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                         Automatic issue and full RFID(Radio Frequency Identification)                         A fool-proof unmanned exit gate.                         A dedicated floor for Music Library                         Individual and presenta

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 Library Library Library Library L

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