DIRECTOR’S REPORT

2019-2020

delnet DEVELOPING LIBRARY NETWORK JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070, India

I INTRODUCTION DELNET’s contribution to libraries and information centres, library professionals and millions of students, teachers and other general users during the last 28 years gives us satisfaction on one hand, and on the other, is a challenge for us to serve better all libraries, LIS professionals and general users in the country in the coming years. Every day new content is evolving and each day library users become curious to know about new developments that are growing in their fields of study. In each member institution of DELNET library committee members and other experts deliberate upon which books to purchase, and which journals to subscribe. This makes DELNET union catalogues and union lists very special in scope and size. With the proliferation of information, selection of quality content is becoming a major issue in the world. We are making serious efforts within our financial limitations to provide access to selected content through this shared network. The DELNET guest house is used by the heads and faculty of our member institutions periodically to conduct meetings, seminars, workshops and for staying purposes. The people concerned approve of the facilities and wish to use the guest house time and again in future. II MEMBERSHIP The institutions that are members of DELNET belong to various disciplines including Science and Technology, Engineering, Management, Social Science, Humanities, Arts & Science, Medicine and Pharmacy among other subjects. We have several academic institutions including universities and colleges that are members of DELNET. There is a regular increase in membership in these disciplines. We are indeed pleased to note that arts and science colleges have also started joining DELNET and availing of its services. Our membership drive during the year continued in its modest way by writing to new institutions and arranging DELNET demonstrations in some of them. We have also arranged workshops and lectures for academic staff and students of some institutions as our objective is to serve LIS staff and through them their library users including students, teachers, scholars, researchers and the public with quality information resources and services. I am glad to inform you that 476 institutions joined DELNET during 2019-20, out of which 356 were new libraries and 120 rejoined DELNET to avail of its services. The increase in membership has been from almost all states. The states from where the number has been more include Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. We notice that academic libraries including those in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy, Arts and Science Colleges were greater in number among the new members that joined DELNET in 2019-20. The detailed breakup of DELNET membership is given in Appendix I.

3 III FINANCE Within its limited finance generated through annual membership fees DELNET has been managing its operations without increasing its annual membership fee since 1999. We do not seek any external funding and hope that our membership base expands so as to serve many libraries and their users. While our information resources have increased multifold, we hope that all libraries will continue to use DELNET for offering better services to their users. The details of income and expenditure for 2018-19 are given in the audited statements of accounts. The auditing of accounts was done by M/s S.S. Kothari Mehta & Co. I may mention that as per the government’s directive, GST audit has become essential. As such, GST audit was also conducted by M/s S.S. Kothari Mehta & Co. The property tax for 2019 was paid to the MCD. IV DELNET BUILDING The DELNET Hostel Block (Guest House) is fully functional now and is used extensively by the member-institutions and those recommended by them for organising seminars, conferences, official meetings and for staying purposes. Both the Admin Block and the Hostel Block are maintained very well. Some of the institutions who have availed of the Guest House facilities for organising meetings, workshops, conference and staying purposes, during the year includes AIIMS New Delhi; Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar; Central University of Odisha, Koraput; Central University of Punjab, Bathinda; Central University of South Bihar, Gaya; IIM Bodh Gaya; IIM Indore; IIM Jammu; IIM Shilong; IIM Visakhapatnam; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, NIEPA New Delhi and many others. The details about the guest house tariff for various facilities is mentioned in Appendix II. V NETWORK OPERATIONS 5.1 Online Services DELNET’s online services are operational 24/7. The features of the new discovery portal of DELNET continue to give access to DELNET resources in a well organised manner. The access is mostly IP-based as well as through login and password for remote access. Features such as Date of Expiry of Membership, Usage Statistics, ILL Book Status, etc. in the discovery portal are found useful by members. In order to support online services with the facility of having parallel systems, we have upgraded the hardware infrastructure. This will also safeguard some of the data security concerns of DELNET’s online resources. 5.2 Internet Leased-Line with NIC The 2 Mbps Internet Leased-Line (MTNL) with NIC is working well.

4 5.3 Knowledge Gainer Portal The Knowledge Gainer Portal was launched this year. It offers access to full- text E-books, E-journals, E-articles, Institutional Repositories, etc. which are more than 90 lakhs in number and this number is increasing steadily on a daily basis. The resources in this portal cover various subjects including Engineering & Technology, Management, Medicine, Pharmacy, Social Science, Humanities, Arts & Science, etc. for Graduate and Postgraduate students, researchers and teachers. VI INTER-LIBRARY LOAN (ILL) AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES (DDS) Resource sharing among libraries is the main objective of DELNET. As such Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery Service (DDS) have become the two main processes to accomplish this objective. Millions of students and teachers in our member institutions have access to the vast resources DELNET offers for research and reference. During the last year there has been a continuous use made of the resource sharing facilities of DELNET. It has been observed that proactive librarians borrow more publications through DELNET than the others. In order to make LIS professionals increasingly conversant with DELNET resources and services we organise almost every month workshops for them in different parts of India. These workshops help to promote the technical know-how among LIS professionals. The ILL staff and the Network Manager also locate resources needed by member-libraries which are not listed in our union catalogues and union lists. DELNET Coordination Units in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune have helped in ILL/DDS work in their respective regions and also coordinated well with DELNET ILL staff at New Delhi. VII COORDINATION UNITS The Coordination Units which function in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune have regularly offered hand-holding services to member-libraries, offering support for ILL/DDS, collecting catalogue data and also contacting non-member libraries for membership. These units have been well managed by Mr. O. N. Safapuri in Bengaluru, Dr. S. S. Murthy in Hyderabad and Dr. Neela J. Deshpande in Pune. The staff working in these units also conduct orientation programmes from time to time. DELNET has developed a centralised online portal for the DELNET Coordination Units which enable them to check the membership renewal status, centralised registering for new membership enquiries, other specific requests received from the institutions in the regions, etc. It also helps in strengthing the communication between DELNET, New Delhi and the respective units and also with the member-institutions of the region. The portal has been made operational.

5 VIII UNION CATALOGUES AND DATABASES There has been a regular increase in the union catalogues and union lists that are accessible through the discovery portal of DELNET. About three crore and twenty- five lakh records are available for use by library staff, students, teachers, faculty, researchers and scholars of member-libraries. In addition to the union catalogues and union lists, we have been offering access to E-books, E-journals, journal articles, theses and dissertations among other resources. The union catalogues and union lists are updated on a regular basis. The growth of these catalogue resources depends on how soon member-libraries catalogue their new additions in their libraries and how fast they send them to DELNET for merging purposes. I would like to mention that librarians of member-libraries should regularly send catalogued records so as to make the union catalogues of DELNET more up-to-date and more useful for themselves and for other member-libraries. In the event of any loss of data in a member-library the member- library can retrieve its data from DELNET if the updated data was sent to DELNET. The DELNET portal also serves as a Web OPAC for their own library collections. The more they share the catalogue data, the more updated would be their library resources represented in DELNET’s discovery portal. The following are the union catalogues and databases that are regularly updated by DELNET: 1. Union Catalogue of Books 2. Union Catalogue of Periodicals 3. Union List of Current Periodicals 4. Articles Database 5. E-books Database 6. CD-ROM Database 7. Union List of Video Recordings 8. Union List of Sound Recordings 9. Database of Theses and Dissertations IX OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES DELNET provides access to full-text content of books and journals through its discovery portal. DELNET has also been updating full-text online resources on the following subjects during the year: E-books (Full-Text) E-books : Read and Download Them Online Full-Text Medical Books E-journals (Full-Text) Agriculture Science Architecture

6 Arts, Commerce and Science Dental Education Engineering and Technology Hotel Management Law Library and Information Technology Management Medical Science Nursing Pharmacy Theses and Dissertations Global Full-Text Theses and Dissertations Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Other Online Databases MEDLINE and Other Databases of NLM US Patents : Full-Text Cambridge Dictionary Online ODLIS : Online Dictionary for Lib & Inf. Science LANGUAGE LEARNING PORTAL DELNET has recently given a link to BBC’s Language Learning Portal as an helping aid to students to learn English and other foreign languages both for improving their spoken and writing skills. MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE BOOKS DELNET has also introduced access to full-text manuscripts and rare books. This was demanded especially by the NAAC approved institutions. X NATIONAL INITIATIVES 10.1 National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN-2019) The 22nd National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking – NACLIN 2019 was organised by DELNET at Hotel Shourya Garh Resort, Udaipur from September 18-20, 2019 on the theme ‘Emerging Innovations, Trends and Technologies for Libraries of the Future”. It was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. T.D. Tilwani, Former Head, DLISc, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. The Guest of Honour was Dr. (Prof.) A.P. Gupta, Principal & Controller, Pacific Medical College

7 & Hospital (PMCH), Udaipur. The welcome address was jointly delivered by Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, Organising Secretary, NACLIN 2019 and Network Manager, DELNET and Shri R. S. Deora, Convener, Local Organising Committee, NACLIN 2019 and Chief Librarian, Pacific Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur. Prof. A. P. Gupta, Principal & Controller, PMCH, Udaipur delivered the Guest of Honour address. He applauded the efforts of DELNET to organise the convention in the city of Udaipur. He also spoke about the changing paradigms of the users’ information-seeking behaviour and the role played by DELNET in bringing together the scattered resources. It was followed by the release of the conference proceedings containing 21 papers contributed to the convention and the Souvenir. The message received from the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi for the conference and published in the Souvenir was read. The inaugural address was delivered by Dr. T.D. Tilwani. He spoke about the role of libraries and their growing relevance in the time of information explosion. He also emphasised the need for manpower training in libraries and appreciated the pivotal role being played by DELNET. Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET in his presidential address said that information was growing at an alarming rate and to manage information resources for acquisition, processing, dissemination and archiving, LIS professionals needed newer technologies for identifying quality content and for offering better services. In this regard he felt that training of library staff for using new technologies and for discovering new knowledge was essential. He added that the content evaluation processes of what was being published on the Web had to begin at the institutional level. This needed the cooperation of LIS professionals, ICT experts, subject and language experts among others. Dr. Kaul observed that the digital discovery was also being achieved regularly in some select libraries in the world by using several filtering and related technologies for identifying new content. He affirmed that what we should be concerned about is the safety and misuse of content. He said that DELNET has been organising training programmes for library staff and users in cyber security as the misuse of cyber space was growing and students in educational institutions were not familiar with safeguarding themselves from cyber bullying or other forms of cyber attacks. He added that librarians needed to know how to identify and weed out fake content which was being manufactured using bots or individuals who worked on paid assignment to do such jobs. He referred to the use of various technologies in libraries of the world including the drones, robots, etc. But according to him these technologies needed to be tested to be relevant in the Indian environment. He added that we read about establishing coding clubs in the West for children and the general public. He felt that coding clubs should be established for librarians and library staff as well. Dr. Kaul noted that librarians needed to take a proactive role in solving the information needs of their users. The first tutorials on ‘Library Innovative Practices for User Engagement” was conducted by Mr. Giridhar M. Kunkur, Librarian, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan. Mr. Kunkur stated that owing to significant changes in

8 education, the expectations of present-day users, particularly in libraries, had changed including their perception on using libraries for learning, accessing, collaborating, interacting and innovating in order to gain sufficient knowledge and experience. He added that the aesthetically designed and flexible spaces undoubtedly excite the modern- day users in libraries. He spoke at length about BITS Pilani Library initiatives including the sessions organised by the library, e.g. “The things that make me happy in the library”, “Creating inspiring spaces in the library”, “Mind mapping of the library”, etc. He dwelt in detail on the work done in transforming dormant spaces into vibrant spaces, Effective Group Discussion Room, Research Zone, Innovation Zone-cum-Maker Space, Creation of E-Zones in the library, etc. He discussed the various activities being undertaken by the library for engaging library users through the online library portal, through communication panels, etc. Also, he spoke about the InfoBITS mobile app developed for connecting library users. The second tutorial on “Mendeley : The Open Source Reference Management Application” was conducted by Dr. Manorama Tripathi, University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She apprised the delegates about the Mendeley software which is a most popular open source software for reference management and has an immediate relevance for researchers and scholars. She outlined the various features of the software, e.g. creating folders, creating watch folders, adding tags, keyword searching, generation of citations and bibliographies, importing references from online databases, google scholar, etc. She highlighted the features where the collaborations could be explored with other researchers, etc. A visit was made to the Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal Museum, Udaipur where a cultural evening was organised. It was followed by a visit to the Folklore Museum displaying the vast cultural heritage of Rajasthan. The delegates enjoyed their dinner at Hotel Ram Pratap Palace, that had an enchanting Lakeview. On the second day, the first Technical Session was devoted to “Digital Technologies in Libraries”. The session was chaired by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Former Professor & Head, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru. The Rapporteur of the session was Dr. Saiyed Faheem Ali, Librarian, Singhania Law College, Udaipur. The first keynote paper entitled “Research Data Management (RDM) : Role of Library & Information Science Professionals” was presented by Dr. A.R.D. Prasad. He focused on the importance of RDM as it increases individual and institutional reputation as the data can be cited. Funding agencies can support more innovative projects, etc. He also alluded to the RDM rules—all the data generated by the government should be made available on gov.in. He added that we do not train the LIS professionals on how to handle research data and reiterated the need to create an awareness about RDM. RDM includes creating/gathering, using open standards for data, describing (metadata), classifying (metadata). Dr. Prasad dealt with digital curation, a major task for RDM. The stakeholders in RDM, the role of LIS professionals was also touched upon. Facilitating

9 data reusability and managing a data collection were the other concerns. The workflow of RDM was also covered. The domain-specific data curation strategies including domain-specific file formats, domain-specific metadata and ontologies were further discussed. Another keynote paper entitled “Social Network Analytics and Big Scholarly Data” was delivered by Dr. Yogendra Singh, Chief Librarian, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun. He said that Big Scholarly Data (BSD), refers to millions of scholarly records available today owing to tremendous changes in the scholarly communications cycle. He gave a detailed analysis of BSD which includes E-books, articles, reports, standards, abstracting and indexing databases. The second technical session was on “Innovative Library Services”. It was chaired by Dr. Alka Suri, Scientist ‘G’ & Director, DESIDOC, DRDO, New Delhi and co-chaired by Mr. Sanjay K. Bihani, Library & Information Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, Patiala House, New Delhi and chair Dr. Alka Suri. The Rapporteur of the Session was Mrs. Manju Kant, Library Consultant, AICTE, New Delhi. The keynote paper entitled “Looking at Modern LIS Marketing Mantra Through Rangnathan’s Lenses” was delivered by Dr. Dinesh K. Gupta, Professor of Library & Information Science, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, Rajasthan. It was followed by the presentation of a paper entitled “Expanding the Library Role from Responder to Initiator and Partner Through Innovative Library Services : A Case Study of ICAT, ARDE, Pune” by Mr. A.K. Pandey, Scientist ‘D’ & Head, ICAT, Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), DRDO, Pune co-authored with Ms. Seema Tare, Technical Officer ‘D’, Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), DRDO, Pune; Mr. P.R. Kamble, Technical Officer ‘C’, Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), DRDO, Pune and Dr. B.B. Padhy, Scientist F, Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), DRDO, Pune. The third Technical Session was devoted to the “Libraries of the Future”. The session was chaired by Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science and Professor Incharge, Bhai Kahn Singh, Nabha Library, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. The keynote paper entitled “Functions of Future Libraries : Perspectives and Preparations” was presented by Dr. Vivek N. Patkar, Independent Researcher, Mumbai. He observed that the library had to act as a “Data Observatory” or “Information Observatory”. He highlighted the growing roles of LIS professionals in the new era including in digital assets management and digital heritage conservation. The Technical Session IV was devoted to “Plagiarism and Cyber Security”. The session was chaired by Dr. Debal C. Kar, University Librarian, Ambedkar University Delhi and Past President, SLA-Asian Chapter, SLA Fellow. The Rapporteur of the technical session was Mr. Rajesh Pandey, Deputy Librarian, Kamala Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The first keynote paper of the session on “Promoting Academic Integrity and Combating Plagiarism: Role of LIS Professionals” was delivered by Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, DELNET. He focused on various types of plagiarism in practice and the main causes that gave rise to plagiarised

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Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC), DRDO, Delhi. The authors reported that DESIDOC had successfully implemented the cloud-based online digital library platform which is equipped with the latest features. The paper entitled “Enhancing the Knowledge Management Framework of DRDO : DESIDOC Initiative” was presented by Mr. Tapesh Sinha, Scientist ‘E’, DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi, co-authored with Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Technical Officer ‘C’, DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi; Mr. Yogesh Modi, Scientist ‘D’, DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi and Dr. Alka Suri, Scientist ‘G’ & Director, DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi. The Technical Session VI was devoted to the “Users’ Satisfaction and Assessments”. The session was chaired by Dr. P.R. Goswami, Former Director (Library and Information), IGNCA & CSL, Government of India, New Delhi. The Rapporteur of the session was Mrs. Sushma Zutshi, Librarian, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. The papers in this session included “User Satisfaction of Library Resources and Services of the Prisoners in Maharashtra Central Jails” by Dr. Sunanda Sharad Phulari, Librarian, JSPM’s Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra. “Assessment of Services Rendered by the Central Library, JECRC University, Jaipur” was presented by Ms. Kamlesh Maharwal, Librarian, JECRC Foundation, Jaipur co- authored with Mrs. Nirmala Saini, Assistant Librarian, JECRC University, Jaipur and Dr. Richa Tripathi, University Librarian & Associate Professor, JECRC University, Jaipur. The paper entitled “Users’ Satisfaction with Library Resources and Services: A Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram Wardha” was presented by Mrs. Vaishali Kamble, Assistant Librarian, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Library, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, co-authored with Prof. (Dr.) Smita Singh, Officer In-Charge, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Library, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha. The paper entitled “Usage of Social Media Among Users of Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar” was presented by Dr. Rajinder Kumar, Assistant Librarian, Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. It was followed by the Poster Presentation Session. The session was chaired by Dr. (Mrs.) Neela J. Deshpande, Former Professor & Head, DLISc, Savitribai Phule Pune University & Consultant, DELNET Coordination Unit, Pune. The dinner was organised at Hotel Lalit Laxmi Vilas Palace where the delegates enjoyed the evening. On the third day, the Technical Session VII was devoted to “Public Libraries and Community Engagement”. The session was chaired by Dr. Manas Ranjan Mahapatra, Editor, NCCL, National Book Trust, New Delhi. The Rapporteur of the session was Mrs. Ranjana, Network Assistant, DELNET, New Delhi. The first keynote paper entitled “Public Libraries in India and their Community Engagement Programme : A Discussion” was delivered by Dr. P.R. Goswami. He gave a detailed overview of public libraries in India with specific recommendations. He said that a well-designed framework for new services and programme with outcome statements needed to be prepared. He also

12 referred to public libraries run by NGOs. He defined the role of RRRLF and said that consultations with stakeholders should be undertaken by RRRLF. The second keynote paper of the session entitled “Preserving Cultural Traditions at Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur: Some Insights” was delivered by Dr. Laique Hussain, Director, Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur. The paper entitled “The Role of Public Libraries in Promoting Reading Habits Among Children in India: A Case Study of NCCL Library- Cum-Documentation Centre” was presented by Mr. Aamir Jilani, Library Assistant, NCCL, New Delhi of the National Book Trust, New Delhi which was co-authored with Dr. Manas Ranjan Mahapatra. The last paper of the session was presented on ‘Reading Habits of the Users of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute Culture General Library, Golpark (A Public Library in South Kolkata): A Case Study” by Dr. Lopita Mukherjee, Librarian, St John’s Diocesan Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Kolkata, West Bengal. The last Technical Session VIII of the day was devoted to the “Human Resource Management and LIS Education”. The session was chaired by Dr. (Mrs.) Neela J. Deshpande. The keynote paper entitled “Media and Information Literacy for Transforming LIS Education and Managing Human Resource Development” was delivered by Dr. Jagtar Singh. He gave a detailed overview of media and information literacy. He said that all was not well with LIS education, research and training. There was radical transformation needed and continuous financial support was necessary. He added that there was no concept of manpower planning while there could be tremendous potential in this sector. Papers were also presented on “Do Students Understand Information Literacy in the Digital Era? : Role of Libraries and Librarians to Prepare College Students for the Future” by Dr. Vinita Jain, Librarian, Maharshi Dayanand College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The paper entitled “ICT Skills Among LIS Professionals in Assam: A Study” was presented by Mr. Dulumani Sarma, Librarian, Habraghat College, Krishnai, Goalpara, Assam co-authored with Mr. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Librarian, Digboi College, Digboi, Tinsukia, Assam. It was followed by the presentation on “DELNET – Networking Libraries, Spreading Knowledge” by Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET and “DELNET Best Practices in Libraries Award”. The session was chaired by Dr. P.K. Jain, Librarian, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and Past President, SLA, Asian Chapter and Co-chaired by Mr. Pavan Sharma, Librarian, Yashaswi Education Society’s International Institute of Management Science, Pune. The Rapporteur of the session was Mr. S.A. Muthu Baarathi, Librarian, NIFT-Tea College of Knitwear Fashion, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. The Panel discussion on the theme of the Conference “Emerging Innovations, Trends and Technologies for Libraries of the Future” was organised after the technical session. It was chaired by Dr. H.K. Kaul. The panelists were Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Dr. P. R. Goswami, Dr. Jagtar Singh, Dr. Yogendra Singh and Mr. Deep Singh. The panelists deliberated on the conference theme and there was a lively participation of the delegates.

13 The various recommendations emerged out of the panel discussion. Dr. Prasad advocated the use of mobile apps in promoting library services. Dr. Jagtar Singh stressed the use of social media and learning of the emerging technologies. He referred to the emerging trends like Big Data and use of networked resources by libraries. He maintained that users’ studies should be conducted in order to know the present and future needs of users. He also advocated the use of content from reliable sources and the use of mobile phones for accessing quality content. Dr. Yogendra Singh referred to the information overload and said that better tools needed to be used for information consolidation and selection. He felt that 95 per cent content to be used should be cited as content. He recommended the use of computing technologies and cloud servers, and stressed that the sharing of library resources should be promoted. Dr. Goswami felt that the public library legislations in India had failed in promoting better public libraries. He felt that the Ministry of Culture and RRRLF should liase with state governments for improving public library services. He suggested the use of expert systems and identifying policy indicators for promoting library services. Mr. Deep Singh affirmed that students should be trained in the use of Web resources and libraries should make optimal use of spaces and time available with them. Dr. Kaul gave on overview of the emerging trends and technologies and observed that library professionals should continue to offer better services to users. Dr. Alka Suri suggested offering library services to the general public through a portal. She felt that user engagement was essential and resources should be pooled to offer better services. Dr. Charu Prakash said that public participation in the improvement of libraries should be encouraged. Mr. A.K. Pandey noted that librarians should add value to content and the services while Dr. P.S. Rajput mentioned that LIS professionals and library users should be made aware of the emerging technologies. In the Valedictory Session, a book (memoirs) authored by Mr. S.A. Muthu Baarathi who had participated in NACLIN 2018 at Visakhapatnam entitled Borra Caves : The Mystery of Visakhapatnam was released. The book contains the travel experiences of Mr. Muthu Baarathi to NACLIN 2018 in Tamil. It was followed by a feedback session from the participants. The Valedictory address was given by Dr. V.N. Patkar. He observed that it was worth reiterating that in the constantly emerging new technology scenario the LIS professionals would have to monitor the technology products that could be rewardingly used for upgrading the library services and organising the work flow. In that context technology should be viewed as an extension of our natural or biological faculties. Moreover, technology products were often found multiutilitarian in nature such as computers that could perform numerical crunching, word processing, information visualisation and several other aspects. He added that it was therefore extremely important to make the best use of such technologies before they become obsolete. Training and upgrading of knowledge periodically had become imperative for the library staff. He added that to choose a technology for the library was quite problematic in practice. He advised LIS professionals not to get carried away by the persuasive sales

14 talks and should consult the experts who could give unbiased advice to them. Taking decisions in selecting new products, the products needed to be studied carefully. Redesigning of the library spaces, providing new services like translation facilities, training in speed reading and 3-D printing avenues were some strategies in this direction. He commented on how new technologies could be used to promote such activities which should be examined, debated and adopted. At the end he said that time management needed to be followed. He added that we could not increase the number of hours in a day. The way out was to squeeze the maximum possible activities in the time available. Mastering the technique of multi-tasking without compromising the quality of performance was both a science and art. The LIS professionals would have to stretch themselves to gain proficiency in this skill so that numerous goals such as, offering personalised services to each library user, managing the libraries efficiently to promote the aims of the parent institutions and conducting research and contributing to the profession could be gainfully achieved. The Presidential address was delivered by Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET. He said that the National Convention gave an overview of the new innovations, explained trends in various disciplines under LIS and referred to the technologies that the participating libraries should adopt and apply in the libraries. He observed that if we were not able to offer personalised services to library patrons and use new technologies to offer quality content, the users would stop visiting libraries. He hoped that new ideas that emerged in NACLIN 2019 would be implemented in the libraries. XI INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES 11.1 Indo-US Dialogue on Emerging Challenges in Library Services A panel discussion on “Indo-US Dialogue on Emerging Challenges in Library Services” was organised on October 7, 2019 at DELNET. The panelists comprised: Dr. Camila Alire, Dean Emerita, University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, President, American Library Association (2009-10); Dr. Ann Hamilton, Associate Dean of the Library and Professor Emerita, Georgia Southern University, GA, USA; Dr. P.R. Goswami, Former Director (Library and Information), IGNCA and CSL, Government of India, New Delhi; Dr. Shantanu Ganguly, Fellow, Knowledge Management Division, The Energy and Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi and Dr. Rajesh Singh, Deputy Librarian, Central Reference Library, University of Delhi. Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET was in the chair. Initiating the discussion, Dr. Kaul said that ideal library services could bridge the gap between knowledge and the users. Otherwise, knowledge and users got compartmentalised and neither did the users benefit nor did knowledge get properly used. He opined that services in public libraries in India needed to be drastically upgraded. As far as academic libraries were concerned, he added that some university libraries were doing commendable work, but most of the college libraries needed to improve

15 significantly. While focusing on the problems in offering better services, Dr. Kaul said that the first problem was one of quality content. Many institutions were unable to subscribe to good quality journals. They did not have adequate funds and so could not subscribe to them. Also they were unable to add value to the content. How could they offer better services to the users if they could not add value to the content? He added that, there was less cooperation among institutions for similar types of issues. Since many libraries were not adequately funded, efforts were being duplicated. The staff did not get the necessary training. He added that most public libraries did not have qualified staff. He said that we also had a situation where resource sharing needed to be used by every library in the country. For instance, at DELNET he added, we have millions of resources. You could borrow books, you could get articles and could have access to other kinds of information and services. He noted that our target was to have forty thousand libraries in the network by 2040. However, the pace at which the libraries were being modernised or getting networked was very slow. In order to get the best views on the subject, he requested the panelists to suggest initially five pressing issues in library service. Dr. Ann Hamilton affirmed that her experience was about being part of a network in the State of Georgia, which was very similar to that of DELNET. She said that in 1994, we had the idea within the university system of Georgia, which had thirty-four institutions that were run by the State of Georgia that we needed to share information. They developed a shared database and till then nobody could afford to subscribe to major databases. “Thanks to GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online), we were able to get the software within the University system. Within six months private academic institutions and public library institutions were wanting to join. Now the network has two thousand members within the small State of Georgia that has access to all this information. Now any person, from a child to an adult, in the State of Georgia can get these resources.” She said that GALILEO was the first phase. “In the second phase we developed the state-wide catalogue of the GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (GIL). It meant that wherever one was in the state, one could find who had the material one needed. We had the shared resources for delivering that information, whether it was a book or something online”. “The third phase was the Georgia Digital Consortium. It was the digital library of Georgia where we started adding local resources, special collections and such things, so that we were able to have what we never had before. We had resources that had never travelled out of the state and which were now part of the database. Anybody in the State of Georgia, whether living in a poor rural area or in Atlanta, could have equal access to resources. And so it has been for the last twenty-five years.” She added, “Dr. Kaul and we are doing the same thing at the same time which is exciting for us”. She said that the State of Georgia benefited from the fact that the heads of the libraries in the university system of Georgia were emotionally intelligent leaders. Dr.

16 Hamilton admitted that there were challenges to technology. She wanted to demonstrate before us what GALILEO looked like from Delhi but she realised that there was a double authentication necessary to access her university library. Those were the issues that were actually part of the challenge. Dr. Camila Alire affirmed that the millennials thought that they were prepared to walk right into positions two or three levels above, where they were at present, without the adequate training or education required. She added that these were the people who would manage the libraries, both in terms of public, access and technical services. “The second aspect that it was necessary to keep up with was the information technology”. She added that the moment you thought that you were state-of-the-art in technology, the art changed, or the state changed. “You obtain the finances to attain level. There you are, operating programmes and services for your users, but they already have the data. It takes considerable time, effort and cost to continually be state-of-the- art and remain updated in all that is going on in libraries, whether public or academic.” Regarding collection development she said that the movement called EDI Movement stood for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. “It is an ambitious movement. Many of us, for years, have been preaching about diversity in staffing, trying to meet the needs of diversity in faculty, or the diverse users of public libraries. Now it has moved into collection development. Today it is at the forefront when it should have been at the back years ago. I know that in Colorado they are conducting a series of seminars and workshops on collection development for EDI in academic libraries.” The fourth issue she discussed was online education. She said that there were hundreds and thousands of online users who would need library information. “They still need to access E-resources, i.e. journals, DVDs, CDs, books and whatever is available online. The issue is that academic libraries are not funded to provide adequate services to all the thousands of online users. They are also not funded to have the librarians available as navigators of online information for the online students. This service is essential for any online user to have access to anything that the library, the consortium or the network holds. Simply saying that it is so is not enough. There has to be staff available 24 x 7, because the students are on 24 x 7. The staff has to be there to help them navigate the challenges of access to information resources online.” The last issue she mentioned was about funding for libraries. She did not know if it was ever going to change but the libraries continued to be very innovative and creative in terms of how they could meet the needs of their users with the same funds. Dr. P. R. Goswami observed that generally most of the funds in academic libraries and science and technology libraries in India were spent on acquiring digital collections. The users did not meet library digital collection experts. He felt that the libraries should develop the required academic skill or subject expertise. Another issue

17 he raised was the lack of leadership. He said we have many associations, but there was no coordination among them. DELNET is not an association per se but is a network of six thousand plus libraries. We need a voice from the library fraternity which can articulate and present key points to the government. He added that today there was great stress on expert systems. Referring to public libraries, Dr. Goswami commented that we did not have enough data about public libraries. He stressed the fact that public libraries were needed in the newly established towns. He added, “It is where there is a minimum population of five thousand and at least seventy-five per cent of the population is engaged in non-agricultural work. Their education level is very high and so they need a library.” Dr. Shantanu Ganguly maintained that what is needed in today’s context is that we have to be info-preneurs: entrepreneurship with business acumen in information services. He added that those days have gone when we provided selective service of information and content analysis. At present, value addition of service was necessary. He said that artificial intelligence was revolutionary, and we needed to look at artificial intelligence. “It was dependent on three major components. They were denoted as CCT: Content, Context and Technology. The third, the last part, was a facilitator. “Who can provide the content? Who can provide the context? It is us. We are the leaders”. He also referred to data visualisation and data storytelling and stressed that they were very important components in LIS. He added that competitive intelligence needed to be imbibed by librarians. Dr. Rajesh Singh observed that there was plenty of information, particularly in the digital age. “Google could provide you with a wide range of subjects on anything. So the challenges were related to identifying or articulating or assisting the user to articulate his information needs. The first issue was to assist the user in identifying and articulating his own information needs.” He added that we needed to help the patron to identify what exactly he was looking for, the ways and means by which he could talk to the search engine available on the digital platform, and identify his required information. Dr. Singh noted that more than forty-six per cent of social science researchers were unable to access the information they were looking for. “It is an immense challenge and an alarming situation, not for students, but for information professionals.” He said that the third important challenge related to the end users was information evaluation as we needed to decipher and distinguish between what was authentic and reliable and what was not. He added that the fourth challenge was related to information use. “Simply copying material, borrowing information from different sources and citing them properly or improperly while putting material together was not research as there was nothing new in it. He felt that understanding the information which one had retrieved from reliable sources and then reusing that information in a particular context on which research was being done, was the real use of information. LIS professionals could assist the end users to understand the information in the relevant context in which the scholar was researching.

18 The fifth challenge, he said, was regarding the ethical use of information and the challenges associated with it. He added that we need to help users in using information ethically and that we could teach them how to paraphrase, how to borrow materials, how to summarise and enumerate the styles for quoting and citing content. XII SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT DELNET continues to offer DELPLUS, the library automation software developed by DELNET to its member-libraries free of charge. It has modules including Cataloguing, Circulation, Acquisition. OPAC, etc. The barcoding can also be done. Many member-institutions request for the use of the DELPLUS software in their libraries. A number of member-libraries across the country use the software. The software installation and training is being done remotely using Team Viewer. It may be noted that DELNET also continues to offer consultancy for installation and customisation of Koha on Linux among member-libraries. XIII DELNET CONSORTIUM DELNET continues to offer the following products under the DELNET Consortium: 13.1 DELNET Gale Cengage Consortium of E-journals 1. InfoTrac Engineering, Science & Technology Collection (IESTC) 2. InfoTrac Management Collection (IMC) 3. InfoTrac Medial Collection (IMedC) 4. InfoTrac Pharmacy Collection (IPC) 5. Health and Wellness Resources Centre (HWRC) 6. InfoTrac Educator’s Reference Complete (ERC) 7. Business & Company Resources Centre (BCRC) 8. Business insight Global (BiG) 9. Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (GREENR) 10. Culinary Arts Collection (CAC) 11. Hospital, Tourism and Leisure Collection (HTC) 12. National Geographic Magazine Archive (1995-Current) (NetGeo) 13.2 DELNET ProQuest E-journals Consortium 1. DELNET ProQuest Engineering/Technology Collection 2. DELNET ProQuest Management Collection

19 13.3 DELNET Consortium for E-Books 1. World eBook Library through IGroup XIV WORKSHOPS and LECTURES The workshop and lectures organised by DELNET during the year 2019-20 are listed below: 14.1 Workshops / Training Programmes April 13, 2019 DELNET Workshop on ‘Building Management Capacities for LIS Professionals’ in collaboration with INMANTEC, Ghaziabad at DELNET. May 8, 2019 Workshop on “Consortium of Library Resources and DELNET Services” was organised by Directorate of Faculty Development and IQAC, JNTUA, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh at JNTU Anantpur wherein the Heads and Librarians of JNTUA affiliated Colleges in Andhra Pradesh participated. DELNET officials from Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad units also participated and gave presentations. July 27, 2019 DELNET Regional Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies” was held at Medi- Caps University, Indore. July 29, 2019 DELNET Regional Workshop on “Developing Capacities for Reference and Research: Session on DELNET Discovery Services; Plagiarism & Academic Integrity and Mendeley: Digital Reference Management Tool” was held at Medi-Caps University, Indore for the students and faculty. October 11, 2019 DELNET Workshop on “Developing Capacities for Reference and Research: Degital Reference Management Tool” was held at International Institute for Population Science, Mumbai. October 12, 2019 DELNET Regional Workshop on “Strategies for LIS Professionals, Academic Integrity: How to Stop Plagiarism in Academic Environment and Enhancing Users’ Satisfaction in Libraries” was held at Devi Prasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai. October 14, 2019 DELNET Regional Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies” was held at Institute of Management Studies, Career Development and Research (IMSCDR), Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

20 November 18, 2019 DELNET Workshop on “DELNET Discovery Services and Knowledge Gainer Portal; Open Sources Software; DELNET’s Delplus Software for Library Automation; Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professional and Academic Integrity: How to Stop Plagiarism in Academic Environment and Enhancing Users’ Satisfaction in Libraries” was held at Sona College of Technology, Salem. November 20, 2019 DELNET Workshop on “DELNET Discovery Services and Knowledge Gainer Portal; Open Sources Software; DELNET’s Delplus Software for Library Automation (provided free); Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals; Academic Integrity: How to Stop Plagiarism in Academic Environment and Enhancing Users’ Satisfaction in Libraries” was held at National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli. January 24, 2020 DELNET Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies for Enhancing Teaching, Research and Lifelong Learning” was held at Amity University Haryana, Manesar. February 22, 2020 DELNET Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies for Enhancing Teaching, Research and Lifelong Learning” was held at Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, UP. 14.2 DELNET Orientation Sessions organised by Coordination Units Bangalore Unit January 5, 2020 K. S. School of Engineering & Management, Bangalore February 2, 2020 Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore February 24, 2020 New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore February 29, 2020 SBM Jain College of Engineering, Bangalore Rural March 6, 2020 B.M.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore March 10, 2020 M. V. J. College of Engineering, Bangalore March 13, 2020 NMKRV College for Women, Bangalore Hyderabad Unit April 5, 2019 Sri Venkateswaraperumal College of Engineering, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh April 6, 2019 Wings Business School, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

21 June 13, 2019 Accord Business School, Karkampadu, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh June 14, 2019 Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh June 17, 2019 Siddartha Institute of Science and Technology, Puttur, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh June 17, 2019 Sesachalaa Institute of Tech and Sciences, Nagari, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh June 17, 2019 Golden Valley Technical Campus, Madanapalli, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh June 17, 2019 Siddartha Institution of Engineering & Tech, Puttur, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh June 20, 2019 Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh June 21, 2019 Aditya College of Engineering, Madanapalle, Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh July 31, 2019 Rise Gandhi Group of Institutions, Valluru, Ongole District, Andhra Pradesh August 3, 2019 Dr Samuel George Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Markapur, Andhra Pradesh August 13, 2019 Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh October 14, 2019 Rajah RSRKRR College, Bobbili, Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh December 9, 2019 SV Degree and PG College, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh December 9, 2019 SPIRIT A and MBA College, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh December 11, 2019 SBRTM Law College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh December 13, 2019 Fathima Medical College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh December 16, 2019 Sri Annamacharya Institute of Tech & Sciences, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh December 17, 2019 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh December 17, 2019 Vagdevi Institute of Tech & Sciences, Kotare, Proddutur, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh December 18, 2019 Sai Rajeswari Institute of Technology, Lingapuram, Proddutur, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh

22 December 20, 2019 Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Proddutur, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh January 1, 2020 Sai Sudhir Degree and PG College, ECIL, Hyderabad, Telangana January 20, 2020 Gowthami Institute of Tech and Management for Women, Proddutur, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh February 4, 2020 Nalla Narsimha Reddy Educational Society Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, Telangana February 4, 2020 GBN Institution of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana February 7, 2020 St. Paul’s College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana February 7, 2020 Vijaya College of Pharmacy, Mungunoor, Hyderabad, Telangana February 19, 2020 Bharath Institute of Engineering and Tech, Mangalpally, Hyderabad, Telangana February 19, 2020 MRM College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, Telangana Pune Unit May 7, 2019 Indira College of Campus (Engineering, Management, BCA, Architecture), Parandwadi, Pune, Maharashtra May 28, 2019 G. S. Gune Ayurveda College, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra May 29, 2019 I.M.S.C.D.R Institute of Management Studies, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra May 29, 2019 New Arts, Commerce & Science College, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra May 30, 2019 Dr. V.V. Patil College of Pharmacy, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra May 31, 2019 Pemraj Sarda College, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra June 4, 2019 Adhalrao Patil Institute of Management & Research, Landewadi Pune, Maharashtra June 4, 2019 Shree Bhimashankar B.Ed College, Landewadi, Pune, Maharashtra June 7, 2019 S.V.P.M’s College of Pharmacy, Pune, Maharashtra August 6, 2019 Dayanand Institute of Pharmacy, Latur, Maharashtra August 6, 2019 Dayanand College of Pharmacy, Latur, Maharashtra August 7, 2019 Channabasweshwar Pharmacy College, Latur, Maharashtra August 7, 2019 M. S. Bidve Engineering College, Latur, Maharashtra August 7, 2019 Rajashri Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur, Maharashtra

23 August 8, 2019 Mauli College of Pharmacy, Udgir, Maharashtra August 8, 2019 College of Food Technology, Udgir, Maharashtra August 9, 2019 Maharashtra Mahavidyalaya, Nilanga, Maharashtra August 9, 2019 Maharashtra College of Pharmacy, Nilanga, Maharashtra August 23, 2019 Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering and Technology, Vasai, Maharashtra August 24, 2019 St. Gonsalo Garcia College of Arts & Commerce, Vasai Road, Vasai, Maharashtra August 30, 2019 Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Management Studies, Akhurdi, Pune, Maharashtra August 30, 2019 D. Y. Patil Institute of MCA & Management, Akhurdi, Pune, Maharashtra August 30, 2019 Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Pharmacy, Akhurdi, Maharashtra August 30, 2019 D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management & Research, Akhurdi, Pune, Maharashtra August 31, 2019 Shree Ramchandra College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra August 31, 2019 Bhivrabai Sawant Institute of Technology & Research, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra September 4, 2019 Spicer Adventist University, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra September 4, 2019 Baburaoji Gholap College, Sangvi, Pune, Maharashtra September 17, 2019 PDEA’s Shankarrao Bhelke College, Nasarapur, Pune, Maharashtra September 17, 2019 Shri Chatrapati Shivajiraje College of Engineering, Dhangawadi, Pune, Maharashtra September 18, 2019 Pravara Rural College of Architecture, Loni, Maharashtra September 18, 2019 Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni, Maharashtra September 19, 2019 Arts, Science and Commerce College, Rahata, Maharashtra September 20, 2019 Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalay, Rasta Peth, Pune, Maharashtra September 21, 2019 ASM’s IBMR Pune - Institute of Business Management and Research, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra September 21, 2019 Audyogik Shikshan Mandal Institute of Professional Studies, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra

24 October 12, 2019 Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Maharashtra October 14, 2019 Institute of Management Studies, Career Development and Research, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Maharashtra November 4, 2019 Government Polytechnic, Arvi, Deurwada Road, SH241, Arvi, Wardha, Maharashtra November 5, 2019 Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra November 5, 2019 Bajaj Institute of Technology, Pipri, Wardha, Maharashtra November 6, 2019 Agnihotri Institute of Pharmacy, Wardha, Maharashtra November 6, 2019 Dr. R. G. Bhoyar Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Wardha, Maharashtra November 6, 2019 Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Borgaon (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra November 7, 2019 Datta Meghe Institute of Engineering Technology & Research, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra November 21, 2019 KEM Hospital Research Centre, Rasta Peth, Pune, Maharashtra December 23, 2019 ASM’s Institute of Professional Studies, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra December 23, 2019 International Institute of Management Science, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra December 24, 2019 ILS Law College, ILS Rd., Pune, Maharashtra December 27, 2019 SCHMTT - Suryadatta College of Hospitality Management and Travel Tourism, Bavdhan, Pune, Maharashtra December 27, 2019 Suryadatta College of Management Information Research & Technology, Bavdhan, Pune, Maharashtra February 4, 2020 Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune, Maharashtra February 28, 2020 Sinhgad Institute of Business Management, Mumbai, Maharashtra March 3, 2020 Indira College of Pharmacy, Tathawade, Pune, Maharashtra March 4, 2020 Dattakala College of Pharmacy, Daund, Pune, Maharashtra March 5, 2020 P.D.V.V.P.F.’s College of Physiotherapy, Viladghat, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra

25 March 5, 2020 P.D.V.V.P.F.’s College of Engineering, Viladghat, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra March 5, 2020 P.D.V.V.P.F.’s Institute of Business Management & Rural Development, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra March 12, 2020 M. B. Bidve Engineering College, Latur, Maharashtra March 12, 2020 Government Residential Polytechnic, Latur, Maharashtra March 12, 2020 Dayanand College of Commerce, Latur, Maharashtra 14.3 DELNET Annual Lecture 2019

DELNET Annual Lecture was delivered on “The Role of Emotional Intelligence Leadership in Library Networks in the US: Change, Collaboration and Team-Building” on October 7, 2019 by Dr. Camila Alire, former President, American Library Association at DELNET. Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET chaired the lecture. Dr. Camila Alire observed that the topic was really tied to the work that library networks do, no matter where in the world the networks operate. She said, “My talk today is about the leadership theory that has really been so profound in my success as the Dean of three relatively large universities. In a network that has been established and I assume that DELNET has some related kinds of operations – we have groups of people that are involved in the development of products and services. What I am going to present is basically my perspective on how to implement the emotional intelligence leadership theory for achieving success in the works that networks do in developing products and services”. Dr. Alire affirmed that her presentation would focus on two networks that she is most familiar with, having served as a member through her institution being involved in both the networks. She observed: “Now after talking to Dr. Kaul and Sangeeta, I have to say that in the scheme of things, these networks are small compared to DELNET, which has more than six thousand members. But one of the networks that I will be talking about, the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, was one of the first library networks set up in the United States”. Dr. Alire added that the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, which is called The Alliance, constitutes a number of libraries in both Colorado and Wyoming. There are sixteen institutional members. Fifteen of them are academic libraries and one is a public library. The Denver Public Library, which is considered a research library is a public library. The Alliance is known for four products or services: 1. “The first is the union catalogue called the Prospector. Extensive mining is done throughout small towns in Colorado which is, therefore, known as a sort of mining state. The Prospector is their union catalogue. It gives the patrons access to over three million records: books, magazines, CDs

26 and DVDs that are held by the member- libraries. It was one of the first union catalogues though not the first in academic libraries”. 2. “The Alliance also refers to a service called Gold Rush. It is a resource management service which provides seamless access to electronic journals and electronic databases.” 3. “The third service provided to the member-libraries is Cooperative Purchasing. This is done not only among the Alliance members, but non- members too can enter these purchasing agreements. They leverage the funds from the member-libraries to be able to get discounts in purchasing databases, journals, E-books and many more items.” 4. “The fourth service provided is a Digital Repository Service. This service helps member-institutions to preserve the unique digital content that each of these institutions holds and makes this content accessible online through the repository. Not only does it digitise the material from each member- library, which is also available not only to other member libraries, but also to the whole world. Any of those databases can be accessed.” According to Dr. Alire, the Alliance has standing committees and working groups. These are made up of member-library staff based on their expertise. “So, to start a new pilot project and to ascertain if it will develop into a new service or a product, people from the respective libraries, who have expertise, will be appointed. Thus, not every library is represented on these committees or working groups. The reason, the Alliance prefers a working group, which is another word for a task force, is that it has a charge, a beginning and an end, as opposed to standing committees and other committees. The focus is on these standing committees and working groups. It is really all about changes and leading change. This is probably indicative of networks throughout the world, and probably also within DELNET: when we lead change, work on a new product or a new service within the network or the consortium, or when we do a major revision of a product or service, we change what that network offers to its members and non-members. Therefore, in order to be able to be effective as a team leader or the chair of the standing committee or working group, we have to be able to work as a team and work effectively with that team, to be successful. We cannot do it alone.” Dr. Alire added: “Everybody in this room will agree that when you work with change in your respective library, or even your respective institution, people are averse to change”. The emotional intelligence leadership theory has been the most effective in her success as a change agent. Those who are administrators know that change is not easy to implement. Elaborating on the difference between teamwork and collaboration, Dr. Alire observed that “when the group we are working with not only has to work together but also has to think together, it is called collaboration, which is very different.”

27 She said that Networks like DELNET and all the others around the world are all about collaboration. “They are all about teamwork, where they are trying to develop a new product or service for that network”. Based on her experience, Dr. Alire maintained that “if you are a successful leader, you probably are emotionally intelligent.” She added: “I discussed leadership change and a leadership model that has been very helpful to me as a change agent. In this concept, I am taking you from leadership theory to leadership practice. Those familiar with transformational leadership know that it is all about change. It is about using leadership to change an organisation, a committee, a group, or an institution we work in”. The basis of emotional intelligence, Dr. Alire affirmed, is an offshoot of transformational leadership. It is all about transformation or change. Salovey’s and Mayer’s definition of emotional intelligence is probably the best one. “Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ emotions, to discriminate among those emotions and to then use that information to guide one’s thinking and actions in order to work as an effective team and to effect change.” She added that the emotional intelligence has two sets of competencies: 1. “The first is what we call personal competencies. As an EI leader we have to be self-aware and also be able to self-manage. Self-awareness, in the concept of EI theory, is being able to recognise one’s emotions. As a leader, one has to know what kind of things trigger one’s emotions, and then be sufficiently aware to be able to manage those emotions. 2. “The second set of competencies is what we call social competencies. The personal competencies refer to oneself and social means that there are others involved. Under these social competencies are what they call social awareness and relationship management. As a leader, whether you are chairing a group or a committee or heading a library, whatever position you might be in, you have to be able to recognise the emotions of your team. You have to be able to know which team members might be high-strung, which team members are relatively shy and how you should help them to contribute to the work of the team. You have to be able to not only recognise their emotions but also have to help them to manage their emotions so that you have an effective working team”. Commenting on the constituents of emotional intelligence, Dr. Alire noted that we find five elements: 1. “Self-awareness, that is you as a leader, recognising and being aware of your emotions and managing them.” 2. “Self-regulation, that is regulation of those emotions.” 3. “Self-motivation, that is taking yourself as an effective EI leader and then motivating yourself to work with your team.”

28 4. “Empathy, which if you have for every member of your team or working group/standing committee, you would put yourself in their shoes, particularly while dealing with critical issues”. 5. “Social awareness, that is recognising the emotions of your team and then help them to manage them so that you have a very strong working team. In terms of relationship management, EI leaders are the ones who build and guide the team in behaving in ways that make them very effective. We can accurately assess the emotions of all team members. We can then constructively influence them so that we get a strong leader that can help one as a leader to effect the change that is needed for developing a new network product or service, or for managing a department, supervising a unit or leading a library.” 14.4 Panel Discussions January 6, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Igniting Young Children’s Minds Through Libraries: Role of LIS Professionals” organised in collaboration with the National Book Trust (NBT) held at Children’s Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. January 9, 2020 DELNET in collaboration with Kamala Nehru College and the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi organised a panel discussion on “In Pursuit of Happiness: Embracing Compassion for Global Well-Being” at DELNET. The panelists included Dr. Hu Yeping, Director, Council for Research in Value and Philosophy, Washington D.C.; Dr. Joao J., Villa-Cha, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy; Father Thomas Menamparampil, Apostolic Administrator, Roman Catholic Diocese of Jowai, Shillong; Dr. Kaveri Gill, Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida; Dr. C. V. Ramanan, Director, Centre for Joy@work, INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad; Dr. Balaganapathi Devarakonda, Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi and Dr. Geetesh Nirban, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Kamala Nehru College, New Delhi. Dr. H.K. Kaul chaired the panel discussion. 14.5 Quiz Competition January 6, 2020 Programme on “Stories on Bapu and On-the-Spot Quiz Competition Among School Children (classes VI-X)” was organised in collaboration with the National Book Trust (NBT) which was held at the Children’s Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

29 XV VISIT TO DELNET The MLISc Students and Faculty of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Jammu, Jammu visited DELNET on July 8, 2019. XVI DELNET PUBLICATIONS The following publications were published by DELNET during 2019-20. 1. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2019, Papers of the 22nd National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2019) edited by Kaul, H.K., Kaul, Sangeeta and Deora, Raghuveer Singh, Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2019. Xxiv, 291p. ISBN: 978-93- 82735-15-1. 2. DELNET Newsletter. Vol. 26 (1 & 2), December 2019. XVII STAFF CONTRIBUTIONS 17.1 Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director April 13, 2019 Presidential Address delivered at Inaugural session of DELNET One-Day Workshop on “Building Management Competencies for LIS Professionals” organised in collaboration with INMANTEC, Ghaziabad held at DELNET, New Delhi. May 8, 2019 Lecture on “Sharing E-resources in Digital Environment” delivered during Workshop on “Consortium of Library Resources and DELNET Services”, organised by Directorate of Faculty Development & IQAC, JNTUA, Ananthapuramu. July 27, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students,Faculty and Librarians” and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop at Medi-Caps University, Indore. July 29, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians” delivered at DELNET at Workshop on “Developing Capacities for Reference and Research” held at Medi-Caps University, Indore for faculty, researchers and students. October 11, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians” delivered at DELNET Workshop on Developing Capacities for Reference and Research: DELNET Discovery Services, Plagiarism and Academic Integrity and Mendeley: Digital Reference Management Tool” held at IIPS Mumbai, Maharashtra.

30 October 12, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians” and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at Devi Prasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra during DELNET Workshop.

October 14, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians” and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop at Institute of Management Studies, Career Development and Research, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

October 23, 2019 Selected as subject expert in Board of Studies, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University.

November 8, 2019 Chaired the session on “Transformation in Public Libraries” during ICDL Conference, organised by TERI, New Delhi.

November 18, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concerns for Students, Faculty and Librarians” and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop held at Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu.

November 20, 2019 Lecture on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians: and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop at National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

January 6, 2020 Chair, Panel Discussion on “Igniting Young Children’s Minds Through Libraries: Role of LIS Professionals” held at Children’s Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

January 9, 2020 Chair, Panel Discussion on “In Pursuit of Happiness: Embracing Compassion for Global Well-Being” held at DELNET.

January 24, 2020 Lectures on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians” and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies for Enhancing Teaching, Research and Lifelong Learning” held at Amity University Haryana, Manesar.

31 January 29, 2020 Member, Editorial Board, DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. February 22, 2020 Lectures on “Academic Integrity and Plagiarism: Concern for Students, Faculty and Librarians” and “Emerging Technologies and Strategies for LIS Professionals” delivered at DELNET Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies for Enhancing Teaching, Research and Lifelong Learning” held at Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 17.1.1 Publications Kaul, H.K., Kaul, Sangeeta and Deora, Raghuveer Singh, Eds. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2019. Papers of the 22nd National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2019) held at Udaipur, Rajasthan from September 18-20, 2019. New Delhi: DELNET - Developing Library Network, 2019, xxiv, 291p. Kaul, H.K. Promoting Academic Integrity and Combating Plagiarism: Role of LIS Professionals, In Kaul, H.K., Kaul, Sangeeta and Deora, Raghuveer Singh, Eds. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2019. Papers of the 22nd National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2019) held at Udaipur, Rajasthan from September 18-20, 2019. New Delhi: DELNET - Developing Library Network, 2019, pp. 63-81. 17.2 Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager April 13, 2019 Lecture on “Professional Ethics and Boosting Users’ Satisfaction in Libraries” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop on “Building Management Competencies for LIS Professionals” organised in collaboration with INMANTEC, Ghaziabad held at DELNET, New Delhi. May 8, 2019 Lectures on DELNET, DELPLUS, Mendeley and Digital Library Solutions support from DELNET, during the One-Day Workshop entitled “Consortium of Library Resources and DELNET Services” organised by Directorate of Faculty Development & IQAC, JNTUA, Ananthapuramu. July 27, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services” and “Open Source Software for Libraries” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop at Medi-Caps University, Indore.

32 July 29, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET” and “Mendeley Reference Management Tools” delivered at DELNET at Workshop on “Developing Capacities for Reference and Research” held at Medi-Caps University, Indore for faculty, researchers and students. August 28, 2019 Lecture delivered on “DELNET: Networking Libraries, Spreading Knowledge” at UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), JNU during a training programme on “E-learning and E-governance”, organised by UGC HRDC, JNU. September 26, 2019 Lecture delivered on “DELNET” at UGC Human Resource Development Centre, JNU during a training programme organised by UGC HRDC, JNU. October 11, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET” and “Mendeley Reference Management Tool” delivered at DELNET Workshop on Developing Capacities for Reference and Research: DELNET Discovery Services, Plagiarism and Academic Integrity and Mendeley : Digital Reference Management Tool” held at IIPS Mumbai, Maharashtra. October 12, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services and Open Source Software for Libraries” delivered at Devi Prasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra during DELNET Workshop. October 14, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services and Open Source Software for Libraries” delivered at DELNET One- Day Workshop at Institute of Management Studies, Career Development and Research, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. November 7, 2019 Co-chaired the Technical Session on “Social Media Applications in Knowledge Organisation” during ICDL Conference, organised by TERI, New Delhi. November 18, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services and Open Source Software for Libraries” delivered at DELNET One- Day Workshop held at Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu. November 20, 2019 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services and Open Source Software for Libraries” delivered at DELNET One- Day November 27, 2019 Lecture delivered on “DELNET” during Information Literacy Programme at NCERT, New Delhi.

33 December 10, 2019 Delivered a lecture on “Disaster Management for Digital Libraries: Growing Issues and Concerns for LIS Professionals”, during NDLI-UNESCO International Symposium on Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design organised in association with IIT, Delhi at IITD.

December 13, 2019 Lecture delivered on “DELNET” at UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), JNU during a training programme.

January 6, 2020 Coordinated the programme “Igniting Young Children’s Minds Through Libraries: Role of LIS Professionals” held at Children’s Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi and Programme on “Stories on Bapu and On-the-Spot Quiz Competition Among School Children (classes VI-X)”, organised in collaboration with the National Book Trust (NBT) which was held at the Children’s Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

January 17, 2020 Lecture delivered on “DELNET: Networking Libraries, Spreading Knowledge” at UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), JNU during a training programme.

January 24, 2020 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services” and “Open Source Software for Libraries” delivered at DELNET One-Day Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies for Enhancing Teaching, Research and Lifelong Learning” held at Amity University Haryana, Manesar.

January 2020 Member, Editorial Board, DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology.

February 6, 2020 Recorded a Video Lecture on “DELNET: Networking Libraries, Spreading and Sharing Knowledge” at A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

February 14, 2020 Delivered a lecture on “Utilisation of Agricultural Resources through DELNET” during a training programme on “Digital Library for Strengthening Agricultural Knowledge in NARES,” organised by CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in collaboration withh ICAR-IARI, New Delhi at CCSHAU, Hisar.

February 22, 2020 Lectures on “DELNET Networked Resources and Services” and “Open Source Software for Libraries” and “Mendeley”

34 delivered at DELNET Workshop on “Strategies for Transforming Libraries: Growing Trends and Technologies for Enhancing Teaching, Research and Lifelong Learning” held at Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 17.2.1 Publications

Kaul, H.K., Kaul, Sangeeta and Deora, Raghuveer Singh, Eds. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2019. Papers of the 22nd National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2019) held at Udaipur, Rajathan from September 18-20, 2019. Delhi DELNET - Developing Library Network, 2019, xxiv, 291p. XVIII Participation in ICDL 2019 Conference at TERI

Director and Network Manager participated in the “ICDL 2019 - International Conference on Digital Landscape: Digital Transformation for an Agile Environment” held from November 6-8, 2019 at TERI, New Delhi. During the conference they had a discussion with Ms. Christine Mackenzie, IFLA President and Mr. Hal Kirkwood, SLA President for new collaborations.

XIX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My thanks are due to members of the Governing Board of DELNET Shri K. Jayakumar, President; Dr. S.S. Murthy, Vice-President; Dr. P.R. Goswami, Treasurer and other members of the Board including Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar, Vice- Chancellor, JNU; Dr. (Mrs.) Neeta Verma, Director-General, NIC; Mr. Kumar Sanjay, Chief Librarian-cum-Documentation Officer, NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

I would also like to thank members of the Research Advisory Committee including Dr. A.R.D. Prasad, Professor and Head, DRTC; Dr. Jaideep Sharma, Professor, Faculty of Library and Information Science, IGNOU; Prof. I. V. Malhan, former University Librarian, Head, DLISc, Dean, SoMC & IS, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, HP; Dr. Surinder Kumar, Scientist F, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi and Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET.

My thanks are due to Mr. R.S. Mani, HOG, NKN, NIC for his continued support and guidance on the communication link between DELNET and NIC.

Thanks are due to Mr. Amit Goel of M/s S. S Kothari Mehta & Co, for auditing the accounts for the year 2018-19.

35 I would like to thank the Heads/Librarians and library staff of member-institutions for using DELNET resources and services and also for their kind support for ILL and Document Delivery Services. For organising workshops and other programmes in different parts of the country we received support from Heads, Librarians and Library staff of various institutions. I would like to thank all of them for their support.

I thank Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager for contributing with excellence her multitasking and managerial work. I also thank DELNET staff for their functioning in various capacities. My thanks are due to the Consultants of the Coordination Units, Mr. O. N. Safapuri, Bengaluru Unit; Dr. S.S. Murthy, Hyderabad Unit; Dr. Neela J. Deshpande, Pune Unit and staff working in the Coordination Units for their cooperation and help in ably managing the work at the Coordination Units.

We have received assistance from various people, mentioning them may not be possible here. I thank all of them for their help and support.

H. K. Kaul March 31, 2020 Director

36 Appendix I DELNET Members as on March 31, 2020 - 6923 India Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 492 Arunachal Pradesh 6 Assam 30 Bihar 38 Chandigarh 19 Chhattisgarh 85 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 Daman and Diu 2 Delhi 291 Goa 19 Gujarat 280 Haryana 353 Himachal Pradesh 61 Jammu & Kashmir 29 Jharkhand 30 Karnataka 289 Kerala 241 Madhya Pradesh 467 Maharashtra 854 Manipur 4 Meghalaya 7 Mizoram 2 Nagaland 3 Odisha 123 Puducherry 28 Punjab 241 Rajasthan 328 Sikkim 7 Tamil Nadu 921 Telangana 590 Tripura 6 Uttar Pradesh 850 Uttarakhand 87 West Bengal 115 Outside India Bhutan 1 Nepal 3 Oman 4 Philippines 1 Sri Lanka 8 United Arab Emirates 3 USA 2 Total 6923 37 Appendix II

DELNET Guest House

The following is the tariff for DELNET Guest House facilities: i. Rooms a. Single occupancy ` 2,455 + 12% GST = ` 2750 b. Double occupancy ` 3,051 + 12% GST = ` 3417 c. Suite ` 4,068 + 12% GST = ` 4556 ii. Lecture Hall (Admin Block) for 80 persons Full Day (9 am to 5 pm) ` 10,000 + 18% GST Half Day (9 am to 1 pm) or (2 pm to 6 pm or (4 pm to 8 pm) ` 6,000 + 18% GST iii. Multipurpose Hall for 50 - 70 persons Round Table Full Day (9 am to 5 pm) ` 12,000 + 18% GST Half Day (9 am to 1 pm) or (2 pm to 6 pm or (4 pm to 8 pm) ` 7,000 + 18% GST iv. Three Committee Rooms: 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors for 16 persons each. (Rate per committee room) Full Day (9 am to 5 pm) ` 6,000 + 18% GST Half Day (9 am to 1 pm) or (2 pm to 6 pm or (4 pm to 8 pm) ` 4,000 + 18% GST v. Tariff for the equipment to be charged separately. vi. Breakfast will be provided complimentary for residents. vii. Lunch / Dinner rates are: Lunch/Dinner (Veg): ` 250 + GST (Non-Veg): ` 325 + GST viii. Lounge facilities are available from 11 am to 7 pm. Tea/Coffee and fixed snacks will be available in the lounge against nominal charges.

38 The Governing Board

1. Mr. K. Jayakumar, I.A. S. President

2. Dr. S. S. Murthy Vice-President

3. Dr. H. K. Kaul Director

4. Dr. P. R. Goswami Treasurer Former Director, Library and Information, IGNCA, New Delhi

5. Professor M. Jagadesh Kumar Member Vice-Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi

6. Mrs. Neeta Verma Member Director General, NIC, New Delhi

7. Mr. Kumar Sanjay Member Chief Librarian-cum-Documentation Officer, NITI Aayog, New Delhi

8. Mr. E. Ramesh Member Sr. Librarian, Joginpally B. R. Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana

9. Ms. Archana Kulkarni Member Librarian, Aurora’s Scientific Technological & Research Academy, Hyderabad, Telengana Research Advisory Committee

Dr. H. K. Kaul, Director, DELNET (Chairman) Dr. A. R. D. Prasad, Professor & Head, DRTC, Bangalore Prof. I. V. Malhan, University Librarian, Head, DLISc, Dean, SoMC & IS, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, H.P. Dr. Surinder Kumar, Scientist F, Digital Archiving and Management, NIC, New Delhi Dr. Jaideep Sharma, Professor, Faculty of Lib. & Inf. Sc., IGNOU, New Delhi Dr. Sangeeta Kaul, Network Manager, DELNET (Secretary)