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Mr. Hitesh Solanki and Mr. Divyakant Vaghela, Scientists B (CS), Ms. Mitisha Vaidya, Project Officer (CS)
and Ms. Tulsi Punjani, Project Assistant (Statistics) were resource persons in practical sessions of the

training programme. The certificates of participation were distributed at the end of programme. Around
20 participants including IT professionals, LIS professionals and research scholars attended the
programme. Mr. H. G. Hosamani, Scientist C (LS) extended a warm vote of thanks at the end of the
Workshop.

6.14. Five-day Training Programme on Creation and Management of Digital Collections using
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DSpace, INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, 30 January-3 February 2017
Five-day Training Programme on Creation and Management of Digital Collections using DSpace was
organised at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar from 30 January to 3 February, 2017. Mr. Yatrik Patel,
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Scientist D (CS), INFLIBNET Centre coordinated the Workshop. The Workshop aimed at addressing
various issues related to customisation and management of DSpace for existing DSpace user who may
need more insights, and in-depth knowledge on how to further enhance the usage, its maintenance and

customization, with theoretical lectures and hands-on training by experts. 3 participants from NASDO,
Indian Navy, Goa participated in the Workshop. Mr. Swapnil Patel, Scientist B (CS), Mr. Vijay Shrimali,
STA (CS) and Mr. Nrutik Prajapati, Project Officer (CS) from INFLIBNET Centre served as resource
persons for the Workshop.

6.15. Half-day Workshop on Preparing Qualitative Data for Sharing and Reuse, INFLIBNET Centre,
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Gandhinagar, 6 March, 2017

Half-day Workshop on Preparing Qualitative Data for Sharing and Reuse was organised at INFLIBNET
Centre, Gandhinagar on 6 March 2017. Ms. Louise Corti, Associate Director, UK Data Archives
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inaugurated the Workshop. Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET Centre briefed about importance of
preparing qualitative data and initiative taken by INFLIBNET Centre in collaboration with ICSSR. Mr.
Yatrik Patel, Scientist D (CS) gave a brief introduction about the scope of the Workshop. 27 participants

from well-known Social Science Organisations such as Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics,
Pune, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Institute of Development Research,
Ahmedabad and Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social Research, Ahmedabad attended the
Workshop. Dr. Miteshkumar Pandya, Scientist B (LS) extended a warm vote of thanks at the end of the
Workshop.

6.16. Five-Day National Workshop on Digitization of Resources using Open Source Software
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EPrints, Allagappa University, Karaikudi, 6 -10 March, 2017
Five-day National Workshop on Digitization of Resources Using Open Source Software Eprints was
organised by Alagappa University in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar from 6 to 10
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March 2017 at University Business Collaboration Centre, DLIS, Alagappa University, Karaikudi. Dr. S.
Thanuskodi, Professor and Head and Dr. R. Jeyshankar, Assistant Professor, DLIS coordinated the

programme. Dr. S. Thanuskodi welcomed the guests and participants. He gave brief introduction about

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