Talks

Talks

1. Delivered an invited talk on "Library Automation" at INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad during Soul 3.0 software training on 3rd March 2025

2. Delivered a talk on "भविष्यातील ज्ञान देवाणघेवाण व ग्रंथालये", पुणे नगर वाचन मंदिर on 27th February 2025.

3. Participated as a panel member in the annual Knowledge Resource Centre Summit 2024-25 organized by DY Patil Deemed To Be University Center of Excellence, Navi Mumbai on 7th February 2025 on topic "Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities: Building a Sustainable Model for One Nation, One Subscription".

4. Delivered an invited talk on "Open access publishing : opportunities and challenges" at MIT, Alandi on 3rd February 2025 during Professional Development Program.

5. Delivered an invited talk on "Preprint repositories : gateway to open access publishing" during one day national conference on "Re-imaging Libraries, ReIL-2025, at TMC, Mumbai on 10th January 2025.

6. Delivered an invited talk on "Transforming Library Spaces:Integrating Archives and Science Museum" during Conclave on Future of Libraries held at IIT Mumbai on 25th October 2024.

7. Delivered an invited talk on "The Emerging role of librarians in promoting preprint servers" during IOP Librarians' Meet held at Nepal during September 2024.

8. Delivered an invited webinar talk on "Plagiarism, understanding, preventing and addressing" at ARAI, Pune on 19th December 2023.

9. Delivered talk on "Koha ; an open source library automation software" at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad during Refresher Course in Library and Information Science, on 6th November 2023.

10. Delivered an invited talk on "Enhancing the research quality ; data collection, data analysis and data interpretation" during National Talk organized by Pratibha College of Commerce and Computer Studies on 6th October 2023

11. Delivered an invited talk on "The Emerging Role of Librarians in Promoting Preprint Servers" jointly presented with Dr. Manju Naika, Chief Library Officer, IIT, Mumbai during IOP Library Advisory Board meeting held at Trident Hotel, Udaipur, during 27th - 29th September 2023

12. Delivered an invited talk on "Digital library services" at Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalay, Pune on 12th August 2023, on the occasion of National Librarian Day

13. Delivered an invited webinar talk on "Research and Publication Ethics" during annual meet of Journal of  the Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS) on 30th July 2023

14. Delivered an invited talk on "New trends and innovative services in academic libraries : in respect to various sections of library" at MIT Alandi on 19th July 2023

15. Delivered an invited talk on "Institutional repositories/digital repositories" at MIT, Alandi on 19th July 2023 

16. Delivered webinar talk on "Scientific Conduct" on 28th April 2023 during PhD course work at Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur

17. Delivered webinar talk on "Software tools for publishing research papers" on 27th April 2023 during PhD course work at Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur

18. Delivered a webinar talk on "Google : advanced search strategies" on 28th March 2023 during "Leveraging Technology for Modernization of Library Information System and Content Management” organized by  NCCT, New Delhi

19. Delivered an invited talk on "Do's and Don'ts in developing and maintainance of institutional repositories in college libraries using DSpace repository software" on 10th January 2023 through National Workshop organized by Shivaji University College Librarian Association in association with Bhogawati Mahavidyalay, Kolhapur and The New College Kolhapur

20. Delivered an invited talk on "Institutional Repositories and Introduction to DSpace" during refresher course at SPPU, Pune on 23rd November 2022

21. Delivered an invited talk on "Research: what is research, how to carry it and how to publish" at MIT Arts Science and Commerce College, Alandi on 16th November 2022

22. Delivered an invited talk on "Software tools for publishing research papers" for the PhD students of University of Mumbai, Charitrakar Padma Bhushan Dr.Dhananjay Keer, Ratnagiri Sub-Campus, during PhD Course Work, on 16th February 2022

23. Delivered an invited talk on "Software tools for publishing research papers" during 7-Day National-Level Ethical Conduct of Research Workshop, on 13th October 2021, YCMOU, Nashik

24. Delivered talk on Dspace and IR on 31st December 2021, during workshop on "“Digital Resource Management in Libraries” held at JNTUH, Hyderabad

25. Delivered an invited talk on "Open Source Software" for the library science students of Central University of Himachal Pradesh on 24th June 2021

26. Delivered webinar talk on "Software for library automation: with special reference to open source software" on 12th February 2021 during refresher course organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

27. Delivered webinar talk on "Open access and digital libraries" on 21st December 2020 for the research scholars of Shivaji University, Kolhapur

28. Delivered webinar talk on "Research Tools" on 28th November 2020 during 7-Day National Level Capacity Building Programme on 'e-Shodhyatra:Emerging Tools and Technologies in Scholarly Communication' jointly organized by ICT-Mumbai and VEC College, Mumbai during 23rd November to 4th December 2020

29. Delivered webinar practical session on "Reference Management Software ; Zotero" on 30th November 2020 during 7-Day National Level Capacity Building Programme on 'e-Shodhyatra:Emerging Tools and Technologies in Scholarly Communication' jointly organized by ICT-Mumbai and VEC College, Mumbai during 23rd November to 4th December 2020

30. Delivered webinar panel discussion talk on "Digital repositories ; benefits and challenges" during ACS Library Summit on 5th November 2020

31. Delivered webinar talk on "Library Facilities & Open Access Resources" during SRTP-2020 course on 18th August 2020

32. Delivered webinar talk on "Future Institutional Repositories" during Innovative Library Services in 21st Century ( Part I) on 6th August, 2020 organized by AC Joshi Library, Panjab University, Chandigarh

33. Delivered webinar panel talk on "Services for academic libraries" during National Webinar on Rethinking and Recreating Academic Library : Lessons from the Pandemic organized by ICT, Mumbai & VES College, Mumbai on 25th July 2020

34. Delivered webinar talk on "Koha ; open source software" on 15th July 2020 during eWebinar on Digital Library Technology: July 16-17, 2020

35. Delivered webinar talk on "Search Engines and Advanced Search Strategies" on 21st May 2020 arranged by Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon

36. Delivered webinar talk on "How to publish research paper" on 4th May 202 arranged by Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and Research, Pune

37. Delivered webinar talk on "Institutional Repositories" on 29th April 2020 arranged by Shivaji University College Librarian Association (SUCLA), Kolhapur

38. Delivered an invited webinar talk on "Searching Google effectively" on 29th January 2020 at SNDT Women's University Library, Pune during 14th Vidyut Khandwala Lecture Series

39. Delivered tutorial on "Electronic Resource Management" on 5th December 2019 from 9.30 am to 10.30 am during 32nd IASLIC Conference  2019 held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin

40. Delivered an invited talk on "Reference Management Tools" at ARDE, Pune on 13th August 2019 during Library Week Program

41. Delivered an invited talk on "Digital preservation" on 18th July 2019 at MITAOE College, Alandi, Pune

42. Delivered an invited talk on "Indian repositories:current trends" on 4th March 2019 at AISSMS Engineering college during One day international workshop on "Think global, act local - International trends in open science and repositories"

43. Delivered an invited talk on "ग्रंथालयांचे संगणकीकरण व मुक्त माध्यमे" on 23rd February 2019 in Thane Marathi Granthalay during one day workshop on Library automation in public libraries which are over 100 year old organized by Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha and Thane Marathi Granthalay. 

44. Delivered an invited talk on "Trends in Research Libraries" during National Conference on “Moving towards SMART Library with IoT and Open Source Softwares” on 2nd February 2019

45. Delivered an invited talk on "e-Learning tools for teachers" during National Conference on ICT based Use of Advanced Educational Technologies in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation held at Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce during 11th January to 12th January 2019

46. Delivered an invited talk on "Wikipedia and Libraries" during The Wikipedia and Libraries TWLCon (2019 India)  conference held at GIPE Pune on 5th January 2019 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/TWLCon_(2019_India) 

47. Delivered an invited talk on "Research trends in libraries - (ACS &NCL)" on 28th September 2018 during ACS Publications Library Summit held at Fern Goregaon, Mumbai

48. Delivered an invited talk on "Effective searching using various search engines with special reference to increasing library service" at MITAOE, Alandi on 7th April 2018

49. Delivered an invited talk on "DSpace: Repository Software" at AISSMS College on 22nd December 2017 during International Workshop on "Information Management Tools for Academic and Research Libraries"

50. Delivered an invited talk on "E-Learning Resources for Engineering Students" on 29th August 2017 at MAE Alandi for the Engineering students.

51. Delivered a talk on "New trends in libraries" at MAE, Alandi on 21st April 2017 for the library staff.

52. Delivered an invited talk on "Institutional Repositories/Digital Repositories" at MAE, Alandi on 23rd December 2016 for the faculty.

53. Delivered an invited talk on "Search Engines and Google Search Strategies" at PCCOER, Ravet campus on 26th October 2016 for the faculty.

54. Delivered an invited talk on "Koha : library automation software" at Gourishankar Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Satara on 10th September 2016

55. Delivered lightening talk at NKRC during 29th-30th August 2016 on “New trends and innovative services in research libraries”at NISCAIR, New Delhi during NKRC meeting.

56. Delivered an invited talk on "Library Orientation for Engineering students" at PCCOER, ravet campus on 13th August 2016 for the students.

57. Delivered an invited talk on "OSS for ETDs" at AISSME, Pune on 24th November 2015 during International Workshop on "Modern Information Management for Research and Education Oriented Libraries (With Open Source Tools)

58. Delivered an invited talk on "Open access to scholarly publishing" on 19th October 2015 at AISSME Engineering College, Pune during "ONE DAY Workshop On “Getting to know more all about Open Access".

59. Delivered an invited talk on "Literature Search using Modern Tools & Techniques as well as on Scifinder and Web of Science" on 24th June 2015 during 7 Days National Workshop on

60. Faculty Improvement for Research  in Science & Technology (FIRST 2015) held at North Maharashtra State University, Jalgaon.

61. Delivered an invited talk on "Institutional repositories and DSpace software" on 8th June 2015 at  MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi.

62. Delivered an invited talk on "Digital libraries/Institutional repositories : an overview" at S. M. Joshi College, Hadapsar on 11th April 2015 during National Conference on "Role of Libraries and Information Technology in Development of Society, Hadapsar, Pune.

63. Delivered an invited talk on "Search engines & advanced search strategies" on 10th January 2015 (Saturday) during Two Days National Conference on 'CHALLENGES IN 21ST LIBRARIANSHIP' organised by the Department of Library & Information Science, C.T.Bora College, Shirur, Dist.Pune

64. Presented a talk on “Preliminary analysis of IR@CSIR and IR@NCL during "SDC Conference on Open Access" which was held in NCL, Pune on 13th-14th October 2014 where librarians from DST and CSIR had participated.

65. Delivered talks on "Search Engine Strategies, LibLiveCD" at Goa University during refresher course "The Digital revolution and Librarianship: Are we adapting or complacent?" on 18th January 2014.

66. Delivered an invited talk on "New trends and innovative services in academic libraries" during a National Conference on Changing Trends in Academic Librarianship in Electronic Environment on 14th December 2013 at Shirur, Pune.

67. DDelivered an invited talk on "New trends and services in academic libraries" during state level program organised by SP College Pune, sponsored by BCUD, University of Pune on 19th October 2013.

68. Delivered an oral presentation on "ETD's using OSS-DL on 26th September 2013 at 16th Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations at Hong Kong

69. Delivered an invited talk on "Searching Google effectively" on 12th August 2013 at PICT-STM, Pune during National Librarians' Day celebration.

70. Delivered an invited talk on "Open Source Software : Koha & DSpace" at Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj’s Karmaveer Ganpat Dada More Arts, Commerce & Science College, Niphad, Nashik during their State level seminar on "Emerging Trends and Technologies in Library and Information Services and Products" on 19th March 2013.

71. Delivered an invited talk on "Library Services in Web 2.0" at PICT-STM, Pune college during their National Librarians' Day celebration on 13th August 2012.

72. Presented a talk on "DSpace : Open Source Repository Software" at Jayakar Library, Pune on 8th December 2011 during their Refresher Course.

73. Presented an invited talk on "Library automation : current status & challenges"  on 26th November 2011 at British Library, Pune.

74. Presented an invited talk on “Search Engines & Advanced Search Strategies” during Indian Society for Training & Development, Pune Chapter conference on “Best Practices in Library Management” held at The Hotel President, Pune on 24th August 2011.

75. Presented an invited talk on “Mashups for library services” during a workshop at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune during their National Seminar on Web 2.0 tools on 11th August 2011.

76. Presented an oral presentation talk at TELDAP Conference on 18th March 2011 on “Digital Preservation in Open Source Digital Library Software” held at Taiwan.

77. Presented an invited talk at Institute of Management & Development Research, Pune on "DSpace : an open source digital library software" on 5th February 2011.

78. Presented an invited talk at National Insurance Academy on "Open source software for library services" during their 2 days National Workshop “Web Technology in Library Services : Focus on Library Blog, RSS Feeds & Podcasting” on 24th January 2011.

79. Presented an invited talk at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics on "Open source software for digital library management" on Presented a talk on “Open Source Digital Library Software” at GIPE, Pune during National Seminar on Challenges and Opportunities of Library and Information Science in Digital Era 29 – 30 Dec 2010 on 30th December 2010. There were around 300 participants from all over India to attend this seminar.

80. Delivered an oral presentation during LISA VI conference at IUCAA, Pune on 17th February 2010 on “An analysis of mailing list of SLA-PAM listserv: What is SLA-PAM doing? by Sunita Abhijit Barve, Sanjay Dongare, India.

81. Presented a talk on “Digital Libraries” at Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Alandi, Pune on 21st February 2010 during National Level Workshop on Library Automation andBuilding digital library-LABDL-10.

82. Presented an invited talk on “Open source digital library software” at Cummins College of Engineering, Pune on 10th November 2009 during their National Staff Development Program.

83. Presented an invited talk on “Digital Library and Managing digital Libraries” at Jayakar Library during the refresher course on New Trends in Library and Management, on 9th November 2009.

84. Presented a talk on “LISA conference topics covered in all LISA Conferences” during the FORSA meet which was held in IIA, Bangalore on 18th February 2009.

85. Presented an invited talk on “Open Source Digital Library Software for Building Digital Libraries” at Sinhagad College of Engineering on 19th June 2008 during SDP of Digital Library Management Program.

86. Presented a talk on “How to search Google Effectively” at NCRA, Pune on 13th June 2008.

87. Presented an invited talk on “Digital Preservation” at Jayakar Library, Pune on 23rd March 2008.

88. Presented a talk on “Converting proprietary format files into open standards using open source tools” at NCRA, Pune on 18th December 2007.

89. Presented an invited talk on “DSpace experience at NCRA, Pune” during a meet organised by Hewlett Packard, India on 21st August 2007 at Gurgaon, New Delhi.

90. Presented an invited talk on “Bibliographic Databases, CD-ROM & Online Databases, Database specific information retrieval systems” on 6th June 2007 at NITTR, Pune.

91. Presented an invited talk on “Open Source Software for Digital Libraries” on 8th June 2007 at NITTTR, Pune.

92. Presented an invited talk on “Electronic Journals implementation in a library” on on 6th June 2007 at NITTR, Pune.

93. Presented a talk on “Digital Preservation” during PLNF session held at NCRA, Pune on 18th Apirl 2007.

94. Presented a talk on “File formats in digital preservation” at International Conference on Digital Libraries and Semantic Web at Bangalore from 21st February to 23rd February 2007.

95. Presented a talk on “Introduction to Linux Operating System” during DSpace workshop on “Creating Digital Libraries Using DSpace Open Source Software” on 26th July 2006 at NCRA, Pune.

96. Presented an oral presentation in LISA V conference on “Managing digital archives using Open Source Software Tools” on 19th June 2006 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

97. Presented an invited talk on “Open Source Software: a comparative study” at YASHADA, Pune on 20th January 2006.

98. Presented an invited talk in 7th National Convention on Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) conference on “Search engine strategies” which was held in Pune from 23rd November 2004 to 26th November 2004.

99. Presented two invited talks in Goa university on “Digital libraries” under Orientation Course in IT for Librarians which was organised by UGC-Academic Staff College of Goa University in collaboration with Goa University Library from 21st February 2004 to 19th March 2004.

100. Presented a talk in two days workshop on “How to crate a digital library using GSDL software” on 30th November 2003, in Bioinformatics Centre, Pune.

101. Presented an invited talk in Institute of Armament Technology, Girinagar Pune on “What is a digital library” under their CEP course in November 2003.

102. Presented a talk in Pune Librarians Network Forum entitled “Special Libraries Association: various awards available for the developing country librarians” on 29th November 2002 in IUCAA, Pune.Presented a talk in Pune Librarians Networking Forum on “International Federation of Libraries Associations and Institution (IFLA): conference report” in September 2003.

103. Presented a talk entitled “Information access in developing countries with special reference to Astronomy libraries in India” during the SLA conference 7th June to 14th June 2002 in Los Angeles, U. S. A.