(A web based forum for LIS professionals of India)
(The name does not restrict its scope to Odisha state only; rather it indicates the place of origin)
Genesis of the Forum
The lisforum_orissa started on 25th October 2006 from Bhubaneswar, Odisha as mailing list group in Yahoo.com (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lisforum_orissa) to connect LIS professionals and keep them updated .Later on it spreads all over India and it is shifted to its Facebook group on 25th September 2019, https://www.facebook.com/groups/2389225071344254
The website of the forum is https://www.lisforumorissa.com
About the Forum
This forum is a web based forum for LIS professionals, teachers, researchersand students of India to share ideas, knowledge, messages, information etc. with each other for the development of LIS profession and professionals. The moto of the forum is to provide a platform to the aforesaid communities to address issues on Library and Information Science and service; day-to-day problems of libraries and information centers; resource sharing among libraries; and generation of new ideas on LIS. It is a non registered ,non political ,voluntary National level forum of LIS professionals to create awareness on libraries,LIS profession and professionals in sociey.
Communication e-mail id : lisforumorissa@gmail.com
2011: LIS education and Future of Libraries
2012: Lis profession : Theory vs Practice
2013: Indian librarianship: state and status
2014: Contemporary librarians need back to basics
2015: Increasing gaps between haves and have-nots libraries
2016: Digital India: Solution for Salubrity of libraries?”
2017: Librarianship: an avenue for professional, semi-professional or dummy professional?
2018: Information need satisfiers: The unsatisfied themselves?
2019: Is Librarianship in peril ?
2020: Lackadaisical atmosphere in Indian Librarianship: Who is to walk extra?
2021: Future of Indian Librarianship: Progressive, Regressive or Compulsive?
2022: Is Librarianship a Material on Tender?
2023: Blended Librarianship: Its Phenomenology in Indian Library Ecosystem
2024: Library Development in India: Delusion vs Reality
Lisforum_orissa Librarian’s Day Celebration
Chief Speaker
Dr. Narayan Chandra Ghosh
Librarian
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Guest of Honour
Mrs. Anuja Tarini Mishra
OAS, OSD, OLL& C, Department
HKM State Library, Bhubaneswar
Chief Speaker
Dr. Suresh Jange
Librarian, Gulbarga University
Guest of Honour
Prof. Jatindra Kumar Nayak
Professor Emeritus
KISS Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar
Chief Guest
Dr. N. Radhakrishnan
Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
Periyar University, Salem
Chief Speaker
Dr. Vikram Kumar Sharma
University Librarian,
Central University of Himachal Pradesh,
Dharamshala
Guest of Honour
Mr. Arabinda Das
News Editor
SAMBAD
Bhubaneswar
Chief Guest
Prof B.Ramesh Babu
Former Professor,
DLIS,University of Madras, Chennai
Chief Speaker
Prof. Dayanidhi Mishra
Chief Librarian
OUAT, Bhubaneswar
Speakers
Dr. Nabi Hasan
Librarian & Head
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
&
Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Chief Librarian
Indian Statistical Institute
Kolkata
Speakers
Prof. Pijushkanti Panigrahi
Professor, DLIS
University of Calcutta, Kolkata
&
Dr. Akhtar Parvez
University Librarian, (MANUU), Hyderabad
Lisforum_orissa National Library Week Celebrations
Chief Speaker
Dr. Partha Sarathi Das
Assistant Library and Information Officer
Natinal Library of India, Kolkata, West Bengal
Guest of Hounour
Shri Girish Pankaj
Renowned Litterateur,
Raipiur, Chhastisgarh
Chief Speaker
Dr. Sanjay Banavar
Director of Libraries
Ahmedabad University
Guest of Hounour
Sri Dilip Routrai, IAS
Director, Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department and
Director, Harekrusna Mahtab State Library Bhubaneswar
Chief Guest
Prof C. R. Karisiddappa
Former Professor & Head, DLIS
Karnatak University, Dharwad
Guest of Honour
Prof. K. C. Panda
Former Professor & Head, DLIS
Sambalpur University