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Prof. Susmita Chakraborty
Professor, Dept. of Lib. and Inf. Sc., University of Calcutta
Email: [email protected]; Phone: 9007713548
PROFILE , PUBLICATIONS and other PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Brief CV, Publications: A. Books, B. Invited Papers/Lectures, C. Book Chapters, D. Conference Papers-
International, E. Conference Papers – National, F. Invited Lectures, G. Journal Articles, H. Dissertation
and Thesis, I. Research Work for Television, J. Literary Contribution, K. Work on Women’s Issues, L.
Translation, M. Book Review, N. Radio and TV Work, O. Participation in International & National
Workshops, P. Research Projects Q. Professional Membership
Brief CV:
Prof. Susmita Chakraborty did her Honours (English Literature), MA (English Literature) and
Masters in Library and Information Science (Gold Medallist) from University of Calcutta. She did her
Masters (Digital Library Management) and PhD from Jadavpur University; and Associateship in
Information Science (AIS) from INSDOC, CSIR, New Delhi (now NISCAIR). Currently she is a Professor
in the Department of Library an5d Information Science, University of Calcutta teaching Digital
Content Management, Library Website Design, ICT, and Technical Writing. Formerly, she was a
Deputy Librarian in Bengal Engineering & Science University (now IIEST, Shibpur). Before that she
was a Librarian in Maharaja Manindra Chandra College.
Susmita is the Secretary, Standing Committee, Section on Education & Training,
International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA-SET) and also the Editor of IFLA
SET Bulletin. IFLA is the umbrella organisation of all the National Associations in Library and
Information Science. Susmita was Commonwealth Fellow and a visiting Academic in University
College London, United Kingdom in 2015.
She was awarded Bonnie Hilditch International Librarian Award (San Diego, USA, 2013),
Momentum Press Award (Boston, USA, 2014) and SLA Rising Star Award (Vancouver, Canada,
2015).
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Award / Honours:
SLA Rising Star 2015, Boston, USA, 2015
Bonnie Hilditch International Librarian Award, San Diego, USA, 2013
Momentum Press Award, Vancouver, Canada, 2014
Gold Medal, M.Lib. Sc., 1994, University of Calcutta
AIS Scholarship of Rs.1000 per month for one year, 1991-1992, INSDOC, CSIR, New Delhi
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS/PRES ENTATIONS/INVITED TA LKS/INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL
WORKSHOP/MISC.
A. Books:
Chakraborty, Susmita and Das, Anup Kumar (2014), ed.s . Collaboration in International and
Comparative Librarianship (pp. 1-406).
Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9 .
Executive Advisory Board members and authors are from 18 countries. The list includes
Prof. Dan Dorner, Prof. Neelameghan, Prof. Anna Maria Tammaro, among others. This book is
dedicated to Prof. S B Ghosh, one of the early doyens in International Librarianship in India. The
book is available at amazon.com or at http://www.igi-global.com/book/collaboration-international-
comparative-librarianship/75483
2018. Chakraborty, Susmita, ed. Transforming the society: libraries as the torch-bearer of change.
IFLA.CU 2018 by DLIS, University of Calcutta with Asia and Oceania Section joint with Education and
Training. Kolkata: Dept. of Lib. and Inf. Sc., University of Calcutta. ISBN: 9788193742914. Pp. 1-360.
2015. Mondal, Parikshit and Chakraborty, Susmita, ed.s. LIS Career at the crossroads: challenges
and opportunities. Kolkata: Dept. of Lib. Sc., University of Calcutta, 2015.ISBN: 978-81-925313-8-0.
pp. 1 – 509.
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Local history collection. Maynaguri: Maynaguri College, 2011.
B. Invited Papers/Lectures:
INVITED LECTURES OUTSIDE INDIA
2019. Chakraborty, Susmita. Challenges in LIS education scenario. KKKK University, Pakistan. [via
web], 2019.
2018. Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS Education in India: milestones at a glimpse. Department of Lib. and
Inf. Sc., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 3rd April, 2018.
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2018. Chakraborty, Susmita. Tracing the path of LIS Education in India: 100 years and beyond.
Keynote address. In the International Conference at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 4th
April, 2018.
2015. Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS education in education and Ranganathan in Indian LIS scenario.
Lecture by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty, Visiting Academic from India. Tue, 28 July 2015, 21:00 – 22:00.
Department of Information Studies, University of London, Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London,
United Kingdom
2015. Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS education in India. In Humbolt School of Library & Information
Science, Berlin, Germany. 2015.
2015. Chakraborty, Susmita. S n T Librarianship, SLA, Boston, 2015
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open Educational Resources with special reference to India , Feb. 2011,
Kathmandu. Trivuban University.
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open Access Information Resources in Dementia Care. Invited Speaker
In the 3rd International Congress, by Asian Society against Dementia (ASAD), Seoul, South Korea,
Oct. 10-12, 2009. [Received airfare, free transport and hospitality from ASAD].
INVITED LECTURES IN INDIA
2019. Mental Health Information Literacy and the information professionals. Lecture at the
Refresher Course, organized by the UGC-HRDC, JU and Dept. of Lib. and Inf. Sc., Jadavpur University
2019. Chakraborty, Susmita. Digital humanities with special reference to India. In Kalyani University
National Seminar, 2019.
2019. Chakraborty, Susmita. Presented as a panellist in the Panel discussion, Dept. of Lib. and Inf.
Sc., Jadavpur University National Seminar.
2018. Chakraborty, Susmita. Role of IFLA in LIS education. In IASLIC National Seminar at
Viswabharati, Santiniketan.
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. Invited lecture and published paper. Exploring the scenario in Open
Educational Resources with special reference to India, pp. 174-176. In U.G.C. and DRDO sponsored
Golden Jubilee National Seminar on “Re-Engineering Academic Libraries”, SLA-Asian, Society for
Library Professionals, Raipur: Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, 2014. ISSN- 978-81-89545-95-6
2013. Chakraborty, Susmita. Government initiatives and the role of professional associations in
shaping up the development of the school libraries, pp. 35-39. In The Proceedings of the All Bengal
School Library Association (ABSLA) Conference, Kolkata: ABSLA, 2013.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Libraries: today & tomorrow. Invited talk & Review of Library &
Technical Information Resource Centre. In Nuclear Power Corp. India Ltd. (NCPIL), Mumbai, 22nd -
23rd Aug.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open access to knowledge and information. Invited Speaker in:
Sangoshthi 2008: a conference on ‘Role of IT-enabled Knowledge Management in Growth of India’ at
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Centre (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, July 24-26
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2003. Chakraborty, Susmita. Digital library trends, as invited speaker in Maharani Kasiswari College,
Kolkata
Invited Lecture. West Bengal School Librarians Association, Kolkata.
Invited Lecture. ICoASL, New Delhi
Invited Lecture, ICDL, New Delhi
Administrative Staff College, Calcutta University
C. BOOK CHAPTERS
2018. Paik, Kalyan; Chakraborty, Biplab and Chakraborty, Susmita. Library as an agent of social
change: a case study of Subhas Pathagar in Falakata, West Bengal. In ‘Transforming the society:
libraries as the torch bearer of change’, edited by Susmita Chakraborty. Kolkata: DLIS, University of
Calcutta, 2018. pp. 160-165. ISBN: 9788193742914
2018. Bhattacharyya, Animesh; Chakraborty, Susmita and Chakraborty, Biplab. Changing role of
libraries for active ageing. In ‘Transforming the society: libraries as the torch bearer of change’,
edited by Susmita Chakraborty.. Kolkata: DLIS, University of Calcutta, 2018. pp. 1322 - 326. ISBN:
9788193742914
2015. Chakraborty, Susmita. Competitive intelligence: a critical component in shaping up LIS career.
In the book ‘LIS Career at the crossroads: challenges and opportunities’ edited by Mondal, Parikshit
and Chakraborty, Susmita. Kolkata: Dept. of Lib. Sc., University of Calcutta, 2015.ISBN: 978-81-
925313-8-0. pp. 291 – 293.
2015. Paul, Maloy Kumar and Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS career in school libraries in West Bengal:
opportunities and challenges. In the book ‘LIS Career at the crossroads: challenges and
opportunities’ edited by Mondal, Parikshit and Chakraborty, Susmita. Kolkata: Dept. of Lib. Sc.,
University of Calcutta, 2015.ISBN: 978-81-925313-8-0. pp. 376 – 388.
2014. Das, Anup Kumar and Chakraborty, Susmita. Introduction: Comparative and International
Librarianship in Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship. Hershey, PA: IGI
Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9 . pp. 9-16.
2014. A Munigal and Chakraborty, Susmita. Philanthropy in Libraries in Collaboration in
International and Comparative Librarianship. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-
9 . pp. 37-50.
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Leadership Qualities for Digital Era Librarianship, in Challenges in
Library Management System
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Ethical leadership: a prime mover in the quality information provision
in the digital era. Leadership n professionalism for new age libraries/ed by P K Jain and others. New
Delhi: Bookwell, 2012. ISBN-978-93-80574-34-9
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2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Documenting Oral History with special reference to Bengal before
Partition, In ‘Role of Local History Collection’, Maynaguri, Maynaguri College and CUDELSAA
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Status of the State Central Libraries in West Bengal: a case study In
“Information Control and Management in Digital Environment: Essays in Honor of Prof K. C. Panda”,
Edited by Prof C. R. Karissiddappa and Prof Pitamber Padhi. New Delhi: Atlantic Books. ISBN-
978-81-269-1696-2
2010. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open Access resources in S & T field with special reference to
Engineering and Medicine. In Confetti of Thoughts on Library & Information Studies: Essays in
honour of Prof. C. V. Rajan Pillai. New Delhi: Authors Press.
p. 197-212. ISBN 978 81 7273 558 6, pp.533
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Bengal Engineering & Science University Library: a brief profile. In the
compendium ‘Academic Pride of West Bengal: a compendium’. In 23th National Seminar of Indian
Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Bose Institute, Kolkata, Dec. 10-13.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. How to integrate a marginalized culture to the multicultural plurality
of India: a study of the demographic and info-library realities of the Santal Community. Emerging
Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services. Noida,KBD Publications, 2008. JIIT
University, Noida, India, Dec. 18-20. ISBN 978 81 7273 558 6
D. CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. Street children Literacy in Kolkata. Workshop presentation in table
format. Literacy & Reading Section, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions,
Lyon, France, Aug. 16-22, 2014
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. Beyond the border: Indian scientists contributing in the open access
arena of Bio Medical & Allied Sciences: poster presentation. In All Sciences Poster Session, SciTech
Division, Boston, 2014
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. One Who Has Been Long in Confinement: Inspiring the Prisoners’ to
Read. World Library & Information Congress: IFLA 2014, Lyon, France.
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. Reaching the un-reached: Case studies of the learning initiatives of the
street children in Kolkata. World Library & Information Congress 2014, IFLA, Lyon, France. http://library.ifla.org/884/1/169-chakraborty-en.pdf
2013. Chakraborty, Susmita. Going green or not: realities of the Indian metropolis libraries. World
Library & Information Congress 2013, IFLA, Singapore
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2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. One Who Has Been Long in Confinement: Inspiring the Prisoners’ to
Read. 2012. One Who Has Been Long in Confinement: Inspiring the Prisoners’ to Read, IFLA, Helsinki
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita and Ghosh, S B. Open Resources for Higher Education: The Indian
Scenario, organized by International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries
(IATUL) and the Warsaw University of Technology Main Library IATUL, Warsaw, Poland, May 29 -
June 2
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Studying the non-users in the digital era: a lesson to learn from the tea-
estate inhabitants of Sub-Himalayan region of Darjeeling District in West Bengal, India, In
International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL2011) organized by SLA Asian Chapter and
Japan Special Libraries Association. Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 10 - 12.
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. From Collaboration to Convergence of Psychiatrists: Study of
Psychiatric Networking through Professional Communication in West Bengal, India, In ICLAM 2011
organized by NIFT and IFLA- Arts Libraries Section. New Delhi, India, Feb. 15-17.
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open education resources with special reference to India, In
International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM 2011), Kolkata, India, In ICLAM
2011 organized by TERI and RRRLF. Kolkata, India, Jan. 11-13.
2010. Chakraborty, Susmita. Networking and bonding the LIS professionals: a study of the electronic LIS forums in
India. P.365-376. In International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2010), New Delhi, India, Feb. 23-26. TERI & IGNOU.
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita and Sarkhel, J K. LIS education in India: an appraisal of the parity
between the syllabus and the market demands. In World Library and Information Congress: 75th
IFLA General Conference and Assembly at Milan, Italy, by International Federation of Library
Associations (IFLA), Aug. 23- 27. Received SIDA-ALP Speakers’ Grant`
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita Professional and other job-bounded communication patterns emerging
among the Psychiatrists in West Bengal, India: a study. The International Conference on Social
Network Analysis and Applications (SNA2009) by National Institute of Science Technology &
Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi, Jan. 28-29, 2009.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Towards better Medical Libraries in India with special emphasis on the
field of Psychiatry: recommendations for best practices. In International Conference on the
Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship. Capital Normal University, Beijing,
China, Oct. 14-16. Pages: 372- 380.
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2006. Chakraborty, Susmita. Role of NGOs and voluntary societies in mental health care in West
Bengal: a critical appraisal. In: International Seminar on Emerging Health Challenges and the
Response of Indian Healthcare System, by the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), Govt. of France
and Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, Dec. 4-5
E. CONFERENCE PAPERS/LECTURES/POSTERS: NATIONAL CONFERENCES
2018. Gayen, Sonali and Chakraborty, Susmita. Recent trends of LIS education in Eastern India.
Paper reference MT-1/16. In the Conference on ‘LIS education in India: present scenario and future
strategies’. Viswabharati, Santiniketan: IASLIC, 2018.
2018. Das, Nabendu and Chakraborty, Susmita. Use of Web 2.0 technology in libraries and LIS
curricula. Paper reference MT-10/15. In the Conference on ‘LIS education in India: present scenario
and future strategies’. Viswabharati, Santiniketan: IASLIC, 2018.
2018. Baidya, Samir and Chakraborty, Susmita. Library and Information Science education and
Ranganathan. Paper reference MT-1/26. In the Conference on ‘LIS education in India: present
scenario and future strategies’. Viswabharati, Santiniketan: IASLIC, 2018.
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS education in India: past, present and future. In the conference ‘LIS
education: structure, infrastructure, and superstructure’. DLIS, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur,
Feb. 20-21, 2014.
2014. State of the Private Universities in India. In the National Seminar on Higher Education in the
Era of Privatisation. Burdwan University Officers’ Association, Burdwan, WB, Jan. 10-11, 2014.
2013. Chakraborty, Susmita. Reforms in higher education administration: issues, challenges &
planning. Digha, West Bengal University Officers Association, Mar. 15-17, 2013.
2013. Chakraborty, Susmita. Efficiency in academic administration in digital era. In the conference
on ‘Establishing good governance in academic institutions. Kolkata: West Bengal University of
Technology, Mar. 9-10, 2013.
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Psychiatrists as Users: the West Bengal Scenario, In National Seminar
on ‘Challenges on Library Management System (CLMS 2012)’, Indian Association for the Cultivation
of Science (IACS), Kolkata, Feb. 24-25
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Leadership Qualities for Digital Era Librarianship, In National Seminar
on ‘Challenges on Library Management System (CLMS 2012)’, Indian Association for the Cultivation
of Science (IACS), Kolkata, Feb. 24-25
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2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Re-thinking LIS Curriculum in the Digital Era: Components and
Construction In National Seminar on ‘A Century of LIS Education in India: past, present and future’,
Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, Burdwan University, Feb. 02-04, pp 7-8
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Psychiatrists’ attitude towards information-seeking in Traditional vis-a-
vs Digital Era, In the National Seminar on ‘users attitude in the changing world’, Satyapriyo Roy
College of Education, Kolkata, Jan. 21-22
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. The Role of Librarian in Motivating the Users in
the Traditional Environment Vis-à-vis the Digital Environment, In the National Seminar on ‘users
attitude in the changing world’, Satyapriyo Roy College of Education, Kolkata, Jan. 21-22
2012. Chakraborty, Susmita. Documenting Oral History with special reference to Bengal before
Partition, In National Seminar on ‘Role of Local History Collection’, organized by the Central Library,
Maynaguri College; in collaboration with Calcutta University Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. Alumni
Association (CUDELSAA), Jan. 13-14, p.22
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Indian educational system and Rabindranath Tagore, In National
Seminar on Tagorean Ideas on Libraries, K D College, Medinipur
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS Curriculum in Digital Era: a critical analysis of components,
In National Seminar, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. , Vidyasagar University
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. The University Museum as a tool of disseminating information and
knowledge In National Seminar on ‘Information & Knowledge Dissemination’, Central Glass &
Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata, May 6-7
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Taking Technology to the People: the Community Information Service
In National Seminar of the Dept. of Management, University of North Bengal. 6-7th March
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Marketing of Information Analysis & Consolidation Packages In
National Seminar of The Dept. of Management, University of North Bengal. 6-7th March
2011. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open educational resources In National Seminar on Implementation of
ICT in Libraries & Information Centres (NaSIILIC 2011) organized by DLIS, North Bengal University,
Siliguri, Feb. 2, p.7
2010. Chakraborty, Susmita. Open access to Scholarly Communication: efforts in different areas.
In Society for Information Science (SIS) with Bose Institute and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology,
Kolkata, Nov. 24 – 26
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2010. Chakraborty, Susmita. Continuing education of LIS professionals in India: the existing training
scenario and the role of the web 2.0 tools. In Golden Jubilee National Seminar, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc,
Burdwan University, Apr. 8- 9, pp. 27
2010. Chakraborty, Susmita. Reviewing LIS education: a study into social context, content,
continuity and beyond In LISEduVision National Seminar, DLIS, University of Calcutta, Mar.19-20
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita. Library & Information Science education: some thoughts. In 51st
Conference of Bengal Library Association, Howrah, Dec. 18-20.
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita. User education in digital era In National Conference of Indian
Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Dec. 26-29
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita. LIS education: a study into social context, content, continuity and
beyond In Convention on ‘Introduction of LIS education in undergraduate level’ at University of
North Bengal, Silliguri, Nov. 21
2009. Chakraborty, Susmita. Professional and other job-bounded communication patterns emerging
among the Psychiatrists in West Bengal, India: a study. In The International Conference on Social
Network Analysis and Applications (SNA2009). National Institute of Science Technology &
Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi, Jan. 28-29.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Library & Information Centers in the Changing Paradigm: Effect of
Information & Communication Technology. In 23rd National Seminar of Indian Association of Special
Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Bose Institute, Kolkata, Dec.10-13.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Towards better Medical Libraries in India with special emphasis on the
field of Psychiatry: recommendations for best practices. In International Conference on the
Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship. Capital Normal University, Beijing,
China, Oct 14-16
2007. Chakraborty, Susmita; Bhattacharya, Udayan. Digital curation: concept and criticalities. In:
26th All India Conference of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Jamia
Millia University, Delhi, Dec. 26-29.
2007. Chakraborty, Susmita; Sen, B.K. and Datta, Chaitali. What's wrong with the information
support: a study in the Psychiatry field in West Bengal. In: National convention of Medical Library
Association of India, Anugrah Narayana Magadh Medical College, Gaya, Nov. 02-04
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2006. Chakraborty, Susmita; Das, Anup Kumar and Sen, B. K. Use of Indian digital libraries by
biomedical practitioners in West Bengal region: a study. In: National Conference on Information
Management in Digital Libraries (NCIMDiL), organised by IIT Kharagpur , Kharagpur; Aug. 02-04
2005. Chakraborty, Susmita. Medicine: the important Internet sources. In: National Conference of
Medical Library Association of India (MLAI), NIMHANS, Bangalore; Nov. 07-09
2005. Chakraborty, Susmita. Information literacy for the college teachers of Kolkata. In: 52nd
National Conference of Indian Library Association (ILA), Kurukshetra University, Delhi; Dec
G. JOURNAL ARTICLES
2015. Chakraborty, Susmita. Experiences of SLA Rising Star 2015, in SLA Asian Chapter Newsletter,
11 (2), 2015. ISSN-1793-2297
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. Understanding Gender Discrimination among LIS Women: a survey,
ASLP Journal, Philippines
2013. Chakraborty, Susmita. Insights on LIS education in India. SET Bulletin, 14(1), Jan. 2013. ISSN-
1450-0647
2013. Chakraborty, Susmita. Managing Knowledge about the ‘Kala Pani’ period of the Indian
Freedom Movement: glimpses into the Cellular Jail National Memorial in Andaman in India. S LA
Asian Chapter Newsletter, 9 (2), 2013, pp. 7-8. ISSN-1793-2297
2011. e-Books, e-Journals, e-Portfolio. In Golden Research Thoughts. ISSN- 22315063
2011. Digitization: Concept, Criticalities and some Indian Initiatives, In Advances in Library &
Information Studies, DLIS, North Bengal University, Vol.1
2009. How to sort out problems together in the field of development practices: a case study of
United Nations Solution Exchange India. In University News, Vo.47, no.36, Sep. 07-13.
2009. Medical information support: a case of the West Bengal Psychiatrists. In Calcutta University
Journal of Information Studies, 2008-2009. Vol. 11, 2009, pp. 141-46.
2008. Creating digital libraries using Greenstone Digital Library Software. Calcutta University Journal
of Information Studies, Vol.9, 2006-2007.
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita and Chakrabarti, B. Creating digital libraries using Greenstone Digital
Library Software. Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies, Vol.9, 2006-2007.
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2006. E-world around us and the useful addenda. Uttaran: the academic journal of M. M. C.
College, Vol.3, 2005 - 2006.
2006. Chakraborty, Susmita. E-world around us and the useful addenda. Uttaran: the academic
journal of M. M. C. College, Vol.3, 2005 - 2006.
2005. The Copyright Issues. Librarian: Journal of the Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. of Jadavpur University,
Vol.11-12, 2004-05.
2005. Total quality management in Library and Information Services. Uttaran: the academic
journal of the Teachers’ Council of MMC College, Vol.2, 2004- 2005.
2005. Chakraborty, Susmita. The Copyright Issues. Librarian: Journal of the Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc. of
Jadavpur University, Vol.11-12, 2004-05.
2005. Chakraborty, Susmita. Total quality management in Library and Information Services.
Uttaran: the academic journal of the Teachers’ Council of MMC College, Vol.2, 2004- 2005.
2004. The Internet sources in Medicine. Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies, Vol.6,
2003-2004.
2003-2004. Chakraborty, Susmita. Knowledge, book and reading habits. Uttaran: the academic
journal of M. M. C. College, Vol.1, 2003 - 2004.
1992. Chakraborty, Susmita. ‘Women’s Day celebration in Delhi’. In ‘Anwesha’ journal. Kolkata:
Kathashilpa’, ‘1992.
1990. Chakraborty, Susmita. Pollution on the river Ganges, translation of an article of Claud Alvares.
In ‘Anwesha’ journal. Kolkata: Kathashilpa, 1990.
H. DISSERTATION AND THESIS
PHD THESIS:
2007. Chakraborty, Susmita. Information seeking and information use pattern of psychiatrists in
West Bengal: a survey. PhD Thesis. Kolkata: Jadavpur University, awarded in 2008.
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DISSERTATIONS
1992. Chakraborty, Susmita. Psychiatric Services Available in West Bengal: a Directory.
Dissertation for A. I. Sc., INSDOC, CSIR, New Delhi.
1992. Chakraborty, Susmita. Bibliometric Analysis of Museological Literature. Dissertation project
for A. I. Sc., INSDOC, CSIR, New Delhi
I. RESEARCH WORK FOR TELEVISION
1989. Chakraborty, Susmita and Bandyopadhyay, Sohini. Done research work and wrote script
on working women for a Doora Darshan (National Television Channel of India) program.
J. LITERARY CONTRIBUTION
2006. Chakraborty, Susmita. Recited a self-written poem at Alumni Meet, American Library, Kolkata.
2007. Recited a self-written poem at Late Ganesh Bhattacharyya Memorial function, IASLIC and
Jadavpur University.
1999- 2019. A few Bengali poems published in different magazines.
K. WORK ON WOMEN’S ISSU ES
1986 – 1990: Involved in Women’s Movement under the banner of ‘Nari Nirjatan Protorodh
Mancho’ *Prevention of Atrocities on Women], with women activists like Maitrayee Chatterjee,
Saswati Ghosh, Mousumi Bhowmick.
1992. ‘Women’s Day celebration in Delhi’. In ‘Anwesha’ journal. Kolkata: Kathashilpa’, ‘1992.
1992. Report on ‘Women’s Day celebration in ‘Anwesha’ journal published by ‘Kathashilpa’, 19,
Shyamacharan Dey Street, Kolkata 700 073
REPORTS
2011. Aikyataner Rabindra smaran.,In Aikyatan, V0l. 1, No.2, p.4
L. TRANSLATION
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1990. Translation of an article of Claud Alvares on Pollution on the river Ganges in
‘Anwesha’ journal published by Kathashilpa, 19, Shyamacharan Dey Street, Kolkata 700 07
M. BOOK REVIEW
Book Review:
A Handbook of Digital Library Economics: operations, collections and services. Baker, Davi and Evans,
Wendy (2013). Oxford: Chandos Publishing.
2014. Chakraborty, Susmita. Book review of the IFLA Publication The Green Library/ed. by Petra
Hauke, Karen Latimer and Klaus Ulrich Werner. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur, IFLA. IFLA Publication
161. SET Bulletin, 15(1), Jan. 2014. ISSN-1450-0647
2008. Chakraborty, Susmita. Book review of a UNESCO book on Open Access by A. Das
( http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/)
N. RADIO AND TV
ALL INDIA RADIO TALKS:
1988. Chakraborty, Susmita. Youth Organisation. Jubabani, All India Radio, Kolkata.
1988. Chakraborty, Susmita. Maupassaunt: the famous French writer. Jubabani, All India Radio,
Kolkata.
TELEVISION WORK:
1989. Research work and script writing on ‘Working Women’ for a Doora Darshan (National
Television Channel of India) Channel 1 program
O. ORGANISATION/PARTICIPATION IN INT ERNATIONAL & NATIONAL SUMMER
SCHOOLS/ ORIENTATION PROGRAMS/TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS
SEMINAR/WORKSHOPS ORGANISED:
2018. IFLA WLIC Satellite Session of SET and RSCAO at University of Calcutta. 20-21st
Aug.
2018. International Seminar on Digital Humanities and Digital Societies. Jan. 18 -19
2018. Refresher Course, UGC-HRDC and DLIS, University of Calcutta. 4- 25th Sep.
2017. Short Term Course. UGC-HRDC and DLIS, University of Calcutta.
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2016. Short Term Course. UGC-HRDC and DLIS, University of Calcutta.
2014. National Seminar on Career in LIS. March.
Rapporteur and Compeer in International Conference on Digital Library
Management, Kolkata
2012. Convener, Seminar on ‘Reading Habits of Young Adults’, organized by BESU
and NBT
Organising Secretary, National Seminar on ‘Implementations of ICT in Lib. & Inf.
Centres’, DLIS-NBU
Joint Organising Secretary, National Seminar on ‘Role of Library in Local History
Collection’ , Maynaguri College, Jalpaiguri
SUMMER SCHOOL/UGC STC/REFRESHER OR ORIENTATION COURSE:
Name of the Course / Summer School
Place Duration Sponsoring Agency
1. Summer School,
Resource Person: Carol Tenopir 2. Summer School 3. Short Term Training Course 4. Refresher Course on ‘LIS Research’ 5.Refresher Course 6. Orientation Course
1. King’s College London, College
Hall, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HZ, United Kingdom, King’s College London 2. University College London 3. University of Calcutta, College Street Campus 4. DLIS, Jadavpur University 5. DLIS, University of Calcutta 6. University of Calcutta, Rajabazar Campus
1. 22 June 2015,
13:30 – 21:30 to 2nd July 2015 2. 26 May 2015, 13:30 – 20:30 to 29 May 2015 3. 24th Jan. to 31st Jan. 2017
4. 22/08/2012 to 11/09/2012 5. 2000 6. 1999
1. King’s College London, UK, University of Texas, USA
2. University College London,
UK and Univ. of N. Carolina, USA
3. UGC-HRDC, CU 4. Academic Staff College, JU 5. Academic Staff College, CU 6. Academic Staff College, CU
INTERNATIONAL TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS
S.No. Programme Duration Organised by
1. Ebooks meeting Thu, 7 May 2015, 13:30 – 23:30
University College London,
2. Intelligent web searching
Wed, 13 May 2015, 14:30 – 16:30
University College London, UK
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3. Sirsi dynix webinar - at ucl
Fri, 15 May 2015, 01:30 – 02:30
University College London, UK
4. Silva training ucl
Fri, 15 May 2015, 18:30 – 21:30
University College London, UK
5. Getting started with moodle
Wed, 20 May 2015, 14:30 – 17:30
University College London, UK
6. Library system presentation City of London libraries
Thu, 21 May 2015, 14:30 – 21:30
University College London, UK
7. Anthony Watkinson, Digital Publishing Workshop
Wed, 20 May 2015, 20:30 – 21:30
University College London, UK
8. OCLC linked data day
Fri, 22 May 2015, 14:00 – 18:30
University College London, UK
9. Digital publishing
Wed, 10 June 2015, 20:30 – 22:00
University College London, UK
10. Boston, SLA, Fellows-Rising Stars Round Table
Fri, 12 June 2015, 16:30 – Sat, 13 June 2015, 17:30
Boston
11. Boston, SLA Rising Star Award
Sun, 14 June 2015, 13:30 – 15:30
Boston
12. Panelist in Transforming Int S n T Librarianship Prg, Boston, SLA
Tue, 16 June 2015, 18:30 – 20:00
Boston International Convention Centre
13. csc workshop
Mon, 22 June 2015, 14:00 – 21:30
14. IS: Introducing the Silva SMS at UCL
Tue, 23 June 2015, 14:30 – 17:30
UCL, ISD Training Room B07,Torrington Place, 1-19
15. Moodle training
Thu, 25 June 2015, 14:30 – 17:30
16. CSC Meet Mon, 29 June 2015, 20:30 – 21:30
Council Room Bloomsbury, UCL
17. CILIIP Conference
Thu, 2 July 2015, 13:30 – Fri, 3 July 2015, 02:30
Liverpool, UK
18. Drupal Training
Mon, 6 July 2015, 14:30 – 21:00
University College London
19. ISKO Conference: The impact of knowledge organization on society, scholarship and progress 2015
Mon, 13 July 2015 – Tue, 14 July 2015
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
20. RDA training at UCL
Wed, 15 July 2015, 14:00 – 16:00
University College London
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21. Blackboard Training at Westminster University
Wed, 15 July 2015, 17:30 – 19:30
Westminster University
22. SLA Europe Summer Soiree Thu, 16 July 2015, 22:30
News Building, 1 London Bridge StreetSE1 9GF London, London, Gt Lon, GB, SE1 9GF
23. Joomla Training Mon, 20 July 2015, 14:30 – 23:30
Sara Hayes, Customer Support , 103 London Rd, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1NR, UK
24. Meeting with CSC Superviser John and Chris
Thu, 23 July 2015, 16:30 – 19:00
Reporting work done under CPF
25. Lecture by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty, Visiting Academic from India, Asst. Prof., Calcutta University
Tue, 28 July 2015, 21:00 – 22:00
Department of Information
Studies, University of London, Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London, United Kingdom
26. Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software, Resource Person: Prof. Ian Witten
One Week IIM Kozhikode
27. UNESCO & IASLIC Workshop on Information Literacy for Special Educators
One Week Indian National Centre for the Orthopedically Handicapped
28. Workshop on Editing Digitized Text
Resource Persons:
Dr. Sukanta Chaudhury, and Experts from UK, USA & other countries
School of Digital Texts, Jadavpur University
29. Digitization of texts One Week IIIT, Allahabad
30. Management Development Program, Total Quality Management
One Week IIM, Lucknow
31. DSpace Digital Library Software
One Week DELNET (Developing Library Network), New Delhi,
32. SOUL Library Automation Software
One Week INFLIBNET & Jadavpur University
33. SOUL Library Automation Software
One Day Calcutta University
P. RESEARCH PROJECTS
Member of IFLA International Research Group BSLISE (Building Stronger LIS Education).
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Community Information Survey, Gaya Ganga Tea Estate, Darjeeling District
Field Survey, ‘Prisoners Right to Read’, Alipore Central Jail, Kolkata
2014. Resource Person for Setting up a Medical Information Resource Center on Bhopal Gas Disaster. Sambhavna
Trust Clinic, Bhopal.
2011. Working women in LIS. ICSSR Research project under School of Women’s Studies, North Bengal University.
2009. Resource Person, Technical Information Resource Centre, Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd (NPCIL), Government of
India
2003. Reading habits of young adults, National Book Trust, at BESU.
External Examiner of PhD/M.Phil. dissertations of different universities
Supervisor, PhD Program, Calcutta University
Examiner and supervisor, M. Phil. Dissertation, Calcutta University
Q. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA), Netherlands
Secretary, Standing Committee, IFLA-SET and Standing Committee Member, IFLA RSCAO, formerly, Standing
Committee Member of IFLA Knowledge Management Section
Special Libraries Association, Asian Chapter (SLA-Asian)
- Past Director and Past Secretary; Former Member, Executive Board, former Member,
Bulletin/Editorial Committee, - Firmer Member, Programs Planning Committee
NATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ILA, IATLIS, Society of Information Science; Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information
Centres; Medical Library Association of India; Mon Foundation and Manas (both Mental Health Awareness
Related Research Organisations)
STATE AFFILIATION: BLA