Workshop on KOHA

Kerala Library Association Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) announces a Two Day Workshop on KOHA, the Open Source Library Management Software, on November 8 and 9, 2014. The programme will be held at the KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), on the premises of KLA Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram.

Who can participate: Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS.

Venue: Room No. 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695 002.

Date & Time:  November 8 & 9, 2014; 9.30 am to 5.00 pm

Resource Person: Shri Vimal Kumar (Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala)

Training mode: Demonstration and Hands on sessions

Course Fee: Rs 1000/- (includes study kit+software CD/DVD, working lunch, tea and snacks)

Number of seats: 10 (Ten) only

Registration: On first come first served mode.

Online Registration:  Click here

Last date for registration: 5/11/2014

For more details please visit http://wp.me/p26wSV-qn

One day Workshop on Managing Literature for Scholarly Writing at KLA – Centre for Professional Development on 13 July 2014

Kerala Library Association Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) is organizing a one day Workshop on Managing Literature for Scholarly Writing.

About the workshop

This workshop will empower the researcher to systemically identify, capture, organize, and use the scholarly literature. The researchers also will be able to learn how to manage the numerous PDF files they already have in a proper way and how to add notes and annotations to them. Further it will also provide insights about how to use its bibliographical information to generate the references / citations and to insert them in MSWord / Open Office during the paper / theses writing process in the required citation style.

 Workshop Components:

- Installation and customization of reference software Zotero.

- Capturing and organizing references/citations and full text.

- Managing literature including notes and annotations

- Referencing / citation – styles

- Integration with Word Processor for citing and generating bibliography

- Data backup and restore

 Resource persons:

The resource persons include academicians and eminent information professionals who have made a mark in the field of information search
and handling reference management softwares.

Who should attend?

Research scholars of all disciplines, students pursuing MPhil / post Master’s programmes, Professionals working in Academic Libraries, R & D Libraries, Academicians of all disciplines, ICT Professionals in Academic and R&D Institutions.

Date and Venue

The workshop would be conducted at the KLA – Centre for Professional
Development, No. 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana,
Thiruvananthapuram. The date and time is 13 July 2014 from 09.00am to
12.30pm. & 1.30 pm to 5.00pm. (Two batches)

Registration

Registration fee is Rs. 250/- per participant. This entitles the
participant for the workshop kit [including software CD-ROM], and
refreshments.

How to apply?

Candidates interested to participate should apply online.

Visit, http://klaweblog.wordpress.com to apply online.

Demand draft for Rs. 250/- drawn in favour of Kerala Library
Association payable at Thiruvananthapuram should be sent to the
address: V. Sriram, (Treasurer, KLA, DBRA-80, Cliff House Road,
Kowdiar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – 695003 so as to reach us on or
before 5 July 2014.


For details visit: http://klaweblog.wordpress.com

KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), Trivandrum, offers 2 Day Training on WordPress on May 10 &11, 2014

KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD) announces a two day training programme on WordPress , a free and open source blogging tool and a Content Management System (CMS), on May 10 and 11, 2014. The programme will be held at the newly inaugurated training facility of Kerala Library Association, the KLA Centre for Professional Development (KLA-CPD), on the premises of KLA Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram.

Who can participate: Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS.

 

Venue: 36, 2nd Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram-695 002.

Date & Time:  May 10 & 11, 2014; 9.30 am to 5.00 pm

Resource Persons: Experts on WordPress

 

Training mode: Demonstration and Hands on sessions

 

Course Fee: Rs 1000/- (includes study kit, working lunch, tea and snacks)

Number of seats: 10 (Ten) only. (Registration will be closed immediately after the confirmation of required number of participants).

 

Registration: On first come first served mode.

Online Registration: Click here

Last date for registration: 02/05/2014

 

Registration fee must be paid as Demand Draft, drawn in favour of Kerala Library Association, payable at Thiruvananthapuram and send to the following address.

Sriram V.
Treasurer, KLA &                                                                                                                                                                                                        Chief Librarian
K. N. Raj Library
Centre for Development Studies
PrasanthNagar, Ulloor
Trivandrum- 695 011 Mob: 09447251892 Email: vsrirams@gmail.com

Registration will be confirmed only after the receipt of the prescribed fee.

All communications will be primarily through e-mail.

Guidance for accommodation is given on demand.

For more details:

Shri N. Parameswaran / Shri N. Sukumaran Nair, 

Coordinators, KLA-CPD
Mob:09387822201/09447213155 (npwaran49@yahoo.co.in/sukukla@yahoo.com)

OR

Dr A. Gopikuttan, President, KLA, Mob: 09446428163 (agopikuttan@yahoo.co.in)

Dr M. Lalitha, General Secretary, KLA, Mob: 09495122282 (maashu1@gmail.com)