The present work “Information Landscapes : A
Scenario” is a festschrift volume in honour of Dr. PSG Kumar on his 71st
Birthday.
A
festschrift volume committee has been formed with Dr. K B Kale University
Librarian as Chairman and Dr.ShaliniLihitkar, Asstt. Professor, DLIS, RTM
Nagpur University as convener; and
several of his students, friends and admirers as members.
Dr.
PSG Kumar — a savant of librarianship; a scintillating star on the library
firmament; a diadem of LIS education; a dynamic personality all along needs no
introduction. (However a brief note on his life and work is added in the book).
There
are in all 31 contributions in this volume by diverse hands on Automation
Softwares, Consortia, Content Analysis, Content Creation, Cyber Society,
Database Creation, Digital Libraries, Digital Repositories, E-Resources,
E-Governance, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom, Institutional Repositories,
Knowledge Audit, Online Reference Management, Open Access, Open Source
Softwares, Public Libraries, Research, Scholarly Communication, Social Networking,
TQM, Web Based Services, Cloud Computing, Writing Material, etc.
It
would only be fair to say that this work covers latest trends changing
landscapes of library & information science.
Dr. (Mrs) Shalini R. Lihitkar is
presently working as Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) and Head in DLISc,
Rastrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur. A gold medallist from
Nagpur University she has been in LIS Profession Since 2002. She has also
worked as Lecturer in DLISc, Shivaji Univeristy, Kolhapur from 2002-2003. She
has experience of teaching and guiding for UGC NET/SET, P.O. and other
competitive examinations. She has more than 170 papers and seven books to her
credit.
She
has completed Information Literacy Project with UNESCO and SALIS as a member.
She is Principal Investigator of UGC-
Minor Research Project of DLISc, RTMNU, Nagpur, columnist and member in
production committee of “MahitiYug” (Quarterly Journal published by Foundation
of Dr. P.S.G. Kumar) 2005-2009. She is Chairperson of the admission committee
of DLISc, RTMNU since 2009, Subject Examination Committee member for RRC and
also a member of Special Task Committee, Board of Studies in LISc, RTMNU,
Nagpur. She has presented papers at international conferences in Malaysia,
Thailand, Muscat, Hong Kong and Russia. She has been awarded Best Paper
Presentation Award at International Conference in Malaysia. She has organized three national workshops,
one national conference and two UGC-Refresher courses in library and
information science. She has also edited 5 national conference proceedings and
compiled various course materials for the benefit of LIS professionals as well
as for the students.
She
is an Editorial member of interdisciplinary research journal of LIS and KLA
Bulletin. She is an expert member in Definitional Glossary of LISc, project of
Ministry of Scientific and Technical Terminology, Government of India. She has been invited as a resource person in
orientation courses, refresher courses and seminars at various universities.
She is a recognized research supervisor in LIS of RTM,Nagpur University, Nagpur
and S.G.B. Amravati University, Amravati. She is a life member of professional
associations’ viz. DLA, ILA, IATLIS, IASLIC,DLISAA, SALIS, CGLA and VLA.
