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Volume: 5 Issue: 4 October 2022
XLRI, Jamshedpur Library Newsletter
From the Head - Library
Dear Professors/Staff/Scholars/Students,
Happy to bring up this ‘Seventeenth’ XLRI - Library Newsletter [A quarterly] - Oct’22 issue which provides the summary on our library’s activities & services from 01st Jul’22 to 30th Sep’22.
The highlight of this quarter is that our library has celebrated the National Librarians’ Day of the year 2022 on 12th August 2022 in remembrance of the 130th birth anniversary of Late Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, the Father of Indian Library Science.
The National Librarians’ Day Quiz on our Library Resources and Services was conducted on 10th Aug 2022 involving the faculty & staff members and the FPMs & EFPMs. Also, the Testimonials and Suggestions on the Library are collected. Delighted to know that the users are happy
100 Free Courses through edX Online Campus Essentials are extended
again till 01st July 2024 to all the students, staff, and faculty members.
All the Library Resources and Services are marketed among all the users including the fresh batch of students
Researcher App, which is integrated with our subscribed journals for the full text access! The same is introduced to all the new students and library users.
‘Sharing is Caring’ initiative for the ‘Book Take Away Service’ is started. Books are donated by the XL Community in a full swing. The same are used by the community.
‘Offline is the New Luxury’ introduced through the available offline downloading features.
Hope you are enjoying the services of the library.
D. T. Edwin
Head – Library
National Librarians’ Day 2022
National Librarians’ Day was celebrated on 12thAugust 2022 in remembrance of the 130th birth anniversary of Late. Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, the Father of Indian Library Science.
Ms. Vijaya Jadhav, D.C. East Singhbhum, Jharkhand lit the lamp for Dr S R Ranganathan followed by Fr.DonaldD’Silva, S.J. Dean -Administration & Finance, Prof A K Pani, Dean–Academics, , Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, General Management Area, and Mr. D.T. Edwin, Head-Library.
Fr. DonaldD’Silva, S.J.Dean - Administration & Finance threw some light on the life of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, and also described his contribution towards the Indian & International library system and promised all required support from the management side to upgrade the library to the next levels.
Prof. Ashis K Pani, Dean – Academics in his speech expressed the importance of the library to an institute and prospects for the betterment of the library.
Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, General Management Area, nicely described the importance/relevance of Pen & Paper and Physical form of books over the e-resources of knowledge.
Mr. S.K. Tiwary, Head – Corporate Programs shared his experience and views about the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Library, as a student and staff of XLRI.
Mr. D.T. Edwin, Head- Library, expressed a few samples of the best practices the team follows like familiarising all the library applications by installing on their own official and personal devices including mobile phones, speed and accuracy in services and standard templates/formats followed in communication.
Ms. Neha Bellamkonda, FPM student shared her views and appreciated the library team for their helping attitude and the quality services. Ms. Nevathika Narendran, General Secretary and Head of Students Affairs Council, appreciated the quality of the electronic resources and the services being provided to the users.
Ms. Vijaya Jadhav, D.C. East Singhbhum, Jharkhand nicely described the 5 Laws of Library Sciences postulated by Dr S R Ranganathan.
Fr. DonaldD’Silva, S.J.Dean - Administration & Finance andProf. Ashis K Pani, Dean – Academics facilitated all the library staff members including the Head- Library, Mr D T Edwin with gifts.
Prizes were bestowed to Quiz Winners which was conducted on 10th Aug 2022 by the Chief Guest Ms. Vijaya Jadhav, D.C. East Singhbhum, Jharkhand.
The 1st prize grabbed by Ms. Itika Ganguly, 2nd Prize by Mr. Anuj Jain and two 3rd prizes by Ms. Manisha Beck and Ms. Saranjeet Kaur.
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Essentials
The access to 100 free courses from the banner edX online through Campus Essentials is given to students, staff, and faculty members. EdX provides high-quality learning from leading universities and companies available with edX Online Campus Essentials. One could enroll and complete the courses on or before 1st July 2024.
Learners can use this URL : https://enterprise.edx.org/xavier-mgmt to get to their learner portal after they have got their subscription license activated by the library.
Library Resources and Services
A Handy Information on Our Library Resources and Services:
Library Onsite: https://acad.xlri.ac.in/library/ and Library Offsite: https://xlrij.remotexs.in/user
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is to search & find the availability of the books in the library and to know the books issued in your name, due dates, overdue fine (if any) & loan history etc.
Online Public Access
Catalogue (OPAC) Onsite
Click HereOnline Public Access
Catalogue (OPAC) Offsite
Click HereCredentials for the above two OPAC sites: User Name: FTF/NTS/Roll No and Password: xlri@123 (Note: Kindly change this on the first login)
The products like Capitaline, CARMA Video Collection, CRISIL Research, CMIE require a registration done by you at their respective portals. The same for Gartner and Grammarly would be done by the library at the backend. The Bloomberg, Risk.Net, and Ticker are standalone systems which are kept at the library physically.
Researcher App - The World of Research in one App
Researcher App, which is integrated with our subscribed journals for full text access! The Access to full-text PDF is faster. Kindly ‘Sign In’ linking our institution (XLRI - Xavier School of Management) for access to full papers from the journals XLRI, Jamshedpur subscribes to..!
Yup....you need to select our institute both in its Mobile APP and Desktop Version with your XLRI email ID. This would link through IP authorisation if you are in the campus and through our remote access (https://xlrij.remotexs.in/user) credentials if you are out of the campus network (one time authorization required).
Highlights
- Easy to browse
A social media style feed shows papers and data from your chosen journals.
- Read anywhere, anytime
Web, Android and iOS. Your account is synced across platforms, so you’ll never miss the latest papers.
- Focus on what matters
Set up a filter using keywords or author names and watch your feed fill with the most relevant research to you.
- Simplify your referencing
Tired of copy and paste referencing? We integrate with Mendeley and Zotero - your bookmarked papers will automatically sync with your reference manager.
- Stay connected
Turn on notifications and see the latest papers before anyone else. Get email updates too.
Book takeaway service
Sharing is caring
Our Library has started the ‘Book Takeaway Service’ in a formal manner from Wed, 15th Dec 2021. This service goes very well and is getting popular among the community day by day. One may kindly donate already used books of theirs ( in a good condition ) to the library at the circulation counter between 09.00 AM and 09.00 PM on any working day.
These books will be displayed at the Coffee Lounge, N. Mukherjee Building at the ‘Book Takeaway Service’ shelves and be available for take away.
The books for donation shall be anything right from the ‘ Kindergarten ‘ to a great ‘Professional’ or ‘Philosophical’ book which the library would try to deliver/make useful to some fraternity/community/children.
Happy donating knowledge!
- Registration for the Educator Premium Access of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) for all the faculty members is done and the access to the same to all the faculty members is ensured.
- Mr D T Edwin, Head - Library represented XLRI, Jamshedpur at the Knowledge Fair conducted by M/s. Springer at Goa on Thu, 22nd Sep 2022.
- The Case Analysis Coach presents a comprehensive, concise framework for analyzing, discussing, and writing about cases. Delivered entirely online. It shows students how to establish a knowledge base about a case by classifying it according to required analytical tasks. Case Analysis Coach by Robert D. Austin, Robert L. Kelley HB Student Guide is created as a course pack and shared to BM, HRM and GMP fresh batch on 6th Jul 2022.
- EBSCO Mobile App | Research On.The.Go.: EBSCO Mobile App is now available both in the Apple Store and Google Play Store serving both Android and iOS users. Personal Account (Sign In) could be created through the desktop version of EBSCO.
- Three tall Standees installed at the library which lists out the various eResources viz., e-Databases, eJournals, eBooks, eTools and the premium Services provided by the library.
| 02-07-2022 | Online Orientation on the Library Resources and Services to XOL PGDBM 2022-'24 & PGDHRM 2022-'24 | Mr D T Edwin Head – Library | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| 11-07-2022 | Onsite Orientation on the Library Resources and Services to EFPM 2022 | Mr D T Edwin Head – Library | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| 25-07-2022 | Onsite Orientation on the Library Resources and Services to Postgraduate Certificate in General Management (PGCGM) PwC 2022-'24 | Mr D T Edwin Head – Library | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| 30-07-2022 | Onsite Orientation on the Library Resources and Services to XOL PGDF 2022-'24 | Mr D T Edwin Head – Library | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
- I never visited the library for several years. But it was there when I wanted and wherever I wanted. I could access the resources which were required for my writings at my office, my house and while traveling. Thanks to Mr D T Edwin, Head- Library and the entire library team for creating such a great facility. I never felt a lack of any material for my book writing or research work - Prof Pingali Venugopal
- With the constant team’s effort under the mentorship of Mr D T Edwin, Head - Library, we do not doorstep at the library instead the DEXTERITY makes the library to reach at my Desktop! - Ms. Sarala Dube
- Mr D T Edwin, Head - Library and the entire team members of XLRI Library are awesome service providers to all of us at XLRI. The numerous initiatives taken by Mr. Edwin and his team members are class apart. The entire set of Library staff are proactive and highly sincere in rendering the services to all of us. Further, the team is professional in handling customers’ requests/queries. I thank the Head - Library and his team members for all the help provided to me on real-time basis - Prof N. Sivasankaran
- Mr D T Edwin, Head - Library and the entire library team have been exceptionally cordial and helpful. As scholars, we frequently end up getting stuck in finding papers. I remember how Mr Edwin, once went out of the way and asked the paper's authors to share it. From the ambience of the physical library to the ease of use of the e-library, it continues to be an amazing experience - Mr Vedant Kaul