Author: Editor TLT

Hi everyone, I am Prodip Roy, currently, I work as the Library Officer at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. I am also a part-time PhD candidate in Business Information Systems studying under the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain at RMIT University. I was born and raised in Bangladesh and in 2009 I migrated to Australia as a qualified librarian. I have been working as a Library Professional in Local and State Government as well as the tertiary education sector in Australia and overseas for sixteen years. Besides my regular job and study, I have been a Delegate and branch committee member of The National Tertiary Education Union, Australia for the RMIT branch. I am the Co-Chair(Elect) SIG-III, Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), a member of Creative Commons Global Network, an existing member for Creative Commons Australia Chapter and lead responsible for Open Ed (Tertiary). As the founder and Editor in Chief, I lead The Librarian Times team in implementing its vision and mission.

Naogaon District Administration and District Government Public Library jointly celebrate National Library Day-2021

2021 February

Dilruba Rahman Eva, NSU, February 8, 2021

In collaboration with Naogaon District Administration, District Government Public Library organised a discussion session to celebrate National Library Day-2021. Mr Md Harun-ur-Rashid, Honourable Deputy Commissioner, Naogaon was present in the discussion session as the Chief Guest while Mr S M Ashif, government officer and library professional presided over the function.

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Students to get ‘education expense’ as the honorarium for working as librarian

2021 February

Jannati Jerin, 6 February 2021

Photo: Second Dhaka Library / Library Delegates Conference

Students are to be appointed to overcome the crisis of Librarian in 800 non-government active libraries. They will get honorarium to meet up their ‘educational expenses’ for one year for performing this duty along with their study. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Bangladesh has taken the decision, each library will receive a certain amount of money to provide a grant to that particular student who will be appointed as a librarian to serve their library for one year.

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Department of Public Libraries (DPL) and Ministry of Cultural Affairs celebrate the National Library Day-2021

2021 February

Amrita Dash, February 10, 2021

Photo: celebration National Library Day 2021 in collaboration with the Department of Public Libraries (DPL) and Ministry of Cultural Affairs

In collaboration with the Department of Public Libraries and Ministry of Cultural Affairs celebrated National Library Day- 2021 on February 5, 2021, with the theme ‘library in every house is the pledge of Mujib year.’

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Announcement of Dr Md. Nazim Uddin Memorial Award 2021

2021 February

 

We are excited to announce that this year, a new category entitled “Dr Md. Nazim Uddin Memorial Award” will be added to TLT initiative, recognising industry professionals’ achievements and academic excellence in LIS education. The award will be generously supported by Dr Md

.Nazim Uddin’s family from now on. The recipients of the award will be voted by selected board members. 

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Nawshaba Bulia receives the Vice-Chancellor’s Award (Gold Medal)

2021 February

Syeda Mukta Begum, 15 February 2021

Photo: Nawshaba Bulia receiving the Vice-Chancellor’s Award

Ms Nawshaba Bulia has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award (Gold Medal) under National University on 10 February 2021 for her excellent academic result in Bachelor of Arts degree in the Department of Information Science and Library Management at Lalmatia Mohila College. 

Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni distributed the Vice-Chancellor’s award and prize money to the students in a video conference through zoom conference. 

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Call for papers: JASIST Special Issue on “Data Science in the iField”

2021 February, International news

Data and the use of data are now a critical part of our lives in an increasingly datafied society. Government agencies, private sectors, research, academic, and cultural heritage institutions produce, consume, and share massive amounts of data, which pose great challenges for organizations, individuals, and the society as a whole (Hintz, Dencik, & Wahl-Jorgensen, 2018).

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SIG-III: Call for Papers 2021 International Paper Contest for developing countries

2021 February, International news

The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research papers for the 21st International Paper Contest (IPC) for library and information science (LIS) professionals in developing countries, for the 84th Annual Meeting, which will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, from October 30-November 2, 2021. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: “Information: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Relevance” For more information, visit: https://www.asist.org/am21/

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Virtual Talk Series ‘Hello Librarian!’

2021 February

Farzana Jumi, Officer, Library, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Photo: Screenshot of hello librarian's meeting

Photo: Screenshot of hello librarian’s meeting

Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, libraries, the centre point for research and academic life, have seen a growing reliance on online sources. To enhance the services provided to students, thus, the Library at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organized a virtual talk series, “Hello Librarian!” on Online Library Activities: Pandemic & Afterward on February 4, 2021.

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East West University Library observes National Library Day 2021

2021 February

Mir Adiba Awlad, 7 February 2021

Photo: East West University Library observed National Library Day 2021

East West University Library celebrated the National Library Day 2021 on 05 February. As the pandemic situation is going on all over the world, this year the celebration was held online via Google Meet platform. To celebrate this day, East West University Library organized “Online Speech Contest” on “ Mujib Borsherer Ongkikar, Ghore Ghore Gronthagar ”(The Promise of Mujib year, Library in every house). The Contest was about to tell of the importance of that topic. Every participant was given 4 minutes to deliver his/her thoughts. After a thorough judgment 4 participants were selected for 3 winning positions among a huge number of participants. 

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SPSS 25 for the beginners: Registration is now open

2021 February, Webinars

Mir Adiba Awlad,

January 30, 2021

iSAPT Virtual Academy will organize a 10-days (15 hours) training on “Statistical Data Analysis with SPSS 25 for the Beginners” using the Zoom Cloud Platform from March 6, 2021. Mr Sadhan Verma (IT Instructor & Trainer, CEO, NBICT Lab, Dinajpur) will be joining the training sessions as the trainer. The first training was completed for the first batch successfully with 30 participants from the different countries around the world. 

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