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Dr . Bhakti Gala

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Assistant Professor, School of Library and information Science, Central University of Gujarat

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Expertise

  • Library and Information Science
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Publications

Total Articles 75
Books 12
Proceedings 3

Publications 1992-2022

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Citations 59
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Citations 30
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Honours and Awards

2022

James E Cretsos Leadership Award

Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), USA
2022

ASIs&T Chapter Member of the Year Award

ASIS&T
2019

Best Short Research Paper Finalist

iconference 2019, USA
2014

2014 ASIS&T SIG III International Paper Contest-First Prize

The Association of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), USA

Professional Recognition

2025

Dublin Core Metadata Committee (DCMI) Education Committee

Member
2023

Departmental Academic Integrity Committee for Centre for Comparative Literature and Transl

Member
2023

ASIS&T

Director-at-large
2022

ASIS&T SIG-III (International Information Issues)

Chair
2021

ASIS&T South Asia

Chair
2021

Departmental Academic Integrity Committee for School of National Security Studies

Member
2015

International Librarians Network (ILN)

Content Officer (2015-2017)

Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science (IATLIS)

Life Member

Ahmedabad Library Network (ADINET)

Life Member

American Library Association (ALA), USA

Annual, 2014- 2018

Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), USA

Annual 2014-

Gujarat Granthalya Seva Sangh, Gujarat, India

Life

Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP), UK

Student Membership, 2013-15

Indian Library Association, India

Life Member

Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, India

Life Member

Bio

Information Literacy; Cultural Heritage: Digital Libraries: Metadata and Authority Control; Open Access and Open Content; Public Libraries

Personal Details

  • Female
  • Central University of Gujarat
  • Central University of Gujarat - 382030
Ph.D
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 2014
NET
University Grant Commission 2010
MLIS
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 1995
German- G3 Level
Other Institute 1994
P G Diploma in German
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 1994
Assistant Professor 2015 – Present
Central University of Gujarat
Teaching Assistant 2009 – 2015
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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Scholarly Work

Financial Information Literacy Toolkit to Educate boRrowers (FILTER): A Channel for Public Libraries to Partner with Governments for Financial Inclusion in the Developing World

Funding Agency: OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grants

Consultant

$24,985

2017 - 2018

Completed
Dealing with COVID-19 and saving people’s lives in South Asia (SA) areas & beyond - A health informatics promotion project

Funding Agency: Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), USA

Principal Investigator

$7000.00

2021 - 2022

Completed
Knowledge Exchange Project on International Digital Story Writing Competition: AI and Health

Funding Agency: University of Hong Kong

Partner

$149,960 (HKD)

2021 - 2022

Completed
Women empowerment through access to information:A study from public libraries in India

Funding Agency: Central University of Gujarat

Principal Investigator

100000

2020 - 2021

Working
AI and Health Information Literacy: A study exploring the perceived usefulness, and readiness among women in South Asia

Funding Agency: The Institute of Information Literacy, Purdue University, USA

Co-PI

335421

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Working

Research Data Management Services in Science and Technology Libraries in India: An Exploratory Study

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Year 2023

Convergence of Archives, Libraries and Museums in the Contmeporary Society of Nagaland: A Cultural Heritage Literacy Perspective

University Central University of Gujarat
Year 2024

Enabling Global Access to Digitized Manuscript Collections: The Case of Hazrat Pir Muhammad Shah Library and Research Centre

University Central Univeristy of Gujarat
Year 2025

Evaluation of Indian Learning Object Repositories in Library and Information Science Discipline (Thesis submitted)

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