INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP “Modern Information Management for Research and Education Oriented Libraries
One week International Workshop on “Modern Information Management for Research and Education Oriented Libraries (With Open Source Tools)” was organized by Central Library of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s College of Engineering Pune, in association with Hasselt University Belgium from 23 to 27 November 2015. Marc Goovaerts (Head Librarian, Bibliotheek Universiteit Hasselt, and Belgium) was the Chief Guest for this International Workshop. Paul Nieuwenhuysen (Professor, Virje Universiteit Brussels, Belgium) delivered key note address on “Information discovery systems for research and higher education” Pieter Lernout (Librarian, Bibliotheek Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium) Dr Egbert De Smet (Professor, University of Antwerp, Belgium), Dr ARD Prasad (Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore), Dr S M Pujar (Chief Librarian, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai) Dr Sunita Barve (Senior Technical Officer, NCL, Pune) was resource persons for this workshop. The entire workshop has been well planned and more attention was given on learning new aspects like ABCD (Library management Software) Vufind (Information discovery tool) and Word press (website design tool) with practical sessions. Various Library professionals from South Africa, Maharashtra, Goa, and Hyderabad attended this workshop. Mr Eric Muheto got scholarship from Burundi University (South Africa) to attend this workshop.