Consultant for Library Planning
With experience serving 125+ institutions in the areas of library design, modernisation, and strategic planning.
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Dr John Neelankavil CMI
Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Thrissur (Reporter)
CMS College , Kottayam (24 News)
Reporter TV news about B C M College Library, Kottayam
EXPERIENCE
Consultancy Service Provided by Dr. John Neelankavil CMI for Library Planning and Space Designing
Dr. John Neelankavil CMI started his professional consultation after his MLISc and joined as a librarian in 2003 with a library planning and space designing work of newly constructed DVK Central Library, Bangalore, with a 45000 square feet built area and 50000 square feet area of natural environment as a garden library and forest library. The space management of this library has attracted many people from different academic institutions, and they approached Dr. John for the consultation of library planning and space designing work for their library projects. Dr. John extended his consultancy for 90+ libraries from 2003 to 2023. Dr. John has researched SPACE MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES for his Ph.D.
Library Consultancy:
126+ Academic Libraries have been Consulted, including
- DVK Central Library, Bangalore
- MG University, Kottayam
- St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur
- SB College (Autonomous), Chenganassery
- Rajagiri College of Social Science (Autonomous), Kochi
- Sahrdaya College of Eng. & Tech, Kodakara
- CMS College (Autonomous), Kottayam
- Maharaja's College (Autonomous), Ernakulam
- Gov. Medical College, Thrissur
-St. Joseph's College Devagiri, Calicut
More details are available at: https://www.libraryplanning.in
Member:
Library Advisory Board of the Central University of Kerala (2014- )
ILA, IASLIC, KALA, ALA, etc.
GLIMPSES OF PLANNING
TESTIMONIALS
K. Jayakumar IAS (Former CS of Kerala State & VC of Malayalam University) shares his observations on the newly constructed library at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala, (designed by Dr. John Neelankavil CMI) on the occasion of the library inauguration ceremony.
Bishop Kurialacherry College for Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam, recently constructed a library with 30000 SF (approx.) built area with the planning and designing of Dr. John Neelankavil CMI. The principal and librarian of this college acknowledge that this new library led them to the A+ grade in NAAC accreditation.
St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, recently constructed a library with 42000 SF built area with the planning and designing of Dr. John Neelankavil CMI. The Librarian and Faculty of Philosophy, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Pontifical Athenaeum, Bengaluru.
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LIBRARY & ACCREDITATION (NAAC)
Accreditation and assessment agencies consider the library the central learning space and core research facility of higher education institutions (HEI).
Usually, NAAC assesses the library in Criterion IV, Infrastructure and Learning Resources (4.2). Apart from Criterion IV, Library activities are visible in many other Criterion (like II, III, VII) and its sub-components. So, an excellent library with creative space and innovation can bring a higher grade to the institution.
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 plans to segregate the HEI into teaching-oriented and research-oriented institutions, and the latter will get more credit. Modern libraries have to accommodate the net-generation with all their expectations. A paradigm shift in the library is from a collection-oriented design to a connection-oriented design. Nowadays library has to provide an environment for research and enlightenment.
A few webinar records (links are available below) may help one confirm one's idea of innovations in the library.
NAAC Accreditation and College Libraries
DIFFERENT VIEWS ON LIBRARY PLANNING
SELECTED LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY
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