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Volume 03, Issue 03 July-October 2012

PUNJAB UNIVERSITY LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS QURATERLY NEWSLETTER ISSN: 2O79-4037

FROM EDITORS DESK

This quarter moved from the lives of professionals leaving the mix effects of grieves, hopes & rejoicement on them. With the blessings of Holy Month of Ramadhan and delights of Eid ul Fitar, we were destined to bear the departure of our loved ones like
Ch. Yaqub Ali, Ex-Chief Librarian, International Islamic University, Mr.Abdul Hafeez Akhtar, Ex. D G, Department Of Libraries, Mrs. Nusrat Nadeem , Assistant Librarian, Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad and some other closed ones. All these departed souls were very dear to us. We can never forget their struggles for the profession. May Allah the Almighty shower His eternal blessings on these souls, forgive their sins, have mercy on them & rest in Jannatul Firdous. Most prominent activity of this quarter was, of course, PLA Elections 2012. The horizons of librarianship in Pakistan were covered with the clouds of hopelessness and desperations because of delay in these elections. Inactive state of PLA was forcing people to raise questions about the future of Pakistani librarianship. With the blessings of Allah the Almighty, we have gone through this uncertain phase, elected bodies of all provinces & head quarter of PLA are there now. They have taken oaths & are on the way towards their responsibilities & duties. We congratulate all the elected bodies & want to remind them as well that expectations of professionals are very high this time. There are diversified challenges & issues awaiting for them. These challenges & issues must be addressed and resolved on priority basis. Elected teams are the trusty of professionals hopes. In this way, they become responsible to fulfill their promises which they made during election campaign. Otherwise, they will surely be questioned about their responsibilities in both the worlds, i.e. here in this world by professionals & in the world hereafter by Allah the Almighty. In this issue, we are including an interview of a very adorable & ever-smiling personality. She is famous among her students because of her motherly nature. Surely, you have recognized her. Yes, we are talking about Madam Tanveer Jahan Khan. Our interviewer made an attempt to reveal her lifes such aspects you will really want to know about. We hope you will like this interview. Madam Khan is suffering of blood pressure and sugar these days. We pray Almighty to bestow her with sound health. We specially thank her for showing her willingness for this interview. In the end, we would like to say that pages of Info@PULISAA are about you. Dont hesitate if you want to contribute for these pages. We would like to adore these pages with your writings & contributions. Take

good care of yourself, your families & your loved ones. See you in next issue. Waiting for your feed back. Email your writings & contributions at: info.pulisaa@gmail.com

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Inside this issue:

From Editors Desk A Seminar on Writing Research Proposal Conference on Information Resources... Aah Ch. Yaqoob Ali Interview with Madam Tanveer Jahan Khan Twitter: A Social Networking Website Oath Taking Ceremony of PLA HQ & Punjab News Corner
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Patron in Chief Muhammad Shahid Soroya Chief Editor Muhammad Ashraf Shakoori Editorial team Muhammad Naushad Ghazanfar Sabzwari Dr. Muhammad Rafiq Syed Adnan Adil Waris Ali Arslan Yasin Malik Ammara yousaf Sadaf Rafiq Design & Graphics Muhammad Ashraf Shakoori

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A Seminar on Writing Research Proposal

Reported by: Dr. Nosheen Warraich
Continuing Education Committee (CEC) of PULISAA and the Department of LIS, University of the Punjab jointly organized a seminar on Writing a Research Proposal on Wednesday, 12 September 2012, for LIS professionals and researchers in Dept. of LIS, University of the Punjab. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ehsan Malik, Dean Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences was the Chief Guest. He addressed the inaugural session and emphasized the need of research culture in universities. Dr. Kanwal Ameen, Chairperson DLIS and Patron PULISAA shared her future plans and past efforts for the capacity building of both the alumni of DLIS and PU teachers. Mr. Shahid Soroya, President PULISAA appreciated the research output Secretary PULISAA was the coordinator of this seminar. Ms. Amara Yousaf and Mr. Asif Bilal assisted Dr. Nosheen in organizing it. Kanwal discussed the importance of literature review,

More than 25 researchers and LIS professionals participated in this seminar and appreciated the efforts of PULISAA team

organization, presentation and synthesis of relevant literature. Dr. Khalid threw light on research objectives and questions, hypothesis formulation, rationale and significance and research Design. More than 25 researchers and LIS professionals participated in this seminar and appreciated the efforts of PULISAA team to organize such a wonderful and need oriented seminar and demanded to continue these activities in future.

and credentials of DLIS-PU faculty members that is considered the best in all LIS schools in Pakistan. Dr. Nosheen Fatima Warraich,

Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Anwar, Prof. Dr. Kanwal Ameen and Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood were the resource persons and they discussed the different facets of research report. Dr. Mumtaz explained research topic, background of the study, statement of the problem and limitations and delimitations of the study. Dr.

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Conference on Information Resources & Services

in the 21st Century
Reported by: Muhammad Naushad Ghazanfar Sabzwari
7th National Conference on Information Resources & Services in the 21st Century at Bara Gali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar Pakistan, from 17-19 July, 2012. It was Jointly Organized By Department of Library & Information Science and Central Library, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. July 17, 2012 Inauguration: Chief Guest: Prof. Dr. Ghulam Taqi Bangush, Program Manager, SZABIST, Islamabad, Welcome Address: Mohammad Ismail, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Peshawar The session conducted by Mr. Habib ur Rehman. Session stared with the recitation from the verses of Holy Koran by Mr. Sayed Rasool. Mohammad Ismail, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science in his welcome address highlighted all previous six conferences organized by University of Peshawar. He also updated about the historical background of Bara Gali summer campus, University of Peshawar. He warmly welcomed all the participants, resource persons and guests. The Chief Guest focused on role of libraries and library professionals. He told that Holy book is not revealed in the form of printed matter, it was also revealed in sound form and that is also a digital format. In this way only those material which are in physical format could not be called a book. Knowledge in each and every format is book format. The each format has its own importance and no one could replace the other format. He appreciated the efforts made by organizers and enthusiasm of participants coming from different areas of the country. First Working Session: Chairperson: Dr. Farzana Shafique, Rapporteur: Mr. Sajjad Ahmad, Paper Presenter: Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood Topic : A Proposal for Information Literacy instructions in Higher Education. Dr. Khalid emphasized the role of information literacy in dissemination of knowledge. Peoples need much more guidance for searching browsing of knowledge. It is the duty of library professionals that they should play their role. Second Session: Chairman: Mr. Ghayoor Hussain, Rapporteur: Ms. Shazia, Paper Presenter: Mr. Zeshan Khan, Topic: Information Resource Center of United States of America Dr. Ramzan focused was on technological development and rapidly changing environment through these innovations. He emphasized that library professionals should accept these responsibilities and realize their duties for the technological changes. No one would come to change our system. He also involved the participants in discussion during his presentation. July 18, 2012 First Working Session: Chairman: Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Rapporteur: Mr. Zewar Khan Paper Presenter: Dr. Shafique ur Rehman Topic: Service Quality Assessment in the University Libraries of Pakistan Dr. Shafique described the methodology of data collection from universities of Punjab and federal capital. He used LIBQUAL as a data collection and analyzing tool. He also told that LIBQUAL is translated in 17 languages and he translated it in Urdu and used with some necessary modification for his studies. His translated version is also considering for inclusion in those already translated version of this tool. He also discussed about other tools like ServiceQual etc. Second Session: Chairman: Mr. Midrarullah, Rapporteur: Mr. Habibur Rehman, Paper Presenter: Dr. Haroon Idrees Topic: Classification Dilemma & Optimal Solution for Islamic Knowledge

library professionals should accept these responsibilities and realize their duties for the technological changes. Dr. Ramzan

Mr. Zeeshan also told that IRC is providing approach to many of those databases which are not open accessed and freely available to scholars. Third Session: Chairman: Mr. Muhammad Ismail Rapporteur: Mr. Shehzad Ahmad, Paper Presenter: Dr. Muhammad Ramzan, Topic: Who Owns Technological Innovations in Libraries.

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This paper was related to a model for solution of classification problems in the religion of Islam. It is fact that classifiers are facing many problems in classifying the literature on Islam in classification schemes and especially in Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme. He described in detail the different aspects of his model and participants questioned on each and every aspect of the model. Third Session: Chairman: Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Rapporteur: Mr. Muhammad Ismail, Paper Presenter: Mr. Ghayoor Hussain Topic: Information Resources & Services of the Department of Libraries, Islamabad Mr. Ghayoor Hussain explained library services providing by department of libraries in Islamabad. The 8 libraries are working in different sectors of federal capital and providing efficient services to its clientele. The National Library is also started the services to readers through a library developed separately in the vicinity of National Library. He also explained the ISBN 13 digits and procedure for getting ISBN for publishers and individual authors from National Library. Fourth Session: Chairman: Dr. Shafique ur Rehman, Rapporteur: Mr. Bashir Ali, Paper Presenters: Dr.. Rubina Tariq and Mr. Amjid Khan, Topic: Departmental Libraries at University of Peshawar: Current Status, services, Issues, Challenges and Prospectus Mr. Amjid presented paper and his presentation was appreciated by the participants. He also explained and answered the question of the participants with confidence. Participants encouraged him

because this was his first presentation in any of the conference. Fifth Session: Chairman: Dr. Muhammad Ramzan, Rapporteur : Mr. Tahir Jan, Paper Presenter: Mr. Muhammad Ismail, Topic: Online Information use by faculty and students at the University of Peshawar Mr. Ismail described in detail about the use of online resources used by faculty and students of UOP. July 19, 2012 First Session: Chairman: Prof. Dr. Khalid Mehmood, Rapporteur: Mr. Farid Ullah, Paper Presenter: Prof. Dr. Mumtaz A. Anwar Topic: Indigenous Knowledge and Agriculture Dr. Mumtaz explained that most of the indigenous knowledge is not being used and we are losing this important knowledge. Many of the individual agriculturist, farmers, and field workers have their experience which could not be available anywhere, and no one is pondering about the importance of this valued information. Second Session: Chairman: Dr.Muhammad Ramzan, Rapporteur: Mr. Sher Afzal, Paper Presenter: Dr. Farzana Shafique Topic: Second Life of Libraries in Pakistan: An idea whose time has come The paper based upon web 3 and library 3 concepts. She explained how through Second Life, users and libraries could change their mode of functions. In current scenario, readers have less time and they tried to get information on their laptop. In this

current state, both of them (Libraries and Users) could creates AVATAR and will feel that in digital world they are getting and providing information such as physically present in that situation. Concluding Session: Chief Guest: Prof. Dr. Mumtaz A. Anwar. Vote of Thanks: Mr. Muhammad Ismail, the Chief organizer of the conference Speaker: Mr. Ghayoor Hussain Speaker: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Speaker: Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood Dr. Ramzan paid thanks and admired all the papers presented in the conference and told that were excellent in quality and not below the international standards. He also appreciated the efforts of the organizing team for making this conference successful. Prof. Dr. Khalid Mehmood appreciated this excellent intellectual event and admired the struggle and hard work of the organizers. He also pointed out that in the history of Pakistan; this was the first conference in which 6 Ph.D. scholars (Dr. Mumtaz A. Anwar, Dr. Kahlid Mehood, Dr.Muhammad Ramzan, Dr. Farzana Shafiq, Dr. Haroon Idrees and Dr. Shafiq ur Rehman, are participated presented paper and Paper of one Ph.D. i.e. Dr. Rubina Tariq was also presented in her absence. He also draw attention to that many of the PLA elected members (Dr. Khalid Mehmood, President Head Quarter, Dr. Muhammad Ramzan, President PLA Punjab Br. Muhammad Naushad Sabzwari, Secretary PLA Punjab Br. Mr. Ghayor Hussain Secretary Federal Br.) are also participated in the Continued on page 11

Most of the indigenous knowledge is not being used and we are losing this important knowledge.. Dr. Mumtaz Ali Anwar

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Aah Ch. Yaqoob Ali!

By Muhammad Naushad Ghazanfar Sabzwari
I met Ch. Yaqub Ali in 1987. He was just returned from KSA and joined Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan as Deputy Librarian. He applied for post of Chief Librarian and due to some technical reason he was appointed with promise of promotion in BS19 as Librarian. At that time, I was studying in University of Sindh. During my first meeting, I found him a friend rather a senior or boss. He always encouraged his subordinates and colleagues. His special ability was to stimulate and motivate all professionals. History of automation in B. Z.University was also originated by him.He first time introduced Apple Macintosh computer in 1993and developed a software with the help of vendor. He with his personal interest fed complete data of Central library, B. Z. University and laid down foundation of automation in this university. He had keen interest to develop Library according to modern trends and for this purpose, he, with the collaboration of American Council, started Information Resource Center under his own supervision and provided reading material through electronic mode to University teachers and researchers. At that time internet facilities were not available but he, in the city like Multan developed these facilities for every reader who was interested to get current material without hesitation. Ch. Yaqub had innovative mind and he tried his level best to implement his positive and innovative ideas. When he joined this university, Libraries system was neither centralized nor decentralized. Construction of building for central library was a dream. The library was working in only two small rooms. Just after his joining in university, his first target was the construction of Central Library Building. He struggled day and night and succeeded to convince administration for this project. We all professionals only used to discuss about central library structure but he was the person who realized the idea into reality. He was in favor of decentralized system due to financial constraintsand intended to develop an ideal Centralized system. But unfortunately university has neither centralized nor decentralized system uptill now.He was sincere with both friends and profession. He struggled here in Multan for Personal scale of library professionals working in BS16. His services for profession remained in our mind. He had religious mind but having tolerance with different sects and not a rigid person. He was not only literary but also fond of tourism having sense of sightseeing and we all professionals many times organized one day tours on the different places. He used to participate in activities like cooking and other witty and jokey discussions. Prof. Dr. Kanwal Ameen wrote about him that he was always praise for everyone doing some good work for the profession. He was religious in the true sense. Not only he would look like that, but also he would act like that----- honesty, humility, dedication, grace, social service, sincerity and much more. His character and dealings with people was exemplary. According to Dr. Muhammad Rafiq This is a great loss of Pakistani librarianship. He was such a dynamic person that inspired so many people with his enthusiastic leadership. I met Ch. Sahib in January 2007 when I joined IIUI as Manager Information Resource Center and my journey as a young colleague lasted till August 2008. I found him always open to new ideas especially he was much encouraging to young people. He supported us a lot during my stay at IIUI. It was his leadership and hard work that IIUI Central Library shaped such a wonderful icon of librarianship in Islamabad. He was always an inspiring personality of the profession and a great man of ethics. Mr. Midrar Ullah gave comments that a significant part of LIS history is gone with the passing of Ch. Yaqub Ali. He established the Central Library of IIU Islamabad and his services were exemplary. He also tried to establish LIS School in IIU but due to his retirement this mission could not be accomplished. I was in close contact with him from the last few years as a PLA member. He played a leading role in the revival of PLA and to keep it alive. He also played a very positive and effective role in current PLA elections. He was a great leader and organized national and international conferences, being President of PLA (FB). My last meeting with him was in a high tea, which was organized in the honor of Dr. Idris Haroon and Dr. Shafiqur-Rehman in Islamabd Hotel few days before the holy month of Ramazan. He was looking very active and fresh as usual and told me that he was striving to start LIS school in a campus of AlKhair University and will offer M.Phil and PhD in LIS along with MLIS. It was a proof of his commitment to the LIS profession. He is not dead; he is still alive in our hearts. His life is a role model for us. We pray for his maghfirat, May his soul rest in peace in heaven. Amin summa Amin.

...a great loss of Pakistani librarianship. He was such a dynamic person that inspired so many people with his enthusiastic leadership. Dr. M. Rafiq

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An Interview with Madam Tanveer Jahan Khan

Interviewer: Ammara Yousaf & Furkan Yousaf
Madam Tunveer Jahan Khan is an elegant and affectionate woman, who loves her profession and students. Her students regard her as a mother because of her delicate, soft & motherly nature. In December 2003, she retired from Department of Library & Information Science, University of the Punjab Lahore. PULISAA arranged a sitting with her & took a short interview for We Info@PULISAA. py and sweet family of two children, Kalsoom who is student of D. Pharmacy and Shahryar who is student of IBIT. Info@PULISAA: From where you started your proknown students? Madam Khan: I have many students but Kanwal Ameen and Khalid Mehmood are most re-known of them. Info@PULISAA: When did you get retirement from the university? Madam Khan: How can I forget, that was December 2003 when I got retired from University of the Punjab. I was sad & gloomy as I was going to leave the place where I had spent more than half of my life and where I had enjoyed many happy moments of life. Info@PULISAA: Which day of your life was the nastiest one? Madam Khan: My nastiest and most awful day was when I received the news of death of my husband. In 1992, after his retirement he went for HAJJ. He died there with heart attack while he was in front of Ghar-e-Hira. Info@PULISAA: Any happy moment of Professional life? Madam Khan: I am humble and meek creation of Allah and I think every moment of life is happy moment. I enjoy my life as much as possible by offering prayers. I feel happy and relaxed when my heart beats with the name of Allah. Info@PULISAA: Do you think, in the era of modern technologies, books are loosing their importance? Madam Khan: No, I dont think so. Although many technological changes have occurred in this modern world, yet these Continued on page 11

hope that our readers will like it. She is a patient of heart, sugar & blood pressure. We request our readers to pray health. Info@PULISAA: Madam, please tell us about your early life? Madam Khan: I was born in Dec, 1943. I was younger sister of two brothers. My father was commissioner. After my intermediate, I was married with Dr. Yar Muhammad who was Dean of Arts and a Professor of History department, University of the Punjab. In 1969, I completed my graduation from Punjab University. Info@PULISAA: What about yours Professional Education? Madam Khan: In 1970, I did Diploma in Library Science from University of the Punjab and after gap of eleven years in 1981 I did my master in Library Science from Punjab University with A Grade. Info@PULISAA: What about your family? Madam Khan: I have a hapfor her good

My nastiest and most awful day was when I received the news of death of my husband. Madam Khan

fessional journey? Madam Khan: I started my professional journey in 1981 from Quaid-e-Azam Library, Lahore as Librarian and worked for one year in that beautiful and comfortable environment. Info@PULISAA: When did you join Punjab University? Madam Khan: In 1982 after one year experience as Librarian, I joined Punjab University as Lecturer. Madam Umerah Shah, Sir Afzal Haq Qarshi also joined Punjab University same year whereas Sir Zafar Dahar was Librarian in Chemical department of Punjab University at that time and also a visiting lecturer of DLIS PU. Info@PULISAA: Your re-

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Twitter: A Social Networking Website

By Azra Rafique
Twitter is a private online social networking & microblogging service that permits its users the sharing of text messages up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". Jack Dorsey creatst ed it on 21 March 2006 and launched on 15th July 2006. Its headquarters is situated in San Francisco, USA and has 900+ employees on its payroll. This service got popularity worldwide very soon, with over 500 million active users as of 2012. Twitter links you to the latest stories, others opinions, new ideas, and interesting news. Simply find the accounts of your interest and follow the conversations. You can see photos, videos and conversations directly in Tweets to get the whole story at a glance in one place. It creates daily over 340 million tweets and handles over 1.6 billion search queries. Twitter has become one of the top 10 most visited websites on the Internet. Since its launch, it has been described as "the SMS of the Internet". Unregistered users can read tweets, while registered users can post tweets through the website interface, SMS, or a range of apps for mobile devices in multilinguals. The information professional can get advantage of this site as well. How to register? Step 1: To get registered, simply go to the site https:// twitter.com. Type your name in the field Full name, then provide your email address, type your secret code in Password field and click Sign up for Twitter. You can select the language from different 32 languages of the world other than English. Norwegian, English, Turkish, Malay, French, Portuguese, Thai, Farsi, Hungarian. Step 2: It takes you to the window for verification or recommendation of your provided information and your have to just click Create my Account. Links for Terms of service and privacy policy is also given at the bottom. Step 3: It welcomes you and provide preview of account, shown in the picture. You have to click Next button. Step 4: The site shows the links of different users to post, follow or be followed. You can follow people to get their Tweets. You start from given links or you can search for some one mostly known persons Tweets. Step 5: Top results for your search takes you to Follow the Tweets. You can click Show all results for all Tweets to follow or you can skip this step. Step 6: Show all results provides all the tweets of that person and you can select multiple tweets by clicking Following buttons. How to post a Tweet? Tweets can be posted by following ways: Via Web 1- You have to Sign in your Twitter account. 2- Type your Tweet into the box on the left side of your screen, or click the blue compose new Tweet button in the top navigation bar. It appears like 3- Your update should be fewer than 140 characters. It counts the characters automatically. Remaining characters show up as a number below the box 4- Click the Tweet button to post the Tweet to your profile. 5- You will immediately see your Tweet in the timeline on your homepage Via text message (SMS) Another popular way to post updates is from mobile phone. First, connect your phone with your Twitter account, and simply send your Tweet as a text message to your suitable Twitter short code in the same way you send any other text message. Dont forget to count your characters! How to delete a Tweet? To delete your tweet, sign in to twitter.com 1- Go to your Profile page. 2- Trace the Tweet you want to delete. 3- Drift your mouse on the message and click Delete. 4- Done! Your Tweet has been deleted. 5- Note that deleted Tweets sometimes hang out in Twitter search, they will clear with time. 6- You can delete only those Tweets posted by yourself from your account. You cannot delete Tweets which were posted by other accounts. As an alternative, you can unfollow or block users whose tweets you do not want to receive. Sign out: A member can easily sign out through clicking Sign out. Continued on page 12

Twitter links you to the latest stories, others opinions, new ideas, and interesting news. Simply find the accounts of your interest and follow the conversations.

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Oath Taking Ceremony of PLA HQ & Punjab Branch

Reported by Ashfaq Hussain
Pakistan Library Association founded under PLA constitution, is the professional body representing the Librarians working in Pakistan. It endeavors to promote the interests of librarians and librarianship in Pakistan. PLA has four branch councils. Its mission is to enhance the professional image and status of librarians of Pakistan. PLA has been contributing a lot for the service structure, promotion and the development of librarianship. It organized seminars, workshops and conferences for the up lift of the profession. With its enthusiastic efforts Government of the Pakistan established Directorate of Public Libraries Pakistan in March 1981 and Pakistan Library Foundation in June 1985. These both institutions are the milestones in the history of librarianship in Pakistan. PLA computer training center established in 1992 is organizing computer training courses for the library professionals to keep them abreast with latest technologies. PLA HQ and all branch councils are actively participating in professional, social and psychological uplift of the profession and professionals. Recently, Pakistan Library Association has elected their new representatives trough a fair election process. Oath Taking Ceremony of newly elected body of Pakistan Library Association (HQ & Punjab) was held jointly on September 20, 2012 at Quad-e-Azam Library, Bagh-e-Jinnah, the Mall, Lahore. The Speaker Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan was the Chief Guest of Nasrullah Khan were elected member of executive council of PLA HQ. Branch Ramzan For PLA Punjab Dr. Muhammad was elected as

PLA HQ and all branch councils are actively participating in professional, social and psychological uplift of the profession.

the occasion. ViceChancellor LUMS, Dr. Adil Najam; Additional Secretary Schools Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Naul, DG Public Libraries Ata Muhammad Khan were Guests of Honour. For Pakistan Library Association (HQ), Prof. Dr. Khalid Manhood was elected as President, Akhtar Naseer Warraich Vice President, Muhammad Shahid Sorroya, Secretary General, Ghulam Yaseen Malik Finance Secretary, Muhammad Ayub Bhatti Assistant General Secretary, Hafiz Muhammad Hussain Tahir, Rana Akhtar Ali, Muhammad Naeem, Ashfaq Hussain, Aneela Zahid, Azra Rafiq, Tariq Najmi and Muhammad

President, Ch. Muhammad Hanif Vice President, Muhammad Naushad Ghazanfar Secretary, Aurang Zaib Malik Assistant Seretary, Malik Azam Shabir Treasurer, . Abid Ali Gill,Ch. Khalid Mehmood Sanghara, Muhammad Adrees Maan, Sehar Riaz, Mian Nazir Ahmad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Hamid Ali, Nadeem Raza were elected as member executive council. PLA encourages and welcomes librarians to support and share with its programs and efforts being rendered for the cause of librarianship.

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PLA encourages and welcomes librarians to support and share with its programs and efforts being rendered for the cause of librarianship.

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News Corner
Compiled by Sadaf Rafiq

Awards & Honors:

Mr.Muhammad Jawad lecturer DLIS AIOU was elected as a member of Academic Council Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad Muhammad Sajid Mirza won first position in 13th International Paper Contest of (ASIS&T) LIS Rising founders won PLA Election of Punjab branch & also Headquarter Saima Qutab and Waqas Javed completed M. Phil degree successfully from IUB .They worked under the Supervision of Dr. Rubina Bhatti Muhammad Arif Assistant Professor/Head DLIS AIOU Islamabad was awarded by "the Best University Teacher 2012 AIOU Award Dr. Khalid Mahmood was elected as President of PLA Punjab

Bushra Asghar, Lecturer DLIS, IUB

(LRTS), 56:3 2012), 171-182.

(July,

A book was published entitled Role of Pakistan Library Association in the Development of Profession author is Shakeel Ahmad Khan. Muhammad Hamid wrote a book Entitled "MCQs Bank of Library and Information Science" Asif Altaf Librarian at (LUMS) Library wrote a book Entitled "Use of Electronic Resources: A Study of University of the Punjab" from LAP (Lambert Academic Publishing) Arif, M., & Mahmood, K. (2012) wrote an article on The changing role of librarians in the digital world: Adoption of Web 2.0 technologies by Pakistani librarians, The Electronic Library, 30(4), 469-479. Mairaj, Muhammad Ijaz & Mustafa El-Hadi, Widad (2012). Applications of information and communication technologies in libraries in Pakistan. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 100 (3), 218-222. Idrees, H. (2012) wrote a paper, topic was Library Classification Systems and Organization of Islamic Knowledge: Current Global Scenario and Optimal Solution. Library Resources & Technical Services

A column of Sadaf Rafiq,Librarian, CMH LMDC on Ganga Naadi kay Pursakoon Sahil pay Waqay Kudha Bakhsh Library was published in PLISJ Dr. Haroon Idress joined DLIS University of Sargodha as Assistant Professor Mr. Waris Ali Arsalan joined University of Faisalabad as Deputy Chief Librarian. He will also act as a Chief Librarian Dr. Rubina Bhatti has been promoted as Associate Professor and Chairperson, DLIS, Islamic University of Ms. Alia and Ms. Amara Malik joined DLIS (PU) as lecturers. Mr. Muhammad Asif Iqbal, Librarian, Islamabad High Court has been promoted in BPS19. Mr. Farasat Shafiullah joined PIDE as Deputy Chief Library & Documentation (B-19) Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan, IUB graduate was appointed as Assistant Librarian (BS-17), on regular basis. Mr. Muhammad Hussnain was promoted as

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of

creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Publications & Promotions:

Mairaj, Muhammad Ijaz & Mustafa El-Hadi, Widad (2012). The impact of the Internet and mobile phones on family relations in Pakistan. In I. Strisevic & A. Ksibi (Ed.), Intergenerational Solidarity in Libraries (pp. 309-324). Berlin: De Gruyter.IFLA A book Entitled Marketing of Library and Information Services and Products: Right Service to the right User was authored by Ms. Mahe

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Deputy Director, PASTIC, Faisalabad. We congratulate all the achievers for their good performances. Conference/Workshops/ Seminars: Continuing Education Committee (CEC) of PULISAACommittee and the Department of Library and Information Science, PU jointly organized a seminar on WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Mr.Abdul Hafeez Akhtar ,Ex. D G, Department Of Libraries ,Islamabad Mr. Muhammad Siddique, Assistant Librarian, International Islamic University. Mrs Nusrat Nadeem , Assistant Librarian, Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad Father of Mr. Shahzada Nadeem Raza (Senior Librarian, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab). Mother of Mr.Sajid Mirza(Senior Librarian IRC,International IslamicUniversity Mother of Mohammad Ashfaq, GCU Fasialbad Mother of Mr. Muhammad Asif ,Librarian ,Poultry Research Institute ,Rawalpindi.

senters and organizers. He, in his closing address, highlighted the tasks to be performed by schools of Library and Information Science and professional bodies. Such as Managerial courses for professional working as executive position and also seeking promotion for administrative posts. Courses for para professionals are also need of the time. The conference ended with a vote of thanks. from the Chief Organizer Muhammad Ismail. technological changes can-

Akhtar Hammed Khan National Center for Rural Development (NCRD), Chak Shehzad, Islamabad organized One week Training Course on Library Management in Virtual Environment with Special Focus on Latest KOHA ( On Linux) from 17-21 September, 2012. One day training session on Digital Librarianship organized by Library professionals at Nasir-Arif Hussain Memorial Library FB area Karachi on 21 July 2012. University of Peshawar organized 3-Day National LIS Conference on Information Resources and Services in the 21st Century at Baragali Summer Campus on July 17 19, 2012.

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not replace or cannot be the alternate of books. Books will always remain valuable. Info@PULISAA: As you are teacher of teachers, would you like to tell about your teacher? Madam Khan: Sir Mustaq, Bashir A Malik, Abdul Raheem, Akhtar sb. Sir Danish were my teachers and all of them were adoring and kind like parents. Info@PULISAA: What you are missing after retirement. Madam Khan: I really miss house number E-29 Campus Colony, University of the Punjab, Lahore where I spent my life and saw many ups and downs of life. Info@PULISAA: Any suggestion for young professionals? Madam Khan: I will suggest them to improve their studies as much as they can, because they have now Ph. D and post Ph.D. teachers. They should struggle hard to perk up the profession. Info@PULISAA: How are you spending your life after retirement? Madam Khan: As I am suffering from sugar and blood pressure so there is no professional activities. I look after my home and family,

May Allah the Almighty shower His eternal blessings on departed souls & strengthen the bereaved families to bear the sorrow. .

May Allah the Almighty shower His eternal blessings on departed souls & strengthen the bereaved families to bear the sorrow. conference. Mr. Ghayor

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Following souls left us forever in this quarter: Hussain in his address admired the arrangement and coordination of the all the activities which were the result of hard struggle, dedication and devotion of organizing committee. Chief Guest, Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Ali Anwar distributed certificated, shields to the Participants, paper pre-

Ch. Yaqub Ali (Ex-Chief Librarian, International Islamic University, Islamabad. Hassan Faizi (SESSION 2009-11) ex student DLIS (PU)

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offer prayers, recite Holy Quran, and perform daily routine work. I have a good collection of poetry and I love to read this collection. I read articles of newspapers and on every Thursday I attend a literary society where the Tafsir of Holy Quran is taught. Info@PULISAA: What is the future of our profession? Madam Khan: Bright as I see. My vision shows me that in near future there will be many doctors in our profession who will serve the profession and bump up and elevate the profession. Info@PULISAA: If you have any chance would you like to rejoin the profession? Madam Khan: No, it is not possible for me now. Info@PULISAA: Have you any publications madam? Madam Khan: My publications are The Libraries under the Delhi Sultanate Bulhey Shah and his Tasawwuf Libraries during the early period of the Mughal Rule in Indo-Pak Libraries during the reign of Emperor Alamgir Libraries during the reign of Emperor Jahangir Libraries during the reign of Emperor Akbar

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