Recognising the need, the National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) ICSSR, New Delhi and Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP), Bhopal, have jointly organised a four-day national training workshop on ‘library and Information Centres: Changing Scenario in the Modern Information Society’ from Monday at CRISP, Shyamla Hills. The participants of this workshop are professionals working in library and information centres in various institutions in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Chennai.
The speakers informed about increasing complexity in Business and Industry, Science and Technology, demand speedy location and identification of information. Communication of the right information, to right reader, at right time, through various methods and media has ever remained the cherished goal of library services, all over the world. Today, the key technology is information technology, which is being adopted by library & Information Centres, library professionals are hence required to be made aware about the changing scenario and become well-versed with the technology & concepts in order to provide effective services.
Shrikant Bansal, Chief Operating Officer, inaugurated the training workshop, he emphasised on the importance of Information Technology for the Information hungry Society, in today’s scenario. Ranjan Kumar, Chief Project Officer, shared his experiences of using libraries with the participants and emphasised on its importance too. Utpala Richharia. AGM briefed the guests and the participants about the 4-day programme. She also thanked the ICSSR- NASSDOC for sponsoring the programme.
She also informed that this was the 11th workshops being organised by CRISP in since 1999. Alok Dewangan, Assistant Manager, thanked the Chief Guest, the participants and also others, who attended the programme.