- Name: Dr. Kamalendu Majumdar
- Affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- Central Library
- Kharagpur - 721 302
[email protected]
WB, India
Designation: Assistant Librarian
Address for Correspondence:
C1-169 IIT Campus
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur 721 302
West Bengal
1. National
Educational Test (UGC NET) Qualified. (Eligible for Lectureship )
2. Master
of Library & Information Science
3.
Bachelor of Library & Information Science
4. Computer
Programming & Data Analysis On PC (1994)
INSTITUTION
OF ENGINEERS [INDIA]
5.
Bachelor of Arts [History] (1993) Calcutta University.
6.
Bachelor of Commerce (1976) Calcutta University.
- Ph.D:
- Topic: Design and development of a prototype Bibliographical Database management model : an
- Object Oriented approach
� On line Examination & Thematic Map
( Subrata kumar Mal BCA Student of Hijli College , Kharagpur WB India)� Study of Barcode Symbologies and its Implementation at Central Library
( Prateek Jain MCA Student Shri Shankracharya College of Engineering and Technology
Juvani Bhalai Chattisgragh)� Multimedia Service through the Net useing Streaming Protocol .
(Srishti Mathur of student of B .Tech Computer Science , Northern India Engineering College, Lucknow)� Configuration of Digital Library and Its implementation
(M. Satyanarayana of student of MCA Jawaharlal Institute of Tecnology, Boravan, Kharagone, Indore, Madhya Pradesh)
� Technical Assistant. Hypermedia Digital Library , MHRD Project 1st Oct 1997 to 23rd June 1999 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur .
� Technical Assiastant . Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 23rd June 1999 to 28th June 2000.
� Assistant Librarian . Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 28rd June 2000 to till now.
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� System Administration
� Networking
� Voice over IP
� Multimedia applications to LIS
� Value added Knowledge Based Systems
Operating System : DOS, UNIX, HP Unix , LINUX, WINDOWS 95 &
WINDOWS NT / IRIX SiliconGraphics O2 / Indy /Origin/ Sun solaris
Computer Languages Learned : C , FORTRAN , VRML, Learning JAVA.
Software Packages Learned :
(a) Application Software : DBASE(DOS), MSOFFICE, PARADOX(Windows), WORDSTAR, UNIBASE(UNIX), MAPINFO, COSMO CREATE(3D) FoxPro/ Oracle8i / Webdb
(i) Created E-mail Database
(ii) Created special collection Database of IIT-Kharagpur Library( Encyclopedia,Directory ) (iii) Creating the priority list of NAVAD Project (Bridge/Road) for a State Govt.using the MapInfo.(b) Library Automation : CDS-ISIS, LIBSYS, INHOUSE Software Packages.
(i) Actively participated in the creation of bibliographic database of books
(ii) LIBSYS Software package exposure : Circulation / Acquisition / Technical Processing / Serial Control /Report / Catalogue / OPAC Modules.
(iii) Creation and Maintenance of serial control online
(iv) Creation and Maintenance of a Back volume Database
(v) BARCODE generation in UNIX Environment.(c) CD-ROM Retrieval Packages : PROQUEST, SILVER PLATTER, DIALOG, IEEE/IEE, FULLTEXT.
(d) MULTIMEDIA :
i. Hands on experience on creation of 10 minutes demonstration of multimedia with the help of Authorware3 at DRTC (Bangalore)
ii. Developing Displaying for VoD and steaming SIP based protocol .(e) Networking :
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Networking Library Services :
(i) SDI service through floppy : E- mail; ERNET and INTERNET connectivity.
(ii) Creation of experimental Hypertext Catalogue using WWW
(iii)Updating the data in the first Indian Library Gopher IIT- Kharagpur.
(iv)Actively taking part in Creating new services in Electronic Library at IIT, Kharagpur.
v) Hand on experience in the Administration of Electronic Library & LAN/WAN.
(vi) Assisting Inter-Library loan through E-mail.Exposure to CD-ROM Networking for under the following environment :
i. Windows 95 and Windows NT (Operational on Jan ’99 through INTRANET)
ii Using DOS emulation software in LINUX over TCP/IP Network.(Accessible through ERNET/ INTERNET)![]()
Workshop/Conference attended :
i. “CALBER 99 Academic Library in Internet Era” At Nagpur University 18-20 Feb 1999.
ii. " Exploring the Internet: Recreating Information Services with New Technology”, conducted by USIS Calcutta, February 21, 1998.
iii."Advance in Information Technology - Impact on Library & Information field" 28th to 30th Oct'1996 at DRTC, Bangalore.
iv.One week workshop cum Training Programme on "Management of Electronic Library and Networking Administration" at Global Information System Technology (P) Ltd, Calcutta.Specialised jobs (Library Science) undertaken :
i. Update the NUCSSI Database for the year 1993-1996 for INSDOC, New Delhi.
ii. Acted as a resource person and delivered a lecture on the use of CCOD (Current Content on Disc) at IIT, Kharagpur to the participants of the workshop on "Computer Aided Library Information System & Use of CDS/ISIS Software" organised by IASLIC under NISSAT Manpower Development Programme
a) Sponsored Projects (Completed)
Title of Project Name of Sponsoring agency . Total Amount( Rs in Lakhs)
Duration Role 1) A Real Time Multimedia Library for Distant Learning MHRD 10 June 2002 - Co- Principal Investigator
c) Seminar
Organized National Conference on Information Management in e-Libraries (IMeL) February 26-27, 2002. as Convener of Product Display where 12 famous Corporate Hosee had take part and was a member of Editorial Committee.
d) Training
Conducted training programs for in-house staff & organizations
e) Consultancy
Assisted in planning & implementation of automation of libraries of neighboring institutes & REC etc.(IIM Calcutta , CALIBNET , REC Durgapur , ADA Bangalore, ICICI Hydrabad etc. )
- K. Majumdar, U. N. Singh. Networking of CD-ROM databases in an Indian Library. ( accepted for Journal of Documentation published by Aslib).
- K. Majumdar , U. N. Singh . Ekalavya: A Distance Learner. ICDL 2004.
- K. Majumdar, U. N. Singh. Optimization of B2C E-Services solutions with the systems of library (accepted for 22nd National Convention and Conference on Digital information Exchange: Pathways to build Global Information Society Scheduled on 22nd and 23rd Junuary 2004.) SIS 2004.
- K. Majumdar, U. N. Singh. WLAN: Application towards m-library .( accepted for CALIBER 2004).
- K. Majumdar, U. N. Singh. Intelligent Appliances- the furure direction to m-library.National seminar on Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and technical Libraries on April25-26, 2003 at TAPMI, Manipal. .
- K. Majumdar. Emergent properties of an E-Library With strategic agents. Workshop on E-Library and Technical Institute, At Kalyani Govt. Engineering College. on 21 Feb 2003
- K. Majumdar , U. N. Singh . e-inclusion: A Myopic view of digital library. SIS 2003,p441-55
- K. Majumdar and G Mukherjee. Shadow to Sunshine. National Seminar on Information Support for Rural Development, February 11-12,2003, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur. India
- K. Majumdar , U. N. Singh . ODS Data Model: an Informal view of LIPS. XXIV ISALIC, 15-18 Dec2003, pp.408-415
- K. Majumdar , U. N. Singh . Integrated Library Management System : Circulation Module SRELS Journals of Information Management.Vol.41 Number 1 March 2004. 91-106p.)
- K. Majumdar , U N Singh . Managing E-Database in E- Library Implementation, Problems and Prospect: A case study,   ISALIC , December 27-30, 2002 , pp.41-46 PPfile
- K. Majumdar , P K Mahapatra & G. Mukherjee . Integrating ASP(Active Server Pages) and ADO(ActiveX Data Object) - the dynamic window: A Distributed Information Sharing System. Information Management in e-Libraries (IMeL) February 26-27, 2002. p.p 168-177
   - K. Majumdar & Dr. P K Panigrahi . Internet & E-mail : a User guide for Library Professionals.Information Management in e-Libraries (IMeL) February 26-27, 2002.pp.216-228
- M Sridhar , K Majumdar Central Library Automation ( CLAS) : A library software . Information Management in e-Libraries (IMeL) February 26-27, 2002. p.p
- K. Majumdar & G. Mukherjee Implementation of information Technology: a challenge to Library professionls Electronic Libraries: Dr. P. Sadasivamurthy Festschrift Edited by Dr.Sangayya S Sirurmath et all , Forwarded by S.M Krishna, Chief Minister Government of Karnataka. Allied Publishers, 2002.
- K. Majumdar.Relevancy of Dr. S R Ranganathan the father of Indian and International Library Science related to modes of formation of knowledge expedition in the dotcom age. Technology Book Fair 2002 13th � 16th Feb 2002 47-52 pp.
- K. Majumdar.Web Technology for Library Database. Library and Information Network NACLIN 98 . 80-86p.
- Web Information Service at IIT, Kharagpur CALIBER 99 Academic Library in Internet Era pp.70-77
- PRESERWE: P/REprint SERver on the Web : “CIT’98 Trends in INFOR- MATION TECHNOLOGY” pp 45-48
- Social Care Information Systems (SOCIS) for Information Age - FID ’98 Article No – 0202119 pp- II-1-5
- How to Webvertise Library Services : A Case study of Elec tronic SDI – VidyaSagar University- National Seminar on “Information Technology Application in Libraries and Information Centres”– March 24-25 , 1998.
- Intregrating Library Applications / Databases with WEB at Central Library, IIT, Kharagpur – “Virtual Library” SIS – 98 on 12-134th Mar’98.
- Creating a Hypertext Catalogue World Wide Web(WWW) at IIT- Kharagpur Digital Library , SIS-96 pp- 106-111.
- Making Serial Collection on-line : A preparation at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur" - Library Science with a slant to Documentation and information Studies, vol-33, No -3 , pp 148-52.
- Building of Back volume Database in Indian Institute of Technology (KGP) : an Experience " in Database Society of India, Bangalore.
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