Programme Overview
The workshop is focused on the theme of Library Leadership and aim to address the plethora of challenges faced by the academic libraries.
Day 1: 14th July 2023: Commonwealth Professional Fellows Alumni Reunion Day
Venue: Board Room, IIT Ropar
- 10:00 AM - Welcome Address Dr. Dinesh K.S., Librarian and Registrar (Officiating)
- 10:05 AM - About the Event Ms. Gurdish K. Sandhu, Adjunct Faculty & IT Advisor, IIT Ropar Former Programme Leader - Commonwealth Professional Fellowship (UEL)
- 10:10 AM - Introduction of Commonwealth Professional Fellows
- 10:25 AM - Address by the Chairman, Library Committee Prof. Harpreet Singh
- 10:30 AM - Address by the Director Prof. Rajeev Ahuja
- 10:45 AM - Talk on The Role of Multiple Intelligence in Library Leadership Ms. Gurdish K. Sandhu
- 11:30 AM - Tea Break
- 11:50 AM - Talk on National Education Policy Implementation in LIS education Dr. Shriram Pandey, HOD LIS Department, Central University Haryana
- 12:30 PM - CSR Initiative Dr. Rishi Tiwari, Librarian, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- 01:00 PM - Lunch
- 02:00 PM - Knowledge Exchange: Fellows share Best Practices and issues
- 03:00 PM - Visit to Library and Data Centre
- 04:00 PM - Campus Tour
- 06:00 PM - Visit to Ropar Head Works
- 07:30 PM - Entertainment and Socializing followed by Dinner
Day 2: 15th July 2023 Theme Preparing Library Leaders of Tomorrow: Developing competencies and skills
Venue: Senate Hall
- 10:00 AM - Welcome Address Dr. Dinesh K.S., Librarian and Registrar (Officiating)
- 10:05 AM - About the Workshop Ms. Gurdish K. Sandhu, Adjunct Faculty & IT Advisor, IIT Ropar Former Programme Leader - Commonwealth Professional Fellowship (UEL)
- 10:10 AM - Address by the Director Prof. Rajeev Ahuja,
- 10:25 AM - Address by Co-organizing Chair Dr. Neeraj Kumar Singh Deputy Librarian, Panjab University
- Workshop Sessions
- 10:30 AM - Invited talk on Becoming an effective academic library leader Ms. Gurdish K. Sandhu
- 11:20 AM - Tea Break followed by Professional Networking Facilitator Ms. Gurdish Sandhu
- 12:00 Noon - Talk on Establishing library research support services from scratch Dr. Sanjay Kataria, University Librarian, Bennett University Noida
- 12:35 PM - E-resources acquisitions: options and issues Dr. Neeraj Kumar Singh, Deputy Librarian Panjab University
- 01:10 PM - Lunch
- 02:00 PM - Talk on Understanding, creating and using open educational resources for teaching, learning and research Dr. Shriram Pandey, HOD LIS Department, Central University Haryana
- 02:30 PM - Using Technology to Innovate library services Dr. DP Tripathi, Deputy Librarian NIT, Jalandhar
- 03:00 PM - Talk on Tough Times Don't Last - Tough People Do Col Prabir Sengupta, VSM and Adjunct Faculty, Centre of Excellence for Defence, IIT Ropar
- 03:30 PM - Tea Break
- 04:00 PM - Panel Discussion followed by questions and answers
Moderators: Ms. Gurdish K. Sandhu and Dr. Dinesh K.S. (Panelists will give brief idea on below topics after that audience can ask questions)
1) Recreating library spaces
Panelists:
i) Dr. Alka Rai, Deputy Librarian Dr B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi
ii) Dr. K. Adhinarayanan, Chief Knowledge Officer, Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Trichirappalli, Tamil Nadu
2) Strategies for increasing Library usage
Panelists:
i) Dr. Raj K Bhardwaj, Chief Librarian, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
ii) Dr. Chandana Patra, Principal Technical Officer and Head Knowledge Resource Centre, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
iii) Dr. Leena Shrivastava Billore, Librarian, Daly College, Indore
3) Social responsibility for a Library leader
Panelist:
Dr. Rishi Kumar Tiwari, Librarian, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur - 05:00 PM - Distribution of Certificates