The memorial Lecture is organised every year and the lectures are delivered by eminent professionals from the LIS fraternity.
| Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 21 January 2023 | 17th T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “Role E-Prints/Preprints in Scholarly Communication” Details of the Talk Presentation of the Talk | Dr. T. S. Kumbar Advisor (Library & Institute Archives) Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 055| Gujarat. Presided by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam |
| Friday, 16th July 2021 | 16th T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “Revisiting Copyright and the Republic of Science: Reframing Copyright Theories From Property to Public Good.” Details of the Talk Recorded video Link | Dr Shalini R. Urs Founder Chairperson and Trustee MYRA School of Business, Mysore & Former Founder Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Mysore Chaired by Ms Bindu Sharma, Founder & CEO, Origiin IP Solutions LLP |
| Monday, 29th June 2020 | 15th T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “The State of Open Access: Where does it stand and where is it heading?” Details of the Talk | Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics India Limited, Bengaluru Presided by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam |
| Friday, 20th September 2019 | 14th T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture, 2019 on: “Classification and Coding of Data wrt Organisational & Administrative Data” Details of the Talk | Dr. Ashok.Y. Asundi, Professor and Chairman(Retired), and Officer In Charge, IT Centre, and Department of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University |
| 25th May 2018 | 13th Dr. T. B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture (2018): “Contemporary Tools & Techniques for Effective Library Management” Details of the Talk | Mr. B P Prakash, Global Head – Information Resource Centre at Tata Consultancy Services, Pune, |
| Friday, 16th June 2017 | 12th Dr. T. B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : How the Libraries and the Library schools can re-position themselves in meeting the expectations of the society? Details of the Talk | Dr. Prahalad G Tadasad, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women’s University, Vijayapura |
| 17th June 2016. | 11th Dr. T. B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture (2016): “LIS Education and Research in India: Some issues from the practitioners’ perspective” Details of the Talk | Dr. M S Sridhar, Formerly, Head, Library and Documentation Division, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru |
| 26th June 2015 | 10th Dr. T. B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : Marketing of Library and Information Services Using Social Media Details of the Talk | Dr. Ramesha, Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore – 560 056 |
| Friday, October 10th, 2014 | 9th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : Promotion of e-Resources for Academic & Research Excellence: Tips, Techniques and Insights Details of the Talk | Dr. I.R.N. Goudar, Visiting Professor cum Library Adviser in Bangalore University Library presided by Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao, Visiting scientist at the Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering |
| 21st June, 2013 | 8th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture (2013):Knowledge Diversity in Media Content Analysis – An Analytico-synthetic Approach Details of the Talk | Dr. Devika P. Madalli, Documentation Training and Research Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore |
| Friday, 15th June, 2012 | 7th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture (2012): “Libraries: with no wall, no firewall by India. Details of the Talk | Dr. H.S. Siddamallaiah, Principal Library and Information Officer Library and Information Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science (NIMHANS), Bangalore-560029, |
| 10th June, 2011 | 6th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “Role of LIS in Semantic Web Technology” Details of the Talk | Prof. ARD Prasad, Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore |
| Friday, 4th June, 2010 | 5th Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture (2010) : “Why are our readers not using Learning Objects?” Details of the Talk | Prof. Srinivasa Ramani International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore Presided by Dr. Venkadesan, Librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc, Bangalore |
| 12th June, 2009 | 4th T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “Academic Access in a Globalized world: Scholars without Borders” Details of the Talk | Dr. Ram Ramaswamy, Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Presided by Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Head, ICAST, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore |
| 7th June, 2008 | 3rd T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “Scientometrics with Special Emphasis on Measuring Scientific Productivity” Details of the Talk | Dr. I K Ravichandra Rao, Professor and Head Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. |
| 9th June, 2007 | 2nd T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “Librarians’ need for readiness for alternate careers that require Information Specialists” Details of the Talk | Ms. Vasumathi Sriganesh, Director, Q Med Services Pvt Ltd, |
| 3rd June, 2006 | 1st T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture : “E-support Systems for Learning, Teaching and Research” Details of the Talk | Prof. N.J Rao, CEDT Dept., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |