<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Three Days National Workshop on Institutional Repositories (Under UGC-DRS-SAP) conducted during 27-29<SUP>th</SUP> February 2008, organised by the Department of Information Science, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Madras</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Chennai.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Prof. B. Ramesh Babu served as Workshop Coordinator. Dr. John B Rose, Information Scientist, UNESCO Expert, Parris, France spoke on GSDL and Digital Libraries. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. M. Krishnamurthy, Mysore University Librarian, served as the principal resource person on DSpace. Dr Ramesha, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and Dr S. Gopalakrishnan of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Anna</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> served as Resource persons spoke on Institutional repositories and metadata. Prof. A. Amudhavalli is the SAP- Coordinator and Prof. B. Ramesh Babu is the Co-Coordinator of SAP. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>About 25 participants from the southern states have been participated.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The workshop discussed the following aspects:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list 12.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>an overview of Institutional Repositories (IR);</FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list 12.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>the process,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>hardware and software, and copyright issues involved in the development of IRs; </FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list 12.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>the use of DSpace software in the development of IRs; and
</FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 0in list 12.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>e hands-on experience in the development of IRs using DSpace</FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Facets of the Workshop<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN:
justify"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 30.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Institutional Repositories </FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 30.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Infrastructure for IR</FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 30.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>DSpace </FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 30.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT
size=3>v</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Metadata and Standards</FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">All the participants were given the course materials on DSpace and elated software both in print and CD form. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in
0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rajakumar</FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Librarian</FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Oxford
College</FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div><p> 
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