• One day state level conference “INFO 2001” on 2^nd October 2001 at Bishop Heber College. LIS professionals from different Libraries and LIS students from different Universities from all over the state participated in this conference. A lot of LIS students presented papers on various topics. Apart from this programs like quiz, Admad, related to the subject were organized. This is the first such conference organized in the state.

• A Two day National Conference on “RECENT TRENDS IN LIBRARY INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHOLOGY – LIST 2002” was organized on the 27^th and 28^th January 2002 at Bishop Heber College,Trichy. Nearly 200 LIS professionals from all over the country participated in the Conference. Dr. Muthukumaran, Secretary State council for Higher Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu was the Chief Guest for the Conference. Prof. D. Swamiraj, was the guest of Honour, Prof.D.A.Jeyakar Chellaraj, then principal in-charge presided over the function,Dr.T.A.V.Murthy–Director INFLIBNET presented the keynote address. Some of the noted professionals who chaired the different sessions of the conference were Dr.R. Vengan- Librarian, Madras University, Dr. H.R. Chopra – Head, Dept. of LIS Punjab University, Dr. Manorama Srinath, Prof. Dept. of LIS University of Madras, Dr. M.K. Bhandi, Librarian Manglore University, Mr. Natrajan, Scientist INSDOC – Madras, Mr. Y. Venkatesh, C.P. Ramasesh of Mysore University. The highlight of the conference was the live demonstration of various Library software packages, Paper presentation and a Panel discussion. Mrs. Ally Sornam, Mr.A.Manoharan, Mrs.V.Geetha and Mr.Jesudas Manalan coordinated different committees. Mrs.B.S. Swaroop Rani was the Organising Secretary for the Conference. The Valedictory function was chaired by Prof.D.Joseph Anbarasu, Syndicate Member of Bharthidasan University.

• A Two day workshop for “Preparation for UGC- NET/ SLET Examination” was organized on the 10^th and 11^th of August 2002 at C.S.I Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. Thirty participants form different Colleges in and around Coimbatore district participated in this workshop. Mrs. B.S.Swaroop Rani, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of LIS Bishop Heber College inaugurated the workshop and was also the principal resource person. The other resource persons include Mr. S.Swaminathan, Librarian, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidhayalaya College of Education, Mr. S.C.Kumaresan, Librarian, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Mr. Magudeeswaran, Librarian, C.N.C Erode, Ms. Mahalakshmi, Avinashilingam Engineering College, Mr. Thanikachallam, Awake Coaching Centre, Mr. Manikandan, Librarian D.J. Academy for Managerial Excellence. Mr.S.Saravanan, Librarian & Mr.R. Sivakumar, Assistant Librarian from V.L.B Janakiammal College of Arts and Science conducted a group discussion. Mr. Manikandan was the Organizing Secretary and Mr. Stephen Thangaraj, Librarian of C.S.I Bishop Appasamy was the co-Ordinator of the program

A couple of endowments were created in the name of two of our late Alumni Mr. Saravanan and Mr. Arokiasamy to provide financial assistance to two deserving students. “Saravanan memorial Educational Scholarship”, and the “Arokiasamy Examination Scholarship”, a selection committee comprising the Alumni and one staff member of the department scrutinizes applications from the students and selects the deserving candidates. The scholarship will be awarded every year on the October 2. The Educational Scholarship for the year 2001-2002 was given to Mr.A.Victor 2001-02 batch.

Contributions to these endowments are welcomed from Alumni and individuals. Some of our alumni contributors are Mrs.Pappaparvathi, Mr. Sam Andrews, Mr. Rajendran, Mr. Rajagopal, Mr. Tamizhchelvan, Mr. Manikandan, Mr.T.Magudeeswaran, V. Sakthi Rekha.