By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 28th August:- Dr.Tulsi Das Library, PGIMER celebrated the Librarian’s Day on 28th August
2019 on the occasion of 127th birthday of Padmashri Dr.
S.R.Ranganathan, the father of Library Sciences in India.
The program started with the
offering of floral tributes to the portrait of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and the
lighting of the lamp by Dr. A. K. Gupta, Medical Superintendent, Head of
the Department of Hospital Administration, and Chairman Library Committee of
the institute. Dr.Ritesh Agarwal, Professor Incharge
Library, welcomed Dr. A. K. Gupta and other members in the gathering. Ms.
Neelima Chadha informed the efforts of Library subscribing the electronic
resources, shifting from print to electronic and digital resources. The
Programme was attended by intellectuals of various fields and strata including
Head of Departments, Professors, faculty members, Residents, research scholars,
Local Librarians and other staff of the institute.
Finally, Prof AK Gupta
discussed the importance of the Libraries, and he appreciated the efforts taken
by the Dr.Tulsi Das Library to organize Librarians' Day and arrange User
Awareness Sessions. He highlighted the role of modern Library and called upon
Library and information professionals to update themselves to meet the
expectations of the library users and provide them effective library services
using latest ICT and Digital Technologies. The single search window facility
allows the patrons to access E-resources, databases subscribed by the Library
through Remotexs. The WEB OPAC allows the users to access the metadata of the
library holdings from anywhere at any time. Demonstration of User awareness
Services like BMJ Learning Resources, Discovery Service, and Ginger-to
Grammarly check and paraphrasing to avoid Plagiarism. He congratulated the team
of Library for successfully organizing the Librarians Day Celebrations.
Finally, an ornamental plantation was done by Prof AK Gupta and Dr
Ritesh Agarwal.
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