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Two day Workshop on Koha on 14-15 December 2024. at KLA Head Quarters, Room No. 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana–Killippalam NH, Karamana PO, Thiruvananthapuram–695002. Kerala
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January 3, 2025 at 6pm to January 5, 2025 at 7pmTwo day Workshop on Koha on 14-15 December 2024.
December 14, 2024 to December 15, 2024
Walk-in on 02/12/2024 (Monday) for engagement of B.L.I.Sc Graduate Apprentice @ National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai-600 100. Tamilnadu.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Recruitment Advertisement for Librarian Examination-2022 Dated: 30/12/2022-Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC), Indore, M.P.
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the position of Library and Information Assistant (LIA) @ ICFRE-Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Unified Mobile, Financial, and Information Literacy Toolkit for Public Libraries
My name is Dr. Bhakti Gala. I am an Assistant Professor at the Central University of Gujarat.
Based on our research in rural and urban India, Dr. Devendra Potnis, who is an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA, and I have developed a unified mobile, financial, and information literacy toolkit for public librarians who can use this toolkit to assess and enhance the “mobile payment readiness” of millions of people interested in using mobile phones for carrying out financial transactions in India. Public libraries can reinvent themselves to be more relevant for their local communities by helping their patrons use mobile phones for carrying out financial transactions. This toolkit is the result of a research project funded by ALISE and OCLC.
Using our toolkit, public libraries in India can help the Government of India for achieving a cashless economy envisioned as part of the Digital India Programme. If public libraries decide to use our toolkit, it can change their perceived image and utility among the public. Public libraries could gain more support from their local communities and organizations for funding, one of the chronic challenges experienced by libraries in India.
Currently, the toolkit is available in English, Hindi, and Gujarati, at https://sis.utk.edu/dp/toolkit. We can translate this toolkit in other languages as per your need.
If you have any issues, you can reach out to me at bhaktikgala@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Bhakti Gala, PhD
Assistant Professor & Coordinator
School of Library and Information Science
Central University of Gujarat
Sector 29, Gandhinagar
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