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BALID Handovers of a Check of TK.36000/ to Meril Prothom Alo Savar Shohayota Tohbil
A Check of token amount of Tk. 36000/ (Thirty six thousand) donated by members of BALID was handed over by Dr. Mirza Mohd Rezaul Islam, Chairman,BALID & BIIM to Mr. Anisul Haque, Associate Editor, Prothom Alo on 21 September 2013 in a homely ambience at Prothom Alo office, Karwan Bazar, Dhaka for Meril-Prothom Alo Savar Shohayota Tohbil
Dr.Md. Nazim Uddin, Senior Manager, icddr,b, Mr. Shamsuddin Ahmed, Director, BIIM, Ms Hazera Rahman, Deputy Librarian, South East University, AKM Mozammel Haq Retd. Principal Librarian, BCSIR and Ms Aziza Ahmed, Coordinator,Prothom Alo Trust were also present on this occasion.
Mr. Anisul Haque appreciated the BALID’s attitude and efforts to stand by to the cause of humanity and sufferings of the people.
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A Five-day Training Course on Koha organized by BIIM, BALID
A five-day training course on open-source Integrated Library System "Koha" organized by BALID Institute of Information Management (BIIM) – a sister concern of Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID) held at North South University (NSU) Library from 3 to 7 September 2013. A certificate awarding ceremony was arranged on 7 September 2013. Professor M Imtiaz Hossain, Vice-Chancellor, Islamic University of Technology was the chief guest while Professor Miftahur Rahman, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, NSU, was present as special guest. Dr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman, University Librarian of NSU spoke on the occasion as the Guest of Honour. BALID and BIIM Chairman Dr. Mirza Mohd. Rezaul Islam chaired the session. Welcome address was given by the BALID Secretary General Mr. Faradul Islam Farid while vote of thanks was given by Mr. Md. Shamsuddin Ahmed, Director, BIIM.
The participants were awarded with certificates. Twenty three (23) professionals from different universities and research organizations took part in the training programme. The training was conducted by Mr. Zahid Hassan Shoeb, Deputy Librarian, Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Mr. Ahmed Noor, Jr. Assistant Librarian, IUB and Mr. Abdullah al-Modabber, Assistant Librarian, South Asian University, New Delhi (established by SAARC), India.
Please note that, the training was inaugurated by H.E. Hasanul Haq Inu, M.P., Honourable Minister, Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 3 September 2013.
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Inauguration of training programme on KOHA by Information Minister
H.E. Hasanul Haq Inu, M.P., Honourable Minister, Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh inaugurated the 5 day long training course on Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) KOHA jointly organised by BALID Institute of Information Management (BIIM), Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists(BALID) in collaboration wirh North South University (NSU) on 3 September 2013 at NSU Syndicate Hall.
Professor Amin U. Sarkar, Vice- Chancellor of NSU spoke on the occasion as Special Guest and Professor ANM Meshquat Uddin, Pro-Vice Chancellor of NSU as guest of honour. NSU Librarian Dr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman gave welcome speech and Dr. Mirza Mohd Rezaul Islam, Chairman, BALID and BIIM chaired the programme. Mr. Md. Shamsuddin Ahmed, Director, BIIM, BALID gave vote of thanks at the end of the programme. NSU faculties, library professionals and participants of the training programme attended at the inaugural ceremony.
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Inaugural Ceremony of training programme on KOHA
BALID Institute of Information Management (BIIM), a sister concern of Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists is going to organize a five day long training program from Tuesday, 3 September to Saturday, 7 September 2013 at E-resource Access Center, North South University Library, Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka. Inaugural session will be held on Tuesday, 3 September 2013 at 3:45 pm in the mentioned venue.
H.E. Hasanul Haq Inu, M.P., Honourable Minister, Ministry of Information, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest. You are cordially invited to attend the Programme. View the Invitation Card. |
BALID Members Database: request for updated information
BALID is almost half way to launch an interactive member database. This would be a great asset to the Association. To collect the most updated data and photographs of the members, as well as keep the data error rate minimized, BALID is looking for your kind assistance. In this connection, the Existing BALID members’ are requested to update respective information in the Online form. The deadline is Monday, 30 September 2013.
The database development will be completed in two phases. First phase: development of the database (Beta version is done), collection of updated data from the members, and migrate the collected data to the database with photographs. Second phase: Members will able to search the entire database, and will have access to modify own profile. The collected data and photographs will be migrated to the main database by the developer team. The database will be accessible through the BALID website.
Potential BALID members are requested to explore BALID membership page in details. The prescribed Membership application form is writable before print.
Click here to submit your Information (BALID Existing Member Only!) |
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