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Name Prof. Durga Sankar Rath Designation Professor Department Name LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Office Phone No +91 3222 298-426 / Centrex Extn. 426 Email ID dsrath@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in Fax - Mobile No 9432064926 Personal Website Address Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721102

Educational Qualification Degree Name Institute Year of passing/awarded Ph. D. Vidyasagar University 2003 ADIS Indian Statistical Institute 1997 M.Com. Vidyasagar University 1991 Title of the Ph. D. Thesis Design and Development of Heuristic based Expert System for Automatic Identification of Bibliographic Data Elements from Title Pages of Documents

Career Profile / Teaching Experience Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University since Dec., 2012 Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, Vidyasagar University since Aug., 2005 Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Science, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata since Dec., 1999 Information Officer, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Hyderabad since Nov, 1997 Asst. Manager, Information Services, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad (Regional Centre of UNIDO) since 1997

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Computer application in LIS Library Classification Application of Artificial Intelligence in LIS

Course/ Subject Taught Computer applications in Library and Information Services Library Classification Resource Description

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication Title Published in Year Published by Data Migration, RFID Integration and Implementation of Koha: a case study of NIT Rourkela Annals of Library and Information Studies. Vol. 68, March 2021, pp. 47 - 55 2021 NISCAIR Measuring the applicability of user-generated social tags along with expert-generated LCSH descriptors in sociology: a heuristic study Annals of Library and Information Studies. Vol. 68, March 2021, pp. 28 - 38. 2021 NISCAIR Evaluation of staff training acquired by the employees of Jadavpur University Central Library in respect of present requirement: a study. International Journal of Information Retrieval and Management. Vol. 5(10), 2017. Pp. 12 -14. ISSN: 2320-2548. International Journal of Information Retrieval and Management. Vol. 5(10). Pp. 12 -14. ISSN: 2320-2548. 2017 IJIRM Information Literacy Competency with particular reference to Information Search Skills among the Research Scholars and Faculty Members of the University of Burdwan: an analytical study Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology, Vol. 7 (2).Pp. 70 – 78. ISSN (print): 2231 – 6108. 2017 AJIST Cosmology research in India: a scientometric study. In Library Philosophy and Practice, 2013, Summer Issue, Paper – 996. ISSN: 1522 – 0222. 2013 Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln Heuristics for identification of bibliographic elements from title pages. Library Hi Tech. Emerald Publishers. Vol. 22(4), 2004. ISSN: 0737-8831. 2004 Emerald Heuristics for identification of bibliographic elements from verso of title pages. Library Hi Tech. Emerald Publishers. Vol. 22(4), 2004. ISSN: 0737-8831. 2004 Emerald A DCG Parser for Automatic Extraction of Bibliographic Descriptive Elements from Title pages of Monographs. IFLA International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control. Vol. 32(4), 2003. ISSN: 1011-8829. 2003 IFLA National Publication Title Published in Year Published by User-generated Social Tags versus Librarian-generated Subject Headings: a comparative Study in the domain of History. DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. Vol.. 40(3). Pp. 176 - 184. pISSN: 0974-0643 eISSN: 0974-4658. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.40.03.15413. 2020 DESIDOC Social tags versus LCSH descriptors: a comparative metadata analysis in the field of Economics. DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology. Vol.. 34(4). Pp. 145 - 151. pISSN: 0974-0643 eISSN: 0974-4658. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.39.4.14291. 2019 DESIDOC Diffusion of ICT among the University Libraries in West Bengal: a study in the light of Innovation Diffusion Theory. Vidyasagar University Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 22. Pp. 28-46. ISSN: 0972-8570. 2018 VUJLIS Factors affecting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption in the University Libraries in West Bengal (India). Journal of Management. Vol. 5(3). Pp. 216 – 225. P: ISSN: 2347-3940 ISSN (Online): 2347-3959. 2018 Journal of Management ICT Infrastructure and Human Resource pattern in Central Library of Jadavpur University and University of Calcutta: a comparative study.Periodic Research. Vol. 7(1), Aug., 2018. Pp. 115 – 129. P: ISSN: 2231-0045 and E: ISSN: 2349-9435. Periodic Research. Vol. 7(1). Pp. 115 – 129. P: ISSN: 2231-0045 and E: ISSN: 2349-9435. 2018 Periodic Research Parameters and standards for ICT adoption: a study among the university libraries of West Bengal. RBU Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 20. Pp. 52– 66. ISSN: 0972-2750. 2018 RBUJLIS Weeding out: a systematic review on what practiced and best practices. Vidyasagar University Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 23. Pp. 43-59. ISSN: 0972-8570. http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handel123456789/93. 2018 VUJLIS Changing Paradigm of Consortia: a retrospectiveanalysis IASLIC Bulletin, Vol. 62 (2): pp. 114 - 126. ISSN: 0018-8441. 2017 IASLIC An Investigation of Information Literacy Competency among the Post-Graduate Students of Arts Faculty of Vidyasagar University VU Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 20 -21, pp. 124 - 146. ISSN: 0972-8570 2016 VU Assessing the need for a Regional Library Consortium: a case study in the colleges of North Bengal SRELS Journal of Information Management, Vol. 53 (4): pp. 329 - 334. ISSN (Print): 0972- 2467 and ISSN (online): 0976 - 2477. 2016 SRELS Visual Information Seeking and Digital Libraries IASLIC Bulletin, Vol. 60 (1): pp. 3 - 15. ISSN: 0018-8441. 2015 IASLIC Little Magazines of Midnapore: the alternative sources of Social Science Information RBU Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 17; pp. 11 - 30.ISSN: 0972-2750 2015 RBU Relevance in Web searching: a journey beyond Information Retrieval LIBRARIAN, Vol. 21(2): pp. 25 - 31. ISSN: 0972-3978 2014 Jadavpur University Visual Representation of Information and Modern Libraries VU Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 18-19: pp. 94-101. ISSN: 0972-8570 2014 VU Journal of Library and Information Science From Maunsell to Lubetzky: a journey back in search of the root of FRBR among the cataloguing codes of Anglo-American origin. Annals of Library and Information Studies. 61 (1), March, 2014. Pp. 7 – 14. ISSN: 0975-2404 (Online); ISSN: 0972 – 5423 (Print). 2014 NISCAIR Dynamism in Descriptive Cataloguing Codes: sequence and consequence. In RBU Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 15, 2013. Pp. 4 – 11. ISSN: 0972-2750. 2013 DLIS, RBU Scientometric study on carbon nanotube in India. In SRELS Journal of Information Management, 2013. Vol. 50 (5). Oct. ISSN: 0972 – 2467 and Online ISSN: 0976 – 2477. 2013 SRELS Novelty in RDA: a comparative analysis of the rules of AACR2 and RDA. In IASLIC Bulletin. 58, 4; December, 2013. Pp. 242 – 252. ISSN: 0018-8441. 2013 IASLIC Use of e-journals and other e-resources in the colleges of Hill and Dooars / Terai Region of North Bengal with special reference to N-LIST In VU Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 16 – 17, 2011-12. Pp. 39 – 51. ISSN: 0972-8570. 2012 DLIS, VU Role of Dynamism in the growth and development of Descriptive cataloguing codes with special reference to AACR. In VU Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 16 – 17, 2011-12. Pp. 75 – 86. ISSN: 0972-8570. 2011 DLIS, VU Measuring Conflicts among Bibliographic Data to Facilitate Automatic Identification. IASLIC Bulletin. Vol. 56(4); December, 2011. pp. 195 – 210. ISSN: 0018-8441. 2011 IASLIC An analytical study of MarcOnt, a reference bibliographic ontology. In Proceedings of XXVIII All India Conference of the IASLIC – 2011. ISSN: 0972-3668. 2011 IASLIC Relation of OCR generated content and IR: analysis of a few case studies. In LIBRARIAN . Vol. 17, 2010. p. 30 – 40. ISSN: 0972-3978. 2010 DLIS, JU Organizing Information in the Digital Era VU Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 15, 2010. pp. 13-17. ISSN: 0972-8570. 2010 DLIS, VU Social Tagging for books in public libraries: an alternative cost-effective way of cataloguing. VU Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol10-14, 2009. pp. 39 – 46. ISSN: 0972-8570. 2009 DLIS, VU Access can reach till exit. RBU Journal of LIS. Vol. 8, 2004. ISSN: 0972-2750. 2004 DLIS, RBU Other Publication Books Published Title of the Book Published by Year Role Cataloguing in the new era: gazing through the Bodleian catalogues to RDA Ess Ess, New Delhi. ISBN-13: 978-8193359761; ISBN- 10: 8193359763 2018 Author Expert System for Automatic Cataloguing. VDM Verlag, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-639-34246-8. 2011 Author Access to Social Science Information Prova Prakashani, Kolkata. ISBN: 81-86964-95-9 2009 Editor

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence Awarded Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Gatikrishna Batabyal Developing Information Literacy Framework for University libraries in West Bengal. Prof. P K Panigrahi Awarded 2019 Joydeb Das Evaluation of the existing pattern of staffing in the University Libraries of West Bengal in the context of Total Quality Management: a comparative Study   Awarded 2019 Sambit Kumar Hazra Adoption of ICT by the university libraries in West Bengal: an analytical study using Innovation Diffusion Theory   Awarded 2019 Biswajit Adhikary Little Magazine: importance as the source of social science information   Awarded 2016 Anila S A faceted model for visual representation of information Devika P Madalli Awarded 2016 Ratna Nandi Towards developing a prototype model college library consortium: a feasibility study for colleges in North Bengal Prof. P K Panigrahi Awarded 2015 Subhankar Biswas A critical study of Descriptive Cataloguing Codes from AACR2 to RDA, with special reference to their development and dynamism.   Awarded 2014

Project Work Ongoing Project Works Project title Worked as Funding Agency Amount in Rs. Duration in years Period Year to Year Status Development of Comprehensive Database and Scientometric Analysis of Indian Research Output in Physics and Space Science since Independence Co-PI DST 1454200 2 year 2018 2020 Ongoing Completed Project Works Project title Worked as Funding Agency Amount in Rs. Duration in years Period Year to Year Status Design and Development of Quantitative Indicators for Quality Assessment and Trend Analysis of Research in some Trans-Disciplinary Subject Domains Investigator UGC 50000 2 year 2013 2015 Completed

Invited Lectures  Title Organized by Venue Year Bridging the Gap between Library Services and Library Education UGC-HRDC, University of North Bengal Google Suit 2021 Content Creation for MOOC: challenges and opportunities UGC-HRDC, Jadavpur University Google Suit 2021 e-Learning: Content Creation and Delivery Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College, Kolkata 2020 Public Library for Substantial Development DLIS, RBU and RRRLF Sharada Sabhagriha, Rabindra Bharati University 2019 Transforming Academic Libraries UGC-HRDC, University of Calcutta University of Calcutta 2018 Public Libraries in India in 21st Century and SIG Discussion IASLIC Banaras Hindu University 2017 Open Access: the road to freedom SIS CSIR-IICB, Kolkata 2017 Rights Management in building Institutional Repository Assam College Library Association, Guwahati, Assam Guwahati College, Guwahati 2017 Implications of Big Data in managing learning resources UGC HRD Centre, NBU North Bengal University 2017

Membership of Learned Society  Bengal Library Association Indian Association for Special Libraries and Information Centres Indian Library Association

Association with Professional Bodies Type of Professional Activity Period Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin 2015 to 2021 Member and Resource person in various Professional Development Workshops of Bengal Library Association 2000 to 2021

Awards Award Name Awarded By Year IASLIC-Ranganathan Medal for the Best Article, 2011 Indian Association for Special Libraries and Information Centres 2011 Gold Medal in BLISc Vidyasagar University 1994 Gold Medal in M.Com. Vidyasagar University 1991

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