National workshop concluded
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 20 2015 :
The five-day long national workshop on "Open Source Library Management Software (Koha)-2015 concluded here at the Library Hall, Manipur University on Friday.
The closing function of the workshop, jointly organised by Manipur University Library and Indian Statistical Institution, Kolkata, was attended by Arup Raychoudhury, Library, Kolkata in-charge as chief guest; Prof N Deva, Dean, School of Human & Environmental Science, MU as president and Prof Durgasankar Rath of Vidyasagar University, Kolkata as guests of honour.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Arup Raychoudhury said that the Indian Statistical Institution, Kolkata has been giving training to North East States since 2008 .
He asserted that library is the store of knowledge and emphasized the importance of making all libraries up-to-date.
Prof Raychoudhury noted that the height of the digital world is now unimaginable.
He said computers are needed in proper management of library and hence there is need of software and mentioned that Koha will become the best software in library management.