A Librarian Talk

Cutter Figure usage in the library   In our academic years, as a basic topic, we must have heard about the topic 'Cutter Figure'. In practice in the library fields, some use the Cutter figure via software and some use the alphabet as cutter figure in call number. In my professional journey, I have worked with two different sources to generate cutter figure. I am going to share those with my readers. The two source that I have used are illustrated below:   1. Dewey Cutter Program:   It is a software which provides cutter numbers from the OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables upon input of text (first four letter of Surname or Title). It can be used for almost every Windows versions, and easily helps and saves time in generating item number when doing classification. It does not work with Macintosh computers. Click here to find OCLC link for the software download. Moreover, you can also find Dewey Cutter Program instructions here.  You need to download this and use if you ...

The procedure of job searching was started after seating for my Master's examination in Information Science and Library Management in 2016 from the University of Rajshahi. Over these years, I have faced almost nine interviews and most of the organization I had called for a written exam or interview are NGO knowledge centre, Higher Secondary, and Tertiary educational organizations. Here are FAQs for the written exam and viva-voce in the field of librarianship focused on private academic sectors in Bangladesh that I had faced. I have classified the questions into two sections: Administrative Questions and Subjective questions both for written and viva. Administrative Questions Introduce Yourself!! Why do you want to work with us?  What role can you play in your position?  Why are you leaving your current job? Do you have any limitations from your family?  What are your salary expectations?  How would you manage traveling to the office? How can you assure you will serve...

UNESCO is to dedicated Open Education Resources (OER) program. The term “Open Education Resource” was first coined in 2002 by UNESCO on Open Courseware in Higher Education. Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials that can be found in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. OERs a type of open access material, and open access materials such as OA journal articles, OA textbooks, and other scholarly materials may support OER lesson plans. OER Commons is such a Platform supported in part by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, ISKME, the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education from a single point of access. OER Commons enables users to search, browse, and evaluate resources in OER Commons' growing collection of over 50,000 high-quality OER. Some of them are:  Full un...

An average US worker holds 10 different jobs before age 40. This seems they change or search for a new job quite often. And it is needed to look for job search process to change your job, isn't it? Searching for a job is a part of career development. Definitely the job search process requires multiple process in practice. Step 1: Identify the skills and areas of interest Question to consider in this step are: What I am good at? What do I like to do? What have I studied? This questions will help us to create a professional profile.  Step 2: Creating a professional profile Professional profile may include a short summary of educational background, work experience, volunteering experience and special training if any. Hobbies and interests can be also added to portray personal interest.  After creation of the profile comes the time to looking for a job from different websites or newspaper or in-person.  Step 3: Reading the j...

Education is so much important that it is considered as the foundation and backbone of any society. It plays a vital role in developing the traits of any society. Library education is the education for the professional career in the libraries. The word 'profession' comes with the synonymous terms of occupation, prolonged training and formal education. The library education first started in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. The known first LIS students were from America who were being trained under the British apprenticeship system. But this limited student and specific method of training happens to be insufficient to provide the librarians with the formation of many new libraries in US and increase of the industrialization in 1800s. As a result, a new system for train up the librarian came in limelight. Melvil Dewey; Source: wikiquote Melvil Dewey was a pioneer in American Librarianship. After receiving his undergraduate degree he was hired by...

Everyone in these days knows what a CV is! Full form of the CV is Curriculum Vitae. It is a Latin word which means "the course of one's life." A modern CV includes details of one's education, employment and so on. In the United States and in some other countries Resume is used to refer to a CV to used by job seekers to find employment. Here is a checklist for the items you need to keep in mind when preparing an internationally oriented CV. Topic or information Important Optional, especially if it's not obvious Not Necessary, unless asked for Name 🗸 Contact information 🗸 Gender 🗸 Marital status 🗸 Number of children 🗸 Photograph 🗸 Religion 🗸 Passport number 🗸 Educational background 🗸 Employment / work experience 🗸 Publications 🗸 Presentations at conferences 🗸 Awards and honors 🗸 Similar to the content, the f...