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College library celebrated Reading Week on 23rd June 2016

Monday, October 26, 2015

UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MARKETING OF INFORMATION SERVICES AND PRODUCTS and PLAGIARISM FROM 11 - 12 DECEMBER 2015.



The College Library, St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha is organising two days National Workshop on “Marketing of Information Services and Products and Plagiarism” from 11-12 December 2015.


Venue      : St. Joseph's College for Women, Alappuzha, Kerala
Date         : 11 - 12 December 2015
Reg. Fee  : Rs. 250.00 (to be paid by DD in favor of 'The Principal, St. Joseph's College for Women', payable at Alappuzha, Kerala)

Last Date for Registration: 20th November 2015

Session details:

Quality management and best practices in library and information centres with special reference to academic institutions”

Dr. K P Vijayakumar, Former Head, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala

Role of communication today”

Ms. Babita Raj, CEO and Principal consultant- Persona, Entrepreneur, Trainer, Writer, Guide and creator of the “Aham Brahmasmi” series

Innovative ways of marketing and promotion of academic libraries”

Dr. M G Sreekumar, Chief Librarian & Information Officer and Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Kerala

Online marketing through social media”

Sri. V Sriram, Chief Librarian, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum

Plagiarism: An Overview”

Dr. C. P. Ramasesh, University Librarian, University of Mysore


Contact Details

Ms. Chitra S, Librarian and Organizing Secretary, chitrasnair84@gmail.com, 9995837874

Dr. Detty A P, Assistant Prof., Dept of Physics, dettyalappatt@gmail.com, 8547066946


Registration Form

Brochure






Vayanakkalari (വായനക്കളരി)


The district level inauguration of 'Vayanakkalari', an initiative of Malayala Manorama, was organized at the college auditorium on 16th July 2015, jointly by Literary club and Reader's club. Vayanakkalari is an initiative of Malayala Manorama to inculcate and enhance the reading skills of students at school and college level. As part of this initiative, Malayala Manorama has been contributing copies of the daily to the students with the help of a sponsor.

Anet T S of III BA Literature welcomed the gathering. Dr. Sr. Janat Augustine delivered the presidential address. I DC students were briefed about 'Vayanakkalari' by Sree. T M Binoy, Senior Executive, Circulation, Malayala Manorama. Sree E. T Kuruvila, Managing Director of Alleppey Parcel Service and ex-counselor of Alappuzha Municipality, formally inaugurated the function and delivered the inaugral address. Sree E. T Kuruvila has been sponsoring 30 copies of the newspaper for the students since 2 years. He was kind enough to raise the number of copies to 40 this year, which was to be distributed to each class daily. Dr. P. S. Jothilekshmi, Head of the Department of Malayalam, addressed the gathering and advised the students to make best possible use of the opportunity. Farsana A Noushad of I BA Literature proposed the vote of thanks.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

വായന ദിനാചരണം (Reading Day Celeberations)


The college library organised Reading Week celeberations (P N Panicker Remembrance) at Mother Frenanda Riva Auditorium on 25th June 2015. The programme commenced with a prayer song by Divya of I B Com.Pooja Shankumar of 1st BA Literature welcomed the gathering and gave an introduction on reading week. Dr. Chithra N R, Head of the Department of Hindi, gave an introductory speech on the purpose of celeberating reading week and mentioned about the world known personalities who made contributions to the world and the role of reading in their lives. She payed homage to P. N Panicker, who is known as the Father of Library movement in Kerala and also mentioned about the importance of books and reading in a person's life. She encouraged the students to read books and become knowledgeable and responsible people in the society.Ms. Chitra S, Librarian, spoke on library as a venue, highlighting the activities of library and the ways of exploring the resources available. Sr. Pushpa, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry gave valuable suggestions to the students on the difference that reading can make in their life. Anjitha Sebastian of I Chemistry and Nila B of I Maths gave reviews of the books ' The story of my life' by Helen Keller and ABCD by Ravindra Kaliya. Joanne and Chandana of II Maths were congratulated for their effort in library shelf rectification done during April 2015. They were given an additional library card for the coming academic year. Best user of library award meant for the teaching staff was bagged by Dr. Sushila Kuruvila, Head of the Dept. of Botany. The college principal, Dr. Sr. Janat Augustine, gave away the prizes. Another highlight of the event was the contribution of books worth Rs. 10000, purely academic in nature and of high use to the students, by the Department of history to the college library. Dr. Sr. Janat Augustine, the college principal, received the books from Dr. Divya T, Head of the Dept. Of History and handed it over to the librarian, Ms. Chitra S. The principal officially announced the launch of Readers Club, which will provide a platform for the students to discuss and exchange ideas on the books of their interest. She also congratulated the teachers of the Department of History for their initiative and motivated the students to enrich their reading culture. The event concluded with thanksgiving by Shilpa of I Maths.