Tryst with Uncertainty: Efforts of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India

Autor/in	Majumdar, Sandip
Titel	Tryst with Uncertainty: Efforts of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India
Quelle	In: Education for Information, 36 (2020) 3, S.327-331 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8329
DOI	10.3233/EFI-200005
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Library Education; Departments; Distance Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Masters Programs; Doctoral Programs; Electronic Learning; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bibliothekarausbildung; Department; Abteilung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Doktorandenprogramm; Indien
Abstract	The whisper that started circulating in the air at the end of December 2019 ultimately has grown into a roar. Yes, a new strain and highly contagious virus known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (World Health Organization, n.d.) is spreading like a bush fire in every corner of earth, infecting every continent, the outbreak of which was first noticed in Wuhan, a city in Hubei province, China. In India, as the number of Corona infected cases rose steadily, a 14-hour voluntary public curfew (7 a.m. to 9 p.m.) was observed on 22nd March (Desk, 2020) as was proposed by the Prime Minister of India and eventually followed by implementation of pan India lockdown in three phases for 21, 19, and ongoing days respectively started on 25 March and continuing. Since then, all the academic institutions are closed. As this extraordinary situation has brought about multiple challenges in the conventional teaching-learning environment, it was felt that an overhaul of faculty-student communication process in a university set-up was imminent. In this article, the authors give an account of contactless remote interaction with students of the Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS), University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01