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Dr. Smita Chandra

Dr. Smita Chandra
Dr. Smita Chandra
Technical Officer III
H.Q. Panvel
Email: 
smita.chandra@iigm.res.in
Contact Number: 
91-22-27484137
Academic Record: 
  • Ph.D. University of Mumbai   , 2013
  • M.L.I.Sc., SNDT Women’s University, 1997
  • B.L.I.Sc.,  SNDT Women’s University, 1996 
  • B.Sc. (Chemistry),  University of Mumbai, 1995
Research Area: 
  • Open Access, OSS for Libraries, Creative Commons, Digital Libraries (Digital Preservation, Data Science for Libraries, Augmented Reality for Libraries)
Professional Appointments: 
  • Visited Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Dublin, Ohio, during April-May 2001 : This included visit to the Smithsonian Institutes, USA, University of Illinois, Library of Congress, American Library Association, Barnes & Noble, Various Public/School/Special Libraries across USA, etc.
  • At the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mumbai, to Master of Library and Information Science students on the 2nd of February, 2013. The topic was “Institutional Repositories”. 
  • At the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mumbai, to Master of Library and Information Science students on the 2nd of March, 2013. The topic was “Web Content Management”. 
  • At the Regional Training Institute, Indian Audit and Accounts Department, Mumbai for a seminar organized by them from 21st – 23rd March 2013 on “Electronic Libraries”, for their staff.The subject of my talk was, “Web 2.0, Library 2.0”. 
  • On "Institutional Repository", at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mumbai, to Master of Library and Information Science students on Monday 16th February,2014 3.00-5.00 PM.
  • On "Web Content Management", at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mumbai, to Master of Library and Information Science students on Monday 23rd February, 2014, 3.00-5.00 PM.
     
Scientific Honours: 
  • State Eligibility Test (SET), University Grants Commission, 1998
  • National Eligibility Test (NET), University Grants Commission, 1999
  • IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship,OCLC Online Library,Computer Center, USA, 2001
  • Honorary Membership,  American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST), USA, 2001-2003
  • Twinning Member, Special Libraries Association,2003-2005
Publications: 
  • Chandra, Smita, Digital preservation services of institutional repositories (IR) in India. Knowledge Librarian, January 2018, p.306-311. 
  • Chandra, Smita & Gokhale, Pratibha A.. Implementing Open Archival Information System Model for Digital Preservation at Indian Institute of Geomagnetism. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2012, 32(4), pp.327-334 
  • Chandra,Smita. Open source for digital preservation in academic libraries. National Seminar on Empowering Academic Libraries in Knowledge Society, 21th- 22nd  December, 2011,Jawaharlal Nehru Library, University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
  • Gokhale,Pratibha A & Chandra,Smita. Web 2.0 and E-Learning: the Indian perspective.DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2009, 29(1), pp.5-13
  • Chandra Smita. E-Learning in the geoscience domain. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2009, 29(1), pp.42-48.