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Universal Briefing Study Circle-55
Topic: From Rage to Reflection: Building Emotional Intelligence through Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Bibliotherapy
Date: 25th July 2026
Time: 7:30 pm (IST)
Platform: Google Meet and YouTube.

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Universal Briefing Study Circle-54
Topic: Future of Academic Libraries: From Technology Perspectives
Date: June 27, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm (IST)
Speaker: Dr. Samir Kumar Jalal, Deputy Librarian, IIT Kharagpur
Platform: Google Meet and YouTube.

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Universal Briefing 53rd Study Circle
Topic: Designing a Conversational Search System for Reference Service using Open Source RAG and LLM: A Case Study of IIM Calcutta Library
Speaker: Dr. Narayan Chandra Ghosh, Librarian, IIM Calcutta

Date & Time: 30 May 2026, 7:30 PM

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52nd Study Circle
Topic: Linked Open Data and OpenRefine Tool
Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Das, Assistant Professor, DLIS, University of Burdwan
President: Dr. Sibsankar Jana, Professor, DLIS, University of Kalyani

Date: 25th Apr, 2026

Time: 7:30 pm

Organized by UNIVERSAL BRIEFING

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51st Study Circle

Library and Information Science in New World Order

Speaker: Dr. Soumen Mallik, Associate Professor and Head, DLISC, VU

President: Dr. Sudip Ranjan Hatua, Professor and Head, DLISC, RBU

Date: 21st Mar, 2026

Time: 7:30 pm

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Day1: Few glimpses of Two- Day International Seminar "Intelligent Libraries: Harnessing AI Driven Future" organized by Universal Briefing in collaboration with Muralidhar Girls' College, Kolkata on 20th & 21st Feb., 2026.

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50th Study Circle of Universal Briefing (on Physical Mode)
Harnessing AI : A Future Roadmap for
Research University Library

Date: 21st February, 2026

Time: 12:30-1:30 PM

Venue: TEQIP Building, Jadavpur University, Kolkata -700032

Organized by UNIVERSAL BRIEFING

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49th STUDY CIRCLE

METAVERSE LIBRARIES: ILLUMINATING PATHS TO KNOWLEDGE IN VIRTUAL WORLD

Speaker: Dr. Barnali Roy Choudhury, Assistant Professor, DLIS, NSOU

President: Dr. Nimai Chand Saha, Librarian, Visva-Bharati

Date: 3rd January, 2026

Time: 7:30 pm

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UNIVERSAL BRIEFING 6th INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON INTELLIGENT LIBRARIES: HARNESSING AI DRIVEN FUTURE
Date: Feb 20-21, 2026
Time: 10:00 Α.Μ. - 05:30 P.M.
Venue: TEQIP Building
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Registration Link:
https://t.co/pmslqC4Jqd

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48th Study Circle of Universal Briefing

Topic: Metamorphosis of Research Evaluation Metrics

President: Prof. (Dr.) Saptarshi Ghosh, Professor, DLIS, NBU

Speaker: Dr. Bidyarthi Dutta, Associate Professor, DLIS, VU

Date: 29th November, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM Onwards

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Universal Briefing presents
Poster Competition on
My Dream Library: Where every shelf holds a universe
for LIS Students only
Last date for submission- 01/12/2025
Register Now (Free Entry): https://t.co/KiKDooxLrS

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47th Study Circle of Universal Briefing
Topic: Indigenous Health Information Dissemination: Perspectives and Practices
President: Dr. Subarna Kumar Das, Professor, DLIS, JU
Speaker: Dr. Pubalika Bhattacharya Maitra, Assistant Professor, DLIS, CU

Date: 1 Nov, 2025 Time: 7:30 PM

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46th Study Circle of Universal Briefing
Topic: Reading habits in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Speaker: Dr. Nivedita Bhattacharyya Sahu, Associate Professor, DLIS, VU
President: Dr. Arabinda Maity, Professor, DLIS, CU
Date: 20th September, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM

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45th Study Circle Of Universal Briefing
Topic: Human Library: Journey To A New Paradigm
Speaker: Dr Snigdha Naskar, Assistant Professor, DLISC, RBU
President: Dr Sanat Bhattacharya, Assistant Librarian, Visva Bharati
Date: 30TH AUGUST, 2025
Time: 7.30 PM

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44th Study Circle of Universal Briefing
Topic: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম: কিছু অনালোচিত তথ্যসূত্র
President: Prof. (Dr.) Rajat Kishore Dey, Professor and Former VC, UGB
Speaker: Dr. Biswajit Das, Librarian and Registrar (In-Charge), UGB
Date: 26th July 2025
Time: 7:30 P.M.

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Universal Briefing Study Circle 43
Topic: "Interdisciplinary Subjects: Tracing Their Evolving Representation in Library Classification"
Speaker: Dr. Santashree Basu
Guest Faculty, DLIS, RBU
President: Dr. Ranjan Samanta
Librarian, Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya
Date: 28 Jun 2025

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Universal Briefing Study Circle - 42
Topic: "Role of Library Professionals to Meet the Changing Demand Of 'Generation Z' In This Digital Era"
Speaker: Dr. Sushanta Banerjee
Librarian, WBSU, Barasat
Date: 31st May 2025
Time: 7:30 PM onwards
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STUDY CIRCLE-41
Book Recommendation System: Collaborative filtering-driven approach

SPEAKER: Ms. Debolina Biswas, JRF, DLIS, Jadavpur University
PRESIDENT: Ms. Tanushree Rakshit, Librarian, Uluberia College
DATE: 26th April, 2025
TIME: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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STUDY CIRCLE-40
Impact of OER in Digital Learning Environment
SPEAKER: Dr. Nilima Paul, Librarian, Mrinalini Datta Mahavidyapith
PRESIDENT: Dr. Pronobi Porel, Librarian, Rabindra Mahavidyalaya
Date: 29th March, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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Universal Briefing Study Circle - 39
Topic: "Diversity among Authors and Editors Representing LIS Literature"
Speaker: Mr. Niladri Majumdar, JRF, DLIS, JU
President: Dr. Soumen Mondal
Librarian, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata
Date: 1st Mar, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM