LIBQUEST ’19 - REPORT
LibQuest ’19 with the theme ‘Connect-Content-Collaborate’ was aimed at
connecting the content curated and served at the LRC with the user community and
further collaborate with them in order to understand their academic and research
needs and align the resources skilfully. Inculcating reading habits among the
Google generation and restructuring the learning resources keeping in mind
the pedagogical shift of digitalization is what the LRC is steadfast to implement.
This unique event,
LibQuest ’19 organized
during
September 23-27, 2019 was
an all-inclusive mega
library event meant for all
segments of university students, research scholars, faculty and staff members. Throughout
Guest of honour on dais the entire week, various
activities were conducted including quizzes, seminars and workshops, learning games
and book exhibition.
Opening ceremony - lighting the lamp
LibQuest ’19 was inaugurated on September 23, 2019 at 10 AM by Dr. Rajesh
Naithani, Advisor to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD),
Government of India.
In his addressal speech, Dr. Naithani spoke about
the adoption of various important steps taken by
the Government of India and how the MHRD is
focusing on quality of research so that Indian
institutions can be listed under top global ranking.
Dr. Rajesh Naithani, Advisor to MHRD
From left, Prof. Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar (VC, BU), Dr. Rajesh Naithani (Advisor
to MHRD, Govt. of India), Dr. Sanjay Kataria (Librarian & Organizing Secretary),
Dr. Karthick Sridhar (Vice Chairman, ICARE)
ICARE
The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Karthick Sridhar, Vice-Chairman at
ICARE. In his address, Dr Karthick
stressed that based on the differences in
parameters, Indian education system
could not be compared under global
ranking system. As such, to keep globally
abreast, we need to re-design, re-structure
our system and focus on collaborative
research rather than individual research, Dr. Karthick Sridhar, Vice Chairman at
so that we can produce more and increase our citations. He also discussed how
librarians can play an important role in facilitating and managing research data and
help an institution in organizing and presenting
research data for participation in global ranking. Prof
R.K. Shevgaonkar, VC, Bennett University, in his
presidential address said that he doesn’t believe in
ranking system but want that scholars should
contribute the
best in
teaching and
research so
that their work Prof. Rajendra S. Chauhan
receives acknowledgment and global Prof. R.K. Shevgaonkar
acceptance. He appreciated the concept of LibQuest ’19, specially the theme, Connect-
Content-Collaborate, which seems to be a thoughtful initiative and the need of the
hour. Prof. Rajendra S Chauhan greeted the delegates on behalf of BU. Organizing
Secretary of LibQuest ’19, Dr. Sanjay Kataria introduced about the genesis of
LibQuest ’19 and the title of the seminar on “Role of Libraries in Ranking of the
Institutions”.
More than 100 Librarians from different parts of the country attended the seminar and
many speakers from national institute of repute shared
their experiences about various ranking and accreditation
agencies system including NAAC, NIRF, NBA, Times
Higher Education, QS, UGC/AICTE, BCI, MCI, etc.
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Director National Resource Centre
and Director IT at NIFT Delhi delivered his talk on Role
of Libraries in Ranking
and accreditations of
Dr. Sanjay Kataria Higher Education
Institutions: Perspective and Plans.
According to him, Indian universities are not lacking
in terms of research and hard-work but they need to
redesign parameters that are analyzed for ranking of
institutions.
Humbled, honoured and privileged to have eminent scholars & professionals into ranking of
higher institutes
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
Professor MP Singh from BBAU Lucknow and Prof.
Gajendra Singh from Delhi University chaired the 1st
technical session in which following eminent scholars and
administrators shared their views.
Dr. Nabi Hasan, Librarian at
Dr. M.P. Singh IIT, Delhi spoke on the
“National Board of
Accreditation (NBA)
and Role of
Libraries.” He gave a
brief introduction
about NBA. He
informed that the inst Dr. Nabi Hasan
by NBA have good reputations in India.
Dr. Siva spoke about Medical Council of India and
its role in accreditation of medical institutions. He
Dr. S. Siva Chidambaram narrated that libraries do
not have direct involvement in ranking and but play a
significant role in enhancement of research activities and
accreditation.
Dr. Neeraj Kumar Singh, Dy. Librarian at Punjab
University, Chandigarh spoke about Times Higher
Education Ranking System and weightage to the Libraries.
According to him, some of the performance Dr. Neeraj Kr. Singh
indicators/parameters include teaching, research, publication citation, etc. where
libraries can play active role.
Mr. Kannan P, Deputy Librarian at Central
University of Punjab, Bhatinda presented his talk
on “Indian Research Information Networking
System”.
Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia,
Dy Librarian, IIT
Mr. Kannan P in Centre Delhi delivered his
talk on Academic Ranking of World Universities
(ARWU) Shanghai Ranking Consultancy and weightage
to the Libraries. Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia
Dr. Sandeep Pathak, Dy. Librarian delivered a talk on
National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) and
Weightage to the Libraries. He emphasized that good
ranking in NIRF leads to good funding and budgetary
allocation. He further elaborated that lot of weightage
Dr. Sandeep Pathak have been given to libraries by the NIRF. The Second
technical session was Chaired by Dr. Sanjay Kataria, Librarian & Organizing Secretary
at BU.
Dr. Priya Rai Dr. K.P. Singh
Dr. Priya Rai, Dy Librarian at National
Law University in Delhi spoke on BCI
guidelines for libraries while Dr. KP Singh
Dr. Maneesh Bajpai
Assoc Prof. at DLIS, DU underlined the
theme of the seminar and discussed on the
ways by which academic libraries can
facilitate research in the digital era. Dr. Dr. Ramesh C Gaur
Manish Bajpai, Librarian, RMNLU, Lucknow,
UP spoke on NAAC guidelines for libraries and
how librarians should prepare for accreditation.
The seminar concluded with a finishing remark
by Dr. Ramesh Gaur, Director Library &
Information, IGNCA and the chief guest of
valedictory session. Chief Guest of
valedictory session was Prof. J.P. Gupta,
Founder Member Secretary of AICTE, Former
Prof. J.P. Gupta Chancellor Lingayat’s University & Founder
Vice-Chancellor of Jaypee Institute of
Information Technology. He emphasized
the importance of librarians to be far-
sighted and well acquainted with
publishing platforms and personal skills
like communication and collaboration,
which can benefit their institutes and Dr. S.D. Vyas
facilitate research.
Day 1 activity at 6 pm an was designed for
Freshmen across all the schools. A quiz
game was designed with 60% questions
related to Library (resource & service
usage) website, 30% on BU and 10%
general knowledge questions. Through an
innovative Pustak Pitthu game, students
Learning with fun
were exposed to library collections.
These fun games were designed
combining fun & learning together.
Day 2: An
Author
Workshop on
“How to Publish your research impactfully” was organized
for research
scholars and
faculties across
all the schools. Dr. Nidhi Sinha
Ms. Sangeeta Menon, Publishing
Relationship Manager at Emerald
Publishing shared the facts & figure by
which, about 2,25,000 researchers join research community every year but around
45% get rejected. The author workshop was an eyeopener for budding researchers
and a quick brush-up for the ones already into the field.
Ms. Menon also explained how to select the journals for publishing research papers
and discussed about important points which scholar should keep in mind
while preparing the
manuscript.
The workshop was
very interactive and
ended with a vote of
thanks.
The evening followed
with a quiz round and a
creative Pictionary
Workshop on “How to Publish your Research Impactfully” game, specially
designed for the students of Times School
of Media and School of Management. The
LRC designed customized quiz & games
activities for every departments. Students
Pustak Pitthu
Were all set and enthused to participate and
win prizes. All activities were designed to
inculcate reading habits among the Google
generation.
Students playing Quiz on Mentimeter
Day-3 embarked upon the journey during the lunch time with quiz & games for the
faculty members and scholars.
Faculty members playing online quiz during LibQuest ’19
All participants played the quiz based
on resources and services provided by
the LRC in Mentimeter software
plugged in through their smartphones.
It was fun watching scores for each
question on screen and evoked
adrenaline rush. The same spirit
continued during Pustak Pitthu game too
where every participant was to build a
Pustak tower or Pitthu with books of their
choice that itself could reveal a story.
Thrilling moment while playing treasure hunt game
A workshop on “Access to Legal
Information” for School of Law
was organized. Dr. Sanjay Kataria
welcomed the invited speaker Mr.
NK Khare, Librarian, the Supreme
Court Judges’ Library. Experts
from legal research database firms,
such as Manupatra, Hein,
Workshop on “Access to Legal Information”
LexisNexis, West Law, SSC, etc. also attended the workshop. The aim of the
workshop was to understand the functioning of research systems and how to access
the required information from
these
sources.
pertinent
Including
their relevance and
how they make
researching easier.
A light moment with volunteers & organizers
The day concluded with a Pictionary game and a round of quiz for students of
Engineering & Applied Sciences and Law.
The day ended with
acknowledgement of
winners at Grand
Finale.
LibQuest ’19 was a grand success
and could fulfil its aim at
connecting the BU Fraternity with
the library resources. It could bring
the Google generation to inculcate
interest in academic libraries.
Day 4 created the spark with fun
engagements through quiz among
the non-teaching staff at BU, making Moment of glee & excitement while playing
the event all-inclusive where the
staff were again, made to participate in games revolving around the theme of the whole
LibQuest ’19.
At noon, participants were seen
grasping knowledge through, yet
another workshop organized on
“Research Ethics and Plagiarism” for
Faculty and Research Scholars.
Workshop on “Research Ethics & Plagiarism”
Dr. Ramesh C Gaur, Director Lib &
Information and Heal Kalanidhi
conducted the workshop and share his
expertise on Plagiarism related issues
with reference to UGC guidelines
related to plagiarism.
Light moment with BU staff members
The day was ended with prize distribution ceremony in the gracious presence of Ms.
Revati Jain Ji and Vice-Chancellor, Prof. R K Shevgaonkar.
Glimpse from the closing ceremony
Dr. Sanjay Kataria felicitating Ms. Revati Jain for all her support in LibQuest ’19
On Day 5, a book exhibition was organized for the entire BU fraternity on for
strengthening library collection. The gathering saw a culmination of a large number of
students, faculty and staff apart from the publishers and distributors.
Nerds’ Zone: Book Exhibition
My heartfelt gratitude towards the authorities of the university including Hon’ble
Chancellor, Mr. Vineet Jain Ji, Vice-Chancellor, Prof R.K Shevgaonkar, Ms. Revati
Jain and President of the University Mr. Sachin Jain for keeping faith on me and
extending all possible support to LibQuest ’19 from its beginning till completion.
I am thankful to the entire BU family including Deans of Schools, Directors, HODs,
Distinguished faculty members and staff who participated and extended their support
directly and indirectly to make this event a success.
Special thanks to Prof. Rajinder Chauhan, Prof. Rama S. Komargiri, Prof. Deepak
Garg, Prof. Shivani Goel, Dr. Nidhi Sinha, Dr. Manjeet Kumar, Mr. Kapil Gaba, Mr.
Manish, Mr. Rakesh Singh, Mr. Rajeev Nandwani, Mr. Kaushal Tomar, Mr. Harish
Srivastava, Mr. Ankur, Mr. Khatri, and other faculty members, staff and students for
their day-to-day support, guidance and participation. I am highly thankful to my all
students’ volunteers, IEEE Chapter, ACM Chapter and Literary Club for their
collaboration and support.
This event would not have been possible without support of sponsors, ‘Thanks to all
the sponsors of LibQuest ’19.’ Last but not the least, my LRC team members who
worked with full devotion and burnt their midnight oil for the success of LibQuest’19.
LRC staff members
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