The librarians need to update their knowledge on Information Science as new technology has changed the present generation’s reading habit from book to internet, opined KIIT University Vice-Chancellor Prof PP Mathur while inaugurating the two-day 2nd librarians’ Development Programme (lDP) in the university campus here on Friday.
A workshop on ‘New Age librarianship: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities’ was organised on the occasion.KIIT Registrar Dr Sasmita Samanta, Dr Anil Kumar from IIM Ahmadabad and ClC chairman Prof AK Rath viewed that the library and Information Science plays a vital role in facilitating innovation and research. Hence, the libraries should be equipped with modern facilities, they said.
Over 150 library professionals, including JNU’s Dr Ramesh Chandra Gaur and Puducherry University’s Dr R Samyukta, participated in the programme. The inaugural issue of KIIT Journal of library and Information Management was released on the occasion.