Digital lab for Karachi University
Digital lab inaugurated at Karachi University
Karachi, June 29: A digital library, set up at the University of Karachi (KU)'s Dr
Mehmud Hussain Library, was inaugurated on Monday. The library has been
funded and approved by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), and wad
constructed at a cost of Rs30 million. The digital lab has 150 P-Dual
Core machines, with the computers connected to the main KU communication network
using internet connectivity through a high speed fibre optic network.
"Dr Mehmud Hussain Library is one of the largest and oldest libraries of
Pakistan, and we are planning to develop it while keeping pace with the
progressing world," said KU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Pirzada Qasim while
addressing the inaugural ceremony of the digital lab. "At the moment,
our main goal is to modernise and digitise our systems, as well as developing
archives of the valuable research that is conducted at the University," he said.
The vice-chancellor said that KU is trying to facilitate research by
providing access to a number of digital international journals and the HEC's
digital library. The library was designed to accommodate 4,000 students,
but it is now facilitating some 25,000 students of BS, MS and PhD programmes, he
added. Acting Librarian Rashida Humayyun said that Dr Mehmud Hussain
Library is performing the task of scanning old and precious books, and making
them accessible for all. "We began our journey from 24 computers a few
years ago, but we now have more than 200 computers available for research
purposes," she said. "We want to ensure that students, scholars and
teachers of KU do not face any trouble in accessing these valuable books," she
added. The news
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Benazir Chair at KU
The acting director of the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto
Chair has announced that the launching ceremony of the chair scheduled for June
29, Tuesday, at the University of Karachi has been postponed and a new date will
be announced later.
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VC orders repairs in boys' hostels
Hyderabad: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sindh Professor Dr
Nazir A. Mughal has directed the hostel management and engineering wing of the
institution to ensure repair in hostels within two weeks. He issued the
directive during a visit to the Allama Iqbal, Allama I.I. Kazi, Allama Daudpota
and Ibne-Khuldoon hostels, expressing disappointment over poor cleanliness in
the kitchens of canteens, lawns and hostel rooms. He also visited the
portion of a block of a hostel occupied by police. He ordered the
officials concerned of the hostel management and engineering wing for proper
maintenance of lawns, repair, whitewash and replacement of damaged furniture,
doors and windows. He visited the central canteen of the hostels and
ordered for its modernisation. Later, he attended a meeting of the
officials of the hostel management and engineering wing and directed them to
complete repair and whitewash within the stipulated time. The
vice-chancellor said that zero point of the university would be beautified, and
separate motorcycle and car parking lots would also be establish there.
He said that every year Rs500,000 to Rs600,000 would be spent on the
beautification of zero point. He advised the director of students'
affairs to work with the engineering wing for beautification of front portion of
the building of the faculty of arts. The university, he said, would spend Rs1
million for the beautification of the area because a number of students, faculty
and alumnae of the university visited the institution daily. He said the
university was working to provide group insurance facility to its employees. Dawn
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FUUAST lecturars' recruitment test
Written Test for the recruitment of lecturars in Federal Urdu University of Science Arts and Technology (FUUAST)
will be held on July 4, under National Testing Service.
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'YLC to bring out the flair in youth'
Karachi: The six-day 'Young Leaders Conference (YLC) 2010' is starting in
Karachi from July 1, 2010. The annual event will be organised by the School of
Leadership (SoL). This conference would offer dynamic experience-based
education that focuses on economic development along with the opportunity to
learn from and exchange ideas with national and international top business
leaders, government representatives, diplomats, policy-makers, lobbyists,
journalists and academics, SoL spokesperson said. The conference focuses
on theme-based learning and activities with present day socio-economic
challenges. The theme 'Suno Ke Mein Hun Jawan' promises to cultivate the hidden
flair in the youth, he added. More than sixty experts and specialists
from Pakistan and abroad will facilitate the diverse programme, ranging from
socio-political to intercultural, development and entrepreneurial leadership.
The speakers will share valuable insights that will be of great assistance to
the participants in all walks of life, the spokesperson further said. The news
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