Venue & Date : Indian
Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore January 21 - 22, 2008
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
| Monday, 21st January 2008 | |
| 9.00am - 10.20am | Inaugural Session |
| Welcome by Prof. Siraj Hasan | |
| Inauguration by Dr. K. Kasturirangan | |
| Remarks by Prof. M. Vijayan | |
| Keynote address by Dr. Ross Bassett (University of North Carolina)
Archives - A Historian's view | |
| Vote of thanks by Dr. Christina Birdie | |
| Session I | |
| Topic: Collection Policies & Organization | |
| Chair: S. M. R. Ansari
(President, CHAMA) Rapporteur: Y. M. Patil (RRI, Bangalore) | |
| Speakers | |
| 10.45am - 11.05am | A. Ratnakar (Informatics, Delhi)
Collection development for archives: An overview |
| 11.05am – 11.25am | G. Sundar
(Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai) Collection development in Roja Muthiah Research Library: Overview of its policies |
| 11.25am – 11.45am | Usha Suresh (Karnataka State Archives,
Bangalore) Records management in state archives |
| 11.45am – 12.05pm | H. R. Mohan (The Hindu, Chennai) Preservation of Newspapers |
| 12.05pm – 12.25pm | Vrunda Pathare (Godrej Archives, Mumbai)
Godrej Archives: Making corporate memory |
| 12.25pm – 12.50pm | Discussion |
| 12.50pm - 14.15hrs | Lunch |
| 14.15hrs | Leave for IISc |
| Session II | |
| Topic: Setting up of Archives: Case Studies of different archives | |
| Chair: R. Gadagkar (IISc,
Bangalore) Rapporteur: Usha Mukunda (Centre for Learning, Bangalore) | |
| Speakers | |
| 15.30hrs - 15.50hrs | S. Venkadesan ...et al (IISc Archives,
Bangalore) Setting up archives at IISc – The story so far |
| 15.50hrs – 16.10hrs | Atri Mukhopadhyay (Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics, Kolkata) Building Meghnad Saha archives at the SINP |
| 16.10hrs – 16.30hrs | Indira Chowdhury
(TIFR Archives, Mumbai) Archiving institutional history: The setting up of the TIFR archives |
| 16.30hrs – 16.50hrs | A. Vagiswari
(IIA Archives, Bangalore) IIA archives: Role of the library in organizing the scientific contents |
| 16.50hrs – 17.10hrs | P. Sharma & Nishtha Anilkumar
(Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad) Sixty years of PRL: Preserving scientific heritage |
| 17.10hrs – 17.30hrs | Fr. G. Joseph Antonysamy & Fr.
Edward Jeganathan (Jesuit
Archives, Shenbaganur, Kodaikanal) Preservation of archival sources : Experiments and experiences at Jesuit Madurai province archives, Kodaikanal |
| 17.30hrs – 17.50hrs | Sanjeev Jain & Pratima Murthy (NIMHANS, Bangalore) Archives of madmen and specialists at the Lunatic Asylum, Bangalore (now the NIMHANS) |
| 17.50hrs – 18.10hrs | Discussion |
| Session III | |
| Chair: R. Gadagkar (IISc, Bangalore) Rapporteur: Sharath Ahuja (IISc, Bangalore) | |
| 18.30hrs – 19.30hrs | Invited talk by
Prof. P. Balaram (Director,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) Private philanthropy and Public good: The early history of the Indian Institute of Science |
| 20.00hrs | Dinner hosted by IISc |
| Tuesday, 22nd January 2008 | |
| Session I | |
| Topic: Preservation and Conservation I | |
| Chair: S. Subbaraman
(INTACH, Mysore) Rapporteur: Ricki Krishnan (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore) | |
| Speakers | |
| 9.30am – 9.50am | Madhu Rani (INTACH,
Bangalore) Creating a sympathetic environment for archival material |
| 9.50am – 10.10am | V. Jeyaraj (Madras Museum & Archives, Chennai)
Fire disaster management in archives and cultural institutions in tropical and Sub-tropical climate |
| 10.10am – 10.30am | P. Perumal (Saraswathi Mahal Library & Archives,
Tanjore) Conservation of palm leaf manuscripts |
| 10.30am – 10.50am | B. V. Kharbade (Conservation Research Laboratory, Mysore) Preliminary report on the use of neem and Negundo leaves in Preservation of library and archival materials |
| 10.50am – 11.05am | C. L. Prajapati (National
Archives of India, New Delhi) Preventive and curative conservation of documentary heritage |
| 11.05am – 11.20am | Discussion |
| 11.20am – 11.30am | Tea |
| Session II | |
| Topic: Preservation and Conservation II | |
| Chair: S. Venkadesan (IISc,
Bangalore) Rapporteur: Avinash D. Chinchure (NCBS, Bangalore) | |
| Speakers | |
| 11.30am – 11.50pm | Ramesh C. Gaur (IGNCA, New Delhi) Digitization and digital preservation of archival material experiences at IGNCA, New Delhi |
| 11.50am – 12.10pm | Deepthi Sasidharan (Tata Central
Archives, Pune) The archival care of photographic materials |
| 12.10am – 12.30pm | V. M. Hari & Ludwick, K. (Crats India, Bangalore) Modern technology for digitization & microform conversion |
| 12.30pm – 13.00hrs | Discussion |
| 13.00hrs - 14.00hrs | Lunch |
| 14.00hrs - 15.30hrs | Demonstration: P. Renganathan, Photolam systems & V. M. Hari, Crats India |
| Session III | |
| Topic: User's Perspective | |
| Chair: A. Ratnakar
(Informatics, New Delhi) Rapporteur: B. S. Shylaja (Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore) | |
| Speakers | |
| 15.30hrs – 15.50hrs | N. Kameswara Rao (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)
Science from IIA archives |
| 15.50hrs – 16.05hrs | D. C. V. Mallik (Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Bangalore) Need for collating and archiving source material on scientific discoveries and their discoverers |
| 16.05hrs – 16.25hrs | C. V. Vishveshwara (Jawaharlal Nehru
Planetarium, Bangalore) Need and use of archives: A personal experience |
| 16.25hrs – 16.30hrs | S. M. R. Ansari
(President, CHAMA) History of astronomy in 19th Century India: A survey of archival sources |
| Discussion | |
| Session IV | |
| Panel Discussion | |
| Chair: Roddam Narasimha (JNCASR, Bangalore)
Rapporteur: Amba Sanjeevi (Visiting Professor University of Madras, Chennai) | |
| Speakers | |
| Points for Discussion | |
| 1. Copyright Issues: Christina Birdie & A. Vagiswari | |
| 2. Development of Archives: Indira Chowdhury | |
| 3. Archival Standards: R. P. Narla | |
| 4. National Science Archives: S. Venkadesan | |
| Consolidation of Reports and Resolution | |
| Concluding Remarks | |