MULISSA

'Get Ready to Compete with the World’

2010-12-27T20:48:00.000-08:00

MULISSA for the current academic year (2010-11) was inaugurated on 22nd December
2010 by Prof. V.G. Talawar, honorable Vice-Chancellor, University of
Mysore by lighting the lamp. In his inaugural speech he explained that how librarians
are gaining importance at the global level. He advised the students to prepare themselves for the future challenges. In his concluding part he once again congratulated all new team members of MULISSA.

At a time when the world has become a global village, University of Mysore (UoM) Vice Chancellor Prof V G Talawar urged students to stop limiting themselves to the levels of varsity and prepare to face competition from across the world.

He was speaking at the inaugural programme of Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA) at the Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, UoM, here on Wednesday.

Advising students of the Library and Information Science Department, Prof Talawar said that the focus should be on inter-disciplinary studies. Stressing on the need for knowing the basics of all subjects, Prof. V. G. Talawar said that it would help them catalogue books in a better way and also help people.

Observing that Father of Librarian Sciences S R Ranganathan had provided the cornerstone, he urged students to specialise in subjects and adopt necessary skills to succeed. He also told students to go beyond the department to learn about the current trends in their area of expertise.

Prof. V. G. Talawar said that students from rural areas can outperform their urban counterparts with the critical thinking skills they possess. He said that while urban students have better communication skills, they lack critical thinking capabilities.

Citing an example about the preference for students from rural areas, Prof. V. G. Talawar said that recently an industrial tycoon had said that corporates prefer rural youth as they are more dedicated and ensure better productivity. Honesty and the urge to learn will help students become successful, he added.

Guest of honor Dr. I.R.N. Gowder spoke about the positive qualities
which are necessary for all librarians and students. In his speech he
appreciated the knowledge gained by students of Dept. of LIS, UOM comparing with the students of other universities. According to him
dept of LIS, UOM has been producing good number of students who are
suitable for the IT environment by providing all IT facilities
through subject experts. He encouraged students to train themselves in
different sections of university library during leisure to gain practical
experience. At the end of his talk he appreciated the faculty
and students of dept. of LIS.

Prof.Mallinath Kumbar President MULISSA and Chairman of LIS, UOM
presided over the function. In his presidential address he thanked
from his whole heart to Prof.Talawar for their continuous support and
cooperation for upgrading department. On that special
occasion he explained how students should make use of MULISSA forum to
develop their self confidence, to improve their leadership qualities
and to expose their hidden talents. Finally he promised all team
members that he will give continuous support and freedom to organize
fruitful programmes which will more useful to student community.

The programme was started at 10: 30 am by melodious invocation by
Ms. Lekha, Dr. Adithya Kumari, Faculty advisor MULISSA welcomed the
gathering, Mr. Muruli N. proposed vote of thanks. Ms.Shrirekha was the campier during the programme.

Dr.Y. Venkatesha, Associate Professor, DOS in LIS, UOM, Dr.N.S.Harinarayana, Reader in DOS in LIS, UOM, Dr.Ramesh Gandhi, Chief Librarian were present there.

MULISSA FORUM 2010-11

2010-12-12T21:22:00.000-08:00

The department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, has
elected the office bearers of MULISSA {Mysore University library and Information Science Students Association.} This is one of the active students association in our campus (Manasagagothri campus)
This association was established in 1965 in our department, it is still active and well- known for its famous weekly program "Friday Talks".

Following are the office bearers

President : Prof : Mallinath Kumbar
Faculty advisor : Dr : Adithya Kumari
Secretary : Muruli N.
JointSecretary : Girish Kumar
Treasure : Sahana
Members : Guruprasad G.M.
Shrirekha N.
Chikkamanju,
Kavitha,
Shylendra,
Prasanna.

"Character buildiing among young Indians under Transition"

2008-11-29T03:40:00.000-08:00

29th November 2008.

Dear Professionals,
MULISSA(Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) organised its famous 'Friday talk' on Saturday 29th November 2008.

This week's guest Col.Bhanuprakash spoke about "Character buildiing among young Indians under Transition". He talked about character, attitudes and most importantly self-discipline. He also reasoned out why people in developing countries have different attitude compared to developed countries. He also spoke about compromise, consensus and dedication.

Chairperson and Faculty advisor to MULISSA Dr. Khaiser Nikam welcomed the guest. Research Scholars and Students were present on the occasion.

"Get an edge to realize your dream"

2008-11-23T01:30:00.000-08:00

21 Nov. 2008
Dear Professionals,
The 5th talk of the ‘Friday Talk’ series of MULISSA (Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) was held at the First year Lecture hall of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 21st Nov. 2008.

This week’s topic of discussion was ‘Get on edge to realize your dream’.
Mr. Prashanth Kumar, Managing Director of EDGE (Enhancing Individual Growth and Excellence), Mysore, gave an interactive presentation on how to realize our dreams.
He began by defining the word ‘success’, which means many things to many people. Intent, effort and God’s grace are three ingredients for success. He emphasized certain issues such as

- Why some people are not successful.
- The art of dream conversion being a structured process.
- Handling fear
- Dealing with criticism

He ended with the quote ‘Dreams can come true, if you make them come true’.

Dr. Mallinath Kumbar presided over the function, welcomed and introduced the guest, Faculty, Research Scholars and students were present on the occasion.

2008-11-14T05:30:00.000-08:00

November, 14, 2008
Dear Professionals,
Special 'Friday talk' lecture of Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA) was held at First Year lecture hall of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 14th Nov. 2008.
This Friday's talk was special because National Library Week starts from the same day, i.e. 14th - 20th Nov. 2008.This week's guest Prof. N.S.Venugopal of Basudev Somany First Grade College, Kuvempunagar, Mysore gave lecture on the 'Ethics in Advertising'.
He began by tasking a question 'Does advertisement sell product?' He continued on to the concept of business ethics, meaning of ethics, qualities of ethics, present day advertisement trends and how advertisements can be helpful in serving the purpose of the library.He ended by explaining the self regulatory methods for the advertising industry.
Dr. Khaiser Nikam, Chairperson and faculty advisor to MULISSA, gave a lecture on the history and imporatnce of National Library Week and read some excerpts from Padmashree S.R.Ranganathan's classic 'Five Laws of Library Science'.Faculty, Research scholars and Students were present on the occasion.

Occupational English Language and Communications

2008-10-31T06:59:00.001-07:00

October 31, 2008
Friday talk-2 Lecture on Occupational English Language and Communication by Dr. Benjamin Sukumaran.

The Friday Talk series began with warm invocation by Pushpa of MLISc around 3.30pm. Dr. Khaiser Nikam Chairperson of Library and Information Science gave a welcome to the guest and all, along with an introduction of Dr. Benjamin Sukumaran IOLS Career Empowerment and Development Kuvempunagar, Mysore. Chairperson gave a brief note about the Library Science has grown in rapid speed. Thirst of knowledge, language and love towards subject maker a person to communicate better.

Lecture Report:- ' Communication is life' 'Life without communication is tragedy'. With this great thought the lecture began by Dr. Benjamin Sukumaran. Benjamin explained how important communication is in life. And to communicate better one should have awareness of cross cultural, if not it would be a barrier for communication. "Communication is a process of response to a stimuli on the flat form of culture. " For communication Physical i.e. the Sound body is important secondly the expression and Thirdly acceptation. If intake is good means outtake will be good. There is stimuli everywhere but one should response. Every one's will power is some where one should realize and the will power should realize and the will power should not wasted in judging, but by learning, by understanding etc. EQ matters everywhere. And with an example of, A rich boy and poor boy who were his student 3-4 years ago and their problem and success story of them to Librarians communication is first because they are people to solve or to give the solution and not creating problem by more communication. He must be good at English because Librarians First nature is Enquiry, Second nature is confirmation and Third is Service. Librarians will be there until education is and Books are Source of Information, Travelling is Confirmation. "Fishes in River never get Thirsty". Thus one should identify his strength and weakness in communication and there by to overcome from it reading, learning and better hard work.

The session ended with vote of thanks by Hydar Ali.

Integrating RFID Technology for effective Security in Libraries and Information centers

2008-10-31T06:52:00.000-07:00

October 24, 2008
Friday talk - 1 Special lecuture on Integrating RFID Technology for effective Security in Libraries and Information centers by B.R. Bhadhri, Principal Consultancy services, Bangalore-560085.

Dear Professionals,
MULISSA inauguration function was held at the Department of Library and
Information Science, Mysore University.

The chief guest Shri B.R Badhri spoke abut the history of RFID technology,
its relevance in different industries and its use in libraries.

He also spoke about Library Management Systems, their functional as well as
technical aspects. How RFID technology works, along with its uses in cost
effectiveness, multiple languages, book drop unit, improved services through
prior reservation and prevention of theft were addressed.

RFID is an off-shoot of barcoding which has been around for 40 years. A
chip embedded in a book can have details such as author, title, subject,
edition etc and this information can be accessed at the circulation desk
itself. The technology enables automatic identification of objects. In the
case of libraries, it is applied to books journals, CDs etc.

Chairperson and faculty advisor for MULISSA, Dr Khaiser Nikam briefed about
the history of the Department and the role of Dr. P.K. Patil as founding
member.

Mr Shrinivas Prasad from Bahadur Institute of Management Science was also
present. Faculty, research scholars and students were also present.

Team Members

2008-10-04T03:38:00.000-07:00

President : Dr. Khaiser Nikam

Secretary : Mahamadsaba Mabusaba Kalebhagh

Joint Secretary : Shivakumar, H.R., Kumara, C.S.

Treasure : Rashmi, B.R.

Members : Sunilkumar M, Hydar Ali, Narayana, P.K.

MULISSA FORUM 2008 - 2009

2008-10-04T02:55:00.000-07:00

The department of library and information science elected the office bearers of MULISSA “Mysore University library and Information Science Students Association”. This association was established in 1965 and is still active and well- known for its famous Friday Talks – which is weekly program.

Following are the office bearers

President : Dr. Khaiser Nikam
Secretary :Mahamadsaba Mabusaba Kalebhagh
JointSecretary :Shivakumar,H.R., Kumara, C.S.
Treasure : Rashmi, B.R.

Members :Sunilkumar, Hydar Ali, Narayana, P.K.

“Colon Classification as Ontology" by Dr. Michael A. Shepeard

2008-04-01T05:39:00.001-07:00

Friday talk-9 Special lecture on “Colon Classification as Ontology
by Dr. Michael A. Shepeard.
Dr. Michael A. Shepeard remembered his days when gave lecture in the same hall 15 year back. He gave brief geographical description about the location of his University and in his e introduction expressed his long term interest in Colon Classification, right from his college days when he was student of DRTC in Bangalore 1974. Apart form classification he studied how Colon Classification could be used for other purposes. So he took a look at RDMS, Programming PROTEGE etc…. In computer science and information service, he took concept and relationship as items of study. He briefly describe concept of ontology by taking university people as an example. Ontology provides more information about properties, resources and value along with their relationship. Thus ontology is more help full in constructing a semantic map. Ontology on web – explained about technology, resources, property, value etc. Ontology describes the relationship. They have developed programmer of ontology based on depth schedule of Colon Classification that is Personality, Matter, Energy, and Hierarchies of class, subclass, sub-class, and sub-sub-class in simple triple .he explained it by an simple
Example e.g. - Person a with lung cancer treated by thermotherapy using-rays. He is working on the elements of space and time also to programmer. He explained how the sample subjects and it rings along with sectors make things simple and he gave very brief summary like this- colon depth scheduler or ontology can be used as web ontology by adding it a relationship web ontology allows to define any relations, it’s a good news and bad news at a same time web ontology is important

"Professional Ethics" by Dr. Shanmukha

2008-03-17T03:07:00.000-07:00

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

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

2008-03-13T05:45:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-13T05:35:00.000-07:00

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.

'Librarianship as a profession' - a lecture by Dr. M. S. Sridhar

2007-11-30T21:31:00.000-08:00

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised a Friday lecture by Dr. M.S. Sridhar, Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore on the topic ‘Librarianship as a profession’ on November 30, 2007. A summary of the lecture and the student interaction which followed is given below.
Libraries are under utilized. Only 1.5% of the population have access to the libraries. The myth that evolution of Internet has made libraries redundant contributes further to the less use of libraries. Dr. Sridhar counter argued that in spite of invasion of technology number of printed books and journals has not reduced. On the other hand it has increased. He said one in five books published and one out of three books borrowed from libraries are related to IT. If IT eliminates the printed books, why this trend he questioned. Dr. Sridhar presented some of the quality issues that need to be taken note of by the Internet users. Authenticity and accuracy are the major ones. Libraries are more reliable source for a common man. Filtering mechanism adopted in libraries ensures the quality and accuracy. On the other hand, Internet is increasingly becoming more popular creating the impression that libraries are no more required. Dr. Sridhar trying to rationalise this trend said accessibility, ease of use and perceived utility are the major factors for popularity of Internet. He opined that Internet and IT are supplement to the libraries and in real perspectives they are not threats.
Giving some tips for students Dr. Sridhar said that domain knowledge (library based skills), communication, research bent of mind, reading habit and ICT skills are the expected core competencies by the employers. He said that competition for job is increasing as number of qualified professionals coming out of library schools has increasing drastically. A huge chunk of graduates are coming out of library schools from open universities. This has created an imbalance between supply and demand as for as library professionals are concerned. In this context Dr. Sridhar gave advice to the students that they should go for specialization and be ready when the opportunity arises.
Dr. Sridhar’s lecture was followed by an interesting and elaborate interactive session. Students asked varieties of questions and sought clarifications on various intriguing issues. Some of the questions asked/issues discussed are as follows:
- Can Internet substitute a library?
- Whether the present university syllabus enough for developing a good librarian?
- How can one encourage young people to read?
- How to ascertain needs/wants of remote readers in the context of digital libraries?
- How one should equip to get good job?
- What are the core competencies of librarians?
- Whether classification and cataloguing are redundant in Internet era?
- How to improve social status of libraries?
- Libraries have been changing their names over the years from ‘Libraries’ to ‘Knowledge centres’, ‘Information Centres’ to ‘Information Kiosks’ etc. Whether this change in name inevitable?

Response on Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' at MyDLIS

2007-11-26T05:06:00.000-08:00

It is a good effort by the Mysore university. Interaction between Library and Information Science students and Journalism students at this level will bring in the awareness to both the students. If you had a moderator who works as a librarian in a newspaper office or a senior editorial staff who uses the services of a Information centre it would have been more lively and authentic. As a professional person working in the newspaper office I know that every editorial written in the news paper by senior journalists require authentic Published information of various types like statistics, statements, biography etc. in any form. There is no subject limit and the time allowed is "now or never". 25 years experience has shown us that it is only the library and information/ science students who have a very good hard training in information/Knowledge management and understanding can organise, manage and retrieve information of right kind at a very short notice from a huge information and Knowledge base.
Both need to understand that one group is Knowledge Generators and the other is Knowledge Managers. One who generates may not keep track of what he has generated and what others have generated. Where as a Information Manager will keep track of the information generated in a helpful manner. We need to understand that all information required is not available on web or net. For Example try searching comprehensive information on one of the biggest Illicit Liquor Tragedy which took the life of 1000 people in Bangalore. Can you find it on web. If it is required in local Language it is much more difficult.Well a news paper library can fish out things in a short time. Need for Trained Information people in the filed of Journalism is more now than before. Think of the news channels and production houses who are having tough time organising their own productions and finding the right kind of information required during production. Interaction between Journalists and the Information Centre is much more thanin any other library and the work is really demanding. Need is well established as newspapers are recruiting Information Science Students under some designation or the other.
N. Shailaja
Chief Information Officer
Information Centre
Deccan Herald
Bangalore-1
Ph.No 25880545, 25880521
Email:naganarasimhas@yahoomail.com

Response on Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' at MyDLIS

2007-11-26T04:56:00.000-08:00

Quite interesting discussion. Myself was once a while working for the Library/Information centre in the Times of India newspaper at Patna (Bihar). I found the job very interesting and hectic. We used to keep index files on various local, national and international issues as well photo shots of different personalities and episodes like a situation of flood, a devastation brought by earth quake,accidental fire, etc.Often during election times, besides the editorial staff, I was supposed to be available in person to let them have materials on the character of a constituency. Sometimes, the editorial department would put a telephone call to my residence in nights to let them know how then can locate back year information on a particular case. I also used to interact with the editor as well as. Truly, it said that people in the press keep ready obituary materials in advance so that they can reach first with full coverage to the public.The traffic of users was always heavy. I don't know on what premise the students of journalism are calling the art & science of Li bray business 'no more required' as already things are available on the net. We librarians are not internet shy. We quite well know the quantity & quality of materials available there. Regards.

T. Shahab

INFORMATION & CHANGE-an interactive session

2007-11-17T22:02:00.000-08:00

Under the umbrella of Friday talk series, MULISSA organized a novel program of interactive session between LISC and Journalism and Mass Communication, on 16th November 2007. The theme of discussion was “Information & Change”. Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication was the guest of honor. He also played the role of moderator along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar.
The programme started by offering prayers to the almighty by Mr.Mahadev Murthy, LISc. Mr.Poornachandra Naika, LISc extended welcome to the Chief guest, Dr.Niranjana and Dr.Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson of LISc Department.
Dr. Niranjana lauded the efforts made by MULISSA for making this kind of session, which was a new experience for all the participants. Also he emphasized how there is a communication gap between students and faculty members and students from different department and such kind of program would help reducing the gap.
He green-flagged the discussion by highlighting the role of Journalism & Libraries in a society. He said that LISc domain deals with scientific aspects of information where as journalism is interested to know not the mechanism but the art. LISC and Journalism are hardware and software of information and a society needs both to grow and prosper. Dr. Mallinath Kumar seconded him by stating that these two disciplines go hand in hand. LISc is an interdisciplinary discipline and Journalism is part of it. –this fact was the inspiration behind conducting such kind of interactive session.
Two participants from Journalism and LISc briefed the group about their respective discipline- how change has impact on society and the role of media in change in information. How media acts as catalyst to propel the change. Similarly how library plays a role in shaping up the society, how IT has brought changes in operations and services of library.
However to make the discussion more interesting ,Dr. Niranjana questioned the value of library in cases where the user number has plummeted. Another remark by one of the participants that libraries shape up a society resulted in a heated yet spirited discussion and each side tried to justify role of their domain in shaping a society.Dr.Niranjana cooled the environment by pointing out to the fact that Journalism and LISc are not the competitors but they compliment each other.
Another key issue discussed during this session was the advent of Internet. It began with a statement by one of the participant who questioned the use of library when abundant information is available on Internet. Answering this, one of the participants argued that Internet is playing an important role in information retrieval but it can’t be considered as a library in itself, which was justified on the basis of ALA’s report. Another participant explained how we are shifting from traditional library to Digital library and the differences between the two. They discussed interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc.
The sweet and sour side of change brought by technology in both the domains was presented in the discussion. Information technology is seeping into all the domains but sometimes it poses issues as not many people in India can use computer or know how to retrieve information from Internet. One participant from Journalism explained how emergence of e-paper and how resources like place for office, staff are mere requirements to carry on the process.
Dr. Mallinath noted how the society had transformed from the conventional to the current knowledge revolution which is required to bring out social change however it cannot substitute the traditional library or media.
Dr. Niranjana concluded the session by emphasizing on the fact that both the disciplines are information centric. He pointed that the disciplines depend on each other- Library seeks media’s help to disseminate knowledge to users and media requires a library for proper functioning. Succinctly it can be stated that both work towards one goal – that is – dissemination of information to society.
Ms. Ashwini, , compeered the programme and Mr. Satheesha H., proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion.

Report Prepared by Mrs. Moninca Sharma, Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore

Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report

2007-11-17T02:31:00.000-08:00

On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and
Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion.

Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system.

The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing.

Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussinginteresting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc.

Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers.

Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society.

Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion.

Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change'

2007-11-12T20:29:00.000-08:00

On November 16, 2007, MULISSA has organised an interaction programme with the students of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic “Information and Change”. Both the disciplines, ie., Library and Information Science; and Journalism and Mass Communication, have many things in common. Both of them
• are information based and service oriented professions,
• have seen a paradigm shift due to the impact of ICTs in recent years,
• are professional courses, and
• have based on the philosophy of disseminating information to the users.

A programme has been chalked out to have a discussion between students of both the departments. The objectives of the programme are as follows:
• To foster the relationships between the department in general and students in particular.
• To promote the communication skills of students by giving an opportunity to express themselves on their field of study.
• To expose the students to the art of participating in a controlled discussion group.
• To develop the skills of group participation.

The modus operandi of the programme is as follows:
• The programme will be held at first year MLISc Hall of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore.
• The programme will be on the Friday, November 16, 2007. The programme starts at 3 PM. It is intended to close the interaction session by 4.30 PM.
• There will be two groups of students (not exceeding 15 members on each side) representing the two departments.
• There will be two moderators – one each from each department - during the interactions. The moderators have to initiate the discussion with their introductory remarks. They have to guide the discussion by way of asking questions, critically commenting on a statement, instigating the students to speak by their comments, etc. They have full freedom to control student speaker if they find it so necessary.
• After moderators’ introduction, a student representative from both the side will speak for 5 minutes each to introduce their subject field to the other group.
• The interaction would start after the approval of the moderators. Any student from any group can claim their turn to speak. The sequence will however be determined by the moderators. A student speaker can talk for a maximum of two minutes only. This restriction is to just ensure that all the participants get an opportunity to speak.
• The following guidelines may be followed by the students:
o They speak only with the permission from the moderators.
o They speak only for two minutes, unless extended by the moderators.
o They speak only on the subject of interaction.
o They are advised not to repeat others point and waste their time of presentation.
o It is advised to prepare well before coming to the discussion on various aspects of the subject of discussion.
o Providing factual information if any is encouraged. However, PPTs should not be used.
o It is not a debate and no prizes are given. Students are not supposed to enter with an argument with other students.
o They should speak in turns.

Friday Talk - 3

2007-11-09T00:26:00.000-08:00

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association(MULISSA) organised a lecture on "Kannada in Computers" by Dr.Panditaradhya, a well-known speaker in this region. It was held atthe Department of Library and Information Science, University ofMysore, Mysore on 7th November 2007. The lecture was the third one inthe series of "Friday talks" for the current year. Because of thefestive week, the lecture was advanced to Wednesday itself.

In his speech, Dr. Panditaradhya said that a language is basicallylearnt orally. The oral communication has been dominating the writtencommunication for centuries. The invention of printing press byGutenberg has enhanced the impact of written communication over thesociety. The emergence of computing and communicating technologieshas proved a shot in the arm for written communication. Dr.Panditaradhya traced the development of encoding standards from ASCIIto ISCII to Unicode to Nudi ( a local standard approved by Governmentof Karnataka). He said though English was a dominating language incomputers, it is not any more. Any script in any language of theworld can now be stored in computers. Cashing on his experience inNudi, the speaker showed how Kannada scripts could be entered incomputers. Answering a query from the audience, Prof. Panditaradhyaclarified that Nudi employs phonetic based data entry method unlikeBaraha which uses transliteration technique for data entry. Comparedto its competitors, he said Nudi has several features and is based onscientific studies. Nudi, a product of Kannada Ganaka Parishat, is astandard approved by Government of Karnataka.

Mr. G. N. Narasimha Murthy, Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat who waspresent during the lecture, gave a demo on "Kannada Viswakosha"(Kannada Encyclopaedia) which was recently released by Prasaranga ofUniversity of Mysore, Mysore. He showed browsing, searching,multimedia, audio and other features of the encyclopaedia. Similarlya demo of "Pampa Bharata" a legendary work of 10th century poet Pampawas shown. Vikramarjuna Vijaya, also known as Pampa Bharata, is aKannada version of the Mahabharata which was originally written byVyasa. The electronic version of the work, to be released shortly,contains the original poems with meaning and annotations. The oralrecitation of the poems both in Gamaka method and normal readingmethod is given to each poem.

The program was well attended by students and staff of MyDLIS, otherdepartments in the campus and general public. The whole programme wasmanaged by the student representatives.

Friday Talk - 2

2007-11-09T00:21:00.000-08:00

The Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS) under the aegis of MULISSA – Mysore University Library and Information Student Association organised a demonstration cum lecture on ‘ListServs’ on 2nd November 2007 by Dr. M. Chandrashekara, Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore.
Dr. Chandrashekara explained the concept of ‘ListServs’ and its usage as group discussion forums. ‘ListServ’ is an electronic forum which facilitates online communication. He gave a step by step demonstration about ‘ListSevs’ to the students by taking ‘LISFORUM’ as an example. He said that one must first join the listserv as a member in order to send messages to the list. Members must also correspond with the listserv using the email address they subscribed to the list with. ‘LISFORUM’ is an moderated list in which moderators approves and prunes the messages. He opined that the challenges of a ‘ListServ’ include striking a balance between quality and participation, which can be achieved through careful planning and moderation. In his demonstration of ‘LISFORUM’, Dr. Chandrashekara explained its features including searching of archives, default settings etc. He drew the attention of the students towards various ListServs available in the field of Library and Information Science.
In order to encourage the participation in ListServ, a competition for the MLISc students was announced. The students of the current batch of MLISc in MyDLIS have to become members of LISFORUM and participate in the discussion. The best participant would be awarded with an attractive prize.
Moderators request to subscribe/unsubscribe members to the list or members can subscribe/unsubscribe themselves.
This has been the practice for many decades now. On 2nd of November Dr. M.Chandrashekara, Reader of the Department has given a talk on “Listservs”. In his talk he gave practical understanding of how Listservs are used, how to subscribe and unsubscribe listserv, and how to become acquainted with reading and posting of a message. In his talk he also listed the listservs available in LIS domain and emphasized the role of listservs in professional development. At the end he gave a practical demo on how to subscribe LIS-Forum. Who was to give a talk for about 45 minutes went up to 1 hour 15 minutes, with out the knowledge of the audiences. All the faculty members and the students immensely benefited from his talk.

Friday Talk - 1

2007-11-09T00:18:00.000-08:00

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) organised a lecture programme on “Life Skills” by Prof. Mohammad Shaik Saleem, Director, Zonal Institute for Education and Training, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Mysore on 26th October 2007.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Saleem said that life skills are those abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal positively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. Life skills include competencies that help people make informed decisions, solve problems, think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, maintain healthy relationships, empathize with others, and manage their lives in a healthy manner. Prof. Saleem said that stress has become the order of the day. Coping with stress and emotions are the life skills essential of modern man. The speaker said, unfortunately the formal education does not equip its students with essential life skills.

Prof. Saleem explained the increased influence of the peer group on the youth. It tends to pull away from the close emotional ties that they share with their parents and prefer the company of their friends. The speaker touched upon some of the most influencing factors on youth like changes in interests, body image concerns, changes in morality, changes in family relationships, etc. He gave the young students present in the audience the tips to handle the peer pressure.

Prof. Saleem ended saying that one does not have to compare oneself with others but to look within oneself for the strengths. He urged the students to acquire the essential life skills – thinking skills, social skills and negotiation skills.

Report of the Inauguration of Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA)

2007-11-09T00:12:00.000-08:00

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) is a student forum to support the overall development of students. MULISSA is in action for more than 35 years. Every year it is constituted with the current batch of students as its members. Department nominated faculty member faculty member would act as its advisor. A student elected committee co-ordinates the overall activities. ‘Friday Talk’ – a lecture series on every Friday organised by MULISSA – has been ascribed by NAAC as one of the ‘best practices’ in the campus. The main objectives of MULISSA are:
* To enhance academic and professional skills/knowledge among its members
* To provide opportunity for enrichment of cultural and sport abilities
* To foster relationships among faculty, staff, and students

As per the tradition, MULISSA for the current academic year was inaugurated on the Friday 19th October 2007. Prof. B. Nagappa, the retired professor of MyDLIS (Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore) inaugurated the association by lighting the lamp. In his speech he took the audience to a historical journey from ‘clay tablet libraries’ to ‘digital libraries’. He traced the changes in the nomenclature of librarians from ‘keeper of books’ to ‘librarians’ to ‘information scientists’. He highlighted the importance of the role of librarians in the society. He said ‘smile’, ‘work’ and ‘think’ are the three qualities of a librarian. He opined that the challenges of present day librarians are very high and the students have to be aware about them in order to prepare themselves for the future challenges in their career. He cautioned the professionals that unless we welcome the changes and learn the art of the game very fast, some body else would take away our jobs. Prof. Nagappa said the four basic principles of Charles Darwin propounded in his book ‘On the origin of species’ published in 1859 could be construed as the basic principles for success in life. He showed how librarians can interpret the Darwin’s principles “Struggle for existence”, “Survival of the fittest”, “Natural selection” and “Adaptation to the environment” to face the challenges.

Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Chairman and President of MULISSA presided over the function. Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, the faculty advisor for the current batch and Dr. M. Chandrashekara, Reader in the Department were present on the occasion.

Students of MLISc managed the whole show. Ms. Umme Asima N.A welcomed the gathering and Ms. Sajana C. proposed vote of thanks. Mr. K. R. Udaya Bhaskar was the compere during the programme.

MULISSA objectives proposed by Tejashwini. B

2007-11-09T00:11:00.000-08:00

· As democracy MULISSA can be defined as a student association or form from the student by the student to the academic sports, cultural all together universal development of student.
· Everyone 18 unique in god’s creation s0 the hidden talent of students should be highlighted through MULISSA.
· Everyone student of MLISSA should be involved in one or the other way in the actives of MLISSA.
· MULISSA is not an students union, so it’s not involved in any illegal activates against the university of Mysore any aspects.
· MLISSA is not administrated, favored by any organization by company or by any parson. Its faculty administrated by the students or members of MULISSA.

MULISSA objectives proposed by Kannika Parameshwari

2007-11-09T00:04:00.001-08:00

1. To organize and social actives in the university campus facilating better multicultural understanding and appreciation.
2. MULISSA is a student association but not a union because is not involved in any illegal activities against the university of Mysore any aspects.
3. A student association may be organized to foster student autonomy and facilitate extra - curricular activities by MULISSA.

MULISSA objectives proposed by Ali. K. S

2007-10-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

1. Motivate them for a new thinking through seminars and other programs.
2. Improve the world of knowledge of students by giving them weekly seminar (Friday day), workshop, newsletter, etc. and help them to aware the concept and happening in the field of library science.
3. To organize and unite all MULISSA or association students and faculties and to relations between members of MULSSA.
4. It helps us to develop our personality.
5. Motivate students for working this association and try to improve its activities.
6. Develop learning and teaching approaches

MULISSA objectives proposed by Harish

2007-10-06T00:45:00.000-07:00

1 The association is a co-operative work so it should be managed and maintained by each member of it.
2. The association mainly formed by group of people association is carried out to bring out some functional activities in the organization.
3. To carry a smooth flow of associations each individual plays a very important role so association also depends on each individual’s interest.
4. Association also needs funds and financial budgets to develop it.
5. Member participation is also required.
6. Unity of work is also need by associations.
7. Team of group work is also need by the associations.

MULISSA objectives proposed by Vasantha, M.C.

2007-10-06T00:38:00.000-07:00

1. To develop the integrity and harmony between the faculty and students.
2. To developing the leadership quality.
3. To arrange the more functions with done by the resourcefully persons.
4. To develop the mutual understanding between the students.
5. The student’s get more information by MULISSA.
6. All round developments among the students.
7. To elicit the students inner creativity and talents.
8. Its motivate the students to always thinking optimist.

MULISSA objectives proposed by Divyakumar

2007-10-04T03:58:00.000-07:00

1. Make sure of every ones participation.
2. Creating a team spirit.
3. Ensuring unity among group members.
4. Maintaining honest and sincerity about this work.
5. Organization some function of common interest.
6. Time management is very important.
7. To be friendly with each and every members of the association.
8. Financial viability is very important.

MULISSA objectives proosed by Sridhar

2007-10-04T03:55:00.000-07:00

1. Protect every ones rights and privileges.
2. To improve the communications skills and the learn how to interact with skilled personally.
3. To ensure all the work with in the fixed time that is on time.
4. The lectures should be on interesting topics so that it can touch the heart of every one.
5. Positive attitude towards every assigned work.
6. High task orientation is important to have the competitive edge.
7. To make sure that every thing is done as per the plan.
8. To promote and encourage higher standards of personal and professional conduct of its members.
9. It help us to develop our personality.
10. Motivate students for working this association and try to improve its activity.