Dr. Mallinath Kumbar

Dr. Mallinath Kumbar
Designation  Professor
Email Id mallinathk@yahoo.com
Phone No  +91-821-2419397
Qualification  M.A., M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D
Area of Specialization  User studies, academic library system, metadata

Awards/ Recognitions

  • State Award from the Department of Youth Services,Government of Karnataka for securing First Rank inB.L.I.Sc. 1984
  • National Merit Scholarship 1985.

Number of Projects:

Sl. No

Principal Investigator (Mention if co-investigator)

Title

Supporting agency

Year

Amount (in Rupees)

  1.  

Deputy Coordinator

UGC Special Assistance Programme

University Grants Commission, New Delhi

2007-2012

26 Lakhs

  1.  

Co-Investigator

Technical Processing and Computerization of ISEC Library

Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore

2001

7 Lakhs (Completed)

  1.  

Co-Investigator

Mysore University Library Automation Project (MULAP)

University of Mysore

2002 - 2004

5.5 Lakhs

(Completed)

On-going

Sl. No.

Title of the project

Funding Agency

Amount

Date of

Commencement

Expected date of competition

1.

Vidyanidhi: Digital Library and E-Scholarship Portal

Ford Foundation

175 Lakhs

2002

 

  • Number of Ph.D candidates successfully completed : 05
  • Number of Ph.D candidates currently working : 05
  • Number of M.Phil candidates successfully completed : 02

Journals Publications:

  1. Growth and impact of research output of University of Mysore, 1996-2006: A case study. Journal of Information Management. Vol.39(4), 2008. pp. 247-257.
  2. Growth of Library and Information Science Research in India during 1957-2007: A study. SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science. Vol. 1 (2), 2009.
  3. Awareness and Use of Information Resources of a Special Library: A Case Study of the KMML Library. Kelpro Bulletin, Vol.12 (2), 2008, 49-76 p.
  4. Stages of Rural Development in India with Special Reference to Andhra Pradesh: A study. Accepted for publication in PEARL: A journal of Library and Information Science".
  5. Use of Information by Interdisciplinary Researchers in Chemical Sciences and Biological Sciences: A Comparative Study. Accepted for publication in JIST Journal of Information Science and Technology, 2009.
  6. ICTs for Dissemination of Development Information: An Analysis of Selected Cases. Published in "Indian Journal of Agricultural Library and Information Services, V (24), 2008. 
  7. Use of CD-ROMs and internet resources by the students in JNN college of engineering Shimoga: A survey. SRELS journal of Information Management. Vol.45(2), 2008. pp. 235-241.
  8. Research productivity in library and information science in India during 1957-2006. SRELS journal of Information Management. Vol.45(1), 2008. pp. 71-80.
  9. Use of internet in engineering colleges of three districts of Karnataka state: A study. ILA Bulletin. 43(1), January-March, 2007. pp. 13 - 18. 
  10. RSS based information services in libraries: A study. With N.S. Harinarayana and Pradeep P. Library Herald. Vol 45(2), June 2007, pp. 130-139.
  11. Teachers attitude towards library facilities and information resources in first grade colleges in Shimoga district: a survey. With M.S. Lohar. SRELS Journal of Information Management.Vol. 44(2), June 2007. pp. 179 - 206. 
  12. Authorship trend and collaborative research in agricultural sciences. With N.S. Harinarayana and Tejaswini T. IASLIC Bulletin.50(4), Dec 2005. pp. 241-248. 
  13. Use of electronic resources by research scholars in CFTRI, Mysore: A study..With N. Vasantha Raju N and Praveen J. K. ILA Bulletin.41(3), July - Sept, 2005. pp. 16 - 20. 
  14. Teachers attitude towards library resources and services in aided and unaided first grade colleges in Shimoga district: A survey. With M.S. Lohar. SRELS Journal of Information Management.42(4) 2005. pp. 493 - 514. 
  15. College libraries in Shimoga district: A survey. With M.S. Lohar. SRELS Journal of Information Management.42(3) Sept. 2005. pp. 335-353. 
  16. Internet and its use in SJCE: A case study. With Siddayya Shirur. SRELS Journal of Information Management.40(2), June 2003. pp. 169 - 176. 
  17. Use of library facilities and information resources in Sahyadri College, Shimoga: A study. With M.S. Lohar. Annals of Library and Information Studies.49(3), 2002. pp. 73-87. 
  18. Rural libraries (in Kannada).Granthalaya Vijnana.1(4) 2002. pp. 10-12.
  19. Maintenance of home libraries (in Kannada).Granthalaya Vijnana.1(4) 2002. pp. 27-31.
  20. Application of information technology in catalogue and cataloguing: Indian scene.International Library Movement.23(1), 2001 pp. 41 -47. 
  21. CD-ROM in libraries: An information storage and retrieval tool (in Kannada). Granthalaya Vijnana.1(1), July 2001. pp. 43 - 49. 
  22. Stock verification and loss of books in college libraries: A survey .SRELS Journal of Information Management.37(3). 2000 pp. 189 - 197.
  23. Citation pattern in the field of environmental sciences. Library Science with a Slant to Documentation and Information Studies. Vol 35(3). Sept. 1998.
  24. Bibliometric analysis of Ophthalmology literature. Library Science with a Slant to Documentation and Information Studies. Vol 35(3). June. 1998.
  25. Use of mass media and public library by the rural community: A study. Annals of Library Science and Documentation. Vol. 44 (3), 1997. pp. 86-92.
  26. Use of information technology in library services. Herald of Library Science. Vol. 35(1-2), 1996. pp. 17 - 23.
  27. The concept of paperless society. Indian Journal of Agricultural Library and Information Science. Vol 21. 1993. pp. 46 - 48.
  28. Bibliometrics and scientometrics tools for measurement productivity in agricultural research. Indian Journal of Information, Library and Soceity. Vol 6(3-4), 1993. pp. 169 - 177.
  29. Reading habit and youth (Kannada). Karnataka Granthalaya. Vol 22(4), 1991. pp. 19 - 23.
  30. Role of public libraries in rural development (Kannada). Karnataka Granthalaya. Vol (3-4), 1990. pp. 17-22.

Books and Courseware

  1. Library and Information Science in the Digital Era. New Delhi, Indian Library Association, 2010.
  2. Academic library systems and services. With S. Padmamma and B. U. Kannappanavar. Shimoga: Kuvempu University, 2005.
  3. Rules for cataloguing of electronic resources. SIM Unit. MLIS -8. Block - 1. Unit 1 of MLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2006.
  4. MARC21. SIM Unit. MLIS -8. Block - 1. Unit 2 of MLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2006.
  5. Dublin Core. SIM Unit. MLIS -8. Block - 1. Unit 3 of MLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2006
  6. Graphical presentation of data. SIM Unit. MLIS -6. Block 4. Unit 11 of MLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2006.
  7. Report writing. SIM Unit. MLIS -6. Block 4. Unit 12 of MLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2006.
  8. Evaluation of research report. SIM Unit. MLIS -6. Block 4. Unit 13 of MLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2006. 
  9. AACR2 - Preliminaries. SIM Unit. BLS -8. Block 1. Unit 1 of BLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2002.
  10. Cataloguing of books of single personal authors in AACR2. SIM Unit. BLS -8. Block 1. Unit 2 of BLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2002.
  11. Cataloguing of shared responsibility and editorial directions in AACR2. SIM Unit. BLS -8. Block 1. Unit 3 of BLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2002.
  12. Cataloguing of books of choice among different names and references in AACR2. SIM Unit. BLS -8. Block 2. Unit 4 of BLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2002.
  13. Assigning call numbers: Different methods. BLIS - 3. Block 4. Unit -11 of BLIS program of KSOU. Mysore: KSOU, 2002

Conference/ Seminar organized:

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Status as organizer

Title of the conference/ seminar

Date

1

Co-chair

National conference on Library 2.0

May-2008

2.

Joint organizing secretary

International Conference on Webometrics, Infometrics and Scientometrics (WIS)

To be held from 19 to 22, October 2010.

Conference/ seminar chaired:

Sl. No.

Title

Organized by

Date

1

National Conference on Webometrics, Infometrics and Scientometrics (WIS)

Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad.

22 December, 2009.

2

Modernization of Collage Library Services BLDE First Grade College Bijapur

BLDE First Grade College Bijapur

2008

Conferences:

International Conferences

  1. Technical Know how: An essential issue in digital services. International Conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries. Organized by DRTC, ISI, Bangalore. 21-23 February 2007.
  2. Content syndication: A new solution to the old problem. 4th International CALIBER 2006 on "Dynamic Interoperable Web based Information Systems" Organized by UGC INFLIBNET and Gulbarga University, Gulbarga.2 - 4 February, 2006. 
  3. Students attitudes towards digital resources and services in BIET Davanagere: A survey. Third International CALIBER, 2005 on "Multilingual Computing and Information Management in Networked Digital Environment". Organized by Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi and Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad. .2- 4, February, 2005. 
  4. Unicode for encoding Indian language databases: A case study of Kannada and Hindi scripts..22nd International Unicode Conference. Organised at San Jose, California.9 - 13 September, 2002. 
  5. A multilingual-multiscript database of Indian Theses: Implementation of Unicode at Vidyanidhi. With Shalini R. Urs and N.S. Harinarayana. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries on "Digital libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology". Springer-Verlag, London, UK, 2002.
    Science Citation Index has indexed this paper. (Print out from Web of Science enclosed)
    This paper has so far received 7 citations (Print out from Web of Science enclosed)

National Conferences

  1. Scientometrics portrait of H. S. Yathirajan. National conference on webometrics, Infomatrics and scientometrics. Held from 21 to 22 December 2009. Organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Krnatak University, Dharwad.
  2. Use and Utilization of E-resources by the Faculty and PG Students at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal: A Case Study. 55th ILA conference on Library and Information Science in the Digital Era. Held from 21 to 24 January, 2010. Organised by Birla Institute of Management Technology & Rangnathan Society for Social Welfare and Library Development, Greater Nodida, Uttar Pradesh.
  3. From street campaigning to online campaigning: Indian national political party websites. Proceeding of National Conference on Information Technology and its Applications held from 21-22 November, 2009. Organized by Center for Information Science and Technology, University of Mysore, Mysore.
  4. Teaching with social book marking: An experience in using a pedagogical tool del.icio.us. XXIV IATLIS National Conference on Equity of LIS education in IT-based pedagogical environment of the knowledge society, held from 19-21 November, 2007. Organized by IATLIS and Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharrwad.
  5. Websites of management sciences: An evaluative study.4th Convention. Planner - 2006. Organized by UGC INFLIBNET and Mizoram University, Aizwal, Mizoram. 9 - 10 November, 2006. 
  6. Universal availability of Information: open source resources. XXV All India Conference of IASLIC on "LIS Profession in India: Vision for 2010". Organised by IASLIC and IIT Madras, Chennai..26-29 December, 2005. 
  7. New writing tools: Changing roles for LIS teachers and students. XXII IATLIS National Conference on "Quality education in library and information science". Organized by IATLIS and Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli..24 - 26 November, 2005. 
  8. Digital resources for chemical safety information: An overview. Conference on "Recent Advances in Information Technology (READIT)". Organised by Madras Library Association and IGCAR, Kalpakam. 14 - 15 July 2005. 
  9. Use of digital resources in speech and hearing: A study. 4th ASSIST national seminar on "Digital Resources and Services in Libraries". Organized by Kuvempu University, Shimoga and ASSIST, Bangalore. Apl 30 - May 1, 2004. 
  10. Open source software for digital libraries: A web survey. 4th ASSIST national seminar on "Digital Resources and Services in Libraries". Organized by Kuvempu University, Shimoga and ASSIST, Bangalore. Apl 30 - May 1, 2004. 
  11. MARC as a metadata format: Issues and concerns. First ASSIST seminar on "Internet resources and librarianship". Organized by ASSIST, Bangalore.12 - 14 August, 2001. 
  12. Electronic information resources: A methodological approach towards introducing users. CALIBER 2001. Organized by Puna University, Pune and UGC-INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad.15 -16 March, 2001. 
  13. Networking physically handicapped polytechnic library: A proposal. CALIBER 2000. Organized by University of Madras, Chennai and UGC-INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad.16 - 18 February, 2000.
  14. Multimedia technology and its impact on education. National IATLIS Conference. Organised by IATLIS and Osmania University, Hyderabad.
  15. User education in university libraries. 5th national convention. CALIBER 1998. Organised by Utkal University, Bhubaneswar and UGC-INFLIBNET.
  16. TQM and its implementation in library and information science environment. 43rd ILA National Conference. Organised by Punjab University, Chandigarh. 5 - 8, November, 1997.
  17. Internet based information services. XXI IASLIC conference on "Information superhighway: Its impact on library and information services in India". Organised by IASLIC and Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. 26-29 Dec, 1997.
  18. Internet and its impact on library and information services. National Conference. Organised by Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. 8-10 Jan, 1998.
  19. Science and technology application of scientometric studies. National Conference on "Bibliometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics". Organised by State Youth Librarians Association, Bangalore. 14 - 16 November 1994.
  20. Rural library services for community development in Karnataka. Conference organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad and Department of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka. June 1995.

Chairman/ Member of Authority/ Committee etc:

Administrative Experience:

  • Chairman. (January 2006 - 07). Department of Library and Information Science.
  • Chairman (In -Charge) (August 2000 - February 2001). Department of Library and Information Science.
  • Chairman/Member in Academic Bodies:
  • Chairman BOS. (2009- Till date ). University of Mysore, Mysore
  • Member of BOS. (2000 - 2009). University of Mysore, Mysore
  • Chairman BOE. (2004 & 2006). University of Mysore, Mysore.
  • Member, Faculty of Science and Technology. (2001 - 2008). University of Mysore, Mysore.
  • Member of BOS. (2005 - 2008). Kuvempu University, Shimoga.
  • Member of Expert Committee, Tamil Nadu SLET. (2004 - 06). Bharatiar University, Coimbatore.
  • Member of BOE BLISc. (2006 -2007). Annamalai University.
  • Chairman of BOE M. Phil. (2006 - 2009). Annamalai University.
  • Chairman of BOE MLISc (2006). Calicut University, Calicut.
  • Member of BOE. (2004 - 2008). Calicut University. Calicut.
  • Member of BOE. (2005 -2006). Madras University, Chennai.
  • Member of BOE. (2004 -2005). Gulbarga University, Gulbarga.
  • Member of BOE. (2003 -2005). Karnatak University, Dharwad.
  • Chairman of BOE. (2004). University of Mysore. Mysore.
  • Member of BOE. (2001 -2003). University of Mysore. Mysore
  • Member of BOS. (2005 -2007). Calicut University, Calicut.
  • Member of BOS. (2001 - 2003). Mangalore University, Mangalagangori.

Membership in other committees:

  • Member of Expert Committee. Library automation committee of JSS poly-technique for physically handicapped, Mysore.
  • Member of Editorial Committee. MyLISA newsletter. 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Membership to professional Organizations/ Associations:

  • Life Member of Indian Library Association (ILA)
  • Life Member of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS)
  • Life Member of Karantaka Libraries Association (KALA)
  • Life Member of Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA)

Other information:

Believing that a faculty is to be involved in the development of profession, I have associated myself in the activities of local and regional professional associations.  I have played a major role in the formation of Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA).  MyLISA's activities are now acclaimed to be one the active professional association with the motto of "think globally and act locally".  Under my stewardship as faculty coordinator for Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA), I have tried to give a new outlook to the activities of the association by making it more students centric.