WORKING EXPERIENCE:

Present Position Lecturer
Dept. of Library & Information Science
Rabindra Bharati University
(Appointed since October. 2006...)
Technical Assistant (Joined since Nov. 2003...) Organization Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
(Central Library)
Since February 2006...
                         CIRCULATION SECTION
Responsibilities
1. Handling Automated Circulation Systems- using LibSys software package
1.1 Automated transactions of book (Issue, Reissue and Return)  using barcode system
1.2 Prepare bar-coded users card (with member registration, data update etc.)
1.3 Send regular WEB ALERT for FINE, OVERDUE, COLLECT RESERVED BOOK etc.
1.4 Provide No Dues/ No Demand certificates to the users when required.
1.5 FINE Collection
1.6 Maintain RESERVED Books regularly
1.7 Provide answers for the users various queries
1.8 Help users for OPAC search as well as check their status through online
Since August 2004...
                    Technical processing Section
Responsibilities were
1. Classification of books following DDC latest edition (presently using 22nd ed.). Before consult DDC, we check our database and provide the earlier class number in case of same title if found.
2. Cataloguing of books following AACR-II
3. Prepare Subject Heading following Library of Congress Subject Heading
4. Preparing / Update Database using Libsys 4.0 software
5. Generate Bar-Code using Libsys 4.0 software
6.Genrate list of new arrival of books which includes bibliographic details including Abstract (newly incorporated) of books and take printout of that list. (weekly)
7. Put hardcopy of new arrivals into display board (weekly). Simultaneously those books are kept for 'New Arrival' Display. During that week we restrict those books for any issue through Libsys database.
8. Update website to display the bibliographic details of new arrivals (weekly) which is available at http://144.16.192.17/usr/tprocess/newarriv.html (Designed has been changed from February 2006)
9. Maintaining the New Arrival Archival Page
10. Send this list to the IIT Kharagpur community through g-mail (weekly)
11. Send all books for Circulation to the users (weekly)
  • I worked in Karshak Engineering College at Hyderabad, one of the prospering and well equiped Engineering College. I had been appoined as LIBRARIAN in this college since 23 rd December 2002.

    The Responsibilities are--

  • Complete responsibility of Library and Information Centre;
  • Man Power Management
  • Document Management
  • Maintaining Library Services.
  • Manage and Maintain Users
  • Since September 2001 to December 2002, I served at ICAST, the Information Centre of NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORIES, Bangalore, as Project Assistant.

    The Responsibilities are--

  • Building up 'E-JOURNAL GATEWAYS';
  • Redesigning and maintaining NAL Library website;
  • Maintaining Web Based Library Services.
  • Design and maintaining an exclusive Gateway for Aerospace Sc. & Technology