DCB & BI Library, University of Kerala chooses L2C2 Technologies’ Koha hosting service

DCB & BI Library, University of Kerala goes online with Koha Integrated Library System.

We are pleased to welcome the Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, University of Kerala as our newest client-partner from “God’s own country” aka Kerala – the southern most state of India. Earlier the library was running Koha 3.22 on an in-house (on campus) server. With this move, they are now fully hosted on the cloud and are running on the latest major stable version of Koha i.e. on 16.11.x series.

About DCB & BI

The Centre for Bioinformatics, established in 2005 and upgraded as the Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics in 2011, is a new generation inter-disciplinary as well as multidisciplinary teaching & research Department of University of Kerala, India. The centre offers a two-year innovative MSc (Computational Biology) programme and also 2 one-year MPhil programmes in (i) Bioinformatics (ii) Computer Aided Drug Design. The Department has researchers with vivid backgrounds (Electrical Engineers, Mathematicians, Physicists, Biotechnologists, Botanists, Bio-chemists, Computer scientists are some of them). The Department has its own premises with state of the art informatics laboratory and also a molecular biology and bio-electronics laboratory which provide a balanced training to multidisciplinary talents that the centre attracts. The Department library having a stock of over 2425 specialized books.

The Director is Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair, who has lead the department since its inception and presently has 6 lecturers, an Emeritus Professor (Dr. Oommen V. Oommen), one Post Doctoral Fellow, half a dozen Project Fellows, 19 full-time research scholars and at any time, 30-40 masters students. The Department also has 2 adjunct Professors, in addition to visiting faculty and Erudite visitors [Prof. Dr. Johann Deisenhofer (Nobel Laureate – 1988) visited the Department on Dec 1-3, 2010, Prof. Martin Chalfie (Nobel Laureate-2008) visited on Jan 5-7, 2011, followed by Prof. Anders Liljas (Nobel Prize Committee Member) on Jan 20-26, 2011.

The Department is situated in the beautiful and green Kariavattom Campus made greener by the department’s “Trees for 2100 AD” initiative.

Source : DCB & BI website

Accessing the OPAC

While the online public access catalogue (OPAC) is presently available at https://dcb-opac.l2c2.co.in/, this will change in a few days once the dedicated domain procurement process is completed.

Fakirchand College Library partners with L2C2 Technologies

Fakirchand College, West Bengal chooses L2C2 Technologies’ cloud hosting services for their OPAC.

We are happy to extend a warm welcome to our newest client-partner Fakir Chand College, located in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal. The library has a collection of more than 52,191 volumes. The library is divided into three broad sections – the UG, PG and the B.Ed sections.

The online public access catalog (OPAC) can be accessed from here http://fakirchand-opac.l2c2.co.in/

L2C2 Technologies acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation extended by FC College. We would particularly like to thank Smt. Rekha Mondal, Librarian and Dr. Debashish Mitra, Bursar for their support.

About the college

Established in 1948, it is the oldest and largest college in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Affiliated to the University of Calcutta, the college is named after Sri Fakir Chand Halder, the father of founder Sri Jagadish Chandra Haldar, a local businessman. It offers undergraduate courses in liberal arts, science and commerce, a teacher training course as well as a few post-graduate programs. The college is located at Diamond Harbours in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. [1][2][3]

References

[1] Fakir Chand CollegeWikipedia

[2] History from college website.

[3] Location from college website.

Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital library partners with L2C2 Technologies

GIMSH, Durgapur, WB chooses L2C2 Technologies’ cloud hosted Koha ILS service for their new teaching hospital’s library.

In this festive season, we are happy to extend a warm welcome to our newest client-partner – Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital Library, Durgapur, West Bengal (India). GIMSH comes on-board as fully hosted Koha client with Koha based IR (institutional repository) facilities.

The online public access catalog (OPAC) is accessible at https://gimsh-opac.l2c2.co.in/

About Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Science and Hospital

Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Durgapur is a Medical College with ultra-modern 300-bed hospital setup by Rahul Foundation under the visionary stewardship of Mr. R. N. Majumdar. GIMSH welcomes new admission of 150 M.B.B.S. students in the academic session of 2016-17. The medical school comprises of 21 departments with experienced faculty members with extensive facilities that include well equipped classrooms, laboratories, an air conditioned library etc. The hospital is having all the clinical departments like General Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology (Eye), Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Obstetrics & Gynecology (OBG), Dermatology, Pulmonology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Dental etc. including a full-fledged emergency & trauma care center. [1]

About the Library

The library is located on the 2nd floor of the college building with 1827 sq. m. of floor area that consists of the Stack room, Journal section, air-conditioned Students reading room, Staff reading room, Internet MEDLARS room, Audio-visual unit, Reprography room, Circulation counter, rooms for the Librarian and other staff, Daftaries and Book binders, Skill lab etc.

References:

[1] Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital website

Sammilani Mahavidyalaya partners with L2C2 Technologies for Koha hosting

Sammilani Mahavidyalaya (Kolkata), West Bengal chooses L2C2 Technologies’ Koha hosting services on the cloud.

We are pleased to welcome Sammilani Mahavidyalaya, Baghajatin, Kolkata to our growing family of client-partners in West Bengal. We look forward to working along with them in their quest to transform the library into a model library in the years ahead.

The OPAC is accessible at http://sammilanimahavidyalaya-opac.l2c2.co.in

About Sammilani Mahavidyalaya

Established in 1996, Sammilani Mahavidyalaya is located in Baghajatin on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, Kolkata. Initially the college started functioning from a local secondary school, Santoshpur Vidyamandir (Boys) and the classes were held in the evening. Within a record period of only seven months it’s new building was constructed and the college shifted to its present address. From a humble beginning with just 3 students, the college today caters to the educational need of nearly 2000 students spread across its Humanities, Science and Commerce departments. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

The college website is http://www.sammilanimahavidyalaya.org.

West Goalpara College, Assam, chooses L2C2 Technologies’s hosted Koha platform with local support from Aditi Library Services.

West Goalpara College, Assam, chooses L2C2 Technologies’s hosted Koha platform with local support from Aditi Library Services.

We are happy to announce that Krishna Kanta Handique Central Library, West Goalpara College in the north eastern state of Assam have choosen to implement Koha ILS on our cloud service. They are currently hosted on the latest stable, packaged version of Koha i.e. 16.05.04. The local support will be provided by M/s Aditi Library Services – a known name among libraries in the North East.

The OPAC is available here http://westgoalparacollege-opac.l2c2.co.in.

About West Goalpara College

Setup in 1981, the college is located at Balarbhita, in the Goalpara district of Assam. Affiliated with Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, in the last 35 years, the college has served the higher education needs of over 70,000 students. The college’s central library is named after Padma Bhusan Sri Krishnakanta Handique (also spelt as Handiqui), a great scholar and educationist who also served as the founder Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University. The library was established in 1987 and was inaugurated by Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, then Chief Minister of Assam. The library has a collection of over 20,000 books covering various subjects as well as collections of journals, magazines and newspapers. Aside from the central library, the individual departments have their own departmental libraries for reference service. It is supported by Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India.

Acknowledgements

Special mention has to made of Sri Hirak Jyoti Hazarika who was instrumental for bringing Koha ILS to the college. Sri Hazarika has since registered for PhD at NEHU (North East Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya). We wish him every success in life.

Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women chooses L2C2 Technologies for their Koha hosting

RBCC for Women (Naihati), West Bengal chooses L2C2 Technologies’ Koha hosting services on the cloud.

We are pleased to extend a hearty welcome Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women, Naihati to L2C2 Technologies’s growing family of client-partners in West Bengal. We look forward to supporting their library technology requirement at every step in the years ahead.

About Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women

Named after Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay – the father of the Bengali novel and the author of India’s national song “Vande Mataram”, the college is located at East Kanthalpara in modern day Naihati, the birth place of Bankim Chandra. Functioning as an undergraduate degree college affiliated to West Bengal State University (Barasat), the college has a long history. It began in 1947, the year of Indian Independence, as Rishi Bankim Chandra College. In 1964 a morning section for female students was added, which in 1984 was re-christened as “Rishi Bankim Chandra College for Women”.

The OPAC is accessible at http://rbccwomen-opac.l2c2.co.in

Khalisani Mahavidyalaya Library partners with L2C2 Technologies

Khalisani College located in Hooghly district of West Bengal, takes its Koha OPAC online using L2C2 Technologies’ cloud hosting service.

We are is pleased to announce that Khalisani Mahavidyalaya Library has partnered with us to take their library OPAC online using L2C2 Technologies’s cloud hosted Koha service. We extend a warm welcome to our newest client partner. Our thanks goes to the Principal Dr. Nepankar Hazra, the NAAC coordinator Dr. Arghya Bandyopadhyay and to the Librarian (Contractual) Smt. Moumita Hazra.

The OPAC can be accessed at http://khalisani-opac.l2c2.co.in

About Khalisani Mahavidyalaya

Established in 1970, Khalisani Mahavidyalaya is one of the oldest colleges in Chandannagar in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, India, offering undergraduate courses in Humanities, Commerce and Sciences. It is affiliated with the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. [1]

References

[1] Khalisani Mahavidyalaya on Wikipedia.

Sivanath Sastri College Library partners with L2C2 Technologies to take their library online

We are pleased to announce that Sivanath Sastri College, Kolkata, also known popularly as “South City Morning” has chosen to partner with L2C2 Technologies for taking their library online. Our thanks goes to the college authorities and the library Smt. Bhaswati Chattopadhyay for making this possible. The OPAC is live at http://ssclib-opac.l2c2.co.in.

About the Sivanath Sastri College

Sivanath Sastri College is a 55 year old undergraduate liberal arts college for women in South Kolkata (Calcutta). It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. The name commemorates the legacy of Brahmo social reformer Sivanath Sastri.
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