Specialisation: Library classification; Information sources, systems and services; Legal Information system, Community Information System

Contact information:

(a) Residential Address: 11/2/1, Puratan Shire Lane, Santragachi, Howrah – 711 104

(b) Permanent Address: Village- Srikrishnapur, P.O.- Sukdebpur, Dist- 24 PGS(S), PIN-74350

Academic qualifications:

Research interests:

• Information Technology in Libraries
• Security Management
• Collection Development
• Information sources, systems and services
• Bibliometrics
• Digital Resource Management
• Human Relations
• Church archives and libraries
• User needs and satisfaction

Select list of publications:

(a) Journals:

College automation in Calcutta. Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies (CUJIS), No.3, 2000-01, pp.47-55. (ISSN: 0973-5771).

Information Technology (IT) units of the Central Library in the light of 150 years of the Calcutta University. Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies (CUJIS), No. 7&8, 2006, pp.5-25. (ISSN: 0973-5771).

Vidyanidhi of Mysore University: an approach to digital information services for research scholars (With Asis Kumar Karan). Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies (CUJIS), No. 7&8, 2006, pp.74-79. (ISSN: 0973-5771).

Electronic resources in the library of the University of Calcutta. Calcutta University Journal of Information Studies (CUJIS), No. 9 & 10, 2008, pp.86-94. (ISSN: 0973-5771).

(b) Book Chapters:

Academic library management: experiences of the professionals: a collection of articles (edited with Dr. Dibyendu Paul). UGC-Academic Staff College, CU, Kolkata, 2013. ISBN: 978-81-9253-132-8.

Challenges of user education in the University libraries: an Indian perspective (with Abhijit Chatterjee). In Modern Indian College Library: user trends, edited by Chandrakanta Paik. Rohini Nandan, Kolkata, 2013, p.143-160.(ISBN 978-81- 928721-1-7).

Security challenges in University libraries of India (with Abhijit Chatterjee). In Challenges of academic Library management in developing countries, by S. Thanuskodi. Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), USA, 2013, pp.94-111. ISBN: 978-1-4666-4070-2 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-4666- 4071-9 (ebook).