Susmita- the Indian LIS Professional from Kolkata

Area: Library, information and documentation, presently working as Assistant Librarian in Bengal Engineering and Science University. Previously worked as Librarian in Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, as Assistant Librarian in Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Librarian-Cum-Information Officer in UV International Impex.

Teaching Assignments at different point of time include Calcutta University’s PG Diploma in Book Publishing course, Calcutta University, Netaji Open University,Bengal Library Association, School of Community Science & Technology, etc..

Education:PhD in Medical Informatics (Department of Library and Information Science,) Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Certificate (BLA), BLIS, MLIS (Gold Medalist), Associateship in Information Science), Honours (Major) and Masters in English Literature, Certificate in Computer Applications and certificate in Italian Language and P.G. Diploma in Digital Library Management, (Jadavpur University), online course on e-Learning Policies from Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo.

Specialized trainings in the areas of Digitization, DSpace (Digital Library Software), Greenstone Digital Library Software, SOUL & LibSys (Library Automation Software), LINUX, Website Design & Creation.Volunteer for a number of grassroot voluntary societies in the field of mental health, poverty, human rights, community informatics, such as: MANAS: a Society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends’, ARDSI Calcutta Chapter, Mon Foundation, etc.

For Publications see Susmita's publications