Address for correspondence :
Librarian, S.P College of Engineering, Munshi Nagar, Andheri (west) Mumbai-400058. E-mail: maita_03@ rediffmail.com

Education:
Bsc.(Hons in Zoology)from Burdwan University with 2nd class(W.B) in 1986
B.Lib.Sc from S.N.D.T Women’s University, Mumbai in 1987
M.A. (History) from University of Mumbai in 1991
M.L.I.S.  from University of Mumbai in 1994.
UGC-NET [National Eligibility Test] in Library & Information. Science in 1996.
Passed Maharashtra State Eligibility Test [SET ] in Library & Information Science. in the year 1996

Completed One year post graduate advanced diploma (ADCSSAA) from YMCA
Computer Institute, Mumbai [Recognised by Govt. of Maharashtra] in  July 2001
Registered for PhD in Library & Information Science as an external scholar in University of Burdwan (W.B)

Professional Experiences:
Asstt. Librarian in Nehru Science Center, Worli, Mumbai (under National Council of Science Museum, NCSM) from April 1989 -June 1991.

Librarian in Ambedkar college of  commerce & Economics (affiliated to Mumbai  University ) from Feb.1992-Dec.1994

Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce,Haji Ali, Mumbai as a Librarian from 26th Dec.1994-Jan 1997

Librarian in a L.J.N.J Mahila Mahavidyalaya (affiliated to SNDT Women’s University ) upto-Oct. 1997.

Presently working in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of Engineering Mumbai-58(estd. in1962 offering Degree & P.G courses; Aided by Govt of Maharashtra & affiliated to University of Mumbai) as a Librarian since Oct.1997.

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Marathi, German

Affiliations / memberships:
Life member of  ILA (Indian library Association ,New-Delhi) & IASLIC (Indian Association Of special Lib.& Information Centre, Kolkata), BOSLA (Bombay Science Librarians’ Association)COMLA ( Commonwealth Librarians Association) SIS(Society for Information Science, New -Delhi), Virtual member of SLA (Special Library Association) USA

Courses & Training:
Attended UGC Sponsored Refresher course during Jan 1996 in Mumbai University and Nov. 1998 in Jadavpur University, Calcutta
Three months German language course  Elementary-1[grundstufe-1] from Max-Muller Bhavan, Mumbai in  the year 2001.
Attended NISSAT-IIT Kharagpur Training programme on “library automation” from 6th Mar to 31st March 2000
Attended winter school on “ Teaching Object Oriented programming and data structures in C++” from Nov.26th to 14th Dec. 2001 at SPCE, Mumbai {approved by Directorate of Technical Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra State)

Seminar/Conferences /workshops
Participated in ILA-FLA/RSCAO workshop on “Electronic library” at SNDT University during 21-25,January 2002  at Mumbai.

Attended COMLA(Commonwealth Librarians’ Association) seminar in London on 14th –15th August 2002 organized by CILIP(Chartered Institute of library & Information Professional),London.

Received DANIDA (Danish Developmental Aid) Fellowship for attending IFLA (International Federation of Library association & Institutions) 68th General Council & conference during18-24th August, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Participated in the EUCLID/ALISE meeting in Potsdam( near Berlin) on July
31st and August 1st  2003 held at University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam

Poster session titled “Public Libraries in the Internet Age: Indian scenario”  presented during  69th IFLA General Congress and Council  held in Berlin

( Germany) during 1-9th August 2003 sponsored by Max Muller Bhavan New –Delhi (Branch of Goethe Institute Inter Nations, Munich) .
International workshop on “Democratisation of Information: Focus on libraries” under World Social Forum 2004 on 18th January, at TISS Mumbai

Additional responsibilities:
Serving as “Information Coordinator” of Women’s Issues Section (WIS) of International Federation of Librarian’s Association [IFLA]

Publications
Conference Papers/Journal Articles

“Intranet, Extranet and Internet : information management & sharing
in libraries” authored by Maitrayee Ghosh and Maya Avasia presented in the national conference organized by IIT, Kharagpur (26-27,Feb.2002); published by Allied Publishers Ltd. New-Delhi ; pg no.640-648.

“Indian Academic library consortia (IALC): A proposal for electronic resource sharing” by Maitrayee Ghosh accepted for Cremia-2002 International conference ILIAC www.iliac.org/ Moscow, held in Sudak, Ukraine, during June 8-16th 2002 & published in Conference proceedings by Russian National Public, Library for Science& Technology.vol-2 pp 594-600

Conference paper “Library networks, consortia and changing role of information professionals”by Maitrayee Ghosh & VKJ Jeevan accepted for presentation in IATLIS national conference held during 1st –3rd Dec.2002 at Utkal University Bhubaneshwar, Orissa ( published by IATLIS) pg 99-109

A plan for the establishment of a library network or consortium of Management & Engineering libraries (MELC) in western India: Preliminary investigations and formulations“ by Maitrayee Ghosh and Ashok Jambekar accepted for presentation in International CALIBER 2003 at Ahmedabad, India during  February 13 -15th Feb. 2003  and  published by INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad, India

“Knowledge Management in the Digital Age: Challenges and opportunities in India”  by Maitrayee Ghosh accepted and published in the conference proceeding of the International conference  (Asia –Pacific) held during 20-22nd March 2003 in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Vol. II.pg.79-89)

Paper titled “Strategic cooperation and consortia formation for access to electronic resources: models and methods for survival” authored by Maitrayee Ghosh, V.K.J.Jeevan & S.C.Biswas had been presented during NACLIN 2003 conference (14-17th Oct 2003) held at Jadavpur University Kolkata. (published by DELNET)

Article  “Networks, Digital Libraries and Knowledge Management: Trends and developments” by Maitrayee Ghosh and Ashok Jambekar  published  in DESIDOC Bulletin of Information technology, vol. 23, no.5, New-Delhi September 2003, pp 3-11.
“Procuring Electronic information through Consortia: Current trends in India” by Maitrayee Ghosh has been accepted for publication in COMLA (Commonwealth Librarians association, Jamaica) Bulletin.

Paper entitled “Public Libraries in the Internet Age: Indian scenario” by Maitrayee Ghosh has been submitted to the editor of ILA (Indian Library association, New Delhi) Bulletin for publication (Accepted & in press)

“Public Library System in India: Challenges and opportunities” by Maitrayee Ghosh has been submitted to the editor of the journal Library Review for publication (Under review)

Conference report titled “Library as a portal- IFLA conference in Deutschland: A rewarding experience” by Maitrayee Ghosh published in Library Hi Tech News, February, 2004 pp.3-5

Conference paper titled “Satisfying Engineering communities through consortia based System: A conceptual framework for regional cooperation in India” accepted for International Conference on Digital Archives  held in Taipei, Taiwan(18-19th March,2004) and published in conference proceeding 2004,pp 55-65
“Ever changing information scenario and emerging role of National and regional associations in library development: An Indian perspective” by Maitrayee Ghosh accepted for presentation in ALA annual conference held during 24-30 June 2004 at Orlando, Florida.

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