TAASIR :– S M HASSAN –16 AUGUST
Dr. Zakir Husain Library, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) celebrated National Librarian’s Day and organised a workshop on ‘How to Plan and Write Systematic Review Paper’ for students, faculty members and research scholars of JMI on 12th August, 2024. The program was part of the celebration of 132nd birth anniversary of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, the Father of Library Science in India. The day is celebrated as National Librarian’s Day every year.
The program was anchored by the convenor Dr. Prachi Shukla, Assistant Librarian. The program started with the floral tribute to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan by Workshop Chairman, Dr. Vikas Sitaramji Nagrale, University Librarian, JMI, Dr. Sufian Ahmad, Workshop Co-chairman and Deputy Librarian; and Dr. Shehbaz Husain Naqvi, Workshop Co-chairman and Associate Professor, LIS, JMI.
Dr. Vikas Sitaramji Nagrale, University Librarian offered his gratitude to the Chief Patron of the workshop Prof. Mohammad Shakeel, Officiating Vice Chancellor JMI and Patron Mr. M. Naseem Haider, Officiating Registrar, JMI for their constant support and encouragement to organise such programmes at Dr. Zakir Husain Library, JMI. Dr. Nagrale put emphasis on five laws of library science enunciated by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and highlighted their importance in contemporary librarianship. He urged all LIS students to follow the noble philosophy of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan. The University Librarian also praised the efforts put in by the conveners of the workshop Dr. Prachi Shukla, Assistant Librarian and Dr. Kashish Fatima, Assistant Librarian along with Co-conveners Dr. Jamil Ahmad, Assistant Librarian and Mr. Johan M. Mir, Information Scientist and all the staff members of Dr. Zakir Husain Library, JMI for their wonderful arrangement and conduct of the program.
Dr. Sufian Ahmad, the co-chairman of the workshop mentioned about the user and user services as the gist of library science. Dr. Shehbaz Husain Naqvi, the co-chairman of the workshop also wished all participants on National Librarian’s Day.
Students participated in the program with enormous enthusiasm and zeal. The Librarian’s Day program involved various activities, e.g. poster making, collage making, quote writing, quizzes, lectures, and other fun activities. The online workshop on “How to Plan and Write a Systematic Review Paper” followed the Librarian’s Day celebration. Dr. Shakil Ahmad, Research Support Librarian at Imam Abdul Bin Faisal University in Damman, KSA, delivered the expert lecture on the workshop theme. In his lecture, Dr. Ahmad threw light on systematic review and meta analysis, steps in systematic reviews, how to perform de- duplication and screening, use of important AI tools for academic assistance. He also mentioned about the authentic databases where one can perform the bulk downloading.
A large number of research scholars and faculty members from JMI’s Faculties, Departments,
and Centers attended the workshop in hybrid mode. The workshop was part of the efforts of Dr. Zakir Husain Library to extend Research Support Service to the academic fraternity of JMI.
The program concluded with a Q&A session and a formal vote of thanks by Dr. Kashish Fatima, Convener of the workshop.