Online Apply for the post of Library and Information Centre Executive at IIM Kozhikode Satelllite Campus, Kochi

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode 

IIM Kozhikode Campus (PO), Kozhikode - 673 570, Kerala, India 

Phone: 0495-2809132  Fax: 0495-2803010-11 

Advt No.R-04/2012

RECRUITMENT OF CONTRACT STAFF FOR IIMK SATELLITE CAMPUS, KOCHI

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode invites online applications from 11.11.2012 to 24.11.2012 for the following positions to be filled on contract for its Satellite Campus, Kochi and will hold Walk-in-Interview between 26.11.2012 and 06.12.2012 at IIM Kozhikode Campus.

Post-Library & Information Centre Executive

No. of Post-One Post

Qualifications-M.LiSc with two years desirable post qualification experience in Library & Documentation  

OR 

B.LiSc with three years desirable post qualification experience in Library & Documentation.  

Selected Candidate has to provide support to Faculty on various aspects of Course handling, besides functioning as Information Centre Executive.

Monthly Remuneration-15000

Important Instructions

• Application fee is Rs.100/- for each position and fee can be remitted either through online payment or drawn as demand draft from State Bank of India  in favour of ‘Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode’ payable at IIM Kozhikode Campus.  Demand Draft is to be drawn at the time of submission of online application. There is no application fee for SC/ST/Differently Abled.  Application fee once remitted will not be refunded.
• Application is to be submitted  ONLINE from  11.11.2012  to  24.11.2012 (upto 23.59 hours). 
• For calculation of age, 24.11.2012 ie. the last date of submission of online application will be taken into account

Recruitment of contract staff for various positions in IIMK Satellite Campus, Kochi

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International workshop at IIM-K on August 20-24

A 5 day international workshop on Digital Libraries will be held at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, (IIM-K) from August 20 to 24.

The objective of the workshop was to conduct rigorous and advanced training programme coupled with state-of-art lectures delivered by doyens in the field on Digital Libraries, a release from IIM-K said.

The software selected for the workshop will be 'Greenstone', a top of the line and internationally renowned software system for developing digital libraries, promoted by the New Zealand digital library project research group, it said.

The aim of the software is to empower users, particularly in universities, libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own digital libraries.

The Centre for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) at IIM Kozhikode has the distinction of coordinating the Greenstone Support for South Asia for the past six years, on behalf of UNESCO.

Around 25 participants admitted for the workshop include delegates from the Middle East, as well as from prestigious institutions all over India.

Participants will be instructed in how to design digital collections of different publications in a variety of file formats, including multimedia such as audio, video, and images, the release said.

More News at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kerala/International-workshop-at-IIM-K-on-August-20-24/Article1-903115.aspx

IIM Kozhikode to Conduct International Workshop on Digital Libraries

Kozikode: An international workshop on Digital Libraries will be held at IIM Kozhikode from August 20-24, 2012. The objective of the Workshop is to conduct a 5-day rigorous and advanced training programme, coupled with state-of-art lectures delivered by doyens in the field, on Digital Libraries. The software selected for the workshop will be ‘Greenstone’.

The Greenstone Digital Library Software is a top of the line and internationally renowned software system for developing digital libraries, promoted by the New Zealand Digital Library project research group at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Greenstone is developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO. It is an open-source software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. The aim of the software is to empower users, particularly in universities, libraries, and other public service institutions, to build their own digital libraries. More details of the software and example digital libraries built using the software are available at http://www.greenstone.org/. Greenstone is one of the most preferred and popular software used by Indian libraries, research establishments and organizations and the software received the coveted Andrew Mellon Award for Global Technology Collaboration (2008). The Centre for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) at IIM Kozhikode has the distinction of coordinating the Greenstone Support for South Asia for the past six years, on behalf of UNESCO.

The workshop will be inaugurated by Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIM Kozhikode on August 20, 2012. Around 25 participants admitted for the workshop include delegates from the Middle East, as well as from prestigious institutions all over India. The course material will focus around the Greenstone Digital Library Software. The workshop will be offered by a team led by Dr. M.G. Sreekumar, UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia and the Head Librarian of IIMK. Participants will be instructed in how to design digital collections of different publications in a variety of file formats, including multimedia such as audio, video, and images. They will also undertake assignments to design a small prototype of a library information system containing diverse type of material. 

Participants will be receiving the Greenstone Digital Library Software and all instructional material on a CD-ROM, as the take away from the workshop, so that they can start applying their learning right away, when they are returned to their homes with renewed enthusiasm for spreading the exciting new technology of digital libraries.  The details of the workshop can be seen at http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/.

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