ACTIVITIES/EVENTS-2002 – 2003

USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LIBRARIES

• A 10 days workshop was conducted in January 2002, 30 Working Librarians participated, was highly appreciated and reported in Daily News papers.

• NATIONAL CURRICULUM REVISION COMMITTEE FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, UGC FINAL MEETING WAS HELD.

• Courses of Studies for B.A., BLIS, and MLIS were revised and published. IT proposed that all the universities would implement the courses and work for uniformity, dignity and quality education. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Nasim Fatima

• EXTENSION LECTURES  DELIVERED

• Extension Lectures were conducted by M. K. Sherwani in 2003.Zubaida Mustafa, Editor, Dawn,

• Dr. Manzoor Ahmad, Ubaidullah Baig, and Munira Nasreen Ansari were the speakers.

visits

Four Study Tours of 16 Libraries of Karachi, Sindh, Balochistan were conducted for students of MLIS in different subjects guided by the Chairperson, Students Advisor, and concerned teachers.

Professor M.K. Sherwani visited Germany, visit  was sponsored by Goethe Institute.

Department of Library and Information Science and Archival Studies University of Sindh along with Sindh University Library staff visited the department . an introductory lecture was delivered by the chairperson and ended with a lunch.

AWARDS

Dr. Nasim Fatima presented a paper on New Trends of Children Library in Information in seminar on “ role of Public Library in an Information Society” in Defence Central Public Library.DCL presented her a shield in commemoration of

11 th Anniversary of Defense Central Public Library, 2002.

NOMINATIONS

Vice Chancellor, on the proposal of the Dean  Faculty of Arts, appointed Dr. Nasim Fatima as member of “Research Proposals Evaluation Committee 2003 .

Dr. Nasim Fatima was nominated as Editor of Pak – LIS News. http://www.geocities.com/plag.pk/news.htm first Library news letter on the web,2002 to date Web news letter is included in the Internet Public Library Website

Dr. Nasim Fatima was nominated by the vice Chancellor on Library Committee of dr. Mahmud  Hussein Library in 2003.

publications

· DOLIS NEWS

Department of Library and Information Science , University of Karachi published it's first news letter .Patronized by Prof.Dr.Nasim Fatima and edited by Mr. Farhat  Husain in 2001.

• News Paper Offices Libraries

Mr. Farhat Hussain, Assistant Professor, submitted a research report on ‘News Paper Offices Libraries”.  to Faculty of Arts, which was approved by the Research Proposal Committee of Arts Faculty and later abstracted and published in Pakistan Library Bulletin.

· Problem in Library Education in B.A

Huma Mannan Butt presented a research report on  ‘Problems of Library Education in B,A.

In2002 under the supervision of Dr. Nasim Fatima was published in 2003.

· LIBRARY PROMOTION BUREAU

                        A case study by Hina Naz was approved as research report and was published in2003

· Library and Information Science Research in Pakistani Universities, 2003

http://www.geocities.com/thesisinpakistan/index.htm by dr. Nasim Fatima and Khalid Mahmood, the first research database  on the web is included in UNESCO LINKS Portal.

· library automation services

Ms. Rafat Perween ‘s article Published in Pakistan Library Bulletin June 2003.

· Public library net work in pakistan( E ditorial)

Dr. Nasim Fatima's editorial in Pak-Lis News April,2003 was published on the web

 

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