CENTRAL LIBRARY Name: Mr. Romesh Chander Designation: Assistant Librarian Department: Central Library E-Mail: cramesh8@gmail.com Phone: - 09906318466, 09419210509 Academic Qualification: - M.Lib.Sc (UGC-NET), PGDCA, PGDBM Academic Profile: · Assistant Librarian (30th August, 2010- 1 st June 2014), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Kakrayal, Katra. · Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Trainee (August 2007 to January 2009) at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India. Research Interests: · Information and Knowledge Management · Digital Library, Institutional Repository · Open Source Software for Libraries · E-Learning, ICT applications in LIS. Selected Publications: 1. Rao K, Shivarama and Chander, Romesh (2003).Bridging Societies with Information Knowledge and Technology. 48 th All India Library Conference, NIMHANS, Bangalore, 463-473p. 2. Raghuraman, K.P., Chander, Romesh, Madras, Giridhar (2010).Scientometric analysis of some disciplines: Comparison of Indian institutions with other international institutions. Current Science, Vol. 99 No. 5, 577-587p. 3. Chander, Romesh, Gautam, Govind Kumar and Upadhyay, Sunil. Design and development of Knowledge Management System, p.39, KMLIC-2015, March 18-19, 2015, p.39, organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Lecture Delivered:1. “Institutional Repository-An Overview” during the Refresher Course on 10 th Dec, 2010 conducted by Department of Library and Information Science in collaboration with Academic Staff College, University of Jammu w.e.f. 25th Nov15th Dec, 2010. Seminars / Conferences attended v National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN)2006, jointly organized by Deptt. Of Library Science, University of Jammu, Jammu, held on September 27-30, 2006. v XXIII National Conference of the IATLIS jointly organized by IATLIS and Deptt. Of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala from 23-25th November 2006. v 52 nd All India Library Conference H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar(Garhwal), Uttaranchal during December 26-29,2006. v 5th International Convention on “Information and Knowledge Management in Networked World”, CALIBER-2007 held at Panjab University, Chandigarh from 8th10 th Feb,2007 jointly organized by INFLIBNET Centre, UGC, Ahmedabad and Panjab University, Chandigarh. v NCSI-DSIR Advanced Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software, jointly organized by National Centre for Science Information(NCSI) and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research(DSIR) from 26th-28th Dec,2007. v National Workshop on Standards in Library Automation & Networking jointly organized by Bangalore University Library and KIIKM Secundarbad held at Bangalore University Library from 17 th -21st March, 2008. v Workshop on Access to e-Resources and Digital Library Consortium jointly organized by Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli and INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad on 1st – 2nd August 2008 at Bharatidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. v IISc Centenary Conference held during 13 th -16th December, 2008 at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. v NCSI-IDRC Workshop on Integrated Library Automation Packages, jointly organized by National Centre for Science Information(NCSI) and International Development and Research Centre(IDRC) from 5th- 9th January 2009. v NCSI-IDRC Workshop on Integrated Library Automation Packages, jointly organized by National Centre for Science Information(NCSI) and International Development and Research Centre(IDRC) from 27 th- 31st July 2009. v NCSI-IDRC Workshop on Integrated Library Automation Packages, jointly organized by National Centre for Science Information(NCSI) and International Development and Research Centre(IDRC) from 3rd - 7th August 2009. v One day workshop on Library Automation (e-granthalaya) organized by Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar in collaboration with National Informatics Centre(NIC), Jammu & Kashmir on 07th July, 2012 at Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar. Associational Membership v Life member of Indian Library Association