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A three-day programme on digital libraries, aimed at imparting knowledge and skills needed by information science and information technology professionals to adapt to the challenging digital library technology, is under way at the Indian Institute of Management in Kozhikode (IIM-K).
It was inaugurated on Thursday on the IIM-K campus at Kunnamangalam by computer science expert V. Rajaraman. The programme is being attended by 34 information science and information technology professionals from reputed educational institutions in the country. There are two participants from Singapore. Speaking on new information utility, Prof. Rajaraman highlighted the urgent need to set up the new breed of digital information systems using world standard leading edge software solutions. Special training and hands-on practice on open source digital library software `Greenstone` is a highlight of the programme, M.G. Sreekumar and Radhakrishnan Pillai, programme coordinators, said. Participants have been given a copy of each of this software, along with necessary associated software (all free software) so that they will be able to implement Greenstone-based digital library in their respective organisations. University of Waikato, New Zealand, which has developed the software, is also supporting the programme. Sunil Sahadev, chairman, MDP of IIM-K, said that the IIM-K library was a proof of the institute`s ability to adapt and use the latest technologies available anywhere in the field
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