ELSEVIER team meeting with IUT held
Ahasan, Dhaka, 13 October 2018
A successful meeting was held on 3rd October 2018 at Islamic University of Technology (IUT) Board Room and Library with three members of ELSEVIER.
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.
Annual Performance Agreement: Department of Public Libraries stood the first position jointly
Ahasan, Dhaka, 13 October 2018
Under the Annual Performance Agreement (APA), Department of Public Libraries achieved the first position jointly for the year 2017-2018 of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. A crest and certificate were warmly received by Mr Asish Kumar Sarker, Director General (Additional Secretary), Department of Public Libraries, with duly signed by Asaduzzaman Noor, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, and Honorable Secretary Mr Md. Nasiruddin Ahmed.
Mr Md. Habibur Rahman attend at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UTM) for digital repositories training course
Ahasan, Dhaka, 7 October 2018
A five-day-long training program on Digital repositories: the pathway from open access to digital asset management was held on 23 – 27 September 2018, at Ocean Teacher Global Academy regional training Centre, UTM, Malaysia.
Ms Tanjia Sharmin has been promoted to a Librarian: A Journey from a Library Officer to a Librarian
Aparajita Rahman, Library Officer, AUW
4 October 2018
Ms Tanjia Sharmin has been promoted to Librarian at Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong effected from 1 October 2018.
Ms Tanjia completed her Bachelors and Master’s degree in Information Science and Library Management at the University of Dhaka with an excellent academic result.
Orientation program held at IIUC
Ahasan, 6 October 2018
International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) orientation program of postgraduate diploma course in Library and Information Science was held on 29 September 2018 of its central auditorium, Chittagong.
Promotion news: Mr Sheikh Md. Jalal Uddin and Dr Azizur Rahman have been promoted to Additional Librarian
Mukta and Ahasan 29 September 2018.
Mr Sheikh Md. Jalal Uddin and Dr Azizur Rahman have been promoted to Additional Librarian at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University effective from 25 September 2018.
They have been highly influential in the managing library systems and have continued to show an exemplary commitment to their roles as library professionals. » Read more
Special Feature: Bangladesh Shishu Academy Library: A Green Library for the Children!
Mukta, Dhaka, 23 September 2018
Bangladesh Shishu Academy is a unique government organization in Bangladesh in terms of serving for children’s latent talent, nurturing cultural, mental and physical health. It offers multi-cultural and educational activities for the children and young adults.
The academy was established in 1976 as an autonomous body to encourage children to the Bangladeshi culture. The head office is located at ‘Doyel Chattar’ and very close to the University of Dhaka. » Read more
Three EWU Library staff have been promoted to Assistant Librarian
Mukta, Dhaka, 23 September 2018
Three EWU Library officials have been promoted to Assistant Librarian effective from 05 September 2018.
Promoted staff are Ms Afrin Sultana, Mr Md. Sagar Shahanawaz and Ms Saifun. » Read more
A National Level Seminar held at Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)
Ahasan, Dhaka, 23 September 2018
A daylong Seminar on “A National-level network for agricultural library and information centers in Bangladesh” organized by the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) Central Library was held on 16 September 2018 at Conference Hall (4th floor) Administrative Building of CVASU.
Inaugural session:
Prof. Dr Md. Rayhan Faruque, Dean, FFST was the chief guest, while Prof. Dr M. Nurul Absar Khan, dean FoF, CVASU and Prof. Md. A Halim, Dean FVM were the special guests. Md. Habibur Rahman, SPM, CP 2184 and Librarian, CVASU chaired the session. » Read more
IFLA Congress is an absolute platform of professional development and networking for library professionals
IFLA WLIC 2018: IFLA Congress is an absolute platform of professional development and networking for library professionals
Dil Ruksana Basunia
Deputy Librarian, University of Chittagong, Chittagong- 4331
First of all, I would like to thank Md. Habibur Rahman for giving me the opportunity to attend the seminar titled “A national-level network for agricultural library and information centres in Bangladesh”. The seminar was very motivating and offered the opportunity to learn many issues including current trends of agricultural Library and information systems in Bangladesh. As a presenter, I find it was a very enriching experience for me. I would like to share and describe briefly below on my presentation as an abstract.
IFLA WLIC is the biggest platform for professional exposure, where professionals can meet other library professionals from all over the world; they can share ideas and views among themselves. Professionals can also know what is going on in other country libraries regarding service and technology and they can adopt as per their own library requirements. Professionals can meet and know different professional bodies all around the world can meet and talk with the members/staff of the bodies and may get involved with. During the IFLA Congress, I have discovered that Librarianship is a great profession where there are so many tremendous opportunities to contribute in building a scholarly society as well as a nation. I have met with many reputed university librarians and get the opportunity to know what are new services and technologies they have implemented or the way in implementing phase in their libraries. How does this impact on the users? Also, I have learnt about how the broad of IFLA work with different projects. There are so many IFLA projects are currently going on i.e. IFLA Global Vision, Library Map etc. Also, I had conversations with many library professionals from all over the world and established a professional connection which I will continue with my rest of the career the same as with IFLA members/staff. I hope my paper about IFLAWLIC 2018 experience will give a brief overview about IFLA Congress, Congress Programs, how to choose sessions to attend during the Congress and will give a clear idea about IFLA and how Bangladeshi Library Professionals can get involve with IFLA through their institutions or as an individual.