BOSLA-IIPS ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES 2021
Webinar on "Role of Libraries during Pre and Post COVID-19
Pandemic: Issues and Concerns" on 28th August, 2021
International Institute for Population Sciences
Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Opposite Sanjona Chamber, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400088
Time : 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
ABOUT BOSLA
During 1970s, the librarians of scientific institutions realized that with the existing resources, it was not possible for them to fully cater to the needs of the scientific community of their organizations due to the steadily rising costs of publications and almost stationary annual budgets for their libraries.
The initiative was then taken by the librarians of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (B.A.R.C.), Department of Chemical Technology, Bombay University (U.D.C.T.), Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Bombay and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (T.I.F.R.). They started meeting frequently to discuss and explore the possibilities of developing closer ties than routine inter-library loan. As a result of these efforts, the Bombay Science Librarian's Association (BOSLA) was formed in October 1975.
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Today, the association swelled covering over 500+ life members spread across the country. The association keep organizing the seminars, conferences and workshops in association with various institutions with the main objective of upskilling the working knowledge of the librarians.
Main objectives of the Association:
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To improve the services of the Bombay science libraries.
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To cooperate actively so as to benefit mutually by the resources available to The libraries.
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To strengthen the financial resources of the science libraries in Bombay.
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To raise the professional standard of library staff in the Bombay science libraries.
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To improve the status and service conditions of the library staffers in Bombay.
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To maintain liaison between the professionals and the Government.
ABOUT IIPS
IIPS, which was formerly known as Demographic Training and Research Centre, was established in Mumbai in July 1956 to serve the regional center for training and research in Population Studies for Asia and Pacific region. It was renamed as International Institute for Population Studies in April 1971 and was redesignated to its present title in March 1984 to facilitate the expansion of its academic activities. The Institute was declared a Deemed University in August 1985 under Section of the UGC Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi. It is an autonomous institution working under the administrative control of the Department of Family Welfare, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The IIPS is the only Institute in the world completely devoted to teaching and research in the population-related areas.
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The IIPS library well known in the world in the field of Demography and allied subjects. The Institute has an independent building for the Library & ICT Unit. The library is located in two floors first and second floors of the building. The entire area of library is centralized air conditioned and has study rooms with an approximate seating capacity of 100. An adequate number of computers, Wi-Fi connectivity, well-qualified library staff, and availability of demographic information sources are the strength of the library It is having a collection of 87 thousand books, 20 thousand back-volumes. It currently subscribes more than 275 journals and 9 online databases to fulfils the needs the users of IIPS.