Official Website of Central University of Kerala

Title

Dr.

First Name

DINESHAN

Last Name

KOOVAKKAI

Photograph

Designation

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

Address

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA

KASARAGOD-671 123

Phone No Office

04994-255533

Residence

Mobile

09447468586

dineshank@gmail.com, cuklibrarian@gmail.com

Web-Page

Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com

Educational Qualifications

Degree

Institution

Year

Ph.D.

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

2004

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

1995

UNIVERSITY OF KERALA

1990

Any other qualification

MA; PGDEC; PGDCA; DCHN; UGC-NET

Career Profile

1993 to 2009: Library Professional, University of Calicut

2009 to present: Assistant Librarian, Central University of Kerala (Holding Charge of the University Library)

2005-2006: Guest Lecturer, DLIS, University of Calicut

1996 to present: Academic Counsellor of IGNOU

1996 to 2008: Resource Person, School of Distance Education, University of Calicut

1996 to present: Resource Person of various institutions

2008 to present: Advisory committee Member, Malayalam Encyclopedia

1996 to present: Supervising M. Phil theses and M.L.I.Sc dissertations

1996 to present: Attending and organizing various conferences and workshops

2010 to present: Research Guide, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Administrative Assignments

HOLDING CHARGE OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Areas of Interest / Specialization

Career Information, Library automation, Internet and ICT

Subjects Taught

Research Guidance

List against each head (If applicable)

1. Supervision of awarded Doctoral Thesis

2. Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress 3

3. Supervision of awarded M.Phil dissertations

4. Supervision of M.Phil dissertations, under progress 2

Publications Profile

List against each head(If applicable) (as Illustrated with examples)

1. Books/Monographs (Authored/Edited)

Title	Place of Publication	Publisher	Year of Publication	Other Details
Organisation, processing and use of information in the digital era: Prof. M. Parameswaran festschrift	Ess Ess Publication	New Delhi	2004	Edited Work

2. Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals

INTERNATIONAL

Title	Name of Journal	Vol. & Issue	Year	Page
Internet abuse among the adolescents: a study on the locale factor	Webology	7 (1)	2010	http://www. webology.org /2010/v7n1/ a75.html.

NATIONAL

Title	Name of Journal	Vol. & Issue	Year	Page
1. Satisfaction of the career seekers in the resources and services of libraries in Kerala	ILA Bulletin	41 (1)	2005	26-30
2. Gender difference and levels of requirement for information resources and services of the career seekers in Kerala.,	Library Herald	44 (1)	2006	24-32
3. Availability of career related information resources and services in different types of libraries in Kerala: a user oriented study	IASLIC Bulletin	51 (2)	2006	38-47
4. Information requirements of career seekers: an analysis of the levels of requirement on the basis of qualifications	Annals of Library and Information Studies	53 (3)	2006	158-164
5. Electronic information use among the faculty	Library Herald	44 (4)	2006	313-320
6. Learners’ perception of the distance mode of education in library and information science	ILA Bulletin	43 (3)	2007	13-17
7. Measuring user satisfaction in academic libraries.	SRELS Journal of Information Management	45 (3)	2008	349-354
8. Information marketing: a study of its possibilities among the research scholars in Kerala	KELPRO Bulletin	12 (1)	2008	83-87
9. Library related information on the university sites: a study of the websites of universities in two south Indian states	IASLIC Bulletin	53 (2)	2008	114-118

a) Research papers published in Academic Journals other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals

Title	Name of Journal	Vol. & Issue	Year	Page
1. Career awareness service in libraries: a proposal	Kelpro Bulletin	1 (1)	1997	16-19
2. Library and information profession in the cyber age	Kelpro Bulletin	3 (2)	1999	123-126.
3. Digital yugathil librarianmarute tutarvidyabhyasathinte prasakthi (Malayalam)	National Library Week Kelpro Souvenir		2000	14-16
4. Document searching through OPAC	University News	38 (50)	2000	14-19
5. The problem of digital divide among the academic community	University News	42 (3)	2004	8-9
6. Library science: vijnanathinte vitharana sakha (Malayalam)	Mathrubhoomi Thozhil Vartha Harisree,	January 15	2005	3
7. Vayana vendathavumbol (Malayalam)	Varadya Madhyamam	October 30	2005	3
8. EDUSAT as a source of information for the academic pursuit of teachers	University News	45 (10)	2007	13-15
9. Information marketing: a study of its possibilities among the research scholars in Kerala	KELPRO Bulletin	12 (1)	2008	83-87
10. Women's magazines as a source of information for household decision making: a study among the employed women in Kerala.	KELPRO Bulletin	14 (1)	2010	48-53

b) Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences

Title	Editor (s)	Title of the Book	Publication Details	Pages
1. Library and information science education through distance mode: problems and prospects in India	A.A.N. Raju, N.Laxman Rao and S. Sudarshan Rao	Fifty years of library and information science education in India: seminar papers.	Hyderabard: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science, 1997	24-129
2. Marketing of career information: a source of revenue to libraries	T.A.V. Murthy, N. Datta and R.P. Kumar	Sustainable library and information services: seminar papers	Delhi: Indian Library Association, 1998	481-485
3. Library services to career seekers in the electronic era	J.L. Sardana	Libraries and information service in the electronic information era: seminar papers	Delhi: Indian Library Association, 1999).	488-492
4. Librarianship in the modern age : is librarian’s identity at stake?	M.D. Baby, R.Raghunathan and Stanley James Pradeepam	Changing trends in library and information science: seminar volume	.). New Delhi: Ess Ess, 2000	31-37
5. Re-engineering human resource in libraries for handling electronic information	Pandey S.K. Sharma	Electronic information environment and library services: a contemporary paradigm: seminar papers	Delhi: Indian Library Association, 2003	779-784
6. Restructuring of LIS curricula in the context of changing library ambience	IASLIC	LIS profession in India vision 2010	IASLIC: Kolkata, 2005	211-214
7. Quality of LIS education through distance mode: pattern for assessment and improvement.	N. Laxman Rao and S. Sudarshan Rao	Quality education in library and information science: seminar papers and proceedings	Hyderabad: IATLIS, 2006	281-286
8. Library outreach through RSS feeds.	Khaisar Muneebulla Khan, V. Gopakumar and B. K. Vishala	Empowering library professionals in managing digital resources: UGC sponsored national level conference proceedings.	Mangalore: Library and Information Centre, St. Agnes College, 2010.	407-413

c) Research papers Published in Conferences/Seminar other than Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conferences

4. Other publications (Edited works, Book reviews, Festschrift volumes, etc.)

Title	Editor (s)	Title of the Book	Publication Details	Pages
1. New challenges of cataloguing	G. Devarajan	New challenges in librarianship.	New Delhi: Ess Ess, 2001	109-115
2. Job market for LIS graduates in Kerala	C.P. Vashishth and M.P. Satija	Library and information profession in India: P.S.G. Kumar festschrift.	Delhi: B.R. Publishing, 2004	160-165
3. Application of IT in university libraries in Kerala: a user point of view	V. Jalaja, M.C.K. Veeran and Dineshan Koovakkai	Organisation, processing and use of information in the digital era: Prof. M. Parameswaran Festschrift	New Delhi: Ess Ess, 2004	59-65
4. Information requirements of career seekers and information resources and services in libraries.	G. Devarajan	Applied research in library and information science.	New Delhi: Ess Ess, 2005	140-165
5. Academic status of librarians in the universities in Kerala: an analytical study	G. Devarajan	Library and information studies in the digital age: Professor K. A. Isaac commemorative volume	New Delhi: Ess Ess, 2006	137-144
6. Online social networks and their impact on information communication	S. Humayoon Kabir and K. G. Sudhier	Confetti of thoughts on library and information studies: essays in honour of Prof. (Dr.) C. V. Rajan Pillai.	New Delhi: Authors Press, 2010	385-396.

Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)

List against each head(If applicable)

1. Organization of a Conference

2. Participation as Paper/Poster Presenter

Title

Name of the Conference

Date

1. Developing six sigma culture among information professionals

UGC-Sponsored two days National Conference on Six Sigma Approach to Information Resource Management, Government First Grade College, Kaup, Uduppi

30-31 October 2009

2. Library outreach through RSS feeds

UGC-Sponsored two days National Conference on Empowering Library Professionals in Managing Digital Resources and Providing Extension Activities, St. Agnes College (Autonomous), Bendore, Mangalore

18-19 January 2010

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Awards and Distinctions

I RANK for MLISc

II RANK for PGDEC

III RANK for BLISc

Association With Professional Bodies

1. Editing

2. Reviewing: Reviewer of International Journals

3. Advisory: Advisory Committee Member, State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications

4. Committees and Boards: Member, Library Committee, Central University of Kerala

5. Member, Purchase Committee, Central University of Kerala

6. Memberships: Life Member: ILA, IASLIC, KLA, KELPRO

7. Office Bearer: Secretary, KLA Kozhikode Region

Other Activities