Friday, November 21, 2014

17th Training and Mutual Learning Programme

Our Library conducted 17th Training and Mutual Learning Programme on 20th November, 2014. Ms. Mumtaz Shaikh, Assistant Professor, Nirmala College, Mumbai undertook the training on managing the citations while  undertaking literature review online. She also understood the importance of citation style, their use and presentation methods. She is pursuing PhD from University of Mumbai. 

Our Librarian Trains Librarians & Researchers @ Pune Unviersity

Our Librarian Santosh C. Hulagabali trained around forty Librarians and research scholars at Pune University's Dept. of Library and Information Science, PG Centre, Gaware College. He shared some online tools and techniques to retrieve the scholarly information. This training also helped create awareness about the open access movement. Dr. Vandana Shelar, Librarian and Head of the department initiated and conducted this workshop successfully. Dr.Shelar's planning of sessions on crucial topics helped the participants in myriad ways.

ISO Surveillance Auditors Applaud Library Services

Mr. Moulik interacting with Mrs. Vaishali
The ISO Surveillance Audit of our Library, held on 14th November, 2014, was successful. Mr. Shashwat Moulik, the Associate Auditor of TUV-NORD, Germany, inspected the Library facilities, services and best practices. In the exit meet, while mentioning four positive points of the entire College, Mr. Bhupesh Rane, Lead Auditor, TUV-NORD, Germany applauded the Library staff's efforts and described the Library as one of the well-set departments of the College.

16th (full-day) Training and Mutual Learning Programme

Our Library conducted 16th (full-day) Training and Mutual Learning Programme on 7th November, 2014. Dr. Priya Pillai, Librarian of Bombay Teachers Training College, Mumbai undertook the training on DSpace. She understood the installation process and creation of communities and sub-communities for building an institutional repository. She later installed DSpace successfully in her College on 11th November, 2014. She will launch her College's institutional repository soon. 

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Our Library and BMC Join for Cleanliness Drive

Library staff with Principal, students and BMC officials
The Library staff joined the BMC (Brihan Mumbai Muncipal Corporation) officials and staff in 'Bharat Swatchata Abhiyaan' on 2nd November, 2014. Our readers also took part in the cleanliness drive held at Bhadran Nagar, an adjacent locality. The campaign helped create awareness among all the participants who actively participated in the same.

15th Training and Mutual Learning Programme

Our Library conducted 15th (half-day) Training and Mutual Learning Programme on 30th October, 2014. Mr. Amit Rane, Research Scholar of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth understood the various online tools and techniques to undertake review of literature for his research work.