Gnanasekar Annasamy
About Candidate
- Accomplished Librarian with a career spanning over 25 years in academic, research, and special libraries, specializing in literature, history, indigenous medicine, philosophy, sociology, journalism, engineering, science, and technology. Proven success as an Administrator, Supervisor, Quality Controller, and Cataloguer, overseeing library operations and ensuring compliance with international cataloging standards across diverse academic disciplines.
- Expertly managed library operations using various software tools, including CDS/ISIS, dBase, LibSys, KOHA, and cloud-based Library ERP systems, streamlining cataloging processes and improving data accessibility.
- Recipient of the prestigious Endangered Archives Programme Bursary Award from the British Library, London, UK, in recognition of contributions to the preservation and digitization of rare and endangered collections.
- Proven track record of ensuring compliance with MARC21 Standards for bibliographical data, AACR2 rules for cataloging, LC Subject Headings, and LC Name Authority. Demonstrated expertise in maintaining archival-quality reprographics and digitization for major projects in the USA and UK.
- Enhanced WorldCat’s multilingual database by adding over 100,000 unique catalogue records in English, Tamil, and other South Asian languages, significantly increasing accessibility for global researchers and readers.
- Coordinated and delivered MARC21 standards training to 100+ project staff from institutions across South Asia, leading to a marked improvement in regional cataloging quality and consistency.
- Leveraged communication, negotiation, and organizational strengths to lead teams, establish clear objectives, and exceed project targets, resulting project delivery speed.
Location
Education
University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA, Awarded on 12th February 2014.
Master of Library and Information Science), Two Years of Integrated Course in Regular mode from University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA, April 1992.
Bishop Heber College (Bharathidasan University), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, INDIA, April 1990.
Work & Experience
Managing Central Library, Departmental Libraries and Digital Library. Preparation of Library Budget. Carrying out all approved policies of the College’s Management. Collection building of Print and Electronic Resources and developing services based on the needs of Students, Research Scholars, Faculties and curriculum. Conducting and organizing Orientation Programmes to the Students, Research Scholars and Faculties. Organizing book exhibitions. Public relations with students, faculties, vendors / publishers of books and journals, etc. Conducting Library Committee Meeting as and when required.
Assigning of keywords and classification code to books, documents, journal articles, and downloaded documents, and newspaper clippings. Abstracting of books and documents. Ranking of documents based on its contents, importance and relevance. Reference service to the users. Preparation of daily and weekly NEWS Alerts. Implementation of plans and executing the programmes.
Teaching of Library and Information Science to the students undergoing M.Sc. Library and Information Science (Regular) for academic years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.
Head of Micrographics & Digitization Department. Head of Cataloguing Department. Head of Public Service Department. Quality Control Team member of South Asia Union Catalogue (SAUC). Conducting of workshops for SAUC member institutions. Online updating of Tamil Bibliographic records in the WorldCat (OCLC) database. Creating of LC Subject Headings and Name Authority records for Tamil Personal Names. Project coordination (including Retrospective cataloguing projects). Public relations and Consultancy services. Library survey and Collection building. Organizing Exhibitions and Monthly Lectures. Creating Indexes for Periodicals.
Indexing of Electronic Maps. Digitizing of Maps. Indexing of Map of the Ordnance Surveyors’ Drawings 1789 – c. 1840. Indexing of King George III – Topographical and Maritime collections. Conservation of Maps. Conservation of Paper Manuscripts.
Library Management and Services for the Editorial Team (Computers Today) and other Group Magazines (India Today, Business Today, etc.) Indexing of Computers Today Magazine. Design and Development of different type of databases for Information Technology Industries (Newspaper clippings, IT Company profiles, Personality profiles, Products information, Journals & Back volumes, Reports, Photographs, Books (Print & Electronic medium), Software and CD-ROMs). Ready Reference and Documentation services. Technical support and input for the New Software and Hardware review. Coordinating with other Librarians and Photographers in Living Media India Ltd. Handling and Archiving of Audio-Visual, Electronic / Digitized Resources and Internet Resources. Coordinating with Research teams of Living Media India Ltd.
Designing of Bibliographic database in CDS/ISIS software. Creating of computerized multilingual bibliographic records in MARC21 for Tamil books with GIST Card support. Reviewing of MARC21 Bibliographic records created by cataloguing team. Standardizing of Tamil Personal Names by using LC Name Authority.
Acquisition of Books and Journals. Cataloguing and Classification of Books. Creating Bibliographic records in the Database. Current Awareness Service (Research Alert, a Newsletter). Reference service. Lending service. Stack maintenance.
Reference service. Lending service. Stack maintenance.
Library-In-Charge of the CitiBank Library Branch (Satellite Record Management Unit). Reference service. Document delivery service. Indexing service. Coordinating between the Library Manager and other Senior Officials of the CitiBank.
