Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof. Raj Kumar Kothari launches the WBSU Open Educational Resources, Sponsored by Commonwealth Educational & Media Centre for Asia

Schedule Event Date: 12th September 2023

The Central Library with the help of Commonwealth Educational and Media Centre for Asia undertook a project to develop Institutional Open Educational Repository at the University, as a part of this project the library conducted its first Capacity Building Workshop from March 1-3, 2023. More than 67 University professors, college Librarians of our affiliated colleges and also professors from other universities participated to this workshop. Again on May 17, 2023 the library organized a OER Policy Making Workshop for the HODs of the University. 23 HODs participated to this day long workshop and prepared the Policy of University OER. Dr. Barnali Roychoudhury was the Resource person for both the workshops from CEMCA.Then the library team started working on repository and we are happy that the repository has been formally launched by our Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof. Raj Kumar Kothari and dedicated it for the usage of University faculties and students today, September 12, 2023. In his inaugural address professor Kothari offered his sincere thanks to the Director of CEMCA DR. B Shadrach for his continuous support and help to make this dream project a success. He expressed his happiness to see the design, development and content of the repository and encouraged students, teachers and scholars to use this repository and also contribute their work to make it more attractive. He thanked everyone present there.

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