Pradeep Kavi

Experience

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  Spectrum Magazines Ltd

  Aug 1996 - Aug 1999

  Information Executive

  Developed bibliographic databases for Business magazine articles, Newspaper clippings, books, photographs, Advertisements and Company reports. Assisted the Editorial staff in retrieving information from Business database (CMIE) and the Internet. Compiled and edited a column in Global magazine on the happenings in international trade. Key achievements: Developed a thesaurus of consumer goods terms using CDS/ISIS for use in creation and searching of business databases

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  National Centre for Science Information, IISc

  Nov 1999 - Dec 2001

  Trainee and Project Assistant

  Provided CAS (Current awareness service) and literature search to research faculty and students from Science & Technology CD-ROM databases and the WWW. Automated the housekeeping operations for providing current awareness services. Teaching the trainees CDS/ISIS information management software. Involved in content management for electronic journals information service (EJIS) provided by NCSI.Key achievements: Developed a computer program to count records downloaded from any CD-ROM database and identify duplicate records while searching multiple CD-ROM databases Show less

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  Thapar University

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2005

  Information Scientist

  Developed Intranet website for Library, Developed e-journals database using WWW/ISIS. Assisted & trained rearchers in searching databases in Science & Technology like Chemical Abstracts, IEL Online, Engineering Index Compendex etc. Provided Document Delivery Services, Developed Press clippings database. Troubleshooting SOUL Library Automation software

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  ICFAI Institute of Science & Technology

  Mar 2005 - Jul 2008

  Librarian

  Management of all Library operations including procurement of Books, Periodicals, CD/DVD’s. Budget preparation. Developing bibliographic database of all information sources. Developed Website for Library. Assisting Faculty and students in searching information using Science & Technology databases (IEEE and ACM Digital Library), Research reports and the Internet. Providing Current Awareness service.Key achievements: Drafted standard procedures for performing Library operations

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  Alliance University, School of Business

  Aug 2008 - Jul 2016

  Assistant Librarian

  Developed Intranet Website for Library and Information Centre, developed Digital collections using DSpace software, Editor of monthly e-newsletter, developed press clippings databases using Drupal content management software. Subscription, renewal of databases and user training. Procurement of Books, CD/DVD and Periodicals. Networking with other Institutions and providing Document Delivery Services (DDS)

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  Indira Gandhi National Tribal University

  Jul 2016 - Nov 2017

  Assistant Librarian
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  Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  Nov 2017 - now

  Assistant Librarian