New Arrivals List

Following books are recently added to the Library Collection.

1. Digital Government: Principles and Best Practices: Pavlichev, Alexei (Ed.), Garson, G. David (Ed.)

2. The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for Twenty First Century America: Kettl, Donald F

3. Linux: The Complete Reference: Petersen, Richard

4. Information System Management : Bansal , SK

5. E-Governance in India : Tripathi, Vishwas

International Delegates visit IIITMK Library

A Group of 11 Library Professionals from Various countries visited IIITMK Library. The delegates were undergoing their Training on "Global Training Programme on Digital Library and Knowledge Management" conducted by Fluid Control Research Institute, Palakkad. Delegates from Myanmar,Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand,Ivory Cost, Tanzania, Zambia, Indonesia, and Oman were among the delegates visited along with FCRI Officials.

Thought for the week

"The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finishing line"

--Anonymous

IIITM-K Library gets Special Membership in International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries

IIITM-K Library has been granted with a Special Associate Membership in the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL). This was announced in the recent IATUL conference held in Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. IIITM-K will be the first Library in Kerala to become member in IATUL and 14th member in the Country. Other members from India include 4 IITs and major universities. Being a Special Membership, IIITMK is exempted from payment of Membership fee for joining IATUL.

IATUL was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in May 1955, which is an international non-governmental organisation of a group of libraries, represented by their library directors or senior managers, who have responsibility for information services and resources management.

Through this membership, IIITMK Library will be able to participate in the IATUL Cross Country Cooperation Projects, Library Twinning Initiatives, the Special Interest Group Framework and other collaborative activities of the partnering institutions spread across the world.

Thought for the Week

"Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."

--John Maxwell