SAARC Workshop 2011 inaugurated by Nepal S & T Minister

SAARC Workshop 2011 on "Library 2.0" inaugurated by Mrs. Kalpana Dhamala, Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Nepal at 9 AM at Hotel Marshyangdi, Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal. While inaugurating the workshop, Mrs. Dhamala has said that Library 2.0 is an essence to library services. On this occasion, Secretary, Min. of S&T, Nepal; Dr. Niranjan Man Singh Basnyat, Director, SAARC; Mr. M.R.P. Ghimire, JS of MOST-Nepal & GB Member-SDC were present.

The theory sessions were initiated by Dr. G. Mahesh, NISCAIR and Dr. M. R. Pradhan, HealthNet by introducing the basic concept of Library 2.0 followed by Open Source Software for Library 2.0 by Mr. Mukesh Pund, NISCAIR. The inaugural day was concluded by the live demonstration of Library 2.0 tools and its implementations in various libraries by Mr. Rajeev Kumar, SDC.