Universal Briefing (UB) is a voluntary non-profit making non-governmental platform with principle focus on "Library & Information Services"; it will try to inculcate professional expertise among young professionals, develop tools and techniques to expedite the professional skills among budding generations, disseminate new knowledge through research activities, try to foster information handling skill among students, to build an atmosphere of togetherness and fraternity within society and finally advocates its belief in open education, open science and openness of knowledge.
| Title | Role of Library Professionals to meet the changing demand of "Generation Z" in this digital era |
| Speaker | Dr. Sushanta Banerjee, University Librarian & Incharge of the Department of Library & Information Science, West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Arun Chakraborty, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Netaji Subhas Open University |
| Date | 31-05-2025 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Book Recommendation System: Collaborative filtering-driven approach |
| Speaker | Debolina Biswas, Junior Research Fellow, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Tanushree Rakshit, Librarian, Uluberia College, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Date | 26-04-2025 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Impact of Open Educational Resources in Digital Learning Environment |
| Speaker | Dr. Nilima Paul, Librarian, Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith,Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Pronobi Porel, Librarian, Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, West Bengal |
| Date | 29-03-2025 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Diversity among authors and editors representing LIS literature |
| Speaker | Niladri Majumdar, Junior Research Fellow, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Soumen Mondal, Librarian, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 01-03-2025 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | The Matilda Effect: Invisible Women Scientists in Science |
| Speaker | Ms. Apala Chatterjee Librarian, P.R. Thakur Govt. College Thakurnagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Ziaur Rahman, Associate Professor & Head Dept. of Library and Information Science, Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal |
| Date | 25-01-2025 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | AI Tools for Research: a voyage or an excursion |
| Speaker | Dr. Avik Roy, Librarian, Derozio Memorial College, Rajarhat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Swapan Khan, Librarian, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Date | 04-01-2025 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Impact of Web Accessibility on Health Information- Seeking Behavior of Specially Abled Persons |
| Speaker | Subham Das, Junior Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Madhusri Ghosh Upadhyay, Deputy Librarian, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata. |
| Date | 30-11-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Evaluating Scholarly Communication on Sustainable Data Security in Library Systems |
| Speaker | Gargi Dhali, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya NFR, New Jalpaiguri
Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Sanat Kumar Bhattacharya, Assistant Librarian, In-Charge, Siksha Bhavana Library, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan |
| Date | 09-11-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Title | Stylometric Study: a practical approach |
| Speaker | Avijit Naskar, Librarian, PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya Bagafa (BSF), Tripura |
| Presided by | Dr. Swapan Khan, Librarian, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Date | 28-09-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Title | Mapping the Emerging Literatures Covered in Dewey Decimal Classification: a study |
| Speaker | Dr. Nikita Lama, Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Calcutta |
| Presided by | Dr. Tapan Barui, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal |
| Date | 31-08-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | User’s need in the libraries of central government institutes working for the empowerment of differently abled persons: a study |
| Speaker | Dr. Kaustuv Chakrabarti, Librarian, Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Gayatri Paul, Documentation Superintendent, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata |
| Date | 27-07-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Rabindranather Granthagar Bhabona |
| Speaker | Dr. Partha Pratim Ray, Deputy Librarian, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Udayan Bhattacharya, Professor, Department of library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata |
| Date | 29-06-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Weeding out Judiciously: rejuvenate the library usage for better future |
| Speaker | Mr. Debashish Mukherjee, Librarian, Department of Mechanical Engeering, Jadavpur University |
| Presided by | Dr. Avik Roy, Librarian, Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata |
| Date | 25-05-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Analyzing Trends : A Content Analysis of Library & Information Science News |
| Speaker | Chandana Paul Dutta, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tarakeswar |
| Presided by | Dr. Soumen Mondal, Librarian, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata |
| Date | 27-04-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Classifying Motion Pictures: Towards Construction of a Special Classification Scheme |
| Speaker | Avijit Haldar, Librarian, Women's Christian College, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Ankira Sanyal, Librarian, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Kolkata |
| Date | 06-04-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Open Educational Resources: A Holistic View from Definition to Application |
| Speaker | Jaya Sharma, Librarian, Government General Degree College Singur, Hooghly, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Suparna Naskar, Librarian, Kandi Raj College, Murshidabad, West Bengal |
| Date | 02-03-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Beyond the Convention: Developing Green Libraries in India for Sustainable Development |
| Speaker | Rupali Rupasmita Pradhan, Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University |
| Presided by | Dr. Soumen Mandal, Librarian, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata |
| Date | 27-01-2024 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Structuring Self-Instructional Materials for LIS Distance Education: Role of instructional Design Theory |
| Speaker | Dr. Anamika Das, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Netaji Subhas Open University |
| Presided by | Dr. Biswajit Das, University Librarian, University of Gour Banga, Malda |
| Date | 23-12-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Emerging trends in Library and Information Science |
| Speaker | Dr. Susmita Sarkar Basu, Librarian, Bankim Sardar College, Tangrakhali, South 24 Parganas |
| Presided by | Dr. Pronobi Porel, Librarian, Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly |
| Date | 25-11-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
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| Speaker | Dr. Madhusri Ghosh Upadhyaya, Deputy Librarian, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Ranjan Samanta, Librarian, Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata |
| Date | 04-11-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Artificial Intelligence: Boon or bane for the libraries |
| Speaker | Bangashree Dey, Librarian, Muralidhar Girls College, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Sanat Bhattacharya, Librarian-in-Charge, at the Institute of Science Library, Visva-Bharati University |
| Date | 30-09-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Research Productivity and It's Influencing Factors: The Case of Six Top Universities in West Bengal |
| Speaker | Mr. Santanu Misra, Librarian & Senior Executive, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Tapan Barui, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal |
| Date | 02-09-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Controlled Vocabularies versus Social Tags: a comparative analysis |
| Speaker | Dr. Arindam Sarkar, Librarian, IILDS, Sonarpur, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Soumen Mondal, Librarian, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata |
| Date | 29-07-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Peer Review and Allied Concepts: in search of a new paradigm |
| Speaker | Tanushree Rakshit, Librarian, Uluberia College, Howrah |
| Presided by | Dr. Swapan Khan, Librarian, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah |
| Date | 24-06-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Research Productivity and It's Influencing Factors: The Case of Six Top Universities in West Bengal |
| Speaker | Dr. Arijit Das, Assistant Professor, FLISc, ICFAI University, Tripura |
| Presided by | Dr. Madhusri Ghosh Upadhyay, Deputy Librarian, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata |
| Date | 27-05-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Importance of N-gram Analysis in Library and Information Science: A Case Study with the Concept of Gender Spectrum |
| Speaker | Ankira Sanyal, Librarian, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, Dumdum, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Pronobi Porel, Librarian, Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Champadanga, Hooghly |
| Date | 29-04-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Revision of Library and Information Science Concepts in Wikipedia |
| Speaker | Chaitali Ghosh, Assistant Librarian, School of Education Technology, Jadavpur University |
| Presided by | Dr. Atanu Das, Librarian, Vivekjananda College for Women, Kolkata |
| Date | 25-03-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Design and Development of a Library App through MIT App Inventor |
| Speaker | Soumen Mondal, Librarian, Govt. General Degree College Salboni, Paschim Medinipur, WB |
| Presided by | Dr. Suparna Naskar, Librarian, Kandi Raj College, Murshidabad, WB |
| Date | 25-02-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Content analysis and descriptive catalogue of Arabic, Urdu & Persian manuscript of Visva-Bharati Collection |
| Speaker | Dr. Sabahat Nausheen, Assistant Librarian, Visva Bharati University |
| Presided by | Dr. Gayatri Paul, Documentation Superintendent, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata |
| Date | 14-01-2023 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Visiting the capital of realm of knowledge, the "Library of Congress". |
| Speaker | Mr. M. Monirul Islam (Kanok), Senior Librarian (DD), Prime Minister's Office, Govt. Office in Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh |
| Presided by | Dr. Ranjan Samanta, Librarian, Naba Ballygung Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata, West Bengal. |
| Date | 26-11-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | The Relevance of Social Intelligence for Quality Customer Library Services in the Modern Society |
| Speaker | Dr. Ranjan Samanta, Librarian, Naba Ballygung Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Madhusri Ghosh Upadhyay, Deputy Librarian, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata |
| Date | 05-11-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Big Data: Challenges to the librarians |
| Speaker | Dr. Swapan Khan, Librarian, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Presided by | Dr. Ziaur Rahman, Asst. Professor, Rabindra Bharati University |
| Date | 24-09-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Open Access Resources for Researchers |
| Speaker | Dr. Shiv Shakti Ghosh, Assistant Professor, ICFAI University, Tripura |
| Presided by | Dr. Soumen Mondal, Librarian, Prashanta Chandra Mahalanabish Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata |
| Date | 27-08-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Community Education Through Rural Library: Tagore's Thought and Action |
| Speaker | Dr. Sanat Bhattacharya, Assistant Librarian, Viswabharati University, Bolpur |
| Presided by | Dr. Tapan Barui, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal |
| Date | 23-07-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Information Seeking Behaviour of Patients at Government Hospitals in North Bengal: An Exploratory Study |
| Speaker | Dr. Suparna Naskar, Librarian, Kandi Raj College, Murshidabad |
| Presided by | Dr. Avik Roy, Librarian, Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 25-06-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Library and Information Science: measures of disciplinary influence |
| Speaker | Dr. Atanu Das, Librarian, Vivekananda College for Women, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Sanat Bhattacharya, Assistant Librarian, Viswabharati University, Bolpur, West Bengal |
| Date | 04-06-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Digital Reference in Academic Libraries |
| Speaker | Dr. Soumen Mondal, Librarian, Prashanta Chandra Maholanobis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Prof. Anamika Das, Department of Library and Information Science, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 30-04-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Approaching Information Seeking Practices in Everyday Life Context |
| Speaker | Dr. Avik Roy, Librarian, Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Dr. Swapan Khan, Librarian, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Date | 26-03-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Identification of Rare Books: Describing Role of Imprint |
| Speaker | Dr. Pronobi Porel, Librarian, Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Champadanga, Hooghly |
| Presided by | Dr. Atanu Das, Librarian, Vivekananda College for Women, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 19-02-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Strengthening Relationship Between Users and Library and Information Science Professionals |
| Speaker | Dr. Anup Kr. Routh, Librarian, Sovarani Memorial College, Howrah |
| Presided by | Dr. Ranjan Samanta, Librarian, Naba Ballygung Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 15-01-2022 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Importance of Public Speaking Skills for LIS Professionals |
| Speaker | Dr. Tapan Barui, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling |
| Presided by | Dr. Madhusri Ghosh (Upadhyay), Deputy Librarian, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 09-12-2021 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
| Title | Satyajiter Cinema |
| Speaker | Dr. Gayatri Paul, Documentation Superintendent, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata |
| Presided by | Prof. Udayan Bhattacharya, Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Date | 30-01-2021 |
| Time | 7:30 pm |
| Video | YouTube |
