Saraswathi Pooja Celebration 08/10/2016

Library has celebrated Saraswathi pooja on 08/10/2016. It is important celebration which directly connects books, God and Students.

Library Orientation on 11/08/2016

Library orientation programme was conducted with power point presentation for second year students. So that Students get aware and familiar about library services and resources. 

Imparting Information Literacy Skills

Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. The term information literacy, sometimes referred to as information competency, is generally defined as the ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources.

To impart information literacy skills, library has identified students' information literacy skill level by taking survey. Initially library has focused on second year hostel students. After analyzing, Library has arranged Guest Lecture Programme on imparting information literacy skills for the same set of students. Selvi. B.Vijayalakshmi, Librarian, Sankar Polytechnic College (Autonomous) has given detailed projector demonstration with internet. 

After this programme another survey has been taken to evaluate the programme as well as students' understanding.

  

Librarian Day

Librarian Day has been celebrated on August 12, 2016.  Yatiswari Saravanabhavapriya Amba, Secretary,  Dr.Smt.M.Malarvizhi Mam, Principal, Prof (Major) P.Chandrasekaran Sir, Academic Director have presided over the function. Smt.S.Gomathy, Librarian has given speech about the Library and Librarian day. Former S.P Mr.A.Kaliyamoorthy Sir's speech on reading habit has been telecasted. Skit has been played by the II year students. Library Student Secretaries and Student Joint Secretaries were organised the programme well.

List of Open Access Resources

The following are the major Open Access Directories & Databases for Science.

National Digital Library of India
SciELO
Science.gov
POLS 
Scigine
F1000 Research is an Open Science
SSRN Social Science Research Network
Journals for Free
DOAJ 

http://nopr.niscair.res.in/
http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/
http://www.opendoar.org/
http://roar.eprints.org/
http://nsdl.org/resources_for/librarians/?pager=resources
http://www.icaap.org/http://journal.ignouonline.ac.in/iojp/index.php/IJOL/index

Tamil E-Resources:
www.tamilheritage.org/uk/bl_thf.html
http://tamilelibrary.org
http://pm.tamil.net
www.chennailibrary.com

Guest Lecture on Information Literacy on 29th Jan, 2016

The Guest Lecture has been arranged for our first year Students on Information Literacy on 29th Jan, 2016. The Lecture was given by B.Vijayalakshmi, Former Librarian of our College from 10 am to 11am.  The class was arranged with internet and power point presentation and focused on  Information search Techniques, Information Retrieval, E Mail accessing, Using Google applications, Downloading. The Students have enjoyed the session.

Report of the RRRLF Sponsored National Conference on Evolving Role of Libraries and Librarianship on Jan 22 & 23, 2016

Raja Rammohun Roy Foundation, Kolkatta, Ministry of Culture, Government of India  sponsored National Conference on Evolving Role of Libraries and Librarianship was conducted at the premises of Sri Sarada College for Women, Tirunelveli . On the First day the Programme started with Aarathi , Lighting the lamp and prayer at 10.00 a.m. Smt. S. Gomathy, Librarian, SSC, Tvl gave the Welcome Address. The gathering was blessed by the College Administrator, Bhakthananda Swamiji. The College Secretary Yatiswari Saravanabhavapriya Ambaji gave the inaugural address which was followed by felicitation address by Dr. Malarvizhi, Principal, SSC, Tvl. Major.Prof.P. Chandrasekaran, Academic Director, SSC, Tvl  gave a note on Conference Dynamics.  The Honorable Chief Guest Dr. Elavazhagan, Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli presented the Keynote Address. The Presidential Address was given by Dr. A. Thirumagal, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Dr. S. Ravikumar North Eastern Hill University gave the felicitation Address. The Inaugural Function thus ends with the Vote of thanks by B. Vijayalakshmi, former Librarian, SSC, Tvl.  After a Tea Break.Our Chief Guest Dr. K. Elavazhagan, Chief Knowledge Officer, IIM, Trichy gave his lecture on Polluting the Scholarly, publishing ecosystem by predatory publishers.

The First Technical Session for the day was started which was chaired by Dr. R.R. Saravanakumar, Librarian, Sadak Abdhullah College, Tirunelveli. Co-Chaired by Dr. I. Ravikumar Kennedy, Librarian, St John's College, Tirunelveli and the Rapporteur was Dr. S. Balachandran, Librarian, Thiruvalluvar College, Papanasam. Three papers were presented during the session.

In the Second Technical Session, the chair person was Dr. K. Ramasamy, Librarian, V S Sivalimgam Govt. Arts College, Pulankurichi, Sivagangai. Co-chair person was Dr. Siva Subramanian. The Rapporteur was Dr. P. Renuka, Librarian, Sri Parasakthi College, Courtrallam.  Five papers were presented during this session.

The Second day of the conference opened with the commanding lecture on "Libraries in North America: Present and Future Trends Meeting Information Needs by Dr. Susan W Alman, San Jose State University, California via online. This session was great to have a resource person from another country within our Conference Hall. Video, Audio & Power  Point presentation were available at a time.
Dr. A. Thirumagal, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli delivered a invited lecture on publication productivity of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University - A Biblio-metric Study and Open Access Resources.  

The Thrid Technical Session was started which was chaired by Dr. K. Murugan. Co-chaired by Smt. N. Renuka. Assistant Professor & Head, Department of English, Rapporteured by K. Punithavathi, Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Tirunelveli  Three papers were presented in this session.

In the fourth technical session, the chair person was Dr. S. Balasubramanian, the Co-Chair person is  Dr. M. Jeyaprakash, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Periyar University, Salem. The Rapporteur was A.Rani, Sri Sarada College of Education, Tirunelveli. Four papers were presented in this session.

The fifth technical session was chaired by Dr.V.R.Rajan, Research Guide, Amet University, Chennai. Co-chair person was J. Arumugam, TCS, Chennai, Rapporteur was Dr S. Kopperundevi., Veterinary College, Tirunelveli. Ten papers were presented in this session.

We have received more than 77 papers and twenty five papers were presented orally. The Conference came to an end with the Valedictory Function. S. Gomathy welcomed the guests. Major. Prof. P. Chandrasekaran gave the valedictory address. Participant Certificates were issued to the delegates by Administrator, Secretary & Principal. Vote of Thanks was proposed by B.Vijayalakshmi. The conference came to an end with the National Anthem.