Vol.19- No.1 (Jan-Mar, 2012) - INFLIBNET Centre

BuLk Order for SOUL Software from Commissioner of Hiq'her Education,Govt. of Gujarat for 9 Government CoLLeq'es in GujaratThe Commissioner of Higher Education, Government of Gujarathas procured multiple copies of SOUL 2.0 software to automate80 grant-in aid colleges and 54 Government colleges acrossthe state. The Centre has already provided SOUL 2.0 to 125Government colleges, orders were placed for 9 Governmentcolleges recently. The Centre organized five days Special TrainingProgramme on SOUL 2.0 Installation and Operations for thestaff of these colleges at INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. •IRTPLA Traininq ProqrammeManonmaniam Sundaranar University, March 26-30,2012The Centre organised Regional Training Program on LibraryAutomation (IRTPLA) in collaboration with ManonmaniamSundaranar University from 26th to 30th March 2012 at theSenate Hall, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. 36participants consisting of library and information scienceprofessionals from different colleges participated in theprogramme. Dr. P. Balasubranian, Deputy Librarian,Manonmaniam Sundaranar University welcomed the participantsand guests. Dr. S. Manickam, Registrar, ManonmaniamSundaranar University delivered the Inaugural Address. ShriP.Kannan, Scientist B (LS), INFLIBNET Centre briefed about thetraining programme. Dr. K. Kannan, Assistant Librarian,Manonmaniam Sundaranar University expressed a warm voteof thanks to the participants and guests.Shri P. Kannan represented the IN FLIBN ET Centre as a Resourceperson in the training programme. Shri Kannan briefly explainedthe different activities and services of the IN FLIBN ET Centre,especially about UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium, N­LIST. Shodhganga, Shodhgangotri and other programmes ofthe centre. Shri T Venkata Ravi Kiran and Shri M 0 Latheef madepresentations on installation and use of different modules ofthe SOUL software. The presentations made by resource personswere as follows:Name of the ExpertTopic of PresentationDr. K Kannan, Assistant Librarian, Manonmaniam Sundarnar UniversityOpen Access Software and ResourcesDr. R. S. Rajesh, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Scienceand Engineering, Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityRecent Trends in Wired and Wireless NetworkDr. M. Surulinathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Library andInformation Science, Bharathidasan University, TrichyDr. P. Balasubramanian, Deputy Librarian,Manonmaniam Sundarnar UniversityDr. A. Thirumagal. Librarian of Manonmaniam Sundaranar UniversityDigital Library its Development & ResourcesComputer Network and InternetBibExcel: Tools for Using Bibliographic References ofJournal ArticlesName of the Experts with their topic of presentationsAt the end of the programme, the feedbacks filled in by theparticipants were collected and certificates of participation weredistributed to the participants. II12 -----------------------------Vol. 19, No.1 Uanuary to March 2012)