Workshop:Open Source Movement and the Use of DSpace Software : November 28 - December 01, 2006 (Tentatively)

Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres(IASLIC)
Kolkata – 700 054

going to organise a Workshop on "Open Source Movement and the Use of DSpace Software."

Date : November 28 - December 01, 2006 (Tentatively)

Objectives of the Workshop :

1. To provide background knowledge of the digital library and its related
concepts.
2. To offer hands on experience on Linux .
3. To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software.

Areas to be covered in the Workshop:

Open Source Movement, Digital Libraries: Current Scenario, Different Digital Library software and comparative study, Overview of Linux, Overview and Installation of DSpace, DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors, Lucene Search Engine, DSpace Administration, Dublin Core and OAI-PMH, Persistent Handles, DSpace Customization, Unicode and Indian Languages

Target Participants:

Library and Information Science professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. The Workshop is confined to a limited number of participants and will be filled strictly on first come first served basis.

Venue:

National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH), (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India), B T Road, Bonhooghly, Kolkata- 700 090.

For further details contact :

Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Workshop Coordinator and Secretary, Education
Division, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054. email:
panigrahipk[at]yahoo.com, Mobile : +91 94342 43522