Chronology of Library and Information Science Related Events in Assam

[Dr. Badan Barman]

All Library and Information Science Professionals are requested to contribute towards this page. The aim of this page is to create the chronology of events in the field of Library and Information Science in Assam. An attempt will be made to record these events in the form of a Souvenir with due credit to all the contributors.

2008: Badan Barman, the Research Scholar of Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University designed and developed Library and Information Science Links (LIS Links), a social networking platform for Library and Information Science professionals in India. The network can be accessed at http://www.lislinks.com

2011: Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University started one year Diploma in Library and Information Science (DLIS) programme for those who have the entry qualification of Class XII. The medium of the programme is English and it is on offer through 6 study centres located in different districts of Assam.

2011: The Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University sponsored a minor research project to Dr. Badan Barman for designing and developing a platform to access Open Access Journals. As part of the project Dr. Barman designed and developed Open Access Journals Search Engine, which is available at http://www.oajse.com

2014: Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University sponsored a major research project to Dr. Arupjyoti Choudhury, Dr. Badan Barman and Dr. Ankuran Dutta. As part of the project they designed and develop KKHSOU Knowledge Hub (http://www.kkhsouknowledgehub.in). Note: This website will be formally launched in the last part of 2014.

[Dr. N K Pachauri]

nice,  keep it up.................

[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]

Dear Dr. Barman,

As I can recall, a Training Course was conducted at NIC Gauhati by ICMR-NIC Centre for Biomedical Information in 1986 probably (or it may be 1987!!). It was, as I can recall, held during Mansoon days, probably in August ( My train was late for around 10 hours!!) and one Mr. Goswamy of was the local organizer. Among others two local professionals namely, Dr. Borah , the then Dy. Librarian of Assam Agricultural University and Prema Kanwar of Regional Medical Research Centre Dibrugarh were participants. Dr. Borah, as I presume might have retired by now but Mr. Prema Kanwar is still in Service and details of the Training (exact date etc.) can be available with him. Since I have switched over to completely another domain of Librarianship more than a decade & a half, I have misplaced the certificate!!

Sincerely,

Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta