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greenstone is a digital library software

Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO. It is open-source, multilingual software, issued under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Read the Greenstone Factsheet for more information.

Where is Bangladesh : map, location and history

Where is Bangladesh : location and history

Associations of Library Professionals

Library Associations of Bangladesh (LAB)

The Library Association of Bangladesh (LAB) was founded in 1956 in Dhaka . Its mission is “to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.”

It is governed by an elected Executive Council , its policy-making body, and an Executive Council which “acts for the Council in the administration of established policies and programs.” LAB members elect the LAB President , who serves a three-year term as President, including Vice Presidents (3), General Secretary , and Treasurer who serve a three-year term. Policies and programs are proposed by standing Committees, designated as sub-committees of the Association or committees of Council. Headquartered in Dhaka , its operations are directed by the General Secretary and implemented by staff through a structure of programmatic Offices and support units.

LAB is home to eleven membership divisions, each focused on a type of library or type of library function. It also includes round tables, groups of members “interested in the same field of librarianship not within the scope of any division.” A network of affiliates, institutions, associations and other organizations enables LAB to reach a broad audience.

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Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID)

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Library and Information Science Education in Bangladesh

There are different level of education on the subject. Remarkable institutions are as followed:

Universities

1.  Dhaka University
2. Rajshahi University
3. Asian University
4. Royel Univesity
5. Darul Ihsan University

Colleges (under national university)

1. Lalmatia girls college, Dhaka

Institute

1. Institute of Library and Information Science (ILIS), Nilkhet, Dhaka
2. Institute of Library and Information Science (ILIS), Rajshahi
3. Institute of Library and Information Management (ILIM), Khulna

Course Institution Duration

Certificate                             Library Association of Bangladesh             one year

Post-graduate Diploma          LIS (LAB) RU, ILIM, S.B. College,        one year
                                             Bogra, LIS (RAJ) ILACS Khulna,
                                             ILIS (Khulna)

BA (Hons)                           Dhaka University                                        4 years

BSS (Hons)                         Rajshahi University                                     4 years

MA                                      Dhaka University                                       1 year

Rajshahi University                                                                                1 year

MPhil                                   Dhaka University                                       2 year

PhD                                     Dhaka University                                       3 year

BA (Hons) course has been converted into 4-year course from 1997-98 at Dhaka University.

sources: http://www.infosciencetoday.org/library-management/library-development-in-bangladesh-an-overview.html

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Greenstone latest version download

Greenstone Latest Version

• Windows distribution 2.85 (67.4 MB)
• Linux distribution 2.85 (67.2 MB)
• Mac OSX distribution 2.85 (42.1 MB)
• Source Distributions 2.85 (4 Files)
• GLI Client 2.83 (7.24 MB)
  [GLI Client is for remote collection building in Greenstone]

New Features in Greenstone 2.85

Pre-requisite Software & Auxiliary Programmes

Java Runtime Environment (J2RE)

[For Web Library Installation]
Apache Webserver

[Other Utilities]

ImageMagic

Ghostscript

[CD-ROMs readable under Windows]
Module for CD-ROM Publishing

Pack for additional language interfaces
[Windows , Unix , Mac ]

Documented Example Collections Greenstone 2.82rc

Older Versions of Greenstone

Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It runs on Windows and Unix, and both source code and binaries are available for download.
   Version             Windows            Unix            Mac OS X            Source
Greenstone 2.84     gsdl 2.84            gsdl 2.84       gsdl 2.84            gsdl 2.84
Greenstone 2.83     gsdl 2.83            gsdl 2.83       gsdl 2.83            gsdl 2.83
Greenstone 2.82     gsdl 2.82            gsdl 2.82       gsdl 2.82            gsdl 2.82
Greenstone 2.81     gsdl 2.81            gsdl 2.81       gsdl 2.81            gsdl 2.81

Source:

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

www.iimk.ac.in/