PG & Research Department of Library and Information Science(M. Lib. I. Sc.)

The PG Department of Library and Information Science was established in the year 2012 with an objective to imbibe the knowledge of organizing, managing, retrieving and exploring the skills in the field. The department constantly endeavours to provide quality education, an environment to enrich new knowledge, to empower students with technology based training and to create a platform for holistic development of the students. The students are moulded into smart library professionals through its association “Bibliotheque Club de Vellalar” by conducting seminars, workshops, guest lectures, library visits, soft skills training programme etc. transform the lives of the students. The Department is offering Research Programme (M.Phil. )since 2017.

Department Activities

GUEST LECTURE ORGANIZED -2013 TO 2019

Guest Lecture on SPSS Package was held on 07.10.2014. Dr. Parvathi , Head, Dept. of Mathematics was the resource person.
Guest Lecture on E-Publishing (Dtp & Pdl) was held on 02.8.2017 .Ms. P.K. Saranya Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Erode was the resource person.
Guest Lecture on Vocabulary Gradation using Zipf’s Law was held on 19.01.2018. Dr. N.M. Kavitha Asst. Professor, Department of Tamil, Vellalar College for Women, Erode was the resource person.
Guest lecture on Internet for student: Security Online was held on 18.09.2018. Mr. Sivasubramanian Muthusamy President, Internet Society India, Chennai Chapter was the resource person.
Guest lecture on Reaching the Resources at American Centre Library was held on 05/12/2018. Mr. Srinivasan Premkumar , Outreach Librarian ,The American Centre, Chennai was the resource person.
Guest lecture on Fulbright Fellowships was held on 14/02/2019. Ms. S. Lalitha Nageswari,,Programme Manager,,USIEF, Chennai was the resource person.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZED -2013 TO 2019

Two days Workshop on Open Sources KOHA, GSDL & DSPACE was held on 07.02.2013 & 08.02.2013. Mr. A.Velayutham, Asst. Librarian, Sardar Vallabai Patel International School of Textile Management, Coimbatore was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Web Designing Tools & Techniques was held on 27.09.2013. Mr. B. Jeyapragash, Asst.Professor, PG and Research Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Online Databases Access and Measures(h-index &g-index) was held on 28.01.2014. Mr. B. Jeyapragash, & Dr. Surilinathi Asst.Professor, PG and Research Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy was the resource person.
Two days Workshop on Commercial and Open Source Software’s KOHA, GSDL & DSPACE was held on 27.02.2014 & 28.02.2014. Mr. A.Velayutham, Asst. Librarian, Sardar Vallabai Patel International School of Textile Management, Coimbatore was the resource person.
Two days workshop on GSDL, Joomla and Openbiblio was held on 23.08.2014 and 24.08.2014. Mr. Arun Velayutham, Asst. Librarian, Maruthi College of Physical Education was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Spoken Tutorial – “Libre Office” was held on 22.09.2014. Dr. Samundeeswari, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Computer Science was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Multimedia Techniques was held on 17.10.2014. Mrs. Nithya Karthick, System Engineer, S2i Vector Animation Academy, Erode was the resource person.
Two days workshop on CDS/ISIS.J-ISIS and MARC 21 was held on 22.01.2015& 23.01.2015 G.Sundar,Director and R.Parkash,Assistant Director,RMRL, Chennai was the resource person.
One-day workshop on Citation Vs Plagiarsm was held on 18.03.2015. Dr.V.Sakthi Rekha,Librarian, MSSW,Chennai-8 was the resource person.
Two-Days Workshop On KOHA was held on 22.9.2015 and 23.9.2015. Mrs. Sivagami Technical Director, 2CQR, Chennai. Mr. Sugavanraj Technical Consultant, 2CQR, Bangalore was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Art of Measuring was held on 22.01.2016. Dr. B. Jeyaprakash Assistant Professor, PGDLIS, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli.& Mr. C.Ranganathan Assistant Professor, PGDLIS, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli was the resource person.
One day Workshop on ICT Tools for Publishing was held on 01.09.2016. Dr. S.K.Jayanthi , Associate Professor and Head, Dr. Samundeesawari Associate Professor Dr. Suguna Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, Vellalar College for Women(Autonomous), Erode was the resource person.
Two-Days Workshop on Open Source content Management Software was held on 09.09.2016 &10.09.2016. Mr. J.Arumugam, Librarian GRD Memorial Library, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore& Mr.V.Radha Krishnan Subject Matter Expert SPI Global, Chennai was the resource person.
One Day Workshop on SPSS Package (Statistical Package for Social Science) was held on 01.10.2016. Dr.S.Vishnuvarthani, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, VCW, Erode was the resource person.
One Day Workshop on SPSS Package(Statistical Package for Social Science) was held on 29.10.2017. Dr. S. Vishnuvarthani, Assistant Professor , Department of Commerce, VCW, Erode was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Open Source Software was held on 22.12.2017. Mr. J.Arumugam, Librarian, GRD Memorial Library, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore was the resource person.
One day Workshop on DSPACE and MOODLE was held on 10.01.2018. Mr. A. Arun Velayutham Assistant Librarian SRMV Maruthi College of Physical Education, Coimbatore was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Data Visualization and Mind Mapping Tools for Research was held on 28.09.2018. Mr. J.Arumugam, Librarian, GRD Memorial Library, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Digital Resource Management was held on 01/02/2019. Mr. Arun Velayutham, Assistant Librarian, Ramakrishna Mission Vidhyalaya Maruthi College of Physical Education, Coimbatore was the resource person.
One day Workshop on Art of Story Telling was held on 2/07/2019. Mrs. Vanithamani, Story Teller, Butterfly Kids Library, Thindal was the resource person.

One day workshop on Reference Management Software: ZOTERO was held on 30/10/2019. Mr. K.Ramasamy, College Librarian, M.V.Muthiah Govt.Arts College for Women, Dindugal was the resource person.

SEMINAR ORGANIZED -2013 TO 2019

One day seminar on Challenges in Knowledge Management and Inauguration of the association Bibliotheque Club de Vellalar was held on 04.01.2013. Dr. A. Elavalagan, Chief Knowledge officer, Indian Institute of Management was the resource person.

One day Seminar on J-gate Training and User Awareness was held on 26.07.2014. Mr. Gresh Behl and Mr. Swapnil Srivastava, Informatics Publishing Ltd., Bangalore was the resource person.

One-Day Seminar on Health Information Systems was held on 26.02.2016. Dr. Joyson Soundrarajan, Senior Librarian and Head, Department of Library Services, Christian Medical College, Vellore and Mr. R. Senthil Kumar, Senior Librarian, Christian Medical College, Dodd Memorial Library, Vellore was the resource person.

One day Seminar on Leadership Styles for Library Professionals was held on 22.07.2016. Mr.M.Devaraj, Head of the Department, Department of Management Studies, Nandha Engineering College (Autonomous), Erode & Dr.M.Ayyammal Assistant Professor and Head Department of Tamil, Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Erode was the resource person.

Two days National Seminar on Digital Initiatives to Empower Libraries was held on 2.03.2018 &03.03.2018. Prof. Dr. K. Samuel Johnson, MBA,. MA.Edu, (B.Ed), Ph.D Higher Education Consultant for Learning & Educational Technology VIT AP – Amaravati – Andhra Pradesh was the resource person.

LIBRARY VISITS

As a part of their Curriculum the students are taken to leading libraries during their course to gain practical exposure towards modern trends, techniques and services in this field. The following libraries are Saraswathi Mahal Library, Tamil university and IICPT – Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technologyin Tanjore, IIT – Indian Institute of Technology, SRM(Central and Medical) University, CSIR- SERC, IIMSc – Indian Institute of Mathematics Science, Adayar Research Library, ACL- Anna Century Library, Connemara and MISW- Madras School of Social Work in Chennai.

INTERNSHIP

Practical Knowledge in the Library Management and Housekeeping Operations is imparted through internship programme in leading libraries for 120 hours during the course of study. By the end of the Programme the student will gain the working knowledge in the libraries

Student Activities

BEST PAPER AWARD

Information needs of rural women : A study of Sivagiri Village, Erode by D.Jabaselvijuliyet received best paper award in two days National Conference on Reaching the Unreached organised by the Department of Library, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore was held on 08.08.2014 & 09.08.2014. (pp. 497-501, ISBN – 978-81-903838-9-9).

Information Seeking Behaviour of Students in Vellalar College of Nursing by K.V.R. Malarvizhi received best paper in two days International Conference on Libraries beyond Boarders (ICLLB 2017) was organised by Christian Medical College, Vellore was held in 18.08.2017 & 19.08.2017.( ISBN -978-93-81992-38-8).

Implementation of Library Automation in Butterfly Kids Library using KOHA by K.V.R. Malarvizhi received best paper in two days national conference on Role of Libraries in Creating a Knowledge Society was organised by the Department of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi and SALIS was held in 7.09.2018 to 08.09.2018. (978-93-85469-05-3).

SPORTS

T.Ramya Individual Champion in Annual Sports Day at Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous) Erode, Thindal in the year2013 & 2014.

P.Kalaiyarasi Third Place in 4*100 mtrs Free Style Relay at InterCollegiate Tournament, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in the year2016.

V.Ananthi won Rs. 7000/- Cash Award in Poetry , Essay, Speech Competition at Tamil Valarchi Thurai Tamil Mnadram, Erode in the year 2017.

K.V.R.Malarvizhi SWIMMING 4*50mtrs First place in Sports day at Vellalar College for Women(Autonomuos), Erode in the year 2018.

P.Dhivya Runner in Annual Sports Day at Vellalar College for Women(Autonomous) Erode, Thindal in the year 2019.

Paper Publications

Publications

Highlights

Assured Placements

MoU with MS Swaminathan Research Foundation(MSSRF), Chennai

Experimental Learning

ICT Enabled Teaching

Internship at Leading Libraries

Holistic Development of Students

Established Digital Library and provided software using DRUPAL at Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Perundurai in association with Shakthi Masala

Smart Kubos- Reading Booth for Rail Passengers at A/C waiting hall, Erode Railway Junction

Smart Kubos- A Mini Library at Teachers Colony Park in association with Olirum Erodu Foundation,Teachers
Colony Welfare Trust, Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science(SALIS)

3 MoU with MSSRF
4 International conference
5 International conference
6 Library visit
1 librarians day