Tharavuthalankal

The Knowledge Network program is aimed at creating awareness of various issues such as information literacy, digital libraries and knowledge sharing.

Presentations

• Date: 06.08.2010
• Venue: Geography Department, University of Jaffna
• Topic: Digital Libraries for Teaching and Learning
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: The need for Digital Libraries and their usefulness for universities and other academic institutions were discussed. How the digital collections enhance access and why the universities should actively take part in digitizing efforts were emphasized.

• Date: 01.08.2010
• Venue: International Tamil Small Magazines Association
• Topic: Archiving and Dissemination of Periodicals through Digital Libraries
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: Why the Small magazines should be digitized and how on-line accessibility of back issues with bibliographic details enhances access were the main ideas conveyed in this talk.

• Date: 17.03.2010
• Venue: Colombo Tamil Sangam, Colombo
• Topic: Tamil Heritage Preservation in the Digital era
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: Making use of the digital media to preserve cultural heritage was discussed.

• Date: 14.03.2010
• Venue: Women and Education Research Center, Colombo
• Topic: Portrayal of writers by digitization
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: How digitizing all works of writers presents the full picture of their contribution was he main subject of this talk. The merits of world wide accessibility of digital libraries were discussed.

• Date: 21.01.2010
• Venue: Chavakacheri District Development Council, Jaffna
• Topic: Archiving knowledge from the grassroots up
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: Why knowledge preservation should start at village levels and how it can be done were discussed. The usefulness of digital libraries in this context were introduced with examples.

• Date: 20.01.2010
• Venue: Centre for Performing Arts, Jaffna
• Topic: The need for Digital Libraries and public benevolent organisations
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: This talk emphasized why organizations such as CPA which are engaged in social activities should create digital collections. The synergy effect of collaborative digitizing initiatives was discussed with examples.

• Date: 17.01.2010
• Venue: Chunnakam District Development Council Library, Jaffna
• Topic: Libraries and Digital Libraries
• Talk by: G. Shaseevan
• Talk Subject: This talk introduced main principles of Digital libraries by comparing and contrasting them with traditional physical libraries. Hybrid library concept was emphasized and basic issues of digital preservation were discussed.