The National Library day celebrated at Father Muller Charitable Institutions Library on 12th August 2022, at 3.00p.m in the Decennial Memorial Hall of Father Muller Knowledge Centre. The occasion was to Commemorate the 130 th Birth anniversary of Padmashri Late Dr. S R Ranganathan who is considered as father of Library Science in India.

To mark this celebration, Inter Medical Collegiate Undergraduate General Knowledge Quiz ‘MULLER LIBER – 2022’ was held and Eight Medical Colleges of D.K & Udupi district was participated in this event. Dr. Anil Shetty, Professor of Paediatrics, FMMC was the quiz master. Dr Maitreyee D.S., Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Library Committee Member welcomed the gathering. Dr Padmaja Udaya Kumar, HOD, Department of Pharmacology, presented the participant certificates. The Library Committee Chairperson, Secretary, Faculty and Students were present during the quiz. The following students were the Winners of the Quiz

The Program began with Invocation with a prayer song followed by welcome address by Dr. Venkatesha B M , Professor & former H.O.D, Dept of Medicine, Chairperson of the Central Library Committee. The Program was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by the Chief Guest. Dr Hima Urmila Shetty, Chairperson, Dr. M.V Shetty Memorial Trust along with other dignitaries on the dais namely, Rev. Fr Richard A Coelho, Director, FMCI, Rev. Fr Ajith B. Menezes, Administrator, FMMC, Dr. Antony Sylvan D’Souza, Dean, FMMC, Dr. Venkatesh B M, Chairperson, Central Library Committee, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo Chief Librarian, FMCI and Secretary of the Central Library Committee .

Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, briefed about the life sketch of the Father of Library Science Late Dr. S.R. Ranganathan.

Dr Devina Rodrigues, Vice Principal & PG Co-ordinator, FMCON Introduced the Chief Guest to the gathering.

In the Inaugural Address the Chief Guest Professor Dr Hima Urmila Shetty, thanked the FMCI for the opportunity to be amidst the august gathering and shared her experience with the Libraries across the globe as well as her deep love with reading and books. She highlighted the facts about the father of library science, Dr. S R Ranganathan, his presence in Mangalore and his passion towards Library Science.

She opined that a library must cater to different types of readers – the advanced as well as the novice. She noted that in recent times the libraries remain undervalued and underused globally. The advancement of technology has only added more fuel to this fire. Technological advances in accessing information have pushed the readers away from the print version. Ironically, she remembered a few lines from the CEO of Google who opined that books are essential to augment knowledge.

Dr Shetty described how reading incorporated complex and higher cognitive function. Reading is a skill where a person imbibes and digests the entire book. Further a good reader spreads the knowledge to future generations. She recalled how in the ancient times the scriptures had to memorized and passed on to the next generation. Thus with the birth of reading and writing there was a revolution in the manner in which the knowledge was spread. She highlighted the fact that Indians stand tall as avid readers and opined that well read citizen are essential to a vibrant democracy. It is essential that we continue to be avid readers no matter which language we prefer and the Librarians must encourage people to develop the reading culture. Else we gradually lose the connection with our history, tradition, and culture.

of its own. Whereas technology is robotizing the accessibility to books. Though millions of books are available on our screens with just a click, we are turning into mere book collectors and are piling them up, rather than imbibing the knowledge from them.

Dr Shetty suggested that a healthy reading culture can be developed by adopting a book, reading it and recommend it to others in return. She urged that FMCI develops a healthy reading culture among the students and faculty members of the constituent institutes. She narrated an interesting experience where she met a parent who was trying to imbibe a reading culture in the child. The parent paid 10 dollars to the child every time he completed a book and gradually the child developed the healthy habit of reading. She called it the finest investment ever.

Lastly, she strongly believed that a library is a wealth to an individual, his/her family and more importantly to the entire nation and urged that the FMCI works towards developing the reading culture.

On the occasion prizes were distributed to the winners. The Best Library user awards given to the students in 3 categories based on highest usage of Library in Undergraduate Section, Postgraduate section & Utilization of e-resource in the e-library.

Best User Award

Prizes to the Academic Achievers: Course wise Book Prizes were distributed.

Academic Achievers

BMJ Research to Publication Awardees

BMJ Research to Publication Recognition selection based on those who have completed above 50 modules of Research to Publication honored with mementos as follows:

Faculties

Students

Lucky Draw Winner

M/s. CBS Publishers & Distributors has conducted Lucky Draw on Manipal manual of Surgery Book and the winner was Ms. Sandra Paul – MBBS 2018 Batch & also honoured the sponsors those who have contributed to the success of National Library Day celebration.

During Presidential address Rev. Fr. Richard A Coelho, Director- FMCI expressed his contentment that FMCI has organized a grand scale program for the second time to celebrate the National Library Day.

He expressed that a library is a treasure as well as resource. However, he endorsed Dr. Shetty in her views that the advances in technology have rendered the libraries a monument in recent times. He noted the fact how the libraries across the globe remain underused and under-accessed. The current generation seems lethargic and do not use the resources and facilities to the fullest. Previously, people would call an avid reader a “Book worm”, but unfortunately today the tribe of passionate readers is declining. He strongly opined that the availability has surpassed the utilization where libraries remain un-accessed. The once golden era of government libraries is bygone. Further, he added that the contribution of readers to the society was unparalleled. And everyone must develop a good reading culture. A mere scanning or incomplete reading will not help in imbibing knowledge. Rather we need to dwell into what the book has to offer.

Lastly, he acknowledged the contributions of the Chief Librarian for her tireless services in developing and maintaining the facilities at the library with a well managed team and making the resources accessible to all. Furthermore, he applauded the contributions of chairperson of the library committee FMCI. He appealed to all to read and spread knowledge.

Fr Richard A Coelho, Director, FMCI, presented the Memento to the Chief Guest Dr. Hima Urmila Shetty.

The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. John Martis, Professor of General Surgery, FMMC, Member of the Central Library Committee, and the program was meticulously compered by Dr Reshma G. Kini, Associate Professor, Pathology FMMC.

The Program concluded by Institutional Anthem followed by high tea.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized the Webinar on DELNET: Resources & Services on 17thAugust 2022 at 3.00 pm in the Decennial Memorial Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students of various Institutions of Father Mullers and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person, Dr Sangeeta Kaul, Director, DELNET - Developing Library Network, New Delhi, and also introduced the Moderator Dr. Prema Dcunha, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The Resource person gave an introduction and briefed the objectives about the DELNET. She presented a Power Point presentation and later given a live demo on DELNET. Father Muller Medical College is a member-institution of DELNET which is a single largest Resource Sharing Library Network in India and outside the country. She also briefed about Inter Library Loan(ILL) and Document Delivery Service(DDS). DELNET connects nearly 7600 institutions in India it provides access to more than 3.7 crore records of books, journal articles through its Discovery Portal. Also it provides access to nearly 1.6 crore full-text e-books, e-journals, e-articles etc., through its Knowledge Gainer Portal.

There was a good response for the session over 397 Faculty, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session with the Resource Person through the Moderator. At the end, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the Vote of Thanks. Mrs. Shanthi Menezes, Library Assistant compeered the Program.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a Training Program on “Thieme MedOne ComSci”, held on 07 th July 2022 at 2.30 pm in the Conference Hall.

Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, Welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person Mr. A Arun Kumar, Area Sales Manager for South, Thieme Medical & Publishing Group, Bangalore.

Mr. A Arun Kumar presented a PowerPoint presentation on Thieme MedOne ComSci. He defined this database as a powerful platform, it works as both a learning and teaching tool and also Mobile access. MedOne ComSci is a Comprehensive online reference for Audiologists and Speech - Language Pathologists. A live demo on the Functionality of E-Journals, E-Books, Playlists-Favourite content to add, Downloading Images for Presentation, Video Tutorials, Images, and Cases presented by the Resource Person.

The Librarian gave a live demo on “Thieme MedOne ComSci Access Anywhere” through RemotLog.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Students of Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing and the Faculty of Central Library. There was a good response to the Program, over 110 Faculty and Students attended and were actively involved in the interaction Session.

Mrs. Shanthi Menezes, Library Asst. proposed the Vote of Thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized the awareness program on "Onboarding Webcast Training Session on "Turnitin", Originality Check software on 17 th June 2022 at 3.30 pm in the Conference Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of our Institutions and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person, Mr. Gautam Raval, Professional & Educational Services Specialist, South Asia and also the Moderator Dr Shivashankar A.R Professor, Department of Biochemistry.

The Resource person presented a Power Point presentation and a live demo on “Turnitin” Originality check software. He defined the Plagiarism, How to create classes, add students and create assignments and access the assignment inbox; Understand the difference between plagiarism & text similarity and interpret the similarity report.

There was a good response for the session over 145 Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Research students attended and actively involved in the interactive session with the Resource Person through the Moderator. At the end, Dr. Anahita R. Shenoy Basti, Associate Professor of Physiology and member of the Central Library Committee proposed the Vote of Thanks.

“BMJ User Awareness Session – Staying updated with latest Medical Information and getting published with high quality journals made simple”

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a "BMJ User Awareness Session - Staying updated with latest Medical Information and getting published with high-quality journals made simple" on 2 nd   June 2022 between 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm. in the Conference Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMCOAHS, CON and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Chairperson of the Central Library Committee, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Persons. Dr Simi Kaul works as a Senior Clinical Editor at BMJ India,  Ms. Pooja Nair, Manager Customer Engagement with BMJ, Noida U.P. and Mr. R. Anand Manager for Institutional Businesses with BMJ in South India and Srilanka were the resource persons for the session.

Dr Simi Kaul, presented a PowerPoint presentation on publishing articles with BMJ. She has explained writing a paper, Planning, Choosing the right format, Getting the right title, writing the cover letter, structured abstract, writing the research paper, structure, style, language etc.

Ms Pooja Nair, gave Training on Case reports and  briefed on Journals, Authorship, Editorial Policy, Patient consent and Global Health Reports. She also explained how to write and submit the case reports.   There are 3 types of templates and 6 steps to submit the case reports, also explained BMJ Research to publications.

The quiz was conducted by Ms Pooja Nair, the resource person and  the winners are:

• Dr  Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCL
• Dr  Prema D'Cunha, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, FMMC
• Dr  Narayan V., Professor, Community Medicine, FMMC
• Dr  A. Preethi Rai, Assistant Professor, Pathology, FMMC
• Ms Gatty Aishwarya Prabhakar, Lecturer, Physiotherapy, FMCOAHS

There was an overwhelming response to the session. Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and were actively involved in the interactive session. Dr Antony Sylvan Dsouza, Dean- FMMC was present for the session. Dr John Martis, Professor of General Surgery and a member of the Central Library Committee, proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Charitable Institutions and the Central Library Committee organized a webinar on “Preparing a publication ready manuscript for an Indexed Journal” on 25th February 2022 at 3.00.p.m.  Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian extended a warm welcome and introduced Ms. Beejal Mandalia, Associate Marketing Manager, Wolters Kluwer, Medknow Publications and the resource person Mrs. Mamta Java,  Senior Managing Editor, Wolters Kluwer,  Medknow Publications.

Mrs. Mamta Java, the resource person presented a PowerPoint presentation and shared the information on Preparing a publication ready manuscript for an Indexed Journal. She has highlighted the importance of Planning, Writing the Paper, Using Research Reporting Guidelines, Standard Practices in Ethical Reporting, Journal Selection, Peer Review, Key requirements for Indexed Journals. Over 97 faculties and students participated and actively involved in the interactive session. The webinar concluded with vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a Virtual training session on "UpToDate: Evidence-based Clinical Decision Support Tool" on 30th November 2021 at 3.30 pm in the Decennial Memorial Hall. The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMCAHS, CON and Library Committee Members. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee highlighted the importance of this session. Dr. Venkatesha B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Chairperson of the Central Library Committee, welcomed the gathering and the Moderator Dr Manjunath J., Professor and  HOD, Department of Nephrology and also introduced the Resource Person Dr. Pragnesh Pokar, a physician, leads the Customer Success Function in India for UpToDate, WoltersKluwer Health.

Dr. Pragnesh Pokar, the resource person, presented ppt and a live demo on UpToDate: Evidence-based Clinical Decision Support Tool. UpToDate contains over 25 Specialties, 12,000 Clinical Topics, 1,500 Patient topics, 7,400 Physicians Author, 6,900 Drug information, 36,000 Graphics. UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical resource. It includes a collection of Medical and Patient information, Topic search, Drug interaction, Contents search, Graphic search, and export to PowerPoint, Patient Education, Calculators, UpToDate Pathway and UpToDate access through Mobile Apps, access to Lexi-comp drug monographs and drug-to-drug interactions.

There was a good response for the session. Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and were actively involved in the interactive session. Mrs. Anupama K., Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy and a member of the Central Library Committee proposed the vote of thanks.  

National Library Week Celebrated by Organizing Health Science Books Exhibition on 16th and 17th November 2021. Total 6 Book Vendors/Publishers Participated. Faculty Selected Books for Central and Departmental Libraries. There was good response from the Faculty and Students.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a session on "Writing BMJ Case Reports and Publishing Research Articles" on 18th November 2021 between 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm. in the Conference Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMCAHS, CON and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Chairperson of the Central Library Committee, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person. Ms. Pooja Nair, Manager Customer Engagement with BMJ, Noida U.P. and Mr. R. Anand Manager for Institutional Businesses with BMJ in South India and Srilanka. 

Ms. Pooja Nair, the Resource Person, gave a session on Writing BMJ Case Reports and Publishing Research Articles. She has highlighted the importance of the contents of these resources.

BMJ Case Reports - She has explained how to write BMJ Case Reports, about the Authorship, Formatting Images, Editorial Policy, Patient consent and Global Health Reports. Users of Father Muller Medical College can publish any number of case reports with out paying article processing fees. Already published case reports can be reused in class room teaching and students learning process. The case reports published are indexed in Scopus and pubmed. 

Research to Publication - The Resource Person briefed  on online research methodology program specifically designed for doctors and healthcare researchers. There are 8 courses having a total of 52 modules. Users completing just 5 modules will be eligible to avail 70% discount on article processing fees. Users completing all 52 modules will be provided with a course completion certificate having the joint certification of Father Muller Medical College. This certificate is valid for NAAC and NABH accredations. The Resource Person said that 2 of our faculties have completed 52 modules. 

The Resource Person said that in future Father Muller Medical College will get an opportunity to avail 100% discount on article processing fees with all BMJ open access journals. And also explained BMJ Best practice and cleared some of the doubts raised by the faculties. 

There was an overwhelming response for the session. Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session. Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Dean-FMMC was present. Dr Maitreyee D.S., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and member of the Central Library Committee proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee compered the program.

Father Muller Medical College and The Central Library Committee organized an online webinar on “Lecturio Discussion” on 18th September 2021 at 3.30 pm.

Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, welcomed the gathering. The Resource Person, Dr. Inder Pahal, Global Director Institutional Partner briefed on digital learning platform for medical education, Faculty and students views, Library Management System, Curriculum, Clinical Lectures, Create assignments, Search engine, Create test, Create own course and to add Video Lectures etc. The resource person cleared some of the doubts raised by the faculties. To conclude Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Dean-FMMC said that it’s a good digital learning platform, once the free trial access activated and will decide to subscribe based on the feedback received from the faculties and Thanked all.

A webinar on Clinical Key for Research Organized on 23rd March 2021 at 4.00pm. Organized by Mr. Vikram Sudhakar, Customer Engagement Manager, Elsevier in Collaboration with RGUHS for new Postgraduate Students of Father Muller Medical College.

Mr. Vikram Sudhakar briefed on 7 steps of Research, Systematic Reviews, Journal Finder, Procedure Videos, Multimedia Images, Drug Information, e-Journals, e-books, Clinical cases covered in Clinical Key.

Over 50 Postgraduates students attended the Webinar.

Father Muller Medical College and The Central Library Committee organized a Two Days Online Workshop on “BMJ Resources” on 15 th July 2021 at 3.00 pm and on 16 th July 2021 at 3.30 pm..

The online session on 15 th July began at 3.00 pm on BMJ Journals and Research to Publications. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian extended a warm welcome and introduced the Resource Person Ms. Pooja Nair, Manager Customer Engagement, New Delhi and Mr. R. Anand, Manager Institutional Businesses South India, West India and Srilanka, British Medical Journals.

Ms. Pooja Nair Introduced the BMJ Resources and explained about BMJ Journals, how to find the articles, advance search and how to find the information about the author and to visit the BMJ author hub. She said that BMJ case report is very interesting and very popular resource, it is one of the largest collection of clinical case reports and can access to over 20,000 cases from over 140 countries. She also explained how we can write and submit the case report, there are 3 types of templates and 6 steps to submit the case reports.

The online session on 16 th July began at 3.30 pm on BMJ Case Reports Writing. Dr.Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Chairperson, Central Library Committee, extended a warm welcome and introduced the Resource Person. Dr.Seema Biswas, General Surgeon, Chief Editor of BMJ Case Reports, U. K and Mr. R. Anand, Manager - BMJ.

Dr.Seema Biswas has explained how to write BMJ Case Reports, about the Authorship, Formatting Images, Editorial Policy, Patient consent, Global Health Reports, and the Novel Learning etc.

Faculty and Students of various courses attended the program and actively involved in the interactive session. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized a webinar on user awareness program on "Thieme MedOne ComSci" held on 08th April 2021 at 11.30am for the benefit of Faculty and Postgraduate Students of Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing.

Venue of the Webinar,: Seminar Hall, Department of Speech and Hearing.

Dr. Mahesh B V M, Associate Professor and Incharge Vice Principal - Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing (FMCOSH), Welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person. Mr. Arun Kumar (Area Sales Manager, Karnataka Region). Mr. Arun Kumar presented a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation that Briefed on the Functionality of E-Journals, E-Books, Playlists-Favourite content to add, Downloading Images for Presentation, Mobile app, Video Tutorials, Images, and Cases. Followed by this, a demonstration of all the above contents in real-time was provided by the resource person. The resource person also took time to clear some of the doubts raised by a few of the faculties and students. The Program was attended by Faculty and Postgraduate Students.

The programme was concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Ms. Cynthia Santhmayor.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized an online Zoom meeting on “INCISION Academy Awareness Program” on 26th March 2021 at 3.30.p.m. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian extended a warm welcome and introduced the International Resource person Dr. Aiden Molavi, Medical Consultant, INCISION, Netherlands. During the open zoom meeting, the resource person shared the information on INCISION Academy. It contains 450+ courses, 3D Anatomy Models, Step by step Methodology, Surgical Video’s covered on all surgical disciplines, online platform for sharing surgical skills, Surgical Procedures, OBGYN & Midwifery procedures. The platform is divided into Courses, Anatomy & Tests. Faculties and students need to register and create an account through registration code and then take the course anywhere as per their convenience. All sections of the courses have 10 questions, 3 attempts & 70% of the score is required to get the certificate from Royal College of Surgeons. Over 61 participants attended the Webinar and interacted with the resource person. Mrs. Shanthi Crasta, Library Assistant proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a Demo on “BMJ Resources” on 12th February 2021 between 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMAHS, CON and Speech and Hearing, SON, Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person Mr. R. Anand, Manager – Institutional Businesses South India, West India and Srilanka, British Medical Journals. Welcomed Ms. Vidhya Priya R., Vikas e-learning & subscription services was sponsorer for this program.

Mr. R. Anand, Manager – BMJ, Resource person, gave a live demo on BMJ Resources. He has highlighted the importance of the contents of these resources. He said that BMJ contains Specialty wise 70 Online Journals along with BMJ case reports, under these 40 Journals with perpetual access are subscription based and remaining Journals are open access. He briefed on BMJ Case reports, also explained BMJ Research to publications. Case reports fellowship enables to students and faculties to download, reuse already published case reports and submit and publish any number of case reports without paying any article publication charges. The case reports published are indexed in Scopus, PubMed and CINAHL. Research to publication is a research methodology and publishing program specifically designed for doctors and healthcare researchers. The program consists of 8 courses and 52 modules with 200 hours of learning. It helps researchers to get their papers published with reputed journals. Faculties and students need to register and create an account through institutions internet and then take the course anywhere as per their convenience.

There was an overwhelming response of over 220 Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session. Dr Antony Sylvan D’Souza, Dean-FMCAHS was present. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee has organized a live webinar on “Effective Utilization of J-Gate for Learning, Teaching, Research and Project Work” on October 20th 2020 at 3.00 pm.

Mr. Rahul S – Asst Manager, Training and Business Development, Informatics Publishing Ltd., Bangalore, was the Resource Person. He has welcomed the Faculty & Students of FMMC. The resource person presented PowerPoint Presentation & a live demo on J-Gate e-resource. He has explained How to search Journal articles, My Library Journals, My Favorite Journals, How to register J-Gate? , Journal Rankings, Thesis, Book Series, Conference Proceeding, Audio/Video & Citation Styles. Briefed on different search options like Basic search, Advanced search, Search History, View Marked Results. Faculty and Postgraduate students participated and cleared their doubts.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre has organized a Webinar on “Clinical Key for Research” on 21st October 2020 at 4 p.m for the benefit of First year Post graduate students of FMMC.

Mr. Vikram Sudhakar, Customer Engagement Manager, Elsevier, Conducted the program. Briefed on Research perspectives, Point of care Tool, Drug Monograph, Images and videos, How to use the images for Journal club presentation. Tips for article writing etc. Faculty and Postgraduate students participated and cleared their doubts.

Father Muller Central Library Committee has organized a live webinar on “DynaMed - Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool” on September 18th, 2020 at 3.30 pm. 

Dr. Venkatesh B. M. Professor, Department of Medicine and Chairperson of the Library Committee welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource person.

Mr. Venkatesha Kumar. S., Business Manager, EBSCO Information Services has given the Introduction of DynaMed. Dr. Poulami Dass, Medical Advisor, EBSCO presented the PowerPoint Presentation and a live demo on Clinical Decision Support (CDS) DynaMed and Micromedex with Watson. She has explained the encompasses a variety of tools to enhance decision-making in the clinical workflow and health care & other tools – computerized alerts & reminders, clinical guidelines, patient data reports & summary, documentation templates, diagnostic support. She also explained problems with Clinical information & Dynamed’s 7 stage Evidence-Based Methodology, Specialty coverage, Medical Calculators, Recent updates, Drug Information, and Interaction. Over 70 faculties and students attended the webinar.

In the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee in association with Father Muller Medical College organized a seminar on PGMEE and NEXT on 12th March 2020 between 11.00 am to 12.30 pm. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program began with prayer, followed by Welcome address by Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Chairperson, Central Library Committee. Sir, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person Dr. Apurv Mehra, MBBS, MS-Orthopaedics, DNB-Orthopedics/Orthopaedic Surgery, a Teacher, and Winner of prestigious P T Rao Gold Medal. He is a renowned Arthroplasty and Arthroscopy surgeon. Rev. Fr. Ajith Menezes presented a bouquet to Dr. Apurv Mehra. Also Welcomed and Introduced Mr. Naveen Chandra K. Marketing Manager, Prepladder Pvt. Ltd. Mangalore. Who has introduced Prepladder, Medical PG preparation content to Father Muller Medical College. Dr. Padmaja UdayKumar presented a bouquet to Mr. Naveen Chandra K. Welcomed the Administrator-FMMC, Dean in his absence, Vice-Dean, Faculty, Interns, and Students of FMMC and the Library Committee Members.

Rev. Father Ajith Menezes, Administrator, Father Muller Medical College, highlighted the importance of the program.

Dr. Apurv Mehra, the resource Person, presented a PowerPoint presentation on Pearls of success, Evaluation of main exams, What is NEXT? NEET, Clinical Aspects, NEXT for success, Integrated approach and What is Prepladder?

Mr. Naveen Chandra K. Marketing Manager has given few compliments to the MBBS Interns and Students. They are 2 months of free access, Subscription offer, Discount on subscription, etc,

There was an overwhelming response from the Students, over 380 MBBS Students and Interns actively participated and interacted with the Resource Person. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee, proposed the Vote of Thanks. Dr. Reshma Kini, Associate Professor of Pathology and the Library Committee Member compered the program.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized an Onboarding Webcast Training Session on “Turnitin” Originality Check Software on 31st January 2020 between 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm in the Decennial Memorial Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, CON, Faculty of Speech & Hearing and SON, Research Students, and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee, Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and the Moderator Dr. Varadaraj Shenoy, Professor of Pediatrics and Convenor of Scientific Committee, and introduced the Resource Person Mr. Akshay Prasanna, Professional & Educational Services, TurnitIndia Education Pvt. Ltd., Noida, UP. Dr. Sanjeev Rai, COR, FMCI, welcomed the Moderator Dr. Varadaraj Shenoy with a flower.

Mr. Akshay Prasanna, Professional & Educational Services, TurnitIndia Education Pvt. Ltd., Noida, UP was the Resource Person. He gave a webcast demo (Live platform) on the “Turnitin” Originality check software. He briefed What is Turnitin? importance, how to make use and the benefits of Turnitin software. He also highlighted the procedure creating a user profile, Adding a class, creating a new assignment, uploading the documents to view originality reports, etc.

There was an overwhelming response from the Faculty and Students, over 180 Postgraduate Students and Faculty actively participated and interacted with the Resource Person through the Moderator. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee FMCI, proposed the Vote of Thanks.

An awareness program on “ProQuest and EBSCO CINAHL Databases” was organized by the Father Muller Central Library on 14th October 2019 at 3.00 pm in the DM Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate students of Father Muller Medical College and College of Nursing. Dr. Padmaja Udayakumar Professor & H.O.D of Pharmacology and Vice-Dean of Father Muller Medical College, welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person.

There were 2 sessions. Mr. Srijith S - Training & Consultant Partner, Asia pacific ProQuest, was the resource person for the first session. A live demo and PowerPoint Presentation on ProQuest was given by the resource person. He has highlighted the importance of the contents of Health and Medical plus Nursing and Allied Health Collection. Briefed on Basic and Advanced search, e-Books, e-Journals, Citation, MESH-Subject Heading and to create alerts etc.

Mr. M S Srinivasa - Training Manager – (Karnataka & Telangana), EBSCO Information Services, New Delhi was the resource person for the second session. A live demo and PowerPoint Presentation on EBSCO CINAHL given by the resource person. Brief information given on basic and advanced search, skills with videos, nursing procedures, Quick lesson, Evidence-Based sheet and Systematic reviews etc.

There was an overwhelming response, over 320 Faculty and Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session.

The Father Muller Central Library celebrated the first ever library day at the Father Muller Charitable Institutions on 27 August 2019. The occasion was to commemorate the 127th birth anniversary of the father of library science in India, Padmashri Dr S R Ranganathan, who pioneered the library revolution in India.

The programme began with prayer through a video song, followed by welcome address by Dr Venkatesha B M- the Chairperson of Central Library Committee. The programme was inaugurated by lighting of the lamp by chief guest Prof Dr Ravishankar Rao- Professor, Dept of English at Mangalore University, along with other dignitaries on the dais, namely Fr Rudolph Ravi D’Sa- Administrator of Father Muller Medical College Hospital; Fr Ajith Menezes-Administrator, Father Muller Medical College; Dr Jayaprakash Alva- Dean, FMMC; Dr Venkatesha B M; and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo- the Librarian at FMCI Library.

In his inaugural address, Prof Dr Ravishankar Rao said, “Library Day is a day with a deep sense of commitment. At present we live in an information society, but many have lost the touch of reading books, instead they browse through the Internet for knowledge. These days going to a library is an arduous task for many, because of the other electronic gadgets they can rely on for information. But once you start going to the library, you’ll get more attracted to it eventually, like a magnet. The library is a growing mechanism, and people go to the library to discover something they know. You should know that nothing comes out without reading, so a library is an ideal place for that”.

In his presidential address, Fr Rudolph D’sa said, “I am overwhelmed to note that in the history of FMCI the National Library Day is organized for the First time, and has received a tremendous response, with a houseful audience. “You need to sacrifice to receive something said today’s chief guest”, and to gain the knowledge you need to sacrifice a little of your time in reading. Don’t read good books instead read only the best books. There are a variety of books on a variety of subjects in the library, which is a source of knowledge, a source of social revolution and so on. Reading books can give you more knowledge than browsing through the Internet more often. Make a change in your lives- visit the library more often, read more and you’ll imbibe all the knowledge you need”

Best User Award

Ms Floris Ann Francis – MBBS 2015 Batch
(Number of hours used in a year 3328:32:00)

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized an awareness program on “INCISION Nursing Films” on 20 th June 2019 between 2.30pm to 3.30pm in the D.M. Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and students of Father Muller College and School of Nursing along with the Faculty of Central Library. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, the Librarian, welcomed the audience to the program and introduced the resource person.

Mr. Kishore Sunder, Product Marketing Manager in Informatics Publishing, Bangalore was the resource person. Briefed silent features of the database, primarily targeting Midwifery and Medical Surgical specialty and followed by the test with actively participating with the jam-packed audience.

There was an overwhelming response from the Faculty and Students, over 290 Students and Faculty actively participated and interacted with the resource person. Mrs. Shanthi Crasta, Library Asst. proposed the vote of thanks.

An awareness program on Access Medicine and JAMA Evidence Based Medicine was organized by the Father Muller Central Library on 26th April 2019 at 3.00pm in the Conference Hall. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian welcomed the gathering, introduced the resource person and highlighted the importance of the awareness program. She said that in the present tech savvy era, electronic resources are very useful to researchers. Internet is the important component in the information communication process. She also briefed the advantages of electronic resources. Mr. Sagar Betageri, Accounts Manager, Subscription Sales-South India was the resource person. A live demo on access medicine and JAMA evidence based medicine given by the resource person. He has highlighted the importance of the contents of these products. He said that Access Medicine contains text books and each text books are complemented with Power point presentations, videos, review questions, cases etc., It also contains Quick reference tools, Drugs, Multimedia, Study tools, Patient Education etc. JAMA Evidence Based Medicine contains 3 text books. Chapters are complimented with education guide slides, audios, calculators, worksheets etc. Also the resource person briefed about “5A’s” of EBM practice. Over 150 Faculty and Postgraduate students from various Departments of Father Muller Medical College, College of Nursing, and College of Speech and Hearing attended the program and participated in the interaction session. Dr. Venkatesh B. M. Professor, Department of Medicine and Chairperson of the Library Committee proposed the vote of thanks at the end of the program.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre in Collaboration with Father Muller College of Speech & Hearing, organized a workshop on “Thieme-Medone Communication Science” on 14th February 2019 between 10.30am to 12noon in the Seminar Hall of the college of Speech & Hearing.

The program was attended by the Faculty and students of Father Muller College of Speech & Hearing along with the Faculty of Central Library. Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, welcomed the audience to the program and introduced the resource person.

Mr. A. Arun Kumar, Area Sales Manager for South India, Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., was the resource person. The resource person gave a detailed live demo on Thieme –Medone Communication Science. The e-resource contains over 50 e-books, e-journals, and 160 clinical cases, 160 videos, 50 Audios, playlists and around 7000 images. He highlighted the procedure for downloading the files, the use of Medone App, and how to create a Medone- Comsci playlist etc.

There was an overwhelming response from the Faculty and Students, over 100 Faculty and students actively participated and interacted with the resource person. At the end, Prof. Akhilesh P.M., Principal, Father Muller College of Speech & Hearing, proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre has organized a Demonstration session on “EBSCO’s Dynamed Plus” the evidence based point of care clinical reference tool on 7 th December 2018 between 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm in the Conference Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate students of Father Muller Medical College. Dr Nagesh K.R., Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee introduced the resource person and welcomed the audience to the program.

Dr. Haitham El-Baghdady, a Medical doctor, Health Implementation Manager, EBSCO’s Dynamed Plus was the resource person for the demonstration session. The resource person has highlighted the features of Dynamed Plus which includes Evidence-based contents over 500 e-journals, 3,200 articles, guidelines etc., that can be accessed anywhere; Recent updates, calculators, case management where the users can quickly find answers to the clinical questions; Where and how to get the healthcare information; Systematic reviews, Evidence Based healthcare Pyramid, and How to use the model.

Dr. Nicole Pereira, Asst. Professor, Department of Pharmacology downloaded the Dynamed plus App very quickly and she received the prize from the resource person.

Faculty and postgraduate students were participated actively during the program. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a live demo on “3D INCISION – Surgical Database” on 3D Anatomy Model on 30 th November 2018 between 2.15 pm & 3.15 pm in the Lecture Hall of Medical College “B” Block.

The program was attended by the Faculty of Anatomy Department and 1st MBBS Students of Father Muller Medical College. Dr Nagesh KR, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee welcomed the audience to the program and at the end proposed the vote of thanks.

The Resource Person Mr. Kishore Sundar, Product Manager Marketing - Online Journals and Databases, Informatics Publishing Bangalore gave a demo on “3D INCISION – Anatomy Model” and highlighted its various features. He said that these models are available in the form of pictures and videos. 2D and 3D inlays provide a better understanding of different Anatomical structure.

Faculty of Anatomy and 1 st MBBS students attended the program and participated in the interactive session.

The program ended with thanking the resource person and audience.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a live demo on “3D INCISION – Surgical Database” on 27 th November 2018 between 3.30 pm & 4.30 pm in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate students of Father Muller Medical College. Dr Nagesh KR, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee welcomed the audience to the program.

The Resource Person Mr. Kishore Sundar, Product Manager Marketing - Online Journals and Databases, Informatics Publishing Bangalore gave a demo on “3D INCISION – Surgical Database” and highlighted its various features. He said that the procedures are available in different methods like open, laproscopic, robotic. Each procedure is filmed with 2D and 3D models. Each film contains Introduction, step-by-step methods, Anatomy in 3D model, objectives, pre-post operative chapters, test to assess the students. There is an option for giving feedback and chat online with Incision team.

Faculty and postgraduate students participated actively in the program and had interaction with resource person. Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a demo on “INCISION – Self Teaching Surgery Procedures” on 28th March 2018 between 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by the Postgraduate students and Faculty of Surgical Speciality of Father Muller Medical College. The program began with welcome/Introduction of the resource person by Dr Nagesh K.R., Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee.

The Resource Person Mr. Abhishek Matty, Sales Manager, Informatics publishing Bangalore, gave a brief demo on surgical films in different methods. The procedure includes 3D Anatomy, smart learning tools and tests for tracking learning progress. These surgical procedures are accredited from Royal College of surgeon of England. Faculty and postgraduates students attended the program and participated in the interaction session.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized Training session on “Clinical Key” on 18 th September 2017 between 3.00p.m to 4.00p.m in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty and Postgraduate Students of Father Muller Medical College. The program began with Welcome/Introduction of the resource person by Dr. Nagesh KR, Professor and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee. Rev Fr. Ajith Menezes, Administrator, FMMC welcomed the resource person.

The Resource person Mr. Nitheen Patric, Customer Engagement Manager for Elsevier Health Care Division, shared his knowledge on Clinical Key by demonstrating the database. Briefed on Basic search, e-Books, e-Journals, Drug Monographs, Guidelines, Patient Education, Multimedia, Power point presentation by downloading images and to register Clinical Key etc.

There was an overwhelming response from the Medical College Faculty and Students, many have attended the program and participated in the interaction session. At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, proposed the vote of thanks.

A live Demonstration session on “Grammarly” organized by Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) on 28 th July 2017. Dr. Nagesh KR, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person. Rev Fr. Ajith Menezes, Administrator, FMMC welcomed the resource person by offering a Bouquet.

The resource person, Mr. Diwakar Dubey, Sales Manager, Medical Education, Bridge People Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore gave a live demo on Grammarly and highlighted its features. Briefed the benefits, usage of Grammarly and informed that it is a tool which supports writing better by checking the writing errors, structure, format, sentences, vocabulary etc., thereby prevents plagiarism. It also helps to write different bibliographical styles.

There was an overwhelming response from the participants. Over 154 faculty and Postgraduate students actively participated and interacted with the resource person. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized a Training and Demonstration session on “J-Gate” on 2 nd June 2017. Mr Mahesh G., Training Manager – Informatics Publishing Limited, Bangalore was the resource person for the training session.

Dr Nagesh K.R. Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology & the Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person.

The resource person gave demonstration on J-Gate e-resource. Briefed on Basic search, Advanced search, All Journals - number of full-text Journals, How to search Journal articles, My Library Journals, My Favorite Journals, How to register J-Gate? Journal / Author Finder etc.

Faculty and Postgraduate students actively participated and cleared their doubts. At the end, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized a Training and Demonstration session on “UpToDate Anywhere” on 7 th March 2017. Dr. I. Vinod, Marketing & Training – Lead, Clinical Effectiveness/UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer India (Health) was the resource person for the training session.

Dr Nagesh K.R, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology & the Library Committee Chairperson welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person.

The resource person gave demonstration on Uptodate evidence based e-resource and highlighted its features - Topic search, Drug interaction, usage of abbreviation, contents search, graphic search and to export it to PowerPoint, patient education and Uptodate access through Mobile Apps etc. Faculty and Postgraduate students actively participated and cleared their doubts. At the end, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks.

Fr Muller Knowledge Centre organized a workshop on EndNote and research on 27 th August 2016 at Decennial Memorial Hall of Knowledge Centre. More than 260 Faculty members and students of various Institutions participated in the workshop.

Dr Nagesh K.R., H.O.D. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Chairperson of the Library Committee welcomed the gathering. Rev. Fr. Rudolph Ravi D’Sa, Administrator, FMMC highlighted the importance of the workshop. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo introduced the resource person Dr. Gopakumar V., University Librarian, Goa University, Goa.

Dr Gopakumar V presented a live session on Mendeley open source software. He has trained us how to create bibliography using Mendeley software & through MS word. Mendeley is free academic software to manage, share and cite research papers. Mendeley is very useful to researchers for research work and citation. He has briefed on research, how to write, Quality papers, creating Library, Managing documents, references, citing references, generating bibliographies, using groups, importing PDF files etc. The session was indeed very useful and informative. Good response from faculty and students, who have actively participated in the interactive session, many have raised questions and cleared their doubts. At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI, presented a memento to the resource person as a token of love and appreciation. Mrs. Shanthi Crasta, Library Assistant, proposed the vote of thanks. Dr Swetha Shanbhag, Staff of the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology was MC of the program.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized user awareness workshop on Elsevier’s e-resource – “Science Direct” on 21 st may 2016 between 11.00 am to 12.00 noon in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The Workshop began with welcome and introduction of the resource person by Dr.Nagesh K.R., Professor & Head of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and the Library Committee chairperson. Dr. Jayaprakash Alva, Dean of Father Muller Medical College addressed about the purpose of this workshop and benefits of e-resource and advised the faculty and students to make use of the e-resources available in the Library. The resource person Mr. Gunjan Hajela, Sr. Customer Engagement Manager – South Asia, Elsevier, Health Solutions, Gurgaon gave a detailed insight on “Science Direct”. He briefed about the Basic search, Advanced search, downloading articles directly to Mendeley (Open access software), selecting different styles to write bibliographies, different type of search techniques which help to narrow down the search results, number of full-text Journals available in Science direct under HELINET Consortium etc. He has also highlighted the features of other e-resources such as “Clinical Key” and “Scopus”. There was a good response from the faculty, residents and students, who have actively participated in the interactive session and cleared their doubts. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. Swetha Shanbhag, Staff of Forensic Medicine Department was the MC of the program.

A workshop on “HELINET Programme of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences” was organised for the Teaching Staff of Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College, Deralakatte on 16.07.13 as a part of Faculty Development Pragramme. The Teaching staff gathered at the college library at 2.30 p.m.

Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Chief Librarian of Father Muller Charitable Institutions was the resource person for the session. She created an awareness on HELINET Consortium (Health Science Library Information Network) its adoption, mission, goals etc., Also, she gave a live demonstration in using digital Library of RGUHS.

The Department of Hospital Administration conducted a Guest Lecture on “Accessibility to E-Resources”, on 17 th October 2015 at MHA Lecture hall. The guest speaker was Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Chief Librarian, Knowledge Centre FMMC. The guest speaker gave an insight into the various E-Resources that can be accessed through the E-Library located in the Knowledge Centre of the Institution.

Father Muller College of Nursing, Department of Nursing Research conducted a seminar on Introduction to Research: Online search on 14 ^th December 2013. The aim of the seminar was equip the undergraduates for effective review of literate. The Undergraduate (BSc & PBBSc) 142 students of various colleges attended the workshop. Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, the Chief Librarian, FMCI was the Resource person. The highlights of the seminar was on fetching the articles through on online search, journals and articles reviews, J -Gate, Fed- Gate, e-learning modules, Up-to- date and other websites. The seminar was organized by Mrs. Bridget D Silva, Department of Nursing Research. The seminar ended by proposing vote of thanks by Ms Gladis Abraham, BSc Nursing Student

The Inauguration and Blessing of FMMC Decennial Memorial Building and the knowledge centre commenced on Thursday 16th June at 4pm. The chief guest of the function was Dr K. N. Vijayaprakash, Commissioner, Mangalore City Corporation. The chief guest inaugurated the building with the cutting of the ribbon. This was followed by the Blessing of the new building by the Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore, Diocese and President of Father Muller Charitable Institutions. The dignitaries present for the inaugural were Rev Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Rev Fr Richard Coelho, Rev Fr Denis D'Sa, Rev Fr Vincent Saldanha and Dr JP Alva. All the staff, PGs and interns of FMMC were present on this occasion.

The formal function was held in the conference hall on the top floor.The programme began with a prayer song. The welcome address was given by Rev Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Director, FMCI. This was followed by the message by the chief guest Dr N. Vijayaprakash. The architect and builder of the building were felicitated by the Bishop. Rev Fr Denis D'Sa delivered the vote of thanks. The programme ended with a video presentation of the Decennial Memorial building and the institutional anthem.

This knowledge centre is equipped with more than 26,000 textbooks of various health science specialities and more than 1000 National and international health science journals. Also the library has availed the membership of DELNET e-resources and subscribed 'Up to date' data base. The library is automated and biometric units are installed at the entry and exit of the library.

Open-ended Consortium held on 12.06.2012 held at Knowledge Centre Hall by Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized user awareness workshop on Elsevier's E-resource – “Clinical Key” on 08 th December 2014 between 3.00p.m to 4.00p.m in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Interns of Father Muller Medical College. The program began with Welcome/Introduction by Dr. Erel A.I. Diaz, Prof. & H.O.D of Surgery and Library Committee Chairperson.

The Resource person Mr. Hajela Gunjan, Customer Engagement Manager for Elsevier Health Sciences and Mr. S.R Varun, Sales Manager for online Products of Elsevier Health Sciences gave a detailed demonstration on Clinical Key. Briefed on Basic search, Books, Journals, Drug Monographs, Guidelines, Patient Education, Multimedia, CME and How to register Clinical Key etc.

There was very good response from the Faculty and Students, many have attended the program and participated in the interaction section.

At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, proposed the vote of thanks.

A Training Programme on SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software was held at Father Muller Knowledge Centre Hall On 09 th July 2015 between 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The resource person Mr Subramanya K ., Statistician, IBM SPSS South Asia Private Limited, Bangalore presented a detailed PPT on Introduction to SPSS, Advanced Statistics, How to apply different types of tests, Custom Tables, Correlation and Regression etc ., in the morning.

The Karnataka Health Sciences Library Association ® (KHSLA) and Fr Muller Medical College in association with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore jointly organized two days conference at FMMC Decennial Memorial Hall on 24 th and 25 th January 2013. The theme of the conference was “Evidence Based-Health Science Librarianship”. Around 150 delegates from all over Karnataka attended this Conference.

Day 1:

The first day began at 9.30 am with the Pre-conference session; Dr Ramaraj Urs, University Librarian, RGUHS, Bangalore gave useful insights on Evidence Based Medicine and the role of Librarians in Evidence Based Medicine.

Later at 11am, the inaugural programme began with an invocation. Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services welcomed the gathering.

The conference was formally inaugurated by lighting the auspicious lamp by the dignitaries present on the dais.

Professor Dr K Ramnarayan, Vice-Chancellor, Manipal University, Was the Chief Guest. Rev.Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Director, FMCI presided over the function. Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director, Rev. Fr Denis D’Sa, Administrator, FMMC & FMCON, Dr P S Mahesh President KHSLA, Mr Venkatesh, Secretary KHSLA, Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Secretary, Organizing Committee were present on the dais.

A Conference Volume was released by Dr K Ramnarayan on this occasion. Mr Nagaraj, retired Librarian, KIMS Bangalore was felicitated by the dignitaries.

Dr. Mahesh, President of the Association briefed about the vision of the Association and highlighted about the conference theme and sub-theme and appealed the Librarians to not only support the health care professionals but also help to evaluate the knowledge.

KHSLA Secretary Mr. Venkatesh read out the KHSLA report on the occasion. Rev. Fr Denis D’ Sa, Administrator, FMMC & FMCON introduced the chief guest Prof (Dr) K Ramnarayan to the gathering.

Dr Ramnarayan in his inaugural address said that, conference such as this gives an opportunity to learn and let others know what we are doing. Library connects the users to new knowledge and the librarians are the best teachers to build the knowledge. Librarians should be more proactive to dig out the information in catering the needs of the health Sciences Professionals.

Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director in his keynote address said that” Evidence Based-Health Science Librarianship (EB-HSL)” is to support, and to practice EBM. The EB-HSL requires the knowledge of EBM and POC resources to support clinical decisions.

In his presidential address, Rev. Fr Patrick said Librarians should be able to satisfy proactively the needs of the doctors. The researchers and health care professionals are finding it difficult to search the right information from the ocean of information. It is the duty of the librarians to act as catalyst and support them to find the wealth of information.

At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Organising Secretary proposed the vote of thanks.

After the Inauguration Program the scientific papers were presented as a part of technical sessions.

Day 2:

The day began at 9.30 am with the technical sessions followed by the valedictory session at 12.30pm (noon).

Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services, Rev. Fr Denis D’Sa Administrator, FMMC & FMCON, Prof. (Dr) Jayaprakash Alva, Chairman, Organizing Committee Dr P S Mahesh, President KHSLA, Mr Venkatesh, Secretary KHSLA, Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Secretary, Organizing committee were present on the dais.

The programme began with an invocation. Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Welcomed the gathering. On behalf of the delegates Mr. John Librarian, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore and Mr. Dattatreya, Librarian, JJMC Davangere gave their valuable feedback on their 2 days experience.

Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services, Rev. Fr Denis D’ Sa Administrator, addressed the gathering .

Mrs. Shashikala Bhat, Repporteur General, read out the brief report of the 5 th Annual Conference of KHSLA, Dr P S Mahesh delivered the presidential address.

Dr Nagaraj, Librarian, KIMS, Bangalore was felicitated on this occasion.

Totally 18 Scientific papers were presented, Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director announced the best participant and best paper Award.

The valedictory function concluded after Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Organising secretary of this Conference expressed her gratitude with a vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized user awareness program on Library subscribed E-resource on J-Gate and a demo on EndNote on 17 th October 2014 between 3.00p.m to 4.30 p.m. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Interns of Father Muller Medical College, College of Nursing, School of Nursing and Speech and Hearing. The program began with Welcome/Introduction by Dr. Erel A.I. Diaz, Prof. & H.O.D of Surgery and Library Committee Chairperson.

The Resource person Mr. Ravishankar, Training Consultant, Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore, gave a detailed demonstration on J-Gate (Biomedical Sciences) resource, briefed on Basic search, Advanced search, How to use Boolean operators? How to register J-Gate? How to search Journal articles etc.

Also given a demo on EndNote (A Bibliographic Reference Management Software) Mr. Ravishankar said that this product is useful to those who are in the habit of publishing research papers in Journals. Training given on to search online database, to collect full text articles & to create bibliographies. He said that there are over 6,000+ styles to format bibliography.

Many have attended the program, participated in the interaction section. At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized user awareness program on Library subscribed e-resources on J-GATE, FEDGATE AND EZPROXY on 25 th November 2013 between 3.00p.m. to 4.30p.m. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Interns of Father Muller Medical College, College of Nursing, School of Nursing and Speech and Hearing. The program began with Welcome/Introduction by Dr. Erel A. I. Diaz, Prof. & H.O.D. of Surgery and Library Committee Chairperson.

The Resource person Mr. Ravishankar, Training Consultant, Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore, gave a detailed demonstration on what is J-Gate?, J-Gate Features and Benefits, J-Gate Products and Services etc,

The Resource person Mr. Satish P, IT & Product Development Manager, Informatics, India Ltd, Bangalore, gave demonstration on FEDgate and EZproxy. The sessions were informative and very useful.

Many have attended the program, participated in the interaction section. The resource persons were very happy by seeing the crowd.

At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

SC/ST Book Bank Hand over Function at Conference Hall – District Social Welfare Officer was with us on 27.06.2009