Central Library

Announcements
WELCOME TO KNOWLEDGE CENTRE. “National Library Day” will be held on 19th August 2023 at 3.00pm and Inter Medical Collegiate Undergraduate General Knowledge Quiz Competition “MULLER LIBER – 2023” will be held at 08.30 am in the Decennial Memorial Hall

Library
Here is where people,
One frequently finds,
Lower their voices
And raise their minds.

— Light Armour McGraw-Hill, 1954.
Richard Armour

Working Hours

Monday to Friday: 8.00 am to 10.00pm
Saturday : 8.00 am to 8.00pm
Sundays / Holidays: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Reading Hall: 8:00am to 12:00 midnight

Contact

Dr Janet Dotty Lobo
Chief Librarian
Father Muller Charitable Institutions
Father Muller Road, Kankanady
Mangalore-575 002 INDIA.

Telephone :0824-2238139

E-mail :library@fathermuller.in,


The Father Muller Central Library started functioning in 1985, in the premises of Homeopathic Medical College Block. The Central Library was shifted to the Mother and Child Health Block (Fr. Muller General Hospital) with all the modern facilities on 29th January 2000. It was a long-standing dream of the institution that the Library should have an independent building; thus the new building named as “Knowledge Centre” with the state of the art facilities was inaugurated on 16th June 2011. The four storied complex consists of Central Library with Postgraduate and Undergraduate Sections, Reading Halls, e-Library and two spacious ultra modern conference halls.


  • Planning the user-based Collection development.
  • Collection of Information resources in Print, Non-print, Electronic, Online in Health Sciences.
  • Satisfying the users’ needs and wants.
  • Access of Library holdings via Automated Library catalogue and Internet.
  • Encouraging the use of Information sources in his/her area of interest by providing access to national and international databases.
  • Helping the users to find out right information at the right time.
  • To provide timely, accurate, current information and materials to the users for learning, teaching and research.
  • 3D INCISION – Surgical Database
  • American Library
  • Audio – Visual Aids
  • Back volumes of Journals
  • Biometric Scanner
  • Book Bank
  • Books
  • British Council Library
  • CD ROM’S
  • CD Writers
  • DELNET
  • DVD Rom Drives
  • DSpace – Institutional Repository
  • E-books & E-Journals
  • OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • INFLIBNETS N-LIST E-resources
  • J-Gate : Journals E-Content
  • Journals
  • Leased Line Connectivity
  • Library Software: Easylib Web Cloud Version.
  • Lockers
  • News Papers and General Magazines
  • Reading Room to read personal books
  • Reading Rooms with adequate furniture
  • Reprography & Print outs Black & White and Color
  • RGUHS Digital Library & HELINET Consortium of e – resources
  • Scanner
  • Smart Board to display Library holdings
  • SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)
  • Thesis/Dissertations
  • Thieme MedOne ComSci – Speech Language Pathology Database
  • Up-To-Date: Evidence Based e-resource
  • WHO Publications
  • WIFI Connectivity
  • OPAC: (Online Public Access Catalogue)
  • Remote Log - Remote access to e-resources 24x7 – Library users can access the subscribed e-resources from anywhere/anytime.
Internet Service:

FMCI has got a high speed internet gateway of 400Mbps. Entire library Block is Wi-Fi enabled with OFC connectivity as a backbone. Students are given access to E-Resources, thereby providing the best of educational experience.

Fr Muller Central Library is catering to the needs of Medical College, Nursing College, Homeopathic Medical College, Speech & Hearing and Allied Health Science Colleges.

Total (As on 02.03.2021)
Books 42704
Journals (Print) 245
E- Journals
E-Books
2601
22482
Back Volumes of Journals 8886
CD-ROM's 911
WHO Publications 655
Thesis/Dissertations 4185
Computers 54
Scanner 3
Printers 4
Laptop 1
Barcoding Scanner 2
Photocopiers 2 ( Black and White + Colour)

Special Collection :Special Collection: A separate collection of Book Bank facility for General Students and SC/ST Students is available in the Library.

  • Audio-Visuals
  • Bibliographic Service on Demand
  • Circulation
  • Computer and Printing
  • Current Awareness Service
  • Database Search Service
  • Document Delivery Service
  • Information display and Notification
  • Inter Library Loan
  • Lending of Books
  • Lending of Periodicals
  • New Additions
  • Photocopying
  • Plagiarism Checking
  • Power back up
  • Reader’s Guidance
  • Reference
  • User orientation/information literacy

HELINET is a networking concept; it stands for Health Science Library and Information Network. The concept is adopted by RGUHS, Bangalore in 2001 to network all health science libraries under its affiliation and to develop a consortium for resource sharing. This has been linked to Fr Muller Central Library since 2003. Website : http://www.rguhs.ac.in

The E-resources covered in HELINET are:

  • Clinical Key
  • Jaypee
  • Proquest
  • Up-To-Date

3D INCISION – Surgical Database

Thieme MedOne ComSci – Speech Language Pathology Database

J-gate Plus :Electronic Gateway to Global e-journal Literature

Website: http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in

E-Resources@N-LIST PROGRAMME:

E-Journals

  • EBSCO HOST (H.W. Wilson)
  • Indian Journals.com
  • JSTOR
  • Oxford University Press

E-Books

  • E-brary
  • EBSCOHost-Net Library
  • Springer eBooks
  • Sage Publication e Books
  • Mylibrary-McGraw Hill
  • EndNote – Reference Manager & Citation Tool
  • SPSS – Used for Statistical Data Analysis
  • Turnitin – Plagiarism Detection Software

Total floor area – 3195 Sq.mtrs.in 3 Floors

Basement

  • Reading Hall
  • Coffee Hut : Fresh and Honest
  • Student & Teacher Souhardha Sahakari Ltd.
  • Archival Section
  • Technical Section
  • Binding Section
  • Library Staff Rest Rooms: Ladies/Gents

Ground Floor

  • Help Desk
  • Lockers Room : Ladies/Gents
  • Under Graduate Section
  • Circulation/Reprography Counters
  • EPAC User Terminal
  • New Arrivals
  • Text Books and Reference Books
  • Reading Hall
  • News Papers and General Magazines Section
  • Notice Boards
  • Office of the Chief Librarian/Assistant Librarian

First Floor

  • Staff and Postgraduate Section
  • Circulation/Reprography Counters
  • EPAC User Terminal
  • New Arrivals
  • Text Books and Reference Books
  • Current and Back Volumes of Journals
  • Thesis/Dissertations
  • WHO Publications
  • General Books
  • Reading Hall
  • E-Library
  • CDROMS and Online Databases

Second Floor

  • Audio Visual Hall

The membership of the following institutions are availed to access their e-resources and to avail Inter Library Loan and Document Delivery service.

  • American Library
  • British Council
  • DELNET

Rules & Regulations

  • Entry to the Library is by biometric scanner only.
  • SILENCE shall be maintained in the Library and reading room at all times.
    Conversation, making noise, sleeping, resting legs on chairs and tables, smoking etc., are Strictly prohibited in the Library.
  • Members entering the Library/reading room are required to leave all personal
    belongings like Umbrella, bags, brief cases, books, coats, etc., inside the locker room placed at the entrance. However members are permitted to carry one note book inside the Library.
  • Borrower’s tickets are Not transferable.
  • No outside/personal books are allowed inside the UG/PG Section.
  • The Librarian may recall any book /journal any time if required.
  • Using mobile phones inside the library is strictly prohibited.
  • Users should not reserve seats by leaving books or personal belongings on the table.
  • Personal belongings should not be left unattended. The Library staffs are not responsible for any loss or damage.
  • Students should follow the dress code of the college while visiting the Library.
  • Members of the Library found to be indulging in damaging the library materials.
    Misconduct or infringing the library rules are liable for disciplinary action.
  • To obtain NO DUES certificate, members should return all books/journals borrowed
    pay over due charges if any and surrender the library cards
Library Staff
Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian B.Com., M.L.I.S., Ph. D.
Mrs. Shanthi Crasta Deputy Librarian B.A. M.L.I.S
Mrs. Jenifer Pais Documentalist P.U.C., D.L.I.S.
Mrs. Pramila D'Souza Cataloguer B.A. D.L.I.S
Mrs. Ida Tellis Library Assistant B.A. B.L.I.S
Ms. Kavitha Library Assistant P.U.C. D.L.I.S
Mrs. Yogini Library Assistant B.A. D.L.I.S
Ms. Bhavyashree Library Assistant P.U.C. D.L.I.S
Ms. Sandhya K Library Assistant P.U.C. D.L.I.S
Mrs. Shaila Mascarenhas Jr. Asst. Clerk P.U.C
Mr. Melwyn Misquith Daftaries P.U.C
Mr. Emmanuel M D'Souza Daftaries P.U.C
Mr. Kishore Gatty Peon P.U.C
Mr. Praveen Fernandes Peon P.U.C
Mr. Rajesh D'Souza Attender P.U.C
Mr. Manohar Attender P.U.C
Mr. Shobaraj Attender P.U.C

Library Committee Members

Dr. John J.S. Martis, Professor, General Surgery, Chairperson
Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, Secretary
Dr.Somesh M.S, Professor & HOD, Anatomy
Dr.NeethaShastry, Assistant Professor, Physiology
Dr.ShwethaRanjeetBangera, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Dr.RekhaBoloor, Professor, Microbiology
Dr.Archana Bhat, Associate Professor, Pathology
Dr.PadmajaUday Kumar, Professor & HOD, Pharmacology
Dr.Tanush Shetty, Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine
Dr. Agnes Moira Preethi D’Souza, Assistant Professor, Community Medicine
Dr. Manoj Kumar P.K, Assistant Professor, General Medicine
Dr. Shubha N. Rao, Professor, General Surgery
Dr.ChethanaBolanthakodi, Assistant Professor, OBG
Dr.PavanHegde, Professor, Paediatrics
Dr. Savita Lasrado, Associate Professor, ENT
Dr.Sripathi Kamath B., Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Dr. Vivian Roshan D.Almeida, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics
Dr.Chandini, Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Dr. Michelle Serene Fernandes, Associate Professor, Dermatology
Dr.AnanthSrikrishnaSomayaji, Assistant Professor, Anaesthesiology
Dr.Anto J. Richie, Professor, Radio Diagnosis
Dr.Krishnaraj H.K, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology/RTT
Dr.Kishan Raj K, Assistant Professor, Urology
Dr.Vimala Christina Colaco K., Assistant Professor, Neurology
Dr.Manjunath J., Professor, Nephrology/RDT
Dr.Ajither P.A, Senior Resident, Respiratory Medicine
Dr.Manjeshwar Sahana Srinivas Kamath, Associate Professor, Physiotherapy

Ex-Officio Members

Rev. Fr Ajith B. Menezes, Administrator, FMMC
Dr B. Sanjeev Rai, COR, FMCI
Dr Antony Sylvan D’Souza, Dean, FMMC
Dr Urban J. A. D Souza, Dean, FMCOAHS
Sr Jacintha D’Souza, Principal, CON
Dr. Ramesh Bhat M., Vice-Dean, FMMC

Events

Father Muller Central Library Committee in Collaboration with Father Muller Research Centre organized a “Author Workshop on BMJ Case Reports” on 01st March 2024 in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The Program began with an invocation with a prayer song. Dr Ramesh Bhat, Professor, Department of Dermatology and Head of Research Centre, FMCI welcomed the gathering. He introduced the resource person Dr Seema Biswas, Editor-in-Chief, BMJ Case Reports and a General surgeon, Galilee Medical Centre, Israel and Mr. R. Anand, Manager for Institutional Business with BMJ in South India West India and Srilanka. Dr John J.S. Martis, Professor, General Surgery, Chairperson of the Central Library Committee offered a bouquet of flowers to the resource person & Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Chief Librarian offered a Bouquet of flowers to Mr. R. Anand.

Dr. Seema Biswas, explained in depth on how to write BMJ case reports. Faculties and postgraduate students discussed the challenges they face when submitting their manuscripts/case reports. 175 faculties and postgraduate students participated actively in the interactive sessions which was done into two batches from 2.00pm to 5.00pm.

The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr John J.S. Martis, Professor of General Surgery, Chairperson of the Central Library Committee. The program was meticulously compered by Dr. Archana Bhat, Associate Professor of Pathology and the member of the Central Library Committee. Refreshments were arranged at the end of the program.

This workshop was well appreciated by all the participants.

Research Innovations & extension Committee (NAAC criteria III) FMCON, jointly with the Central Library FMCI, organized a training session on CINAHL Database for the students and teaching faculty of FMCON on 09-12-2022 in the Hospital Conference Hall. The Chief Librarian, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person Mr. Srinivasa M.S., South Regional Manager and a trainer, who delivered the talk on how to access CINAHL using EBSCO mobile app and window version. Hands-on practice and quiz were the main highlights that helped the students to give their 100 percent to learning. Altogether 196 students of BSc (N), 19 teachers & 6 library staff attended the morning session, & in the afternoon session, 137 students of I & II PBBSC (N), I MSc (N) & II MSc (N), 22 teaching staff & 4 library staff had similar exposure. Feedback was obtained via Google forms, and it is compiled. Altogether the day went on fruitfully.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized the Webinar on DELNET: Resources & Services on 17thAugust 2022 at 3.00 pm in the Decennial Memorial Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students of various Institutions of Father Mullers and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person, Dr Sangeeta Kaul, Director, DELNET - Developing Library Network, New Delhi, and also introduced the Moderator Dr. Prema Dcunha, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The Resource person gave an introduction and briefed the objectives about the DELNET. She presented a Power Point presentation and later given a live demo on DELNET. Father Muller Medical College is a member-institution of DELNET which is a single largest Resource Sharing Library Network in India and outside the country. She also briefed about Inter Library Loan(ILL) and Document Delivery Service(DDS). DELNET connects nearly 7600 institutions in India it provides access to more than 3.7 crore records of books, journal articles through its Discovery Portal. Also it provides access to nearly 1.6 crore full-text e-books, e-journals, e-articles etc., through its Knowledge Gainer Portal.

There was a good response for the session over 397 Faculty, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session with the Resource Person through the Moderator. At the end, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the Vote of Thanks. Mrs. Shanthi Menezes, Library Assistant compeered the Program.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a Virtual training session on "UpToDate: Evidence-based Clinical Decision Support Tool" on 30th November 2021 at 3.30 pm in the Decennial Memorial Hall. The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMCAHS, CON and Library Committee Members. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee highlighted the importance of this session. Dr. Venkatesha B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Chairperson of the Central Library Committee, welcomed the gathering and the Moderator Dr Manjunath J., Professor and  HOD, Department of Nephrology and also introduced the Resource Person Dr. Pragnesh Pokar, a physician, leads the Customer Success Function in India for UpToDate, WoltersKluwer Health.

Dr. Pragnesh Pokar, the resource person, presented ppt and a live demo on UpToDate: Evidence-based Clinical Decision Support Tool. UpToDate contains over 25 Specialties, 12,000 Clinical Topics, 1,500 Patient topics, 7,400 Physicians Author, 6,900 Drug information, 36,000 Graphics. UpToDate is an evidence-based clinical resource. It includes a collection of Medical and Patient information, Topic search, Drug interaction, Contents search, Graphic search, and export to PowerPoint, Patient Education, Calculators, UpToDate Pathway and UpToDate access through Mobile Apps, access to Lexi-comp drug monographs and drug-to-drug interactions.

There was a good response for the session. Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and were actively involved in the interactive session. Mrs. Anupama K., Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy and a member of the Central Library Committee proposed the vote of thanks.  

National Library Week Celebrated by Organizing Health Science Books Exhibition on 16th and 17th November 2021. Total 6 Book Vendors/Publishers Participated. Faculty Selected Books for Central and Departmental Libraries. There was good response from the Faculty and Students.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a session on "Writing BMJ Case Reports and Publishing Research Articles" on 18th November 2021 between 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm. in the Conference Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMCAHS, CON and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Chairperson of the Central Library Committee, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person. Ms. Pooja Nair, Manager Customer Engagement with BMJ, Noida U.P. and Mr. R. Anand Manager for Institutional Businesses with BMJ in South India and Srilanka. 

Ms. Pooja Nair, the Resource Person, gave a session on Writing BMJ Case Reports and Publishing Research Articles. She has highlighted the importance of the contents of these resources.

BMJ Case Reports - She has explained how to write BMJ Case Reports, about the Authorship, Formatting Images, Editorial Policy, Patient consent and Global Health Reports. Users of Father Muller Medical College can publish any number of case reports with out paying article processing fees. Already published case reports can be reused in class room teaching and students learning process. The case reports published are indexed in Scopus and pubmed. 

Research to Publication - The Resource Person briefed  on online research methodology program specifically designed for doctors and healthcare researchers. There are 8 courses having a total of 52 modules. Users completing just 5 modules will be eligible to avail 70% discount on article processing fees. Users completing all 52 modules will be provided with a course completion certificate having the joint certification of Father Muller Medical College. This certificate is valid for NAAC and NABH accredations. The Resource Person said that 2 of our faculties have completed 52 modules. 

The Resource Person said that in future Father Muller Medical College will get an opportunity to avail 100% discount on article processing fees with all BMJ open access journals. And also explained BMJ Best practice and cleared some of the doubts raised by the faculties. 

There was an overwhelming response for the session. Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session. Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Dean-FMMC was present. Dr Maitreyee D.S., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and member of the Central Library Committee proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee compered the program.

Father Muller Medical College and The Central Library Committee organized an online webinar on “Lecturio Discussion” on 18th September 2021 at 3.30 pm.

Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, welcomed the gathering. The Resource Person, Dr. Inder Pahal, Global Director Institutional Partner briefed on digital learning platform for medical education, Faculty and students views, Library Management System, Curriculum, Clinical Lectures, Create assignments, Search engine, Create test, Create own course and to add Video Lectures etc. The resource person cleared some of the doubts raised by the faculties. To conclude Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Dean-FMMC said that it’s a good digital learning platform, once the free trial access activated and will decide to subscribe based on the feedback received from the faculties and Thanked all.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized a webinar on user awareness program on "Thieme MedOne ComSci" held on 08th April 2021 at 11.30am for the benefit of Faculty and Postgraduate Students of Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing.

Venue of the Webinar,: Seminar Hall, Department of Speech and Hearing.

Dr. Mahesh B V M, Associate Professor and Incharge Vice Principal - Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing (FMCOSH), Welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person. Mr. Arun Kumar (Area Sales Manager, Karnataka Region). Mr. Arun Kumar presented a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation that Briefed on the Functionality of E-Journals, E-Books, Playlists-Favourite content to add, Downloading Images for Presentation, Mobile app, Video Tutorials, Images, and Cases. Followed by this, a demonstration of all the above contents in real-time was provided by the resource person. The resource person also took time to clear some of the doubts raised by a few of the faculties and students. The Program was attended by Faculty and Postgraduate Students.

The programme was concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Ms. Cynthia Santhmayor.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized an online Zoom meeting on “INCISION Academy Awareness Program” on 26th March 2021 at 3.30.p.m. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian extended a warm welcome and introduced the International Resource person Dr. Aiden Molavi, Medical Consultant, INCISION, Netherlands. During the open zoom meeting, the resource person shared the information on INCISION Academy. It contains 450+ courses, 3D Anatomy Models, Step by step Methodology, Surgical Video’s covered on all surgical disciplines, online platform for sharing surgical skills, Surgical Procedures, OBGYN & Midwifery procedures. The platform is divided into Courses, Anatomy & Tests. Faculties and students need to register and create an account through registration code and then take the course anywhere as per their convenience. All sections of the courses have 10 questions, 3 attempts & 70% of the score is required to get the certificate from Royal College of Surgeons. Over 61 participants attended the Webinar and interacted with the resource person. Mrs. Shanthi Crasta, Library Assistant proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized a Demo on “BMJ Resources” on 12th February 2021 between 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, FMAHS, CON and Speech and Hearing, SON, Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person Mr. R. Anand, Manager – Institutional Businesses South India, West India and Srilanka, British Medical Journals. Welcomed Ms. Vidhya Priya R., Vikas e-learning & subscription services was sponsorer for this program.

Mr. R. Anand, Manager – BMJ, Resource person, gave a live demo on BMJ Resources. He has highlighted the importance of the contents of these resources. He said that BMJ contains Specialty wise 70 Online Journals along with BMJ case reports, under these 40 Journals with perpetual access are subscription based and remaining Journals are open access. He briefed on BMJ Case reports, also explained BMJ Research to publications. Case reports fellowship enables to students and faculties to download, reuse already published case reports and submit and publish any number of case reports without paying any article publication charges. The case reports published are indexed in Scopus, PubMed and CINAHL. Research to publication is a research methodology and publishing program specifically designed for doctors and healthcare researchers. The program consists of 8 courses and 52 modules with 200 hours of learning. It helps researchers to get their papers published with reputed journals. Faculties and students need to register and create an account through institutions internet and then take the course anywhere as per their convenience.

There was an overwhelming response of over 220 Faculty, Postgraduate Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session. Dr Antony Sylvan D’Souza, Dean-FMCAHS was present. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee has organized a live webinar on “Effective Utilization of J-Gate for Learning, Teaching, Research and Project Work” on October 20th 2020 at 3.00 pm.

Mr. Rahul S – Asst Manager, Training and Business Development, Informatics Publishing Ltd., Bangalore, was the Resource Person. He has welcomed the Faculty & Students of FMMC. The resource person presented PowerPoint Presentation & a live demo on J-Gate e-resource. He has explained How to search Journal articles, My Library Journals, My Favorite Journals, How to register J-Gate? , Journal Rankings, Thesis, Book Series, Conference Proceeding, Audio/Video & Citation Styles. Briefed on different search options like Basic search, Advanced search, Search History, View Marked Results. Faculty and Postgraduate students participated and cleared their doubts.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre has organized a Webinar on “Clinical Key for Research” on 21st October 2020 at 4 p.m for the benefit of First year Post graduate students of FMMC.

Mr. Vikram Sudhakar, Customer Engagement Manager, Elsevier, Conducted the program. Briefed on Research perspectives, Point of care Tool, Drug Monograph, Images and videos, How to use the images for Journal club presentation. Tips for article writing etc. Faculty and Postgraduate students participated and cleared their doubts.

Father Muller Central Library Committee has organized a live webinar on “DynaMed - Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool” on September 18th, 2020 at 3.30 pm. 

Dr. Venkatesh B. M. Professor, Department of Medicine and Chairperson of the Library Committee welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource person.

Mr. Venkatesha Kumar. S., Business Manager, EBSCO Information Services has given the Introduction of DynaMed. Dr. Poulami Dass, Medical Advisor, EBSCO presented the PowerPoint Presentation and a live demo on Clinical Decision Support (CDS) DynaMed and Micromedex with Watson. She has explained the encompasses a variety of tools to enhance decision-making in the clinical workflow and health care & other tools – computerized alerts & reminders, clinical guidelines, patient data reports & summary, documentation templates, diagnostic support. She also explained problems with Clinical information & Dynamed’s 7 stage Evidence-Based Methodology, Specialty coverage, Medical Calculators, Recent updates, Drug Information, and Interaction. Over 70 faculties and students attended the webinar.

In the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Central Library Committee in association with Father Muller Medical College organized a seminar on PGMEE and NEXT on 12th March 2020 between 11.00 am to 12.30 pm. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program began with prayer, followed by Welcome address by Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Chairperson, Central Library Committee. Sir, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person Dr. Apurv Mehra, MBBS, MS-Orthopaedics, DNB-Orthopedics/Orthopaedic Surgery, a Teacher, and Winner of prestigious P T Rao Gold Medal. He is a renowned Arthroplasty and Arthroscopy surgeon. Rev. Fr. Ajith Menezes presented a bouquet to Dr. Apurv Mehra. Also Welcomed and Introduced Mr. Naveen Chandra K. Marketing Manager, Prepladder Pvt. Ltd. Mangalore. Who has introduced Prepladder, Medical PG preparation content to Father Muller Medical College. Dr. Padmaja UdayKumar presented a bouquet to Mr. Naveen Chandra K. Welcomed the Administrator-FMMC, Dean in his absence, Vice-Dean, Faculty, Interns, and Students of FMMC and the Library Committee Members.

Rev. Father Ajith Menezes, Administrator, Father Muller Medical College, highlighted the importance of the program.

Dr. Apurv Mehra, the resource Person, presented a PowerPoint presentation on Pearls of success, Evaluation of main exams, What is NEXT? NEET, Clinical Aspects, NEXT for success, Integrated approach and What is Prepladder?

Mr. Naveen Chandra K. Marketing Manager has given few compliments to the MBBS Interns and Students. They are 2 months of free access, Subscription offer, Discount on subscription, etc,

There was an overwhelming response from the Students, over 380 MBBS Students and Interns actively participated and interacted with the Resource Person. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee, proposed the Vote of Thanks. Dr. Reshma Kini, Associate Professor of Pathology and the Library Committee Member compered the program.

Father Muller Central Library Committee organized an Onboarding Webcast Training Session on “Turnitin” Originality Check Software on 31st January 2020 between 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm in the Decennial Memorial Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate Students of FMMC, CON, Faculty of Speech & Hearing and SON, Research Students, and Library Committee Members. Dr. Venkatesh B M, Professor, Department of Medicine and Central Library Committee, Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and the Moderator Dr. Varadaraj Shenoy, Professor of Pediatrics and Convenor of Scientific Committee, and introduced the Resource Person Mr. Akshay Prasanna, Professional & Educational Services, TurnitIndia Education Pvt. Ltd., Noida, UP. Dr. Sanjeev Rai, COR, FMCI, welcomed the Moderator Dr. Varadaraj Shenoy with a flower.

Mr. Akshay Prasanna, Professional & Educational Services, TurnitIndia Education Pvt. Ltd., Noida, UP was the Resource Person. He gave a webcast demo (Live platform) on the “Turnitin” Originality check software. He briefed What is Turnitin? importance, how to make use and the benefits of Turnitin software. He also highlighted the procedure creating a user profile, Adding a class, creating a new assignment, uploading the documents to view originality reports, etc.

There was an overwhelming response from the Faculty and Students, over 180 Postgraduate Students and Faculty actively participated and interacted with the Resource Person through the Moderator. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian and Secretary of the Central Library Committee FMCI, proposed the Vote of Thanks.

An awareness program on “ProQuest and EBSCO CINAHL Databases” was organized by the Father Muller Central Library on 14th October 2019 at 3.00 pm in the DM Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate students of Father Muller Medical College and College of Nursing. Dr. Padmaja Udayakumar Professor & H.O.D of Pharmacology and Vice-Dean of Father Muller Medical College, welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person.

There were 2 sessions. Mr. Srijith S - Training & Consultant Partner, Asia pacific ProQuest, was the resource person for the first session. A live demo and PowerPoint Presentation on ProQuest was given by the resource person. He has highlighted the importance of the contents of Health and Medical plus Nursing and Allied Health Collection. Briefed on Basic and Advanced search, e-Books, e-Journals, Citation, MESH-Subject Heading and to create alerts etc.

Mr. M S Srinivasa - Training Manager – (Karnataka & Telangana), EBSCO Information Services, New Delhi was the resource person for the second session. A live demo and PowerPoint Presentation on EBSCO CINAHL given by the resource person. Brief information given on basic and advanced search, skills with videos, nursing procedures, Quick lesson, Evidence-Based sheet and Systematic reviews etc.

There was an overwhelming response, over 320 Faculty and Students attended and actively involved in the interactive session.

The Father Muller Central Library celebrated the first ever library day at the Father Muller Charitable Institutions on 27 August 2019. The occasion was to commemorate the 127th birth anniversary of the father of library science in India, Padmashri Dr S R Ranganathan, who pioneered the library revolution in India.

The programme began with prayer through a video song, followed by welcome address by Dr Venkatesha B M- the Chairperson of Central Library Committee. The programme was inaugurated by lighting of the lamp by chief guest Prof Dr Ravishankar Rao- Professor, Dept of English at Mangalore University, along with other dignitaries on the dais, namely Fr Rudolph Ravi D’Sa- Administrator of Father Muller Medical College Hospital; Fr Ajith Menezes-Administrator, Father Muller Medical College; Dr Jayaprakash Alva- Dean, FMMC; Dr Venkatesha B M; and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo- the Librarian at FMCI Library.

In his inaugural address, Prof Dr Ravishankar Rao said, “Library Day is a day with a deep sense of commitment. At present we live in an information society, but many have lost the touch of reading books, instead they browse through the Internet for knowledge. These days going to a library is an arduous task for many, because of the other electronic gadgets they can rely on for information. But once you start going to the library, you’ll get more attracted to it eventually, like a magnet. The library is a growing mechanism, and people go to the library to discover something they know. You should know that nothing comes out without reading, so a library is an ideal place for that”.

In his presidential address, Fr Rudolph D’sa said, “I am overwhelmed to note that in the history of FMCI the National Library Day is organized for the First time, and has received a tremendous response, with a houseful audience. “You need to sacrifice to receive something said today’s chief guest”, and to gain the knowledge you need to sacrifice a little of your time in reading. Don’t read good books instead read only the best books. There are a variety of books on a variety of subjects in the library, which is a source of knowledge, a source of social revolution and so on. Reading books can give you more knowledge than browsing through the Internet more often. Make a change in your lives- visit the library more often, read more and you’ll imbibe all the knowledge you need”

On the occasion prizes were handed over to the winners – The Best User Award was bagged by Ms Floris Ann Francis of MBBS 2015 batch, who used 3328 number of hours in a year. Book Prize to the Toppers were also presented on the occasion, and the donors of the books were also honored from a few publishing companies like- Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt Ltd Mangaluru (Ramachandra Gowda-Sales Manager); CBS Publishers and Distributors Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru ( Avith Lobo, Sales Executive); and Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd Gurgaon (Sanjith Kotian-Sales Executive). The vote of thanks was proposed by Sr Jacintah D’souza-Principal of Fr Mullers College of Nursing, and the programme was professionally and meticulously compered by Dr Sanjay Fernandes from Dept of Anatomy at FMMC.

Best User Award

Ms Floris Ann Francis – MBBS 2015 Batch
(Number of hours used in a year 3328:32:00)

MBBS     Phase- I
               Phase-II
               Phase –III(Part-I)
               Phase –III(Part- II)
1. Ms. Fathima Shifa
2. Ms. Sindhu M
3. Mr Sandeep Rao Kordcal
4. Ms Zeena D Souza
MHA – I SEM & II SEM 1.Ms. Almeda Freeda Frank
MSc MLT – I Year 1.Ms. Sameena Moonisha Abbas
BPT         I Year
                II Year
               III Year
1.Ms. Mascarenhas Ninoshka Salvita
2. Ms. Dsouza Rochelle Peter
3. Ms. Pereira Giselle Jefferian
BSc MLT        I Year
                      II Year
1. Ms. Pushpa Kumari
2. Mr. Govinda Krishna A
BSc MIT         I Year
                     II Year
1. Ms. Melisha Roshal D Souza
2. Ms. Renisha Divina Dsouza
BSc RT         I Year
                      II Year
1. Ms. Haya Shoeb
2. Ms. Josna Flavia D Almeda
Speech & Hearing
                      I Year
                     II Year
                     III Year
1. Ms. Kesiya Elsa Varghese
2. Ms. Aleena Jose
3. Ms. Rachel Elizabeth Johnson

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized an awareness program on “INCISION Nursing Films” on 20 th June 2019 between 2.30pm to 3.30pm in the D.M. Hall of the Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by the Faculty and students of Father Muller College and School of Nursing along with the Faculty of Central Library. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, the Librarian, welcomed the audience to the program and introduced the resource person.

Mr. Kishore Sunder, Product Marketing Manager in Informatics Publishing, Bangalore was the resource person. Briefed silent features of the database, primarily targeting Midwifery and Medical Surgical specialty and followed by the test with actively participating with the jam-packed audience.

There was an overwhelming response from the Faculty and Students, over 290 Students and Faculty actively participated and interacted with the resource person. Mrs. Shanthi Crasta, Library Asst. proposed the vote of thanks.

An awareness program on Access Medicine and JAMA Evidence Based Medicine was organized by the Father Muller Central Library on 26th April 2019 at 3.00pm in the Conference Hall. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian welcomed the gathering, introduced the resource person and highlighted the importance of the awareness program. She said that in the present tech savvy era, electronic resources are very useful to researchers. Internet is the important component in the information communication process. She also briefed the advantages of electronic resources. Mr. Sagar Betageri, Accounts Manager, Subscription Sales-South India was the resource person. A live demo on access medicine and JAMA evidence based medicine given by the resource person. He has highlighted the importance of the contents of these products. He said that Access Medicine contains text books and each text books are complemented with Power point presentations, videos, review questions, cases etc., It also contains Quick reference tools, Drugs, Multimedia, Study tools, Patient Education etc. JAMA Evidence Based Medicine contains 3 text books. Chapters are complimented with education guide slides, audios, calculators, worksheets etc. Also the resource person briefed about “5A’s” of EBM practice. Over 150 Faculty and Postgraduate students from various Departments of Father Muller Medical College, College of Nursing, and College of Speech and Hearing attended the program and participated in the interaction session. Dr. Venkatesh B. M. Professor, Department of Medicine and Chairperson of the Library Committee proposed the vote of thanks at the end of the program.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre in Collaboration with Father Muller College of Speech & Hearing, organized a workshop on “Thieme-Medone Communication Science” on 14th February 2019 between 10.30am to 12noon in the Seminar Hall of the college of Speech & Hearing.

The program was attended by the Faculty and students of Father Muller College of Speech & Hearing along with the Faculty of Central Library. Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, welcomed the audience to the program and introduced the resource person.

Mr. A. Arun Kumar, Area Sales Manager for South India, Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd., was the resource person. The resource person gave a detailed live demo on Thieme –Medone Communication Science. The e-resource contains over 50 e-books, e-journals, and 160 clinical cases, 160 videos, 50 Audios, playlists and around 7000 images. He highlighted the procedure for downloading the files, the use of Medone App, and how to create a Medone- Comsci playlist etc.

There was an overwhelming response from the Faculty and Students, over 100 Faculty and students actively participated and interacted with the resource person. At the end, Prof. Akhilesh P.M., Principal, Father Muller College of Speech & Hearing, proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre has organized a Demonstration session on “EBSCO’s Dynamed Plus” the evidence based point of care clinical reference tool on 7 th December 2018 between 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm in the Conference Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate students of Father Muller Medical College. Dr Nagesh K.R., Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee introduced the resource person and welcomed the audience to the program.

Dr. Haitham El-Baghdady, a Medical doctor, Health Implementation Manager, EBSCO’s Dynamed Plus was the resource person for the demonstration session. The resource person has highlighted the features of Dynamed Plus which includes Evidence-based contents over 500 e-journals, 3,200 articles, guidelines etc., that can be accessed anywhere; Recent updates, calculators, case management where the users can quickly find answers to the clinical questions; Where and how to get the healthcare information; Systematic reviews, Evidence Based healthcare Pyramid, and How to use the model.

Dr. Nicole Pereira, Asst. Professor, Department of Pharmacology downloaded the Dynamed plus App very quickly and she received the prize from the resource person.

Faculty and postgraduate students were participated actively during the program. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a live demo on “3D INCISION – Surgical Database” on 3D Anatomy Model on 30 th November 2018 between 2.15 pm & 3.15 pm in the Lecture Hall of Medical College “B” Block.

The program was attended by the Faculty of Anatomy Department and 1st MBBS Students of Father Muller Medical College. Dr Nagesh KR, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee welcomed the audience to the program and at the end proposed the vote of thanks.

The Resource Person Mr. Kishore Sundar, Product Manager Marketing - Online Journals and Databases, Informatics Publishing Bangalore gave a demo on “3D INCISION – Anatomy Model” and highlighted its various features. He said that these models are available in the form of pictures and videos. 2D and 3D inlays provide a better understanding of different Anatomical structure.

Faculty of Anatomy and 1 st MBBS students attended the program and participated in the interactive session.

The program ended with thanking the resource person and audience.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a live demo on “3D INCISION – Surgical Database” on 27 th November 2018 between 3.30 pm & 4.30 pm in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by the Faculty and Postgraduate students of Father Muller Medical College. Dr Nagesh KR, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee welcomed the audience to the program.

The Resource Person Mr. Kishore Sundar, Product Manager Marketing - Online Journals and Databases, Informatics Publishing Bangalore gave a demo on “3D INCISION – Surgical Database” and highlighted its various features. He said that the procedures are available in different methods like open, laproscopic, robotic. Each procedure is filmed with 2D and 3D models. Each film contains Introduction, step-by-step methods, Anatomy in 3D model, objectives, pre-post operative chapters, test to assess the students. There is an option for giving feedback and chat online with Incision team.

Faculty and postgraduate students participated actively in the program and had interaction with resource person. Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized a demo on “INCISION – Self Teaching Surgery Procedures” on 28th March 2018 between 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by the Postgraduate students and Faculty of Surgical Speciality of Father Muller Medical College. The program began with welcome/Introduction of the resource person by Dr Nagesh K.R., Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee.

The Resource Person Mr. Abhishek Matty, Sales Manager, Informatics publishing Bangalore, gave a brief demo on surgical films in different methods. The procedure includes 3D Anatomy, smart learning tools and tests for tracking learning progress. These surgical procedures are accredited from Royal College of surgeon of England. Faculty and postgraduates students attended the program and participated in the interaction session.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized Training session on “Clinical Key” on 18 th September 2017 between 3.00p.m to 4.00p.m in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty and Postgraduate Students of Father Muller Medical College. The program began with Welcome/Introduction of the resource person by Dr. Nagesh KR, Professor and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee. Rev Fr. Ajith Menezes, Administrator, FMMC welcomed the resource person.

The Resource person Mr. Nitheen Patric, Customer Engagement Manager for Elsevier Health Care Division, shared his knowledge on Clinical Key by demonstrating the database. Briefed on Basic search, e-Books, e-Journals, Drug Monographs, Guidelines, Patient Education, Multimedia, Power point presentation by downloading images and to register Clinical Key etc.

There was an overwhelming response from the Medical College Faculty and Students, many have attended the program and participated in the interaction session. At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, proposed the vote of thanks.

A live Demonstration session on “Grammarly” organized by Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) on 28 th July 2017. Dr. Nagesh KR, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine and the Chairperson of Library Committee welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person. Rev Fr. Ajith Menezes, Administrator, FMMC welcomed the resource person by offering a Bouquet.

The resource person, Mr. Diwakar Dubey, Sales Manager, Medical Education, Bridge People Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore gave a live demo on Grammarly and highlighted its features. Briefed the benefits, usage of Grammarly and informed that it is a tool which supports writing better by checking the writing errors, structure, format, sentences, vocabulary etc., thereby prevents plagiarism. It also helps to write different bibliographical styles.

There was an overwhelming response from the participants. Over 154 faculty and Postgraduate students actively participated and interacted with the resource person. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized a Training and Demonstration session on “J-Gate” on 2 nd June 2017. Mr Mahesh G., Training Manager – Informatics Publishing Limited, Bangalore was the resource person for the training session.

Dr Nagesh K.R. Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology & the Library Committee Chairperson, welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person.

The resource person gave demonstration on J-Gate e-resource. Briefed on Basic search, Advanced search, All Journals - number of full-text Journals, How to search Journal articles, My Library Journals, My Favorite Journals, How to register J-Gate? Journal / Author Finder etc.

Faculty and Postgraduate students actively participated and cleared their doubts. At the end, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized a Training and Demonstration session on “UpToDate Anywhere” on 7 th March 2017. Dr. I. Vinod, Marketing & Training – Lead, Clinical Effectiveness/UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer India (Health) was the resource person for the training session.

Dr Nagesh K.R, Professor & Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology & the Library Committee Chairperson welcomed the gathering and introduced the resource person.

The resource person gave demonstration on Uptodate evidence based e-resource and highlighted its features - Topic search, Drug interaction, usage of abbreviation, contents search, graphic search and to export it to PowerPoint, patient education and Uptodate access through Mobile Apps etc. Faculty and Postgraduate students actively participated and cleared their doubts. At the end, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks.

Fr Muller Knowledge Centre organized a workshop on EndNote and research on 27 th August 2016 at Decennial Memorial Hall of Knowledge Centre. More than 260 Faculty members and students of various Institutions participated in the workshop.

Dr Nagesh K.R., H.O.D. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Chairperson of the Library Committee welcomed the gathering. Rev. Fr. Rudolph Ravi D’Sa, Administrator, FMMC highlighted the importance of the workshop. Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo introduced the resource person Dr. Gopakumar V., University Librarian, Goa University, Goa.

Dr Gopakumar V presented a live session on Mendeley open source software. He has trained us how to create bibliography using Mendeley software & through MS word. Mendeley is free academic software to manage, share and cite research papers. Mendeley is very useful to researchers for research work and citation. He has briefed on research, how to write, Quality papers, creating Library, Managing documents, references, citing references, generating bibliographies, using groups, importing PDF files etc. The session was indeed very useful and informative. Good response from faculty and students, who have actively participated in the interactive session, many have raised questions and cleared their doubts. At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI, presented a memento to the resource person as a token of love and appreciation. Mrs. Shanthi Crasta, Library Assistant, proposed the vote of thanks. Dr Swetha Shanbhag, Staff of the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology was MC of the program.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre (Central Library) organized user awareness workshop on Elsevier’s e-resource – “Science Direct” on 21 st may 2016 between 11.00 am to 12.00 noon in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The Workshop began with welcome and introduction of the resource person by Dr.Nagesh K.R., Professor & Head of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and the Library Committee chairperson. Dr. Jayaprakash Alva, Dean of Father Muller Medical College addressed about the purpose of this workshop and benefits of e-resource and advised the faculty and students to make use of the e-resources available in the Library. The resource person Mr. Gunjan Hajela, Sr. Customer Engagement Manager – South Asia, Elsevier, Health Solutions, Gurgaon gave a detailed insight on “Science Direct”. He briefed about the Basic search, Advanced search, downloading articles directly to Mendeley (Open access software), selecting different styles to write bibliographies, different type of search techniques which help to narrow down the search results, number of full-text Journals available in Science direct under HELINET Consortium etc. He has also highlighted the features of other e-resources such as “Clinical Key” and “Scopus”. There was a good response from the faculty, residents and students, who have actively participated in the interactive session and cleared their doubts. At the end, Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, FMCI proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. Swetha Shanbhag, Staff of Forensic Medicine Department was the MC of the program.

A workshop on “HELINET Programme of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences” was organised for the Teaching Staff of Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College, Deralakatte on 16.07.13 as a part of Faculty Development Pragramme. The Teaching staff gathered at the college library at 2.30 p.m.

Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Chief Librarian of Father Muller Charitable Institutions was the resource person for the session. She created an awareness on HELINET Consortium (Health Science Library Information Network) its adoption, mission, goals etc., Also, she gave a live demonstration in using digital Library of RGUHS.

The Department of Hospital Administration conducted a Guest Lecture on “Accessibility to E-Resources”, on 17 th October 2015 at MHA Lecture hall. The guest speaker was Dr. Janet Dotty Lobo, Chief Librarian, Knowledge Centre FMMC. The guest speaker gave an insight into the various E-Resources that can be accessed through the E-Library located in the Knowledge Centre of the Institution.

Father Muller College of Nursing, Department of Nursing Research conducted a seminar on Introduction to Research: Online search on 14 th December 2013. The aim of the seminar was equip the undergraduates for effective review of literate. The Undergraduate (BSc & PBBSc) 142 students of various colleges attended the workshop. Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, the Chief Librarian, FMCI was the Resource person. The highlights of the seminar was on fetching the articles through on online search, journals and articles reviews, J -Gate, Fed- Gate, e-learning modules, Up-to- date and other websites. The seminar was organized by Mrs. Bridget D Silva, Department of Nursing Research. The seminar ended by proposing vote of thanks by Ms Gladis Abraham, BSc Nursing Student

The Inauguration and Blessing of FMMC Decennial Memorial Building and the knowledge centre commenced on Thursday 16th June at 4pm. The chief guest of the function was Dr K. N. Vijayaprakash, Commissioner, Mangalore City Corporation. The chief guest inaugurated the building with the cutting of the ribbon. This was followed by the Blessing of the new building by the Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore, Diocese and President of Father Muller Charitable Institutions. The dignitaries present for the inaugural were Rev Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Rev Fr Richard Coelho, Rev Fr Denis D'Sa, Rev Fr Vincent Saldanha and Dr JP Alva. All the staff, PGs and interns of FMMC were present on this occasion.

The formal function was held in the conference hall on the top floor.The programme began with a prayer song. The welcome address was given by Rev Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Director, FMCI. This was followed by the message by the chief guest Dr N. Vijayaprakash. The architect and builder of the building were felicitated by the Bishop. Rev Fr Denis D'Sa delivered the vote of thanks. The programme ended with a video presentation of the Decennial Memorial building and the institutional anthem.

This knowledge centre is equipped with more than 26,000 textbooks of various health science specialities and more than 1000 National and international health science journals. Also the library has availed the membership of DELNET e-resources and subscribed 'Up to date' data base. The library is automated and biometric units are installed at the entry and exit of the library.

Open-ended Consortium held on 12.06.2012 held at Knowledge Centre Hall by Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized user awareness workshop on Elsevier's E-resource – “Clinical Key” on 08 th December 2014 between 3.00p.m to 4.00p.m in the Knowledge Centre Hall.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Interns of Father Muller Medical College. The program began with Welcome/Introduction by Dr. Erel A.I. Diaz, Prof. & H.O.D of Surgery and Library Committee Chairperson.

The Resource person Mr. Hajela Gunjan, Customer Engagement Manager for Elsevier Health Sciences and Mr. S.R Varun, Sales Manager for online Products of Elsevier Health Sciences gave a detailed demonstration on Clinical Key. Briefed on Basic search, Books, Journals, Drug Monographs, Guidelines, Patient Education, Multimedia, CME and How to register Clinical Key etc.

There was very good response from the Faculty and Students, many have attended the program and participated in the interaction section.

At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian, proposed the vote of thanks.

A Training Programme on SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software was held at Father Muller Knowledge Centre Hall On 09 th July 2015 between 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The resource person Mr Subramanya K ., Statistician, IBM SPSS South Asia Private Limited, Bangalore presented a detailed PPT on Introduction to SPSS, Advanced Statistics, How to apply different types of tests, Custom Tables, Correlation and Regression etc ., in the morning.

The Karnataka Health Sciences Library Association ® (KHSLA) and Fr Muller Medical College in association with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore jointly organized two days conference at FMMC Decennial Memorial Hall on 24 th and 25 th January 2013. The theme of the conference was “Evidence Based-Health Science Librarianship”. Around 150 delegates from all over Karnataka attended this Conference.

Day 1:

The first day began at 9.30 am with the Pre-conference session; Dr Ramaraj Urs, University Librarian, RGUHS, Bangalore gave useful insights on Evidence Based Medicine and the role of Librarians in Evidence Based Medicine.

Later at 11am, the inaugural programme began with an invocation. Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services welcomed the gathering.

The conference was formally inaugurated by lighting the auspicious lamp by the dignitaries present on the dais.

Professor Dr K Ramnarayan, Vice-Chancellor, Manipal University, Was the Chief Guest. Rev.Fr Patrick Rodrigues, Director, FMCI presided over the function. Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director, Rev. Fr Denis D’Sa, Administrator, FMMC & FMCON, Dr P S Mahesh President KHSLA, Mr Venkatesh, Secretary KHSLA, Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Secretary, Organizing Committee were present on the dais.

A Conference Volume was released by Dr K Ramnarayan on this occasion. Mr Nagaraj, retired Librarian, KIMS Bangalore was felicitated by the dignitaries.

Dr. Mahesh, President of the Association briefed about the vision of the Association and highlighted about the conference theme and sub-theme and appealed the Librarians to not only support the health care professionals but also help to evaluate the knowledge.

KHSLA Secretary Mr. Venkatesh read out the KHSLA report on the occasion. Rev. Fr Denis D’ Sa, Administrator, FMMC & FMCON introduced the chief guest Prof (Dr) K Ramnarayan to the gathering.

Dr Ramnarayan in his inaugural address said that, conference such as this gives an opportunity to learn and let others know what we are doing. Library connects the users to new knowledge and the librarians are the best teachers to build the knowledge. Librarians should be more proactive to dig out the information in catering the needs of the health Sciences Professionals.

Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director in his keynote address said that” Evidence Based-Health Science Librarianship (EB-HSL)” is to support, and to practice EBM. The EB-HSL requires the knowledge of EBM and POC resources to support clinical decisions.

In his presidential address, Rev. Fr Patrick said Librarians should be able to satisfy proactively the needs of the doctors. The researchers and health care professionals are finding it difficult to search the right information from the ocean of information. It is the duty of the librarians to act as catalyst and support them to find the wealth of information.

At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Organising Secretary proposed the vote of thanks.

After the Inauguration Program the scientific papers were presented as a part of technical sessions.

Day 2:

The day began at 9.30 am with the technical sessions followed by the valedictory session at 12.30pm (noon).

Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services, Rev. Fr Denis D’Sa Administrator, FMMC & FMCON, Prof. (Dr) Jayaprakash Alva, Chairman, Organizing Committee Dr P S Mahesh, President KHSLA, Mr Venkatesh, Secretary KHSLA, Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director and Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Secretary, Organizing committee were present on the dais.

The programme began with an invocation. Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Dr Jayaprakash Alva, Welcomed the gathering. On behalf of the delegates Mr. John Librarian, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore and Mr. Dattatreya, Librarian, JJMC Davangere gave their valuable feedback on their 2 days experience.

Dr B Sanjeev Rai, Chief of Medical Services, Rev. Fr Denis D’ Sa Administrator, addressed the gathering .

Mrs. Shashikala Bhat, Repporteur General, read out the brief report of the 5 th Annual Conference of KHSLA, Dr P S Mahesh delivered the presidential address.

Dr Nagaraj, Librarian, KIMS, Bangalore was felicitated on this occasion.

Totally 18 Scientific papers were presented, Dr H S Siddamallaiah, Conference Director announced the best participant and best paper Award.

The valedictory function concluded after Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Organising secretary of this Conference expressed her gratitude with a vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized user awareness program on Library subscribed E-resource on J-Gate and a demo on EndNote on 17 th October 2014 between 3.00p.m to 4.30 p.m. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Interns of Father Muller Medical College, College of Nursing, School of Nursing and Speech and Hearing. The program began with Welcome/Introduction by Dr. Erel A.I. Diaz, Prof. & H.O.D of Surgery and Library Committee Chairperson.

The Resource person Mr. Ravishankar, Training Consultant, Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore, gave a detailed demonstration on J-Gate (Biomedical Sciences) resource, briefed on Basic search, Advanced search, How to use Boolean operators? How to register J-Gate? How to search Journal articles etc.

Also given a demo on EndNote (A Bibliographic Reference Management Software) Mr. Ravishankar said that this product is useful to those who are in the habit of publishing research papers in Journals. Training given on to search online database, to collect full text articles & to create bibliographies. He said that there are over 6,000+ styles to format bibliography.

Many have attended the program, participated in the interaction section. At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

Father Muller Knowledge Centre organized user awareness program on Library subscribed e-resources on J-GATE, FEDGATE AND EZPROXY on 25 th November 2013 between 3.00p.m. to 4.30p.m. in the Decennial Memorial Hall of Knowledge Centre.

The program was attended by Teaching Faculty, Postgraduate Students and Interns of Father Muller Medical College, College of Nursing, School of Nursing and Speech and Hearing. The program began with Welcome/Introduction by Dr. Erel A. I. Diaz, Prof. & H.O.D. of Surgery and Library Committee Chairperson.

The Resource person Mr. Ravishankar, Training Consultant, Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore, gave a detailed demonstration on what is J-Gate?, J-Gate Features and Benefits, J-Gate Products and Services etc,

The Resource person Mr. Satish P, IT & Product Development Manager, Informatics, India Ltd, Bangalore, gave demonstration on FEDgate and EZproxy. The sessions were informative and very useful.

Many have attended the program, participated in the interaction section. The resource persons were very happy by seeing the crowd.

At the end Dr Janet Dotty Lobo, Librarian proposed the vote of thanks.

SC/ST Book Bank Hand over Function at Conference Hall – District Social Welfare Officer was with us on 27.06.2009

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