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.

The University of Kalyani has conferred a PhD degree to Md. Moniruzzaman

Issue 14, Volume 04

Md. Moniruzzaman, National Information Officer and Head of United Nations Information Centre (Bangladesh), on 11 October 2018 was conferred with a PhD in Library and Information Science by the University of Kalyani (India) for his research on “ A critical study of information support services of UN agencies towards socio-economic development of Bangladesh.’’ Sri Sabuj Dasgupta of the Department of Library and Information Science of the University of Kalyani supervised the thesis.

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Librarian, reciting artist from India Shaoli Rai performed at National Museum

Issue 14, Volume 04

A programme called “India – Bangladesh friendship through poems and melodies” has been organised by Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Dhaka performed by Ms Shaoli Rai and Mr Amit Bhoumik from Agartala, India and Dr Sahadat Hossain Nipu from Bangladesh on October 27, 2018, at the Kabi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka.

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Shopno Sarothi Public Library has been selected for Joy Bangla Youth Award

Issue 14, Volume 04

Rajesh, 3 November 2018

Shopno Sarothi Public Library, Naogaon has been selected for this year’s Joy Bangla Youth Award. This year 50 organizations and platforms under 10 categories have been selected for the award. The selection was made on 27th October 2018 of the two-day Joy Bangla Youth Award ceremony at Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute, Savar. The name of the top 30 organizations will be announced later.

 

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7th Gyantapas Abdur Razzak Lecture on “The Social Responsibilities of the Intellectual” held at Bangla Academy

Issue 14, Volume 04

Rajesh, Dhaka 3 November 2018

“95 percent of students in Bangladesh share no connection with books… The students are  simply not interested to read” — Eminent short story writer Professor  Hasan Azizul Haque

Professor Hasan Azizul Haque, an eminent short story writer of Bengali literature, delivered a public lecture on “The Social Responsibilities of the Intellectual” organised by Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation on 27th October 2018 at Abdul Karim Shahitya Bisharod Auditorium of Bangla Academy.

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Seminar on Introduction to Citation Management Software: Mendeley at East West University Library

Issue 13, Volume 04

Shaharima Parvin, Assistant Librarian, East West University
26 October 2018

East West University Library organized a seminar on “Introduction to Citation Management Software: Mendeley” on 22 October 2018 (Monday) from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in S. M. Nousher Ali Lecture Gallery (Room-126), East West University.

Mendeley is a free cross-platform reference manager, as well as a data repository, career database, and social network that supports millions of researchers across all stages of the research workflow.

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A significant contribution of Dr Md. Anwarul Islam and the new journey of South Asia (SA) Chapter of (ASIS&T)

Issue 13, Volume 04

Prodip Roy, Editor, The Librarian Times

28 October 2018

Dr Md. Anwarul Islam, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka is going to attend 81st Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) annual meeting (AM) to present a paper. Under the theme ‘Building and sustaining an ethical future with emerging technology’, this year the information science world unites in Vancouver from 10 to 14th November 2018. The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) has a rich history of providing the “latest and greatest” developments; together, we can find solutions, and make a difference in our workplace and through research.

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