DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH
Webinar conducted by PU DLIS
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PUJA GUPTA
Chandigarh
The Department of Library and Information
Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, successfully organized webinar on
“Digital Transition and Media & Information Literacy” today (i.e., February
09, 2022) in online mode. Dr. Shiv Kumar, Chairperson of the Department,
initiated the Webinar welcoming the speaker and participants. Prof. Rupak
Chakravarty, Co-coordinator of the Webinar, introduced the Resource Person and
theme of the webinar.
Prof.
H.P.S. Kalra, from Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi
University, Patiala was Resource Person. He highlighted the importance of
information in present era and emphasized that information handling has become
easier with many ICTs now available to users. Users are now becoming ‘prosumers’,
both producers and users of digital content. On the contrary, the digital age
has also brought several challenges and disturbing phenomena in the context of
privacy and security of data or information, monopolization, commercialization
and commodification of knowledge and information. He stated that in order to
overcome the challenges of digital transition, Media and Information Literacy
(MIL) is the need of the hour. He explained that to use technology(ies) wisely,
and to take the benefit of knowledge and information, we need to
develop/enhance the capacity of people for independent learning and critical
thinking through MIL skills. Today’s
webinar was attended by about 70 participants including many academicians from
all over the country. Dr. Khushpreet Singh Brar, Co-coordinator of the webinar,
presented vote of thanks.
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