PROF S RAGHAVAN

WHAT COULD MAKE YOUR LIBRARY WORLD CLASS Library Indian Institutions have to take giant strides to make the libraries, the sought- after knowledge center for research. Only a handful of libraries in elite institutions qualify for the world class categorization. Before according digital status or considering libraries as world class, there are quite a few factors to be kept in mind. When I was stayed at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) as a visiting scholar, I have observed certain things. They are:              Book drop in boxes.                 Photocopying and Printing facilities in every floor(self operation with smart cards)                         Good number of high-tech computer terminals           ...

AN INSTRUMENTAL FOR THE NEW MULTI STOREY LIBRARY DESIGN & PLAN Library Dr. S Raghavan became ILA and IELTS member. Then Director Dr P Subramani NIT T identified Dr S Raghavan and entrusted the NIT T library development. Incidentally, the present multi-storied library building is THE BRAINCHILD of Dr. S Raghavan as an overall coordinator.             Some of the pictures of the Library is here... Library Library Library The National Institute of Technology, Trichy  has a modern Central Library with more than two and half lakhs of documents consisting of Technical books, reports, standards, CD-ROMS, Audio Visual Educational Cassettes and back volumes of journals. The library subscribes to 164 periodicals (print) plus 7000+ e-Journals and 700+ e-books besides a holding of 17690 back volumes of journals. The library also contains 16,750 books in the Book Bank scheme.   Library Library Libr...

WITH THE NEW JEE PATTERN IN PLACE, IS IT ALSO TIME FOR A UNIFORM SYLLABUS MAKEOVER ACROSS THE COUNTRY? A common syllabus will be better for conducting the uniform entrance exam. DR.S.RAGHAVAN SENIORMOST FACULTY IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, NIT TRICHY