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Dr. Jagdish Arora delivered the valedictory address and distributed certificates to the participants at the
end of the programme. Around 60 participants attended the programme.

3. Training Programmes on Installation and Implementation of the SOUL Software at

INFLIBNET Centre

The INFLIBNET Centre provides Orientation Training Programme on Installation and Implementation of
the SOUL Software. The programme is specially designed for imparting training to new users of SOUL
software. The morning sessions of the programme are devoted to theoretical lectures and
demonstrations, while the afternoon sessions are completely earmarked for “hands-on” practice. The

“hands-on” practical sessions are conducted in well-equipped computer laboratory under the guidance
of trained staff members of the Centre. The course content of the programme is designed to cover the
following topics:

i) INFLIBNET: Major Activities and Services
ii) SOUL – Administration and Overview

iii) SOUL - Catalogue Module
iv) SOUL - Acquisition Module

v) SOUL – Circulation Module

vi) SOUL – Serials Control Module
vii) SOUL- OPAC, WebOPAC, Installation and Backup

Generally, two participants from every user institution of SOUL software are invited to join this training
programme, one each with computer and library science background. As on 31 March 2017, a total no. of
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131 such training programmes were organized at the Centre. During the period under report, 7 training
programmes were organized to impart training to 119 participants from different institutions as shown
in Table 33 given below:

Sl. Name of Training Programmes Period No. of

No. Participants

th
th
th
1 125 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 4 -9 April, 2016 14
th
th
th
2 126 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 30 May-04 June, 2016 27
st
th
th
3 127 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 01 – 06 August, 2016 25
st
th
th
4 128 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 26 September- 01 October, 2016 17
th
rd
th
5 129 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 28 November-3 December, 2016 12
th
th
th
6 130 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 30 January – 04 February, 2017 12
th
st
th
7 131 Training Programme on SOUL 2.0 20 – 25 March, 2017 12
Total 119
Table 33: SOUL Training Programmes Organized at the INFLIBNET Centre during 2016-17
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