Monday, March 17, 2008

"Professional Ethics" by Dr. Shanmukha

An important lecture on “Professional ethics” was organised by MULISSA on March 14, 2008. The speaker was Dr. Shanmukha from Department of Education, Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore. Drawing from his wide experience in the field of education, Dr. Shanmukha said that there is a subtle difference between a job and a profession. He opined that a profession is skill oriented and requires more knowledge and commitment. Though both job and profession could earn livelihood for people, a profession is more service oriented and calls for intellectual calibre. Referring the courses in library and information sciences as a professional course, the speaker said such kind of courses emphasise on acquiring of skills required to carry out the professional responsibilities. He drew parallels from Medicine, Engineering, Education and Law to push his argument why Library and Information Science is also treated as a professional subject. He provided a number of examples from his personal life to show that how service is the motto of libraries. A person who works for a profession should abide by some of the “written” and “unwritten” code of ethics. He said the accepted behaviour with service orientations is the basis for all code of ethics. Code of ethics is self imposed, self regulated, self growing behaviour. He said professional ethics protects a profession in a long run.

Report prepared by B. Tejaswini

Thursday, March 13, 2008

“E– learning pedagogical issues" by Dr. Linda karlsson

MULISSA Friday talk – 7 special lectures on “E– learning pedagogical issues" by Dr. Linda karlsson, Librarian, Malmo University, Sweden.

Summary:-
Dr. Linda gave a brief description of where is Sweden located an geographical description, historical and also social Sweden, and emphasized his work experience through all this yours how the diuretic change as bought in Sweden and reflected on Malmo University. It is stated in the year 1999. eighth large University in Sweden.
“Library as a student’s office” According her opinion they gave large attention on students home as well as in campus. For the overall development there must be communication development the learning progress depends on the library form formal user education to tutoring pedagogical and user oriented design of library is must. For on E – learning pedagogical there should be an well learning management system, learning support tutoring structure. FAQs, like lectures, seminars careful curriculum design, library on line, this are must and should.

Dr.Linda gave some of the tips to library-
• Simple chat(mecbo free programmer )
• User friendly catalogue.
• Library on youth tube, pod cards etc.
• Library catalog via on mobile
• RSS on library needs and new books
• Added values like games etc.

"How to face competitive exams” by C. N. Shivamurthy

MULISSA Friday talk – 6 lecture on “How to face competitive exams” by Sri. C. N. Shivamurthy Department Chief, University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau, University of mysore , Manasagangotri Mysore.

Sri. C. N. Shivamurthy explained few thought of knowledge such a new route as navigator to be a successive man . Knowledge power thought role the world. This four pillars for building some thingn in life for success,
1. Aptitude
2. Good guidance
3. Parent’s encouragement
4. Sincere Hard work and he explained a wide job opportunities in three sections
a. government
b. private
c. self employment
and their is lots of risk in self employment and brain draining in private sector .The best is government job due to information secure and service oriented things . So to succed in compitative field one should built a plan, preparartion performance will power , good friend sd all are important . Luck cant play arole in life so try and try again until a succced that is practice make man perfect.
He expailned basic procedure about competative exams what are they?
How are they?
And explained what’s the different’s of life upto 10 to 15, childhood stage studying stages, 15 to 25 exploatory stage up to 25 to 40 establishment stage upto 40 to 60 maintance stage so one should do his beet with 15 to 25 to make his life secure in future. The growt that is both central and state as some what same procedure to fillup its group ‘C’, ‘B’, ‘A’ through competative exams the basic qualification is any Bachelor’s degree and good score in competative exams and group ‘c’ vaccuancy are filled through S. S. C. that is Staff Selection Commission. S. I, CBI, Delhi police etc., Railway recurment board, bank jobs through TOEA, TONA, TOEL etc., exams and state’s FDA and SDA, ISA etc., for higher catogories that is group B and A is filled by KPSC and UPSC exams every year and he also explained all procedure to apply pattern question papers, selection process and attempts one can achieve and gain live. Example: IPS Kampaiya, IG Shivaram, IAS Vijayalkshmi and so on. There problems hard work and there will power and success story.