ಟಿಂಬಕ್ಟು ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಹಸ್ತಪ್ರತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂರಕ್ಷಿಸಿರುವ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ, ಭಾರತದ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನೊಳಗೊಂಡ ಕಲಾಸಂಪದ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಗಳಾಗಿವೆ ಎಂದರು.
ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳಿಗೂ ಕೆಲವು ಮಿತಿಗಳಿವೆ. ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನವು ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ವೇಗ, ಯಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ವೆಚ್ಚ, ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಹಕ್ಕು ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ ಮುಂತಾದ ಸವಾಲುಗಳು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿವೆ. ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿ, ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ದೇಶದ, ವಿಶ್ವದ ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಸಂಪತ್ತನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುವ ಹೊಣೆ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯಗಳ ಮೇಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಸಂದೇಶ ನೀಡಿದರು.
ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಬೋಧಕರು, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು, ಸಂಶೋಧನಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು, ವಿವಿ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಜರಿದ್ದರು. ವಿವಿಯ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ವಿಭಾಗವು “ಸ್ಯಾಟರ್ಡೇ ಮಿರರ್” ಎಂಬ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆಯಡಿ ಪ್ರತಿ ತಿಂಗಳ ಒಂದು ಶನಿವಾರದಂದು ವಿಶೇಷ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಇದು ಈ ಸರಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರನೆಯ ವಿಶೇಷ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮೊದಲನೆಯ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಶ್ರೀ ಆನಂದ ಭೈರಪ್ಪ ಹಾಗೂ ಎರಡನೆಯ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಡಾ. ಹರಿನಾರಾಯಣ. ಎನ್. ಎಸ್. ಅವರು ನೀಡಿದ್ದರು.
Paradigm Shift in Libraries: A Festschrift to Rev. Fr. Jose Viruppel
Been away for a while… 🙂
Here’s some good news! Kerala Library Association (KLA), one of the very active state library associations in India, has released a Festschrift to Rev. Fr. Jose Viruppel. The Festschrift is titled “Paradigm Shift in Libraries”. A befitting title, in the letter and spirit of librarianship. For, it has been released under Creative Commons License!
That’s a fantastic news to Open Access fans like the one in me 🙂
Visit the KLA blog at this post and download the full book
Kudos to KLA and the team 🙂
Long live Open Access!
UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians
The OA curricula developed by UNESCO includes a set of customized modules which can be easily be fitted with the educational needs of different OA stakeholders and can be integrated with any sensitization programmes of OA.
The curricula for Library and Information Science Professionals entitled “Open Access for Library Schools”, consists of four course modules. An Introductory Module aims at sensitizing the library community about the history, evolution, forms and impact of OA within the domain of scholarly communication environment and covers issues related to rights management, IPR and advocacy. The remaining three modules cover subject areas of OA Infrastructure, Resource Optimization and Interoperability and Retrieval. These sections give insights into the features, types, maintenance and standardization of OA resources, information retrieval/storage software and highlight the role of the new dimension of web-enabled resources such as e-journals, e-repositories and ICTSs.
The curricula for researchers entitled “Open Access for Researchers” addresses OA issues within the community of research scholars. The modules cover the subject areas of Scholarly Communications, Concepts of Openness and Open Access, Intellectual Property Rights and Research Evaluation Metrics. The first four modules have been developed to nurture researchers with an elaborate understanding of the genesis, objectives, processes, types and existing limitations of OA scholarly communication, which include insights into the issues related to IPR, the methods and limitations of the process of peer reviewing and the concepts and roles of E-journals, databases, ICTs, OSS and other OERs. The final and fifth Module entitled “Sharing your Work in Open Access” provides a step-wise guideline for researchers about the process and options available for publishing their research work.
These curricula were developed after undertaking two detailed capacity building need assessment studies of librarians and researchers on Open Access. A multi-stakeholder expert meeting was organized in New Delhi, where 23 experts participated to finalize the curriculum. Two online consultations were also held to substantiate the expert meeting, which helped UNESCO to outline the content for each of the curriculum and provided a framework to develop modules.
The curricula were developed with the help of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL).
The curricula will soon be available for download. Currently, copies can be requested by writing to UNESCO’s OA programme at b.neupane@unesco.org.
Open Access: How ‘open’ is it?!
On the eve of International Open Access Week 2014, felt like posting this Open Access Guide to Journals collaboratively prepared by SPARC and PLOS, published in 2013. Open Access to journals achieves its true meaning and purpose only if it’s fully open. Just marked a green line to indicate true open access.
So, how open is your Open Access?!
International Open Access Week 2014
Hurrah! International Open Access Week is coming up. October 20-26 is celebrated as “International Open Access Week”. So, what can I do?!
If you are a faculty, here is what you can do: http://bit.ly/1pmnyK0
My dear librarian folks, this is for you: http://bit.ly/1AT9ixo
Research funders, open access beckons you: http://bit.ly/1Dkspna
Universities and Administrators, please promote open access: http://bit.ly/1CzbNG3
Directory of Open Access Journals
“Welcome to the Directory of Open Access Journals”, says DOAJ. DOAJ is a one-stop shop for all open access journals. Open Access Journals are freely accessible journals over the Web. As of today, about 2036 journals are listed in DOAJ, of which about 507 are searchable at the article level. About 83,264 articles are included in the Directory. The Journals can be searched on title or can be browsed by subject.
DOAJ is really a gift to information professionals. Visit DOAJ at http://www.doaj.org
OAI for beginners – the Open Archives Forum Online Tutorial
Hello All,
Being a Library and Information Professional, one has to catch up with the recent trends and developments in Information Technology. The buzzing word of today in the information sector is OAI-PMH i.e., the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. This has become the de facto protocol for distributing electronic resources via the networks.
Wanna learn more about OAI-PMH, just check out
RUPESH KUMAR A 