Difference between revisions of "Tharavuthalankal"

Revision as of 06:38, 28 August 2010

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

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 his 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.

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 * Topic: Archiving and Dissemination of Periodicals through Digital Libraries
 * Talk by: G. Shaseevan
-* Talk Subject: Why he Small magazines should be digitized and how the on-line accessibility of back issues with bibliographic details enhance access were the main ideas conveyed in this talk.
+* 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.