Based on my personal experience and observations at AIIMS Library, it is worth saying that librarians exercise less control of the learning environment than they used to.
In medical colleges, students are no longer dependent on carefully selected textbooks or the authoritative collections in the medical library. Rather, they face and take advantage of a vast, often unstructured, mass of information.
So, all the library services should be facilitated through web so as to increase the use of valuable library resources.
Worth reading :http://informationr.net/ir/14-4/paper418.html#limXX
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Oldest newspaper
The first newspaper of India 'The Bengal Gazette' started on 29th January 1780. James Augustus Hicky was the founder of India's first newspaper.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is a response to redress the limited institutional capacity in India for strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of Public Health. It is a public private partnership that was collaboratively evolved through consultations with multiple constituencies.
Source : http://www.phfi.org/
Source : http://www.phfi.org/
ACCREDITED SOCIAL HEALTH ACTIVIST (ASHA)
The Government of India launched National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to address the health needs of rural population, especially the vulnerable sections of society. The Sub-centre is the most peripheral level of contact with the community under the public health infrastructure.
One of the key strategies under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is having a community health worker - Accredited Social Health Activist for every village with a population of 1000.ASHA is a health activist in the community who creates awareness on health and its social determinants and mobilize the community towards local health planning and increased utilization and accountability of the existing health services. She is a promoter of good health practices. She provides a minimum package of curative care as appropriate and feasible for that level and make timely referrals.
Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) are engaged in organizing supplementary nutrition programmes and other supportive activities.
Source: http://www.mohfw.nic.in/eag/accredited_social_health_activis.htm
One of the key strategies under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is having a community health worker - Accredited Social Health Activist for every village with a population of 1000.ASHA is a health activist in the community who creates awareness on health and its social determinants and mobilize the community towards local health planning and increased utilization and accountability of the existing health services. She is a promoter of good health practices. She provides a minimum package of curative care as appropriate and feasible for that level and make timely referrals.
Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) are engaged in organizing supplementary nutrition programmes and other supportive activities.
Source: http://www.mohfw.nic.in/eag/accredited_social_health_activis.htm
Library Science Education in India
The journey of library science education in India started in 1910 when Borden on the invitation of Shiyaji Rao Gayakward III came to Gujrat to impart LIS education and started a certificate course in Library Science.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lady Hardinge Medical college, New Delhi
This college library serves the faculty, clinicians and students of Smt. SK hospital and Kalawati SC Hospital.
Available at: http://www.lhmc.in/library.asp
Available at: http://www.lhmc.in/library.asp
Maulana Azad Medical College Library
This library serves the need of clinicians, students and faculty of GB Pant Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital
Available at:
http://library.mamc.ac.in/about.html
http://www.mamc.ac.in/library.htm
Available at:
http://library.mamc.ac.in/about.html
http://www.mamc.ac.in/library.htm
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Health Information Resources
formerly National Library for Health
Available at: http://www.library.nhs.uk/default.aspx
Available at: http://www.library.nhs.uk/default.aspx
School info at click of mouse
In an unprecedented move by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE),
parents and students may soon have the opportunity to evaluate a school’s
compliance with academic, infrastructural, safety and other CBSE byelaws — at
the click of a mouse. The board has ordered that each CBSE-affiliated school
must start its own website highlighting its levels of compliance of each norm
including details of teachers, students strength and contact details of
administrators. In a letter to all affiliated schools, CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi has said that the schools must comply with the order within six months and should prepare annual reports which can be uploaded on their websites.
Over 10,500 schools across India and in a few foreign countries are affiliated
to the CBSE.Schools must also specify timelines by when they will complete compliance with any bye laws they are at present unable to meet.
The CBSE affiliation byelaws relate to the governance structure, land area and
other physical infrastructure and facilities, salaries, teacher-to-student
ratio, admission policies and fee structures that schools are required to
follow. The move is a key component of human resource development minister Kapil Sibal’s drive aimed at ensuring greater transparency in educational institutions,
sources said. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has already ordered technical institutions like engineering and management schools to place on their websites details of teachers, students, infrastructure, fee policy and
governance structure.“The CBSE move will take the transparency drive forward to schools,” a senior government source said.
The CBSE letter mentions that the board decided to make it mandatory for every
affiliated school to develop its own website “containing comprehensive information about the school and its management” at a governing body meeting. The Central Information Commission, in an order dated August 5, 2010 had also stated that all schools affiliated to the board must place on their websites the
status of their implementation of norms.
Source | Hindustan Times | 30 November 2010
Like wise there is a need for health administrators to see that every medical libraries profile be made available in every medical institution home page to bring clarity and transparency in their workflow.
parents and students may soon have the opportunity to evaluate a school’s
compliance with academic, infrastructural, safety and other CBSE byelaws — at
the click of a mouse. The board has ordered that each CBSE-affiliated school
must start its own website highlighting its levels of compliance of each norm
including details of teachers, students strength and contact details of
administrators. In a letter to all affiliated schools, CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi has said that the schools must comply with the order within six months and should prepare annual reports which can be uploaded on their websites.
Over 10,500 schools across India and in a few foreign countries are affiliated
to the CBSE.Schools must also specify timelines by when they will complete compliance with any bye laws they are at present unable to meet.
The CBSE affiliation byelaws relate to the governance structure, land area and
other physical infrastructure and facilities, salaries, teacher-to-student
ratio, admission policies and fee structures that schools are required to
follow. The move is a key component of human resource development minister Kapil Sibal’s drive aimed at ensuring greater transparency in educational institutions,
sources said. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has already ordered technical institutions like engineering and management schools to place on their websites details of teachers, students, infrastructure, fee policy and
governance structure.“The CBSE move will take the transparency drive forward to schools,” a senior government source said.
The CBSE letter mentions that the board decided to make it mandatory for every
affiliated school to develop its own website “containing comprehensive information about the school and its management” at a governing body meeting. The Central Information Commission, in an order dated August 5, 2010 had also stated that all schools affiliated to the board must place on their websites the
status of their implementation of norms.
Source | Hindustan Times | 30 November 2010
Like wise there is a need for health administrators to see that every medical libraries profile be made available in every medical institution home page to bring clarity and transparency in their workflow.
Friday, November 26, 2010
National Rural Health Mission (2005-2012)
Recognizing the importance of Health in the process of economic and social
development and improving the quality of life of our citizens, the Government of India has resolved to launch the National Rural Health Mission to carry out necessary architectural
correction in the basic health care delivery system. The Mission adopts a synergistic
approach by relating health to determinants of good health viz. segments of nutrition,sanitation, hygiene and safe drinking water. It also aims at mainstreaming the Indian systems of medicine to facilitate health care. The Plan of Action includes increasing public expenditure on health, reducing regional imbalance in health infrastructure, pooling, resources, integration of organizational structures, optimization of health manpower,decentralization and district management of health programmes, community participation and ownership of assets, induction of management and financial personnel into district health system, and operationalizing community health centers into functional hospitals meeting Indian Public Health Standards in each Block of the Country.
The Goal of the Mission is to improve the availability of and access to quality
health care by people, especially for those residing in rural areas, the poor, women and children.
Source :http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/
development and improving the quality of life of our citizens, the Government of India has resolved to launch the National Rural Health Mission to carry out necessary architectural
correction in the basic health care delivery system. The Mission adopts a synergistic
approach by relating health to determinants of good health viz. segments of nutrition,sanitation, hygiene and safe drinking water. It also aims at mainstreaming the Indian systems of medicine to facilitate health care. The Plan of Action includes increasing public expenditure on health, reducing regional imbalance in health infrastructure, pooling, resources, integration of organizational structures, optimization of health manpower,decentralization and district management of health programmes, community participation and ownership of assets, induction of management and financial personnel into district health system, and operationalizing community health centers into functional hospitals meeting Indian Public Health Standards in each Block of the Country.
The Goal of the Mission is to improve the availability of and access to quality
health care by people, especially for those residing in rural areas, the poor, women and children.
Source :http://www.mohfw.nic.in/NRHM/
Dr.Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan: Founder of Library Science in India
Dr. Ranganathan was born: Aug. 9, 1892 at Shiyali, Madras, His Main works were:
Five Laws of Library Science (1931)
Colon Classification (1933)
Classified Catalogue Code (1934)
Prolegomena to Library Classification (1937)
Theory of the Library Catalogue (1938)
Elements of Library Classification (1945)
Classification and International Documentation (1948)
Classification and Communication (1951)
Headings and Canons (1955)
He Died: Sept. 27,1972 at Bangalore, Mysore
Five Laws of Library Science (1931)
Colon Classification (1933)
Classified Catalogue Code (1934)
Prolegomena to Library Classification (1937)
Theory of the Library Catalogue (1938)
Elements of Library Classification (1945)
Classification and International Documentation (1948)
Classification and Communication (1951)
Headings and Canons (1955)
He Died: Sept. 27,1972 at Bangalore, Mysore
SRR was appointed as University Librarian at Madras University on 03.01.1924
Thursday, November 25, 2010
WorldCat
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information.
Source :http://www.worldcat.org/
Source :http://www.worldcat.org/
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Intute : a portal of electronic resources
With millions of resources available on the Internet, it can be difficult to find useful material.Intute is a free online service that helps to find web resources for your studies and research.
Source :http://www.intute.ac.uk/
Source :http://www.intute.ac.uk/
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH)
NABH is a constituent board of Quality Council of India, set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations. the board is structured to cater to much desired needs of the consumers and to set benchmarks for progress of health industry. The board while being supported by all stakeholders including industry, consumers, government, have full functional autonomy in its operation.
Source:http://www.qcin.org/nabh/index.php
Source:http://www.qcin.org/nabh/index.php
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