From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com Thu Nov 1 09:50:49 2007 From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:20:49 -0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] British Library CEO Lynne Brindley's conversation in Harvard Business Review November, '07issue Message-ID: Dear Members', British Library CEO Lynne Brindley on helping to spur business innovation In Forethought Conversation column by Sarah Cliffe published in Harvard Business Review November, 2007 Vol.85, Issue 11 Five questions of the conversation appeared online are listed below. 1. How did you get interested in serving the business community? 2. How did the library make that happen? 3. You've overseen a major strategic and cultural change at the BL. What have you learned? 4. You're the first IT professional?and the first professional librarian?to head the BL. How has that affected the way you do your job? 5. Do you have a favorite piece from the collection? For Web Access of this Conversation :- visit www.hbr.org Then in Current Issue (November, 2007) Go to Departments Forethought Then click British Library CEO..... OR go to following too long web-link. Page 1 Link:- http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?_requestid=25518&ml_subscriber=true&ml_action=get-article&ml_issueid=BR0711&articleID=F0711G&pageNumber=1 Page 2 Link:- http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?ml_subscriber=true&_requestid=25518&referer=/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp&reason=freeContent&productId=F0711G&OPERATION_TYPE=CHECK_COOKIE&FALSE=FALSE&TRUE=TRUE&ml_action=get-article&ml_issueid=BR0711&articleID=F0711G&pageNumber=2 Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari, Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sandeep31581 at yahoo.co.uk Thu Nov 1 10:14:17 2007 From: sandeep31581 at yahoo.co.uk (sandeep bhavsar) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 04:44:17 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Internet Librarian International Presentations Message-ID: <181713.94089.qm@web26015.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Respected All http://www.internet-librarian.com/Presentations/ The presentations given at the Internet Librarian International 2007 conference in London, England are now available on the conference website including Stephen Abram?s keynote - Next Generation Libraries: The 2.0 Phenomenon, Phil Bradley?s closing keynote Facing the Challenge of Web 2.0 as a Disruptive Technology and others including: Implementations of Library 2.0 Virtual Libraries Blogging Inertia and 2.0 Scepticism 23 Things The Impact of 2.0 Portals and Wikis at Work http://www.internet-librarian.com/Presentations/ Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com Mob : 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ --------------------------------- For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! 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The data files are searchable and browsable; each item retrieved includes a description, scope of the study, dates and geographic region, methodology, and information on access. There's a data use tutorial on the website as well. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071102/5792474f/attachment.html From ram.mlib at gmail.com Fri Nov 2 11:37:46 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:37:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] free e-book :Guide to business planning for launching a new Open Access Journal Message-ID: dear colleagues, Open Society Institute published a series of guides to assist journal developers and publishers to create Open Access Journal. This guide provides a good starting point for those contemplating the launch of a new journal based upon an Open Access business model that provides free availability of research papers. For those who are already in the process of launching an Open Access journal, this Guide provides resources to help ensure that your planning is complete u can see it on: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/html/business_planning.htm -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From librarianmace at yahoo.co.in Fri Nov 2 16:25:39 2007 From: librarianmace at yahoo.co.in (Shihab Illias) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:55:39 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] I T & Library science free magazines Message-ID: <481310.6886.qm@web8905.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear professionals Computers in Libraries Computers in Libraries is a monthly magazine that provides complete coverage of the news and issues in the rapidly evolving field of library information technology. http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/ Information Today Information Today delivers total coverage of late-breaking news and long-term trends in the information industry. Accurate, timely news articles inform the reader of the people, products, services, and events that impact the industry, while hard-hitting, topical articles explain significant developments in the field. http://www.infotoday.com/IT/default.asp FreePint Newsletter FreePint FUMSI reports: comprehensive information, practical guidance and hands-on tools to help you Find, Use, Manage and Share work-related information http://www.freepint.com/ Internet News letter Internet News letter is a free monthly electronic newsletter, edited by Heriot-Watt University Library staff and published by Heriot-Watt University. The newsletter aims to raise awareness of sources of information of interest to academics in all subjects, but especially engineering, science, and social science. http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/ ONLINE magazine ONLINE is written for information professionals and provides articles, product reviews, case studies, evaluation, and informed opinion about selecting, using, and managing electronic information products, plus industry and professional information about online database systems, CD-ROM, and the Internet. http://www.infotoday.com/online/default.shtml Emerald Management Xtra provides access to 160 full text journals and reviews from the top 300 management journals. It is the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed management journals and online support for librarians, students, faculty and researchers. 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From atanugarai.lists at gmail.com Fri Nov 2 19:36:12 2007 From: atanugarai.lists at gmail.com (Atanu Garai) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:36:12 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project References: <004e01c81ba4$4fcc1360$1401a8c0@ATANU> Message-ID: <001c01c81d59$8b692dc0$1401a8c0@ATANU> Dear Colleagues The status of the digitization under this project is available here - http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/status.html. Sorry for this oversight. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Globethics.net On 10/31/07, Atanu Garai wrote: (Apologies for multiple postings) Dear Colleagues: I am requesting information on the status of the CMU Million Book Project in India. Shall be thankful if you can provide updates on this. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Consultant Globethics.net New Delhi Phone + 91 98996 22884 Email: atanu.garai at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071102/2caaa0cd/attachment.html From krmulla at gmail.com Sat Nov 3 08:56:01 2007 From: krmulla at gmail.com (K.R. Mulla) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 08:56:01 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO and Library of Congress sign agreement for World Digital Library Message-ID: UNESCO and the US Library of Congress will join forces to build a World Digital Library, following the signing of an agreement by Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, and the Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 17 October 2007. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html -- Thanks with regards K. R. Mulla, Librarian, HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045. Karnataka, India. Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152 ................................................................................................. 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The candidate should have a degree in Library Science, BLISC/MLISC, with excellent communication skills, knowledge of computer applications and should have a pleasing and outgoing personality. For the post of a Library Manager a postgraduate diploma in management will be desirable. Only Candidates from Mumbai desired. Freshers may apply. Please e-mail your resume to helplibrary at gmail.com or helplib at vsnl.com . Our contact numbers are: 65952393/65952394/22021101 Regards, Anjoo Chandiramani for HELP ------ -- Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. 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He is also known as Father of Indian National Bibliography as it was first brought out in its leadership on August 15, 1958. Later, he became the first Director of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) at New Delhi. In recognition of his great service to the nation, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._S._Kesavan#Kesavan_Institute_of_Information_and_Knowledge_Management_.28KIIKM.29 P.S. MANJUNATHA BNMIT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BANGALORE -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071104/9a3f048e/attachment.html From t_muniraj at yahoo.co.in Mon Nov 5 12:15:33 2007 From: t_muniraj at yahoo.co.in (Muniraj. T) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 06:45:33 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] KPSC Called for Public Library: Librarian , Asst Librarian , Library Asst, Posts Message-ID: <993699.83497.qm@web7609.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, KPSC invited applications for public library, for more information please visit this link http://kpsc.kar.nic.in/Notification%20dt%202-11-07.PDF Good Luck for applicants With Kind Regards MUNIRAJU.T PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj at yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Mon Nov 5 19:31:27 2007 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:31:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] A demo cum lecture on 'ListServs' at MyDLIS Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70711050601t3f20e6beqb2e23eb2d4c763a7@mail.gmail.com> The Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS) under the aegis of Mysore University Library and Information Student Association (MULISSA) organised a demonstration cum lecture on 'ListServs' on 2nd November 2007 by Dr. M. Chandrashekara, Reader, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. Dr. Chandrashekara explained the concept of 'ListServs' and its usage as group discussion forums. 'ListServ' is an electronic forum which facilitates online communication. He gave a step by step demonstration about 'ListSevs' to the students by taking 'LISFORUM' as an example. He said that one must first join the listserv as a member in order to send messages to the list. Members must also correspond with the listserv using the email address they subscribed to the list with. 'LISFORUM' is an moderated list in which moderators approves and prunes the messages. He opined that the challenges of a 'ListServ' include striking a balance between quality and participation, which can be achieved through careful planning and moderation. In his demonstration of 'LISFORUM', Dr. Chandrashekara explained its features including searching of archives, default settings etc. He drew the attention of the students towards various ListServs available in the field of Library and Information Science. In order to encourage the participation in ListServs, a competition for the MLISc students was announced. The students of the current batch of MLISc in MyDLIS have to become members of LISFORUM and participate in the discussion. The best participant would be awarded with an attractive prize. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor, MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From vimal0212 at yahoo.com Tue Nov 6 10:49:20 2007 From: vimal0212 at yahoo.com (vimal kumar) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:19:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Digitization and Its Discontents by Anthony Grafton Message-ID: <578487.82924.qm@web52302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Friend, The current issue of the New Yorker has an article by Anthony Grafton called ?Digitization and Its Discontents? that discusses the ongoing ?tension? between the traditional print library model versus the Google Book projects of the world. The article is well written and provides an excellent general overview of the issues. Link http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/11/05/071105fa_fact_grafton Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 6 12:19:01 2007 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <987786.36834.qm@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues Atanu wanted to point out so called ?current status? of Digital Library of India project. This is very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more than a year old. Another point I would like to raise, DLI?s Kolkata Mega Scanning Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? Thanking you Anup Kumar Das CSSP, JNU New Delhi-110067 Email: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Ph. 011-26704400 lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:36:12 +0530 From: "Atanu Garai" Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project Dear Colleagues The status of the digitization under this project is available here - http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/status.html. Sorry for this oversight. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Globethics.net On 10/31/07, Atanu Garai wrote: (Apologies for multiple postings) Dear Colleagues: I am requesting information on the status of the CMU Million Book Project in India. Shall be thankful if you can provide updates on this. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai Consultant Globethics.net New Delhi Phone + 91 98996 22884 Email: atanu.garai at gmail.com --------------------------------- Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071106/e5c5e469/attachment.html From ram.mlib at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 10:16:04 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:16:04 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] The Gates Foundation Global Libraries Program Message-ID: dear all, Computers and the Internet can connect people to crucial information that can improve health, education, and employment opportunities. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the world's population?more than 87 percent, or 5.5 billion people?lack access to these powerful, modern tools. Gates Foundation's Global Libraries initiative forms partnerships with select developing countries to provide free public access to information technology. It also presents an annual Access to Learning Award for innovation to a library outside the United States. With its partners, the Global Libraries program is helping to improve the services of public libraries in these selected countries. learn more at :http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/GlobalLibraries Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From hariharan_ah at yahoo.com Wed Nov 7 10:21:56 2007 From: hariharan_ah at yahoo.com (Arunachalam Hariharan) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:51:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Programme on Programme on Information Literacy Awareness for Corporation School Children Message-ID: <211353.56823.qm@web39603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear friends, Sub: National Library Week Celebrations You are cordially invited for a one day programme on Promotion of Information Literacy and Reading Habits among Corporation School children, Chennai Jointly organized by Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS Chennai Chapter) & Connemara Public Library, Chennai Date: 11 Nov 2007 Time: 10 .30 A.M Venue: Connemara Public Library, Chennai Programme 10.30 Tea 11.00 A.A ??? Welcome Address 11.15 Lecture on Importance of Information Literacy Skills and Reading Habits for School Children 11.45 Speech Competition on ???Library is a Self Learning Centre??? Participants: Students from 26 Corporation Schools at Chennai will be participating Programme will continue till the speech competition is over Vote of Thanks ******** Winners will be selected by a panel of judges. Cash Awards will be distributed to the winners First Price: Rs.1000/- Second Price: Rs.750 Third Price: Rs.500/- Certificates will be distributed to the participants --------------- P.Panneerselvam Secretary SALIS Chennai Chapter A.Hariharan Structural Engineering Research Centre CSIR Campus Taramani Chennai - 600 113 hariharan_ah at yahoo.com Cell: 9841601901 Off:044-22549133 -------------------------------------------------- SALIS B2-Solai Apatments Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 Tel: 044-22522448/42014772 www.autolib-india.net/salis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From librarianmace at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 6 15:04:19 2007 From: librarianmace at yahoo.co.in (Shihab Illias) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:34:19 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free Newspaper Archive and directory of online newspapers Message-ID: <551059.5267.qm@web8913.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear professionals The Newspaper Archive This site recognizes that every newspaper story is about someone – your ancestors, political leaders, celebrities, classmates or historical figures! Find their stories today in the world’s largest online newspaper archive. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ Online Newspapers.com Thousands of world’s newspapers on your finger tips. The most of the popular newspapers are accessed as online newspapers. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Newspapers of the World on the Internet Newspapers of the World on the Internet help to Browse newspapers directory geographically http://www.actualidad.com/ With regards Shihab.I. Librarian Muslim Association College of Engineering Venajramoodu (PO) Trivandrum, Kerala shihabillias at yahoo.co.in librarianmace at yahoo.co.in http://shihabillias.googlepages.com/ Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. Go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 12:57:04 2007 From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:27:04 -0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] =?windows-1252?q?Yojana=28Development_monthly=29_spec?= =?windows-1252?q?ial_issue_on_=9350_years_of_Indian_IT=94?= Message-ID: Dear Members', Yojana a premier monthly, carries the message of economic development to the people.It is published by Publications Division, M/o Info. & Broacasting, Govt. of India. The November- 2007 issue of Yojana Focusses on "50 years of Indian IT" ? Big Successes, Large Gap- Jairam Ramesh In IT, there is great scope for true PPP as for example in the area of education and training. I do hope that while exulting in its global success, every once in a while Nasscom reminds itself of its local roots and its domestic imperatives. ? IT for Development and Social Welfare- D Dutta Majumder It is well known that computers were designed by mathematicians and engineers mainly to solve numerical problems, and even in fourth-generation computers, there has not been any significant change in that respect. ? IT: Ambience for Growth- N Seshagiri India is still in a nascent stage in exploiting the global potential of software and dservices market. Therefore, there is no room for complacencey. ? Fifty years of Indian IT- S Sadagopan Research output from Indian academic institutions R&D establishments is coming of age. Globally relevant and significant output is coming out of India-based research wings of global companies like HP, Miscrosoft and Google. ? IT and Administration in Government- N Vittal As India emerges as a major economic power on the global scene, ITin Government will increasingly plays a major role in keeping India as a well governed country. This introductory Article detail is available on http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/j_show.asp?id=24 Yojana is published in 12 Indian Languages besides English viz.-Hindi,Urdu,Gujarati, Bengali,Assamese,Kannada,Malayalam,Marathi,Oriya,Punjabi,Tamil &Telugu. I am wishing you all the Members' of this Discussion -List Shubh Deepawali & Chhath. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ram.mlib at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 13:29:46 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:29:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] SciDev Science Publishing Quick Guide Message-ID: dear all , SciDev publishes a series of Quick Guide related to Science and Innovation. This one is fully dedicated to science publishing, including introduction materials, articles, Web links and more. Introduction : "This guide explores various approaches ? from 'open-access' publishing and self-archiving to differential pricing initiatives ? to using the Internet to increase access to scientific information in the developing world. It includes topical news on this issue, and a range of opinion and feature articles." Please visit SciDev Web site to discover its Quick Guide to Science Publishing at : http://www.scidev.net/quickguides/index.cfm?qguideid=4 -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ram.mlib at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 16:53:57 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:53:57 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] CYBERMETRICS: Taking the web seriously" Message-ID: dear professionals, CYBERMETRICS: Taking the web seriously" Under this article Isidro Aguillo explains how university websites can be compared and why this gives meaningful insight into the institutions research output. learn more at : http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=149 -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sfkattimani at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 11:48:37 2007 From: sfkattimani at gmail.com (S.F KATTIMANI) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:48:37 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] google dhamaka Message-ID: these google guys are toooooooooooooooooooo much!! http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic Type any Tamil/Malayalam/kannada regional language word in English (same way as we pronounce it) and press "SPACE bar"... it gets translated to that regional language.That too, it is very accurate !!!!! * * -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 MOB: 9886821032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071107/926dbf28/attachment.html From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 20:36:17 2007 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:36:17 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Kannada in Computers - A MULISSA lecture at MyDLIS Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70711070706rd49325s18031a410ea51c69@mail.gmail.com> Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) organised a lecture on "Kannada in Computers" by Dr. Panditaradhya, a well-known speaker in this region. It was held at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore on 7th November 2007. The lecture was the third one in the series of "Friday talks" for the current year. Because of the festive week, the lecture was advanced to Wednesday itself. In his speech, Dr. Panditaradhya said that a language is basically learnt orally. The oral communication has been dominating the written communication for centuries. The invention of printing press by Gutenberg has enhanced the impact of written communication over the society. The emergence of computing and communicating technologies has proved a shot in the arm for written communication. Dr. Panditaradhya traced the development of encoding standards from ASCII to ISCII to Unicode to Nudi ( a local standard approved by Government of Karnataka). He said though English was a dominating language in computers, it is not any more. Any script in any language of the world can now be stored in computers. Cashing on his experience in Nudi, the speaker showed how Kannada scripts could be entered in computers. Answering a query from the audience, Prof. Panditaradhya clarified that Nudi employs phonetic based data entry method unlike Baraha which uses transliteration technique for data entry. Compared to its competitors, he said Nudi has several features and is based on scientific studies. Nudi, a product of Kannada Ganaka Parishat, is a standard approved by Government of Karnataka. Mr. G. N. Narasimha Murthy, Secretary, Kannada Ganaka Parishat who was present during the lecture, gave a demo on "Kannada Viswakosha" (Kannada Encyclopaedia) which was recently released by Prasaranga of University of Mysore, Mysore. He showed browsing, searching, multimedia, audio and other features of the encyclopaedia. Similarly a demo of "Pampa Bharata" a legendary work of 10th century poet Pampa was shown. Vikramarjuna Vijaya, also known as Pampa Bharata, is a Kannada version of the Mahabharata which was originally written by Vyasa. The electronic version of the work, to be released shortly, contains the original poems with meaning and annotations. The oral recitation of the poems both in Gamaka method and normal reading method is given to each poem. The program was well attended by students and staff of MyDLIS, other departments in the campus and general public. The whole programme was managed by the student representatives. -- N.S. 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From subbiah_a at yahoo.com Sat Nov 10 08:53:41 2007 From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 19:23:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project Message-ID: <271216.92168.qm@web43140.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Friends: Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). Subbiah Arunachalam ===== Dear Arun: The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta then you will find 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make unsavy comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so far- Put one million books on the web- Balki Regards Balki > Dear Balki: > > There is some concern expressed about the Million > Books project. I am forwarding a mail I received > today. Best wishes. > > Arun > > > --- Puna Das wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Puna Das >> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> CC: digilib_india at yahoogroups.com, >> atanu.garai at gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >> >> Dear Colleagues >> >> Atanu wanted to point out so called ?current >> status? of Digital Library of India project. This is >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could >> not provide us latest statistics on its site. The >> statistics available here is more than a year old. >> Another point I would like to raise, DLI?s Kolkata >> Mega Scanning Centre could not provide us access to >> a single book they have scanned using tax-payers >> money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >> documents are available through DLI websites. How >> can we please help out this overburdened project >> team having a blurred vision? >> >> Thanking you >> >> Anup Kumar Das >> CSSP, JNU >> New Delhi-110067 >> Email: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in >> Ph. 011-26704400 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From beenac at cusat.ac.in Mon Nov 12 14:05:31 2007 From: beenac at cusat.ac.in (Dr C Beena) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:05:31 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Organization of Sensitization-cum-Awareness Programme for Technology Information Facilitation Programme (TIFP) -Cochin. Message-ID: <1141.10.0.0.20.1194856531.squirrel@mail.cusat.ac.in> Dear Professionals, Cochin University and Department of Scientific Industrial Research (DSIR)Jointly organizing a one Day workshop for Sensitization-cum-Awareness Programme for Technology Information Facilitation Programme (TIFP) on 10th december 2007 at Travancore Court Warriam Road,Ernakulam,Cochin.Details regarding the workshop is avalible at URL www.cusat.ac.in with regards Beena Assistant Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From anandology at gmail.com Mon Nov 12 20:00:29 2007 From: anandology at gmail.com (Anand) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:00:29 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project In-Reply-To: <271216.92168.qm@web43140.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <271216.92168.qm@web43140.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <01B6BD94-5434-4053-A6CC-BD939DDBB3E1@gmail.com> I have couple of objections to make to Dr. Balakrishnan's response. 1. I don't think anybody will expect that he can find number of books available by searching for documents. No professional site should provide that kind of interface to find the number of items available. 2. The site presents outdated information in some places, which let the users believe that the site is not updated from long time. For example, there is a "current status" link in the main page, which links to http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/status.html. That page has a link to "Centre and Language wise Report" at the end of the page, which links to http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/ status_centre.htm And it is an outdated document dated 10-10-2006. I don't think any user will expect that there will be another link in the site which gives the latest information after seeing that. 3. The right way to find the current status is to visit http:// www.new.dli.ernet.in/cgi-bin/status.cgi, which I think is updated every day. 4. It is not appropriate to blame the person who asked the question. It just indicates that it is hard to find things in the website and usability and accessibility of the website needs to be improved. I spent many hours looking at the site without finding this information for many hours. Thanks, Anand Chief Web Programmer Open Library http://demo.openlibrary.org On 10-Nov-07, at 8:53 AM, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > Friends: > > Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to > Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this > list on 6 November (from Puna Das). > > Subbiah Arunachalam > > ===== > > Dear Arun: > The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta > books and has not > spent > even a minute looking at the web site- > Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on > the left hand side on the > search button leaving all fields default- you will get > the total number > of > books as on that date- > Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta > then you will find > 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all > these are common > sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring > do not make > unsavy > comments- we are professional and have done what no > one has done so > far- > Put one million books on the web- > > Balki > > Regards > Balki > >> Dear Balki: >> >> There is some concern expressed about the Million >> Books project. I am forwarding a mail I received >> today. Best wishes. >> >> Arun >> >> >> --- Puna Das wrote: >> >>> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >>> From: Puna Das >>> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >>> CC: digilib_india at yahoogroups.com, >>> atanu.garai at gmail.com >>> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >>> >>> Dear Colleagues >>> >>> Atanu wanted to point out so called ?current >>> status? of Digital Library of India project. This > is >>> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could >>> not provide us latest statistics on its site. The >>> statistics available here is more than a year old. >>> Another point I would like to raise, DLI?s Kolkata >>> Mega Scanning Centre could not provide us access to >>> a single book they have scanned using tax-payers >>> money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >>> documents are available through DLI websites. How >>> can we please help out this overburdened project >>> team having a blurred vision? >>> >>> Thanking you >>> >>> Anup Kumar Das >>> CSSP, JNU >>> New Delhi-110067 >>> Email: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in >>> Ph. 011-26704400 >>> >>> > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For > Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From prakash at inflibnet.ac.in Tue Nov 13 10:12:58 2007 From: prakash at inflibnet.ac.in (K Prakash) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:12:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] SOUL Helpline Message-ID: <000d01c825b1$36fcb7b0$0701a8c0@KPrakash> Dear All, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is pleased to announce a dedicated Help Line for SOUL Software users. The help line will be supporting for about 1400+ SOUL software customers for sorting out of any issues related to the software. Please dial 079-2630007 between 0930 Hrs to 1800 Hrs on all working days. With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in Tue Nov 13 10:38:28 2007 From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:38:28 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project Message-ID: <011AE0CA3A72814E815261C0218D4AA60E822D@mail.jamiahamdard.ac.in> The initiative taken by the various centres of CDAC regarding the million book project is no doubt commendable. But we can not call it enough on the scale of number of documents digitised so far and the quality of metadata being maintained to help in retieving materials on any specific subject, say "Biochemistry or Pharmacology or Toxicology". Moreover, it appears that only 107761 books with 32491737 pages have been so far converted into digitised format rather than one million (ie 10 lakh?) as claimed. Let us continue and improve, welcome more libraries to join in this cooperative endeavour! Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:54 AM To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; thulasi at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project Friends: Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). Subbiah Arunachalam ===== Dear Arun: The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta then you will find 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make unsavy comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so far- Put one million books on the web- Balki Regards Balki > Dear Balki: > > There is some concern expressed about the Million Books project. I am > forwarding a mail I received today. Best wishes. > > Arun > > > --- Puna Das wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Puna Das >> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> CC: digilib_india at yahoogroups.com, >> atanu.garai at gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >> >> Dear Colleagues >> >> Atanu wanted to point out so called 'current status' of Digital >> Library of India project. This is >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us >> latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more >> than a year old. >> Another point I would like to raise, DLI's Kolkata Mega Scanning >> Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned >> using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >> documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help >> out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? >> >> Thanking you >> >> Anup Kumar Das >> CSSP, JNU >> New Delhi-110067 >> Email: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in >> Ph. 011-26704400 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From t_muniraj at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 13 11:49:45 2007 From: t_muniraj at yahoo.co.in (Muniraju T) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:19:45 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Tumkur University, Tumkur Re-notification for Various Posts Message-ID: <147567.98373.qm@web7614.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals Tumkur University, Tumkur, Re-Notification for Professors, Readers, Lecturers & Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Assisstant Librarian, For More Information Please Visit this Link http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&login=default&AW=1194931792859 If This Link not open means see, Times of India Paper 13th November 2007 With Kind Regards, MUNIRAJU.T Central Library PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj at yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Meet people who discuss and share your passions. 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With best regards, Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "K Prakash" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: [LIS-Forum] SOUL Helpline > Dear All, > > > > INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is pleased to announce a dedicated Help Line for > SOUL Software users. The help line will be supporting for about 1400+ SOUL > software customers for sorting out of any issues related to the software. > > > > Please dial 079-2630007 between 0930 Hrs to 1800 Hrs on all working days. > > > > With best regards. > > Bye. > _____________________________ > Dr. K Prakash, PhD > Scientific/Technical Officer-I > Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre > An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission > Near Gujarat University Guest House > Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura > Ahmedabad - 380 009 India > > URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Nov 13 17:28:05 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:28:05 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] IATLIS-2007 CONFERENCE INVITATION Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:10:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. Dear Members: INVITATION FOR IATLIS CONFERENCE 2007.ALL ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND LAXMAN RAO XXIV National Conference On Equity of LIS Education in IT-Based Pedagogical Environment of the Knowledge Society IATLIS - V 2007 19th to 21st November 2007 Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad ? 580 003, KARNATAKA INAUGURATION Chief Guest: Dr. S.K. Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor Karnatak University, Dharwad Keynote Address: Dr. B.S. Maheshwarappa Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga President: Shri. N.V. Satyanarayana Managing Director Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Date: 19th November 2007 Time: 11-30 a.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad Director of the Conference Dr. V.G. Talwar Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore VALEDICTORY Chief Guest: Shri. Vinay Luthra I.F.S. Registrar Karnatak University, Dharwad President: Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Professor Director, Academic Staff College Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 21st November 2007 Time: 1-00 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad ================================================================== Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Felicitation Committee Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad ? 580 003, Karnataka State, India Felicitation to Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Fellow Director, Academic Staff College, Karnatak University, Dharwad Chief Guest Nadoja Dr. Patil Puttappa M.A. (Journalism) USA Senior Journalist, Hubli Guest of Honour Shri. Vinaya Luthra I.F.S. Registrar, Karnatak University, Dharwad President Dr. S.K Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor. Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 20th November, 2007 Time: 4-30 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad All are Cordially Invited Dr. V.G. Talawar Dr. S.B. Patil Dr. B.D. Kumbar President Treasurer Convenor Committee Members SPEAKERS 1. Dr. P.S. Halyal, Professor (Rtd.), Karnatak University, Dharwad 2. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 3. Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath, University Librarian, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai 4. Shri. N.B. Satyanarayan, Managing Director, Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 5. Dr. S.L. Sangam, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad From ram.mlib at gmail.com Tue Nov 13 21:17:53 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:47:53 -0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship Message-ID: dear colleagues, Do you want to learn more about the potential of social networking Web sites to serve development goals and practitioners ? Please consult this interesting article on "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" written by danah m. boyd and Nicole B. Ellison and published by the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JMC). website url : http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Visit also at : http://ram.mlib.googlepages.com/home "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 14 12:58:16 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:58:16 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] WORKSHOP ON SAP FOR TIFP Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 2007 06:34:18 -0000 From: suresh jange Dear Sir / Madam, I am pleased to inform you that a Sensitization and Awareness Program for Technology Information Facilitation Program is being organized at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka on 17th November 2007 in collaboration with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi. One of the objectives of this program is to identify information requirements of Project Investigators and Academicians working in Academic/Research Institutions and Industries for the cause of promotion and development of information use and access to provide inputs to S&T research and industrial development. I am sure this program would not only enlighten the participants with rich knowledge transfer and use, but also provide an opportunity to discuss with the DSIR officials in formulating the research projects and developmental activities for possible financial support by the DSIR. I request you kindly to participate in this program by registering at the earliest to the Co-ordinator. There is no registration fee and TA & DA has to be borne by the sponsoring institutions. However, local hospitalities and free accommodation would be extended by the University. With kind regards, Dr. Ravi.B.Gaddagimath University Librarian & Coordinator SAP/TIFP Gulbarga University, Gulbarga ? 585 106 (Karnataka) Telephone; 08472 ? 263260; Fax: 08472 263265; Mobile 9740476888; 9844226604 e-mail rbggug at rediffmail.com Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) & Head, Digital Resource Centre Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - 09880224971 From mallikarjun23j at yahoo.com Wed Nov 14 13:56:23 2007 From: mallikarjun23j at yahoo.com (Mallikarjun) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:26:23 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] IRstats for Institutional Repositories Message-ID: <627975.3007.qm@web36901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Respected All IRStats Released IRStats is a tool for analysing usage of Institutional Repositories.It is released as Open Source under a BSD license. Its support both Eprints and dspace. For more details please Visit http://trac.eprints.org/projects/irstats With regards Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University, Orisaa Cell-9777034183 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071114/48721636/attachment.html From sri_lib at yahoo.com Wed Nov 14 14:07:30 2007 From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:37:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy : Requires Librarian Message-ID: <855605.2677.qm@web57010.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Dear Friends Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Requires Librarian - Qualification: M.LiSc./B.LiSc. Qualification and experience: As per AICTE norms. Payscale: As per AICTE norms. Interested candidates please apply by email with all copies of certificates or post within 7 days to Sd/- Hon'ble Secretary Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Last Date: On or before 15th December, 2007 For more detail, please visit following link: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/non_teaching_top.php Regards, S K Pathak ------------------------------------------------------------------- S K Pathak [MSc(IT), MLIS, MA, B.Sc.(pcm), Ph.D. submitted] Assistant Librarian Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur - 721 302 Previously: IUCAA, Pune. INFLIBNET, A'bad. IPR, G'nagar. Mobile: 09732648020 Ph.: 03222-282466(O) / 03222-282453(R) URL: http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/pathak/skp.htm Residence: C1-174, IIT Campus, Kharagpur - 721 302 ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From atanugarai.lists at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 17:57:59 2007 From: atanugarai.lists at gmail.com (atanu garai) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:57:59 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project In-Reply-To: <011AE0CA3A72814E815261C0218D4AA60E822D@mail.jamiahamdard.ac.in> References: <011AE0CA3A72814E815261C0218D4AA60E822D@mail.jamiahamdard.ac.in> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: In addition to what already is mentioned by Anand and Shahab, I may like to add that user interface design as a methodology and practice has evolved in last few decades and today it is an established professional practice, incorporating lessons and learning from psychology, information science, computer science. The process recommended for knowledge discovery does not conform to any established principle and practice. Clearly enough, a preliminary evaluation reveals that user interaction with the website of the project is far from satisfactory. Thanks and regards Atanu Garai On 13/11/2007, T. Shahab wrote: > > The initiative taken by the various centres of CDAC regarding the > million book project is no doubt commendable. But we can not call it > enough on the scale of number of documents digitised so far and the > quality of metadata being maintained to help in retieving materials on > any specific subject, say "Biochemistry or Pharmacology or Toxicology". > Moreover, it appears that only 107761 books with 32491737 pages have > been so far converted into digitised format rather than one million (ie > 10 lakh?) as claimed. Let us continue and improve, welcome more > libraries to join in this cooperative endeavour! > Regards. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah > Arunachalam > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:54 AM > To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; > thulasi at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project > > Friends: > > Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, > who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). > > Subbiah Arunachalam > > ===== > > Dear Arun: > The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not > spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to > www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search > button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of > books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac > Kolkatta then you will find > 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common > sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make > unsavy > comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so > far- > Put one million books on the web- > > Balki > > Regards > Balki > > > Dear Balki: > > > > There is some concern expressed about the Million Books project. I am > > forwarding a mail I received today. Best wishes. > > > > Arun > > > > > > --- Puna Das wrote: > > > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) > >> From: Puna Das > >> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >> CC: digilib_india at yahoogroups.com, > >> atanu.garai at gmail.com > >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project > >> > >> Dear Colleagues > >> > >> Atanu wanted to point out so called 'current status' of Digital > >> Library of India project. This > is > >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us > >> latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more > >> than a year old. > >> Another point I would like to raise, DLI's Kolkata Mega Scanning > >> Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned > > >> using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned > >> documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help > >> out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? > >> > >> Thanking you > >> > >> Anup Kumar Das > >> CSSP, JNU > >> New Delhi-110067 > >> Email: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in > >> Ph. 011-26704400 > >> > >> > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good > http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071114/9505e988/attachment-0001.html From gravindranth at hotmail.com Thu Nov 15 09:15:20 2007 From: gravindranth at hotmail.com (Gowri Ravindranth) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:45:20 +0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Talk on National Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam Message-ID: Dear Friends: Madras Library Association and Roja Muthiah Research Library Trust invite you to a Lecture bySubbiah Arunachalam(Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, ChennaiVisiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore) OnNational Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries Date: 27 November 2007 Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue:Roja Muthiah Research Library3rd Cross Road, Central Polytechnic CampusTaramani, Chennai 600 113Phone: 2254 2551 / 2 (Tea will be served at 5.00 p.m.) ----------------------------------------Short CV of Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam Subbiah Arunachalam started his career as a research chemist, but found his calling in information science. An avid admirer of the printed word right from school days, it was while he was a student at the Indian Institute of Science his native flair for searchig information came to be recognised. In the past four decades, he has been a student of chemistry, a laboratory researcher, an editor of scientific journals, the secretary of a scholarly academy of scieces, and a teacher of information science. For the past 12 years he is a volunteer with the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and is associated with the Foundation's information and communication technology-enabled rural development project. He is an honorary fellow of CILIP, a life member of IASLIC and a member of ASIST. He is on the editorial boards of eight international refereed journals including Journal of Information Science, Scientometrics, Journal of Community Informatics, and Current Science. His current research interests include improving information access both for scientists and for the rural poor; scientometrics, and open access. He has travelled extensively and delivered talks in more than twenty countries. He is on the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership, on the international advisory board of IICD, The Hague, and a trustee of the Electronic Publishing Trst for Development. His papers have had an influence on Indian science policy. -----------------------------------------Summary of the talk The past two decades have seen a tremendous transformation in India. Largely thanks to the late Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao and his Finance Minister Prof. Manmohan Singh, a new era was ushered in and like Hercules unchained India started realizig her potential and today we are among the fastest growing economies in the world and capital is flowing in at a rate unimaginable only a few years ago. All of a sudden, the world found that they needed young Indian professionals, to start with in the IT industry but later on also in management and manufacturing industry. It became clear to the rising middle class in India that the learned would be welcome everywhere. The oft repeated cliche that knowledge is power became true in the lives of many young people. India as a whole has come to realise how knowledge can bring about great transformations. It is this realization that led to the setting up of the Knowledge Commission. I will talk about the mandate of the Commission and its working. In particular, I will dwell upon the work and recommendations of two working groups, viz. the WG on Libraries and the WG on open and distance education. And talk about how the benefits of the knowledge revolution could be made more inclusive, a challenge which needs to be addressed immediately. I will touch upon the implications of the Commission's recommendations for libraries - mainly public libraries, but also research libraries. -Subbiah Arunachalam------Hope to see you on 27th. With best wishes, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA _________________________________________________________________ Check out some new online services at Windows Live Ideas?so new they haven?t even been officially released yet. http://www.msnspecials.in/windowslive/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071115/f7d09d3e/attachment-0001.html From ajaysharma.lib at gmail.com Thu Nov 15 10:05:56 2007 From: ajaysharma.lib at gmail.com (Ajay Kum Sharma) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:05:56 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] UGC NET exam postponed Message-ID: <50ee88430711142035l7c75a269r98e98138beb9e1e7@mail.gmail.com> Dear Library Professional, The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, which was scheduled for December 16 has been postponed to December 30 in view of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16. UGC Joint Secretary MV Krishnaswamy in a communication to Acharya Nagarjuna University has said that the timing for the examination will remain unchanged. The UGC has asked the university to inform the candidates of the change in dates. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071115/23d1aec6/attachment.html From rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in Thu Nov 15 16:12:46 2007 From: rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in (Rajesh Chandrakar) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:12:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] International CALIBER 2008 - Call for Papers Message-ID: <000801c82774$4643b0b0$0f01a8c0@rajesh> CALL FOR PAPERS CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions), an international convention of the INFLIBNET Centre organized every year at different parts of the country in collaboration with universities, invites high quality papers on research & technical works, case studies, technology updates etc. related to the themes and sub-themes of the convention as per mentioned below. The convention provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The theme of the 6th International CALIBER 2008 is "From Automation to Transformation". The convention is being organized at the University of Allahabad (a Central University), Allahabad during 28th to 29th February and 1st March 2008. Theme: From Automation to Transformation Sub Themes a.. Impact of ICT in LIS: Major Shifts & Practices b.. Digital Libraries: Federated Search & Metadata Harvesting c.. Content Aggregations & Content Representations d.. Standards & Protocols in LIS e.. Evolving Technologies: RSS Feed, Blogs, Web 2.0, Lib 2.0 f.. Use of e-Resources and UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers : January 15, 2008 Intimation to Author(s) : January 30, 2008 Last date for Registration : February 15, 2008 Convention Dates : February 28 to 29 and March 1, 2008 Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for International CALIBER 2008 will be available very soon in the INFLIBNET website http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. Contact Details Paper Submission Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Convener, International CALIBER 2008 Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in; caliber2008 at inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. A P Gakhar Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2008 Librarian, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002, Uttar Pradesh Phone: +91-532-2460050 (O) +91-532-2644636 (R) Fax: +91-532-2461157 E-mail: ap.gakhar at rediffmail.com; apgakhar at yahoo.co.in Organizer Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-26304695/5971/8528 +91-79-26305702 (Direct) Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: director at inflibnet.ac.in; jarora at inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar at gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071115/cd232871/attachment-0001.html From shalini at isim.ac.in Thu Nov 15 20:43:47 2007 From: shalini at isim.ac.in (Shalini Urs) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:43:47 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Social networking and LIS Professionals-come to InfoVision 2007-Early bird offer closes Message-ID: <200711151513.lAFFDOpi005196@mail.iisc.ernet.in> Dear LIS Professionals, Welcome to the 3rd edition of InfoVision - The Knowledge Summit Series (www.infovision2007.org). Come to InfoVision 2007, listen to and interact with the 'who is who' of the Social Networking Community at The Maratha, Mumbai - Dec 17-18. Why should LIS professionals participate in InfoVision 2007? . InfoVision is a platform and a forum to know, understand and implement the cutting edge Information Management Tools and technologies in one of oldest Knowledge Portals - the libraries . InfoVision will provide an opportunity for LIS professionals to reinvent, reposition and be relevant in the current information world by adopting/adapting contemporary tools and technologies The theme of InfoVision 2007 - 'Social Networks, Knowledge Discovery and Innovation' is one of the current buzz words. American Society for Information and Science and Technology (ASIS & T) 2007 annual conference held during October 2007 at Milwaukee, was on the same theme. Social computing and networking platforms and software have emerged as the key technologies that are changing the paradigm and landscape of the information world. InfoVision 2007 will help you - To build library 2.0 - a participatory library model. Learn social networking technologies to build library user communities, Friends of Friends communities and such other online communities to serve your patron better; To learn and implement social networking technologies for serving library patrons better, to provide engaged library services, and publicise and promote libraries as knowledge hubs. Key take-away for the LIS profession: 1. An over view of Social networking software that let libraries interact online with the communities they serve. 2. Understanding the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies and tools including blogs, RSS, wikis , folksonomies and other types of social networking systems, even down to pod casting and IM for providing web services . 3. To learn from the users and designers their processes of knowledge discovery in order to integrate them with library services. 4. An opportunity to learn some of the emerging platforms for collaborations and community. 5. Listen to case studies that to assess, implement and use web 2.0 software successfully, offering real-world scenarios and examples all along the way So. what are you waiting for? Register online or contact us See you expand your social network at InfoVision 2007! Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Co-Chair: InfoVision 2007 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 India Tel : 91-821-2514699 Fax : 91-821-2519209 Email : shalini at isim.ac.in URL : www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071115/9f045ae8/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 16 16:14:42 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:14:42 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers ~V a User~Rs Perspective Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:04:08 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth Dear Friends: The Madras Library Association (MALA) & Tamilnadu Police Academy as part of the National Library Week celebrations Invite you for a talk on Libraries as Knowledge Resource Centers ? a User?s Perspective by Mr. Amit Varma, I.P.S. Additional Director General of Police, Tamilnadu Police Academy, Chennai on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 6.00 p.m. Venue: TamilNadu Police Training College, Ashok Nagar (near Ashok Pillar), Chennai 600 083 Tea: 5.30 p.m. We look forward to your participation with your friends and colleagues. Regards, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA From haravu at newgenlib.com Sat Nov 17 12:45:41 2007 From: haravu at newgenlib.com (Jai Haravu) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:45:41 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Text book reprinted Message-ID: <473E951D.5070000@newgenlib.com> Dear Members I had many requests for a copy of my book Library Automation: Design, Principles and Practice published in 2005 by Allied Publishers. The first imprint was sold out and now Allied Publishers has reprinted the book. Interested professionals may like to get in touch with Allied Publishers in Hyderabad or other cities where Allied has an office. Thanks. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071117/67610b11/attachment.html From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Sat Nov 17 12:48:24 2007 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:48:24 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' at MyDLIS Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70711162318j16cbec77w49233b36fc94fdb0@mail.gmail.com> Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com Sun Nov 18 05:48:52 2007 From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:48:52 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ In-Reply-To: <000501c824c8$0882fb40$3301a8c0@openspace> References: <000501c824c8$0882fb40$3301a8c0@openspace> Message-ID: <9765c2050711171618v6e3b379bs4bd32859bd53af55@mail.gmail.com> I hate to forward a post from another group in full. This is an exception. If you an avid reader, this review (or the reviewed book) may interest you. It is also of interest to librarians who are "about" persons (- the librarian is interested only what a book is all about and he is not interested in knowing the actual contents per-se). Vyasamoorthy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: goodbookz Date: Nov 11, 2007 9:07 AM Subject: [goodbookz] HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ To: gb HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN'T READ By Pierre Bayard. Translated by Jeffrey Mehlman. 185 pp. Bloomsbury. $19.95. Faking It By JAY McINERNEY Published: November 11, 2007 Carrying this book around recently I've caught more than a little flak, not least from my kids, who once thought of me as a literary intellectual, or at the very least as a guy who espoused the virtues of reading. Hey, really, I told them - as well as my wife and the guy sitting next to me on the subway - no kidding, it's a serious book, written by a professor of literature who's also a psychoanalyst. A French professor/shrink, no less, who's written books on Proust, Maupassant, Balzac, Laclos and Stendhal, among other canonical heavyweights. So lay off. It seems hard to believe that a book called "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" would hit the best-seller lists in France, where books are still regarded as sacred objects and the writer occupies a social position somewhere between the priest and the rock star. The ostensible anti-intellectualism of the title seems more Anglo-Saxon than Gallic, an impression reinforced by the epigram from Oscar Wilde: "I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so." Bayard's critique of reading involves practical and theoretical as well as social considerations, and at times it seems like a tongue-in-cheek example of reader-response criticism, which emphasizes the reader's role in creating meaning. He wants to show us how much we lie about the way we read, to ourselves as well as to others, and to assuage our guilt about the way we actually read and talk about books. "I know few areas of private life, with the exception of finance and sex, in which it's as difficult to obtain accurate information," he writes. There are many ways of relating to books that are not acknowledged in educated company, including skimming, skipping, forgetting and glancing at covers. Bayard's hero in this enterprise is the librarian in Robert Musil's "Man Without Qualities" (a book I seem to recall having read halfway through, and Bayard claims to have skimmed), custodian of millions of volumes in the country of Kakania. He explains to a general seeking cultural literacy his own scheme for mastery of this vast, nearly infinite realm: "If you want to know how I know about every book here, I can tell you! Because I never read any of them." If he were to get caught up in the particulars of a few books, the librarian implies, he would lose sight of the bigger picture, which is the relation of the books to one another - the system we call cultural literacy, which forms our collective library. "As cultivated people know," Bayard tells us, "culture is above all a matter of orientation. Being cultivated is a matter of not having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others." Musil's librarian is a purist, but a perusal of the reviews in this and other publications would probably yield, if only we had the proper instruments, many less extreme examples of literate nonreading. Book reviewers generally imply that they have read the entire oeuvre of the author under discussion, as well as those of his peers, and I have no doubt they will continue to do so. You'd think Nicholson Baker's "U and I" (a short book I read in its entirety), in which the younger novelist writes a kind of critique of John Updike based on his admittedly fragmentary and incomplete reading, would have cured us of the omniscient stance in book reviewing. But I don't see many phrases like "From what I've read about 'Moby-Dick ..." or "the part of 'Finnegans Wake' that I tried to read ..." in the review pages. Bayard, though, regards such disclaimers as understood. He doesn't blame us for fudging, and he doesn't want us to blame ourselves. He proposes, and employs, a new set of scholarly abbreviations to go along with op. cit. and ibid.: UB: book unknown to me; SB: book I have skimmed; HB: book I have heard about; and FB: book I have forgotten. For Bayard, who is well served by Jeffrey Mehlman's fluid and elegant translation, skimming and sampling are two of the most common forms of reading behavior, particularly with regard to Proust. Paul Val?ry, in his funerary tribute in La Nouvelle Revue Fran?aise, makes a virtue out of his admittedly sketchy knowledge of Proust by claiming: "The interest of the book lies in each fragment. We can open the book wherever we choose." Bayard defends skimming as a mode of reading. "The fertility of this mode of discovery markedly unsettles the difference between reading and nonreading, or even the idea of reading at all. ... It appears that most often, at least for the books that are central to our particular culture, our behavior inhabits some intermediate territory, to the point that it becomes difficult to judge whether we have read them or not." Lest the reader, or the nonreader, think that Bayard underestimates the power of reading, he proposes that we are all essentially literary constructs, defined by our own inner libraries: the books we've read, skimmed and heard about. "We are the sum of these accumulated books," he writes. (And make no mistake about it, this prof is far more literate and widely read than he pretends to be.) After anatomizing the different types of nonreading, Bayard addresses the social implications in a section called "Literary Confrontations." I commend his advice for meeting an author and being forced to say something about his or her new book: "Praise it without going into detail." The funniest section in the book describes the encounter between the anthropologist Laura Bohannan and an African tribe, the Tiv, whom she has been living among. She tries to read "Hamlet" to them in the hopes of demonstrating the universality of the story, but the way in which the tribe rejects those parts of the tale that don't square with their own cultural traditions - they don't believe in ghosts, for instance - renders the attempt ludicrous. Bayard proposes the term "inner book" to designate "the set of mythic representations, be they collective or individual, that come between the reader and any new piece of writing, shaping his reading without his realizing it." This notion coincides with Stanley Fish's concept of "interpretive communities" of readers, although Bayard's own inner book may be more indebted to home-team text destabilizers like Derrida and Lacan. Indeed, Bayard sounds more French in the later pages as he employs phrases like "consensual space" and dissolves the boundaries and false oppositions between reader and writer and book into one big sloppy pool of ?criture. To what end? Bayard finally reveals his diabolical intent: he claims that talking about books you haven't read is "an authentic creative activity." As a teacher of literature, he seems to believe that his ultimate goal is to encourage creativity. "All education," he writes, "should strive to help those receiving it to gain enough freedom in relation to works of art to themselves become writers and artists." It's a charming but ultimately terrifying prospect - a world full of writers and artists. In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook. I seriously doubt that pretending to have read this book will boost your creativity. On the other hand, reading it may remind you why you love reading. Jay McInerney's most recent books are "The Good Life," a novel, and "A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine." ================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Nov 19 11:33:15 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:33:15 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] ICIKM 2008 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:31:29 -0800 (PST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi ICIKM 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management March 24-29 , 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal ICIKM 2008 is to bridge the knowledge gaps between the developing and the developed countries in the field of information and knowledge management, and the conference will aim to strengthen the academic collaboration and strategic alliances in the development of information and knowledge management across the world in digital form. The conference will provide an international forum for sharing of information, experiences and ideas among researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from a variety of disciplines such as Library and Information Science, Computer Science, Archival and Museum studies and Knowledge Management. Theme : Information and Knowledge Management in a Connected World: A Challenge for the Developing Countries For early Bird Registration Visit Website : http://www.icikm-2008.com.np Call for Papers Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not have been previously published or currently under review for publication elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the ICIKM-2008 submission web page, following ACM format guidelines and using the ACM template. .For Submitting Abstract, follow the Abstract Submission Guidelines Preferred submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Full and short papers are due Feb 29, 2008. For more information, contact Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan at mpradhan at healthnet.org.np. For Questions or comments Contact info at icikm-2008.com.np. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Reader, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk at yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Secretary, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-700 054 From srels at dataone.in Mon Nov 19 11:22:53 2007 From: srels at dataone.in (srels) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:22:53 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Celebration of National Library Week Message-ID: <000c01c82a70$6d8733a0$7801a8c0@SRELSHP1> Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ............ Dear Friends, LAXMINARAYANA CHADAGA MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST(R) "Adarsha" No. 307, 2nd Block, 17th Cross, R.T. Nagar, bangalore 560 032 TARALABALU KENDRA 3rd Main Road, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 LIONS CLUB OF BANGALORE R.T. NAGAR Bangalore 32 SHIVARAMA KARANTHA VEDIKE (R) R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 32 CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (14-11-2007 to 20-11-2007) Valedictory Function Date: 20-11-2007 (Tuesday) Time: 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Inauguration: Lion P.S. Venkatachalam District Governer - District 324 - D6 Chief Guest: Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Venue: Main Auditorium of Tarala Balu Kendra 3rd Main, 2nd Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 560 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071119/1b85c56e/attachment-0001.html From subbiah_a at yahoo.com Mon Nov 19 12:07:03 2007 From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:37:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open science Message-ID: <651765.79696.qm@web43137.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in Mon Nov 19 14:30:50 2007 From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:30:50 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS Message-ID: <011AE0CA3A72814E815261C0218D4AA60E8285@mail.jamiahamdard.ac.in> Quite interesting discussion1 Myself was once a while working for the Library/Information centre in the Times of India newspaper at Patna (Bihar). I found the job very interesting and hectic. We used to keep index files on various local, national and international issues as well photo shots of different personalities and episodes like a situation of flood, a devastation brought by eathquake,accidental fire, etc.Often during election times, besides the editorial staff, I was supposed to be available in person to let them have materals on the character of a constituency. Sometimes, the editorial dept. would put a telephone call to my residence in nights to let them know how then can locate back year information on a particular case. I also used to interact with the editor as well as. Truly, it said that people in the press keep ready obituary materials in advance so that they can reach first with full coverage to the public.The traffic of users was always heavy. I don't know on what premise the students of journalism are calling the art & science of Libray business 'no more required' as already thigns are available on the net. We librarians are not internet shy. We quite well know the quantity & quality of materials available there. Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of N.S. Harinarayana Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:48 PM To: LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information andchange' at MyDLIS Interdepartmental Interaction on 'Information and change' : A report On Friday, November 16, 2007, Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised an interactive discussion programme, first of its kind in the university campus, with the students and faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication on an interesting topic "Information and Change". Dr. Niranjana, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication along with Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairperson, Department of Library and Information Science moderated the discussion. Dr. Niranjana in his introductory remarks appreciated the Department of Library and Information Science and MULISSA for taking this initiative which would foster the mutual relationships. He said that library science and journalism disciplines and their respective professions complement each other like hardware and software in a computer system. The discussion was started with preamble laid by two students, one from each department. In their talk they narrated the role of information in their profession and the changes that both the professions are undergoing. Dr. Niranjana's comment that "Libraries are no more required as the number of users have diminished drastically" triggered a spirited discussion. One student from Journalism trying to reason out the comment said that when the information is easily available on Internet, libraries would become redundant. Moreover the lack of service and good quality collection in the libraries add to the problem, he said. Library Science students, found little offended by the comments, said that librarians alone can not be blamed for the situation. Moreover, the concept of libraries is changing from "four wall libraries" to "Wall less libraries". One student rationally argued, by citing the 10 reasons given by American Library Association, why Internet can't substitute a library. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, who spoke in the mid of the discussion, said that libraries are under the tremendous influence of information and communication technologies. They have seen a paradigm shift in their approach to serve the users. While speaking on their turn, the library science students explained the changes in the profession by discussing interesting issues like "Content Vs. Container", "Access Vs Ownership", "Myths of digital libraries", "Knowledge commission and libraries" etc. Participants from Journalism also talked about media's role in acting as a catalyst to propel the change and impact on change in information society and emergence of e-papers. Dr. Niranjana concluded the discussion by stating that both media and libraries work on the principle of dissemination of information to the society, Both together play an important role in shaping the society. Dr. M. Chandrashekara and Dr. N.S. Harinarayana also participated in the discussion. For more information on MULISSA's activities please visit the blog http://mulissa.blogspot.com/ -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Faculty Advisor for MULISSA Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ram.mlib at gmail.com Mon Nov 19 15:55:22 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open Licenses Message-ID: Hello List, This article published by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an extract from a draft of Chapter 6 'Open licences' of Copyright for authors, educators and librarians. It was written by Julien Hofman and Paul West. From the introduction: "An open licence, as used in this chapter, is a neutral expression for a licence from a copyright holder allowing anyone to use the copyright material subject to the conditions in the licence. There are many different open licences, some for computer software and some for other forms of copyright material. Each has its own terms, conditions and technical vocabulary and their supporters do not always agree with one another. Some, disliking the business practices of commercial software suppliers and publishing houses, want to replace copyright with open licences. Some want to allow anyone to profit from the work of others without even telling them they are doing this. ." Please read the full article online. at http://www.col.org/colweb/site/cache/offonce/pid/4765 Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From subbiah_a at yahoo.com Mon Nov 19 16:05:04 2007 From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:35:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open science Message-ID: <200435.20072.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram To: Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. 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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Nov 20 12:30:39 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:30:39 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] librarian required at delhi Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:01:12 +0530 From: Rajesh Rangappa Dear Friends Personnel Junction is loking for a Librarian Experience:1 - 2 Years Location:Delhi, Delhi/NCREducation:UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Post Graduation Not Required Industry Type:Education/ Teaching/TrainingFunctional Area:Teaching, EducationPosted Date:17 Nov Job Description 1. Maintaining law Books and law journals. 2. Classifying law books and soft copies. 3. Organizing law books and documents. 4. Update law journal subscriptions. 5. Maintaining records of law books, journals and soft copies of documents. Desired Candidate Profile Required: Well organized with high IQ. Desired: Familiarity with Legal Sector. 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Dear professionals, A young library professional is suffering form failure of both kidnies .. he needs transplantation to serve this profession more.. very talanted, kind hearted and loved by all friends and co-workers, dedicated worker.. Think once, a person of just 25 years getting worse in condition day by day. Specification is blood group should be o+ve, free from BP and diabeties Please help him... he wants to serve your profession.... any one intersted can contact at given address. Waiting with a ray of hope.. Thank you -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071120/9be37d95/attachment-0001.html From esukhdev at gmail.com Tue Nov 20 12:35:44 2007 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:35:44 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Infolibrarian.com In-Reply-To: <7e7734240711190638r15d3ef05hede288a418ebb070@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e7734240711190638r15d3ef05hede288a418ebb070@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Seems that the people behind InfoLibrarian (?) have not renewed their domain / hosting with their service provider. It is not hacking. --Sukhdev Singh. On Nov 19, 2007 8:08 PM, Rasmita Mohanty wrote: > Dear professional ! > Do anybody noticed that one of the major gateway/Resource in the field > of Library and Information Science viz. http://www.infolibrarian.com > has been hacked or due to some other problem it is not being accessed > now a days.If we will type the URL then another site > i.e.http://portlandcp04.portlandx.com/suspended.page/ is comming out. > can anybody tell , what is the reason behind this.and I m requesting > all the professional to findout the solution for this > > -- > RASMITA MOHANTY > J.R.D.Tata Memorial Library > Indian Institute of Science > Bangalore- 560012 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Tue Nov 20 13:31:56 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:31:56 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] reg... infolibrarian website Message-ID: <27f631d10711200001s203975bgcbc00d99596da34a@mail.gmail.com> Dear professional, I found that its not opening since 10-15 day... The possible reasons i can think of is some technical problem they (website organisers) are not aware of it.. or posssible they are updating(making attractive page and easy enough to user) See in the other website which is opening insted of infolibrarian http://portlandcp04.portlandx.com/suspended.page/ its is mentioned their is some temprory technical problem.. we have to inform website organiser if they are not aware of things.. or hope to get it rectified soon -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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ISSN 0273-2289 (Print) 1599-0291 (Online) Issue Volume 143, Number 1 / October, 2007 DOI 10.1007/s12010-007-0032-5 Pages 41-53 Subject Collection Chemistry and Materials Science SpringerLink Date Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Suranjita Mitra1, Pran Krishna Chakrabartty2 and Swadesh Ranjan Biswas1 (1) Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, 731235, West Bengal, India (2) Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata, 700054, West Bengal, India Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From pandian at imsc.res.in Tue Nov 20 15:21:01 2007 From: pandian at imsc.res.in (M. Paul Pandian) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:21:01 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management - new book Message-ID: Dear All, Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management by Dr.M. Paul Pandian and Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Publisher: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd Place: Oxford Pages: 212p Price: US$69.95 This book mainly covers the aspects mentioned in the UGC Model Curriculum and the latest developments in the emerging technologies for knowledge resource management. There is a detailed account of the factors, which are contributing to an enabled environment for optimum utilization of information resources. The book also deals with the concept of bringing people and information resources together and unified portals as technology to access and sharing of heterogeneous resources. A detailed review off the existing portal models for sharing the resources with some identified gaps in meeting the objectives is also provided. In addition the book provides a framework for the cost effective unified portal model to share the electronic information resources available with the participating libraries in a distributed digital environment. Books can be ordered from: Mr. Ravindra Saxena Sara Books Pvt Ltd 4832/24, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi 110 002. Tel: +91-11-23266107, +91-11-65676781 Fax: +91-11-23266102 email: sarabooks at eth.net ravindrasaxena at sarabooksindia.com About the Authors: Dr.M.Paul Pandian Dr. M. Paul Pandian is Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. He was earlier the Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India and Scientist at INFLIBNET, UGC, India Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa is President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), Director, Academic Staff Collegeand Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. He was Convenor-UGC Subject Panel, Covenor-UGC Curriculum Development Committee. He was awarded IATLIS Motiwale National Best Teacher in Library and Information Science --- Thanks, Pandian Dr.M.Paul Pandian Institute of Mathematical Sciences CIT Campus, Taramani Chennai 600 113 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in Tue Nov 20 15:45:02 2007 From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:45:02 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open science Message-ID: <011AE0CA3A72814E815261C0218D4AA60E829C@mail.jamiahamdard.ac.in> The profession of librarianship is undoubtedly under going through great pull & pressure since the advent of ICT; we are expected to prove the rational behind the practices of LIS. The writer has correctly pointed out the fact that the growth of virtual collaboration among scientists may render the intermediate profession of librarians redundant if we don't adapt to changing demands of our users. But the solution doesn't just lie in transforming the syllabus of library science frequently. Everyone has to walk in his/her own size of boot! The librarians need not to be a communication scientist. Librararianship is both a methodolgy and a philosophy. Since the very evolution of the art & science of LIS, there have been some percentage of users who are adept at searching out the required information by themselves. But the majority always look up to the librarians for assistance and guidance. Libraraianship as a profession appear to be more attuned to the need of the masses rather than to a minority of scholars who have the priveleges of direct electronic connectivitiy and access to various kinds of knowledge aids.To me Ranganathan's diagnosis of a library being "at a perpetual disadvantage in developing either its own distinctive functions or the functions common to all administrations along newer, more scientific, and more efficent lines" because it is always facing two opposing forces still rings true. (Library Adminstration by S.R.Ranganathan, 2nd. ed, Bangalore:Sarada Ranganathan endowment for library science, 1959. P.26-27) Regards. ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:05 PM To: amudhavalli alagusundaram; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; naglaxman at yahoo.com Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram To: Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. ________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071120/380ca968/attachment-0001.html From vagiiap at iiap.res.in Tue Nov 20 04:10:32 2007 From: vagiiap at iiap.res.in (vagiiap at iiap.res.in) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:10:32 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage - Dr. Vagiswari Message-ID: <2632.192.168.1.220.1195512032.squirrel@iiap.res.in> Dear All, The Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the Indian Institute of Science and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research are joining together to organize a ?National Workshop on Preserving Our Scientific Heritage? on January 21 ? 22, 2008, at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. (Refer to our earlier mail dated 13th September 2007) The objective is to create an awareness of the importance of historical scientific materials available in several organizations in the country, which need special care and use. The librarians, archivists and policy makers will come together during the workshop, to discuss plan and set up archives within their organizations. We welcome participation from librarians, archivists, scientists and students who are already working in archives and also those who have interest in this area. For more details on the workshop kindly visit our homepage: http://www.iiap.res.in/archives Contact: Dr. Christina Birdie, Convener, E-mail: chris at iiap.res.in Dr. A. Vagiswari Member, Scientific Organizing Committee E-mail: vagiiap at iiap.res.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ram.mlib at gmail.com Tue Nov 20 17:25:40 2007 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:25:40 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] LibrarySpot.com Message-ID: hello list, LibrarySpot.com web site describes itself as "a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information." It seeks to bring library and reference sites hand-selected and reviewed by its editorial team together in one user-friendly spot. It is published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. Visit on : http://www.libraryspot.com/ -- Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From vijaymlib at gmail.com Tue Nov 20 20:14:02 2007 From: vijaymlib at gmail.com (vijay kumar) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:14:02 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Assistant manager (Library specialist cadre )in State Bank Of India Message-ID: <6f048b380711200644h45c20291w68c4681d206b642a@mail.gmail.com> Dear library professionals, There is one post for Assistant manager (Library specialist cadre )in State Bank Of India, Hyderabad Post position: One Pay scale :Rs 14,200 Maximum age limit :30 years Educational Qualification: BLISc. with a post graduate degree and minimum 5 Years of experience of working in a reputed institute/ University / College /Public sector / Bank you download from the website http://forms.sbi.co.in/sbi_detailed_English_20071107.pdf or Visit http://www.statebankofindia.com/ Last date for accepting application form 01-12-2007 Best of Luck with Regards Vijay Kumar NCSI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From nitu at drtc.isibang.ac.in Wed Nov 21 10:22:02 2007 From: nitu at drtc.isibang.ac.in (nitu at drtc.isibang.ac.in) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:52:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Invitation for DRTC Colloquium on 29th Nov Message-ID: <1205.210.212.206.68.1195620722.squirrel@drtc> INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRANING CENTRE 8th MILE MYSORE ROAD, BANGLORE-56005 DRTC COLLOQUIUM - 3 (2007-2009) ON Information as a Marketable Commodity ABSTRACT Information is a tradable commodity that is exchanged in the market in the form of information products and services. Attributes like individuality, non-depletability, inherent uncertainty, and other special features like shareability, compressibility, and substitutability characterize it. The idea of information as a commodity is closely connected to the concept of economic exchange. Information is considered to be one of the basic resources for development and hence considered to be an essential commodity. The discussion will be on the production and generation process, demand and supply and finally the distribution aspects of information. Information is product different type of human activity. The demand of any commodity is human needs. Information is now increasingly getting economic importance as a marketable commodity. FACETS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Jamil Ahmed 2. Generation / Production of Information Nihal Alam 3. Demand and Supply of Information Ajazur Rahman 4. Distribution and Marketing of Information Kaushal Giri 5. Conclusion Nitu Kumari Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 29th of November 2007 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited Prof. K.S.Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 21 10:40:19 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:40:19 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seminar on KM Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 2007 13:57:32 -0000 From: raiyan ghani Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore ? 560059 Seminar on Knowledge Management: Tools, Methods and Technologies Some argue that Knowledge management deals with creating, identifying, codifying and sharing knowledge that is valuable to the organization. However knowledge management is essentially about tacit knowledge. It is aimed at making tacit knowledge explicit and then sharing that knowledge for use, across an organization. There are different tools for Knowledge management. The primary focus, however, is on knowledge sharing and collaboration tools. The tools for knowledge management can be conveniently grouped into two categories: (i) Information technologies/ tools and (ii) Web ?based (IT) tools. In coming years it will present a set of new tools for managing knowledge by providing an extremely rich common language for representing knowledge. Some of the web-based and web-enabled software tools will be discussed. Speaker: Syed Raiyan Ghani 2nd Year ADIS Student All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 21.11.07 Time: 2pm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From amudha75 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 21 10:52:22 2007 From: amudha75 at yahoo.com (amudhavalli alagusundaram) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:22:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please In-Reply-To: <200435.20072.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <587640.9575.qm@web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sir, You are right and free to do so. Students performance and matching the requirements are based on several factors. The two major components are students and teachers. Teachers, you know need to update themeselves and be committed. you can only advise or suggest to this group and it is oneself who will lhave to lead in his/her career. AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process. Our curricula has been changed, by and large in most of the LIS Schools across the coun try, particularly in the South. Infrastrcucture has been improvised. What else you need????? Profssional bodies at all levels are initiating lectures, workshops, discussions etc for betterment of the professionals. Not many respond or even iof they do so, not intersted or ready to learn and or change, It has become a very challenging task for all of us. People have to change themselves, I feel. Ther seems to no competency, competition or communcation skills amongst the professionals, which is very disappointing. Yes, We speak and talk and talk, but what is the net result?. Who is to be blamed?? Ofc ourse, Not any one single individual or group. All of us need to team up together to create awareness and upgrade the literacy level. I am willing to take up any task at any time to be involved in this attempt. I Look forward for some concrete suggestions and movements to participate myself. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram To: Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. --------------------------------- Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071120/d7394c40/attachment-0001.html From franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 21 11:25:40 2007 From: franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Francis Jayakanth) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:25:40 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] FOSS.IN/2007 Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting --------------------------- Dear Member: FOSS.IN is one of the world's largest FOSS (free open-source software) events, held annually in India. This year, it is being held at National Science Symposium Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, during Dec 4-8. For more details and registration, please visit, http://foss.in/2007/info/Home Do note that prior online registration will fetch 50% discount on registration fee. With Regards, - Francis NCSI, IISc Bangalore From vasu at qmedin.com Wed Nov 21 11:44:17 2007 From: vasu at qmedin.com (Vasumathi Sriganesh) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:44:17 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please In-Reply-To: <587640.9575.qm@web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <587640.9575.qm@web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2BAB28575FF849CAA5F2372DEB4A2C68@qmedPC> ----- Original Message ----- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process..................... --------------------------------- My opinion .... We need to face one fact that Ms. Amudhavalli has rightly pointed out - and I have copied that para in the beginning of this email. The TWO things that we professionals who believe that something MUST be done for LIS profession are: i) "Building awareness" or "Marketing" the profession - telling everyone how important it is to be an excellent information professional, why we need lots of good ones, and how it will impact education and industry and any other area ii) Parallely - Advocacy to create good employability of good people who enter the profession. Today's youngsters (may be more importantly parents) believe that only IT and / or Management education will get people high paying jobs. Closely followed by BPO jobs for those who do not get into IT/Management. Teaching and LIS - two professions that need high quality people who will make good citizens and good professionals - are both getting lower and lower quality people. Soon, I wonder if we will have good teachers / librarians for our future generations, if the current situation continues. So unless we work on the two "foundation" areas that I am mentioning, I doubt if other things can get tackled. I completely agree with Ms. Amudha when she says that revising the syllabus (which is of course an important component) alone will not do what is really needed. I believe that for at least one year, every Information based Association (ILA / IASLIC / IATLIS / MALA etc etc) should work hard at the two issues that need tackling. Other things will fall into place. Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation (under Registration) A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Tel: 91-22-40054474 / 75 Fax: 91-22-40054358 Mobile: 91-98672-92230 Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.in ************************************************************** Scanned by eScan Anti-Virus and Content Security Software. Visit http://www.mwti.net for more info on eScan and MailScan. ************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071121/a32a0540/attachment.html From esukhdev at gmail.com Wed Nov 21 12:05:18 2007 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:05:18 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please In-Reply-To: <587640.9575.qm@web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <200435.20072.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <587640.9575.qm@web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I was incidentally viewing a Video by Medical Library Association on "Join the Health Care Team: Become a Medical Librarian" - http://www.mlanet.org/career/career_vid.html - when this email came. One can easily understand the difference how our counterparts are taking head-on with new challenges. How the Librarian Associations there are selling the "Librarianship" while our associations are conspicuously "Invisible". There are no need for changing are fundamental concepts and theories about information science. We only need to apply them to current needs and future problems of 'information overloaded society'. We need to learn from the criticism but at the same time we should protect our image and guard our interests. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 21, 2007 10:52 AM, amudhavalli alagusundaram wrote: > Sir, > You are right and free to do so. > Students performance and matching the requirements are based on several > factors. The two major components are students and teachers. > Teachers, you know need to update themeselves and be committed. you can only > advise or suggest to this group and it is oneself who will lhave to lead in > his/her career. > > AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very > disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is > extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the > 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, > unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in > them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be > accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process. > > Our curricula has been changed, by and large in most of the LIS Schools > across the coun try, particularly in the South. Infrastrcucture has been > improvised. What else you need????? > > Profssional bodies at all levels are initiating lectures, workshops, > discussions etc for betterment of the professionals. Not many respond or > even iof they do so, not intersted or ready to learn and or change, It has > become a very challenging task for all of us. People have to change > themselves, I feel. Ther seems to no competency, competition or communcation > skills amongst the professionals, which is very disappointing. > > Yes, We speak and talk and talk, but what is the net result?. Who is to be > blamed?? Ofc ourse, Not any one single individual or group. All of us need > to team up together to create awareness and upgrade the literacy level. > > I am willing to take up any task at any time to be involved in this > attempt. I Look forward for some concrete suggestions and movements to > participate myself. > > Thanks > amudha > > Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > > > Friends: > > Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by > Liz Lyon of UKOLN > http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html > very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we > preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be > able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will > they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and > the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may > make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long > learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it > takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? > > It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is > wrong. > > Arun > [Subbiah Arunachalam] > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: amudhavalli alagusundaram > To: Subbiah Arunachalam > Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science > > > Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks > amudha > > Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: > Friends: > > I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just > stumbled upon this presentation: > > "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and > Opportunities?" > http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html > > > Best wishes. > > Arun > > > ______________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control > and more space for those important e-mails. > http://uk.mail.yahoo.com > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > > Prof.A. Amudhavalli > Head, Dept. of Information Science, > University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. > > Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) > Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence > ________________________________ > Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. > > > ________________________________ > Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, > easy and free. Do it now... > > > Prof.A. 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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 21 14:16:11 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:16:11 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] An interesting article Message-ID: Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:12:45 +0530 From: venkata.kesavan at timesgroup.com Dear All, Article: Amazon Kindle e-Book Reader Please read an article on Amazon's Kindle e-Book Reader, titled 'The Future of Reading' by Steven Levy, published in the NEWSWEEK magazine (Nov 26, 2007, pp.52-58). The article can be accessed online at: http://www.newsweek.com/id/70983 Regards. R. Venkata Kesavan Chief Manager Times Archives & Knowledge Centre Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group) The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. 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Qualifications *: First class or equivalent GPA in B.Arch / B.E./B.Tech(Civil Engg. / Mechanical Engg /Chemical Engg) OR First class or equivalent GPA in MCA / M.Sc.(Computer Science) / B.Tech*. (*Computer Science/ Information Technology) / *M.Lib.& Inf. Science*. OR First class or equivalent GPA in M.Sc. (Physics/ Geophysics/ Geology / Mathematics/Chemistry / Botany) * Age*: 25 years (as on the last date for receipt of applications) which is relaxable upto 5 years in the case of SC/ST/OBC/Physically Handicapped and female candidates. * Stipend*: Rs.7500/- per month consolidated. No other allowances are payable. *Tenure: *Maximum two years, not extendable under any circumstances and subject to satisfactory performance to be evaluated every 6 months. The interns shall have no claim for further extension, absorption or regularization in CSIR after expiry / termination of the internship. *Mode of Selection: *The selection may be based on a candidate's academic records, and/or (b) performance in aptitude test, and (c) interview. The application shall be short-listed after scrutiny by a duly constituted screening committee to restrict the number of candidates for test/interview. The screening committee can adopt its own criteria to shortlist candidates. Mere fulfilling of minimum prescribed qualifications will not vest any right in a candidate for being called for test/interview. * General conditions : * Those who have already availed 2 years research internship will not be considered. Interns would be free to appear for NET /GATE and secure regular fellowships for doing Ph.D. The award of Internship does not imply any assurance or guarantee for subsequent employment by CSIR or at CBRI, Roorkee. If a intern is reported to have been lacking in his or her research assignment or misconduct, the award is liable to be terminated. No TA will be paid for appearing in the test / interview. * How to apply: * The application has to be submitted on prescribed application form. This advertisement along with application form can be downloaded from CBRI website http:// www.cbri.org.in Applications duly filled in (neatly typed / hand written) and complete in all respects, accompanied by attested photograph and copies of the mark-sheets / certificates / testimonials etc. in support of date of birth/age, qualifications, experience and certificate in case of SC/ST/OBC/PH as mentioned in the application should be submitted to ? The Director, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee ? 247 667, by mentioning the Advt. No. and the subject of Intern on the envelope within 21 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in Employment News. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071121/2452ad4e/attachment-0001.html From ndeepa at teri.res.in Wed Nov 21 16:04:40 2007 From: ndeepa at teri.res.in (N Deepa) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:04:40 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] =?iso-8859-1?q?TERI_announces_three-day_Workshop_on_B?= =?iso-8859-1?q?uilding_Digital_Archive_using_Advanced_Features_of_GSDL=2C?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_8_=3F10_January_2008?= Message-ID: TERI announces three-day Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL 8?10 January 2008, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi TERI is organizing the Workshop on Building Digital Archive using Advanced Features of GSDL. The aim of the Workshop is to equip participants with adequate practical knowledge so as to enable them to efficiently carry out digital library projects. The workshop will be held at TERI, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. For more details about the workshop, please visit the website http://www.teriin.org/events_new.php Workshop Objectives: To facilitate the understanding of implications of digitization and with practical knowledge on the digitization process To enable participants to develop the practical skills in the installation and implementation of digital libraries, which they can then utilize in their own institution To offer hands-on experience on advanced features of GSDL software programme: The workshop programme will include tutorial-type presentations, demonstrations, practical sessions, and will cover the following topics: E-resources & their management OAI-PMH GSDL: an overview GSDL installation, configuration and administration Converting CDS/ISIS databases to GSDL Collection building with GLI (GreenStone Librarian Interface), designing and creating standard metadata sets Customization using GLI Customization using macro files and style-sheet : -Home page customization : -Collection specific customization The faculty will comprise of digital library experts from TERI and other institutes. Participants: The workshop is intended for library and information professionals, knowledge managers, information entrepreneurs, and e-content developers, who have the interests, initiatives, and need to set up digital libraries in their organizations. To allow rich and useful interactions, the number of participants is being limited to 25. Registration: The registration fee is Rs 3500/ per participant. Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for 10% and student 15% discount. Please note that registration closes on 28 December 2007. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071121/12291b29/attachment-0001.html From Koteswara_T at Satyam.com Wed Nov 21 17:42:04 2007 From: Koteswara_T at Satyam.com (Koteswara_Tumuluru) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:42:04 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: Attention Please Message-ID: <5D6930E6C080BC42B2A1E41879803209053C3B4A@ccrmsg001.corp.satyam.ad> Prof, Thank you for an interesting discussion and your valid comments on teaming up in the current scenario. I think here is a huge opportunity for everyone to collaborate and improve the situation. I strongly feel LIS schools and LIS professionals are doing good and of course can do better. This cautiously optimistic outlook or operating with the Feel Good Factor (FGF) will help everyone a lot and fosters Synergy. The third major component, I wish to add, is 'Practicing LIS Professionals' in any institution/industry. Just as the IT domain is embarking on the Industry-Academia Collaboration for learning, teaching, research, Knowledge Transfusion (KT), sharing of the best practices & unleashing the next practices etc, the stakeholders of LIS profession also need to collaborate closely to give practical perspective and orientation to the students. Librarian as Teacher (besides as Continuous Learner as you mentioned and questioned by Arun) is one of the important dimension to be explored much better for imparting wisdom on emerging trends and also survival skills to be a successful Information Professional in this information-intensive knowledge era. I strongly feel, the practicing Librarians should collaborate with academicians/professors, visit LIS schools, talk to students, answer some of the unanswered questions in their budding minds or at least briefly share their experience, learning and knowledge. Joseph Joubert said 'To Teach is to Learn Twice' and thus it would benefit all the stakeholders in the best interest of our Profession. I am gradually trying this in my own little way and always ready to visit nearby LIS schools to talk to our students (the budding professional colleagues) to induce confidence in themselves and learn from them myself. These are some of my own thoughts I thought I should share to reflect on this discussion and thank you for reading the note. T Koteswara Rao Librarian Satyam Computer Services Ltd Telephone: 098408 23377 From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of amudhavalli alagusundaram Sent: 21 November 2007 10:52 To: Subbiah Arunachalam Cc: Varalakshmi Rudrabhatla; mala; Sewa Singh; Samyuktha Ravi; vijayakumar kp; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; commodore shekhar; sashi singh; sangita gupta Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention Please Sir, You are right and free to do so. Students performance and matching the requirements are based on several factors. The two major components are students and teachers. Teachers, you know need to update themeselves and be committed. you can only advise or suggest to this group and it is oneself who will lhave to lead in his/her career. AS far as students are concerned, the input into the schools are very disappointing. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, they are so low, it is extremely difficult to mould them to be even a 'better lot' if not the 'best'. Candidates below the medocre line enter our profession, unfortunately. They have no vision or mission. We try to inculcate that in them to the best of our ability. In 2 two years is everythiing cannot be accomplished though best of our efforts are put into that process. Our curricula has been changed, by and large in most of the LIS Schools across the coun try, particularly in the South. Infrastrcucture has been improvised. What else you need????? Profssional bodies at all levels are initiating lectures, workshops, discussions etc for betterment of the professionals. Not many respond or even iof they do so, not intersted or ready to learn and or change, It has become a very challenging task for all of us. People have to change themselves, I feel. Ther seems to no competency, competition or communcation skills amongst the professionals, which is very disappointing. Yes, We speak and talk and talk, but what is the net result?. Who is to be blamed?? Ofc ourse, Not any one single individual or group. All of us need to team up together to create awareness and upgrade the literacy level. I am willing to take up any task at any time to be involved in this attempt. I Look forward for some concrete suggestions and movements to participate myself. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Friends: Professor Amudhavalli of the University of Madras found the presentation by Liz Lyon of UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html very useful. A few others may say the same thing. But what matters is are we preparing our students for the new era? Will the LIS students of today be able to excel in the fast changing technology-dominated environment? Will they be able to find their niche when constantly improving technology and the culture of networking and virtual collaboration among scientists may make intermediaries redundant? Are we training them to become life-long learners who can adapt to any situation? Or are we still in an age when it takes years to get even a minoe change in the syllabus? It seems to me that we need to go a long way. Correct me if my perception is wrong. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] ----- Original Message ---- From: amudhavalli alagusundaram To: Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Monday, 19 November, 2007 3:12:34 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Open science Very Useful Link, Sir. Thanks amudha Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: Friends: I am sure you are following the writings of Liz Lyon of UK LON. I just stumbled upon this presentation: "Open Science and the Research Library: Roles, Challenges and Opportunities?" http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html Best wishes. Arun ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail now has unlimited storage, which means you can have spam control and more space for those important e-mails. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence ________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. ________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. Do it now... Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. 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Address: Palm View Bldg., 1st Floor, AWing, Flat no. 4, LN Road, Near Swami Narayan temple, Dadar (E), Mumbai - 400 014. # 24125174 (Taken from an article on Silent souls saving the society) -- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Thu Nov 22 12:06:30 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:06:30 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum guidelines Message-ID: Dear Member, Currently, an interesting discussion is underway based on Prof. Arunachalam's posting related to the writing of Liz Lyon. While the discussions are most welcome but members should keep in mind that while replying to a posting only the specific portion of the original posting should be included, preferably at top before the reply portion begins. What's been happening now is that with a very few exceptions, rest of the members who participate in a discussion, include the entire message to which they are replying to. This practice will unnecessarily bloat the size of the messages and many a times fellow members may loose track of the on-going discussion. As a reminder, I'm including the guidelines of this list for your perusal. Thanks for your cooperation. With best regards, - Moderator, LIS-Forum Discussion List NCSI, IISc, Bangalore, India LIS-Forum guidelines -------------------- 1. Mails to LIS-Forum should be sent in "Plain text format" only. This can be ensured by making suitable changes in your mail client software. For example, if you have a Yahoo! email id, then to set the email composing mode to 'Plain Text', all that it takes is a few mouse clicks, as indicated below: - Login to your account - Click on 'Option' (right below the search box) - Scroll down to locate 'General Preferences' and click on it - Scroll down to locate 'Composing E-mails' and check the 'Compose messages as plain text' radio button. The above actions will ensure that your mail will be sent in Plain Text' format. 2. Mails with attachments (.doc, .pdf, etc) will not be approved for distribution. Such mails will be discarded. 3. Appropriate 'Subject' should be provided for every posting.. 4. When responding to emails, please retain ONLY any relevant portion of the original, if needed - at the TOP. Do not include one or more threads. 5. Please post mails only for discussing Library and Information Science and related issues. If seeking help (eg an article) - please mention that you have tried other resources and are asking for help from the forum, only because you have not succeeded from other resources 6. Do ensure that your complete Signature details are present (Name, organization, address, phone/fax nos) 7. If the content of your mail is already available online then your mail should just provide the gist of such content and provide its correct URL. 8. Mails meant for LIS-forum should be sent only to lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in and not to any other email id 9. Messages are to be posted without the covering note to the moderator. 10. Do not compose the entire mail in capital letters From rvsn1234 at hotmail.com Fri Nov 23 05:35:16 2007 From: rvsn1234 at hotmail.com (Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:05:16 +0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention please Message-ID: Yes what Prof Amudha stated is true. Let us do something in action. There is need to promote our profession as suggested by Ms Vasumati Sriganesh since public have a different opinion. 1. Let us write articles in newspapers and telecast talks about the changing face of the profession. I will write one today itself for local newpaper and workout for a telecast in local cable vision. I am ready to write the same for national newspapers also but it should not be duplicated. I think if a working professional from corporate sector writes with his experience it will have more effect. 2. It is time for the LIS departments to to put a note in admision notification that 'candidates with good academic record have positions in corporate sector after completion of the course'. 3. Interaction with working professionals, as suggested by Mr Koteswara Rao, certainly boost the morale of students and motivate them. The departments in metros, where there are industries and business houses, had already initiated such programmes. The problem is with remote departments where they have to find means to meet their TA. 4. Regarding teacher expertise....Collaborative teaching is a viable option though not acceptable to many. Faculty exchange programmes atleast within a state may help to share the expertise of teachers with low cost. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=221 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071123/aee4af8e/attachment.html From daskshirod at gmail.com Fri Nov 23 10:49:48 2007 From: daskshirod at gmail.com (Kshirod) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:49:48 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Made in India (MS Office like- suite) Message-ID: <55dcc8590711222119p7d287252kfdbfff010ffe1c46@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, Bangalore-based InstaColl, co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia, Sumanth Raghavendra and Kaushal Cavale, today launched an application called Live Documents, which is a hybrid online-offline office suite of applications with features similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. for details about this read the complete articles: http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=1&chklogin=N&autono=305075&tab=r Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071123/bc0963f0/attachment.html From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Thu Nov 22 16:51:50 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:51:50 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals In-Reply-To: References: <27f631d10711210039p27922ed0i820e54aed07d0059@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <27f631d10711220321j181b3ab7hce7688b7f21ba376@mail.gmail.com> > Dear Professional, > > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of > Library professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are > of very > less use, Even though they are suitable for Indian environment and > Infrastructure facilities. > > The student's like us are not exposed to current technology > and > trends, we are studying the same old subjects, what your teachers have > studied in their years of study and research? Its like running a old > horse > in race and betting to win. > > So lets determine yourself to update your knowledge, skills > and > techniques of developing profession .. Hence I have made an attempt to > bring > some topics, which are to be studied by an information professional. This > are based on the syllabus of Master of Science in Information from > School of Information in Michigan US. *Borad topics > * > Archives and Records Management (ARM) > > Community Informatics (CI) > > Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) > > Incentive-Centered Design (ICD) > > Information Analysis and Retrieval(IAR) > > Information Policy (IP) > > Library and Information Services(LIS) > > School Library Media Certification > > Preservation of Information (PI) > > Social Computing (SC) > > They all will include the following topics specific topics on which > current research can be conducted for, Application and implementation for > professional development. I am interested in preparing notes on these topics > , so you all can help to contribute for our profession's future students. > Design of Complex Web Sites > Programming I (Java) > Networks: Theory and Application Human Interaction in Information Retrieval > Natural Language Processing Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation > Exploratory Data Analysis > Information Retrieval > Searching and Databases > Networks: Theory and Application > Language and Information > Natural Language Processing > Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Interface and Interaction Design > Fundamentals of Human Behavior > Graphic Design > Information-Seeking Behavior > Multimedia Production > Visual Persuasion > Natural Language Processing > Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation Exploratory Data Analysis > Security in the Digital World > Information Visualization Information Architecture > Information in Organizations > eCommunities: Analysis and Design of Online Interaction > Environments > Computer-Supported Cooperative Work > Natural Language Processing > Semantic Web > Preserving Information > Digital Libraries > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Information Visualization > Interface and Interaction Design > > > -- > RAJESH ALDARTHI > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com > Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071122/94e103f5/attachment-0001.html From esukhdev at gmail.com Fri Nov 23 13:00:16 2007 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:00:16 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals In-Reply-To: <27f631d10711220321j181b3ab7hce7688b7f21ba376@mail.gmail.com> References: <27f631d10711210039p27922ed0i820e54aed07d0059@mail.gmail.com> <27f631d10711220321j181b3ab7hce7688b7f21ba376@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I fully endorse the feeling of Rajesh. While interacting with young professionals, I am observing an increasing level of frustration. Perhaps they expect much more from senior professionals. While comparing with foreign universities we may remember one thing - they compete with other to attract better students. They cost much more. The same does not apply to Indian Universities. Competition, if any, among Indian Universities is yet to start. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Rajesh Rangappa wrote: > > > > > Dear Professional, > > > > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of Library > professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are of very > > less use, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From smitac_in at yahoo.com Fri Nov 23 14:08:57 2007 From: smitac_in at yahoo.com (Smita Chandra) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:38:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attention please In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <586635.33329.qm@web36104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Effective action to attract good students obviously is a must. Good professionals definitely are regarded with respect (as with any field). We all know (but to put this in writing just incase someone is making a note of how desperate we as librarians feel for some effective action), the genesis of the problem lies with the general perception of students (school+college) about libraries and librarians, which generally begins at schools in our country. I guess a better way to say this would be to do a survey of such students asking them to rank the professions they would choose (I may be corrected). Just a few days back one of our colleagues had posted a dismal glimpse of how libraries have been very conveniently ignored from the national commission presiding over school curriculums. Again, it is a cycle for if we cannot make an impact on the little minds how can we think of making our mark with commissions of such order ? We cannot wait for action from any orgnaization (Indian library ones mainly), I guess we have ample experience now. We must begin on our own, as exemplefied by Dr.Varalakshmi. With Regards, Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism New Mumbai Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla wrote: .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Yes what Prof Amudha stated is true. Let us do something in action. There is need to promote our profession as suggested by Ms Vasumati Sriganesh since public have a different opinion. 1. Let us write articles in newspapers and telecast talks about the changing face of the profession. I will write one today itself for local newpaper and workout for a telecast in local cable vision. I am ready to write the same for national newspapers also but it should not be duplicated. I think if a working professional from corporate sector writes with his experience it will have more effect. 2. It is time for the LIS departments to to put a note in admision notification that 'candidates with good academic record have positions in corporate sector after completion of the course'. 3. Interaction with working professionals, as suggested by Mr Koteswara Rao, certainly boost the morale of students and motivate them. The departments in metros, where there are industries and business houses, had already initiated such programmes. The problem is with remote departments where they have to find means to meet their TA. 4. Regarding teacher expertise....Collaborative teaching is a viable option though not acceptable to many. Faculty exchange programmes atleast within a state may help to share the expertise of teachers with low cost. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. --------------------------------- Detailed profiles 4 marriage! 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071123/f9d50069/attachment.html From subbiah_a at yahoo.com Fri Nov 23 10:28:06 2007 From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam) Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:58:06 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fw: OpenDOAR hits 1000th Repository Message-ID: <305442.95002.qm@web43133.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> >From Leslie Carr of Southampton University Congratulations to the OpenDOAR team for keeping track of all these repositories. I wish them even more future success! The magic figure of 1,000 is both a milestone for OpenDOAR and an opportunity for reflection by the community. In the computing field some twenty years ago the NeXT workstation was designed to be the first 3'M' workstation - ie one that had more than one Megabyte of RAM, a Megapixel display and Megaflop performance. In the intervening time, workstation performance has increased hugely and my workstation has 2 megapixel display, a 2,000 megabyte memory and performance measured in tens of thousands of megaflops. But the scale of the repository world is measured in thousands (K) rather than millions (M). As well as the 1,000 representing the number of repositories, it describes the size of their contents (repositories commonly hold around 1,000 items) and the size of their constituency (each serves around 1,000 faculty/academic users). So the repository world is currently in a 3'K' state. But what can we expect from the future? University communities are likely to stay the same size but the number of repositories will increase - perhaps by a factor of ten (to include all the institutions across the world) - or perhaps by a hundred (as individual departments and projects get their own repositories). But the real growth will come from capturing an increasing proportion of the thousands of thousands of faculty and researchers and research students for each of those repositories. If every person contributed 10 items every year to their repository (research outputs, publications, posters, data sets, presentations, teaching materials) then over the course of a decade a typical repository would accrue 100,000 items. So in ten year's time I look forward to ten times as many repositories each containing a hundred times as many items as the present. But size isn't everything, and its important to think about how such a change in capacity might lead to new capabilities. Looking back on the computer world, the 3M technical capacity achieved in the NeXT workstation gave Tim Berners-Lee the platform on which he was able to design and implement the first prototypes of the World Wide Web. And so I look forward to unprecedented improvements in scientific and scholarly enquiry created by a huge increase in repository capacity and openly accessible knowledge. Once again, congratulations to Bill, Pete, Gareth, Stephen and all the OpenDOAR technical and reviewing teams! -- Les Carr Caveats: obviously in the above text I'm working in approximate scales, rather than statistically valid estimates. But while some find it unrealistic, I stand by my assertion that every faculty member could reasonably contribute ten "intellectual outputs" per year to their repository. For more figures and calculations to support this, see http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july07/carr/07carr.html ________________________________________________________ You're not bound to your email address, it's a snitch to switch. Give Yahoo! Mail a try. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/isp_targeting2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From vijaymlib at gmail.com Sat Nov 24 14:27:27 2007 From: vijaymlib at gmail.com (vijay kumar) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:27:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] open repositories conference 2008 Message-ID: <6f048b380711240057p65422324s23f6bf9f8325c11f@mail.gmail.com> dear library professionals, Repositories play a pivotal role in the evolving scholarly information environment of open access research outputs and scholarly collections. With its theme of "Practice and Innovation", OR08 will create an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to share experiences and to explore the challenges of the new scholarly communication. They call for papers so follow the following links http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.html thanks vijay kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From asimamlisc at gmail.com Sat Nov 24 16:44:47 2007 From: asimamlisc at gmail.com (Umme Asima) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:44:47 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals Message-ID: Dear Professionals, I am a student of MLISc from University of Mysore. I would like to respond to the issue raised by Mr. Rajesh Aldarthi on updating the syllabus. I have very limited exposure in the field but still want to record my opinion on the issue. I agree in principle that the changes are required. However, I do not tend to agree with the sweeping remarks, like the one made by Mr. Aldarthi, that the syllabus of universities are 'so old'. For instance, the syllabus I am studying at MyDLIS, Mysore is fairly futuristic and I have heard this comment from external professionals (including the ones coming from outside our country). When I discussed this issue with my teachers, they say that a few universities have already included many upcoming courses relevant to library and information science. As Mr. Sukdev suggested that we have to be careful in adopting the western syllabus. The topics suggested by Mr. Aldarthi confused me further that whether we have to get ourselves trained as "Information Professional (Librarian)" or "Computer professional"? Topics such as "Natural Language Processing", "Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval", "Graphic Design", "Database Application Design" and so on appears to me as core computer science topics. As a student I am confused about the competencies that I should develop to become a good information professional. N.A. Umme Asima Student of MLISc Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in Sat Nov 24 23:23:25 2007 From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:23:25 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article Request In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20071124175325.M27882@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Member Can I have the following article : Journal Article A practical approach to crosslinking Category Special Issue: Protein-Protein Interactions DOI 10.1007/BF00986726 Journal Molecular Biology Reports Issue Volume 17, Number 3 / April, 1993 Authors G. Mattson, E. Conklin, S. Desai, G. Nielander, M. D. Savage and S. Morgensen Subject Collection Biomedical and Life Sciences Abstract The various aspects of chemical crosslinking are addressed. Crosslinker reactivity, specificity...well as reaction conditions and practical tips for use of each... Text PDF (1,330 kb) http://www.springerlink.com/content/?mode=boolean&k=ti%3a (a+practical+approach+to+crosslinking)&sortorder=asc Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2355 9544, 9416, 9219 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sanjeevmlis at gmail.com Mon Nov 26 10:33:32 2007 From: sanjeevmlis at gmail.com (Sanjeev Kumar Jain) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:33:32 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories Message-ID: Dear LIS Professional International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross- Sectoral Collaborations during 7-9 February 2008 at Gandhi Darshan Complex, Opposite Gandhi Samadhi New Delhi (India) Last date for submission of paper or presentation is-31st December 2007. For more: http://www.niftindia.com or write to the undersigned SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Centre/Library NIFT Campus, ITI Colony, Doorbhash Nagar Rae Bareli (U.P.) 209 010 Mobile: +91-94529-68706 Email: sanjeevmlis at yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071126/ef822c84/attachment-0001.html From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Sat Nov 24 18:43:03 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:43:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization Message-ID: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, Librarianship is fundamentally a service profession, we serve large organisations, which deals with versatile subject, from Basic Social science subjects to Specific Science and education subjects. For eg, R&D's libraries requires Library professional who has good knowledge in Chemistry or Physics or Biology etc. And Law institutions require person with Law knowledge and the same is the case with Management, Corporate (finance) and Software organisations, So every one wants specialised library professional. I would like call discussion on adding a specialisation subject in 3rd and 4th sem of MLISc course, let the specialisation be elective(student choose subject of intrest). Subject in 3rd sem should contain study about sources available on Subject for example Law : Journals(both print and Electroinc their publisher, cost, ways of subscribing and Unsubscribing), Books ( famous authors in Law with details of contact).Internet Information(both free and paid), Reference Sources in law, ( encyclopedia, dictionaries, directories, manuals, year books, etc), Institutions offering courses on law(with admission dates fees etc), Associations(full details, objective, mission, activities, publications etc), organisations etc. And in 4th sem students should study the basic's or core topics in subject. I can understand non of the Library teachers can teach these specialized subject's, but they can request person who is eligible to teach or request Reseach student in subject to engage, since we have different departments on various subject's in universities, i hope its possible.Since many of Library and Information students are from BA background, it opens opportunity to them to join institutions in their field of intrest. At this point of time, I would like share my experiance, when I attended interview in *aurigene: Dicovery technologies, *Yes i was all most selected, after testing my communication, Library : skills, techniques and behaviour but after that they gone through my resume and asked me are you not a BSc student. I said no, i am Management student(BBM)... they started to test my Chemistry skills, since i have studied Chemistry in My 9th and 10th(CBSE Syllabus) i was in a position to answer few questions, but they asked me to draw the stracture of Benzim, i was stuck up. That costed me very good job. They asked their requirements because their database is such that we have to draw structure's of chemicals and search information but we are not prepared. By this way I belive, we can adopt to change and fulfill needs of market. I have to make it cristal clear that specialization should be added to present subjects in syllabus but not substituting one, because librarian needs to have knowledge in all subjects, if he has to serve academic and public sector. Hence i feel, your present pattern of education is outdate and targeted particualarly towards later sector then earlier mentioned sectors. Hope for good discussion with problems(for and agnist) and solutions. Thanks and Regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071124/f13742dc/attachment.html From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Mon Nov 26 13:23:56 2007 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:23:56 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interesting article on 'ebooks' Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70711252353s5b1eb612vcf3959040f68b601@mail.gmail.com> An interesting article has appeared in recent issue of 'Aslib proceeding' on ebooks. The details are as follows: Article Title: What do faculty and students really think about e-books? Authors: Ian Rowlands, David Nicholas, Hamid R. Jamali, Paul Huntington Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&contentId=1640587 -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Nov 26 14:10:00 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:10:00 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE- weather in hyderabad is cool Message-ID: Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:45:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. hello professional friends I am looking forward for recieving all the friends at Hyderabad, for attenidng the 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE during 13-16 Dec 2007 The weather here is cool and it is going around 10 C. Please come prepared with necessary clothes. Laxman rao Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Dept.of Library & Information Science, & Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, & Organising Secretary, 53rd All India Library Conference-2007 Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) From esukhdev at gmail.com Mon Nov 26 13:04:39 2007 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:04:39 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals In-Reply-To: <016201c82ff2$e58f1610$1364a8c0@GIPE> References: <27f631d10711210039p27922ed0i820e54aed07d0059@mail.gmail.com> <27f631d10711220321j181b3ab7hce7688b7f21ba376@mail.gmail.com> <016201c82ff2$e58f1610$1364a8c0@GIPE> Message-ID: Dear Friends, While Dr Rath wishes to differ with me but I fully agree with him that fundamental research is needed for the future of LIS. In fact no discipline or practice can stand of its on without having a core of theories and organized supporting science. I have been suggesting my following model for LIS Education and Practice. It consists of three encapsulating cores. 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best Practices. 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. Dr. Rath would find that Innermost CORE consists of theory and philosophy of LIS. This is where fundamental research in LIS is a must. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 26, 2007 11:39 AM, Prabhash N. Rath wrote: > Dear Dr Sukhdev Singh > > While I see merit in your reaction to Mr Rajesh Rangappa's posting, I beg to > differ little on certain issues. It is true that foreign universities impart > such type of training that any LIS professional can work in any type of > library, simultaneously I feel that some research is needed for conventional > library science topics also. This helps in maintaining the academic flavour > of the subject. You must have noticed that very good qualitative articles on > such topics regularly appear in journals like Library Quarterly, Libraries > and the Cultural Record, Knowledge Organisation etc. > > The problem with most of the LIS researchers here is that they don't do any > research rigorously. Even on convetional topics, good research can be made > and in a social science subject topic, we can't say that some thing is > outdated. For example, many of us don't know 'whys' of many event happened > in the past. Recently, while submitting a paper to Libraries and the > Cultural Record, I was asked some interesting questions by their editor like > what made to the enactment of Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 (with > documentary evidence), and why INB provides both DDC and CC in its entries > etc. So I feel, while recruiting teachers, we need to identify > specialisation on which we require teachers. In India, except specialisation > in IT, I have never seen any advertisement giving any other specialisation. > > With regards > Prabhash N. Rath > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sukhdev Singh" > To: "Rajesh Rangappa" > Cc: > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals > > > >I fully endorse the feeling of Rajesh. > > > > While interacting with young professionals, I am observing an > > increasing level of frustration. Perhaps they expect much more from > > senior professionals. > > > > While comparing with foreign universities we may remember one thing - > > they compete with other to attract better students. They cost much > > more. The same does not apply to Indian Universities. Competition, if > > any, among Indian Universities is yet to start. > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Rajesh Rangappa wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear Professional, > >> > > >> > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > >> > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > >> > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of Library > >> professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are of > >> very > >> > less use, > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LIS-Forum mailing list > > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From seema_pec at yahoo.co.in Mon Nov 26 15:01:32 2007 From: seema_pec at yahoo.co.in (Seema Vasishta) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:31:32 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library furniture suppliers Message-ID: <212539.60392.qm@web7912.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Friends Please provide me list of Library furniture suppliers in India, particularly for purchase of Pigeon Hole Display Racks for Periodicals. Regards Seema Vasishta Sr. Librarian Punjab Engineering College(DU) Chandigarh-160012 --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071126/60d5c9b5/attachment-0001.html From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Mon Nov 26 16:01:53 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:01:53 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals Message-ID: <27f631d10711260231w578a55b8l9df50a9add3fade0@mail.gmail.com> Dear professionals, I want to thank all professional and students for accepting and showing interest in preparing notes on " topics for development of LIS professionals ". and at the same time surprised by the reply of "Ms/Mr.N.A. Umme Asima student of MLISc from Mysore university" in LIS Forum digest vol-56, issue No-16 dated 26-11-07". Its quite interesting to answer his/her question. Being a informational professional we should know all subjects and for that matter with out knowing computer and its topics its very hard to name yourself information professional. The basement on which your profession is standing is computer and communication at present. I will make brief of my explanation. Natural language processing ofcourse is computer topic but its also required for Information professionals, It involves some of aspects techniques, skills which are essential for us. for eg: understanding systems,stressing words etc. I would suggest him/her to read this article in wikipedia. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing" Then coming to graphic design its also required for informational professional because grapics can be effective way of presenting information in understandable and interesting to user, even its required in many aspects other than presentation I want Her/ him to visit following site to know who uses Graphic design " http://www.educationcenteronline.org/articles/Design-Schools/Who-Uses-Graphic-Design.html?section=Category&content=details&parent=Design-Schools&category=Who-Uses-Graphic-Design " Lastely regarding Applied database design, we are major user of databases in world, we provide various services using database, so whats wrong in learning how to desing a database? Even some of universities have database management (RDBMS) etc as subject or topic, so its advancement of same and its application. For more details he/she can visit "http://www.databasedesign-resource.com/" to have firm idea on what database is? how its helpful for informational professionals. etc. and before concluding i want to answer some questions asked by emailing personally to me about my personnel details? I am proud to be student of Gulbarga University Dept. of LISc uotput for the year 2007. I know syllabus i have studies is most updated then any other University's, with practical exposure software like SOUL, EASYLIB and appropriate structure of 4 theory and 2 practicals. Good lab facility, covering almost all aspects of NET syllabus but still i feel that these are out date topics but my student friend has ideas the otherway round. He/she should have atleast gone through available literature, if not the contents of subjects before replying and should have contacted some of working informational professional other then her teacher's. Don't they feel this subjects and topics are useful and required for information professionals. I well come future questions? Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071126/bd48dab7/attachment.html From vjkjk at yahoo.com Mon Nov 26 17:04:52 2007 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:34:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization In-Reply-To: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, I fully agree with Rajesh. We need specialized courses to make specialized Librarians. That is the need of the hour. Adding elective modules (papers) about resources and systems in Law, Medicine, Sciences and all specialized subjects in 4th Semester is absolutely a good suggestion. Off course, our library schools should involve practicing Librarians in these specialized courses. If you all remember I raised this point in June 2007 through LIS-Forum. The copy is available at http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/2007-June/005832.html Hope some discussions will be taken place at Associations' level and a move to change the curriculum by incorporating new trends in job markets. That will help in bringing new colors to our profession. Regards Dr. J K VIJAYAKUMAR --- Rajesh Rangappa wrote: > Dear Professionals, > Librarianship is fundamentally a service > profession, we serve large > organisations, which deals with versatile > subject, from Basic Social > science subjects to Specific Science and > education subjects. For eg, R&D's > libraries requires Library professional who has > good knowledge in Chemistry > or Physics or Biology etc. And Law institutions > require person with Law > knowledge and the same is the case with > Management, Corporate (finance) and > Software organisations, So every one wants > specialised library professional. > I would like call discussion on adding a > specialisation subject in 3rd and > 4th sem of MLISc course, let the specialisation > be elective(student choose > subject of intrest). Subject in 3rd sem should > contain study about sources > available on Subject for example Law : > Journals(both print and Electroinc > their publisher, cost, ways of subscribing and > Unsubscribing), Books ( > famous authors in Law with details of > contact).Internet Information(both > free and paid), Reference Sources in law, ( > encyclopedia, dictionaries, > directories, manuals, year books, etc), > Institutions offering courses on > law(with admission dates fees etc), > Associations(full details, objective, > mission, activities, publications etc), > organisations etc. > And in 4th sem students should study the > basic's or core topics in subject. > I can understand non of the Library teachers > can teach these specialized > subject's, but they can request person who is > eligible to teach or request > Reseach student in subject to engage, since we > have different departments on > various subject's in universities, i hope its > possible.Since many of Library > and Information students are from BA > background, it opens opportunity to > them to join institutions in their field of > intrest. At this point of time, > I would like share my experiance, when I > attended interview in *aurigene: > Dicovery technologies, *Yes i was all most > selected, after testing my > communication, Library : skills, techniques and > behaviour but after that > they gone through my resume and asked me are > you not a BSc student. I said > no, i am Management student(BBM)... they > started to test my Chemistry > skills, since i have studied Chemistry in My > 9th and 10th(CBSE Syllabus) i > was in a position to answer few questions, but > they asked me to draw the > stracture of Benzim, i was stuck up. That > costed me very good job. They > asked their requirements because their database > is such that we have to draw > structure's of chemicals and search information > but we are not prepared. > By this way I belive, we can adopt to change > and fulfill needs of market. I > have to make it cristal clear that > specialization should be added to present > subjects in syllabus but not substituting one, > because librarian needs to > have knowledge in all subjects, if he has to > serve academic and public > sector. > Hence i feel, your present pattern of education > is outdate and targeted > particualarly towards later sector then earlier > mentioned sectors. > Hope for good discussion with problems(for and > agnist) and solutions. > Thanks and Regards > > > > -- > RAJESH ALDARTHI > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and > Advanced Studies) > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com > Phone: 9886268857 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > ---------------------------------- Dr. J. 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I want this copy just for references. If you have your copy so please let me know I can return you back on the same day. Thanks & Regards, Ms. Dipaali K Bhosle Sr Executive Library & Information Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D: 91 22 40302508 Board: 91 22 24232323 Fax: 91 22 24302707 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Infomedia India Ltd. 5th Fl, A Wing, Ruby House, J.K. Sawant Marg, Dadar[W], Mumbai 400028 www.infomediaindia.com Infomedia India Ltd. is one of the leading publisher in business to business and business to consumers magazines and well known for Yellow Pages [Formerly Tata Yellow Pages]. We are also into business of printing, direct marketing and publishing outsourcing. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071127/e0ee3166/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Nov 27 12:48:14 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:48:14 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Position Vacant Assistant Executive Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:43:05 +0530 From: Rajesh Rangappa Dear Friends Assistant/Executive-1 & Assistant/Executive-2 India Habitat Centre For details, visit, http://www.indiahabitat.org/main.htm From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Nov 27 12:50:49 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:50:49 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:22:08 -0800 (PST) From: J. K. Vijayakumar --- UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector On behalf of Mr Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, it is my pleasure to inform you that we are organizing an ?International Conference and Exhibition on Knowledge Parks? that will take place in Doha, Qatar on March 29-31, 2008. Please visit the Conference website at: http://www.unesco.org/en/knowledgeparkconference/ From esukhdev at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 12:54:51 2007 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:54:51 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization In-Reply-To: <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear All, I don't think there is any thing new about adding a paper in specialized areas. I still remember, We had a paper in our MLIS (1986-87, PU Chandigarh), where we had studied "Social Sciences" as such including it's philosophers and their works. I can not forget it!!! Coming form 'Science' stream - the things were quite alien to me. But I enjoyed it and still boast of my knowledge in these disciplines. So, I think the options for specialization might still available at Master's level. The problem in this particular case [ asking a candidate to draw "Benzim" structure] is with the employer. They do not know what to look for in an Information Professional. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 26, 2007 5:04 PM, J. K. Vijayakumar wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > I fully agree with Rajesh. We need specialized > courses to make specialized Librarians. That is > the need of the hour. Adding elective modules > (papers) about resources and systems in Law, > Medicine, Sciences and all specialized subjects > in 4th Semester is absolutely a good suggestion. > Off course, our library schools should involve > practicing Librarians in these specialized > courses. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From thomas.thomasabraham at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 13:24:03 2007 From: thomas.thomasabraham at gmail.com (Thomas Abraham) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:24:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open Journal Systems in Hindi In-Reply-To: <4d5f24070711230151x59373cf3ra8102b6c35b2a6c9@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d5f24070711230151x59373cf3ra8102b6c35b2a6c9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4d5f24070711262354m6111458cg9efc9f2df18458f@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, I would like to share a piece of information regarding Open Journal Systems(OJS). We have developed a Hindi interface for OJS as a part of "Scientific Journal Publishing in India" project which was done at National Centre for Science Information. A demo version of OJS with Hindi user interface (UI) can be accessed at; Although we have made the requisite changes for handling Hindi content, for the present, we haven't yet added any content in Hindi. If somebody is interested in publishing a prototype newsletter or a journal, published in Hindi language, is welcome to get in touch with us to publish such content using OJS. Looking forward for your feedback and suggestions. Thanks in advance With regards Thomas Abraham Project Assistant National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Science BHU, Varanasi. http://internet.bhu.ac.in/lis.html http://internet.bhu.ac.in/dlis/akhandanandshukla.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071127/e86a7128/attachment.html From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 13:53:34 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:53:34 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization In-Reply-To: References: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <27f631d10711270023r504c4407t87c9653dfd6df5fd@mail.gmail.com> Dear professionals, I really confused by the reply of "*Sukhdev Singh, NIC" *every employer has his own requiremnts, it may be certain technique, skill, knowledge on subject, or way of communicating and behaving etc based on the work /job to be performed. We being information professional can't say no. Regarding newness of issue, i have to appreciate "*Mr.Sukhdev Singh, NIC"* * *because he mention's back to 1986-87, where MLIS course was for one year and he had specialization in social science and other subjects then why its not continued, i wish to go through syllabus of "PU Chandigarh 1986-87" if he has a copy. Up to my knowledge non of indian universitie's MLISc has specialization in other subjects(law,medicine,engineering, subjects in science nor in social science). They teach topics related to LIS, hardly with application of ICT and Management. Now after 20 years also we are not in a position to change, learning social science and learning specialized subject makes lot of difference. I dont know why some of experianced persons are agnist change (may be not willing to learn and may have to face job security problems, if that's case hopefully they can stay in position by learning and guideing, younger generation to right direction, we has respect them whole heartedly, since they are flag barrer's and taken your profession to respectful position but don't misguide us. I will raise this issue possible very soon after searching few facts and figures.) Hence friends lets change with need and take profession towards growth. On 11/27/07, Sukhdev Singh wrote: > > Dear All, > > *Sukhdev Singh*. I still remember, We had a paper in our MLIS > (1986-87, PU Chandigarh), where we had studied "Social Sciences" as > such including it's philosophers and their works. > > I can not forget it!!! Coming form 'Science' stream - the things were > quite alien to me. But I enjoyed it and still boast of my knowledge in > these disciplines. > > So, I think the options for specialization might still available at > Master's level. > > The problem in this particular case [ asking a candidate to draw > "Benzim" structure] is with the employer. They do not know what to > look for in an Information Professional. > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > On Nov 26, 2007 5:04 PM, J. K. Vijayakumar wrote: > > Dear Professionals, > > > > I fully agree with Rajesh. We need specialized > > courses to make specialized Librarians. That is > > the need of the hour. Adding elective modules > > (papers) about resources and systems in Law, > > Medicine, Sciences and all specialized subjects > > in 4th Semester is absolutely a good suggestion. > > Off course, our library schools should involve > > practicing Librarians in these specialized > > courses. > > > -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071127/a78c2d71/attachment.html From nalathamalar at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 27 14:26:54 2007 From: nalathamalar at yahoo.co.in (sheeba jasmine) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:56:54 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] multimedia CD Message-ID: <701176.78037.qm@web94501.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, I am looking for multimedia CDs in Engineering education. I am also looking for educational VCDs in Engineering education. If anybody has any information regarding this please send details to me. with regards, D. Sheeba Jebaseeli, Librarian, Valliammai Engineering College, Kattankulathur, TamilNadu 603 203 Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk Tue Nov 27 15:03:50 2007 From: R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk (MacLeod, Roderick A) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:33:50 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Internet Resources Newsletter: December Issue Message-ID: <4F6F33D7A78FCD48BE50C4D7C1688F374CA71D@ex6.mail.win.hw.ac.uk> The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn157/irn157.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this free, full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Online Information 2007 spineless? a finalist News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable good quality websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, etexts, booksellers, portals, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): Smashing Magazine Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and news items Recent Internet books in the Library Book review: The library in the twenty-first century, 2nd edition, by Peter Brophy Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk), Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 15:46:00 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:46:00 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization In-Reply-To: References: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <27f631d10711270023r504c4407t87c9653dfd6df5fd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <27f631d10711270216k28ff8768i86fa6f52a3e213ac@mail.gmail.com> Dear professionals, I am thankful to "Mr. sukhdev singh" for sending me *"Lastest syllabus" * of "PU chandigarh MLIS course". For the information of all professionals, I am providing the link of same,* **http://libsc.puchd.ac.in/syllabus.pdf* requesting all professional to have a look and let me know what specialization they are providing(except Health science to some extent) and how useful it is? keeping in mind current market requirements. how can broad subject like social science be called specialization is a question of million dollar, and I want to know with this subject specialization, which sector provides job? Then coming to business information paper, except the name their is nothing useful enough, this can be learnt in single class assignment. I am really wondering if this is latest syllabus, what would have students of MLIS of PU chandigarh in 1986-87 might have stuidied. I am really getting confused, what *some of* experianced professional want ? I am getting personal emails to keep quite, and change my approach, i want to make it clear to everyone, we young professionals need guideline and encouragement from big professionals. you have all reached certain positions, we want to learn and reach their, using this forum and take profession towards growth. Thanks and regards On 11/27/07, Sukhdev Singh wrote: > > [Not CCed to lis-forum as yet] > > > > Fortunately, still there is scope of specialization in social > sciences. Other comments are uncalled for. > > > Please check out latest syllabus from > http://libsc.puchd.ac.in/syllabus.pdf especially for these papers. ( > epecially the Pages 28 to 30). > > Paper Code : MLS-7234 > PAPER TITLE : INFORMATION SYSTEMS : > OPT. ("A") : SOCIAL SCIENCES INFORMATION SYSTEM > > Paper Code : MLS-7235 > Paper Title : INFORMATION SYSTEMS : > OPT. ("B") : BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEM > > Paper Code : MLS-7236 > PAPER TITLE : INFORMATION SYSTEMS : > OPT. ("C") : HEALTH SCIENCE INFORMATION SYSTEM > > > --Sukhdev > > On Nov 27, 2007 1:53 PM, Rajesh Rangappa wrote: > > > mention's back to 1986-87, where MLIS course was for one year and he had > > specialization in social science and other subjects then why its not > > continued, i wish to go through syllabus of "PU Chandigarh 1986-87" if > he > > has a copy. Up to my knowledge non of indian universitie's MLISc has > > specialization in other subjects(law,medicine,engineering, subjects in > > science nor in social science). > ... > > RAJESH ALDARTHI > > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > > > > > On Nov 27, 2007 1:53 PM, Rajesh Rangappa wrote: > > Dear professionals, > > I really confused by the reply of "Sukhdev Singh, NIC" every employer > has > > his own requiremnts, it may be certain technique, skill, knowledge on > > subject, or way of communicating and behaving etc based on the work /job > to > > be performed. We being information professional can't say no. Regarding > > newness of issue, i have to appreciate " Mr.Sukhdev Singh, NIC" because > he > > mention's back to 1986-87, where MLIS course was for one year and he had > > specialization in social science and other subjects then why its not > > continued, i wish to go through syllabus of "PU Chandigarh 1986-87" if > he > > has a copy. Up to my knowledge non of indian universitie's MLISc has > > specialization in other subjects(law,medicine,engineering, subjects in > > science nor in social science). They teach topics related to LIS, hardly > > with application of ICT and Management. Now after 20 years also we are > not > > in a position to change, learning social science and learning > specialized > > subject makes lot of difference. > > I dont know why some of experianced persons are agnist change (may be > not > > willing to learn and may have to face job security problems, if that's > case > > hopefully they can stay in position by learning and guideing, younger > > generation to right direction, we has respect them whole heartedly, > since > > they are flag barrer's and taken your profession to respectful position > but > > don't misguide us. I will raise this issue possible very soon after > > searching few facts and figures.) > > Hence friends lets change with need and take profession towards growth. > > > > > > On 11/27/07, Sukhdev Singh wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > > > Sukhdev Singh. I still remember, We had a paper in our MLIS > > > > > > > > > > > > (1986-87, PU Chandigarh), where we had studied "Social Sciences" as > > > such including it's philosophers and their works. > > > > > > I can not forget it!!! Coming form 'Science' stream - the things were > > > quite alien to me. But I enjoyed it and still boast of my knowledge in > > > these disciplines. > > > > > > So, I think the options for specialization might still available at > > > Master's level. > > > > > > The problem in this particular case [ asking a candidate to draw > > > "Benzim" structure] is with the employer. They do not know what to > > > look for in an Information Professional. > > > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 5:04 PM, J. K. Vijayakumar wrote: > > > > Dear Professionals, > > > > > > > > I fully agree with Rajesh. We need specialized > > > > courses to make specialized Librarians. That is > > > > the need of the hour. Adding elective modules > > > > (papers) about resources and systems in Law, > > > > Medicine, Sciences and all specialized subjects > > > > in 4th Semester is absolutely a good suggestion. > > > > Off course, our library schools should involve > > > > practicing Librarians in these specialized > > > > courses. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > RAJESH ALDARTHI > > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > > Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com > > Phone: 9886268857 > -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071127/cd7a5024/attachment.html From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 16:41:49 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:41:49 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lis- Forum on Specialisation for LIS Students. In-Reply-To: <775572.46014.qm@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <775572.46014.qm@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <27f631d10711270311v11f6e8f3ye2a4cf1b58a87f2c@mail.gmail.com> Madam, I have clearly mentioned in my posting that specialization subject should not be substitute but insted addition to present topics. I dont understand when a student learn's all topics along with specialization how his/her opportunity of getting job get's restricted.. insted i say that he/she will have better chance in getting into his/her field of interest. I request all the professionals to post their reply through LIS Forum, so that every one comes to know about you and your idea's. Please don't send personal emails. Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Phone: 9886268857 Sir Are we not going back to late 70's and 80's? where students had "Methodology of Study of Stubjects". Students Studied one subject in Detail like the meaning,the broad coverage,its branches etc.and collected information about the reference & Text books avaialable,journals,experts etc. As such the opening to the LIS Students are less. With specialisation their opening will be much more restricted.Instead they should be taught how to learn about a subject field fast. And in a work situation they can be asked to learn about the subject with which the institution works for Two or Three months. The experience shows that computers and softwares are not every thing.They should be taught How learn about the subjects and soft wares as and when required. Shailaja N Chief Information Officer Information Centre Deccan Herald Bangalore - 560 001 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071127/f7a5ed56/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Nov 27 16:58:34 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:58:34 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] vacancy for the post of project fellow at CESS Library Trivandrum Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:54:35 -0800 (PST) From: Abdunnasar. A Dear Friends, Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram conducts a walk-in-interview for selection of Project Fellows for the project Modernisation of CESS Library?(Plan ? 106). Date : 12/12/2007 (Wednesday) Time : 9.30 AM Venue : CESS, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram 695 031 Number of posts : Two Essential Qualification: M.L.I.Sc First Class Desired Qualification: 1. Working knowledge in any Library application software 2. Working knowledge in digital Library Software like GSDL, Dspace Remuneration : Rs. 5,000/-pm Age limit 30 years as on 01.01.2007.(relaxation upto 5 years for SC/ST and 3 Jyears for OBC candidates. Interested candidates may appear for the walk-in-interview with an application specifying the project code (plan-106) with detailed Curriculam-Vitae along with copies of certificates showing educational qualifications, experience, age etc and original certificates for verification. Abdunnasar. A Scientist ? B CESS Library Thiruvananthapuram From esukhdev at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 16:47:07 2007 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:47:07 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization In-Reply-To: <27f631d10711270023r504c4407t87c9653dfd6df5fd@mail.gmail.com> References: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <27f631d10711270023r504c4407t87c9653dfd6df5fd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Friends, This is an age old debate!! - What is more important? Information Professionals recognized for their expertise in their own domain without depending upon any other special education (Arts, Science, Social Science) background. - Or do we need professionals from other domains having working knowledge of Information Science?. I would prefer the first one - Professionals not at mercy of other domains. I have been suggesting the following model time and again. It consists of three encapsulating cores. 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best Practices. 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. Regarding a particular university syllabus, I am not going to defend anybody nor I would like to attack anybody personally. Would only request everybody to avoid being personal. If someone feels that he or she knows better - then please ignore this little mortal. --Regards Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 27, 2007 1:53 PM, Rajesh Rangappa wrote: .... > They teach topics related to LIS, hardly > with application of ICT and Management. Now after 20 years also we are not > in a position to change, learning social science and learning specialized > subject makes lot of difference. ... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From lkp7405 at yahoo.co.in Wed Nov 28 09:25:28 2007 From: lkp7405 at yahoo.co.in (latha krishnaprasad) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:55:28 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Specialisation Message-ID: <282721.80544.qm@web8806.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Professional Regarding Mr.Rajesh Aldarthi's discussion I have a doubt. Specialisation in many branhes of scince,commerce or arts whatever it may be is it possible to study entire subject in one semester? for eg.Chemistry, is it possible to learn about the subject in deapth to know the structure of any compound?. Upto what extent university has to incorporate? interviewer may ask more than that if he comes to know he/she has taken that particular subject as a specialization. Latha --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071128/30b8f85b/attachment.html From sainul at iiitmk.ac.in Wed Nov 28 09:20:29 2007 From: sainul at iiitmk.ac.in (Sainul Abideen P) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:20:29 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] vendor of multimedia CD In-Reply-To: <701176.78037.qm@web94501.mail.in2.yahoo.com> References: <701176.78037.qm@web94501.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear All, The following agencies Produce Engineering related CDs/VCDs Prolearn Technologies N0.8, Atharvala Apartments, Mavoor Road, Calicut-4, Kerala, India. Ph: ++91-495 3098196, ++ 91 9447418483. E mail : info at prolearnindia.com, sales at prolearnindia.com? Work Shop :? 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Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ > > -- Sainul Abideen P, (BSc, BLISc, ADIS, PGDCA, VLIR Scholar, Belgium) Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala Park Centre, Technopark Karyavattom PO, PIN 695581 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala, INDIA Tel. +91-471-2527567,2700777 exn 119 Tel. +91-471-2593961 (Resi) Mobile: 9946401830 Fax. +91-471-2527568 Email sainul at iiitmk dot ac dot in http://sainul.tripod.com www.iiitmk.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From murari at nio.org Wed Nov 28 09:18:03 2007 From: murari at nio.org (Murari) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:18:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] IT JOB OPPORTUNITY AT IODE PROJECT OFFICE Message-ID: Dear colleagues, IOC/Unesco has posted the job opportunity for an IT specialist at their Project Office in Belgium. Interested individuals may see for more info at: http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=115 With warm regards, Murari P Tapaswi National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India Phone: 91-(0)832-2450275; Fax: 91-(0)832-2450602 www.nio.org, www.coastalhazards.info, www.mangroveindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From naganarasimhas at yahoo.com Wed Nov 28 11:02:46 2007 From: naganarasimhas at yahoo.com (naganarasimha shailaja) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:32:46 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Re Lis- Forum on Specialisationfor Lis Students. Message-ID: <271584.94317.qm@web54604.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sir Are we not going back to late 70's and 80's? where students had "Methodology of Study of Stubjects". Students Studied one subject in Detail like the meaning,the broad coverage,its branches etc.and collected information about the reference & Text books available,journals,experts etc. As such the opening to the LIS Students are less. With specialisation their opening will be much more restricted.Instead they should be taught how to learn about a subject field fast. And in a work situation they can be asked to learn about the subject with which the institution works for Two or Three months. The experience shows that computers and soft wares are not every thing.They should be sharp in learning things as and when required. If it has to be an addition in the existing MLIS Module, the course duration will have to be increased.Is it feasible? Like in universities in other countries short term courses may be introduced in the University departments in specialised subjects.Like Medical information Science,Software company information Science, Newspaper & Media Information science Etc.This can have a apprentice training and close interaction with specialists and the industries and institutions.Another major need of the hour is training in Communication and Language which is a major requirement in Library & Information Centres. Shailaja N Chief Information Officer Information Centre Deccan Herald Bangalore 560 001 PH.No.25880521,25880545 E-Mail:naganarasimhas at yahoo.com Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 28 11:34:42 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:34:42 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Ranganathan Research Circle Programme Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:18:06 +0530 From: Ratnakar Aspari RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE New Delhi We cordially invite you to the 128th Monthly Meeting of RRC on 1st Dec, 2007 (1st Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue : Social Science Documentation Center, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker : Mr. B. G. Sunder Singh Sr. Scientist, DSIR, New Delhi Topic : Activities of Technology Information Facilitation Programme : Opportunities for Professional Projects Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, SUBHASH DESHMUKH Progranmne Coordinator From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Wed Nov 28 14:18:43 2007 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:18:43 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher Course at University of Mysore Inaugurated Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70711280048w43cef6bes92275bdd7fcc7472@mail.gmail.com> The fourteenth Refresher Course in Library and Information Science was inaugurated by Dr.K.S. Raghavan, Professor in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organized by UGC-Academic College, University of Mysore, Mysore in collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore on November 28, 2007. The theme of the Refresher Course is "ICT based Library Services". In his address, Prof. Raghavan recalled the efforts of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and Sri. B.S. Keshavan to bring parity to library profession in comparison to other professions. Dr. Ranganathan instituted a Chair Sarada Ranganathan Professorship at Madras University as early as 1957. This is an unparallel exemplar as Dr. Ranganathan donated all his life savings to the Chair. That was the commitment of a great soul this this profession. Citing the above example, Prof. Raghavan called upon the professional to have a passion and sense of belongingness to the profession. He said ICTs have brought tremendous changes in the profession. But, he cautioned in the zeal of adopting ICTs we should not forget that all over endeavours should be towards achieving greater 'user satisfaction'. Dr. V.G. Talawar spoke on the occasion, said that the in-service training for professionals at universities was a brain child of Prof. Yeshpal, the then Chairman of UGC. The present course is aimed at equipping the participants with more IT skills. Dr. G. Venkatesh Kumar, the Director of Academic College was present. About 27 professionals are participating in the Course. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 28 14:39:17 2007 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:39:17 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Project fellow -required at DIS, UNOM Message-ID: Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:28:47 -0800 (PST) From: amudhavalli alagusundaram Subject: Project fellow -required at DIS, UNOM UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS (Established under the Act of Incorporation XXVII of 1857- Madras University Act 1923) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE NOTIFICATION The Department of Information Science, University of Madras has been recognized for the UGC ? SAP?DRS III level status for the period 2007 ? 2012. The thrust area of the Department under this programme is ?Digitization? project. A Project Fellow has been allocated to assist the project under the UGC pay scale. With reference to this, Applications are invited in plain paper along with Certificates and CV from the eligible candidates for the post of Project Fellow. Eligibility: P.G. in Library and Information Science + Computer skills Scale: As per UGC norms. Last Date: On or before 30th November 2007 to the under signed. (A. AMUDHAVALLI) COORDINATOR Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. Ph: 2539 9672 ( Off- Direct) Ph: 2245 5922 - Residence From kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in Wed Nov 28 15:56:02 2007 From: kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in (kuber kumbar) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:26:02 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Laws of Library Science Message-ID: <927423.69791.qm@web8703.mail.in.yahoo.com> Laws of library sciences in different contest. In Hypertext links contest. Links are for use Every surfer his or her link Every link its surfer Save the time of the surfer The web is a growing organism In Software contest. Software is for use Every user his or her software Every Software its user Save the time of the user A Software Library is a growing organism KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. --------------------------------- Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Click here -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071128/39feae97/attachment-0001.html From indu at cat.ernet.in Wed Nov 28 16:28:58 2007 From: indu at cat.ernet.in (indubhushan) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:28:58 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Sir/Madam, I had created database in MS EXCEL and opened it MS ACCESS for creating data entry form and different reports. By this i got MS Access file linked with MS Excel file. File is working fine in MS OFFICE 2000 but Files is locked when i m using MS ACCESS 2003. So i am unable to enter data from MS ACCESS. Can anybody tell me which property of MS OFFICE 2003 is loking the excel linked ACCESS FILE. With Regards Indu Bhushan Tamrakar Library RRCAT Indore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From horakerisd at yahoo.com Wed Nov 28 17:49:04 2007 From: horakerisd at yahoo.com (Suresh Horakeri) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:19:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reg IATLIS Press clippings Message-ID: <163528.17295.qm@web32608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear Sir/Madam, A brief report and Deccan Herald Newspapers clippings of IATLIS 2007. For ur kind information, Thanks, Regards, Horakeri IATLIS ? 2007 XXIV National Conference on Equity of LIS Education in IT-Based Pedagogical Environment of the Knowledge Society held at Dharwad, Karnataka from 19th to 21st November 2007, organized by the Department of Library and Information Science Karnataka University, Dharwad, KARNATAKA Dr. S.K. Saidapur, F.A.Sc., FNA,Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka University, Dharwad was the chief guest of the inaugural function. Dr. B.S. Maheshwarappa, Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga delivered keynote address. Shri. N.V. Satyanarayana, Managing Director, Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, presided over the function. Dr. V.G. Talwar, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore , acted as Director of the Conference Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa, President, IATLIS and Dr B D Kumbar, organizing secretary were present on the stage. Afternoon and day two morning total 5 technical sessions were conducted and all participants attended all technical sessions, at the end of each technical session good interaction was observed. On day 2 afternoon, Nadoja Dr. Patil Puttappa M.A. (Journalism) USA, Senior Journalist, Hubli was the chief guest of beautiful and colorful of Dr C R Karisiddappa sir?s felicitation function and felicitated Dr Karisiddappa and his wife Mrs. Shanta on this auspicious occasion. Dr S K Saidapur, VC, KUD, Vinay Luthra, Registrar, KUD, Dr P S Halyal, Dr Jagatar Singh, Dr P Padi, Prof R S R Varalakshmi, Dr S L Sangam, Dr Keshav, Dr Ramesh Naik, Dr B D Kumbar, Dr S B Patil, Dr Gaddagimath, Dr Kamaiah, Dr D Chandran, Dr IRN Goudar, Dr Koogunurmath, Dr Mallinath Kumbar, different University Professor, Librarian?s and others were present. More than 500 peoples witnessed Dr Karisiddappa sir?s felicitation function. Dr Ismail Abdullai, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, North Carolina Central University, USA was the guest of honor of this felicitation function. On day 3 afternoon valedictory function was held Chief Guest: Shri. Vinay Luthra, I.F.S.,Registrar, Karnatak University, Dharwad Dr C R Karisiddappa, UGC Emeritus Professor, Director, Academic Staff College Karnatak University, Dharwad presided over the function. Dr B D Kumbar proposed vote of thanks. Suresh D Horakeri BSc, MLISc,PGDLAN, Asst Librarian, BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubli-31, Ph: 9341610603 (R) (0836) 2378422 2378422 (O) Emails ; sdhorakeri at yahoo.co.in horakeri at bvb.edu http://www.connotea.org/user/suresh1973 http://works.bepress.com/suresh_dh/ http://www.prajavani.net/jun192006/5758220060619.php Share files, take polls, and discuss your passions - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071128/bd1d4d26/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Senthil Kumar) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:49:57 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting Message-ID: <6a2b06a00711280519v8f1c572m1388925cb7ba7f98@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals See Library Related News Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting http://www.news.com/2100-1025_3-6220358.html -- KR.SENTHIL KUMAR MCA -LIBRARIAN KARPAGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COIMBATORE http://alagusenthil.googlepages.com http://alagusenthil.tripod.com Mobile:09382804980 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071128/94428eae/attachment.html From rafiq.ansari at gmail.com Wed Nov 28 19:17:25 2007 From: rafiq.ansari at gmail.com (Rafiq Ansari) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:47:25 +0300 Subject: [LIS-Forum] What they don't teach you at LIS Schools? Message-ID: Dear Professionals, Probably, one of the best topics is being discussed in this forum. However, I reckon it would be more appropriate to concentrate more on what is NOT taught than what is part of syllabus. This would lead to know as to "What They Don't Teach You at LIS Schools". I believe everyone, who has put in a year in practical life, is aware of what is not taught is our LIS schools. They do not teach us how to read and how to write --- yes, they don't teach us how read people, nor do they teach us how to write our impressions on others. Changes are taking place with time, no doubt. For instance, when I was a student of LIS in 1994, they did not teach me anything (literally nothing) about library softwares. When I was interviewed by Libsys, I was asked about this software, and my reply was simple: "...sorry Sir, I don't anything about it...." "Have you heard about this software?" No Sir"...and then I worked for about four year for Libsys Corporation! Well, today I am told that they do teach about all major library softwares. Similarly, good amount of time and energy are spent on acquainting students with latest tools and technologies used in libraries today (e.g. RFID and other security systems - incidentally, in 1994 my university library collections were not bar-coded, hence nothing of the sort was taught either!). Besides, students are also now being equipped with various sources of information - internet, databases, online journals, etc. So, on the whole, good progress. But, my conviction is that the ability to read and write people techniques is still not taught in LIS School. Once we are able to equip our students with these very basic tools, the pattern and topics of our discussions would be different. Why do you think MBA freshers are able to take up better positions in any industry - be it petrochemical or pharmacy or cement? When LIS student faces an interview for a petrochemical company, he is asked questions about chemistry. But not so with an MBA...the difference is in people management. In fact we can be superior to an MBA in the sense that we have a specialized knowledge of LIS and we can learn people management too; which is next to impossible for an MBA! So my urge to all LIS Schools is to train our students on people management vis-?-vis the core syllabus of library science. This skill is acquired per force by each one of us in practical life; else it would not have been possible that our professionals are spread across all industries. What is imperative is that we start teaching it and emphasizing its importance now, today. Rafiq L Ansari Media Asset Controller / Archivist AJE Archives Al-Jazeera English Channel PO Box 23127 Doha, Qatar Mobile: +974 6628254 Email: rafeeque.ansari at aljazeera.net / rafiq.ansari at gmail.com@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From atanugarai.lists at gmail.com Wed Nov 28 22:05:02 2007 From: atanugarai.lists at gmail.com (atanu garai) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:05:02 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization In-Reply-To: References: <27f631d10711240513p7f85324bhcbabce123a01993d@mail.gmail.com> <888048.13400.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <27f631d10711270023r504c4407t87c9653dfd6df5fd@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Mr. Singh: Please allow me to reflect on this. I am not particularly aware of recent research on these questions, as focus of my work and research areas is quite different. My comments are inline: On 27/11/2007, Sukhdev Singh wrote: > > > - What is more important? Information Professionals recognized for > their expertise in their own domain without depending upon any other > special education (Arts, Science, Social Science) background. > > - Or do we need professionals from other domains having working > knowledge of Information Science?. > > I would prefer the first one - Professionals not at mercy of other > domains. This approach will have both its limitations and advantages. The virtue is that information science is by nature and origin multidisciplinary and it has significant bearing from diverse subjects, as diverse as economics, sociology, philosophy and computer science. In most of the research exploring implications of knowledge on socio-economic development, I have seen that existing research is heavily draws from sociology, economics and more recently, management (information systems). Knowledge management as a concept from library science point of view is often perceived as a 'practice' rather than a theoretical approach to the notion of knowledge (by J. C. Thomas, W. A. Kellogg, and T. Erickson. The knowledge management puzzle: Human and social factors in knowledge management. Online: http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/404/thomas.html). The significance of this notion is that information professionals are viewed as people responsible for practicing of processes (as in cataloging, classification of knowledge records). My submission is that this notion is in a way hindrance for maintaining a status quo as an academic discipline vis-a-vis with other science or social science subjects. Perhaps this explains why many information architecture are developed and managed without consultations with information science professionals. As you are aware, information systems are now developed, at least in the West with close involvement of people with IT as well as psychology, behavioral science and arts backgrounds. It would be very critical for information professionals in coming days to gain and deliver this strength and skill of problem analysis, solving and delivering in design and development of domain specific information systems. Involvement of LIS professionals in system design and development is as important as their involvement in the management of such systems. If your organisation designs and develops such a search engine for Employment News ( http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/search_job.html?id=152), that does not allow me to search jobs by ministry and department, I am not able to fulfill my customer's query and this in return takes the good old library another step away from its customers. Coming back to the question of skills and knowledge that enables LIS professionals to be able to provide leadership in this 'information domain', the approach will vary from person to person. I can not see a 'one size fit for all' solution for all the LIS students. At times, they will be required to undergo further education and training in during their career in their business domains. The concept of dual degree like US and European universities can also be adopted by universities. I have been suggesting the following model time and again. > > It consists of three encapsulating cores. > > 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best > Practices. > > 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE > Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). > > 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective > Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the > MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. LIS philosophy and theory will be most important with or without the concept of technologies applicable to them. However, the significance of philosophy and theory is compromised before greater need of technologies. As far as syllabus goes, this would be sufficient, but the quality of study materials and lectures should further be improved. At least, in most study materials, direct and logical relationship between theory and tools are missing. And when it comes to IT tools and technologies, the demarcation line is very clear and straightforward. Though the relationship still under research, we fail to see the concept of knowledge organisation in LIS reflected in standards like RDF, XML, among others. It is important that we make bridge this gap of LIS and computing at theoretical level; once this is done learning IT is a matter of time. Regards Atanu Garai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071128/b44dbe57/attachment.html From raipardeep at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 10:20:28 2007 From: raipardeep at gmail.com (Pardeep Rai) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:20:28 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher course in Lib. & Info. Sc. Message-ID: *Academic staff college* Dr Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar, M.P conducting a refresher course in the Library & Inf. Sc. from10.12.2007 to 30.12.2007. previousy it was schduled from 3.12.07 to 23.12.07 information in regarding the change in schduled has been intimated to the candidates,who have already applied, by the Director of ASC Dr S. J. singh by telephone/mail this is for information -- Pardeep Rai Librarian Maitreyi College University Of Delhi Chanakya Puri, N. 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A Scientist - B CESS Library, Trivandrum --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071128/a1ad4b86/attachment-0001.html From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 12:23:20 2007 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:23:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Errata for 'Refresher Course at University of Mysore Inaugurated' Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70711282253n14275797t3802e578bf09ceec@mail.gmail.com> In my earlier posting with the subject line "Refresher Course at University of Mysore Inaugurated", the professional affiliation of Prof. K.S. Raghavan has been wrongly mentioned. It may be read as Dr. K.S. Raghavan, Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. I apologize for the inadvertent error. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 12:29:33 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:29:33 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding Specialisation Message-ID: <27f631d10711282259x473d3110x26b1f857fb8ca7bf@mail.gmail.com> Dear professionals, Its really good doubt raised by Ms. Latha, We all have to agree that specialization in all subject's canont be started at single point of time, but LIS departments can start up specialization in those subject's like law, science subjects( chemistry, biology, physics etc) commerce and management, finance, computer application even in some of social science subjects also, which are at their disposal.( this courses are offered in all most all universities, so faculty, research student and infrastructure can be easily made available to cick start) and later on think of adding Medicine, engineering etc which needs some time to adopt. we all know these specialized subject contain both depth and breadth in them, so we need not master over subject's with such caliber, in 3rd sem lets study the resource's, organization, courses available, then in 4th sem learn basics of subject's. Atlast reagrding interviewer requirements has per my experiance and knowledge (gained through sharing experiance of my friends and senior's) all of them are asked only for good idea of basic's in subject. but i still agree that they may ask more. Its unfair if fear of being asked for more knowledge and not willing to learn the requirements. We are dedicated professional, and ready to take up challenges in sprit. with hope of further doubts and questions Thanks and Regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One position with Diploma in Library Science with the remuneration of Rs. 4000/PM Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/experience to "The Head, Indian Statistical Institute, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post, Bangalore-560059" so as to reach before 10th December 2007. Online applications also may be forwarded to "meera at isibang.ac.in". Fresh candidates with good aptitude also will be considered. Candidates with good academic background and computer knowledge will be preferred. Dr B.M. Meera, In-charge Library Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library, 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore - 560059 email: meera at isibang.ac.in Date: 29th November 2007 Forgot the famous last words? Access your message archive online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From kiran at cseindia.org Thu Nov 29 12:38:34 2007 From: kiran at cseindia.org (Kiran Pandey) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:38:34 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Hand-On training/ Managing Information Resources in the Digital Age/Dec 11-14, 2007 Message-ID: <474EB2CA.31205.4C5B6C@localhost> Managing Information Resources in the Digital Age Dec 11-14, 2007 Centre for Science and Environment, a premier research organisation working on environment since 1980 from New Delhi and recognised for its ?knowledge-based activism? has announced ?Managing Information in the digital age: a hands-on training on library, information management and special documentation techniques ", to be conducted at CSE?s office in New Delhi from December 11-14, 2007. The training is being organised by CSE's Environment Resource Unit, among South Asia's premier research and documentation centres. Training details available at http://www.cseindia.org/aagc/managinginformation.asp Last date for receiving completed applications Applications must reach CSE on or before December 5, 2007 Please note: The course offers only a limited number of seats. Applications are being accepted on a first come-first served basis. The course fee does not cover travel or accommodation expenses. Contact Person: Kiran Pandey, Coordinator,Environment Resources Unit E-mail: kiran at cseindia.org Ph: 91-011-29955124/5125/6110/6394/6399, Fax: 91-11-29955879 Ms. Kiran Pandey **************************************************************** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran at cseindia.org ext:233 **************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 13:20:12 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:20:12 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Adding specialization to LIS Message-ID: <27f631d10711282350y15691e23rc1cb9eddb0347b2@mail.gmail.com> Dear professionals, I appreciate Mrs.shailaja for raising with very good question.(quoted her) "If it has to be an addition in the existing MLIS Module, the course duration will have to be increased. Is it feasible?". To this, I can add one more question which is related (my friend asked while discussing) Will this increase's the burden of students?. Answer is we need not increse the duration because normally in professional courses paper's studied will range from 4-6 in a sem, but majority of LIS courses adopted 4 theory papers policy, so i feel, we can add 1 more paper at 3rd and 4th sem. By this burden of student will increase but they have that capacity to cope up, since they are Master degree students (above age to be burdened and matured enough to adjust). I am really thankful to Mrs. Shailaja for mentioning the idea(quoted her) "Like in universities in other countries short term courses may be introduced in the University departments in specialised subjects.LikeMedical information Science,Software company information Science, Newspaper & Media Information science Etc."This can be applied to specialization like medical and engineering which can't be adopted at this point of time. Regarding {(quoted her) "This can have a apprentice training and close interaction with specialists and the industries and institutions."} increasing in-trainship training period, will be very good alternative, if we can't start specializartion now in case, it gives student enough time to know about subject in which particular institution deals. "Another major need of the hour is training in Communication and Language which is a major requirement in Library & Information Centres." i full agree about this view. Thanks and regards -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071129/5c5a5170/attachment.html From daskshirod at gmail.com Thu Nov 29 21:30:09 2007 From: daskshirod at gmail.com (Kshirod) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:30:09 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Major digital library project led by Indian-origin Professor Message-ID: <55dcc8590711290800o73b468c5r24d9820f054808c1@mail.gmail.com> All those books online. Nearly a decade ago, computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a project with an astonishingly lofty goal: digitise the published works of humankind and make them freely available online. The architects of the Universal Library project said on Tuesday they had surpassed their latest target, having scanned more than 1.5 million books and are continuing to scan thousands more daily. Most of the books scanned are in the Chinese language. For detail article : http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/29/stories/2007112958412200.htm Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071129/7e1fd952/attachment-0001.html From ayesha.drtc at gmail.com Fri Nov 30 01:03:06 2007 From: ayesha.drtc at gmail.com (ayesha khatoon) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:03:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seminar on Applying Facet Analysis in the Web Message-ID: <510b3c9d0711291133j6a730d3ey2564a73015149a1d@mail.gmail.com> *Indian Statistical Institute* *Documentation Research and Training Centre* *8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post* *Bangalore-560059* Seminar on Applying Facet Analysis in the Web Although researchers have theorized the critical importance of faceted classification in the organization of information in libraries, still it is not prevalent in the digital environment. But slowly Web Information Architects are also recognizing the importance of facet analysis for organizing and managing the content of the Web, because faceted classification addresses the very foundations of the business of effective information storage and retrieval. It effectively deals with the dynamic nature of Web. Unlike a simple hierarchical scheme (like yahoo directory), faceted classification gives the users the ability to navigate through the content in multi dimensions. Making the Web 'semantic' would entail such a classification in web, where the mapping and rearrangement of concepts will be the privilege of the end user. Therein lies the importance of the theory of 'freely faceted classes' in which the roles of the concept are demarcated while the order can be synthesized as per need. This seminar will discuss some instances of application of Facet Analysis in Web. It will also explore some of the tools available in this regard. The relevance of facet analysis in the context of Semantic Web will be also briefed. *Speaker: Mithun Raj M* * 2nd Year ADIS* * * * * *All are cordially invited* * * *Venue: DRTC Classroom Professor and Head* *Date: 30th November, 2007 DRTC* *Time: 2 p.m. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071130/83c6c83a/attachment-0001.html From srels at dataone.in Fri Nov 30 10:18:14 2007 From: srels at dataone.in (srels) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:18:14 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Obituary Note Message-ID: <000801c8330c$37ae8ef0$7801a8c0@SRELSHP1> Dear Moderator, Please announce the following obit note. K.N.Prasad SRELS, Bangalore .......... I regret to inform our professional colleagues, the sad and untimely demise of Shri. K.T.Somashekar, Retd. University Librarian, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, on 29th November 2007after a very short illness. He was an alumnus of the Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Mysore. He had served the University of Agricultural Sciences for a very long period of time. Shri. Somashekar was a very soft spoken, mild-mannered person. He was a regular attendee of professional meetings. May his soul rest in peace. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071130/c6ed5cbd/attachment.html From deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com Fri Nov 30 10:24:32 2007 From: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com (Rajesh Rangappa) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:24:32 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Position Vacant Librarian at Mangalore In-Reply-To: <27f631d10711292053n74c80269v47a11a70cf0119c4@mail.gmail.com> References: <27f631d10711292053n74c80269v47a11a70cf0119c4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <27f631d10711292054n6277c379y51aa93cd2c49a237@mail.gmail.com> > > > librarian > > SAHYADRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY > > > > Job Function : Teaching/Education > > Specialization : Librarian > > Industry : Educational/Training > > Qualification : Post Graduation- Graduate (Relevant Stream) > > > > Experience : 1 -2 > > Location : KARNATAKA (Mangalore) > > Key Skills : Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work > > regarding librarian. > > > > JOB DESCRIPTION : > > Role requires handling the work related to librarian. > > > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : > > Affiliated to VTU Belgaum & Approved by Govt. of Karnataka and AICTE > > New Delhi. > > Qualification & experience as per AICTE norms. Salary pay scales as > > per AICTE and DA as per state Government norms. Retired persons may > > also apply. Faculty will be motivated to participate in national and > > international seminars, workshops, consultancy projects. Institute > > will extend possible financial and technical assistance. Higher start > > will be given to deserving candidates. > > Send your applications along with a recent photograph before > > 10.12.2007. Dr. D.L.Parbhakara Principal & Director, Sri Manjunath > > Bhandary President. > > > > CONTACT INFORMATION : > > Address : Adyar N.H. 48 Mangalore 575009 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > RAJESH ALDARTHI > > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > > Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com > > -- RAJESH ALDARTHI LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 Email: deepakdeepa89 at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20071130/43f29e23/attachment.html From naglaxman at yahoo.com Fri Nov 30 12:01:14 2007 From: naglaxman at yahoo.com (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:31:14 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] 53 ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE- REQUEST Message-ID: <394220.17792.qm@web60421.mail.yahoo.com> "53rd All India Library Conf. 2007" wrote: Dear Professionals, Thank you for your enthusiastic response to the 53rd All India Library Conference - 2007 being held at Osmania University, Hyderabad. The Organizing Committee is eagerly looking forward to meet and interact with you all at the conference. Many of you have confirmed your attendance to the conference, but have requested to pay the Registration Fee on-the-spot. This is an appeal to you all to kindly send your Registration Fee in advance at the earliest, so that accommodation can be arranged / reserved for you well in advance. In lieu of not receiving the Registration Fee in advance, it will be difficult for us to book accommodation at the last minute. please make a note the weather here is cool going about 10 C Please make a note that Hyderabad is A1 city and accomodation is difficult for such a conference and we also need to pay advance for accomodation. therefore we are looking for confirmation with registration fees. The participants who have already sent the Registration Fee(s) in advance may please ignore this mail. With Best Regards, Prof. N. Laxman Rao, Organizing Secretary, 53rd All India Library Conference - 2007. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Road Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (D): ++91-22-22731024 Ph: (B): ++91-66353535 (Ext.: 4470) From kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in Fri Nov 30 13:06:52 2007 From: kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in (kuber kumbar) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:36:52 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacanice in AICTE Message-ID: <637298.20788.qm@web8711.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear professionals, AICTE invites applications in the prescribed preformed from well-qualified, experienced and dedicated candidates for the following post: ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, SCALE OF PAY : Rs. 6,500-200-10,500/-, Post:01, (01-UR), Age limit: Not exceeding 35 years. (On direct recruitment basis) Last date for receipt of applications -10.12.2007 The details regarding qualifications, experience and general conditions, along with prescribed proforma for application is available at the AICTE website : www.aicte.ernet.in as well as in the ?Employment News? dated 24th November, 2007. KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. 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From sri_lib at yahoo.com Fri Nov 30 14:22:21 2007 From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:52:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] The SPARC : Awards Message-ID: <550929.92704.qm@web57007.mail.re3.yahoo.com> The SPARC Discovery Awards challenges you to illustrate in a short video presentation what you see as the value of sharing information. Use your imagination to suggest what good comes from bringing down barriers to the free exchange of information. submitted by December 2, 2007. http://www.sparkyawards.org/details.php ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sri_lib at yahoo.com Fri Nov 30 14:34:20 2007 From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:04:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Application are invited for the post of Librarian, for the reputed school in KUWAIT Message-ID: <580650.35211.qm@web57014.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Application are invited for the post of Librarian, for the reputed school in KUWAIT Librarian B.sc or M.sc, in Library Science with good communication skills and able to handle Library (classes LKG to XII). Only the candidates with minimum five years exp. need apply. E-mail your Bio-Data only without certificates and other credentials to the E-mail Id given, within 4 days jkskt at qualitynet.net Dated in The Hindu 28/11/07 - Wednesday Paper. Regards, S.Sripriya Librarian ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From pathak at library.iitkgp.ernet.in Fri Nov 30 17:13:28 2007 From: pathak at library.iitkgp.ernet.in (Sandeep Pathak) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:13:28 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reminder: IIT Kharagpur Requires Professional Trainees for its Central Library (Last Date: December 15, 2007) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Friends, This is to inform you all that IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees for its Central Library. The training is for a period of one year. Stipend: Rs. 4000.00 per month The candidates having postgraduate degree holding First Class in both B.Lib.I.Sc., M.Lib.I.Sc. and age below 30 Years may apply. 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