Expert Talk on Subject Gateways

Expert Talk on Subject Gateways

(October 07, 2013)

The association of PG Department of Library and Information Science “Bibliotheque Club De Vellalar”, organized a Guest Lecture on “Subject Gateways” on September 07,2013 in the department.

            The Programme began with silent prayer and Mrs.S.Savitha, II MLISc., Welcomed the gathering. Mr.T.Stephen, Head, PG Department of Library and Information Science introduced the resource person Mr. B.Maruthu Pandian, Deputy Manager-Knowledge Services, Advinus Therapeutics Ltd., Bangalore. The first session of the day the concept of Subject Gateway, difference between google search and subject gateways with necessary examples and other search techniques were  well explained by the Resource Person through PPT with various illustrations.

In the second session he has given a practical demonstration on various methods of Information retrieval using internet, creating Subject gateway using software such as MOODLE, various subject gateways. The day ended with vote thanks by Ms. Nithya, I MLISc., and National Anthem.

A One-day Workshop on Web Designing Tools and Techniques

A One-day Workshop on Web Designing Tools and Techniques

                                            (September 27, 2013)      

A one-day workshop on Web Designing Tools and Techniques was conducted on September 27, 2013 in the department.

            The concept of virtual library would be incomplete without the knowledge of Web applications and Internet. The association of PG Department of Library and Information Science “Bibliotheque Club De Vellalar”, intended to impart this knowledge to the students of MLISc., came into reality when the day began with a silent prayer invoking the almighty and HIS wisdom of learning. Before the first session Ms. M. Priyanka, II MLISc., welcomed the gathering and Mrs. Mercy Lydia, Assistant Professor, introduced the resource person Mr.B Jeyapragash, Assistant Professor, PG and Research Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichirapalli.  

The blues about the technical aspects of designing a web page was slowly removed when the Resource Person explained the basics of www, web browsers, switching, routers, HTML tags etc. In the afternoon the students were taken to Computer Lab where they have designed their own web page and created their own blogs under the guidance of the resource person. A sense of gratitude, satisfaction and pride of ownership (of their own creation-website and blog) were reflected in the faces of every student was a wonderful thing to witness by the end of the day. 

The workshop ended with vote thanks by Ms.Jebaselvi Juliet, I MLISc. and National Anthem.

A Guest Lecture ON Research Methodology Techniques and SPSS Package

A Guest Lecture

On

Research Methodology Techniques and SPSS Package

                                            (September 20, 2013)        

The association of PG Department of Library and Information Science “Bibliotheque Club De Vellalar”, organized a Guest Lecture on Research Methodology Techniques and SPSS Package on September 20,2013 in the department.

            The Programme began with silent prayer and a Ms. K.R. Lavanyaa, II MLISc., Welcomed the gathering. Mr.T.Stephen, Head, PG Department of Library and Information Science introduced the resource person Dr. Esther Socrates, Head & Assistant Professor, PG and Research Department of Social Work, CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.    The first session of the day was about “Why, What and How of Research, its design, methods and techniques well explained by the Resource Person through PPT with various illustrations.

In the second session she has given the practical demonstrated on creating tables, charts, graphs and diagrams using SPSS package LCD and students have got hands on experience as they have installed SPSS in their Laptops. The tabulations to calculate mean, median and mode, chi-square, f-test and t-test were the various other applications useful for the analysis and interpretation part of research were discussed on the day. The day ended with vote thanks by Ms. Sathya, I MLISc., and National Anthem.