tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53796093635827618472024-03-13T12:11:23.675-07:00Sunil Mysore says...Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-10029105351496399442023-05-29T10:13:00.000-07:002023-05-29T10:13:27.182-07:00ಜ್ಞಾನನಿಧಿ ಪ್ರೊ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರ್<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizaGxvyKcmDlmr-l29OPnpl5sU8EDQYf7OVZFnygP3TbTc-uF6ACqeZrgGlEQ4Aby4oVp7HyKzwMd231RKhO6yVFMUljCa0FQGJantbciFLXpt9gIhR-MpVz3FmaqOz63XUNWfpg5DFWWEI8RyoRQC2Me-oOiOjNQkTkhqCAZT8uaC08R6MMp4NiME" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="639" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizaGxvyKcmDlmr-l29OPnpl5sU8EDQYf7OVZFnygP3TbTc-uF6ACqeZrgGlEQ4Aby4oVp7HyKzwMd231RKhO6yVFMUljCa0FQGJantbciFLXpt9gIhR-MpVz3FmaqOz63XUNWfpg5DFWWEI8RyoRQC2Me-oOiOjNQkTkhqCAZT8uaC08R6MMp4NiME=w342-h301" width="342" /></a></div><br /> <span> </span>ಬಹಳ ದಿನದ ನಂತರ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯಲು ಒಂದು ಅವಕಾಶ. ಡಾಕ್ಟರ್ ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರರ ಅಭಿನಂದನಾ ಗ್ರಂಥಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಒಡನಾಟದ ಕೆಲವು ತುಣುಕುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಅವಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟ ನನ್ನ ಗುರುಗಳಾದ ಡಾ. ಹರಿನಾರಾಯಣ್ ರವರಿಗೆ ವಂದನೆ. ಈ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನವನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಖುಷಿ ಅನ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQgj7UybHrpBJELLp39O3UERP4uCj-3nDeUMNY-Xqcd5585hT3WKIzpQ6SUGjQVTLZyMj2eTAns-YVsepw48L0omaT7jzKORkzFukFttMDikHeGht3QozdgxT-__8l8rlENlzXTuoBemZpqQdWJA1qnr2XzWjYrvXUM3vPbqwNiuMuYSwnjha5m8Ar" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="719" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQgj7UybHrpBJELLp39O3UERP4uCj-3nDeUMNY-Xqcd5585hT3WKIzpQ6SUGjQVTLZyMj2eTAns-YVsepw48L0omaT7jzKORkzFukFttMDikHeGht3QozdgxT-__8l8rlENlzXTuoBemZpqQdWJA1qnr2XzWjYrvXUM3vPbqwNiuMuYSwnjha5m8Ar=w204-h363" width="204" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><u>ಜ್ಞಾನನಿಧಿ ಪ್ರೊ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರ್<br /></u></b><br />ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಾದ ಡಾ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರ್ ಅವರ ಗೌರವಾರ್ಥ ಹೊರತರಲಿರುವ ಸಂಚಿಕೆಗಾಗಿ ಈ ಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ಬರೆಯಲು ದೊರೆತಿರುವ ಈ ಅವಕಾಶವು ಅತಿ ಅಮೂಲ್ಯವಾದದ್ದು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ನನಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಎನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಸುಧೀರ್ಘವೃತ್ತಿ ಜೀವನದ ಸಾರ್ಥಕ ಸೇವೆಯ ನಂತರ ನಿವೃತ್ತರಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳು, ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷಮತೆ, ಬದ್ಧತೆ, ಕಾರ್ಯ ವಿಧಾನಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ನೀತಿಗಳ ಅನುಸರಣೆ, ವಿಚಾರಣಾ ಮನೋಧರ್ಮ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಸ್ನೇಹ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ, ಇವು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಣ್ಣ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿಲ್ಲುತ್ತವೆ.<br /><br />ಇದನ್ನು ವಿಸೃತವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುವುದಾದರೆ ಪ್ರೊಫೆಸರ್ ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರರು ತಮ್ಮ ವೃತ್ತಿಜೀವನದುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ತಮ್ಮ ಆಡಳಿತ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ, ಕಾರ್ಯೋನ್ಮುಖತೆ, ಹಾಗೂ ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧವಾದ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯಿಂದ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. Department of Studies in Library &amp; Information Science (DoS LIS) ವಿಭಾಗದ ಸಮಗ್ರ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ನಿರ್ಧಾರಗಳು ಇವರ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಗುಣ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಇವರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಂಶೋಧಕರೊಂದಿಗೆ ತೋರುವ ಸ್ನೇಹಪರ ಭಾವ, ಕಾಳಜಿ ಉಳ್ಳ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ, ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಇವರನ್ನು ಮೇರು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದೆ.<br /><br />ಇವರ ಈ ವಿಶೇಷ ಗುಣ ಸ್ವಭಾವಗಳು, ಇವರು ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕಾರ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದ ಕುವೆಂಪು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯಗಳ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಹೋದ್ಯೋಗಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಮನವರಿಕೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆಯೂ ಒಂದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವವನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದಿರುವುದೇ ಒಂದು ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ. ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ದೇಶ ವಿದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತಮ್ಮ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಸಮೂಹವನ್ನು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ತಮ್ಮ ನಿರಂತರ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನದ ಮೂಲಕ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದರೆ ಅತಿಶಯೋಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲ.<br /><br />ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಕರಾಗಿ ಹಲವಾರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಕನಸನ್ನು ನನಸಾಗಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪ್ರೊ|| ಕುಂಬಾರರು ಇವರ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯೂ ಬರೀ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಯದೇ ಅಲ್ಲ ಅದು ನನ್ನದು ಕೂಡ ಎಂಬ ಉದಾತ್ತ ಸ್ವಭಾವದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹಲವಾರು ಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕ ವಿಧಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಅಳವಡಿಸಿ, ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಿಸಿ, ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳು, ಪ್ರಾಕಲ್ಪನೆಗಳು, ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕತೆ ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಸಮಾರೋಪ ಮತ್ತು ಫಲಿತಗಳು, ಮತ್ತು ಮುಂದಿನ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆಯ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಗಳ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹಂತಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಾವೇ ಖುದ್ದಾಗಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿ, ಬರೆಯಲು ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸಿ, ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಗ್ರಂಥಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾದರಪಡಿಸಿ ಅವರ ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ನೀಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದೇ ಇವರ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಸ್ನೇಹಿ ಸ್ವಭಾವಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂರಕವೆನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಇವರ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ 32 ಡಾಕ್ಟರೇಟ್ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ನೀಡಿ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರ ಹೆಸರು ಚಿರಸ್ಥಾಯಿಯಾಗಲು ಶ್ರಮಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದರೆ ತಪ್ಪಾಗಲಾರದು.<div><br />ಪ್ರೊ|| ಕುಂಬಾರರ ನಿರ್ವಹಣಾ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿರದಿಂದ ನೋಡಿದವರಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಒಬ್ಬ. ಮೈಲಿಸ (Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association) ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಯೋನ್ಮುಖನಾದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಕ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟಕರವಾದ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸಬೇಕಾಯಿತು. ಆದರೆ ಶ್ರೀಯುತರು ನನ್ನ ಬೆನ್ನಿಗೆ ನಿಂತು ಸಂಘದ ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಆಡಳಿತದ ಪ್ರತಿ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲೂ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ನೀಡಿದರು. <br /><br />ಮುಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಲನ್ (Mysore University Library &amp; Information Science Alumni Network)ನ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸಕ್ರಿಯವಾಗಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಆತ್ಮವಿಶ್ವಾಸ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿ ನಾನು ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಲು ಕಾರಣಕರ್ತರಾದರು.<br />ನನಗೆ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಶುಭ ಸುಭಾಷಿತ ಜ್ಞಾಪಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ -<br /><br />ರವಿಸನ್ನಿಧಿಮಾತ್ರೇಣ ಸೂರ್ಯಕಾಂತಂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಯೇತ್ |<br />ಗುರುಸನ್ನಿಧಿಮಾತ್ರೇಣ ಶಿಷ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಯೇತ್ ||<br /><br />ಸೂರ್ಯನು ನೀಡಿದ ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ಹೊರಸೂಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಅಮೂಲ್ಯವಾದ ಕಲ್ಲು ಹೊಳೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ ನೀಡಿದ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಹೊರಸೂಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಬೆಳಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.<br /><br />ಇದು ಇವರು ತಮ್ಮೊಡನೆ ಇತರರನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸುವ ಉದಾತ್ತ ಗುಣಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಿಡಿದ ಕೈಗನ್ನಡಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇವರು ವೃತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಧ್ಯಾಪಕರಾದರು, ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳು ಎದುರಿಸುವ ದೈನಂದಿನ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ ಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಗ್ರಂಥಪಾಲಕರು ಇವರ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ಕೋರಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಕೋರಿಕೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಸ್ಪಂದಿಸುವ ಗುಣ ಅದ್ವಿತೀಯವಾದದ್ದು. ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ದಾಸ್ತಾನು ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ (Stock Verification) ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇವರು ಬರೆದಿರುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳು, ರಚಿಸಿರುವ ಗ್ರಂಥಗಳು, ಸುತ್ತೋಲೆಗಳ ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೈಪಿಡಿಗಳು, ನಾಡಿನಾದ್ಯಂತ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಗ್ರಂಥಪಾಲಕರಿಗೆ ಉಪಯುಕ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರರು ಆಗಾಗಿ ದೂರವಾಣಿಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ ಅವರ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ಕೋರುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇವರು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕಾಳಜಿಯಿಂದ ಕೋರಿಕೆಗೆ ಸ್ಪಂದಿಸುವ ಹಾಗೂ ನೀಡುವ ಸಲಹೆ ಸೂಚನೆಗಳು ವೃತ್ತಿಪರರಲ್ಲಿ ನವಚೇತನವನ್ನು ತುಂಬುತ್ತದೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಶಾಶ್ವತ ಪರಿಹಾರ ನೀಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹಕಾರಿ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ದೈನಂದಿನ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಇದರ ಪ್ರಾಯೋಜಿಕ ವಿಚಾರಧಾರೆಯ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿ ಆಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.<br /><br />ಪ್ರೊ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರರು ತಮ್ಮ ಉಡುಪಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತೋರುವ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ, ಬಣ್ಣಗಳ ಜೋಡಣೆ, ತಮ್ಮ ಆಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಧರಿಸುವ ವಿಧಾನ, ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಒಮ್ಮೊಮ್ಮೆ ಅಸೂಯೆ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಅವರು ಉತ್ತಮ ಉಡುಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛತೆ ಕಾಪಾಡುವ ವಿಧಾನ, ಅಚ್ಚುಕಟ್ಟಾದ<br />ಕಚೇರಿ, ಸಮಯಪಾಲನೆ, ವೃತ್ತಿಬದ್ಧತೆ, ಕಾರ್ಯವಿಧಾನ, ನೀತಿ ಪಾಲನೆ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ನ್ಯಾಯ, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಗೌರವ, ಆಳವಾದ ಜ್ಞಾನ, ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ಸಮಾನವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುವ ಮನೋಭಾವ, ಹೃದಯ ವೈಶಾಲ್ಯತೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಸಂವೇದಿ ಗುಣಗಳೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಒಂದೇ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಲಿನವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಅವರನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿರದಿಂದ ಬಲ್ಲವರು ಈ ಗುಣಗಳನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂದರೆ ಅದು ಉತ್ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷೆ ಆಗಲಾರದು.<br />ಗುಣನಿಧಿಯಾದ ಪ್ರೊ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರರೊಂದಿಗೆ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ, ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ನನ್ನದಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಚೆನ್ನೈ, ಹೈದರಾಬಾದ್, ತಿರುಪತಿ, ಡೆಲ್ಲಿ, ಮುಂತಾದ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸುವ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಅವಕಾಶ ನನ್ನದಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊರ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವ ಇವರ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಸಮೂಹ ಇವರು ಆ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಮಿಸುವ ಮೊದಲೇ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕಾಳಜಿಯಿಂದ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಇವರೊಡನೆ ಇರುವ ಇತರರಿಗೂ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಆದರ, ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ತಲುಪಿದ್ದಾಗಿನಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಗಮಿಸುವವರೆಗೂ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಕಾಳಜಿ, ಹತ್ತಿರದ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಣೀಯ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿಗೆ ಕರೆದುಯುವ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ, ಹಾಗೂ ಉಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಹೃದಯ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿರುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಇದು ಅವರ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಬಳಗ ಹಾಗೂ<br />ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರೊ|| ಕುಂಬಾರರನ್ನು ಕೇವಲ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಅಲ್ಲಗಳೆಯಲಾಗದು.</div><div><br />ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಡಾ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರರ ಅಪರಿಮಿತ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರ ಗುಣಾತೀತ ವರ್ಚಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಸಂದಿರುವ ಹಲವಾರು ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರಗಳು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಗಳು, ದೇಶಿ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿದೇಶಿ ಸಂಘ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು, ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಹಿತಾಸಕ್ತಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು, ಕುಂಬಾರರ ಜ್ಞಾನ, ಗುಣ, ಸೇವೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೊಡುಗೆಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಸನ್ಮಾನಿಸಿವೆ.</div><div><br />ಶ್ರೀಯುತ ಕುಂಬಾರರು ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗಳಲ್ಲದೆ ಮಾನವೀಯ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳನ್ನು ಮೈಗೂಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ನಿಗರ್ವಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ರ್ತಿದಾಯಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ವೃತ್ತಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ತೋರುವ ಸಮರ್ಪಣ ಮನೋಭಾವ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹ, ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಪ್ರಸಂಶನೀಯ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳನ್ನು ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದೆಡೆಗೆ ಸಾಗಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ತೋರುವ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಅಪರಿಮಿತವಾದದ್ದು.<br />ಪ್ರೊ|| ಮಲ್ಲಿನಾಥ್ ಕುಂಬಾರರು ತಮ್ಮ ಜೀವನದ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಮಜಲನ್ನು ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಸೇವೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾಹಿತಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರು ತೋರಿರುವ ಬದ್ಧತೆಗೆ ನಾನು ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಯನ್ನು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅವರು ಉತ್ತಮ ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ<br />ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಸ್ನೇಹ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನದಂತಹ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಗುಣಗಳು ನಮಗೆ ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತಲೇ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುವಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಂಶಯ ಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.</div><div><br />ನಿಮ್ಮ ಜೀವನದ ಹೊಸ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಂತೋಷ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ, ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಯಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿರಲಿ ನೀವು DoS LIS ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬೋಧಕರಾಗಿ ಕಾಣದಿದ್ದರೂ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಆದರ್ಶ, ವೃತ್ತಿಪರತೆ, ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಷಮತೆ ಮೂಲಕ ಪ್ರತಿಫಲನವಾಗಿರುತ್ತೀರಿ. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿನ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಗಳು ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಲಿ, ಶುಭವಾಗಲಿ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.</div>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-25524276808539795832021-06-17T23:23:00.005-07:002021-06-18T23:56:38.942-07:00Research Productivity and Institute Intellectual Output<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aFt9j1yndpc/YMw7vsmJ_YI/AAAAAAAAJW4/VPIqbCswCZ40cheznXd_wz3P1RfatntkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/SJC1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="913" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aFt9j1yndpc/YMw7vsmJ_YI/AAAAAAAAJW4/VPIqbCswCZ40cheznXd_wz3P1RfatntkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w228-h320/SJC1.png" width="228" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MHWR2hSslYE/YM2Uq9JVuoI/AAAAAAAAJXg/kCeyyq3TR34dXGFaMzHeoCJ8fXkxUlHIACLcBGAsYHQ/s1204/2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MHWR2hSslYE/YM2Uq9JVuoI/AAAAAAAAJXg/kCeyyq3TR34dXGFaMzHeoCJ8fXkxUlHIACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XWOjyyN19w/YM2UrAjV_NI/AAAAAAAAJXk/fveQAVF0-zspoZ5ZDYyPSTYVZkcp3rl_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1204/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XWOjyyN19w/YM2UrAjV_NI/AAAAAAAAJXk/fveQAVF0-zspoZ5ZDYyPSTYVZkcp3rl_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1.jpeg" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><br />With the surge for Accreditation, Recognitions and Ranking by institutions/organizations, the focus on faculty publication and research start gaining importance. Discussion on publishing in UGC CARE Journals, impact factor, h-index and above all plagiarism became the hot topic for talks, presentations and panel discussion. <p></p><p>The invitation from St. Joseph's First Grade College, Hunsur, is one in this line. St Joseph's wanted to share my views on '<b>Research Productivity and Institute Intellectual Output</b>' yesterday (June 17, 2021). Happy to see nearly 200+ audience on Zoom. Thanks to Mr Mahadev, Librarian of the invited college for much wider publicity. </p><p>Productivity in simple terms is the output produced in a given period per unit of production factors used to produce it. Research productivity is the number of publications per researcher with a distinguishing impact on the field. There are different perception and different objectives for the stakeholders in an organization about research productivity. If we analyze it in a holistic manner, the focus is on what is the impact on – Education, Public Policy, Clinical Practice, Expert Recommendation, Scholarly World, Disciplinary Change, Culture, Buzz and Popularity, etc.</p><div>The presentation mainly focused on how each publication contributes to the overall intellectual output of the institute; secondly, how the efforts to give visibility to the publication & the author benefit the organization. The demo on registering for the ID's on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJTgJ8CGJLM" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnLyerOn7Xg" target="_blank">ORCID</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGDC6kpFPQ4" target="_blank">Scopus</a> took major time of the session. Able to spend very little time to share information about some of the Research Networking tools. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoyed the question & answer session </div><div><br /></div><div>Special thanks to the Principal and the Administrative Officer of the institute. </div>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-71432343659339246942021-06-16T09:43:00.001-07:002021-06-16T09:47:36.781-07:00Creative Workshop using CANVA Photoshop Tools <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F3ZqcOVPo1g/YMohd7uY-OI/AAAAAAAAJUo/SiIGPtgktgUor2rPghQzq5l75vhYLDJ6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Poster.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="905" height="277" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F3ZqcOVPo1g/YMohd7uY-OI/AAAAAAAAJUo/SiIGPtgktgUor2rPghQzq5l75vhYLDJ6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w196-h277/Poster.jpeg" width="196" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ISY_xNww7IQ/YMoiLe4OziI/AAAAAAAAJUw/tt39oUnXzxgQ-cjTKwRU4Vbt34GvR1aTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s979/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="979" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ISY_xNww7IQ/YMoiLe4OziI/AAAAAAAAJUw/tt39oUnXzxgQ-cjTKwRU4Vbt34GvR1aTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w407-h234/image2.png" width="407" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Enjoyed the interaction with young managers of JSS Center for Management Studies (JSS CMS) Mysore during the 'Creative Workshop using Canva' today, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The book by Pavan Soni (2020) on 'Design your thinking' helped a lot to link 'Creativity' to the 'Designing' of Creatives for SDMIMD. But, the book published in 1975 by Prof. A. Neelameghan on 'Presentation of Ideas in Technical Writing' gave a different perspective to the holistic understanding of 'Design Thinking'. The presentation of psychology and the thinking process in Idea Plane, Verbal Plane and Notational Plane by Prof Neelameghan is amazing. After reading the complex small book published during the last century, the current publications on 'Design thinking' became the old wine in the new bottle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Coming to today's workshop, it was a great experience to engage the young managers for 6 hours on a hands-on session on Canva (www.canva.com), a graphic design platform used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content; and another tool Weebly - a free website builder to create a website, blog, or online store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It was amazing to see the way students adopted the technology and nurtured themselves to the online teaching-learning process. When the workshop's outcome is analyzed, whether creatives from Canva or websites designed by Weebly by the student participants, it is simply superb. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">One thing is sure, the pandemic has cut down the time distance drastically in technology adoption in the teaching-learning process. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Thanks to JSS CMS for the invitation and best wishes to the young managers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><br /><p></p>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-23786333100073176702021-05-29T03:46:00.000-07:002021-05-29T03:46:46.403-07:00Engaging library fraternity with emerging technologies<p><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">It was a
refreshing session delivered today (Saturday, May 29, 2021). After a big gap spoke
about ‘libraries’ moving away from regular topics - research methodology,
plagiarism, reference management, searching, e-learning, etc.</span></p>
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technologies’ used to denote the experimental stage of the technology but used
as common as which is already put into action. Started the session to clarify
the same with some video(s) and discussed 10 thoughts about the developments
which I feel adaptable by the libraries to move ahead with National Educational
Policy (NEP) 2020 and Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy 2020.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cYgu9Wq_ms/YLIa1V7_4SI/AAAAAAAAJJw/-Apr6rdwPLsMlVPPZHQk3_Hohikjhc9IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Knimbus%2Bwebinar%2B1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1280" height="215" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5cYgu9Wq_ms/YLIa1V7_4SI/AAAAAAAAJJw/-Apr6rdwPLsMlVPPZHQk3_Hohikjhc9IwCLcBGAsYHQ/w383-h215/Knimbus%2Bwebinar%2B1.jpeg" width="383" /></a></div><p></p>
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thoughts focused on Changing Role of the Library and its Management. The thoughts are
much needed to enhance the presence of the library & the librarian; and to
ensure the library is associated with stakeholders of the organization & the society
at large. The first five includes - Library as a social institution (as a Common
Collaborative Place); Centre of Centres (as an Action Centre for Data Centre, Language
Lab, Research Support Centre, etc); Archiving Unit of Institute Intellectual Output;
Research Data Management Centre; and Hub of initiative connect.</span></p>
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discussed 5 technologies to help the fraternity – Discovery tool, VPN,
Publication support tool, Report writing tool, and social media.</span></p>
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App-based technology; Adopt social media to connect and collaborate; Adopt
‘Software as Service’ for a supporting hand; Adopt skills to handhold the </span><i style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Social
Wantrepreneurs*; and </i><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">adopt to think beyond the horizon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To conclude, my understanding is
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Think beyond Library | Think beyond
books | Think beyond library users | Think beyond role and responsibilities | Think
beyond boundaries | <br />Be more than a Librarian</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Wantrepreneurs – Library fraternity who has zeal and idea to achieve something
for his social status but needs push and support to move ahead.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to Knimbus, Venki, Karthi, for the invitation. Special thanks to </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr. Manju Naika, Librarian, IIT Mumbai for the inputs. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s_gOxZj4lmjih09S6bIdJNK09s__efSp/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>Click here for PPT </b></a></span></p>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-2581379496753105662019-03-24T06:44:00.001-07:002019-03-24T06:44:57.048-07:00Tribute to a Teacher <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happily received the mobile call from Prof. J.M. Subramanya, former Director of SDMIMD, he was so gentle, enquired about the things casually. I always admire him for his listening skills and the way he conveys the information. <div>
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We miss you KB Sir, but your guidance, thoughts and work will be with us and SDMIMD. You have made us think differently pertaining to our institute brochure, the conduct of programs, presenting of our institute to the visitors, and, much more. Personally, you are the one who gave confidence that a librarian can fit into many roles. That gave the confidence to organize programs and deliver what institute demands beyond library services. The way you think the technology adoption for education and libraries made SDMIMD have digital library during 2005.</div>
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The great combination of yourself and Prof. JMS has always stood with the library team. It was a difficult time during shifting of SDMIMD Library to the New Campus at the foot of Chamundi Hill. The confidence, encouragement and support extended by both of you, made us take up the responsibility and be the first department in the institute to move to the new campus. </div>
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We remember and admire the analyzing and presenting skills, for which you are known in the academic world.</div>
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We miss you KB Sir </div>
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Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-17896054317597030752019-03-12T06:22:00.001-07:002019-03-12T06:22:15.245-07:00RIMS tool for analyzing research contribution<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">The changing dimensions of libraries and services have introduced different roles to the librarian. Awareness about teaching-learning process, documentation, record management, publication activity, participation in academic gatherings such as conference and seminar, and association with the academic network, has made librarians to extend their services beyond the library responsibility. Today, librarians are involved in many responsibilities to match the nomenclature to the roles they performed in an organization. And, the librarians have accepted the nomenclatures such as – Knowledge Manager, Record Manager, Head of Information Services, Information Manager, Head – Web Services, etc. – gracefully. Since libraries are the storehouse of publications, any activity pertaining to publication librarian will be the defined member in the committee. Hence, librarians own the responsibility of managing records of the Institute publications and publications by faculty/research community too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To support the systematic archiving of publications, generation of reports, and to call out various analysis, technology has given a helping hand to librarians. ‘Research Information Management Systems’ in short RIMS are the technological solutions for such activity. To put it in simple terms ‘technological solutions which support archiving, organizing, analyzing and reporting of academic publications of an organization is called as Research Information Management System (RIMS)’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Happy to contribute a paper on RIMS title '</span>Research Information Management System (RIMS) - tool for analyzing institute research contribution'<span lang="EN-US"> to the felicitation volume initiated on the occasion of superannuation of beloved teacher and alumnus of University of Mysore Dr</span> Khaisar Muneebulla Khan, Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalore, during March 2019. </div>
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Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-4683067885667063282016-08-29T03:23:00.000-07:002016-08-29T03:23:17.331-07:00Book Review on 'Google Search Secrets' to MyLISA Members<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Sometime feel, should I write (blog) or not ! But, later realize it is good to have someone who only listen and will not revert back...like...so keep blogging. It was not a good Sunday yesterday, came to know about sudden demise of our staff member - Mangalamma's husband in the morning. After paying last respect...came home...got irritated with TV shows... so, thought of sharing some thoughts shared during the book review presented to MyLISA members on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Mysore University Library, University of Mysore, Mysuru (Namma Mysuru)... Dell supported a lot.</i></div>
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'Google’ has become synonymous with ‘Search Engine’ claiming 68% of stake globally in the search engine market. It is common to say ‘Google it’ if you could not recall or reply for a query raised. The inclusion of the word ‘Google’ as verb in Oxford English Dictionary demonstrates the company hold on both information. Having understood the presence of the Google, the rich features available makes us think - Are we really using it fully to meet our information needs? This can be answered after reading the book ‘Google Search Secrets’ by Christa Burns and Michael P. Sauers, published by Neal-Schuman – An imprint of American Library Association (ALA) in 2014. </div>
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<br />As librarian, having experienced Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) to fetch information from our libraries, the search experience in Google helped us to understand the magnanimity of search engine and its capacity to crawl the depth of Information Ocean. This was only possible after examining the features listed in ‘Google search secrets’. Earlier experiences were restricted to first two pages of the search results and blaming Google for not getting right information. This book make us laugh at our foolishness of not knowing – how to ask Mr. Google?</div>
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<br />‘There is a method in madness’ true to this saying ‘there is a method to ask Mr. Google’ this methodology is unveiled by Christa and Sauers in a step-by-step approach in the form of Chapters. The uniform methodology in organizing the content, style, explanation, examples shared under basic and advanced search functionality, and use of feature - are easy to navigate and greatly helps the reader to structure the learning. </div>
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<br />Let me discuss on Chapter 1, 2 and last chapter Tips and Tricks. Any reader who wishes to get familiar with Google, these chapters are recommended. These 3 chapters are like ready reckoner for such users. It helps the reader to understand Google, the basic search strategies and common techniques. To put it in a nut shell, the 3rd chapter makes a good quick guide to search Google more effectively, for any information user. </div>
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<br />The contents on Google Images, Google Videos, Google News, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Google Scholar, Google Patents, Google Books, and Google Alerts, discussed from Chapter 3 to 11, is systematically organized in tune with Chapter 1 and 2. The explanation with appropriate screenshots, simple English, examples and uninterrupted flow to different flavors of Google Inc., makes users to understand Google beyond normal web-browsing. </div>
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<br />As a librarian, I lot of expectations from the authors who are librarians. An introduction about how Google searches i.e. search mechanism or search strategy; and a brief on search engine and indexing mechanism, would have added more food for thought to the readers in understanding Google better. This may help the reader to think like Google. </div>
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<br />The book would have more appealing if the authors had adopted a case study approach in solving effort for a literature review or any assignment, which can bring the academic community more closer to Google. The screenshots in some instance could have been avoided, instead the author could have given web links as followed in International Student Edition format. The key aspects which I am totally disappointed is about abruptly closure of each chapter and the book itself. Authors being information professionals, they would have shared more resources and given directions at the end of each other towards the next. This aspect is totally neglected. </div>
<br />Overall it was a nice journey to know Mr. Google in a systematic manner. A good book for any Information Literacy Program. I expect a much updated book with new tools and techniques from the authors at the earliest.<br />
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<i>Friend, Happy Learning...!!! and many thanks for listening...No More to Key!!!</i><br />
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Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-72386657082988367372013-07-09T01:36:00.000-07:002013-07-09T01:38:26.131-07:00MyLISA Website @ Weebly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday happens to be a 'Weebly day'. After my office hours almost 4 hours spent on Weebly designing and updating the <a href="http://mylisamysore.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA)</a> website. I enjoyed it :)<br />
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Many thanks to Weebly for offering such rich tools which has made designing and having webpresence is a jokers job. I am using Weebly from past 7 years but experiencing after a gap of 3 years really made to explore more. Indeed really a useful service.<br />
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MyLISA website has been update, Friends u can access the same @ URL http://mylisamysore.weebly.com/.<br />
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The newsletter and membership forms are also shared on the website. I am sharing in this post also.<br />
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MyLISA Newsletters <br />
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<li><a href="http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/system/files/Newsletter%20No.1.pdf" target="_blank">Newsletter No.1 - May 2002</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/system/files/Newsletter%20No%202-3.pdf" target="_blank">Newsletter No.2-3 - May 2004</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sdmimd.ac.in/files/Newsletter%20No.4.pdf" target="_blank">Newsletter No.4 - July 2005</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sdmimd.ac.in/files/Newsletter%20No.5.pdf" target="_blank">Newsletter No.5 - May 2006</a></li>
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Membership Form - <a href="http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/system/files/Membership%20Form.pdf" target="_blank">Portable Document Format (PDF</a>) | <a href="http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/system/files/Membership%20Form.docx" target="_blank">Microsoft Format (DOC)</a><br />
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Once again thanks Weebly :)<br />
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Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-8574078759961427272012-06-10T00:17:00.005-07:002012-06-10T00:24:47.694-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a longtime I thought of add something my blog. When started blogging, I made my mind to place information about my academic activities like article presentations at conference, seminar, invited talks, journal papers, etc., to share my personal opinions which I cannot do in academic publications. Today, a bright Sunny Sunday made me to restart bogging with the conference paper.<br />
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I was at <a href="http://shravanabelagola.net/" target="_blank">ShravanaBelagola</a> - the Jain Kashi in Karnataka, where 57 feet Bhagawan Bahubali stands symbolically to the testimony for legendary mental strength of Tyaga (renunciation) and the soft tender message of Ahimsa (non violence). Yes, the place has a vibration which provokes anyone on his/her Duty, Devotion and Dedication. Sorry, I moving some where, carried away by the facial expressions of 57 feet ತ್ಯಾಗಮೂರ್ತಿ. I had been to KALA conference on "Library and Development: Present and Future" scheduled between June 7 and 9, 2012. It is good KALA has planned to hold the conference at such religious, tourist place, out of the huzzle and buzzle of the city culture. <br />
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I have been invited to present my paper "The Status of Higher Secondary School Libraries in Mysore District: A Study" scheduled on June 8. My fried Dr. Sunil Kumar, working as Professor at Bahubali Engineering College asked what made me to started writing on School Libraries, which is away from domain of B-schools (Business Schools)? I simply gave a artificial smile and kept quite. Because what made me to write on school libraries was not a good source of motivation, which can be discussed.<br />
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I was going through the reports of Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan (SSA) of 2009 and recent too. I was stunned to see that 80.2% of the Government Higher Secondary School in Mysore District has working "School Libraries"(???) and started the exercise to study the actual situation. I selected 30 schools located in Urban region and conducted the survey - it was a observatory and interview approach. I was shocked that only only 40% (12 schools) claims the existence of library. The existence of library is about the few books stacked in a cupboard either in Head Master’s or Staff room under lock an key. It need not be emphasised that this will definitely NIL usage of books by children. The head masters who are aware about the availability of funds for library development (i.e., SSA claims 10% of the total fund / fee is spent on library development) purchase newspapers. Ofcourse it is for his personal use and rarely used by the other teachers and office staff.<br />
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Here is the abstract of the article - "<i>The Sarva Shikshana Abhiyan and Karnataka Jnana Ayoga give utmost importance to the library services in primary and high schools recognized by the Government of Karnataka schools. They have even stressed on building reading habit and guidance on use of information at the elementary level. The authors have analysed the data pertaining to 30 Higher Secondary Schools in Mysore city. The findings of the study are shared as experiences and the key research trust areas are identified. This paper is an attempt to place before the library community about the understanding of these public or government institutions, their perception of “school libraries”. It is also shown how much employability chances are lost for library graduates in school libraries. Finally an attempt has been made to study the road map of the school libraries for their development.</i>"<br />
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Once I complete the article, it made me to think about -<br />
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<li>Why these reports are projecting the baseless and unrealistic data?</li>
<li>What will be learning curve of young minds who are deprived of reading habits, information sources, books and learning environment?</li>
<li>Why our library associations, ministers and higher authorities concerned to libraries, who agree with the need of school libraries and a librarian is not making any effort to provide placement for 4000 library graduates? (as per SSA Karnataka alone has 4102 schools - think about the entire India!)</li>
<li>Where is the benefits, funds and resources for school libraries are going?</li>
<li>The prime government bodies which provides accreditation, recognition and assess the private schools and demand the need for library to provide permission to start a school. Why they don't follow the same?</li>
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Friends I need your suggestions on the study conducted. If you need the full text send a mail to sunilmysore@gmail.com<br />
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ಇಂತಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ,<br />
ಸುನಿಲ್ </div>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-47454697393872981772011-10-20T17:12:00.000-07:002011-10-20T17:16:26.078-07:00Information Literacy @ B-SchoolPlanned to present the paper "Collaborative effort in B-School Information Literacy Program: A case study of SDMIMD, Mysore" authored with Prof. Kumbar and Dr. Hari at Conference on IL organized by Tumkur University. <br /><br />Here is the abstract of the paper - <br /><br /><em>The availability of information resources for the course curriculum in different pockets – online journal, financial database, open repositories, e-learning portal, library collection, etc. – has made the courses in b-school incomplete without teaching the students how to be an effective information manager. The process of teaching effective information management makes the student ‘information literate’. This study discusses the importance of collaborative effort of the faculty community and the librarian of a b-school in Information Literacy Program (ILP) of the institute. Further, the paper discusses on embedding the ILP in the course outlines of b-school curriculum. The authors opine that this collaborative effort will increase the critical thinking and better decision making, which are the key requisites for an effective manager.</em>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-50099109911486656252011-02-27T23:49:00.000-08:002011-03-24T23:51:02.591-07:00I had been to workshop on "Academic Qualities and Problems of Librarians" on invitation by Mr. Kadadevaramutt, the president of Karnataka College Librarians Association on Feb 26, 2011. Mr. Kadadevaramutt asked me to speak on the online resources, use of digital libraries, institutional repositories, etc., As per his request I had mapped the thoughts, but suddenly I remembered the words of my friend AT (Ayesha Taranum, I used to call her AT) - first understand the audience and their state - I switched off my thoughts which already mapped. I started thinking about the workshop theme.<br /><br />I felt the theme is very good (whoever may have selected), but, is it making the audience to think and debate on is the point. I consulted 8 college librarians of Government First Grade Colleges, I am sorry to say they could not able clearly say What is Academic Qualities? and if u ask them about the problems they will give a huge list, which is very difficult to consider them as the problems pertaining to Academic Qualities. With the discussion I decided to have my talk on the theme of the workshop so that I can justify my presence with the 'College Librarians'.<br /><br />It was Mr. Kumar, who is working with Govt. First Grade College, Mandya discussed the issues pertaining to Academic Qualities of Librarians with regard to college in India. It was a great discussion which provided insight into the current status, problems and expectations from the assessment & accreditation committees from librarians. He gave several reference with whom I could discuss on the topic of the workshop. It was interesting at the same time sad to here about the status of librarians in college libraries. Even though Govt might have equated the librarians to the academic staff in salary, we are not given the privileges to define out roles and responsibility. I was shocked to know that as per the RTI (Right To Information) described by the Govt. the role of librarians is to "Issue the book to the needed user and accepting the returns of the same". Where as for the sweeper and peon they have made a complete list. When we are not clear about the role of librarians or library in academic activities of colleges in India, how can be aware about the roles which we have to play - it will take me some where else.<br /><br />Let us come to our workshop topic discussion, I could able collect the information pertaining to academic qualities of librarians in college libraries in India, the problems they have (ofcourse I have included some of the problems which are not at all related to academics) and the suitable solutions for the said problems in the PPT<br /><br /><div style="width:425px" id="__ss_7087813"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/sunilmysore/academic-qualitiesandproblems" title="Academic qualitiesandproblems">Academic qualitiesandproblems</a></strong> <object id="__sse7087813" width="425" height="355"> <param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=academicqualitiesandproblems-110228051938-phpapp02&stripped_title=academic-qualitiesandproblems&userName=sunilmysore" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/> <embed name="__sse7087813" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=academicqualitiesandproblems-110228051938-phpapp02&stripped_title=academic-qualitiesandproblems&userName=sunilmysore" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed> </object> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/sunilmysore">sunilmysore</a> </div> </div><br /><br />My session was scheduled post lunch, hope u can understand the situation of the audience who were sitting throughout the morning session discussing the problems with the Deputy Director of collegiate education. I started with the question 'What do you mean by Academic Qualities of Librarians?' and it went on and on...<br /><br />I concluded with the following statement - 'Past is Experience, Present is Experiment and Future is Expectations..." so we librarians should 'Use our Experience in current Experiments to achieve our Expectations'<br /><br />Even thought the audience appreciated my presentation, I am not satisfied about my role as a invited speaker in addressing the problems my college library friends.Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-59560238953508611662011-02-25T00:21:00.000-08:002011-02-25T02:07:09.936-08:00Manasa 2011<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fsunilmysore%2Falbumid%2F5577521399698171809%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="288" height="192"></embed><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I don’t know when I will come out of the habit of planning everything in the Nth movement.<br /><br />Manasa 2011- academic exhibition, a week-long event organized by the University of Mysore, wherein ‘My’sore University Dept of LIS had stalled their knowledge.<br /><br />As a professional librarian in Mysore I should have visited on the day 1 and probably should have involved myself more actively. But self alleged busy schedule did not allow me to visit the exhibition till last hour of the last day.<br /><br />The welcome kept me warm in the chilling evening even at the winding time of the event, by my teachers and friends of library & LIS department. I am greatful to them for keeping me warm inspite of my erratic punctuality.<br /><br />Mysore University Library had stalled their knowledge on the information sources and services extended with the aid of Information and Technology.<br /><br />The LIS department exhibition was quite interesting with the welcome arch designed with thermo-coal books. The display was about how information and communication has grown over the years and how the technology has been used in libraries.<br /><br />The pupil across the stall was very enthusiastic in explaining their thoughts behind organizing the materials and the display style. Starting with introduction to writing materials of the ancient age, they took me a tour through the evolution of writing, the forms of knowledge records like stone, palm leaves, animal skin, parchment paper, cloth, paper, … CD, DVD, iPOD, … virtual world. The de-tour was really educative and learning experience.<br /><br />The ‘Temple of Knowledge’ made out of thermo coal was very impressive. The students were busy explaining the exhibits to the visitors, who are mainly the students from the schools and college in and around Mysore. It was interesting to see My DLISc students explaining the Web 2.0 concepts - Social Networking, Web technologies and communication technology – as it was my area of research. The other exhibits like Worlds famous libraries, Forms of documents, Physical forms of resources, etc., were colorful and attractive. Dr. Kumbar explained me the growth of technology with mankind it was very interesting.<br /><br />It was a chance for me to visit the entire department. I felt, current students are very lucky to have a department equipped with computer lab with 35 systems (computers), class rooms with LCD and audio-visual facility, clean and presentable corridors. Some where I was J... of the neo-students, as I could not enjoy these facilities in my student days. I still remember, it was a great struggle to get the slot to work on computer (where only 3 systems were constituted the computer lab) to test our skills with the basic programming taught by my ever favorite Teacher Dr. SRU (Shalini R. Urs).<br /><br />I was very much impressed by the ‘Classification Game’, where student give varieties of writing and reading materials asking the visitor to classify them logically. On doing so, they explain how the same logic has been used in classifying and organizing the library documents. Mr. Murali, student of 2nd year MLISc was very enthusiastic in explaining the video conferencing sessions conducted for public by the eminent personalities about library services and IT enabled services. The cartoons, quotes and messages were catchy.<br /><br />Finally, it was a wonderful evening having a chance to have glance about library and information services to the knowledge society.</div>Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5379609363582761847.post-1340072316969981162010-10-28T05:45:00.000-07:002010-10-28T06:05:38.915-07:00Next generation library services in context of Web 2.0(Views shared at the Symposium on "Next generation libraries: opportunities and challenges" organized by KALA (Karnataka Library Association), at City Central Library, West Zone, Bangalore, INDIA, on October 29, 2010)<br /><br />The experience with the literatures and implementation of web based services at SDMIMD I feel that the heart of Library 2.0 is user-centered change. At its most basic level, the Library 2.0 model gives library users a participatory role in the services offered and the way the services are used. <br /><br />The Library 2.0 model seeks to harness our user’s knowledge to supplement and improve library services. This allows them to comment, write reviews, create their own tags and ratings, and sharing them with others through a more versatile OPAC interface. Ultimately, this creates a more informative product for subsequent users. Users want to know what their neighbors are reading, listening to, and watching.<br /><br />Some examples of the Library 2.0 services which may be considered for this discussion are:<br /><br />• Email and Q&A Chat reference; Facebook pages<br />• Text-based tutorials Streaming media tutorials with interactive databases<br />• Email lists Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds<br /><br />An important development that will undoubtedly influence the future course, not only of open source ILS, but also commercial vendor offerings, is the OLE Project (www.oleproject.org), led by the Duke University with funding from the Andrew Mellon Foundation. The Project is expected to define a next-generation technology environment based on a thoroughly re-examined model of library operations, based on service-oriented architectures and workflows that facilitate the reuse of modules in an ILS, and to connect to other enterprise technology systems such as Learning Management Systems, ERPs, subject portals, e-Journal publishers database, etc., this greater degree of interoperability is based on Open Standards and permit access to winder information base and to avoid unnecessary duplication of similar data across applications. This is a small example in which the contemporary library technology projects are in place to bring the Web 2.0 features in library services. The other projects of the similar line are eXtensible Catalogue Project, Recommendations of the Digital Library Foundation, National Information Standard Organizations (NISO) and OCLS’s project to move web-spaced platform using cloud computing. <br /><br />Libraries have a tendency to plan, implement, and forget. Parallel to this, no matter how hard we try, many of the services we offer are not being used by a majority of our population. So, before jumping into conclusion please ask yourself - is your library ready for this type of shift? – When I asked several librarians, overwhelmingly, the answer is NO. This is because launching such Library 2.0 features often brings unique challenges to librarians, administrators, and patrons. These include: technological constraints, issues of accessibility and diversity, staffing, cost, copyright concerns, privacy and the overall impact on the nature and culture of the library itself.<br /><br />Coming to the Library 2.0 services, I opine that any service, physical or virtual, that successfully reaches users, that can be evaluated frequently, and makes use of user input is a Library 2.0 service. Even older, traditional services can be Library 2.0 if criteria are met. Similarly, being new is not enough to make a service Library 2.0.<br /><br />Many current library OPACs tied to the ILS vendor are librarian-centric do not provide the discovery experience that users are accustomed to in collateral systems such as Amazon.com, eBay, Google, LibraryThing and other social networking applications. User centric OPAC is the gateway for the Library 2.0 services. If we keep our content locked up on in our own web sites and don't get it out there for people to use as they want to use it, then our content will fall by the wayside.<br /><br />To meet the needs of information users of SDMIMD, the library has the following initiatives in action –<br /><br />• Blog – Blogspot (http://sdmimd.blogspot.com/)<br />• Open Journal System – SDM Journal of Management <br />• Learning Management System - Moodle<br />• OS Integrated library system – NewGenLib (http://opac.sdmimd.ac.in)<br />• Content Management System – Drupal (www.sdmimd.ac.in)<br />• Instant Messaging <br /><br />Coming to today’s panel discussion, I think the goal of the panel is to help the information professionals to navigate this terrain technology to foster the creation of innovative Library 2.0 services for their users, and reveal areas that require further attention by the profession and academia alike.Sunil Mysorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303152599765304941noreply@blogger.com0