From kk_suresh at blr.amrita.edu Tue Jul 1 12:27:42 2008 From: kk_suresh at blr.amrita.edu (kk_suresh at blr.amrita.edu) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:27:42 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Openings for the position of Library Trainees Message-ID: <1226.192.168.2.29.1214895462.squirrel@192.168.2.32> Dear All, Subject: Openings for the position of Library Trainees in the LIBRARY. (Posted on 1st July, 2008) ********************** Currently we are looking for Library Trainees (3-4 Positions). Candidates completed Diploma in Library Science or JoC in Library Science and looking for training can send their Bio-data to: The Correspondent Amrita School of Engineering Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Deemed University Kasavanahalli off-Sarjapura Road Carmelaram Post Bangalore ? 560 035 Basic knowledge of Computers is desirable. Duration: One year from the date of joining. Free food & accommodation with stipend will be given to the selected candidates Last date for applying: 25th July, 2008 For more details, please contact librarian. Regards, KK Suresh Kumar Librarian Amrita School of Engineering Sarjapura Road Bangalore. Ph: 080-28441216/17 e-contact: kk_suresh at blr.amrita.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From aspari_r at hotmail.com Tue Jul 1 13:16:50 2008 From: aspari_r at hotmail.com (Ratnakar Aspari) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:16:50 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: IJMR's IF - LIS FORUM Message-ID: Kindly post the message on Lis-forum Ratnakar New Delhi___________________ The recently published Impact Factor for 2007 indicates the steady rise inthe Impact Factor of Indian Journal of Medical Research published by ICMR.It continues to top all the Indian Journals with an IF of 1.67 for 2007.It was also on the top of the list in 2006 with an IF of 1.224. Its risein the last five years is remarkable :2007 - 1.672006 - 1.2242005 - 0.8692004 - 0.602003 - 0.452This is mainly due to the constant efforts put by the editorial team andmaking the journal an open access. You may perhaps bring this to thenotice of others concerned including LIS-Forum.Ratnakar Placements ? No Problem. Register Here! Try it! _________________________________________________________________ Timely update on all current affairs, sports, events and all thats in News here on MSN videos. http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-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/20080701/7faa5fcd/attachment-0001.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Tue Jul 1 13:11:33 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:11:33 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] our designation is our foe Message-ID: <450525.67401.qm@web8613.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Sabuj ? I empathetically support you for reporting us about the humiliation done to you by your college authority. We know?that government-aided ordinary degree colleges in our country run by governing bodies consist of crooks and hypocrats. That happens to your college also. They (GB members) don?t want improvement of college?s infrastructure and securing students? future. Over-empowered governing body in your college thus takes you as a threat because they consider you a change agent. ? So, you may try to move to an elite institution, where you can earn respect to you and your profession. Also, there you will find that teachers, students and governing body members have reading habits. Thus, they respect library and library professionals. ? The bottom-line to me is that Decreasing Reading Habits proportionately increase risk factors in our library profession. ? With Best Wishes ? Anup Kumar Das New Delhi http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com ? --- On Fri, 27/6/08, lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:59:57 +0000 (GMT) From: sabuj kumar chaudhuri Subject: [LIS-Forum] our designation is our foe To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear friends I work as a college librarian in an affiliated college under the university of calcutta. It is an old as well as renowned college in kolkata.I was selected in this post as substantive basis through West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC) . It was the first batch where college librarians were selected via WBCSC having same eligibility criteria like lecturers. In our recommendation letter from WBCSC as well as appointment letter issued by the college it was mentioned we being recruited as per West Bengal Teachers Act (security and services), 1978.But after joining in the college, I found that myself is being treated virtually as Non-vacational Non-teaching staff. However, with a great surprise , seen that I am also the member of teachers council (TC). May be for some election related vested interest as every now & then college authority says that I should not be the member of the TC. After 1 year, even juniors lecturers were confirmed in the service but still after 1.8 years I did not get any confirmation. Because I am librarian and and lone in the college and librarians have no service rule till today. So I may be treated as authority wishes to treat me.Authority also says orally that before giving the recommendation letter it may be possible that WBCSC did not find any suitable paper and that is why they gave it in teachers recommendation forrmat mistakenly. I prayed humbly to the college authority to respect my recommendation letter and my appointment letter so that I that I can get official equal official treatment from the college.Teachers always get 1 day study leave and it is as college manual.We don't get no study leave. We do not have any PhD increament. But the teachers got awarded with me , everybody is getting increments. I won't get as my designation is librarian.Unfortunately, I did Phd with UGC(JRF) NET fellowship . Now it 's got no meaning at all.Research degree is not rewarded here as my designation is librarian.There is neither any study leave any facility like lecturers. I have stated considering myself that I am a lesser human being( teachers are greater ones) as my designation is librarian.In this context I want to mention that in an interview in a central university an well known prof. asked me -Why do always use Dr. before your name I was taken a back for a while then I explained it properly but possibly he was not convinced, as my designation was librarian and he was repected teacher. List of is disparities will not stop. And, I think it will continue till our perception as well as our respected teachers perception towards this profession does not change. I have some questions to our respected policy makers are following: 1. why college librarian/AL in University will have the same qualification when they are not getting equal facility 2. Why? Librarians are non-vacational. Logic supporting towards non-vacational are very illogical as teachers require advancement of knowledge but librarians do not require it because they are not more than a mere dignified book keeper. 3. Equal qualification must be accompanied by equal status regarding all facilities as per malhotra committee report. Equal pay is not everything. We, librarians are being discriminated in every possible cases and underestimated and undermined every now and then. If this trend goes on and on...on....on qualified and brilliant students will never come to this doomed and cursed career. Please do something concrete to make it meaningful and respectable career option for future generation. Dr. Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian Basanti Devi College [http://www.basantidevicollege.org] (An affiliated college under University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029, West Bengal India Phone:(033)24641012 email:sabooj_c at yahoo.co.in; sabuj_c at yahoo.co.uk ;sabujkumarchaudhuri at gmail.com website:http://www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html ---------------------------------------------- Dr. Sabuj Kumar Chaudhuri Librarian Basanti Devi College [http://www.basantidevicollege.org] (An affiliated college under University of Calcutta) 147B, Rash Behari Avenue Kolkata-700 029, West Bengal India Phone:(033)24641012 email:sabooj_c at yahoo.co.in ;sabuj_c at yahoo.co.uk ;sabujkumarchaudhuri at gmail.com website:http://www.geocities.com/sabuj_c/sabuj.html ---------------------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From badanbarman at gmail.com Tue Jul 1 13:41:25 2008 From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:41:25 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Jobs in LIS (Alert for July, 2008: First Week) Message-ID: <38055c8a0807010111t67bcaa93u895f6c5a465145ba@mail.gmail.com> Respected All, Information about a lot of new job openings is announced over LIS Links: http://lislinks.110mb.com/. An abstract of all the posting for July, 2008 is given below. 1. Library Assistant at Office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India, 40, Amarnath Jha Marg, Allahabad-211002. Last Date of Application: 26/8/2008. 2. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 3. Asstt. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 4. Technical Assistants at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore-560 072. Walk in interview: Friday, 18 July 2008 10.00 a.m. 5. Librarian at MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK. Last Date: 15.07.2008 Librarian and Assistant Librarian at Nirma University of Science & Technology. Last Date of Application: 15/07/2008 6. Library Attendant (Gr.IV), Natioinal Fertilizers Limited, Gohana Road, Panipat-132106. Last Date of Application: 15/7/2008. 7. Library and Information Assistant at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030. Last Date: 14.7.2008. 8. Librarian at The Techno School (Approved by AICTE and affiliated to BPUT, Orissa), Bhubaneshwar. Last Date of Application: 11/07/2008. 9. Librarian at The English and Foreign Languages University, O. U. Campus, Tarnaka, Hyderabad- 500605 (A. P.). Last Date of Application: 11/07/2008. 10. Library Attendant at Ram Lal Anand College, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021. Last Date of Application: 8/7/2008 11. Professor and Reader at Library and Information Science Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur -586 101. Last Date of Application: 7/7/2008. 12. Junior Research Fellow (LIS) at DESIDOC, Delhi. Last Date for Application: 5/07/2008. Other post that does not mention the last date of application 13. Assistant Librarian and Library Assistant at Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Kompally, Secunderabad - 500 014. Andhra Pradesh, India. 14. Information officer at SABIC Research and Technology Pvt Ltd. 15. Librarian at IndoGlobal Services Private Limited, Pune. 16. Librarian, Library professional at Libsys Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 17. Librarian at NICE Institute for the New Born. 18. Library Assistant, Librarian at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. 19. Library and Information Science Professional at IOL Netcom Ltd, Mumbai. 20. Librarian at The Career Catalyst, Patna. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou at gmail.com, kkhsoul at gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu at gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------- LIS Links (http://lislinks.110mb.com/ ): The World's Largest Human Edited Link Library in LIS is Under Construction Search all OA LIS Journals: http://lis-journals-swicki.eurekster.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From jasimndd at gmail.com Tue Jul 1 15:50:26 2008 From: jasimndd at gmail.com (jasim s) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:50:26 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] medical information on cyberspace Message-ID: I happend to see a E-Learning Platform for doctors and the biomedical fraternity in India , funded by WHO which was created by DR.M.G. sreekumar(Director,CCDL,IIMK).The link is-http://www.medinfoguide.net Jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- 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/20080701/39ae4cf8/attachment.html From haravu at newgenlib.com Tue Jul 1 17:53:12 2008 From: haravu at newgenlib.com (L J Haravu) Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:53:12 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Unique privately run public library Message-ID: <486A21B0.5050501@newgenlib.com> Dear List members I am delighted to bring to your attention a unique experiment: A public library started by a young and enterprising, and socially committed individual, actually a hard-core IT professional. The new library called *Just Books* is in Bangalore, India. The library has "a wide range of books for every type of reader - toddlers to teens, dabblers to bookworms under a modern ambience with effective use of technology" as the blurb that appeared in a Sunday newspaper in Bangalore says. I am also delighted to let you know that the library uses NewGenLib with RFID. I urge my friends to visit the blog page, http://shastrix.blogspot.com/2008/06/just-books-in-whitefield.html and also listen to the audio clip that is posted on the page by a visitor to Just Books. Some of you who live in Bangalore should visit this place and share your thoughts. 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/20080701/6484d4ae/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Once registered, you will have full-text online access to these titles! * IFLA Journal * Journal of Librarianship and Information Science * Journal of Information Science * Business Information Review * Information Development * Health Informatics Journal For Detail visit :https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT8300UKE 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 vjkjk at yahoo.com Wed Jul 2 06:47:20 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:17:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] IFLA-ALP SIDA Speaker Grantees Message-ID: <302947.23032.qm@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Collegues, Dr. Ajay P Singh from Banaras Hindu University and Dr. Trishanjit Kaur from Punjabi University are the winners of IFLA-ALP SIDA Speakers Grant from India for this year to attend IFLA Conference in Canada. Congratulations to them and all other winners. Source: IFLA Express 2008 - 2 http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/xpress2-en-2008.pdf Dr. J K Vijayakumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From amitt at niper.ac.in Tue Jul 1 12:38:25 2008 From: amitt at niper.ac.in (Thapar, Amit) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:38:25 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] status of our profession in state government--- Message-ID: <86C5309BC1214D5A9AAF1CF195286682@Amit> what people consider about library profession can be understood through the ad of TRIPURA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION what steps should be taken to make these people understand about the dignity and importance of this profession ????? Advt. No. 06/2008 Applications are invited in prescribed Form from the eligible citizens of India for selection of candidates for the under mentioned posts under the Government of Tripura on the basis of Screening Test / Interview . a.. Co-operative Inspector, Group-C Non ?Gazetted under the Co-operative Department: 16 (sixteen) pmt. Post (UR-8, ST-5 & SC-3) a.. Pay Rs. 5,000-10,300/- plus admissible allowances. b.. Librarian, Group-C Non-Gazetted in the LR?s Estt. Under the Law Department: 2 (two) ( 1 reserved for ST, in case suitable ST candidate is not available, SC candidate may be recommended on rotation basis) a.. Scale of pay of Rs. 4200-8650/= plus admissible allowances. c.. Last Date: 31.07.08 For full details please visit the official website of Tripura Public Service Commission (TPSC) http://tpsc.nic.in regards, amit at urservice -- 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/20080701/575f03aa/attachment.html From wendessa.thakur at ahirc.com Tue Jul 1 13:21:49 2008 From: wendessa.thakur at ahirc.com (Wendessa Thakur) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:21:49 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Job posting: Librarian @ Asian Heart Institute & Research Centre Message-ID: <712F6352D4EFC441B8FBF3EE96A64DF301067E36@asianheart.ahirc.com> Dear All, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai is looking for Librarian Qualifications: M.L.I.S. First Class Experience: 2 - 3 years, preferably in a medical library Last Date: July 4, 2008 Those interested, may send in their application to wendessa.thakur at ahirc.com Regards, Wendessa Thakur Librarian Asian Heart Institute Bandra-Kurla Complex Bandra (E) Mumbai 400051 Phone 91-22-66986572 -- 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/20080701/adb7d01c/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Jul 2 10:43:37 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:43:37 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] M.Phil in Library and Information Science under Distance Mode Message-ID: Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:58:54 +0530 From: Juran Sarkhel M.Phil in Library and Information Science under Distance Mode Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, University of Kalyani, West Bengal invites application for admission into 2-year M.Phil courses in Library and Information Science for the academic session 2008-2009. Eligibility: Minimum 45% marks for general candidates and 40% marks for the SC/ST candidates at the in P.G. Degree in Library & Information Science. Duration: 2 years (1st year: 400 Marks; 2nd year: Only Dissertation with 200 Marks) Full marks: 600 Fees: RS.20,000/-(Part I: Rs.10,000.00 + Part II: Rs.10,000.00) Application forms for admission along Prospectus (Price: Rs.100.00) will be available from the Office of the Directorate of Open and Distance Learning at B-12/195, Kalyani-741235, Dist. Nadia. Filled in admission forms along with four passport size colour photographs, attested copies of testimonials and the requisite fees in the form of Bank Draft drawn in favour of the ?Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, University of Kalyani? payable only at Kalyani are to be submitted to the Office of the Directorate of Open and Distance Learning on working days between 11 AM and 4 PM. Last date of issue and submission of admission forms: 01.07.2008 to 30.8.2008 (without late fee) and 01.09.2008 to 30.09.2008 (with late fee of Rs.200.00 only). For further details refer to the Prospectus and visit the website: http://dodl.klyuniv.ac.in/fees.html From Librarian at alliancebschool.ac.in Wed Jul 2 10:43:08 2008 From: Librarian at alliancebschool.ac.in (Librarian) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:43:08 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Opportunities for Library and Information Science Professionals Message-ID: <000001c8dc02$51842840$2d0b10ac@serveraba.alliance.com> Dear All, Alliance has opportunities for Library and Information Science Professionals at all levels with excellent career opportunities. Those who are interested please contact the undersigned with latest resume immediately. K S Naganarasimha Librarian Alliance Business Academy 19th Cross, 7th Main, BTM II Stage, N S Palya Bangalore 560076 Ph:26681444/0324/0051 Mobile:9449277615 -- 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/20080702/ca323a69/attachment.html From naveecm at gmail.com Wed Jul 2 22:11:31 2008 From: naveecm at gmail.com (Naveen M) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:11:31 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free databases from Ebsco Message-ID: Dear members, Ebsco have made available at no cost three databases which may be of use to schools these are Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) and GreenFILE. Please fallow the link to reach the site : http://www.sla.org.uk/blg-free-databases-from-ebsco.php -- Naveen C.M. IKM Trainee National Center For Science Information, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalooru-12. Cell - 9740349997 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From rathoreas at hotmail.com Thu Jul 3 11:27:29 2008 From: rathoreas at hotmail.com (ANIL SINGH) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 05:57:29 +0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Urgently required Library Assistant at BIMTCH Message-ID: Dear Firends, BIMTECH, Greater Noida is requiring one Library Assistant urgently for its Learning Resource Centre. The candidates who have MLISc and knowledge of computer application can apply by sending their resume through e-mail. The e-mail is library at bimtech.ac.in and the institute's website is www.bimtech.ac.in. Anil Singh NCERT, New Delhi _________________________________________________________________ Tried the new MSN Messenger? It?s cool! Download now. http://messenger.msn.com/Download/Default.aspx?mkt=en-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/20080703/3f0f6750/attachment-0001.html From khannadeem at rediffmail.com Thu Jul 3 16:46:05 2008 From: khannadeem at rediffmail.com (Nadeem Akhtar khan) Date: 3 Jul 2008 11:16:05 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Call for Papers Message-ID: <20080703111605.6689.qmail@f5mail-237-215.rediffmail.com> ? Special Issue Of ?Trim? On ?Open Access to Knowledge? The department is bringing out a ?Special Volume? of its Biannual Journal ?Trends in Information Management (TRIM) Vol. 4 (1) on ?Open Access to Knowledge? which will be released on a special function during ?National Seminar?Open Accesss Movement:Initiatives, Promotion and Impact? from 15-17 October, 2008? The editorial board invites original research papers from scholars on ?Key areas? for consideration of peers. The contributors are requested to send their original contributions latest by 25 August, 2008 on the following format preferably on email id. (This is a demo) Title Abstract Keywords Introduction Body Findings/conclusion References (Preferably APA style for both references & citations) Only peer reviewed papers will be accepted. Font size: 12 Text Font: Times New roman Heading: Bold Face (12 size) Note: Please avoid numbering for Subheadings. Show them with the help of bullets etc The paper should not exceed 12 pages. The contributors will get an opportunity to attend the seminar getting partial logistic support, besides, off-prints and copy of the journal. Contact: Professor S M Shafi Editor, TRIM C/o Department of Library & Information Science, The University of Kashmir Hazratbal 1900 06 EMAIL: smshafi at kashmiruniversity.ac.in Cell: 9419008599 -- 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/20080703/370df728/attachment-0001.html From khannadeem at rediffmail.com Thu Jul 3 16:49:17 2008 From: khannadeem at rediffmail.com (Nadeem Akhtar khan) Date: 3 Jul 2008 11:19:17 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher Course on: Emerging Trends in Information Science & Academic Libraries Message-ID: <20080703111917.10070.qmail@f5mail-237-141.rediffmail.com> ? Refresher Course on: Emerging Trends in Information Science & Academic Libraries. The Academic Staff College in Collaboration with the department of Library & Information Science, The University of Kashmir is organizing refresher course on ?Emerging Trends in Information Science & Academic Libraries? commensing from 28th July,2008. The refresher course will demonstrate the latest development in the area of Library & Information Science to upgrade the skills of library professionals. The desired candidates may contact the Director (ASC), The University of Kashmir for further information. The selected candidates will be paid TA/DA in accordance with U.G.C. norms. -- 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/20080703/5b9ccc2b/attachment-0001.html From vjkjk at yahoo.com Fri Jul 4 05:22:58 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] University Librarian - Kerala Univ. Message-ID: <730294.45595.qm@web54601.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the Post of University Librarian (16400-32400) in Open Catagory at Kerala University. Last date 04.08.2008 More details will be available at www.keralauniversity.edu. Advertisement in English is also available at Kerala Kaumudi (July 4) http://www.keralakaumudi.com/news/print/jul4/jul4.pdf (Page 3) -- 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 Fri Jul 4 10:42:56 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:42:56 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] ALA CONF 2008- DONATION OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO ALA BY VERIZON Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:16:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. American Library Association Receives $1 Million Grant from Verizon Foundation to Study How Gaming Can Be Used to Improve Problem-Solving and Literacy Skills Unique ???Gaming for Learning??? Project to Develop Metrics and Models for Libraries ANAHEIM, CALIF. ??? The American Library Association (ALA) will launch an innovative project to track and measure the impact of gaming on literacy skills and build a model for library gaming that can be deployed nationally.?? Funding for the project will be provided by a $1 million grant from the Verizon Foundation. For more information, visit www.verizon.com. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Jul 4 11:22:12 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:22:12 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interview President IFLA Message-ID: Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:21:43 +0000 (GMT) From: Shantanu Ganguly Dear Professionals: If you want to read the latest development in the field of library an information science, then please go through this URLhttp://www.ifla.org/I/whatsnew/new.htm. Interview with Claudia Lux about "Libraries on the agenda" in the April issue of MEERA: Open and Distance Learning Newsletter, a quarterly newsletter of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota (Rajasthan, India), (p.4-5). Shantanu Ganguly Chief Librarian Knowledge Resource Center Indus World School of Business (IWSB) 48/4, Knowledge Park III Greater Noida, U.P. ********************* Knowledge is Universe ********************** From RRajpal at emeraldinsight.com Fri Jul 4 11:21:47 2008 From: RRajpal at emeraldinsight.com (Rajneesh Rajpal) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:51:47 +0100 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Emerald Launches online Bookstore Message-ID: Emerald launches online bookstore - 27 Jun 2008 Academic and professional publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , UK, has announced the launch of the Emerald Bookstore, which allows visitors to browse through over 2,000 books by subject area and to order securely online at http://books.emeraldinsight.com. 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Indra Devi, R. Rajaram & K. Selvakuberan -- Keywords: Feature selection; Subset generation; Subset evaluation; Machine learning; Classification -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n1/a52.html - Application of web 2.0 tools in medical librarianship to support medicine 2.0 -- Vahideh Zarea Gavgani & V. Vishwa Mohan -- Keywords: Web 2.0; Medicine 2.0; Medical Library 2.0; Medical Librarianship -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n1/a53.html ----------------------------------------- Book Reviews - Acquisitions go global: An introduction to library collection management in the 21st century --- Jim Agee --- Book reviewer: Hamid R. Jamali --- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n1/bookreview12.html - Library management in electronic environment --- Krishan Kumar --- Book reviewer: Shyama Rajaram --- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n1/bookreview13.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Folksonomies, the Web and Search Engines -- http://www.webology.ir/cfp.html ========================================= Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief of Webology Website: www.webology.ir ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing.~ 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. 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Roy Human Development Campus, Plot No.6, ?F? block, Opp. Government Colony Bldg.No. 326, TPS Road No. 12, Next to Uttar Bhartiya Sangh,(Allahabad Bank) Bandra (East) Mumbai -400051 Tel: +91 022- 265 17 13/ 26517 14/ 26517 15 -- 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/20080707/8f82f74a/attachment-0001.html From aman.jha at ciionline.org Mon Jul 7 15:15:35 2008 From: aman.jha at ciionline.org (Aman Jha) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Message-ID: Friends, Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop broadcasting such ads. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080707/49e20632/attachment.html From mallikarjun23j at yahoo.com Mon Jul 7 12:01:46 2008 From: mallikarjun23j at yahoo.com (Mallikarjun) Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 23:31:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Emerald Launches online bookstore Message-ID: <347453.94423.qm@web36905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear All, The Emerald Books team announces the launch of the Emerald Bookstore. The Bookstore gives customers an opportunity to purchase Emerald books at the click of a button, making entire print collection available for purchase online and providing key information on all titles. To visit? bookstore, use the URL below http://books.emeraldinsight.com/ ? Mallikarjun Professional Assistant(Library) VS Library IIM, Ahemadabad ...The Future is here, Its just unevenly distributed..... http://curiouslib.blogspot.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 vandana.karande at ril.com Tue Jul 8 11:01:57 2008 From: vandana.karande at ril.com (Vandana Karande) Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:01:57 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative Publicity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4872FBCD.2050506@zmail.ril.com> I completely agree with Mr. Aman Jha's views. This indeed is a negative publicity for our profession. When there are still some of the fellow professionals who have to struggle for their image building, this AD will definitely pose a bad example for our profession. I have personally found this profession a very challenging and innovative. Everyday there is something new to learn / know. It is high time we take some action against Monster.com Regards Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Reliance Industries ltd Mumbai Tel no 022-22847139 "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, re-transmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. 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Name of the Position: Technical Assistants Qualification: Candidate should have Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (MLISc) with minimum higher second class from a recognized University. Desirable: Knowledge of using any library software will have an added advantage. Age limit: Up to 30 years as on the last date of submission of application Mode of Selection: The final selection will be based on the performance of the candidates in the written test and personal interview. Salary: The selected candidate will be paid consolidated salary of Rs. 7000/- per month. Tenure: Six months from the date of joining and may be extended up to one year depending upon the performance. Walk-in Interview Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 at Library, ISEC and candidates are requested to report by 10.00 a.m. Candidates fulfilling above qualifications may walk-in for an interview on 18 July 2008 at Library, ISEC along with detailed bio-data, original certificates with one set of photocopies relating to educational qualification and testimonials. The candidate appointed will have an opportunity to work in a computerized library environment with hands-on-experience in all sections of library and will get an exposure to modern techniques of maintaining a library. ISEC has a well-equipped library with more than 1,20,000 titles and more than 300 Indian and International periodicals and databases (print & online) being subscribed. It also has an impressive collection of pamphlets and documents from foreign and Indian organisations. It is recongnised by the World Bank as a depository library. The library is computerized using LibSys. For further information you may contact at (080) 2321 5468 Ext. 302 or by email to prakash at isec.ac.in With best regards, Bye. ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. K Prakash Deputy Librarian Institute for Social and Economic Change Nagarabhavi PO Bangalore-560 072 Karnataka, India. URL: http://www.isec.ac.in/main.htm Email: prakash at isec.ac.in, prakash_k at yahoo.com Tel.: 080-23215468 / 23215519 Ext. 302 Fax: 080-23217008 Cell: 09448066788 -- 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/20080708/d632b246/attachment-0001.html From riz_cusmc at yahoo.co.in Tue Jul 8 11:41:59 2008 From: riz_cusmc at yahoo.co.in (RIZWAN SHEIKH) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:41:59 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <976734.42730.qm@web8808.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Aman Jha, ? I agree with you. We should protest the same. But the question is how our protest will become strong. When we are protesting anything, there must be some result of our efforts. If it is?over?with request then it's OK? and if it doesn't, then ?I think ILA or some other national?/ state level?library association should?lay the blame?on?Monster.com that they are?damaging?the esteem of the Library Profession?and give the legal notice?to stop this?sort of advertisement. ? let's wait for what other professional are thinking on this issue. (Rizwan Sheikh) Senior Librarian C U Shah Medical College --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Aman Jha wrote: From: Aman Jha Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity To: "Lis forum" Date: Monday, 7 July, 2008, 3:15 PM Friends, ? Monster.com's?recent advertisement?in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad?publicity to the profession. ? We must protest against it and request the?agency whosoever to?stop broadcasting?such ads. ? Regards, Aman Jha DISCLAIMER: Sample Disclaimer added in a VBScript. -- 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 Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- 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/20080708/6b4f0cfa/attachment-0001.html From upendra at myway.com Tue Jul 8 11:47:19 2008 From: upendra at myway.com (UPENDRA PANDYA) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:17:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Message-ID: <20080708061719.931C36765E@mprdmxin.myway.com> Dear All, We should represent in strong voice by memorandum to this perticular TV channel through our reputed/recognised association.I hope our associations will take this matter in favour of Indian library profesiionals. Sincerely, Upendra PandyaProfessional Assistant-SeniorIIM - AhmedabadMobile: 9879301847E-mail: upendra at iimahd.ernet.in--- On Mon 07/07, Aman Jha < aman.jha at ciionline.org > wrote:From: Aman Jha [mailto: aman.jha at ciionline.org]To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inDate: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Friends, Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop broadcasting such ads. Regards,Aman Jha DISCLAIMER:Sample Disclaimer added in a VBScript.-- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________LIS-Forum mailing listLIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inhttp://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.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/20080708/b9f893e2/attachment.html From gmahesh at niscair.res.in Tue Jul 8 11:46:22 2008 From: gmahesh at niscair.res.in (gmahesh at niscair.res.in) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:46:22 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Annals of Library and Information Studies: 55 (2): Table of Contents Message-ID: <50529.202.54.99.2.1215497782.squirrel@mail.niscair.res.in> Ranganathan?s five laws 87 B.K. Sen Retrieval capabilities of CDS/ISIS and LibSys: a comparison 91 N.S. Harinarayana and K.S. Raghavan Scientometric dimensions of pulsed laser deposition research: a global perspective 101 Ganesh Surwase, B.S. 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"" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ctkantharaj at gmail.com Tue Jul 8 15:04:31 2008 From: ctkantharaj at gmail.com (kantharaj CT) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:04:31 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Position for School Librarian Message-ID: We are looking for a Librarian (Lady) for our ICSE school and P.U College at K.R.Puram. Qualification : Diploma (LIS) / B.L.I.Sc. Salary : 5000/ per month (Consolidated) Salary may be hiked for B.L.I.Sc candidates. Basic knowledge of computers is desirable. Interested candidates may contact: *********************************************** C T Kantharaj Librarian Cambridge Instittute of Technology K R Puram, Bangalore - 36 Ph : 080 - 25618789 -- 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/20080708/489feaa0/attachment.html From kshipra.sardesai at gmail.com Tue Jul 8 15:56:45 2008 From: kshipra.sardesai at gmail.com (Kshipra Sardesai) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:56:45 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: <20080708061719.931C36765E@mprdmxin.myway.com> References: <20080708061719.931C36765E@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <8751201f0807080326n541abd88ve4f0c1c97efbc3aa@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, This is really a bad image of Librarians for forthcoming generation and too for present one. Monster otherwise did not provide any help for our professional and how he does this. This should be protested writing in TOI and other important media and also to broadcasting minister,Knowledge commission through ALA. Kshipra Sardesai On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:47 AM, UPENDRA PANDYA wrote: > Dear All, > > We should represent in strong voice by memorandum to this perticular TV > channel through our reputed/recognised association. > > I hope our associations will take this matter in favour of Indian library > profesiionals. > > Sincerely, > > Upendra Pandya > Professional Assistant-Senior > IIM - Ahmedabad > Mobile: 9879301847 > E-mail: upendra at iimahd.ernet.in > > > > > --- On Mon 07/07, Aman Jha < aman.jha at ciionline.org > wrote: > > From: Aman Jha [mailto: aman.jha at ciionline.org] > To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530 > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity > > Friends, > > Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a > boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. > > We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop > broadcasting such ads. > > Regards, > Aman Jha > > DISCLAIMER: > Sample Disclaimer added in a VBScript. > -- > 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 > > ________________________________ > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. > Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.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. From rajankila at hotmail.com Tue Jul 8 16:59:20 2008 From: rajankila at hotmail.com (Rajan) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:59:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative Publicity References: Message-ID: Dear All, If Monster. com shows something negative about librarianship, it is because the general thinking of the society is that. The advertisement is only a mirror that reflects the common perception or possibly the practical reality. The right way to deal with this reflection of negative image in advertisement or in society altogether is to attempt to rework on our professional activates so as to improve the professional image. Any legal action or protest against the site will not improve our image, which is not very good right now, in the society. For that, we need to work enthusiastically, learn new technologies and put them into practice in our professional assignments. It is a sad fact that in an age of information technology, Google and Wikipedia, the librarians remain as dull professionals in majority of institutions. We should learn those technologies to grow further and should 'stand on the shoulders of the giants' so as to bring vibrancy in our profession. If we don't emerge as good knowledge managers, we will be despised by all in this Internet era. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India From: Aman Jha Friends, Monster.com's?recent advertisement?in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad?publicity to the profession.? We must protest against it and request the?agency whosoever to?stop broadcasting?such ads. Aman Jha -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mukesh.monitor at gmail.com Tue Jul 8 17:02:01 2008 From: mukesh.monitor at gmail.com (Monitor - Mukesh) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:02:01 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity References: <20080708061719.931C36765E@mprdmxin.myway.com> Message-ID: <022601c8e0ee$4819fc80$0201a8c0@mukesh> Dear All To start with, you may send an e-mail complaint to Monster.com eliciting your objections to the offending TV advertisement. The complaints may be sent to ceo at monsterindia.com I have already lodged a protest with Monster.com, the copy of which is appended below for your reference purpose only: ----------------------------------------- Dear Sir Your recent TV advertisement shows a Librarian in a very objectionable state which is not acceptable to Librarian fraternity at large. Librarians are dynamic information fountainheads serving the entire society. May i hereby request you to kindly withdraw or suitably ammend the said advertisement in the larger interest of learning society. Thanking you in anticipation Sincerely Mukesh Anand --------------------------------------------- Best Wishes Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com - - - ----- Original Message ----- From: UPENDRA PANDYA To: aman.jha at ciionline.org ; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Dear All, We should represent in strong voice by memorandum to this perticular TV channel through our reputed/recognised association. I hope our associations will take this matter in favour of Indian library profesiionals. Sincerely, Upendra Pandya Professional Assistant-Senior IIM - Ahmedabad Mobile: 9879301847 E-mail: upendra at iimahd.ernet.in --- On Mon 07/07, Aman Jha < aman.jha at ciionline.org > wrote: From: Aman Jha [mailto: aman.jha at ciionline.org] To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Friends, Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop broadcasting such ads. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080708/b3ec3313/attachment-0001.html From dipaali.bhosle at infomediaindia.com Tue Jul 8 17:02:52 2008 From: dipaali.bhosle at infomediaindia.com (Dipaali K Bhosle) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:02:52 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative Publicity In-Reply-To: <4872FBCD.2050506@zmail.ril.com> Message-ID: Guys, write your complaint to sales at monsterindia.com and mark cc to ceo at monsterindia.com; info at monsterindia.com; cr at monsterindia.com Thanks & Regards, Ms. Dipaali K Bhosle Knowledge Officer INFOMEDIA -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of Vandana Karande Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:02 AM To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative Publicity I completely agree with Mr. Aman Jha's views. This indeed is a negative publicity for our profession. When there are still some of the fellow professionals who have to struggle for their image building, this AD will definitely pose a bad example for our profession. I have personally found this profession a very challenging and innovative. Everyday there is something new to learn / know. It is high time we take some action against Monster.com Regards Vandana Karande Information Specialist Corporate Development Reliance Industries ltd Mumbai Tel no 022-22847139 "Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, re-transmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Virus Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachment." -- 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 mangeshg at rediffmail.com Tue Jul 8 19:20:33 2008 From: mangeshg at rediffmail.com (mangesh j ghodke) Date: 8 Jul 2008 13:50:33 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Message-ID: <1215513048.S.13623.11519.f5mail-147-101.rediffmail.com.old.1215525033.21195@webmail.rediffmail.com> Dear Mr. Aman, Rizwan, Ms. Vandana K. & other professionals,I have not seen the advt yet. But if you find it misleading, certainly we need to raise objection for the same.Following governing body of Adverting Industry play crucial role in dealing with complaints against Advertisements in any form.'Advertising Standards Council of India' is a self regulatory voluntary organization of the advertising industry.The Role and Functioning of the ASCI & its CCC in dealing with Complaints received from Consumers and Industry, against Advertisements which are considered as False, Misleading, Indecent, Illegal, leading to Unsafe practices, or Unfair to competition, and consequently in contravention of the ASCI Code for Self-Regulation in Advertising.http://www.ascionline.org/You can file online complaints individually.  Mr. Mangesh Ghodke Librarian, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., Tel.: 67953011 Fax: 27612580 / 82 Mob.: 09892201993 -- 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/20080708/1de86db6/attachment-0001.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Tue Jul 8 20:19:24 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:19:24 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <690175.6664.qm@web8611.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Members ? You can find many library professional positions in Monster India website. If it is a negative publicity, then why Monster India advertises for library positions? I don't think this TV advertisement is a negative publicity to a profession. This is only creativity for the sake of advertisement, like many other funny advertisements. Still if you are not convinced, remove your profile from the site and/or stop advertise there.?? ? With Best Wishes ? Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Aman Jha wrote: From: Aman Jha Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity To: "Lis forum" Date: Monday, 7 July, 2008, 3:15 PM Friends, Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop broadcasting such ads. Regards, Aman Jha Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it on http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailme.bidyarthidutta at rediffmail.com Tue Jul 8 22:03:19 2008 From: mailme.bidyarthidutta at rediffmail.com (bidyarthidutta ) Date: 8 Jul 2008 16:33:19 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] From Bidyarthi Dutta Message-ID: <20080708163319.16204.qmail@f5mail-236-239.rediffmail.com> ? Dear Mr. Aman Jha I completely agree with you. The AD published by Monster.com is abusing our profession. This kind of AD will leave wrong impact about our profession to the common people. We must protest it. But the remarkable point is that, most of the common people still think libraries are just book-store and librarians are just polished book-keepers. We have been taught in our BLIS and MLIS classes that libraries are sociocultural institutions, information centres, etc. etc. and so on. But how many people are aware of that? The basic fault lies in our exam-based education system and exams are also suggestion-based. In our education-system students are forced to swallow some questions and answers, and to vomit that pulp on the answer script. After passing an exam almost all lessons studied turn fruitless in the context or real life experience. In such worthless education system the scope of library work is absolutely limited. How many PG/UG students of any university/college do regular reference work in library? Most of them solely depend on class-notes and cheap note-books available in the market. Such an education system hardly requires library. The teachers are mostly interested in spoon-feeding rather than academic discussions with the students. Teachers are also helpless, because everything is exam-oriented. exam brings degree, degree brings job, job brings money and security. Hence, there is no other way to avoid exam, and, in turn, to escape note-swallowing and answer-vomitting education system. This is a vicious circle of idiocy, that control today's knowledge society. We are living in an age where idiocy is disguished in knowledge.This is our tragedy. Our education system has been turned into a big education bazaar, where the education policies are framed by the businessman rather than the educationists. Education is a big profit-making business today, where the central commodity is degree-holding-certificate.It is obvious that the businessmen are interested in their profit, and least bother the contents taught to the pupil. I personally feel this profession a very challenging and enlightening one. Everyday I collect new pebbles out of my profession. Mere providing good service to the library-users is not sufficient for the library-professionals; We have to bring those people in the library, who have never stepped in there. And also to convert seldom library-users to regular library-user.Only we, the library professionals can change the common people's view about library; and the "Monsters" (monster.com) will then stare us with a reverential sight. Thanking you Sincerely yours Bidyarthi Bidyarthi Dutta Librarian St. Xavier's College (An autonomous PG college affiliated to University of Calcutta) 30, Park Street Kolkata 700016; India URL: www.sxccal.edu Ph. 033-22877278(O) 033-24734766(R) Fax: 033-22879966 Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati 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/20080708/c171eb4f/attachment-0001.html From vjkjk at yahoo.com Wed Jul 9 03:28:57 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Librarian (SG) IITMK Thiruvananthapuram Message-ID: <868544.26310.qm@web54607.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Applications are invited from Indian nationals for Position: Librarian (SG) First class Master?s degree in Library Science / Information Science / documentation or an equivalent professional degree and consistently good academic record throughout. Experience in computerization of library functions. Minimum five years experience as a Librarian in a reputed organization. Desirable: Mphil/Ph.D degree in Library Science / Information science/documentation/Archives and Manuscript ? Keeping/computerization of Library. Proven experience, leadership and initiatives in design, development, management and conducting courses, training programmes and coordinating projects in the area. Proven record of innovations is also desirable. Scale of pay : 12000-420-18300 Age Limit : Less than or equal to 45 years. Last date: July 14, 2008 More details at http://www.iiitmk.ac.in/iiitmk/IIITMK_Tenders/index.html -- 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 Jul 9 09:22:04 2008 From: hariharan_ah at yahoo.com (Arunachalam Hariharan) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Pondicherry Central University needs Prof, Reader and Lecturers for the DLIS Message-ID: <817358.88313.qm@web39605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Pondicherry Central University Advertised the following posts for the Dept of Library and Information Science 1 Professor - 1 2. Reader - 2 3. Lecturer - 2 For more details, pl see the Hindu dt 09.7.2008 A.Hariharan SERC Chennai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From dinesh.ncet at gmail.com Wed Jul 9 10:07:53 2008 From: dinesh.ncet at gmail.com (DINESH SIDDAIAH) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:07:53 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Electronic Papyrus - The Digital Book Message-ID: <62c911520807082137v39e7bf8dj4d958f1c745ac156@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, It is a new mobile device, the radius, designed mainly for reading books, magazines, news papers and mail, is the size of a standard cellphone. Flip it open, through, and a screen tucked within the housing opens to a 5-inch diagonal display. The screen looks just like a LCD but can bend so flexibly that it can wrap around a finger. The details of the article may be obtained from "Deccan Hearald" - Bangalore Edition on 09-07-2008. The same reported has been published by "Anne Eisenberg" in "The New York Times" recently. Dinesh K. S. -- 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/20080709/9964b3be/attachment.html From divya_269 at yahoo.com Wed Jul 9 10:29:13 2008 From: divya_269 at yahoo.com (divya singh) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:59:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <719175.29239.qm@web51102.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Aman ? I am in complete agreement with you. But some recognised authority in our field should protest and we should raise this issue nationally. ? Regards ? Divya SIngh Asstt. Librarian IMS Engineering College --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Aman Jha wrote: From: Aman Jha Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity To: "Lis forum" Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 3:15 PM Friends, ? Monster.com's?recent advertisement?in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad?publicity to the profession. ? We must protest against it and request the?agency whosoever to?stop broadcasting?such ads. ? Regards, Aman Jha DISCLAIMER: Sample Disclaimer added in a VBScript. -- 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... 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Some of the objectives of the Conference are to bring together special library professionals to a common platform, to promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to develop the professional competent. This seminar is expected to attract more than 1000 participants from India, Asia and the globe. You are invited to attend the same. For details please visit: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/ICoASL2008.html Submission of Papers Participants are welcome to contribute papers for presentation on the above themes and related themes. The Papers should be based on research surveys; case studies or action plans rather than theoretical explanations and should not publish earlier. Papers should be sent to asiansla at gmail.com Dates to Remember Last Date for Submission of Abstract/ Proposal - July 15, 2008 Last Date for Submission of Final Papers - September 15, 2008 Early Bird Registration - September 30, 2008 Last Date for Registration - November 15, 2008 For further information, please contact to: P.K.Jain, Organising Secretary, ICoASL 2008. C/o. Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave, DELHI- 110007. India Ph. 91-11-27667463; 27666364; 27666367. Fax: 91-11-27667463; 91-11- 27667410. Cell: 09899110787 Email: asiansla at gmail.com ; asianchaptersla at yahoo.com Regards Parveen Babbar Member, SLA & Webmaster, SLA Asian Chapter, Treasurer, ICoASL 2008 Assistant Librarian, L&DD, IGNOU New Delhi-110068 Email:parveenbabbar at yahoo.com From esukhdev at gmail.com Wed Jul 9 11:19:41 2008 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:19:41 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Are Intellectual Property Rights Laws holding back progress of science? Message-ID: Are Intellectual Property Rights Laws holding back progress of science? Yes, argues John Sulston and Joseph Stiglitz in their letter to TIMES. [John Sulston, (Novel prize winner and Chair, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester) along with Joseph Stiglitz (Chair, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester) In a letter "Science is being held back by outdated laws" to TIMES ] They say, .."The ideal shared by almost all scientists is that science should be open and transparent, not just in its practices and procedures, but so that the results and the knowledge generated through research should be freely accessible to all. There is a broad consensus in the scientific community that such openness and transparency promotes the advancement of science and enhances the likelihood that the benefits of science are enjoyed by all. For more than a hundred years, these principles have been the bedrock of academia and the scientific community".. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From salamantapi2000 at yahoo.co.in Wed Jul 9 11:31:22 2008 From: salamantapi2000 at yahoo.co.in (ladu basappa) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:01:22 +0100 (BST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Iam also Agree with Amm Jha Message-ID: <31788.84056.qm@web7607.mail.in.yahoo.com> Librarian Profession is Challenging, Dynamic and Ethusiastic. monster .com should stop giving adds like that Salamantapi.L.B M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.PGDLAN.( M.Phil ) Librarian M.S.Engineering College Navarthana Agrahara Sadahalli(PO) Bangalore-562110.Karnataka,india E-Mail:salamantapi2000 at yahoo.co.in Mobile-9844374868 --------------------------------- Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. -- 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/20080709/2c6140c5/attachment-0001.html From patranihar at gmail.com Wed Jul 9 11:58:03 2008 From: patranihar at gmail.com (Nihar Patra) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:58:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: <022601c8e0ee$4819fc80$0201a8c0@mukesh> References: <20080708061719.931C36765E@mprdmxin.myway.com> <022601c8e0ee$4819fc80$0201a8c0@mukesh> Message-ID: Dear Friends, Greetings!!! What I observed that we doing nothing except giving the suggestions. Hope we will be receiving mails that these steps are already taken. Still I have not seen the advertisement?where it is? Thanking you, With regards, Nihar K Patra Librarian (Assistant General Manager) On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Monitor - Mukesh wrote: > Dear All > > To start with, you may send an e-mail complaint to Monster.com > eliciting your objections to the offending TV advertisement. The > complaints may be sent to ceo at monsterindia.com > > I have already lodged a protest with Monster.com, the copy > of which is appended below for your reference purpose only: > > ----------------------------------------- > Dear Sir > > Your recent TV advertisement shows a Librarian in a very objectionable > state which is not acceptable to Librarian fraternity at large. Librarians > are dynamic information fountainheads serving the entire society. > > May i hereby request you to kindly withdraw or suitably ammend the > said advertisement in the larger interest of learning society. > > Thanking you in anticipation > > Sincerely > > Mukesh Anand > --------------------------------------------- > > Best Wishes > > Mukesh Anand > *http://monitorlinks.typepad.com* > > > - - - > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* UPENDRA PANDYA > *To:* aman.jha at ciionline.org ; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:47 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity > > Dear All, > > We should represent in strong voice by memorandum to this perticular TV > channel through our reputed/recognised association. > > I hope our associations will take this matter in favour of Indian library > profesiionals. > > Sincerely, > > Upendra Pandya > Professional Assistant-Senior > IIM - Ahmedabad > Mobile: 9879301847 > E-mail: upendra at iimahd.ernet.in > > > > > --- On Mon 07/07, Aman Jha < aman.jha at ciionline.org > wrote: > > *From: *Aman Jha [mailto: aman.jha at ciionline.org] > *To: *lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > *Date: *Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530 > *Subject: *[LIS-Forum] Negative publicity > > Friends, > > Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a > boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. > > We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop > broadcasting such ads. > > Regards, > Aman Jha > > DISCLAIMER: > Sample Disclaimer added in a VBScript. > -- > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > No banners. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080709/0bc74975/attachment-0001.html From netyog at yahoo.com Wed Jul 9 14:20:46 2008 From: netyog at yahoo.com (sudipta chatterjee) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:50:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] The Ad. in MONSTER.COM Message-ID: <931321.39901.qm@web38302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear Friends & Colleagues, ? "Librarianship" is a Life-Style, rather than being just a "job" that can earn us some money so that we can meet the ends for living! ......It is a "service" that requires dedication and continuous upgradation of our professional?knowledge, skill and expertise.... so that we are ever competent to provide with the right information at the right time to the right person, irrespective of the nature of the organization we are serving, the nature of our clientele and their varied interest and need, nature of the information flow and information use.... And, all these actually are not a matter of joke! All these require accomplishment.... and, it is our own responsibility to change the general view of the society regarding our profession.... we cannot blame others, but ourselves, only ourselves......!! ? Sudipta Chatterjee Executive - Library & Information Services, International Combustion India Ltd. 107/1, Park Street, Kolkata 700016 Email: s.chatterjee at internationalcombustion.in Mobile: 09903049298 -- 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/20080709/5f833441/attachment-0001.html From vrd at cpri.in Wed Jul 9 14:40:44 2008 From: vrd at cpri.in (Vijayalakshmi) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:40:44 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] library building - reg Message-ID: <002401c8e1a3$b00203a0$021c10ac@library.com> Dear Sir, With reference to my email about my question The question is 1. Where should be library building located? 2. Whether above the canteen or centrally located in a separate building considering points mentioned in the standard IS:1553? I am thankful to all my professional colleagues and greatful to everybody who have responded. I am also greatful to Dr. S.R. RANGANATHAN who has given us Indian Standards on different fields in library science. My management has taken care of the safety of Library & Information Centre which they wanted to build above the canteen as erlier decided. Now they are shifting the canteen from the existing place. Lis-forum has helped me in raising my voice and there is a change in the decision in CPRI. Thank you all once again . With regards (Smt. V.R.DESHPANDE) SENIOR LIBRARIAN, LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE, CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, P.B.NO.8066, SADASHIVANAGAR POST, BANGALORE - 560 080 -- 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/20080709/ade6951d/attachment-0001.html From lib.wrd.2008 at gmail.com Wed Jul 9 16:19:15 2008 From: lib.wrd.2008 at gmail.com (Charu Mathur) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:19:15 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] A Simple Question Message-ID: Respected Friends, Its very good sign, that we all aware of this fact that some one has abused our profession, and like a true professional we have been duly condemning him. Every one has a long list of suggestion starting with so many *SHOULDs *, but the million dollar question is that who is going to kill the cat. Does this is not our responsibility to come forward, and take a strong and practical action against this humiliating act? We all know that to whom we should contact for necessary action, then, *what are we waiting for*? We have innumerable Library Associations who can do commendable job in this regard and can make a strong pressure to demoralize these activities. *Why not they are taking any initiative?* ** I sincerely request to my worthy colleagues, instead of verbal protest, we have to take some concrete and rock-hard action, so that no one can take as lightly in any manner. Regards Miss Charu Mathur -- 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/20080709/132bdad1/attachment-0001.html From satya_pandey at indiatimes.com Wed Jul 9 16:39:12 2008 From: satya_pandey at indiatimes.com (satya_pandey at indiatimes.com) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:39:12 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative Publicity Message-ID: <1615150397.79031215601752340.JavaMail.root@mbv1.indiatimes.com> Colleagues, Monster.com's recent advertisement shows librarianship as a boaring profession.This is a Propaganda about the noble profession of librarianship.We are ready for a better image building in the society.We strongly condems the deed of Monster.com.Many of our friends and colleagues are protesting against it through this forum.It is the symbol of our unity. Regards, Satya Prakash Pandey NCMEI,Min. of HRD New Delhi 9968396689 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sujataab_2007 at rediffmail.com Wed Jul 9 16:44:32 2008 From: sujataab_2007 at rediffmail.com (sujata ) Date: 9 Jul 2008 11:14:32 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative Publicity Message-ID: <20080709111432.17308.qmail@f4mail-234-119.rediffmail.com> To, All Professional Colleagues, When I saw the advertisement of Monster on television, I find it extremely disturbing that a reputed job provider can do such nasty advertisement that to the highly regarded profession of LIBRARIANSHIP. They should chastise for this indecent act. Now days the information is so massive and Librarians are the people who manages it respective to diversified working sectors. Before showing the image of Librarian yawning and sleeping, they should have done survey and some research in highly reputed companies, organizations, Institutions and other various sectors to see how the librarians have to be on their toes to provide the right information at the right time from the gigantic information available, which helps the user fraternity to come out with excellent results to facilitate the profits and growth not only for the parent organization but also for individuals. In my opinion, a strong action is needed against such people. I would like to request, ILA, BOSLA and other Associations should take necessary action against Monster. And Most Importantly, Monster itself advertises for Librarians ? so please do a thorough check monster. Everyone from our field should banned Monster by withdrawing Job profiles and Resumes from their website. Regards, Sujata Bansode. Head - Library / Knowledge Centre, IOL Netcom Ltd., 601, Raheja Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021, India Tel:022 40193300 M :9867106931 -- 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/20080709/a9fe2705/attachment-0001.html From smunnolli at actrec.gov.in Wed Jul 9 17:03:05 2008 From: smunnolli at actrec.gov.in (Satish Munnolli) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 17:03:05 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] IQsensato Announces the First Writing Competition on the WIPO Development Agenda Message-ID: <003f01c8e1b7$8dc8a1e0$1f08640a@SatishMunnolli> IQsensato Research Awards A Writing Competition on the WIPO Development Agenda IQsensato has today launched the first writing contest under its Research Awards component of its Leadership Programme. The contest is intended to encourage and reward young researchers and students from developing countries writing on the implementation of the WIPO Agenda. Essays are invited on the topic: "The policy and practical impact of the WIPO Development Agenda in developing countries". Full details of the competition are available on IQsensato's home page http://www.iqsensato.org/ . The competition flyer is also accessible directly at http://www.iqsensato.org/wp-content/uploads/RSA%201%20-%20WDA%20Implementation%20July%202008.pdf Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 Ph: +91 22 2740 5026 Email: smunnolli at actrec.gov.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/20080709/66fdfb8d/attachment-0001.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Wed Jul 9 19:09:24 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:09:24 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Just Published: "Open Access: Opportunities and Challenges - a Handbook" Message-ID: <247355.17432.qm@web8606.mail.in.yahoo.com> Just Published: "Open Access: Opportunities and Challenges ? a Handbook" A Joint publication of the European Commission and the German Commission for UNESCO, 2008 ? The English version of the handbook, a joint publication with the European Commission?s Science in Society Programme, has just been published. The publication is available in print and electronic version. The handbook aims to provide information about the opportunities and challenges offered by Open Access, and to present a wide array of issues and positions under debate. The English version of the handbook is a translation of the handbook in German, published by the German Commission for UNESCO? in 2007. ? Download the Book: http://www.unesco.de/fileadmin/medien/Dokumente/Kommunikation/Handbook_Open_Access_English.pdf OR, http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-handbook_en.pdf ? More Details about the book: http://www.unesco.de/openaccess-en.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From odakmugdha at gmail.com Wed Jul 9 21:36:10 2008 From: odakmugdha at gmail.com (mugdha odak) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:36:10 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] negative publicity Message-ID: <63d7e36e0807090906r694ec83fme30e1e790898ad2f@mail.gmail.com> I completely agree with Mr.Aman Jha's views. to build up good image is one of the challenging job for every profession. We not only blame to Monster.com but also should take some action against sensor board the who approved this advertisement. Regards Mugdha Odak from same profession -- 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/20080709/22e05aca/attachment.html From vimal0212 at gmail.com Thu Jul 10 10:47:46 2008 From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:47:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Seminar on IPR Message-ID: <5b978ad90807092217g3173f47ag27462f06c6ac0f34@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (KSCSTE) jointly with Patent Office - Chennai & National Institute for Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM), Nagpur, is organizing a National Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights at Thiruvananthapuram on 18th & 19th July 2008. More details here, http://www.kscste.kerala.gov.in/natsem.htm -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- 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/20080710/ab9538dd/attachment.html From shalini at isim.ac.in Thu Jul 10 14:14:58 2008 From: shalini at isim.ac.in (Shalini Urs) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:14:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Message-ID: Let me add my own 2 cents on this issue (and put myself in the line of fire :-) ---- Perhaps you have heard the adage, "All publicity is good publicity " and " no publicity is bad publicity." Obviously this statement goes along with the premise that even negative publicity mentions 'you', so it can only add to your overall popularity. This aside - we should have and show a 'sense of humour' and show our maturity by taking it in our stride. I feel that we need NOT be defensive and get into protests etc. I would think protest is a sign of insecurity. Is our profession so weak that we need to 'defend' through protests? If a certain image is portrayed, and we are not comfortable with that image - then let us do something to change it positively, rather than protesting. Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM 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/20080710/7170ce5f/attachment.html From kulkarni at delhi.goethe.org Thu Jul 10 11:19:20 2008 From: kulkarni at delhi.goethe.org (Kulkarni, Sheshagiri) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:19:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy Announcement for the post of Librarian at Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore Message-ID: <72503E4695D70343BD3D51AF50F0E18677B05E@nde-s2.newdelhi.goethe.org> Vacancy Announcement for Librarian The Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore, is planning to open a new library in its premises. Therefore we invite applications for the position of the Librarian. The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany's cultural institution operational worldwide. We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. The library provides up-to-date information about Germany and will cater mainly to students learning German. Responsibilities: * Implement the new concept for library and information work in cooperation with the Regional Institute in Delhi * Convert the collection profile * Develop and maintain new library services according to the needs of patrons * Provide information services about Germany * Introduce new library software for cataloguing and circulation * Market library resources and services to target groups * Organize events to promote collection and services * Plan and monitor library budget * Evaluation of library performance (reports, statistics) Requirements: * Master's degree from an accredited library school * Minimum of two years professional experience * Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English * Good knowledge of spoken and written German language and culture an advantage * Competence in using new technology as a research tool * Profound knowledge of computer applications * Strong commitment to public service * Initiative, flexibility, and strong ability to work in a team environment * Organizational skills are a must Remuneration is in accordance with the MMB salary scheme and in commensuration with qualifications and experience. Applications received by August 1st, 2008 will receive first consideration. Position to be filled by October 1st, 2008. Please send your letter of application along with two professional references to Dr. Evelin Hust Director Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan 716, CMH Road, Indiranagar, 1st Stage, Bangalore 560 038 director at bangalore.goethe.org For more information on us visit also our webpage at www.goethe.de/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 Thu Jul 10 15:11:28 2008 From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:41:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Batch Deposits in Institutional Repositories (the SWORD protocol) Message-ID: <162321.70478.qm@web43135.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Stevan Harnad To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Sent: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008 8:04:49 AM Subject: Batch Deposits in Institutional Repositories (the SWORD protocol) In the context of Nature's just-announced offer to do proxy deposits for its authors, Peter Suber has asked Les Carr of EPrints to comment on whether the software has the capability of downloading and uploading deposits automatically, in batch mode, rather than just singly, with the keystrokes done by hand. Les Carr's reply is affirmative: "Both EPrints and DSpace allow batch uploads, but more to the point, both of them support the new SWORD protocol for making automatic deposits in repositories. We (the SWORD developers) very much hope that we will be able to work with established discipline [i.e., central] repositories to allow automatic feed through of deposits from Institutional Repositories into Discipline Repositories and vice versa": http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/SWORD __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new..html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From naveecm at gmail.com Thu Jul 10 15:23:03 2008 From: naveecm at gmail.com (Naveen M) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:23:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] New initiative in nation building by eradicating illiteracy through "Teach India Mission" by TOI Message-ID: Dear Members Please read the the mail and fallow the link for a new initiative .... Teach India is a nation-building initiative (or social initiative) from the Times of India that brings together children in need of education and people who can contribute a little time towards teaching them. It is based on one simple principle: If you have the desire to teach, Teach india will put you in touch with underprivileged children who are willing to learn. With over sixty of India's committed NGOs, corporates, schools and social organizations already supporting Teach India cause, we now look for selfless individuals to come forward and help change the future of a child forever, by giving just a few hours a week to Teach India. The idea of Teach India has struck an instant chord, with more than 10,000 people signing up to pledge at least two hours a week to teach a child in their neighbourhood, mostly for weekend sessions. This army of volunteers is a multi-lingual, multi-talented one drawn from diverse streams - doctors, lawyers, company executives, educationists, actors, businessmen, housewives, writers, artists, retired folk, government employees and, most heartrendingly, college students. In the words of one of the country's leading businessmen who has volunteered to teach , "This is the best thing a newspaper in India has ever done. The Times of India should be proud of itself. This mission also have the volunteer partnership of numerous NGOs, schools and companies such as Hindustan Lever, Aditya Birla Group, Nokia, Wipro, Reliance Communications, Barclays and Amex. The companies have come on board with the promise that at least 50 employees will commit two hours a week on company time to teaching. We believe this enlightened HR decision will raise the spirit of the workplace and give employees a greater meaning in life. Who knows, teaching a sassy street child his sums could turn out to be far more entertaining and satisfying than making yet another PowerPoint presentation. The highest response has come from the capital city, Delhi, followed closely by Mumbai, and then by Chennai and Kolkata. There have been numerous inquiries from readers in our other 10 editions asking why Teach India has been limited to the four metros. The reason is entirely practical, namely, the complicated logistics required to match volunteer and child, a process which though seemingly simple, needs a great deal of back-end effort. India is having a population of over 287 million illiterate Indians, It's a responsibility of every educated Indian to teach at least one student lets motivate ourselves and others lets support this mission to complete. To volunteer SMS teach to 58888 or log on to -- www.teach.timesofindia.com -- Naveen C.M. IKM Trainee National Center For Science Information, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalooru-12. Cell - 9740349997 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From amitt at niper.ac.in Thu Jul 10 16:32:29 2008 From: amitt at niper.ac.in (Thapar, Amit) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:32:29 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: References: <20080708061719.931C36765E@mprdmxin.myway.com><022601c8e0ee$4819fc80$0201a8c0@mukesh> Message-ID: <2A1E9FFB64EC4D1E8AF302009C039E7B@Amit> Dear All LIS Professionals, so many responses on the Monster ad from all of you. One thing is sure after seeing so many responses, we are united. Let me tell you what i understood from Monster ad. At the start of ad a young guy who poses to be budding rockstar shoutig loudly lands up in the job of librarian in a library where keeping silence is must. My observation (totally personal) says around a rockstar there will be a lot of sound of instruments, loud singing, etc. which will create noise where as a librarian has to maintain silence in library. The guy is singing as aspiring rockstar but anyhow he became librarian where he has to keep silence. Therefore i don't think anything objectionable is shown in the disrespect of our profession. Only the thing is there are two separate requirements for work environment in both professions , silence in a library and a loud noise in a rock concert. well, it also shows librarian warns scholars to keep silence and maintain peaceful environment which is necessary for concentration in studies. After all, due to study and education only, scholars may become great leaders. At the last, All of us have to remain positive towards our LIS profession. my views are personal and they are not to hurt anyone's feelings from LIS community. with best regards, amit at urservice ----- Original Message ----- From: Nihar Patra To: LIS NCSI Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Dear Friends, Greetings!!! What I observed that we doing nothing except giving the suggestions. Hope we will be receiving mails that these steps are already taken. Still I have not seen the advertisement?where it is? Thanking you, With regards, Nihar K Patra Librarian (Assistant General Manager) On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Monitor - Mukesh wrote: Dear All To start with, you may send an e-mail complaint to Monster.com eliciting your objections to the offending TV advertisement. The complaints may be sent to ceo at monsterindia.com I have already lodged a protest with Monster.com, the copy of which is appended below for your reference purpose only: ----------------------------------------- Dear Sir Your recent TV advertisement shows a Librarian in a very objectionable state which is not acceptable to Librarian fraternity at large. Librarians are dynamic information fountainheads serving the entire society. May i hereby request you to kindly withdraw or suitably ammend the said advertisement in the larger interest of learning society. Thanking you in anticipation Sincerely Mukesh Anand --------------------------------------------- Best Wishes Mukesh Anand http://monitorlinks.typepad.com - - - ----- Original Message ----- From: UPENDRA PANDYA To: aman.jha at ciionline.org ; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Dear All, We should represent in strong voice by memorandum to this perticular TV channel through our reputed/recognised association. I hope our associations will take this matter in favour of Indian library profesiionals. Sincerely, Upendra Pandya Professional Assistant-Senior IIM - Ahmedabad Mobile: 9879301847 E-mail: upendra at iimahd.ernet.in --- On Mon 07/07, Aman Jha < aman.jha at ciionline.org > wrote: From: Aman Jha [mailto: aman.jha at ciionline.org] To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Friends, Monster.com's recent advertisement in television portraying librarian as a boaring profession is a negative and bad publicity to the profession. We must protest against it and request the agency whosoever to stop broadcasting such ads. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080710/48bdb4ad/attachment-0001.html From esukhdev at gmail.com Thu Jul 10 16:54:56 2008 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:54:56 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] British Library has a Flickr Group on Ramayana Message-ID: Dear Friends Famous Libraries of the World (including LC) are choosing Flickr to post and share Photos on web. Here is an interesting example by British Library. The British Library (see its Flickr Profile - http://www.flickr.com/people/britishlibrary/ ) has a group on Flickr for Ramayana . Photos / images submitted to this Flickr Group could appear in their gallery in London and on their Library's website, under the section - Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic. Isn't this is innovative thinking? Do our libraries think in this way? Or do we think that sites like Flickr, Orkut, Second Live etc are too disruptive for Library Users? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From esukhdev at gmail.com Thu Jul 10 17:09:29 2008 From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:09:29 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] =?windows-1252?q?Open_archives_=97_the_alternative_to?= =?windows-1252?q?_open_access?= Message-ID: Dear Friends, Check out the following link where Padmanabhan Balaram, director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India tells K. S. Jayaraman why he favours 'open archives' as the way forward for scientific publishing. http://www.scidev.net/en/features/open-archives-the-alternative-to-open-access.html An extract: -- Why is scientific publishing becoming such a contentious area? "The reason is simple. Much research in countries such as India is publicly-funded. Scientists do the research work and then publish their findings. But journals use these papers to make money. The real question is: do the commercial publishers give enough back to the community that keeps them going?" ... --How is the debate going? "The main debate is between publishers and committed open access advocates. The people who should be really concerned ? the working scientists ? form a huge silent majority. They either have no view or choose not to engage in the controversy." .. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From Emmanuel.EC at in.bosch.com Thu Jul 10 18:10:05 2008 From: Emmanuel.EC at in.bosch.com (Emmanuel E C (RBEI/HRL1-D-KCI)) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:40:05 +0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reality Check- Monster.com Add In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20D14A2AD8E423468EF08E2AB9352DA23C258CF35C@SGPMBX01.APAC.bosch.com> Dear All, I understand the pain behind seeing our own image being wrongly portrayed/represented or damaged by some one. Let us take it bit lighter and laugh for a while on being "Librarywalas" as shown in the add,it is really cute. First of all we need to develop tolerance and understand why we are wrongly portrayed/criticised/mocked at. Criticism or some one telling something about us should help to introspect our self and check whether the criticism/comments are valid, if they are valid then we need to change our self. If it is not valid then forget it, as it shows the level of the person who made that comment/showed something wrongly. But at the same time I feel this is the high time to do reality check. Let us recall our own experiences with Library/Library staffs in different environment (Academic library /Public library/Special) the way they behaved with us when we had been to them as user? how user friendly they were? In what way they supported users in finding the information on net/journal or book on self ? The user who passes through such experience may develop a kind of unfriendly attitude towards library/library professionals and when get a chance they show such things or express them. At the same time I am not generalizing it, as generation by generation Library professionals are changing themselves and becoming more customer/user focused , dynamic and developing multiple skills which are required for the survival of self and Profession. I also accept some of our friends suggestion on protesting but today is monster.com and tomorrow someone else will give one more add and with how many people you will protest? Can this protest changes the thinking of the people or our image in the society? But one thing can change our image in the society that is "changing ourselves" and becoming more dynamic, customer focused, user-friendly and more knowledgeable persons. Friends let us together move towards building right image in the eyes of users by: 1. Having self esteem. 2. Loving our profession( be comfortable with being a librarian). 3. Learning one new skill every quarter (once in three months). 4. Forming associations at local levels and sharing our experiences & knowledge with fellow professionals & linking these local associations with state & National Level associations. 5. Creating our visibility in the organization where we work. 6. Along with library activity let us involve in Knowledge Management initiatives, Open Access initiatives, education fair, book fair etc. 7. Learning more about e-resources & sharing such knowledge with fellow professionals. 8. Publish some newsletters relevant to your parent organization (electronic/Print-newsletters). 9. Do user surveys to check what user community feel about your services & about librarian. 10.Impress/influence on the mind of your organizational Heads about importance of information and how you can support them with the required information. 11.Learn more about customer relationship as we all learned a lot about technical aspects of library but forgot the user. Together we can make a difference !! Regards Emmanuel -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sangs at delnet.ren.nic.in Thu Jul 10 20:53:24 2008 From: sangs at delnet.ren.nic.in (Sangeeta Kaul) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:23:24 +0100 (WETS) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Nominations for SATKAL Awards 2008 Message-ID: SATKAL Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship Call for Award Nominations Nominations are invited for the 2008 SATKAL Awards given each year to an individual for outstanding achievement in Library and Information Science and for promoting Librarianship. The last date for receiving nominations is August 20, 2008. Kindly send your nominations for * Punjab National Librarian Award * Young Librarian Award * Women Librarian Award * School Librarian Award Eligibility The working Library and Information Science professionals of Indian origin are eligible to apply. Age Limit : For Young Librarian Award, Professional must be below 45 years. The nominations can be either self nominations or nominated by someone. Written nominations must include Name of the nominee, Job Title, Organisation, Mailing Address, Phone No., Email Address, Award Category, A detailed profile highlighting the educational & professional experience, significant contributions made in the field of Library and Information Science, publications etc., a paragraph (limit to one page) stating how you find yourself eligible for the award. The only way the people who make a difference can be recognised is if "you" nominate them. Do it now. Please send the nominations to: Dr. (Mrs.) Devinder Kaur President, SATKAL 114 Civil Lines Patiala-147004 Email: satkaltrust at gmail.com Website: www.satkal.org ******************************************************************************* NACLIN 2008 at Karunya University, Coimbatore from November 4-7, 2008. Download the brochure from www.naclin.org or write to us ****************************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From gopakumar.v at rediffmail.com Thu Jul 10 20:10:42 2008 From: gopakumar.v at rediffmail.com (Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai) Date: 10 Jul 2008 14:40:42 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIBRES - Library and Information Science Electronic Journal Message-ID: <20080710144042.10681.qmail@f5mail-236-226.rediffmail.com> Dear professionals, An electronic journal "LIBRES" published from the Curtin University of Technology of Perth, Western Australia on Library and Information Science is available through the link http://libres.curtin.edu.au/. This journal enlists some research articles by authors from India too. The archive contains issues from 1996 onwards. Make use of it. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Librarian (UGC), University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. gopakumar.v at rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 -- 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/20080710/e7931181/attachment-0001.html From pujar at igidr.ac.in Thu Jul 10 20:17:34 2008 From: pujar at igidr.ac.in (Shamprasad Pujar) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:17:34 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Access to J-STOR through GDNET Message-ID: <26472530.1215701254910.JavaMail.root@127.0.0.1> Dear Members, Good news for the researchers, who do not have access to J-STOR! GDN announced access to JSTOR to eligible registered researchers on GDNET Knowledge Base. Access is granted to Business, Business II and Arts and Science II Collections at http://www.gdnet.org/JSTOR If already registered, update of profile is required to activate access to JSTOR. If a new member, Register now. The access is limited only to the researchers, you may encourage researchers working in your organization to register for this service. Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar at igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.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/20080710/891364b5/attachment-0001.html From suvarsha_w at yahoo.com Thu Jul 10 22:07:15 2008 From: suvarsha_w at yahoo.com (Suvarsha Walters) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity In-Reply-To: <2A1E9FFB64EC4D1E8AF302009C039E7B@Amit> Message-ID: <851898.16777.qm@web31815.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Now that I have company if I get into the line of fire, I thought I'll add my view. Every profession has a public image. Think doctor, nurse, lawyer, businessman (banker, salesman, shopkeeper), secretary and the strongest one - politician. Think of each of these and we can conjure up typical images in our minds. There are also qualities we associate with each one, some positive other negative: Doctors and nurses are noble lawyers are liars salesmen are slick and secretaries are always female. In fact, if you search for "librarian" in google or Yahoo image search, you will find a lady with a tight and prominent bun behind a pair of thick glasses. That's the public image of a librarian. We could bring down the ad, but will that change our image? Suvarsha Information Analyst, HP Labs, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From saroj4kumar at gmail.com Fri Jul 11 10:42:34 2008 From: saroj4kumar at gmail.com (saroj panda) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:42:34 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vaccancy Message-ID: Dear Professionals, Application invited for the post of Librarian (one) and Assistant Librarian (one) in a reputed management institution (affiliated to WBUT & approved by AICTE) within 7 days from the date of advertisement. Contact to the Chairman, IBRAD School of Management and Sustainable Development, Prafulla Kanan, V.I.P. Road, Kestopur, Kolkata ? 700 101. Phone : 2711-6424/6425/ 6330, E-mail : ibradschool@ rediffmail. com -- Regards, Saroj kumar INFLIBNET Centre -- 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/20080711/3b074bdf/attachment.html From pratapagirivgg at yahoo.co.in Thu Jul 10 19:41:36 2008 From: pratapagirivgg at yahoo.co.in (giridhar gopal) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:41:36 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Regarding Monster Advertisement Message-ID: <233772.10920.qm@web7704.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, ? ??????????? It is time for us to come to gether and fight against unpopularity, illtreatment of Librarians and Library Profession.? The Monster advertisement regarding the Library as a Boaring professions is indeed condemned by every library professional in India.? At present we are at the cross roads regarding the profession for which it is categorised under teaching or non teaching staff.? In the present day scenario society thiks thatthe librarians job is neither teaching nor non teaching but it is a mere clerical job.? In this connection I severely condemned the monster advertisement as it is sending wrong signals to the Library Profession and future librarians. ? ???????? thanking you, ? P.V.GIRIDHAR GOPAL LIBRARIAN, K.M.I.T. HYDERABAD Explore your hobbies and interests. 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/20080710/614a6401/attachment.html From sankariahk at dataone.in Fri Jul 11 12:33:14 2008 From: sankariahk at dataone.in (K Sankaraiah) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:33:14 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity References: Message-ID: <00b701c8e324$3031b170$0501a8c0@system> Dear all, I have been closely following the reactions to this ad. Most of them fall in the category of angry protests and knee jerk reactions. There are of course a few mature and dignified responses. Shalini Urs' one is typical and I agree entirely with her. The point to remember here is that this ad, as all ads, is a creative one and a marketing piece for Monster. I remember having seen similar ones sometime back eg a cricketer washing soiled clothes with his bat. As Shalini says all ads, even bad ones give publicity. In fact many ads are devoid of any sense. Perhaps this is the way an advertiser draws attention to the product or service he or she wants to publicise. We don't need to take it too seriously. How many of Laxman's cartoosmust have drawn a good laugh from the ----- Original Message ----- From: Shalini Urs To: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Negative publicity Let me add my own 2 cents on this issue (and put myself in the line of fire J ---- Perhaps you have heard the adage, "All publicity is good publicity " and " no publicity is bad publicity." Obviously this statement goes along with the premise that even negative publicity mentions 'you', so it can only add to your overall popularity. This aside - we should have and show a 'sense of humour' and show our maturity by taking it in our stride. I feel that we need NOT be defensive and get into protests etc. I would think protest is a sign of insecurity. Is our profession so weak that we need to 'defend' through protests? If a certain image is portrayed, and we are not comfortable with that image - then let us do something to change it positively, rather than protesting. Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Interested candidates may send in their resume at kiran at cseindia.org or contact the Coordinator- Environment Resources Unit at the following address or in person. Kiran Pandey Coordinator-Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area (Near Batra Hospital) New Delhi -110062 Tel: 29955125, 29955124 (Extension- 287) Email: kiran at cseindia.org 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 kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in Sat Jul 12 12:33:51 2008 From: kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in (kuber kumbar) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:33:51 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post of Librarian @ SMVIT Message-ID: <53960.98932.qm@web8709.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear professional, We are looking for young LIS professionals with Very good academic qualification, computer knowledge and very good management skill, communication skill. Post: Librarian Qualification: Master of Library and Information Sciences, With Ph.D or M.Phil or NET And Minimum 5 or 8 years experience (preferably engineering college or R & D center working Candidates) (preferably Male Candidates) Scale: As per AICTE Norms. Other Benefits: PF, Group & Medical Insurance and other welfare schemes. Post: Library Assistant Qualification: BLISc or DLScSalary: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those are interested may please send their resume within 05days from the date of this advertisement., To: sirmvitbgl at gmail.com or kuberkp at gmail.com www.sirmvit.com KUBERA K.P I/C LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Best Jokes, Best Friends, Best Food and more. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From eldhoj at gmail.com Sat Jul 12 14:57:27 2008 From: eldhoj at gmail.com (Eldho Joy) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:57:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time research facililties for Library Professionals Message-ID: Dear LIS Forum Members Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the better. Eldho Joy E Kerala University Library Trivandrum. -- 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/20080712/7023781f/attachment-0001.html From lib.wrd.2008 at gmail.com Sun Jul 13 08:18:09 2008 From: lib.wrd.2008 at gmail.com (Charu Mathur) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:18:09 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Knowledge Temple Message-ID: Respected Friends, In the digital age where it has been assumed that Internet is much sought after source of knowledge, and newspaper can be read on your Blackberry, Here is eye opener news appear. There is a temple in Dhamtari District of Raipur a place where no gods or goddess are worshiped. In this temple NEWSPAPERS has a divine status here and worshipped daily. The temple built in 1993, and known as Gandhi Mandir and look after by Halba sect of Gond tribe of the Chhatisgarh. The locals have string reasons for expressing their faith in print media. This clearly shows in words of Gandhi Mandir priest Balram Markam, which are "*The Newspapers are eye openers, create awareness, remain watchful of the evils and crimes in society, inculcate human values and prevent people from committing wrong"* The temple is decorated with various slogans and hymns dedicated to the nation, Mahatma Gandhi and the people who are dubbed the 'Janata Gandhi'. Here Newspapers and books are considered as any other religious epic. Any newspaper can get here place here without any discrimination of language or region barrier. The detail of this news can be read with the help of this link: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=13_07_2008_011_005&mode=1 Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Virtual.cosmos.08 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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Apart of that there is an alphabetical list of all 217 countries are there, so that one can search by country name only, in case if he does not know the exact location of same country. The NEW LINKS provide the latest and updated information of inclusion of any university or higher education institution on anywhere on the globe. For detail one can make a swift entry on following link : http://www.braintrack.com/ Miss Charu Mathur, virtual.cosmos.08 at gmail.com http://charu-libraryworld.blogspot.com/ http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.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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Harinarayana) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:29:31 -0700 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Conference at MyDLIS on 'Library 2.0' Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70807132229u46660b56i14d0ce49ee09defb@mail.gmail.com> National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 ? 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Conference Theme The profession of librarianship and the field of library and information sciences have been in a constant state of flux. Libraries ? the millennia old institutions have been reinventing themselves in different ways with the onset of new technologies and paradigms. The latest buzz phrase in the technology front is "Web 2.0". Leveraging the approaches typified by Web 2.0's principles and technology offers library profession many opportunities to transform libraries from venerated age-old institutions to agile ones. The term Library 2.0 has been adopted by a growing group of libraries, librarians and information professionals to recalibrate the processes and the paradigms of the library and information services. This new model of library is all about amalgamation of ? Ajaz, Apollo, Web Standards, User Centric Design, RSS, Blogs, Wikis, Mashups, Tagging, Folksonomies and so on into library and information services. Library 2.0 is not just a technology or a thing but a new paradigm and a state of mind. The heart of Library 2.0 is user-centred change. It is a model that encourages constant and purposeful change, inviting user participation. The Conference will be a forum for discussing the emerging processes, technologies and paradigms of the library profession in the backdrop of the new technology of Web 2.0 and efforts to integrate the same into the library services. This two-day seminar will ponder over the issues related to Web 2.0 technologies and highlight the initiatives and case studies towards deploying them for making libraries contemporary and user centred. Objectives of the conference This two-day conference is to present the current thinking and practices, encourage academic and industrial interaction in the areas related to Library 2.0 involving librarians, library science educators, researchers, information professionals, and students from all over India. Topics/Sub-themes * Understanding Web 2.0 * Web 2.0 and Libraries * Digital Library 2.0 * Wikis and blogs for libraries and library services * Tags, Clouds and folksonomies for the library world * Collaborative Workspaces * Exemplars of Library 2.0 Call for Papers Papers are called for presentation and publication of conference proceedings from librarians, information professionals, teachers of LIS, researchers and students. The paper must be a original contribution based on research, survey and case studies. General presentations and papers giving just historical background are not encouraged. The paper should accompany with an informative abstract (not more than 150 words) and key words. The paper in Microsoft Word format may be sent over email to the Co-ordinator of the Seminar on or before July 31, 2008. The paper shall not be more than 10 pages and the font size is to be 12 in Times New Roman. Submit your papers to the following Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Chair - MyLib 2.0 Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore ? 570006 Email : mydlis.sap at gmail.com Chair: Prof. V. G. Talawar Professor, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore Co-Chair: Dr. Mallinath Kumbar Reader, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore Program Chair: Prof. Shalini R. Urs Professor, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore Registration Fee : 1. Without accommodation ? Rs.1000 2. With Accommodation ( at Guest Houses) ? Rs. 1600 Payment Details: Please send the registration fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of MyLib 2.0 payable at Mysore. Send your registration to: Prof. V. G. Talawar Chair, UGC-SAP Seminar on Library 2.0, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Email: muvgt at yahoo.co.in Phone Numbers: +91-821-2419394 For details please visit : http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in or http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib You can down load the proforma for registration from the above sites. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From anb321in at yahoo.co.in Mon Jul 14 11:44:28 2008 From: anb321in at yahoo.co.in (anand bandi) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:44:28 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Openings for Library Trainee position at NIFT,Mumbai Message-ID: <33876.64072.qm@web8403.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Candidate, ?? There are openings for fresh Post-Graduates in the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Government of India.?Candidates should possess the sound knowledge of Computer. The selection process will be done within 20 days of this notification.Interestd candidates may submit the softcopy of their respective CV to the undersigned. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799? e-mail: anb321in at yahoo.co.in? anbandi at rediffmail.com website:www.niftindia.com Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at 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/20080714/29637ddd/attachment-0001.html From srels at dataone.in Mon Jul 14 13:29:58 2008 From: srels at dataone.in (SRELS) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:29:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop Message-ID: <018f01c8e587$9c3d7c40$0401a8c0@SRELSHP1> Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following forthcoming workshop for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Forthcoming Event Workshop on GENISISWEB, WINISIS DATABASE TO GSDL (18-20 August 2008) Organized by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE To provide intensive training in GENISISWEB and conversion of WINISIS database into GSDL. WORKSHOP CONTENT - WINISIS archiving of full text documents in all ordinary formats including a fully downloaded website. - Creation of web front end with GenisisWeb for making it user-friendly and accessible over a network - Creation of a CD-ROM library of full text documents - Conversion of a WINISIS database into GSDL archive RESOURCE PERSON K. Rajasekharan, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala The target audience includes librarians, information professionals and others interested in building different types of databases. WORKSHOP FEE Sponsored candidates : Rs.3,000/- Students (to be duly certified by the Head of the Department) : Rs.1500/- Those interested are invited to register for the Workshop on or before 1st August 2008 on payment by DD drawn in favour of 'Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science'. The duly filled-in form along with the payment should be forwarded to the Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 on or before 1st August 2008 For more information contact: Dr. K.N. Prasad, Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Tel: 080-23305109 E-mail: srels at dataone.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/20080714/acf0efbd/attachment-0001.html From fayazlib at yahoo.co.in Mon Jul 14 14:24:20 2008 From: fayazlib at yahoo.co.in (loan fayaz) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:24:20 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Assess Yourselves Message-ID: <299773.14527.qm@web8322.mail.in.yahoo.com> Respected/Dear Professional Colleagues, It is time to assess ourselves where we stand. In United States our profession is one of the top TEN professions of the world but here in India it is considered beneath of all. Who is to blame and Who is responsible? Think seriously, are we still custodians or information providers? Who transforms the theory into pratice? and who provides the CAS, SDI, IAS and the like? My request to one and all is that we should be ambitious to achieve pinnacle of professional competencies. This is particularly true today when swift change is sweeping across the globe.We cannot close our eyes to the realities around as does the ostrich when he faces some danger. Open your eyes, see what changes are taking place and try to understand and adopt them.Information access environment is changing in the ICT environment; librarians have to change and keep pace; or, they will be said thank u very much u have done your role and pl.go. With best wishes Fayaz Lone (Documentation Officer) Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. Explore your hobbies and interests. 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/20080714/426af360/attachment-0001.html From rajankila at hotmail.com Mon Jul 14 14:32:44 2008 From: rajankila at hotmail.com (Rajan) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:32:44 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research References: Message-ID: Dear All, It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good at all. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ------------------------------ Message: 2 Dear LIS Forum Members Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the better. Eldho Joy E -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From smitac_in at yahoo.com Mon Jul 14 15:16:21 2008 From: smitac_in at yahoo.com (Smita Chandra) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library Trainees (2 Posts) @ Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) Message-ID: <692250.14789.qm@web36104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear Library professionals : ? We at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)?Library?are in need of 2 'Library Trainees' . Candidates selected from the 'Walk-In-Interviews' to be held on the 24th of July 2008 will get a chance to gain experience in all aspects of the library functioning, including, acquisitions, cataloging, serials control, circulation, inter-library loan,?handling user queries, searching bibliographic?databases, coordinating with our other centers, digitization and long-term access of creating and maintaining digital materials, using basic HTML, etc. ? Please go through the complete details?below, as well as the attachment?and join us on the 24th of July 2008. We look forward to working with fresh?Library Science graduates?with?good academic record,?basic computer?knowledge, and good?communications skills.? ? Please go through the details below for any further queries. ? ? Thanking you, ? ? Yours sincerely, ? Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli-Panvel Highway New Panvel, new Mumbai 400 218 Ph.22-2748 4000 ? _________________________________________________________________ ? ?????????? APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF 'LIBRARY TRAINEE'?? ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? at? the ? ?????????????? INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM ? The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is a premier research institute in the field of geomagnetism and allied areas of Upper Atmospheric Physics and Solid Earth Geophysics. The Institute is a successor to the Colaba? Observatory which was? set up in 1823 by East India Company,?and where the first magnetic observations were started in 1841. It became an autonomous research institute? under the Department of Science & Technology in 1971, and was named as the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism. ? Apart from basic and applied research, the Institute operates 10 modern magnetic observatories spread across the country and has two research centres at Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu and Allahabad , U.P. ? ? The Institute library? has?a comprehensive collection of more than 20,000 books and bound journal volumes in??geomagnetism and its allied fields. Other formats like? maps,? reprints, reports and non book material are also available to the users. ?The library is?automated and all?the library operations are done using the SLIM21 software. Library facilities are also made available to our observatory staff and the two research centres. ? The selected candidate will get hands on experience of working? in different sections of the library and will have opportunity of working in a library with modern facilities. ? JOB TITLE :? Trainee Librarian ? NUMBER OF POSTS : Two ? QUALIFICATION : The interested candidate should have a?post graduate degree in Library & Information Science (MLISc) from?a recognized university with good academic record. Candidates with a?Science?degree and basic computer knowledge?will get preference. ? PERIOD OF SELECTION : The candidates will be initially selected for a period of 6 months, that?may be extended as per the requirements of the Institute. ? AGE GROUP : Preferably 25-28 years ? SALARY : Rs.7000/- per month. ? ? CONTACT PERSON : Mrs.Divya Mehta Senior Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Ph.: 22-2748 4046/4047 email : divyam at iigs.iigm.res.in ? Candidates fulfilling above requirements may? walk-in for an interview on 24th July 2008 at 10.30 a.m. to the Institute premises at Kalamboli-Panvel Highway , New Panvel (W) with necessary certificates, mark lists etc. ? ? -- 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/20080714/bac38da2/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Walk In Interveiw.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 22658 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080714/bac38da2/attachment-0002.pdf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IIG_Hindi.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 177144 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080714/bac38da2/attachment-0003.pdf From atanugarai.lists at gmail.com Mon Jul 14 18:08:17 2008 From: atanugarai.lists at gmail.com (Atanu Garai) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:08:17 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Use of the phrase "knowledge of computer" Message-ID: <487B48B9.80100@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues This is an anecdote. Back in 2006, I was writing quite a lot of statements of purpose and application letters as part of the application process for admission to PhD. Then I collected all those documents in a single place and went to my teacher in Calcutta University to get his recommendation letters. He smiled and told me that instead of writing 'knowledge of computer', the phrase should be written as 'knowledge of computing'. I realized my mistake and corrected it. Since then I have never used the phrase "knowledge of computer", instead put the phrase of knowledge of computing. When I see the phrase knowledge of computing, it reminds me of his smile immediately. So, when today I saw the phrase quite frequently I searched for the connotations of the words 'computer' and 'computing'. The definitions given in wikipedia are: Computer: A computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer) Computing: /"In a general way, we can define computing to mean any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers. Thus, computing includes designing and building hardware and software systems for a wide range of purposes; processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information; doing scientific studies using computers; making computer systems behave intelligently; creating and using communications and entertainment media; finding and gathering information relevant to any particular purpose, and so on. The list is virtually endless, and the possibilities are vast." (Source: /The Joint Task Force for Computing Curricula 2005. Computing Curricula 2005: The Overview Report (pdf) , quoted in, /http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing). /Essentially, these terms have a relationship but they evoke different meanings. Best greetings, Atanu Garai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mkrlib at uohyd.ernet.in Mon Jul 14 21:25:19 2008 From: mkrlib at uohyd.ernet.in (Dr. M. Koteswara Rao) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:25:19 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49517.59.93.67.121.1216050919.squirrel@webmail.uohyd.ernet.in> Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do research while doing his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with sufficient experience has better understanding of the subject and is in a position to work on a research problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate is said to have very little knowledge or understanding on how to do research since he/she does not have the relevant experience or approach to problem solving. The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this draconian Act. I am sure there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals behind this 'dirty' Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others to do research. We should remember that when teachers can do research, the librarians also can do research. I am sure that everyone will agree that only working librarians can and should do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not understand why we (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' when the whole world looks forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end to such short-sighted ideas. Dr. M. Koteswara Rao Librarian Univ of Hyderabad > Dear All, > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good at all. > > Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Dear LIS Forum Members > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time PhD registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic step.As a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the better. > > Eldho Joy E > -- > > > -- > 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 vsrirams at gmail.com Mon Jul 14 22:03:31 2008 From: vsrirams at gmail.com (Sriram V) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:31 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Fellow Professionals and teachers, With all due respect to Rajasekharan Sir, i beg to differ. If someone enhances their qualification it is generally good for the organisation where he/she is employed. That is the major reason why world over employers encourage staff to undertake studies. Doing part time studies arise out of necessity. People opt for part time course because you have to take care of a family as well as you really wish to enhance your knowledge. You have to work had for a full time course. For part time course you are expected to work even harder. If the employer and the guide are completely satisfied i believe there is no reason why someone hoping to gain knowledge should be prevented from that. Perhaps we should gather the opinion of employers and teachers regarding this. Regards V Sriram Technical Services Executive LibSys Corporation Mob: +91 9447251892 On 7/14/08, Rajan wrote: > > Dear All, > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision not > to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration > and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. > When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, > there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which > are not good at all. > > Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Dear LIS Forum Members > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially those > who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals either directly or indirectly for further learning. > However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > step.As > a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing > PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change > for > the better. > > Eldho Joy E > -- > > > -- > 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 > -- Regards, -- 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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Kinldy arrange to announce the follwing in the forums, please amudha ? Please refer to the Advt in The Hindu dt. 14th July 2008 for the following vaccant positons in the Dept of Information Sciecne, University of MAdras: ? 1. Reader - I Post - GT ? 2. Lecturers - 2 Posts - One reserved for SC and the one GT. ? ?LAST DATES: To obtain Application Form - - 08.08 2008 ? ?????????????????????? Submission Date????????????? - -? 11.08.2008 Prof.A. Amudhavalli Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. ? Ph:? 2539 9672?? (Off- Direct) Ph:? 2845 3343? (Residence) -- 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/20080714/8c95f58a/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Jul 15 11:42:09 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:42:09 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:31 +0530 From: Sriram V Dear Fellow Professionals and teachers, With all due respect to Rajasekharan Sir, i beg to differ. If someone enhances their qualification it is generally good for the organisation where he/she is employed. That is the major reason why world over employers encourage staff to undertake studies. Doing part time studies arise out of necessity. People opt for part time course because you have to take care of a family as well as you really wish to enhance your knowledge. You have to work had for a full time course. For part time course you are expected to work even harder. If the employer and the guide are completely satisfied i believe there is no reason why someone hoping to gain knowledge should be prevented from that. Perhaps we should gather the opinion of employers and teachers regarding this. Regards V Sriram Technical Services Executive LibSys Corporation Mob: +91 9447251892 On 7/14/08, Rajan wrote: > > Dear All, > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > not > to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > registration > and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. > When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > job, > there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > which > are not good at all. > > Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Dear LIS Forum Members > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > those > who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals either directly or indirectly for further > learning. > However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > step.As > a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing > PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change > for > the better. > > Eldho Joy E > -- > > From eyeroor at gmail.com Tue Jul 15 12:49:55 2008 From: eyeroor at gmail.com (NIKHIL EYEROOR) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:49:55 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <412ff7420807150019q5287fb6ft77cffe917954b3e8@mail.gmail.com> Dear LIS forum members With due respect to Rajasekharan sir, let me air my view regarding the part-time PhD Registration. It is not justifiable to deny an aspirant his desire to do research due to the reason that he is working. It is to be considered positive that a person is working and studying. All persons may not be fortunate enough to complete their studies in a stretch due to their circumstance in their life. So naturally they have to depend upon part-time study. There are examples of eminent personalities who were not fortunate in life to pursue regular study , later chose part-time education and succeeded in life. In the age of open access and open education why should the democratic right of a person to gain knowledge be denied. So the decision of the University in denying the urge of knowledge seekers is deplorable. The argument against part time research put forward by Rajasekaran sir is the lack of commitment from the part of working librarians who pursue PhD. This is a positive view in library user's perspective, but there should be professional development for librarians. If we think like that we don't even get time to check the daily mails in "LIS-FORUM". I admit that a library professional should be committed to his profession and service minded. It is easy to find committed and dynamic librarians pursuing their PhD without affecting their duty towards the parent body and clients. Those who are ambitions will try to acquire heights in life by acquiring more qualifications; in my experience they will surely show this attitude to their library also. Nowadays the upcoming library professionals are very keen in satisfying the clients. Another point you have mentioned is also not acceptable. Pursuing PhD and presenting paper are two different things. Some posts demand PhD in the discipline, in that case a professional with only published papers cannot attain the post. Another point is that preparing a quality paper is not an easy task. If a librarian is concentrating more on presenting papers, there is a chance of his being lethargic in his duties. Then what is the standing of the argument? As you know, in layman's view the courses like MLIsc, BLISc, CLISc etc are "librarian course". I think that may the psychological reason behind the additional PG craze of librarians.In the light of the "monster" advt controversy let the working professionals also be allowed to pursue their research passion and enlighten our profession. Apologies to the users in my library for taking their time to prepare this mail. Regards Nikhil Eyeroor Chief Librarian P.A.Aziz College of Engineering and Technology Green Hills, Karakulam, Trivandrum Mob: 09447515691 On 7/15/08, Mailing List Admin wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:03:31 +0530 > From: Sriram V > > Dear Fellow Professionals and teachers, > > With all due respect to Rajasekharan Sir, i beg to differ. > > If someone enhances their qualification it is generally good for the > organisation where he/she is employed. That is the major reason why world > over employers encourage staff to undertake studies. > > Doing part time studies arise out of necessity. People opt for part time > course because you have to take care of a family as well as you really wish > to enhance your knowledge. You have to work had for a full time course. For > part time course you are expected to work even harder. If the employer and > the guide are completely satisfied i believe there is no reason why someone > hoping to gain knowledge should be prevented from that. > > Perhaps we should gather the opinion of employers and teachers regarding > this. > > Regards > > V Sriram > Technical Services Executive > LibSys Corporation > Mob: +91 9447251892 > > On 7/14/08, Rajan wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > > not > > to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > > If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > > registration > > and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. > > When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > > for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > > job, > > there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > > which > > are not good at all. > > > > Regards, > > > > K Rajasekharan > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > > those > > who are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > > factor. In this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > > working professionals either directly or indirectly for further > > learning. > > However, it is sad that the University of Kerala by its order > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > > PhD > > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > > step.As > > a result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing > > PhD (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > > comment on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change > > for > > the better. > > > > Eldho Joy E > > -- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > -- NIkhil Eyeroor Chief Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology, Green Hills, Karakulam, Trivandrum Pin: 695 564 Mob: 09447515691 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mxdenny at gmail.com Tue Jul 15 13:50:50 2008 From: mxdenny at gmail.com (Denny M.X.) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:50:50 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Beautiful Libraries Message-ID: <2eda997e0807150120o2c3a85e4t91294f675ad0da58@mail.gmail.com> Dear LIS Professionals, Everyone has some kind of place that makes them feel transported to a magical realm. For some people it's castles with their noble history and crumbling towers. For others it's abandoned factories, ivy choked, a sense of foreboding around every corner. For us there has always been something about libraries. Row after row, shelf after shelf, there is nothing more magical than a beautiful old library. http://curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/librophiliac_love_letter_a_com.html With Regards Denny M.X. -- 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 Jul 15 14:20:16 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:20:16 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <770620.71420.qm@web8605.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Colleagues India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Tue, 15/7/08, lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: > From: lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do > research while doing > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with > sufficient experience has > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to > work on a research > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate > is said to have very > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research > since he/she does not > have the relevant experience or approach to problem > solving. > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this > draconian Act. I am sure > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals > behind this 'dirty' > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others > to do research. We > should remember that when teachers can do research, the > librarians also can do > research. > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working > librarians can and should > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not > understand why we > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' > when the whole world looks > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end > to such > short-sighted ideas. > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > Librarian > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > Dear All, > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken > a right decision not to > allow working librarians to do part time research for > obtaining PhD. If any > librarian is interested, he can do research without any > registration and publish > his findings in research journals, without affecting his > job. When a person is > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job > for which he is > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, > there will be > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > which are not good at > all. > > > > Regards, > > > > K Rajasekharan > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local > Administration(KILA) > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of > librarians, especially those who > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an > essential factor. In > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the > working professionals > either directly or indirectly for further learning. > However, it is sad that the > University of Kerala by its order > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the > opportunity for Part Time PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were > opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such > a drastic step.As a > result of this, the working people have to either take > leave for doing PhD > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this > issue seriously and comment > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and > change for the better. > > > > Eldho Joy E > > -- From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Jul 15 17:20:41 2008 From: franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Francis Jayakanth) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:20:41 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library an Information Management Trainees Message-ID: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 Invites Application for TRAINEES in the LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME in the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI) and the JRD Tata Memorial Library and Digital Information Services Centre. Advt No. R(IB)008/2008, No of Positions: 20 (GEN-11, OBC-4, SC-2, ST-1 :one of the positions is reserved for Physically Handicapped, Sponsored Candidates-2) Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in any discipline followed by a M.L.I.Sc. or Master's Degree in any discipline with B.L.I.Sc. or Associateship in Documentation and Information Science awarded by DRTC / NISCAIR or its equivalent. The applicant should have secured minimum of First Class or equivalent as declared by University in the said qualifying Degree(s) and also in basic degree. SC/ST candidates with pass class will be considered. Conditions: candidates who possess the minimum qualification as on the date of advertisement and also those who are in the final year/semester, expecting to complete all exams/project and acquire minimum qualification latest by 31.07.2008 can apply. The training is for a period of 12 months on a fixed stipend of Rs.7,500/- per month. No stipend will be paid for the sponsored candidates. The sponsored candidates should forward their applications through proper channel. For more details about the training programme, please visit http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/training/ General Conditions: Trainees would be expected to work on any three shifts including night shifts and holidays. No accommodation will be available on the Campus during the course of training. Candidates who are desirous to be considered on the aforesaid conditions may fill-in the electronic online application registration form. Thereafter a duly signed hard copy of the online application registration form with photo copies of the Marks cards, Caste Certificate of SC, ST, OBC (OBC Certificate should be in GOI format for reservations of jobs), in case of Physically Handicapped candidates, copy of the medical Certificate in the prescribed form issued by the Competent Medical Authority for the purpose of employment, should be sent to ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, UNIT-IB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560012 superscribing on the envelope "Application for the post of TRAINEE in the LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME" ON OR BEFORE 8TH August, 2008. Incomplete applications in a format other than the online version on the above mentioned website are liable to be rejected. DATE: 7th July, 2008 REGISTRAR From vjkjk at yahoo.com Tue Jul 15 17:02:30 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:32:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Details of University of Madras DLIS Positions In-Reply-To: <83435.87939.qm@web30204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <879124.612.qm@web54605.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Details of University of Madras DLIS Positions are available at http://www.unom.ac.in/employments.php (click on the first Link) ---------------------------------- Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar --- On Tue, 7/15/08, amudhavalli alagusundaram wrote: > From: amudhavalli alagusundaram > Subject: [LIS-Forum] request > To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 2:13 AM > Dear Moderators, > ? > Kinldy arrange to announce the follwing in the forums, > please > amudha > ? > Please refer to the Advt in The Hindu dt. 14th July 2008 > for the following vaccant positons in the Dept of > Information Sciecne, University of MAdras: > ? > 1. Reader - I Post - GT > ? > 2. Lecturers - 2 Posts - One reserved for SC and the one > GT. > ? > ?LAST DATES: To obtain Application Form - - 08.08 2008 > ? > ?????????????????????? Submission > Date????????????? - -? 11.08.2008 > > Prof.A. Amudhavalli > Head, Dept. of Information Science, > University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. > ? > Ph:? 2539 9672?? (Off- Direct) > Ph:? 2845 3343? (Residence) > > > > -- > 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 monis_naz at yahoo.co.in Tue Jul 15 11:50:17 2008 From: monis_naz at yahoo.co.in (nazim malik) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:50:17 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] part time Ph.D. Message-ID: <264063.3764.qm@web8405.mail.in.yahoo.com> This has reference to views of K Rajasekharan regarding not to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. As K Rajasekharan suggested that interested people can do research without any registration and publish their findings in research journals, without affecting their job. So I would like to know: 1 Whether doing research for publishing papers without registration would not affect their job. 2 How many research papers shall be sufficient to considered research work equal to Ph.D.? 3 How many fellows in India have been considered equal to Ph.D. at the time of appointment or promotion on the basis of their research work/papers? 4 How does the job of teachers not affect when they do part times Ph.D. Ph.D. for librarians is needed for the following reasons: 1 If an Assistant Librarian has eleven year experience and having PhD will be promoted to Dy. Librarian through Career Advancement Scheme of UGC. 2 Recently Indian Academic Library Association has submitted a concept paper to Chadda Committed to consider Librarians (AL/DL/Librarians) at par with teachers. If it were accepted then Ph.D. will become essential qualification. Therefore, part time Ph.D. is equally important for both teachers and Librarians. Mohammad Nazim Central Library BanarasHindu University Varanasi-221005 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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080715/2cfceafb/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Jul 15 17:28:56 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:28:56 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] [Lis-Forum] Part time Research Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:40:44 +0530 From: poornima My dear Professional people, I totally disagree with the descision of University of Kerala for not allowing the Librarians to go for research. I dont think anybody can restrict someone whos might be really interested in doing something. This is our Indian education system, we are not allowed to do something we are interested in doing something. But forced to do which we do not like at all. Come on people wake up, its high time to restrict something. Do our professionals know something about multitasking? Librarian has to be one, moreover it is his part of professional requirement. Wake up people wake up from slumber!! First of all there is hell of misunderstanding about the librarians in India, moreover if he is restricted to enhance his knowledge then this profession will be drowned. This today's concept of librarian is framed because of old professionals who hardly did work towards progress and so mainly the professionals are not at all PROACTIVE. Please change yourself and fit in today's world. Darwins theory holds good for all times.. "Survival of the Fittest", keep yourself fit to compete with other professions. Move towards progress--------> Poornima---------> -- "Be Good, Do Good For Good Things Leads To Good End". From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Jul 15 17:32:05 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:05 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0530 (IST) From: ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in WITH due respects to who so ever has taken the decision Are they afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding solutions to problems. Whatever the job demands are (who provide no objection certificate) make necessary arrangements to fulfil any void arising out of such an endeavour. The authorities must amend the rules to make it mandatory to work in libraries for at least one year so that they gain experience in understanding practical problems. Chudamani On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mailing List Admin wrote: > > On 7/14/08, Rajan wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision >> not >> to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. >> If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any >> registration >> and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his >> job. >> When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his >> job >> for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his >> job, >> there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of >> which >> are not good at all. >> >> Regards, >> >> K Rajasekharan >> Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) >> Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India From kannan.satheesan at gmail.com Tue Jul 15 17:13:49 2008 From: kannan.satheesan at gmail.com (kannan satheesan) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:13:49 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research In-Reply-To: <49517.59.93.67.121.1216050919.squirrel@webmail.uohyd.ernet.in> References: <49517.59.93.67.121.1216050919.squirrel@webmail.uohyd.ernet.in> Message-ID: <695bbd840807150443v660c5d59w9a521faed56d8ebb@mail.gmail.com> Sirs I am a MLISc student and on the verge of passing out from DLIS, Kerala University.What i feel is, part time research should continue. There is some point in saying that, freshers cannot take up research projects. All librarians agree upon one thing for certain - there is sea difference between what one studies in class and what one practices. Experiance is something which cannot be replaced with classroom lectures. Myself, when required to prepare a project proposal for a JRF fellowship felt this difficulty. And moreover research is something which should not be for personal benefit alone, it should be for the society or community atleast( i mean librarian community). A programme of research, a social science research in particular should start with identification of a 'hot' research problem,and will there be a hot problem for a fresher ?. Definitely he has to take up some problems his professional seniors prescribes. If research is for increasing and supplementing one's own knowledge and nothing beyond, ok there shouldnt be research facility for practicing librarians. On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Dr. M. Koteswara Rao wrote: > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do research while doing > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with sufficient experience has > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to work on a > research > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate is said to have > very > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research since he/she does > not > have the relevant experience or approach to problem solving. > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this draconian Act. I am > sure > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals behind this > 'dirty' > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others to do research. > We > should remember that when teachers can do research, the librarians also can > do > research. > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working librarians can and > should > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not understand why we > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' when the whole world > looks > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end to such > short-sighted ideas. > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > Librarian > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > Dear All, > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > not to > allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any > librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and > publish > his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person > is > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good > at > all. > > > > Regards, > > > > K Rajasekharan > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > those who > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > factor. In > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working > professionals > either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad > that the > University of Kerala by its order > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > PhD > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > step.As a > result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > comment > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the > better. > > > > Eldho Joy E > > -- > > > > > > -- > > 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... 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This month, D-Lib features Audobon's Birds of America at the University of Pittsburgh, courtesy of Edward A. Galloway. The articles include: Copyright Renewal, Copyright Restoration, and the Difficulty of Determining Copyright Status Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University Battle of the Buzzwords: Flexibility vs. Interoperability When Implementing PREMIS in METS Rebecca S. Guenther, Library of Congress A Format for Digital Preservation of Images: A Study on JPEG 2000 File Robustness Paolo Buonora, Archivi di Stato; and Franco Liberati, Universita degli Studi di Roma Researcher Profiles and Portfolios: Use Cases of the Facebook Service and the University of Queensland Researchers Service Belinda Weaver, University of Queensland The Project Update is: Google Still Not Indexing Hidden Web URLS Kat Hagedorn and Joshua Santelli, University of Michigan The Conference Reports are: 2008 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Spans Culture and Technology Carol Minton Morris, Cornell University 1st Collaborative Information Retrieval Workshop: Held in Conjunction with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2008 Jeremy Pickens and Gene Golovchinksy, FXPAL; and Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research D-Lib Magazine has mirror sites at the following locations: UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, England http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/lis-journals/dlib/ The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia http://dlib.anu.edu.au/ State Library of Lower Saxony and the University Library of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/edoc/aw/d-lib/ Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.dlib.org.ar Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan http://dlib.ejournal.ascc.net/ BN - National Library of Portugal, Portugal http://purl.pt/302/1 (If the mirror site closest to you is not displaying the July/August 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine at this time, please check back later. There is a delay between the time the magazine is released in the United States and the time when the mirroring process has been completed.) Bonnie Wilson Editor D-Lib Magazine 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From vjkjk at yahoo.com Tue Jul 15 17:29:11 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:59:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Details of Pondicherry Central University DLIS Positions Message-ID: <761002.70772.qm@web54602.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Details, Application forms etc of Pondicherry Central University DLIS positions are available at http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/circular/fac_rect040708.html Professor - 1 Reader - 2 Lecturer - 3 ---------------------- Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar > --- On Wed, 7/9/08, Arunachalam Hariharan > wrote: > > > From: Arunachalam Hariharan > > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Pondicherry Central University > needs Prof, Reader and Lecturers for the DLIS > > Pondicherry Central University Advertised the following > > posts for the > > Dept of Library and Information Science > > > > 1 Professor - 1 > > 2. Reader - 2 > > 3. Lecturer - 2 > > > > For more details, pl see the Hindu dt 09.7.2008 > > > > A.Hariharan > > SERC > > Chennai > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From pujar at igidr.ac.in Wed Jul 16 11:14:20 2008 From: pujar at igidr.ac.in (Shamprasad Pujar) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14:20 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: Indian Librarians Forum [ILF] Message-ID: <18818826.1216187060480.JavaMail.root@127.0.0.1> ** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** -- Original Message -- From: Digital Library Research Group To: dlrg at drtc.isibang.ac.in Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:30 +0530 (IST) Subject: [Dlrg] ILF: Indian Librarians Forum Dear Colleagues, As already informed through this forum and other modes of communication, Max Mueller Bhavan in collaboration with the French Embassy, British Council and Instituto Cervantes organised "Libraries on the Agenda" ": An International Seminar on Library Advocacy. The seminar was also supported by The National Knowledge Commission. The seminar was intended to provide a platform to Indian professionals and other stakeholders to explore ways and means of taking the NKC recommendations to the implementation stage. The seminar culminated into workshops and the professionals taking part in the workshops deliberated upon developing a blue print and an action plan, which would be helpful in reviving and modernising the library landscape in India. The Executive summary of the workshop results is available at the National Knowledge Commission website at: http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ One of the suggestions given by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman NKC, while delivering the inaugural address during the seminar was to form a group of librarians to carry out library advocacy work, to sensitise the government bodies and the other stake holders about the needs of the profession and to help NKC in its efforts towards taking the recommendations given to the implementation stage. An "Indian Librarians Forum" (ILF) came into existence as a follow up to the seminar and is accessible at: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha is the convener of this Forum. The main objectives of the forum are: -To initiate an effective advocacy campaign/plan with clear goals and objectives; to use media effectively and to lobby with legislators and decision makers at the political/administrative level as well as stakeholders who shape the public opinion and control support for library services - To find the ways and means for librarians to be more visible not only in their own organizations, but also in their community and state - To support NKC in implementation of the recommendations of the working group on libraries - To offer a platform to all the Indian Librarians to have a view about the legislative framework, required support and financial backing to the library sector, which in turn will facilitate the coordinated development of libraries across different sectors Some of the most profound changes in our world have come about as a result of efforts in the form of social movements. Often these movements germinated in the minds of a few people who rose up for a cause, then blossomed into mass mobilizations that have ended up bringing major changes in the world. This is the power of the movements - what people without access to power can not accomplish alone, they can accomplish together through collective action. The thinking behind ILF (Indian Lirbarians' Forum) is to motivate and mobilise collective professional thoughts that eventually would lead towards the transformation of the LIS sector in India. All the library professionals are encouraged to become members and to join the discussion forum to voice their opinion and suggestions. Please note that it is not a general discussion forum. Members are requested to post e-mails regarding NKC recommendations only. Dr. R.K. Chadha ilf at drtc.isibang.ac.in Indian Librarians Forum _______________________________________________ DLRG mailing list DLRG at drtc.isibang.ac.in http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 E-mail: pujar at igidr.ac.in URL: http://www.igidr.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/20080716/d33e68f9/attachment-0001.html From mailme.bidyarthidutta at rediffmail.com Wed Jul 16 12:33:35 2008 From: mailme.bidyarthidutta at rediffmail.com (bidyarthidutta ) Date: 16 Jul 2008 07:03:35 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part-Time Research Message-ID: <20080716070335.7183.qmail@f5mail-236-234.rediffmail.com> Dear Dr. Chudamoni I completely agree with you. Some senior LIS teachers are afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding solutions to problems.?This is the actual reason behind such short-sighted and feudal decision of Kerala University.Why the librarians would be resisted to upgrade their knowledge? Some senior and cynical library professionals are trying to restrict us from gaining knowledge. It is quiet unfortunate. They are implementing such dirty act in one side, and on the other side, they are delivering lecture in the classroom about knowledge society, open source etc. etc. etc. Oh!!! What a filthy hipocracy!!! Come on and wake up the Librarians. Let us firmly protest altogether against such anti-librarian act. Thanking you Sincerely Yours Bidyarthi Dutta Bidyarthi Dutta On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote : >Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [Lis-Forum] Part time Research (Mailing List Admin) > 2. Re: Part time Research (Mailing List Admin) > 3. Re: Part time Research (kannan satheesan) > 4. K-Community Event on 16-Jul-2008 hosted by Tata Consultancy > Services, Bangalore (M Nandeesha) > 5. Urgent Information needed (JK) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:28:56 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Admin >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] [Lis-Forum] Part time Research >To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:40:44 +0530 > From: poornima > >My dear Professional people, > >I totally disagree with the descision of University of Kerala for not >allowing the Librarians to go for research. I dont think anybody can >restrict someone whos might be really interested in doing something. This is >our Indian education system, we are not allowed to do something we are >interested in doing something. But forced to do which we do not like at all. >Come on people wake up, its high time to restrict something. Do our >professionals know something about multitasking? Librarian has to be one, >moreover it is his part of professional requirement. Wake up people wake up > from slumber!! > >First of all there is hell of misunderstanding about the librarians in >India, moreover if he is restricted to enhance his knowledge then this >profession will be drowned. This today's concept of librarian is framed >because of old professionals who hardly did work towards progress and so >mainly the professionals are not at all PROACTIVE. Please change yourself >and fit in today's world. Darwins theory holds good for all times.. >"Survival of the Fittest", keep yourself fit to compete with other >professions. > >Move towards progress--------> >Poornima---------> >-- > >"Be Good, Do Good For Good Things Leads To Good End". > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:32:05 +0530 (IST) > From: Mailing List Admin >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research >To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:49:12 +0530 (IST) > From: ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in > > >WITH due respects to who so ever has taken the decision > >Are they afraid of practising librarians overtaking the faculty in finding >solutions to problems. Whatever the job demands are (who provide no >objection certificate) make necessary arrangements to fulfil any void >arising out of such an endeavour. > >The authorities must amend the rules to make it mandatory to work in >libraries for at least one year so that they gain experience in >understanding practical problems. > >Chudamani > >On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Mailing List Admin wrote: > > > > > On 7/14/08, Rajan wrote: > >> > >> Dear All, > >> > >> It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > >> not > >> to allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. > >> If any librarian is interested, he can do research without any > >> registration > >> and publish his findings in research journals, without affecting his > >> job. > >> When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his > >> job > >> for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > >> job, > >> there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of > >> which > >> are not good at all. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> K Rajasekharan > >> Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > >> Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:13:49 +0530 > From: "kannan satheesan" >Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research >To: "Dr. M. Koteswara Rao" >Cc: Lis forum , Rajan > >Message-ID: > <695bbd840807150443v660c5d59w9a521faed56d8ebb at mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Sirs > > > I am a MLISc student and on the verge of passing out from DLIS, Kerala >University.What i feel is, part time research should continue. There is some >point in saying that, freshers cannot take up research projects. All >librarians agree upon one thing for certain - there is sea difference >between what one studies in class and what one practices. Experiance is >something which cannot be replaced with classroom lectures. Myself, when >required to prepare a project proposal for a JRF fellowship felt this >difficulty. And moreover research is something which should not be for >personal benefit alone, it should be for the society or community atleast( i >mean librarian community). A programme of research, a social science >research in particular should start with identification of a 'hot' research >problem,and will there be a hot problem for a fresher ?. Definitely he has >to take up some problems his professional seniors prescribes. If research is >for increasing and supplementing one's own knowledge and nothing beyond, ok >there shouldnt be research facility for practicing librarians. > > >On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Dr. M. Koteswara Rao >wrote: > > > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do research while doing > > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with sufficient experience has > > better understanding of the subject and is in a position to work on a > > research > > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh graduate is said to have > > very > > little knowledge or understanding on how to do research since he/she does > > not > > have the relevant experience or approach to problem solving. > > > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing this draconian Act. I am > > sure > > there must be some senior (cynical) library professionals behind this > > 'dirty' > > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want others to do research. > > We > > should remember that when teachers can do research, the librarians also can > > do > > research. > > > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working librarians can and > > should > > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do not understand why we > > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong things' when the whole world > > looks > > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put an end to such > > short-sighted ideas. > > > > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > > Librarian > > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has taken a right decision > > not to > > allow working librarians to do part time research for obtaining PhD. If any > > librarian is interested, he can do research without any registration and > > publish > > his findings in research journals, without affecting his job. When a person > > is > > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is > > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his job, there will be > > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good > > at > > all. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > K Rajasekharan > > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of librarians, especially > > those who > > are working, carreer advancement and further learning is an essential > > factor. In > > this context many Universities in India is encouraging the working > > professionals > > either directly or indirectly for further learning. However, it is sad > > that the > > University of Kerala by its order > > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the opportunity for Part Time > > PhD > > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there were opportunites for > > registration, and all on a sudden the University took such a drastic > > step.As a > > result of this, the working people have to either take leave for doing PhD > > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up this issue seriously and > > comment > > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it and change for the > > better. > > > > > > Eldho Joy E > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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/20080715/1dde2a68/attachment-0001.html > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:39:19 +0530 > From: M Nandeesha >Subject: [LIS-Forum] K-Community Event on 16-Jul-2008 hosted by Tata > Consultancy Services, Bangalore >To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >Message-ID: > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Dear All, > >Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore is hosting this month's K-community >(http://k-community.org) event for a panel discussion on ?Managing >Knowledge in Large Transformational Projects? at the following venue -- > >Tata Consultancy Services >Pioneer Building, International Tech Park (ITPB), >Padandhur Agrahara, Whitefield Road, >Bangalore - 560 066, Karnataka, India > >For details, pls visit >http://k-community.org/Events/K-Community-Event-for-the-month-hosted-by-Tata-Consultancy-Services-India/ > >Please note: Participants are requested to confirm their participation >before 1:00 PM on 16-Jul-2008 to Mr. Nandeesha. M (m.nandeesha at tcs.com) to >facilitate security clearances at ITPB & at TCS. Also, participants need >to produce their ID card, if asked by security while entering the ITPB and >TCS facility. > >Regards, > >M Nandeesha >Tata Consultancy Services >L-Centre, Plot No.78, 79 & 83 >EPIP Industrial Area,Whitefield, >Bangalore - 560066,Karnataka >India >Mailto: m.nandeesha at tcs.com >Mobile: 9886798310 >Website: http://www.tcs.com >____________________________________________ >Experience certainty. IT Services > Business Solutions > Outsourcing >____________________________________________ >=====-----=====-----===== >Notice: The information contained in this e-mail >message and/or attachments to it may contain >confidential or privileged information. If you are >not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, >review, distribution, printing or copying of the >information contained in this e-mail message >and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. 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Ltd. >Website : www.totalit.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/20080715/6c028989/attachment.html > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >LIS-Forum mailing list >LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > >End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 64, Issue 20 >***************************************** Bidyarthi Dutta Librarian St. Xavier's College (An autonomous PG college affiliated to University of Calcutta) 30, Park Street Kolkata 700016; India URL: www.sxccal.edu Ph. 033-22877278(O) 033-24734766(R) Fax: 033-22879966 Email: bidyarthi.bhaswati 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/20080716/71c5d325/attachment-0001.html From rajankila at hotmail.com Wed Jul 16 12:59:18 2008 From: rajankila at hotmail.com (Rajan) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:59:18 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research References: <80b6c0c10807140545n75ed066fye8421c9baf72756c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear All, It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career advancement. There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree for a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he is ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. So kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading to the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure to ensure plurality of options. If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper or at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right now. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Thrissur ----- Original Message ----- From: Puna Das Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research Dear Colleagues India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com Wed Jul 16 19:18:27 2008 From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:18:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Business Daily Newspaper in Hindi, Gujarati & English Message-ID: Dear Members', Business Standard , A prominent Business Daily Newspaper is being published in Hindi, Gujarati & in English. The newspaper is published in colour from twelve centres in India ? Mumbai, New Delhi,Kolkata,Chennai,Bangalore,Ahmedabad,Hyderabad, Pune,Lucknow,Chandigarh,Kochi & Bhubaneswar. Check out below mentioned web link in the concerned languages. 1. Hindi :- www.bshindi.com 2. Gujarati :- http://gujarati.business-standard.com 3. English :- www.business-standard.com Madhya Pradash based Dainik Bhaskar Group is going to publish Hindi Business Daily soon. With Warm Personal Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. 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From jasimndd at gmail.com Wed Jul 16 20:41:25 2008 From: jasimndd at gmail.com (jasim s) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:41:25 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] PART TIME RESEARCH Message-ID: The country is expecting some world class works from researchers.No doubt, Full time Research will helps to improve the quality of phD works.so kudos to kerala university for its order to putoff part time research for librarians.let's wait for some newsmakers in library science from among the full time research scholars of kerala university.But what mr.sreeram pointed out is also a matter of concern.i agree with him that working librarians have better outlook on reasearch than freshers. jasimudeen.s Thrissur Kerala -- 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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From ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in Thu Jul 17 11:58:58 2008 From: ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in (ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:58:58 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research In-Reply-To: References: <80b6c0c10807140545n75ed066fye8421c9baf72756c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: There is no career upliftment or any thing. In my case I have not been given any financial benefits even after 8 years of obtaining a Phd degree. It was only quest for knowledge and inquisitiveness led to my obtaining a Phd. Dont thik everybody is after money. Chudamani On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Rajan wrote: > > Dear All, > > It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not > be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few > universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time > research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to > serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather > than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed > librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career > advancement. > > There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree for > a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a > thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he is > ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. So > kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort > of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading > to > the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure > to ensure plurality of options. > > If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round > gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the > library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper or > at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the > professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right > now. > > Best Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Thrissur > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Puna Das > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research > > Dear Colleagues > > India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed > the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time > researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because > of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other > universities should also follow the same and raise the university research > standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should > revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library > professionals to avail this facility. > > With Best Wishes > > Anup > > > From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 12:07:03 2008 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:37:03 -0700 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fee Concession for Student Registration - National Conference on Library 2.0 at MyDLIS Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70807162337x47d4a015nb73def5541a87919@mail.gmail.com> National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 ? 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore Students and full time research scholars are given 50% concession for registration to the 'National Conference on on Library 2.0'. The concession applies only to the registration fee. The registration fee for the students and full time researchers is Rs. 500/- (without accommodation). Those who want accommodation to be arranged by the organizers may have to pay an additional amount of Rs.600/-. The students and researchers availing the concession have to send a relevant certificate from their respective departments along with their registration form. Payment Details: Please send the registration fee in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of MyLib 2.0 payable at Mysore. Send your registration to: Prof. V. G. Talawar Chair, UGC-SAP Seminar on Library 2.0, Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Email: muvgt at yahoo.co.in Phone Numbers: 0821-2419394 For registration form visit: http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From praveenvaidya at yahoo.com Thu Jul 17 12:42:47 2008 From: praveenvaidya at yahoo.com (Praveen Vaidya) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:42:47 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <781686.5396.qm@web94816.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Respected Sir, Your philosophy towards research is very noble.But the bone of contention is the words you used in your earlier mail which runs "When a person is employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his job for which he is employed. If he can do doctoral research along with his job,there will be compromise either in his job or in his studies, both of which are not good at all" Here seems to be contradiction. You allow Working Librarians to Publish articles and not to do Ph.D. But for publishing articles, as well as to do Ph..D one has to put an effort and please tell me how both are different. Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu --- On Wed, 16/7/08, Rajan wrote: > From: Rajan > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research > To: "Lis forum" > Date: Wednesday, 16 July, 2008, 12:59 PM > Dear All, > > It seems that the library careerists masquerading as > professionals, may not > be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of > a few > universities like Kerala University & JNU which > dispensed with part time > research of working librarians. Standard Universities > institute research to > serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of > knowledge rather > than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a > few under-employed > librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened > tenure of career > advancement. > > There exist innumerable universities which would send a > doctorate degree for > a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in > the form of a > thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a > higher job, if he is > ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' > into his career desires. So > kindly let some other universities like JNU to have > provision for some sort > of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime > researchers leading > to > the growth of professional body of knowledge in > librarianship, as a measure > to ensure plurality of options. > > If the thinking about upliftment of library profession > revolves round > gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of > designation, the > library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, > a store keeper or > at the most a technician. That would not be good for > improving the > professional image of librarians in general which is at the > low ebb right > now. > > Best Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Thrissur > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Puna Das > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research > > Dear Colleagues > > India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru > University is followed > the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to > full-time > researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in > JNU only because > of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of > Kerala. Other > universities should also follow the same and raise the > university research > standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex > bodies should > revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working > library > professionals to avail this facility. > > With Best Wishes > > Anup > > > -- > 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 Get an email ID as yourname at ymail.com or yourname at rocketmail.com. Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From praveenvaidya at yahoo.com Thu Jul 17 13:01:00 2008 From: praveenvaidya at yahoo.com (Praveen Vaidya) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:01:00 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research In-Reply-To: <770620.71420.qm@web8605.mail.in.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <174111.36813.qm@web94805.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear All, If India's top renowned university JNU starts P.G course in Library and information Science then "World Class" theses will also be produced in INDIA. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu --- On Tue, 15/7/08, Puna Das wrote: > From: Puna Das > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research > To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008, 2:20 PM > Dear Colleagues > > India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru > University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD > enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A > world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of > this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. > Other universities should also follow the same and raise > the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, > CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules > on study leaves and should allow working library > professionals to avail this facility. > > With Best Wishes > > Anup > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Anup Kumar Das > New Delhi, India > http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > --- On Tue, 15/7/08, lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > wrote: > > > From: lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > Dear Mr. Rajasekharan, > > > > It is rediculous to say that librarians should not do > > research while doing > > his/her job. I feel that a working librarian with > > sufficient experience has > > better understanding of the subject and is in a > position to > > work on a research > > problem leading to PhD. On the otherhand, a fresh > graduate > > is said to have very > > little knowledge or understanding on how to do > research > > since he/she does not > > have the relevant experience or approach to problem > > solving. > > > > The Kerala government must be crazy in introducing > this > > draconian Act. I am sure > > there must be some senior (cynical) library > professionals > > behind this 'dirty' > > Act, who for reason known to everyone does not want > others > > to do research. We > > should remember that when teachers can do research, > the > > librarians also can do > > research. > > > > I am sure that everyone will agree that only working > > librarians can and should > > do research, which does not affect his/her job. I do > not > > understand why we > > (Indians) are always 'first in doing wrong > things' > > when the whole world looks > > forward with positive ideas and thinking. Let us put > an end > > to such > > short-sighted ideas. > > > > > > Dr. M. Koteswara Rao > > Librarian > > Univ of Hyderabad > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > It seems to me that the University of Kerala has > taken > > a right decision not to > > allow working librarians to do part time research for > > obtaining PhD. If any > > librarian is interested, he can do research without > any > > registration and publish > > his findings in research journals, without affecting > his > > job. When a person is > > employed as a librarian, he should do justice to his > job > > for which he is > > employed. If he can do doctoral research alongwith his > job, > > there will be > > compromise either in his job or in his studies, both > of > > which are not good at > > all. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > K Rajasekharan > > > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local > > Administration(KILA) > > > Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Dear LIS Forum Members > > > Considering the dynamic and educative role of > > librarians, especially those who > > are working, carreer advancement and further learning > is an > > essential factor. In > > this context many Universities in India is encouraging > the > > working professionals > > either directly or indirectly for further learning. > > However, it is sad that the > > University of Kerala by its order > > > No.Ac.E1.B/2007 dated 5/10/2007 restricted the > > opportunity for Part Time PhD > > registration only for the Teachers.Till then, there > were > > opportunites for > > registration, and all on a sudden the University took > such > > a drastic step.As a > > result of this, the working people have to either > take > > leave for doing PhD > > (Full time Research) or not doing PhD at all. > > > I hope that all librarian fraternity take up > this > > issue seriously and comment > > on this so that the higher up can come to know of it > and > > change for the better. > > > > > > Eldho Joy E > > > -- > > > From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over > India. 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From vimal0212 at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 13:14:53 2008 From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:14:53 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] KLA National Seminar Message-ID: <5b978ad90807170044p5d653f6aod7b14de1f292d578@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association is organizing a National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: Knowledge Society Imperatives" on August 6-8, 2008 at Priyadarshini Auditorium, Science and Technology Museum, PMG Junction, Trivandrum. The seminar is co-sponsored by Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata. Representatives of RRRLF, National Knowledge Commission, The Directors of Public Libraries of the States and Union Territories, noted experts, administrators and decision makers in the field will participate. The National Seminar is expected to be a landmark in the history of library development in the country. The seminar would be useful to LIS Professionals since it proposes to cover the developments in all spheres connected with libraries. Registration fee and other details are available at KLA website, www.keralalibraryassociation.org LIS professionals are requested to enlist their participation before 25thJuly 2008. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- 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/20080717/cd39ab5a/attachment-0001.html From konnur at bub.ernet.in Thu Jul 17 13:51:06 2008 From: konnur at bub.ernet.in (Pandurang Konnur) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:51:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated) Careerist aspirant Librarians Message-ID: <80b6c0c10807170121w5b8992c0j68fe13fe62a55fba@mail.gmail.com> Dear All the Parochial (*Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated*) Careerist aspirant Librarians, I strongly protest the words used by (Dr?)Mr. Rajashekharan *(**parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians). *The meaning of these word denotes that *Unsophisticated underpositioned who are aspiring for their increments and promotions* and the word "*underemployed librarians*" also denote that * "Undeserved"* (If my meaning is wrong any one may correct me). I do not know how Mr. rajashekharan has raised to the position he holds and what INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SCHOOL he has been produced from. But to my knowledge most of the contemporary Librarians have joined their services either after their Masters Degree level and some of them like me have joined at a lower cadre in Libraries and did their Basic degrees and Professional degrees during their service. (I agree that some of the open universities have spoiled the quality of LIS education, but not IGNOU). I am an example for that, I joined as an Attender in Department of Public Libraries in Karnataka and raised step by step by acquiring degrees (Evening Cources) and professional course by deputation to a regular course and completed Part time PhD in Library Public Relations. Entire country has seen my expertice and initiatives done in Goa University and Bangalore University as University Librarian. I was also selected by the Fulbright Foundation as a Scholar in the year 2002-03 If (Dr?)Mr. Rajashekharan wants to challenge my knowledge content, I am ready. My another question to Mr. Rajashekharan is that: Are these so called standard Universities which are helping for advancing fronteres of knowledge have done away with part time research in all the subjects or only for Library Science? If an Assistant Registrar or any non teaching employee of these standard Universities desires to register for his doctorate degree in Social Science subjects, is he permitted to do or not? If yes for the above question, why not for Librarians? Mr. Rajashekharan, using standard English Language will not elevate a Librarians to a higher standards. He need to serve people with dedication and gain their confidence. This work can be done by any *parochial careeristic aspirant and under-employed librarians. *If you want to witness this kind of service, please visit my Library during your visit to Bangalore on 19th of July 08. Mr. Rajashekharan, I suggest you to kindly stop giving such provocative statements on the discussion forums and waste our time in responding to them. I hope my other *parochial careeristic *Librarian friends will advise him and mr/mrs Pune Das. Thanks, Dr.P.V.Konnur President IALA. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ On 7/16/08, Rajan wrote: > > > Dear All, > > It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not > be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few > universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time > research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to > serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather > than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few > under-employed > librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career > advancement. > > There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree > for > a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a > thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he > is > ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. > So > kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort > of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading > to > the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure > to ensure plurality of options. > > If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round > gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the > library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper > or > at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the > professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right > now. > > Best Regards, > > K Rajasekharan > Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) > Thrissur > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Puna Das > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research > > Dear Colleagues > > India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed > the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time > researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only > because > of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other > universities should also follow the same and raise the university research > standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should > revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library > professionals to avail this facility. > > With Best Wishes > > Anup > > > -- > 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.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library at bub.ernet.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/20080717/06417640/attachment-0001.html From vikusi at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 13:54:46 2008 From: vikusi at gmail.com (Vinod Singh) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:54:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post of Librarian and Library Attendant in Ramjas College (University of Delhi) Message-ID: <7da160a40807170124y7f0fff4bx612972830b782d6a@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professional Few posts are advertised: 1. Librarian (8000-13500) 2. Library Attendant (2650-4000) Last date: 12 August 2008. More details about the post and its qualifications, click the site: http://governmentjob.googlepages.com/RamjasCollegeJul08.jpg With best regards Vinod Kumar Singh (Library Virus) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi 110007 -- 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/20080717/041347ad/attachment.html From vikusi at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 14:13:10 2008 From: vikusi at gmail.com (Vinod Singh) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:13:10 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post of Assistant Librarian in Gautam Buddha University (Noida) Message-ID: <7da160a40807170143k4ffb5ecya2b3ac39f1fc7746@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals Post: 1. Assistant Librarian (8000-275-13500). Last date: July 31, 2008 For details about the post and its qualifications, click the site: http://www.gbu.org.in/adver/advertisement%20staff.pdf and for appliocation click the site: http://www.gbu.org.in/adver/Application%20form%20for%20staff.pdf With best regards Vinod Kumar Singh (Library Virus) Research Scholar (M.Phil) Dept. of Lib. Sci. University of Delhi Delhi 110007 -- 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/20080717/30cae7a1/attachment.html From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 14:26:18 2008 From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:26:18 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] 14th Delhi Book Fair (30 Aug.-7 Sept.' 08) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi Message-ID: Dear Members', 14TH DELHI BOOK FAIR (30 August TO 7 September 2008) Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Date: 30 August to 7 September 2008 Delhi Book Fair 2008 The Federation of Indian Publishers, in collaboration with the India Trade Promotion Organisation, is organising the 14th Delhi Book Fair from 30 August to 7 September 2008 in the Hall of Special Displays with state-of-the-art facilities at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Concurrently with the Fair, a number of Conferences, Seminars, buyer-seller meets, book releases, book launches and a host of other activities including cultural evenings will also be organised. For More Details visit http://www.fipindia.org/events1.php With Regards, Mukesh Anand Assistant Librarian Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From kshemaprakash at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 14:51:07 2008 From: kshemaprakash at gmail.com (Kshema Prakash) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:51:07 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for an article Message-ID: <3a4c03220807170221x319ef526jae091c6e030cc629@mail.gmail.com> Can someone kindly send me a copy of the following article? I shall be grateful. *Grossberg, **Stephen**. 2003. **How Does the Cerebral Cortex Work? Development, Learning, Attention, and 3-D Vision by Laminar Circuits of Visual Cortex. Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews, Vol. 2, No. 1, 47-76. *Kshema* * -- Ms. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India -- 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/20080717/883726d4/attachment.html From suvarsha_w at yahoo.com Thu Jul 17 15:01:35 2008 From: suvarsha_w at yahoo.com (Suvarsha Walters) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] How much time does it take to self-archive? Message-ID: <798394.17155.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Apologies if this has been posted earlier. But here is a good article you could use to convince researchers at your organizations to self-archive. Suvarsha Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving Carr, L. and Harnad, S. (2005) Keystroke Economy: A Study of the Time and Effort Involved in Self-Archiving. Technical Report UNSPECIFIED, ECS, University of Southampton. (Unpublished) A common objection to self-archiving is that it is an extra task that puts an unnecessary burden on each researcher. In particular, the need to enter the extra bibliographic metadata demanded by repositories for accurate searching and identification is presumed to be a particularly onerous task. This paper describes a preliminary study on two months of submissions for a mature repository and concludes that the amount of time spent entering metadata would be as little as 40 minutes per year for a highly active researcher. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/10688/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From darsanshiva at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 16:24:27 2008 From: darsanshiva at gmail.com (sudarsan kumar) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:24:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Written accession register mandatory? Message-ID: Dear LIS forum members Technological developments have restructured all the age old practices and conventional working systems in every realm of human endeavor. Library science is no exception to these transformations. The disappearance of the conventional catalogue cards from the scenario is an example. I have my own doubts as to whether it is mandatory to maintain a written accession register in a library. Does AICTE or other bodies insist on written accession register in libraries? Now most of the software's are having an option to print stock register. Friends please open up. Sudarsan N.R Assistant Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology Karakulam, Trivandrum 09847784502 sudarsannr at gmail.com darsanshiva at gmail.com sudarsannr.blogspot.com sudarsannr.wetpaint.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/20080717/3f3f461e/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Thu Jul 17 18:34:06 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:34:06 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] asking for help Message-ID: Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:17 +0100 From: Samia Nemouchi hello im samia from algeria i need articles about "marketing strategy in information systems". I didn't find any through the Internet. Can somebody help? Thanks, Samia -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ravinandhan at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 18:43:37 2008 From: ravinandhan at gmail.com (Ravi Nandhan) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:43:37 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Calling Delhi KMers In-Reply-To: <200807171226.m6HCQUPP021232@www2.acelogic.com> References: <200807171226.m6HCQUPP021232@www2.acelogic.com> Message-ID: <4801055b0807170613w59355e9cmf2617067c6fda4d2@mail.gmail.com> Hi, Calling all KMers to join the KM community @ New Delhi. Though I had posted the idea a few days back on Orkut, the negativity of Orkut forums which does not inform user about the new post has kept most of us apart. I hope this mail would definitely do wonders in bringing us together for Sharing, Caring and whatever-ing. While at Bengalooru, I had been regularly attending the Bangalore KM - www.k-community.org meets and know the value it carries and benefits all the good companies (ones which have KM) have. Initially it is good if we start it online until a few companies come and participate. Later on we shall have the monthly meetings to discuss, share and learn from each other. There is nothing to worry about the confidential data, we would never use them in our discussions or sessions. All we are going to do is share what we know, learn what we do not know. We may have to arrange the meetings in different corporates once in a month. Let me "Stop Talking ? Start Doing" Requesting you to join Delhi KM Community on Linkedin (if you are not a member on Linkedin please be one, since it is the so called - professional networking service). http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/125245/57E1073545BA To know the Membership Requirement please check www.k-community.org ? also good to be a member here. You are welcome to contact me over phone or mail. Thanks for your K-Sharing in Advance. -- With warm regards, Ravi Nandhan. V KM Specialist The Smart Cube | New Delhi M: +91 9958784666 www.thesmartcube.com ----------------------------------------- Knowledge can be acquired through books, but intelligence only through actions. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ysraoo at gmail.com Thu Jul 17 21:00:18 2008 From: ysraoo at gmail.com (YS Rao) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:18 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Recruitment of Graduate Apprentices in LISc - NIT Rourkela Message-ID: <8e52bd1a0807170830v512a2a6erc295239b7122a0ed@mail.gmail.com> *Dear Professionals,* The National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Biju Patnaik Central Library invites applications for the recruitment of Graduate Apprentices* *in the field of Library and Information Science (LISc). Name and No. of the Posts : *Graduate Apprentices* - 8 Minimum Qualification : BLISc with Bachelor Degree in any discipline Stipend : Rs. 4000/- Duration : One Year Date of Written Test : August 23, 2008 (Time: 9.00 AM to 10.00 AM) Date of Interview (for qualified candidates only) : August 23, 2008 (Time: 2.00 PM) Date of Result Declared : August 23, 2008 (Time: 6.00 PM) Venue : Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela Date of Joining : September 01, 2008 Components of training : Advanced training in Library Classification & Cataloguing System, Automated Circulation System, Digital Library Information System, Information Management & Services, Information Retrieval and Dissemination, etc. Candidates fulfilling the above requirements may send their applications in the prescribed format (see www.nitrkl.ac.in) along with xerox copies of all certificates addressed to the Professor In-Charge Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela-769008, Orissa on or before 15th August 2008. Apprentices would be expected to work on any of the two shifts including night shifts (up to 10.00 PM), Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Hostel accommodation may be provided if available. The applications other than in this format or incomplete applications are liable to be rejected. For details to visit website www.nitrkl.ac.in. Note: The Institute will have no obligation to absorb the Apprentices on completion of the Apprenticeship. Apprentices will be relieved at the end of the training. -- Y. Srinivasa Rao Assistant Librarian NIT Rourkela-769008 Orissa Ph. 0661-2462101 (O) Ph. 0661-2463102 (R) -- 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/20080717/34562a48/attachment-0001.html From gopakumar.v at rediffmail.com Thu Jul 17 23:25:15 2008 From: gopakumar.v at rediffmail.com (Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai) Date: 17 Jul 2008 17:55:15 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Discussions on Part time research and Negative publicity Message-ID: <20080717175515.23069.qmail@f5mail-236-225.rediffmail.com> Dear professional friends, I have been watching the postings that came under the heads "Negative publicity" as well as "Part time research". The discussions on part time research opportunity itself is creating a chance for negative publicity. People who are arguing in a professional forum for something should use polite language. I appreciate the intervention of a senior librarian Dr. Konnur, Bangalore University. Please make this forum a place for fruitful discussions only. Do you know how useful the postings regarding the job opportunities for youngsters? In this juncture, I would like to add something too. The University of Kerala (or the Department of Library and Information Science, KU)has never shown a lenient approach to working librarians. With due respect to my alma-mater, I should say that they have not recognized the courses conducted by any of the universities through distance mode (including IGNOU). This may be the case with other universities too. But why the teachers in those departments go for paper valuations and related jobs? If they are worried about the quality of teaching through distance mode tell the policy makers to change things. Many who responded have already talked with emotions. Let us stop this somewhere! "Librarian teachers" should feel the agony and worries of working librarians. This is my humble request. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Librarian (UGC), University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. gopakumar.v at rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 -- 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/20080717/b85211ce/attachment-0001.html From jksarkhel at hotmail.com Fri Jul 18 00:30:39 2008 From: jksarkhel at hotmail.com (Juran Sarkhel) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:30:39 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part-time Ph.D work Message-ID: Dear LIS Professionals, I have gone through all the comments regarding part-time research. Undoubtedly, such a debate is welcoming one. Only thing I like to point out here that we must be careful in using the language. It should not hurt the feelings of others, whether they are in favour or against of part-time research. The aim of research is not only to earn a Ph.D degree. One may carry out research not merely for obtaining a Ph.D degree but for the purpose of advancing the frontiers of knowledge. We can cite a good number of contributions of LIS professionals in this direction in India and abroad. These contributions have the qualities that deserve our respect, attention and admiration. The contents of LIS have been enriched by these contributions. In respect of Ph D in LIS, personally I feel that the scope of part-time research for LIS professionals should be there since the LIS is an applied discipline and the LIS professional can find out the answer(s) to the research question(s) they faced while practicing the profession. This, in turn, will enrich the different facets of LIS. In this context, I like to draw the attention of our LIS professionals to the following fact: Emanating from the consensus emerged in the National Conference of Vice-Chancellors, organised by the UGC on 10-11 October, 2007, Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, UGC in a letter D.O.No.F.1-2/2008 (XI Plan) dated January 31, 2008 addressed to the Vice-Chancellor urged upon all the universities to initiate the process of implementing academic reforms as incorporated in the 11th Plan of the UGC. In regard to the M.Phil and Ph.D degrees, it has been stated in the said letter that ?the M.Phil and Ph.D programmes need to be made formal. Admission to these programmes should be based on combined merit of entrance examination and interviews conducted by the respective universities. The informal methods currently used in some universities for admission to Ph.D. need to be discontinued and the admission methods to these high level research courses should be made formal and transparent. There is a need to introduce course work in Ph.D, rather than making it only dissertation/thesis based?. With the receipt of this letter, many universities are toying with the idea of discontinuation of part-time Ph.D work and introduction of the course-based full-time Ph.D work. With greetings,Professor J. K. SarkhelDept of Library & Information ScienceUniversity of KalyaniKalyani-741235West Bengal; India _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://msn.coxandkings.co.in/cnk/cnk.do -- 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/20080718/f47591f2/attachment-0001.html From murari at nio.org Fri Jul 18 09:10:38 2008 From: murari at nio.org (MP Tapaswi) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:10:38 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Written accession register mandatory? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <032d01c8e888$0b76f200$11281bac@nio.org> Dear Shri Sudarsan, We have been 'printing' records in the standard format of accession register from the database for last several years and filing these loose sheets as 'accession register'. Auditors have no objection to this. We produce this document as accession register when they arrive to our institute for audit. Regards, - Murari Tapaswi -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of sudarsan kumar Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:24 PM To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Written accession register mandatory? Dear LIS forum members Technological developments have restructured all the age old practices and conventional working systems in every realm of human endeavor. Library science is no exception to these transformations. The disappearance of the conventional catalogue cards from the scenario is an example. I have my own doubts as to whether it is mandatory to maintain a written accession register in a library. Does AICTE or other bodies insist on written accession register in libraries? Now most of the software's are having an option to print stock register. Friends please open up. Sudarsan N.R Assistant Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology Karakulam, Trivandrum 09847784502 sudarsannr at gmail.com darsanshiva at gmail.com sudarsannr.blogspot.com sudarsannr.wetpaint.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From librarymahad at pidilite.co.in Fri Jul 18 10:24:37 2008 From: librarymahad at pidilite.co.in (librarymahad) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:24:37 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated)Careerist aspirant Librarians References: <80b6c0c10807170121w5b8992c0j68fe13fe62a55fba@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <008a01c8e892$753891d0$0f32a8c0@pidilite.net> Dear all, For a few days, this discussion is going on and on. When will it be stopped. I think we are throwing dirt to each other. Nobody is analysing the real problem. If any librarian (already in job) is able to do Ph. D. as a casual or part time scholar, then what harm s/he is doing? We have to see it as a positive attitude of that scholar librarian. The question is "Are we willing to upgrade ourselves?" If the answer is 'yes', then why we are fighting for? All the times, there were some orthodox people. It is there today. And it will be there tomorrow. Keeping in mind the same we have to go ahead. I, as a library professional feel that we should go with the modern trend. If the modern trend has the demand for Ph. D. for upgrade, then what is the problems if someone can manage his duty as well as can do Ph. D? I think some senior library professionals don't want the junior should come forward. If you see in another angle it is dirty politics they are playing. In the western countries a person has several choices to upgrade the education. But in our country we are fighting for education. It is shamful to us (particularly for library professional) that we are protesting against education. If you say about the quality of education system. I think, we have to do lot of exercise on it. We can take example Well known scientists and authors, we can see they have done their best during their on job period. This is not to hurt anybody. This is totally my view. Regards, Pradip Das ----- Original Message ----- From: Pandurang Konnur To: Rajan Cc: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in ; IALA ; iatlis at yahoogroups.com ; nmlis at yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated)Careerist aspirant Librarians Dear All the Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated) Careerist aspirant Librarians, I strongly protest the words used by (Dr?)Mr. Rajashekharan (parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians). The meaning of these word denotes that Unsophisticated underpositioned who are aspiring for their increments and promotions and the word "underemployed librarians" also denote that "Undeserved" (If my meaning is wrong any one may correct me). I do not know how Mr. rajashekharan has raised to the position he holds and what INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SCHOOL he has been produced from. But to my knowledge most of the contemporary Librarians have joined their services either after their Masters Degree level and some of them like me have joined at a lower cadre in Libraries and did their Basic degrees and Professional degrees during their service. (I agree that some of the open universities have spoiled the quality of LIS education, but not IGNOU). I am an example for that, I joined as an Attender in Department of Public Libraries in Karnataka and raised step by step by acquiring degrees (Evening Cources) and professional course by deputation to a regular course and completed Part time PhD in Library Public Relations. Entire country has seen my expertice and initiatives done in Goa University and Bangalore University as University Librarian. I was also selected by the Fulbright Foundation as a Scholar in the year 2002-03 If (Dr?)Mr. Rajashekharan wants to challenge my knowledge content, I am ready. My another question to Mr. Rajashekharan is that: Are these so called standard Universities which are helping for advancing fronteres of knowledge have done away with part time research in all the subjects or only for Library Science? If an Assistant Registrar or any non teaching employee of these standard Universities desires to register for his doctorate degree in Social Science subjects, is he permitted to do or not? If yes for the above question, why not for Librarians? Mr. Rajashekharan, using standard English Language will not elevate a Librarians to a higher standards. He need to serve people with dedication and gain their confidence. This work can be done by any parochial careeristic aspirant and under-employed librarians. If you want to witness this kind of service, please visit my Library during your visit to Bangalore on 19th of July 08. Mr. Rajashekharan, I suggest you to kindly stop giving such provocative statements on the discussion forums and waste our time in responding to them. I hope my other parochial careeristic Librarian friends will advise him and mr/mrs Pune Das. Thanks, Dr.P.V.Konnur President IALA. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ On 7/16/08, Rajan wrote: Dear All, It seems that the library careerists masquerading as professionals, may not be able to appreciate the pre-eminence of the decisions of a few universities like Kerala University & JNU which dispensed with part time research of working librarians. Standard Universities institute research to serve the public purposes of advancing the frontiers of knowledge rather than to address the parochial careeristic aspiration of a few under-employed librarians to gain a couple of increments or a shortened tenure of career advancement. There exist innumerable universities which would send a doctorate degree for a payment of a fee and submission of any typed rubbish in the form of a thesis. Such degrees will be enough for anyone to get a higher job, if he is ready to invest some sort of 'political capital' into his career desires. So kindly let some other universities like JNU to have provision for some sort of qualitative kind of research, by committed fulltime researchers leading to the growth of professional body of knowledge in librarianship, as a measure to ensure plurality of options. If the thinking about upliftment of library profession revolves round gaining increments, obtaining promotions or supremacy of designation, the library fraternity cannot grow above the level of a clerk, a store keeper or at the most a technician. That would not be good for improving the professional image of librarians in general which is at the low ebb right now. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Thrissur ----- Original Message ----- From: Puna Das Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research Dear Colleagues India?s one of the top universities Jawaharlal Nehru University is followed the same rule, i.e., direct PhD enrolment is allowed to full-time researchers only. A world-class thesis is produced there in JNU only because of this rule. I welcome the decision of University of Kerala. Other universities should also follow the same and raise the university research standards in India. UGC, AICTE, CSIR, ICMR and other apex bodies should revise their rules on study leaves and should allow working library professionals to avail this facility. With Best Wishes Anup -- 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.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library at bub.ernet.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. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20080718/17e0608b/attachment.html From bjsane at gmail.com Fri Jul 18 10:45:15 2008 From: bjsane at gmail.com (bhagyashree sane) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:45:15 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Written accession register mandatory? Message-ID: <2abe3a7e0807172215q1da75bb5ye888b79d31d50bbc@mail.gmail.com> Dear Sudarsan, We are following the parallal practice of maintaining Accn Register virtual and manual since last 3 yrs. We take print out of Accn register from Libsys everyday/after accessioning and get the printouts bound for the period April to March. We had submitted the same to AICTE during the visit. Similarly one may keep the same on CD/s and preserve. I think AICTE or similar body is concerned about the contents and physical presence of Accn Register and not the media. Bhagyashree J. Sane Chief Librarian Alma Mater Library National Insurance Academy Pune 411 045 Ph:20-27204064 bjsane at gmail.com bsane at niapune.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/20080718/cf1d949a/attachment.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Fri Jul 18 13:09:56 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:09:56 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part Time Research In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <56249.98168.qm@web8608.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Colleague Yes, you can do PhD in Scientometrics/ Informetrics from JNU's Centre for Studies in Science Policy. Few other Centres in SSS and SIS of JNU also invite PhD applications for interdisciplinary studies, where qualified librarians (MLIS) can fit into. Direct PhD Admission is given twice in a year. Wish You All the best. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Thu, 17/7/08, lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in wrote: From: lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 64, Issue 23 To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008, 6:23 PM Dear All, If India's top renowned university JNU starts P.G course in Library and information Science then "World Class" theses will also be produced in INDIA. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-241870-873 Ext:3018/3017(O) 5215 (R) www.tolani.edu From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- 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/20080718/0710deea/attachment.html From eyeroor at gmail.com Fri Jul 18 13:23:13 2008 From: eyeroor at gmail.com (NIKHIL EYEROOR) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:23:13 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum] Parochial (Narrow-minded/Close minded/unsophisticated) Careerist aspirant Librarians Message-ID: <412ff7420807180053s12786a77m284839fb7c83d204@mail.gmail.com> Dear LIS forum Members Hats off to Dr. Konnur! If Universities deny part time research and belittle Open University degrees and part-time degrees, we could lose several real professionals in our field. Such draconian laws by Universities make us doubt that we are still in the Stone Age. The real life story of Dr. Konnur from library attender to University Librarian is more motivating than 1000s of motivational literature and a blast to the dark forces which deny the right of knowledge seekers. Let this hardcore life experience of Dr. Konnur shed light into the narrow mind of decision makers who deny the democratic right of research aspirants and let this help them revise the decision for the goodness of our profession. Warm regards -- NIkhil Eyeroor Chief Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology, Green Hills, Karakulam, Trivandrum Pin: 695 564 Mob: 09447515691 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From konnur at bub.ernet.in Sun Jul 20 12:04:59 2008 From: konnur at bub.ernet.in (Pandurang Konnur) Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:04:59 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article Request Message-ID: <80b6c0c10807192334ldbcdd7fi1c04e96ff40c7b69@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, SORRY FOR CROSS POSTINGS If any one subscribe/ Access electronically the following paper, Kindly send me a copy: Journal of Educational Computing Research Issue: Volume 21, Number 1 / 1999 Pages: 1 - 23 Teachers' Conceptions of the Internet and the World Wide Web: A Representational Toolkit as a Model of Expertise Thanks, Konnur -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library at bub.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna at i2.com Mon Jul 21 11:31:51 2008 From: Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna at i2.com (Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna at i2.com) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:31:51 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Opening in Novell Software Library - Contract position Message-ID: Hi All, There is an opening for the position Information - Executive at Novell Software India Pvt. Ltd. Following are the requirements in brief: Maintenance of Library: Coordinating with the vendors for Books Purchase / Journal Subscription. Cataloguing and Classifying them Taking care of the links of freely available e-books and e-journals. Handling of Audio / Video Resources Managing the Software Licenses. CAS, News alert services Working hours: Working hours - 10:15 - 07:30 Salary: According to the Industry Standards. Preference to be given for Science graduates Pls contact Mr. Vijayakumar on 98451 07449 OR tvijayakumar at novell.com for more details Thanks ~ Sreeharsha BG -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From dineshank at gmail.com Fri Jul 18 17:03:15 2008 From: dineshank at gmail.com (Dr.Dineshan K) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:03:15 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part-time research Message-ID: <6060699e0807180433t3371fbb8q1c9a98a7821002a6@mail.gmail.com> Dear Mr. Rajasekharan and other professional colleagues In response to Mr. Rajasekharan's remark about Kerala University's decision to stop part-time research facility to librarians, I would like to say with all respect to him that he has also become part of the feudal librarianship. Dear Rajasekharan sir, your remark is quite unreasonable, unbecoming and unexpected from a senior professional like you. What do you expect from academic research? You must also remember that Law of Gravity was not the result of any part-time or full time research. I would like to express my solidarity with Dr. Chudamani who took Ph. D. with the interest of acquiring knowledge. I took my Ph.D. from Calicut University through part-time research. You can find more than a dozen Ph.D. theses in library science in Calicut University contributed through part-time as well as full time research. You may kindly compare these theses and come to a conclusion whether quality comes out of part-time or full time if you have deep knowledge in research methodology. There may be good and bad theses in both the groups. Sir, quality comes out of human endeavour, not through stream of research. Dozens of students and researchers including the full time scholars in central universities are contacting me regularly over phone and e-mail to clarify their doubts in research methods and for assistance. It is not because I have done full time Ph.D. You may be right in one sense that some persons are getting some posts through political influence. Let them enjoy that. Sir, if you do not know, I have Ist Rank MLISc, NET, Ph. D, PGDCA and some other degrees. Many of them I acquired after entering the library profession. I got no extra paise out of this. Even after 15 years of service, I am still a Junior Librarian without having even the eligibility to apply for the post of Deputy Librarian and I do not have research guideship in any Indian university. In your opinion this may be because of the political mafia in Kerala rather academic mafia I would say. You must not forget about people who have received and are still receiving all the benefits of UGC without doing anything. I do feel that doing something whether research or any other academic/ professional activity is better than simply sleeping in the library and receiving UGC salary. The feudal thought of some "man gods" in library science that every thing should revolve round him has already shattered the library profession in Kerala. You too have bitter experience of that kind. We expect supporting words and helping hands to the young professionals from people like you. -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai (Secretary, Kerala Library Association, Kozhikode Region) Calicut University Study Centre P.T.Usha Road Kozhikode-673 032 -- 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/20080718/827aa40a/attachment-0001.html From kshipra.sardesai at gmail.com Fri Jul 18 17:33:22 2008 From: kshipra.sardesai at gmail.com (Kshipra Sardesai) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:33:22 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] [INDIA-LIS] FW: Indian Librarians Forum [ILF] In-Reply-To: <487ED78A.6000005@newgenlib.com> References: <18818826.1216187060480.JavaMail.root@127.0.0.1> <487ED78A.6000005@newgenlib.com> Message-ID: <8751201f0807180503ped4dd51qf83f1a2e08e68e2@mail.gmail.com> Dear Pujar, Thanks for the information which is a lamp post movement initiative in this profession. *a.*The issues regarding the post of Information Providers/Librarians in the organisations where those are occupied by the officials other than Librarians may be an one of the agenda. *b. *The academic and college libraries must be with technical staff for in-house instead of peons. *c.* The librarians should not just be a goldsmith of knowledge society. *d.Sir, I like your idea/image of Librarian as Ornamental role* I am also enthu to assist in such missions and make a parallel position of library professionals as it is in Europian Countries. Regards Kshipra Sardesai Librarian, RBI, Dept of Statistics & Information Management Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400 051 022-26572315 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:54 AM, L J Haravu wrote: > This is an excellent initiative and all serious minded professionals should > contribute to the forum (ILF). I was fortunate to participate in the IFLA > seminar and all of us were struck forcefully at the manner in which public > libraries in Europe implement advocacy programmes and the success they have > met with. > > For a start I think we can begin with some of these ideas: > > > 1. Develop case studies of successful interactions between library > staff and users (e.g., faculty, students) resulting in adding value to the > user, e.g., in their development of good course material. > 2. Such case studies should be publicized not only with the local > managements but also across institutions even as well in written news > reports including the possibility of developing small videos which can be > posted to sites like YouTube > 3. Sponsor an objective study (This can probably be done by an all > India body - ILA, IASLIC, IALA) which targets say the academic libraries in > the country (or a select sample). The study should result in a thorough > analysis of how well libraries are stocked, staffed, used and more > importantly how well the libraries fit into the learning and knowledge > environment of the different institution's concerned. I feel that the > teachers in most of our educational instns., (with a few notable exceptions) > are more focussed on syllabi and completing it rather than learning and > knowledge; most students are focussed on passing examinations and getting > degrees and not on developing self-reliance, knowledge, and skills and the > capacity to reflect, discuss, communicate and question. In such a scenario, > neither the teachers nor the students think that the library has more than > an ornamental role to play in the scheme of things. How can libraries make a > difference in such a scenario is a question that requires a different > approach than what we have all along been doing. I hope the forum will raise > such issues. I would be happy to participate in such a study. > > Thanks. > > Haravu > > > Shamprasad Pujar wrote: > > ** Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** > * > -- Original Message -- > *From: Digital Library Research Group > To: dlrg at drtc.isibang.ac.in > Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:59:30 +0530 (IST) > Subject: [Dlrg] ILF: Indian Librarians Forum > > Dear Colleagues, > > As already informed through this forum and other modes of communication, > Max Mueller Bhavan in collaboration with the French Embassy, British > Council and Instituto Cervantes organised "Libraries on the Agenda" ": An > International Seminar on Library Advocacy. The seminar was also supported > by The National Knowledge Commission. > > The seminar was intended to provide a platform to Indian professionals and > other stakeholders to explore ways and means of taking the NKC > recommendations to the implementation stage. The seminar culminated into > workshops and the professionals taking part in the workshops deliberated > upon developing a blue print and an action plan, which would be helpful in > reviving and modernising the library landscape in India. The Executive > summary of the workshop results is available at the National Knowledge > Commission website at: > > http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ > > One of the suggestions given by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman NKC, while > delivering the inaugural address during the seminar was to form a group of > librarians to carry out library advocacy work, to sensitise the government > bodies and the other stake holders about the needs of the profession and > to help NKC in its efforts towards taking the recommendations given to the > implementation stage. > > An "Indian Librarians Forum" (ILF) came into existence as a follow up to > the seminar and is accessible at: > > http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ILF > > Dr. Ravinder Kumar Chadha is the convener of this Forum. > > The main objectives of the forum are: > > -To initiate an effective advocacy campaign/plan with clear goals and > objectives; to use media effectively and to lobby with legislators and > decision makers at the political/administrative level as well as > stakeholders who shape the public opinion and control support for library > services > > - To find the ways and means for librarians to be more visible not only in > their own organizations, but also in their community and state > > - To support NKC in implementation of the recommendations of the working > group on libraries > > - To offer a platform to all the Indian Librarians to have a view about > the legislative framework, required support and financial backing to the > library sector, which in turn will facilitate the coordinated development > of libraries across different sectors > > Some of the most profound changes in our world have come about as a result > of efforts in the form of social movements. Often these movements > germinated in the minds of a few people who rose up for a cause, then > blossomed into mass mobilizations that have ended up bringing major > changes in the world. This is the power of the movements - what people > without access to power can not accomplish > alone, they can accomplish together through collective action. The > thinking behind ILF (Indian Lirbarians' Forum) is to motivate and mobilise > collective professional thoughts that eventually would lead towards the > transformation of the LIS sector in India. > > All the library professionals are encouraged to become members and to join > the discussion forum to voice their opinion and suggestions. Please note > that it is not a general discussion forum. Members are requested to post > e-mails regarding NKC recommendations only. > > Dr. R.K. Chadha > ilf at drtc.isibang.ac.in > Indian Librarians Forum > > > > _______________________________________________ > DLRG mailing list > DLRG at drtc.isibang.ac.in > http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/dlrg > > > > > Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar > Deputy Librarian > Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research > Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) > MUMBAI-400 065, India > > Phone: 91-22-2841 6565 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 565 > E-mail: pujar at igidr.ac.in > URL: http://www.igidr.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/20080718/1d7bca9f/attachment-0001.html From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com Fri Jul 18 17:50:12 2008 From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:50:12 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Indian Currency Note(Rs.10-1, 000) :Know more on Reserve Bank of India Site Message-ID: Dear Members', 1. Log on to www.rbi.org.in 2. Click to For Common Person (which is at right down corner of the RBI homepage) 3. Then a new Window will open (http://www.rbi.org.in/commonman/English/Scripts/Home.aspx) 4. In Financial Education section Go to Advertisements Then Go to Currency Note Posters (http://www.rbi.org.in/commonman/English/Scripts/CurrencyNotePosters.aspx) Here u'll get Reserve Bank of India Department of Currency Management Know your Bank Note (of Rupees 10 - 1,000) Salient Features Obverse (Front) Side Reverse (Back) Side & Other Salient Features N.B. :- This Webpage is not Printable. Acknowledgement :- I am thankful to Ms. Kshipra Sardesai, Librarian, Department of Statistics & Information Management, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai for providing me this information. Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Officers' Training College for Indian Railways Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From nagaraj_msrcp at rediffmail.com Fri Jul 18 17:52:35 2008 From: nagaraj_msrcp at rediffmail.com (nag naga raja) Date: 18 Jul 2008 12:22:35 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Regarding part time Ph.D Message-ID: <20080718122235.43099.qmail@f4mail-235-238.rediffmail.com> Dear LIS professionals I read many comments about part time Ph.D.My opinion is that working librarians having more experience can do part time Ph.D. The limit of experience can be decided by the individual universities.It cab be 8 years or 10 years.The only thing important is that the research work should be new and useful to the LIS and to the society. The out come of the research should be the solution to the current problems of LIS whether it may be a part time or full time Ph.D work.The working librarians having more experience cannot compete with the candidates with Ph.D with less experience.And also there should not discriminate between part time and full time Ph.D's.There should not be any restriction to gain knowledge in any subject. Why working librarians have to be kept in dark place.It is the responsibility of all the Universities to maintain quality or standards in admission and award of Ph.D's.So I request all the librarians to urge the concerned bodies to maintain quality or standards in admission and award of Ph.D's,rather than simply to stop part time Ph.D's. A.Nagaraja Librarian ABMR College of Pharmacy Bangalore NAGARAJA.A -- 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/20080718/5a7197bf/attachment-0001.html From akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in Sat Jul 19 00:21:30 2008 From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:21:30 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Call for Paper extended -- 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20080718185130.M66945@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Friends As you all are aware that In Commomoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Founder Sir J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute Bose Institute is celebrating year long programme. This year Bose Institute will organize the 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC. Theme : LIBRARY PROFESSION IN SEARCH OF A NEW PARADIGM Date : 10-13 December, 2008 Venue : Bose Institute, Kolkata Call for papers -- Important Dates Submissions of Papers : August 30, 2008 Acceptance of Papers : September 20, 2008 Camera-ready copy of Papers : October 3, 2008 For details and semainar updates / Brochure --- pl. visit : www.iaslic1955.org, http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar.html/workshop.html Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 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 ram.mlib at gmail.com Sat Jul 19 22:41:31 2008 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:41:31 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] How are Social Network Sites Embedded in the Web? An Exploratory Link Analysis Message-ID: Dear Professional, Social Neworking concept became a very popular among organisation and people.It is a kind of Knowledge Management tool for create, build and share knowledge.I find an interesting article on this tipic.Hope it will be useful for you also.Here i am giving part of abstract and link... Social networking sites like MySpace represent a new and powerful communication technology, rivalling even commercial search engines in terms of total visits. There is hence a need to understand how these sites relate to the rest of the Web. For this study, links to the U.S. top twenty social network sites were gathered from commercial search engines and investigated using an information science link analysis........ full article available on :http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v12i1p1.html -- 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 susmitachakraborty94 at gmail.com Sat Jul 19 23:49:03 2008 From: susmitachakraborty94 at gmail.com (Susmita Chakraborty) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:49:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Book Publishers Entry to LIS Forum Message-ID: <5dffc13e0807191119o22d25f8eqd9bb871349862c51@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, >From a couple of weeks or more, we are regularly getting mails from Viva Books through LIS FORUM. As librarian, we may need book-catalogues, etc. But should we allow publishers and booksellers to use our Forum. I sincerely hope, NOT. This is our private Forum where we librarians share our professional achievements/ worries and what not. Being an informal platform, sometimes we also get carried away with our emotions and talk not with our heads but hatreds. Let us confine our sighs and sorrows, our delights and our dogmas within ourselves and bar Viva Books and such other business people from entering our brief heaven. With best wishes. Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering and Science University (http://www.becs.ac.in) Shibpur, Howrah-3, West Bengal, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/ -- 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/20080719/2ded2657/attachment.html From divya100ni at rediffmail.com Fri Jul 18 16:53:08 2008 From: divya100ni at rediffmail.com (divya soni) Date: 18 Jul 2008 11:23:08 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time PHD Message-ID: <20080718112308.12962.qmail@f4mail-235-231.rediffmail.com> Respected Professionals, I am very new in the profession but i feel there is need for the thrust of knowledge in our professional for establishing thenselves among the other professions. see we all always worried abt the standard of our professionals with respect to the knowledge and compatibility with the newly emerged knowledge and trends.dont you all thinks at one side we worried abt that all and another side if any of us wants to upgrade themselves with any parttime courses we restrict them, i think this is the dual mentality. i feel our existance is still like a storekeepers, if we truely wanna to make people realise importance of our profession and ourselves we encourage the like peoples to learn and updated more for survival. Phd is not only a need for increment but also for knowledge. you all are senior and most respectful to me but i would like to say thet if u all see the reality we are (not all) legging behind. all the professions allow their professionals to join the training and courses but in case of us all upper level people think there is no need to librarians for training and other expertise. do some thing positive , if we not choose to lead, we always led by others. Miss. Divya Soni Professional Trainee Library Indian Institute of Management Indore, Pigdamber Rau, Phone-91-731-4228625-628 Mobile No.-09926624935 Indore -- 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/20080718/f4322a7b/attachment.html From mohan19031965 at yahoo.com Mon Jul 21 15:45:35 2008 From: mohan19031965 at yahoo.com (Mohan T A) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:15:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time Research Message-ID: <66238.37577.qm@web31608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ? Dear all With reference to recent decision to withdrawal of ?in service Ph.D. programme by JNU University and Kerala University which will affect the academic progress of inservice librarians. I would like to suggest that Library and Information Science should be introduced as one of the subjects at pre university ?and undergraduate level along with other ?subjects viz. physics , mathematics, biology, History, economics ?etc. This will hugely ?benefit library graduates and postgraduates; in academic excellence and job opportunities Mohan T.A. Librarian Central Library BLDE University Bijapur -- 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/20080721/4a5da903/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Jul 21 17:01:37 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:01:37 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part-Time research Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:56 +0530 From: vijay anand dear professionals, I don't think that if JNU starts PG course in Library & Inf. Sc. then "World Class" thesis will be produced there. In my opinion, the quality of research depends upon the scholars,guides and the facilities provided by the instiutions. thanks Vijay Anand Head, Library MCRPSV, Noida Campus From khushpreet.singh at gmail.com Tue Jul 22 12:18:07 2008 From: khushpreet.singh at gmail.com (khushpreet singh) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:18:07 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] need an article Message-ID: Dear professional I need this article urgently "False Drops-How they arise...how to avoid them" by Elaine Wagner published in Online volume 10 issue 5 (September 1986) pp. 93-96 If anyone have access please send me at my email khushpreet.singh at gmail.com thanking you Khushpreet Singh Librarian Guru Nanak Ayu. Medical college Muktsar (Punjab) email: khushpreet.singh at gmail.com mobile: 09815303000 -- 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/20080722/0051d2b5/attachment-0001.html From rupak at pu.ac.in Tue Jul 22 15:53:09 2008 From: rupak at pu.ac.in (Rupak Chakravarty) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:23:09 -1200 Subject: [LIS-Forum] XXV IATLIS National Conference, 2008 Message-ID: <20080722101606.M70857@pu.ac.in> Dear LIS Teachers and Professionals, We are pleased to announce that the annualIATLIS conference is to be held at Department of Library &Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The theme of theconference is ?Changing Face of LISEducation: Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies?.The conference is scheduled to be held during November 27-29, 2008. Theme ofthe Conference: ChangingFace of LIS Education: Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies Sub-Themes: * Emerging Paradigms: Causes and Consequences * Learner, Knowledge and Assessment Centered Environments * LIS Education and Job-market expectations * Emerging Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies * Collaborative Learning and Teaching * Best Practices in Teaching, Learning in Assessment and Evaluation * Open and Distance Learning (ODL) * Continuing Professional Development * New Curricula and New methods of Teaching * Research agenda and literature support symbiosis of classroom, computers, library and the web * Future of LIS Education: Convergence and Divergence Call forPapers: Papers onthe above facets of the basic theme ?Changing Face of LISEducation: Learning Styles and Teaching Methodologies? for theXXV-IATLIS National Conference should reach Dr. B.D. Kumbar, GeneralSecretary, IATLIS, C/o Department of Library Information Science,Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, on or before Oct 31st, 2008. The paper should not be more than 3000 words. Please sendyour paper in print and electronic form on a 3�″ floppy or CD inWord and a soft copy through email to bdkumbar at yahoo.com.Registration:IndianDelegates:?????? ??? Sponsored???? ??? ?????? ??? ?? :??? ??? Rs.2500/- ??? ??? ??? Non-Sponsored?????? ??? ??? :??? ??? Rs. 2000/-?????? ??? RetdProfessionals??? ??? ?? :??? ??? Rs.1500/-?????? ??? LocalParticipants??? ??????? : ??? ???Rs.1500/- ForeignDelegates:??? ??? ??? SARRCCountries:????? $ 100??? ??? ??? OtherCountries: ? ? ?? $ 150 Theregistration fee covers conference kit, proceedings of theconference, accommodation, boarding and local transport. Accompanyingperson shall not be entitled for conference kit. Delegatesare requested to include registration fees for accompanying personwhile forwarding their registration forms since it would not bepossible to entertain last minute requests in view of shortage ofaccommodation. Delegates are also requested to intimate their travelplan in advance to avoid inconvenience.The DemandDraft along with duly filled Registration Form should be sent on orbefore November 15, 2008 to:Prof.Ranjana VohraChairperson & Organising Secretary XXV IATLIS National Conference Deptt. of Library andInformation ScienceArts Block IVPanjab University, Chandigarh160014Email:ranjanashiv at yahoo.comPhone no.(0172)2541866, 2534769/ 71Mobile: 09915338208 ImportantDates: ??? ??? ??? Receiptof full papers: 31st October, 2008 ?? ???? ??? Lastdate for Registration: 15 November, 2008 ??? ??? ??? SeminarDates: 27-29 November, 2008 Weextend a very cordial invitation to all LIS teachers and librariansfor participation in XXV IATLIS National Conference 2008. * Prof. C.R. Karisiddappa, President, IATLIS, Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003. Email: karisiddappa at gmail.com. Cell - 09880329880 * Dr. B.D.Kumbar, General Secretary, IATLIS, Dept. of Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580003. Email: bdkumbar at yahoo.com. Cell ? 099454 08212 * Prof. Ranjana Vohra, Organizing Secretary, Chairperson, Deptt. of Library and Information Science,?Arts Block IV, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, Email: ranjanashiv at yahoo.com, Phone no. (office) (0172) 2541866, 2534769, 2534771 * Prof. Preeti Mahajan, Joint Organizing Secretary, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Arts Block IV, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, Email: ipreeti2001 at yahoo.com, Phone no. (office) (0172) 2534773, 2541866 For more information please visit: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Regards and Best Wishes. Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # ?(0172) 2700459(R) ? ? ? ? (0172) 2534775(O) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 9217133380(M) ? ? ? ? ? Email: rupak2811 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/20080721/edd4dfe1/attachment-0001.html From amitt at niper.ac.in Mon Jul 21 16:59:26 2008 From: amitt at niper.ac.in (Thapar, Amit) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:59:26 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy- Scientific Asstt (C) Library-NISER, Bhubaneshwar Message-ID: <59EE590A04F143E28BF2195AB7C0FA4C@Amit> National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) (An Autonomous Institution within Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India) Institute of Physics Campus, Sachivalaya Marg, P.O. Sainink School, Bhubaneswar 751005 Advt. No. 05/2008 The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) has been setup at Bhubaneswar by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of the Government of India to be a unique institution of its kind pursuing undergraduate and post-graduate education in science combined with frontline research. The Institute is now looking for suitable Indian Nationals for appointment, on regular/deputation basis, to the following posts: a.. Scientific Asstt (C) Library: 01 Post a.. Pay: Rs. 6,500 - 10,500 Last Date: 29.08.08 For full details please visit the official website of NISER http://niser.iopb.res.in http://niser.iopb.res.in/session08-09/NISER-staff-08.php Vacancy details REgards, amit at urservice -- 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/20080721/fe06e241/attachment.html From amitt at niper.ac.in Mon Jul 21 17:02:30 2008 From: amitt at niper.ac.in (Thapar, Amit) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:02:30 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy-Technical Assistant-CLRI, Chennai Message-ID: <767BD577932F4252AD1F1D2FD8F06D0C@Amit> Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)) Adyar, Chennai-600020 Advt. No. 3/2008 Online Application invited for the following posts on or before 19th August, 2008. 1.. Technical Assistant Gr .III(1) : 01 post (OBC), Pay Scale : Rs.4500-7000/-, Age : 31 years Application Fee : Rs.100/- drawn in favour of Director, CLRI payable at Chennai. How to Apply : Apply Online. Print out ot completed applications with recent passport size photograph supported by attested copies of certificates should be sent to the Controller of Administration, Central Leather Research Institute, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai- 600020 so as to reach on or before 19/09/2008. Please visit http://www.tn.nic.in/clri/ for details and online submission of application. regards, amit at urservice -- 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/20080721/c947686f/attachment.html From susmitachakraborty94 at gmail.com Mon Jul 21 17:16:44 2008 From: susmitachakraborty94 at gmail.com (Susmita Chakraborty) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:16:44 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Attending nation/international seminar/conference/symposium Message-ID: <5dffc13e0807210446q21cc748bi3f05b2fc5f151be3@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, Pl let me know the leave/funding and other rules of your university with regard to attending nation/international seminar/conference/symposium, etc. I want to compare my university rules with respect to that. Thanks & regards. Ms. Susmita Chakraborty Bengal Engineering and Science University (http://www.becs.ac.in) Shibpur, Howrah-3, West Bengal, India Email: susmitachakraborty94[at]gmail[dot]com Personal Blog: http://susmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends http://www.geocities.com/manas_teghari/ -- 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/20080721/ed16104d/attachment.html From rupak at pu.ac.in Tue Jul 22 08:43:54 2008 From: rupak at pu.ac.in (Rupak Chakravarty) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:13:54 -1200 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Microsft's Live Mesh Message-ID: <20080722030432.M68426@pu.ac.in> https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/Welcome.aspx According to ReadWriteWeb "The new Live Mesh service that justlaunched as an invite only "technology preview" is Microsoft's attemptto tie all of our data together. Live Mesh synchronizes data acrossmultiple devices (currently just Windows computers, but theoreticallyit will extend to mobile and other devices in the future) as well as toa web desktop that exists in the cloud. It can sync data across devicesused by a single users, as well as create shared spaces for multipleusers. On the surface, Mesh is a lot like competing file sync servicessuch as Dropbox, SugarSync (which we covered in January), and even Microsoft's own FolderShare product. But what sets Live Mesh apart is its platform approach." But: At present the tech preview program is currently full Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # ?(0172) 2700459(R) ? ? ? ? (0172) 2534775(O) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 9217133380(M) ? ? ? ? ? Email: rupak2811 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/20080721/404fb7c8/attachment.html From pantdeepak2005 at gmail.com Wed Jul 23 11:29:01 2008 From: pantdeepak2005 at gmail.com (DEEPAK PANT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:29:01 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article request Message-ID: <324a6c810807222259o45aa7cfdy8c567570fd4ec3cc@mail.gmail.com> Dear Moderator kindly post the message: Kindly send the undermentioned article, which is urgently required: Lymphatic filariasis:possible pathophysiological nexus with oxidative stress Transanction of royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol.100 (7) 2006 p. no. 656-662 Thanking you, Deepak Pant Libraray and Infomation Assistant National institute of communicable diseases, delhi pantdeepak2005 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/20080723/4c641de5/attachment-0001.html From angrosh at isim.ac.in Wed Jul 23 11:52:22 2008 From: angrosh at isim.ac.in (Angrosh) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:52:22 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] M.Tech @ ISiM, University of Mysore - Admissions Open Message-ID: For those looking for an exciting career in information systems and management - Admissions are now open for a truly multidisciplinary M.Tech Programme in Information Systems and Management offered by the International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore in collaboration with some of the leading Information Schools in the US. What do we offer? ? Cutting edge global curriculum blending the science, technology and management of information. Our course catalogue includes courses ranging from information economics to software systems to data mining and data warehousing to information security. Check out our syllabus for details. ? Truly international learning experience ? with faculty drawn from our partner institutions. Course would be taught by world renowned experts from across the academia and industry ? Need based Bridge courses ? World class facilities ? a brand new well appointed 24 x 7 accessible Wi-Fi enabled building. ? Internships and projects with leading industry partners ? Informal but rigorous pedagogy Who is eligible? Engineering Graduates / 4-Year Degree Graduates (10+2+4) / Master?s Degree in any Discipline Admissions based on CAT/MAT/GATE/PGCET/ISiM Entrance Test Scores Course Fee: Rs. 60,000/- per year Last date for receiving applications: July 28, 2008 Course start date: September 1, 2008 ISiM Collaborating Partners: ? Dalhousie University, Canada ? University of Michigan, USA ? University of Pittsburgh, USA ? Syracuse University, USA ? International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore ? Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore For application forms and more details, please visit www.isim.ac.in or contact us at: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore ? 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Mobile: Angrosh - 98869 70411 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: office at isim.ac.in *************************************************** M. A. Angrosh Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh at isim.ac.in website: www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From adhinarayanan99 at yahoo.co.in Wed Jul 23 13:06:02 2008 From: adhinarayanan99 at yahoo.co.in (DR.K.ADHINARAYANAN) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:06:02 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Need of Book Supplier/Vendor address: Message-ID: <534990.49946.qm@web94915.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, I need the book supplier/vendor or those who are dealing the following subject area: Value Education,Science in Ancient India, History of Science in India,Indian Scientific Heritage, Indian science Technology,Ancient Indian Mathematics,Indian Astronomy,Vedic Mathematics,Cultural Education in India,Indian sciences through ages Computing Science in Ancinet India etc. Kindly send me the address,e-mail,phone numbers of the vendors. Sincerely,? Dr. K. Adhinarayanan, Amrita University, Coimbatore-641105,Tamilnadu INDIA? Tel:Resi:91-422-2430827 Mobile:098940-43062 From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ns.harinarayana at gmail.com Wed Jul 23 13:13:42 2008 From: ns.harinarayana at gmail.com (N.S. Harinarayana) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:13:42 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time research Message-ID: <5d6bc5c70807230043v73d1d3d7v8c0a0ca6c75d9dce@mail.gmail.com> Lot of discussion is going on the topic 'part-time Vs fill-time research'. I would like to share my ideas. All of us agree that quality of higher education in general; PhD in particular is a matter of concern. Various measures to maintain the quality have been the taken in the past. For example introduction of UGC-NET scheme, in my opinion, is a quality control mechanism adopted by UGC for employment and research grants. It is working fairly well. Different universities follow different strategies for maintaining the quality. Like many other universities, for example, University of Mysore also follows an entrance test for admission to MLISc course. Though this move was initially resisted, now it has been accepted. There may not be a huge difference. However, there is a noticeable change in the quality of input. Similarly I am sure we have to adopt some quality control mechanisms to PhDs also. A few universities have gone for entrance test for admission to PhD just like MLISc. The eligibility tests, seminars, pre-thesis colloquium etc are few other measures to maintain the quality. Probably it is in this context, universities like JNU, Kerala etc., have restricted admission to PhD only to full-timers. We all agree that quality depends upon many other factors too. No single measure would drastically change the situation. The combination of various measures might add positively to the cause. A serious research calls for time and commitment from the researchers. It is a general belief that more the time available for research, better would be its quality. If certain universities take this aspect more seriously and try to work out some measures to implement, it may not be a good idea to counter attack their motives. Instead of dismissing their attempt out-rightly, let us allow them experiment with their new stand and come out with a new model. After all, several other universities are available without such restrictions for those who really interested in pursuing their doctoral degree. University of Mysore follows an alternative strategy. It puts a bar on the maximum number of part-time researchers a guide can take. Of course, this rule is applicable to all the disciplines including library science. At the time of submission of thesis, a certification is required stating that the researcher has been in the Department/with the Guide for 100 days exclusively for research work. What does this certificate mean? Does it not mean that the university wants the researcher to be away from his/her other duties and concentrate on the research work? Instead of finding fault with the universities going for full time researchers, can we not find ways of fulfilling the requirements? Faculty Improvement Programme available to college librarians of Karnataka, wherein the librarians are allowed to take up research work for two years, is a good way out for the problem. The employers should also encourage the employees by deputing them. Many of the companies do not allow certain category of their employees to undergo any educational programs. Why is it so? Because they think that it might have an impact over the performance of the employee in the company. That means company expects the employee to be physically and mentally free to attend to the work of the company. For the similar reason, government employees are not allowed to accept part-time assignments, even though they appear to have enough spare time. It is but natural that employers take certain measures to see that their employees provide maximum service to them. Similarly, if a department wants its students to concentrate on the job (in this case the research) more seriously by imposing certain conditions, what is wrong in it? After all, it is up to the Departments/Universities to safeguard the educational standards. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From surulinathi_iisc at yahoo.com Wed Jul 23 15:12:46 2008 From: surulinathi_iisc at yahoo.com (suruli nathi) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] UGC-Infonet workshop on Access to e-resources and Digital Library Consortium In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <568919.73934.qm@web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals ? ? We are happy to announce that, Bharathidasan University Library is organizing two days workshop on " Access to e-Resources and Digital Library consortium" on 1-2 August 2008 in collaboration with INFLIBNET. Interested Candidates kindly confirm your participation on or before 30.07.2008. ? NO REGISTRATION FEE ? Send your confirmation to.. ? Dr. Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian & Head i/c University Library Bharathidasan University Trichy -24 Email: bdulib at gmail.com cell: 9486916358 ? with regards M. surulinathi Assistant Librarian cum Lecturer ? ? -- 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/20080723/9d435195/attachment.html From ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in Thu Jul 24 09:20:30 2008 From: ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in (ksc at library.iisc.ernet.in) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:20:30 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part time research In-Reply-To: <5d6bc5c70807230043v73d1d3d7v8c0a0ca6c75d9dce@mail.gmail.com> References: <5d6bc5c70807230043v73d1d3d7v8c0a0ca6c75d9dce@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: The issue that was discussed was about quality and requirement. Multiple options need to be created for entry into research. For example IISc takes external registration for sponsored candidates. For them only a pass in the gate examination is sufficient. This is because a company has requested them to take research in a particular area. This is what prompted us to vocally say that quality is more important than any other criteria Chudamani From havaragimm at yahoo.co.in Thu Jul 24 09:30:54 2008 From: havaragimm at yahoo.co.in (mahammad rafi havaragi) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:54 +0100 (BST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Position for School 'Librarian' Message-ID: <940246.39461.qm@web94003.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, We are looking for a Librarian for our State and ICSE School. Interested candidates please contact Principal as early as possible. Qualification : MLISc, Diploma in LIS or BLISc Salary : Negotiable Basic Knowledge of Computers is Desirable. Address: Sudarshan Vidya Mandir 26th "A" main raod, 4th "T" Block Jayanagar, Bangalore - 41 Phone : 080 26641982 --------------------------------- Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. -- 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/20080724/525f4da1/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Thu Jul 24 10:47:54 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:47:54 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lecture on Legal Information System in India, at NASSDOC, New Delhi on 26th July, 2008 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:30:15 +0530 (IST) From: Puna Das Dear Colleagues We have the pleasure to announce the 131st Monthly Meeting of RRC on 26th July, 2008 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue: National Social Science Documentation Center (NASSDOC), Firoz Shah Road, Near Mandi House Metro Station, New Delhi-110 001 Speaker: Dr. R.K. Shrivastava, Chief Librarian, Judges Library, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi Topic: Legal Information System in India Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Subhash Deshmukh Manager, Program Committee Ranganathan Research Circle (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust) A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Tel. 0124-2578715, 09873680484 Email: subhashdes at gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Farooque.Shaheen at keane.com Thu Jul 24 12:56:54 2008 From: Farooque.Shaheen at keane.com (Shaheen, Farooque) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:56:54 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Google Launches Knol, the Wikipedia Alternative Message-ID: <0E73BAFDE11AB343AA62310037F0FFD42A33525474@MAIL701.KDS.KEANE.COM> Google has launched Knol (from: knowledge), the Wikipedia alternative that both polices and rewards contributers. The reward mechanism is due to integration of AdSense into the articles, with a revenue share between the authors of a particular topic. A group of authors are allowed to create an article, or a Knol, this group then moderates the article by acting as gatekeeper to any changes made by other users outside the creator group. This imparts a sense of ownership to the author group. More than one knol can be created on a subject. Each knol can be rated by a group of users; rating which would perhaps be leveraged to search and sift through the numerous knols sure to be created on a topic. http://knol.google.com/k/knol# Thanks & Regards Farooque Shaheen Keane India Pvt Ltd. Bangalore-560004 ______________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: This communication, along with any documents, files or attachments, is confidential, intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is legally privileged, attorney work product or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s) or have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of any information contained in or attached to this communication is strictly prohibited; instructed to immediately notify the sender by return email or by a phone call to the sender; and required to delete this message from your computer. This communication does not form any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender, the sender's employer or such employer's parent company, affiliates or subsidiaries. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ramannair_r at yahoo.com Thu Jul 24 18:28:40 2008 From: ramannair_r at yahoo.com (Raman Nair.) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:58:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Information System on Malayalam Publications - Supply o Data - regarding Message-ID: <753879.27468.qm@web54501.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Centre for South Indian Studies is documenting all the Malayalam Books published in India and other countries. Authors, publishers and those who have old or antique publications in their collections are requested to send data related to books held by them or published by them to the Centre for inclusion of data in the Information System on Malayalam Publication (ISMP). Centre can also provide support to those who hold rare and antique books to strengthen and conserve them if essential after the information on the book is included in ISMP. The formats for providing information on the books can be had from Centre for South Indian Studies, A4, Ganga Nagar, Trivandrum 43 or from the web site: csis.net.tc. -- 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 Thu Jul 24 22:13:20 2008 From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:13:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article Request In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20080724164320.M70555@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Friends Can I have the following articles for our faculty. 1. M. El-Badawi, E. S. I. Ibrahim, H. Farag, M. M. Abbasi, J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 1991, 38, 277 2) H. Schafr, Arch. Pharm., 1970, 303, 183 Regards. DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 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 suvarsha_w at yahoo.com Fri Jul 25 09:49:56 2008 From: suvarsha_w at yahoo.com (Suvarsha Walters) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good Thing? Message-ID: <473804.47913.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Forwarding an interesting article on research and citations > Research Publications Online: Too Much of A Good > Thing? > > "New research shows that as more scholarly and > research journals are available online, researchers cite > fewer, newer papers > > Having research papers and other scholarly writing > available online gives researchers access to a great deal of > materials without having to enter a library. But how does > this impact the new research that they produce? James Evans > at the University of Chicago has studied this question and > his conclusion is surprising--despite having greater access > to scholarly materials, researchers are actually citing > fewer papers. The papers they do cite tend to be newer and > are likely to be cited by other researchers. > > Thanks to the Internet, scientists now have access to an > astonishing number of research papers, scholarly journals > and other papers. But according to new research con ducted > by James Evans, a professor sociology at the University of > Chicago, researchers are actually citing fewer papers than > ever, and they tend to cite newer papers that are also cited > by many of their peers. In this interview, James discusses > what got him interested in the topic, how he conducted his > research and what he believes are some of the implications > of this trend. > > The researcher's findings appear in the July 18 issue > of Science magazine." > > SOURCE: National Science Foundation, > www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111928&govDel=USNSF_51 Suvarsha Minj, Information Analyst, HP Labs India, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From divya_269 at yahoo.com Fri Jul 25 12:35:35 2008 From: divya_269 at yahoo.com (divya singh) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:05:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] DDC cost Message-ID: <493783.59561.qm@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Professionals ? Can anyone please?provide me the information about the price of 21 st?and ?22nd edition of DDC? ? Regards ? Divya Singh Asstt. 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All completed application forms will have to be submitted with a DD of Rs. 500.00 (non-refundable) payable as above at least 4 weeks before the course. Applications will be considered on 'first come first' basis. Email: ugcascgu at rediffmail.com or asc_gu at yahoo.co.in Phone no: 0361- 2570599 Fax: 0361-2570599 Address: UGC Academic Staff College Gauhati University, Jalukbari Guwahati ? 781014 Assam, India visit: http://www.gulis.110mb.com/activity.htm -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- 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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The archive contains mainly doctoral and undergraduate theses and research reports, but DiVA also supports the deposit of preprints and postprints of scientific articles. Monographs and chapters can also be published. http://www.diva-portal.org/index.xsql?lang=en Satish S Munnolli Librarian Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210 Ph: +91 22 2740 5026 Email: smunnolli at actrec.gov.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... 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Sreenivasulu Dear friends Prospective candidates are invited for Walk-In-Interview for the post of Library Trainees on Monday, 25-08-2008 at 11.00 AM at Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra, Ranchi Position : Library Trainee No. of Posts : TEN (10 posts) Qualification : M.L.I.Sc. or equivalent Degree from DRTC/NISCAIR Remuneration & facilities : Rs. 5000/- P.M. + Hostel Accommodation Candidates meeting the above requirement(s) are to bring their applications on plain paper, giving the Bio-data i.e. Candidate?s Name, Father?s Name, Sex, Date of Birth, Qualification (Giving name, University/Board, Institution and Place, Qualification & Year obtained and percent marks) from highest down to SSLC, Caste (SC/ST/OBC/Gen) Address (Permanent & Correspondence), Experience, Copies of all testimonials and Certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer and two copies of photographs submit them to the Librarian, B.I.T., Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215 or e-mail to library at bitmesra.ac.in or reach to BIT Central Library with your BIODATA. Those who get selected should be ready to join with immediate effect. NO TA/DA will be paid for attending the Walk-In-Interview For more details / information contact Dr.V. Sreenivasulu M.C.A., M.L.I.Sc., Ph.D.(LISc) Librarian, I/C. Central LibraryBirla Institute of Technology DEEMED UNIVERSITYMesra, Ranchi- 835215, IndiaTel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401Mobile:09430730106 v_sreenivasulu at hotmail.com library at bitmesra.ac.in vsreeni at bitmesra.ac.in http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Jul 25 15:40:54 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:40:54 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fw: Scholarship Announcement - Museum Computer Network 2008 Conference (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:04:17 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar - - - Apologies for Cross-Postings - - - SCOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT - Museum Computer Network 2008 Conference MCN is delighted to offer the opportunity to apply for scholarships to attend the MCN annual conference in November. The annual conference provides an occasion where you can meet and learn from experts on the technology topics challenging today's museums. It's also a great opportunity for networking and establishing new relationships to strengthen your resources for the coming year. SCHOLARSHIP BASICS (http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2053) APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 22, 2008. WHO? This scholarship is available to museum professionals who meet one of the following criteria: - Employed at an institution with no more than 20 permanent staff. - First-time MCN conference attendee. - New to the profession with less than 2 years experience in the field. WHAT? Five stipends are available to attend MCN's 2008 annual conference. Each stipend includes the full conference registration fee and an additional $500.00 toward hotel and travel. WHERE? LET'S DO I.T. RIGHT! 36th Annual MCN Conference November 12-15, 2008 Washington, DC http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/ WHY? The annual MCN conference offers tremendous personal and professional benefits and rewards. Not only do attendees gain professional knowledge from sessions, they also have the opportunity to network with professionals from around the world. Application Deadline is August 22, 2008. Apply today at (http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2053) EMERGING PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP RATE MCN has just introduced an introductory membership rate of $35 for students and emerging professionals new to the museum/cultural heritage and technology field. Join our community! Get more information at http://www.mcn.edu/join/index.asp?subkey=2042 From Manish.Mankad at unilever.com Fri Jul 25 15:42:20 2008 From: Manish.Mankad at unilever.com (Mankad, Manish) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:42:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] DDC 20th ed. In-Reply-To: <493783.59561.qm@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <493783.59561.qm@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: We have two sets of DDC 20th ed. suitable takers may contact me. regards. -manish mankad Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Bangalore ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of divya singh Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:36 PM To: LIS Subject: [LIS-Forum] DDC cost Dear Professionals Can anyone please provide me the information about the price of 21 st and 22nd edition of DDC? Regards Divya Singh Asstt. Librarian IMS Engineering College Ghaziabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner , and is believed to be clean. -- 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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The director of Greenwood Publicity believes that an informed, up-to-date library is a healthy, vital and productive one. To get the detail of this news I would like to request my respected friends please go through the following link---- http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/July2008/Developmentliblit.cfm Regards Miss Charu Mathur, Dept. of Education, Delhi- virtual.cosmos.08 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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"While a PhD student can take up to five years to complete his thesis, the three-year leave period will not be counted within the five-year time frame," Garg said. Also, permanent, ad hoc and temporary teachers with two years of teaching experience can enroll in a PhD programme. This would encourage teachers to pursue their doctorate, Garg said. College teachers will also find representation in the Board of Research Studies and Department Research Committee. "Moreover, college teachers with a PhD are now entitled to supervise research students. This is a positive step since the number of PhD students under a faculty member affects his/her promotion," said council member Janmejoy Khuntia. In another step that will ensure funding for maximum PhD scholars, DU will hold entrance tests/interviews for those students who have been unable to qualify for UGC's Junior Research Fellowship or other such tests. "Earlier, students who did not get a UGC fellowship were often left high and dry. Now, if they qualify the entrance/interview they will be eligible for various other scholarships such as SAP and Research Fellowship for Meritorious Students given by the Centre for Advanced Studies," said Khuntia. Moreover, the span period for the submission of a thesis has been reduced from five to four years. Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080726/1053/tnl-good-news-for-phd-aspirants.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From apurbajyoti at gmail.com Sat Jul 26 11:13:06 2008 From: apurbajyoti at gmail.com (Apurba Jyoti Majumder) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:13:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] DDC Price Message-ID: Dear Ms Divya SIngh The price of DDC is $ 550. in Indian Currency: Rs. 22500 approx Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Department of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014 Ph: 0-94352-68733 -- 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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To get the information about forth coming as well as retro details of LIS Conferences one may consult the *Librarian's Datebook.* *Librarian's Datebook** *is lastly updated on 29 June, 2004 can provide the chronological detail of 392 Conferences from 2004 to 2014 held in USA, China, UK, Uganda, and many other points on the globe. * *(http://www.hsl.unc.edu/libcal.htm#2005) Along with above, the detail information about ALA and its conferences I request to my respected friends to visit the following link-------- http://charu-virtualworld.blogspot.com/ Regards Miss Charu Mathur Dept of Education, Delhi. Lib.wrd.2008 at gmail.com Virtual.cosmos.08 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/20080727/47e0f42e/attachment-0001.html From vimal0212 at gmail.com Sat Jul 26 12:46:34 2008 From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:46:34 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] KLA National Seminar registration date extended Message-ID: <5b978ad90807260016k6c7e2ae3v45b46b5a27ed200c@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association is organizing a National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: Knowledge Society Imperatives" on August 6-8, 2008 at Priyadarshini Auditorium, Science and Technology Museum, PMG Junction, Trivandrum. The seminar is co-sponsored by Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata. KLA National Seminar will be inaugurated at 3.30 pm on 6th August 2008 by Sri. Thomas Isaac, Hon. Finance Minister, Govt. of Kerala. Representatives of RRRLF, National Knowledge Commission, The Directors of Public Libraries of the States and Union Territories, noted experts, administrators and decision makers in the field will participate. The National Seminar is expected to be a landmark in the history of library development in the country. The seminar would be useful to LIS Professionals since it proposes to cover the developments in all spheres connected with libraries. Registration fee and other details are available at KLA website, www.keralalibraryassociation.org Registration date extended up to 5 pm 30th August 2008. Please confirm your participation by email to kla.org at gmail.com -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- 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/20080726/68f217a9/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Jul 28 12:02:36 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:02:36 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Required Apprentice Trainee at DVK Library, Bangalore Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:27:50 -0700 (PDT) From: alex arun Dear LIS Professionals, DVK central Library (http://www.dvk.in/centrallibrary.htm), Bangalore Invites applications for Library Apprenticeship Training Programme. Qualifications: B.L.I.Sc/ M.L.I.Sc. First Class (The candidates who have appeared or appearing the M.L.I.Sc. final examination and are expecting the result can also apply Duration: Six month from the date of joining. Stipend: Rs. 30000/M.L.I.Sc, & 25000/B.L.I.Sc (for 6 month. Nature of internship: The training programme will impart training in the area of Digital Library, Overall library administration, and Special training on Personality development & Technical skills. Last date for apply: 15th August, 2008 Address for sending the application: dvklibrary at yahoo.com Only short listed candidates will be called ( a separate communication through email will be sent) for an interview. No TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview Please bring all your certificates in original supporting your educational qualification and proof of age when you come for interview. Regards Fr. Thomas CMI ------------------------------------------------------------- Librarian & Programme Co-ordinator DVK Central Library Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Dharmaram College Post Bangalore 560 029 Ph:080-41116350, 09986369612 E-mail: dvklibrary at yahoo.com Thanks & Regards Alex From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Jul 28 12:12:33 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:12:33 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Invitation for the Unveiling Ceremony of the Bust of Padmashri Dr S R Ranganathan Message-ID: Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:30:49 +0530 (IST) From: Rakesh Kumar Bhatt Dear Sir/Madam ? I feel honoured and privileged to inform you that the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi is installing the Bust of Father of Library Science Padmashri Dr S R Ranganthan on 31st July, 2008. The Bust will be inaugurated by Prof. Deepak Pental, Honorable Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi on 31st July, 2008 at 3.00 p.m. as per the programme attached. ? You are requested to kindly attend the above function and join us in our endeavour and ?pay your tribute to legendary academician and scholar par excellence Dr S R Ranganthan.Invitation Card and Programme attached. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, ? Rakesh Kumar Bhatt Reader & Head Department of Library & Information Science University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007 Phone No. 011-27666656(Office), 011-55153105(Res) From vinayc1975 at gmail.com Mon Jul 28 12:47:51 2008 From: vinayc1975 at gmail.com (vinay channavenkatesh) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:47:51 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Content Pages of Library Herald & IASLIC Bulletin Message-ID: Dear all, I am in need of the Content pages of all the issues of "Library Herald" for the years 2005 & 2006 and also the content pages of IASLIC Bulletin Vol.49 No. 1 (2004) as I couldn't get these issues in the Libraries around Bangalore. I am need of these issues for my project work on Content Analysis of Indian LIS Periodicals. If anybody is having the 2005 & 2006 issues of Library Herald, and Vol. 49 (1) issue of IASLIC Bulletin can you please send me the content pages Thanking you, Sincerely yours, Vinay. C Librarian SJB Institute of Technology, BGS Health & Education City, Uttarahalli Road, Kengeri, Bengalooru-560 060. Karnataka Phone; 28605445 / 46. E-Mail: vinayc1975 at gmail.com. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From panigrahipk at yahoo.com Mon Jul 28 17:28:10 2008 From: panigrahipk at yahoo.com (Pijushkanti Panigrahi) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:58:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Announcement for Special Publication of IASLIC Message-ID: <464940.11458.qm@web51308.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Announcement for Special Publication of IASLIC ?? IASLIC is bringing out?the following special publication?in the?memory of ?Late Prof. Prabir Roy Choudhury ?a devoted teacher & a veteran leader in LIS profession ???LIS Profession in the Changing Environment ?Prof. Prabir? Roychoudhury Memorial Volume? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Editor: Prof.Arjun Dasgupta ????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????? Editor: Prof.Arjun Dasgupta 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. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 ? -- 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/20080728/7ff63e68/attachment.html From vjkjk at yahoo.com Tue Jul 29 00:04:00 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:34:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] CUIL ; a cOOl challenge to gOOgle ? Message-ID: <459484.77123.qm@web54606.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Ex-Google employees unveil a new search engine today out to challenge their former employer: Cuil, pronounced "cool," launches with 120 billion web pages in its index. http://www.cuil.com/ Dr. J K Vijayakumar Visit http://libinfospace.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From yogeeta.sharma at tandfindia.com Mon Jul 28 12:15:04 2008 From: yogeeta.sharma at tandfindia.com (Sharma, Yogeeta) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:45:04 +1000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Wasafiri Journal offered by Taylor & Francis Group Message-ID: Welcome to the world of Wasafiri ! Wasafiri (www.wasafiri.org ) is a literary journal of international contemporary writing with interviews, articles, art, poetry, fiction and reviews. 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For more information, please contact Jaya Bhattacharji, Editorial Manager, Journals at jaya.bhattacharji at tandfindia.com Annual Wasafiri subscription rates (in Indian rupees) for India & other SAARC countries: Individual: Rs. 700 Institutional: Rs. 1200 To subscribe please mail yogeeta.sharma at tandfindia.com Please feel free to circulate this email/upload it on your website or blog/print it and put it up on your notice board! Yogeeta Sharma Marketing Executive (Journals & eResources) Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd. 912 Tolstoy House |15 - 17 Tolstoy Marg |New Delhi - 110001 Tel: +91 (0) 11 2371 2131, 2371 2134, 2371 2135, 2335 1453 Fax:+91 (0) 11 2371 2132 yogeeta.sharma at tandfindia.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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I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- 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/20080729/3662b3f3/attachment.html From neerusharma at cdacnoida.in Tue Jul 29 15:52:02 2008 From: neerusharma at cdacnoida.in (neeru) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:52:02 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library standards Message-ID: <2453774400065f45@mail.cdacnoida.in> Dear Sir/Madam Kindly provide the detailed information on Library standard as per Central Govt. norms. Regards NEERU SHARMA LIBRARY CDAC NOIDA Ph-3063391,92 EXTN-452 -- 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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From harshalpawar24 at rediffmail.com Tue Jul 29 21:01:41 2008 From: harshalpawar24 at rediffmail.com (harshal pawar) Date: 29 Jul 2008 15:31:41 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Searching for 'New Library Setter Group' Message-ID: <20080729153141.12513.qmail@f5mail-236-226.rediffmail.com> ? ? Dear Collegues, I am Harshal, currently working as a librarian in business school located in Pune. Anyone can tell me is there any avtive group engaged in library science field which is professionaly sets the new library or information centre? Or such type of activity running anywhere around Pune by library professionals? Kindly inform to me. Harshal Bhimsen Pawar. Librarian MERC Institute of Management Pune. -- 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/20080729/4049c60c/attachment.html From vimal0212 at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 11:13:30 2008 From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:13:30 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] KLA National Seminar- Duty leave for Library Professionals Message-ID: <5b978ad90807292243o106ba34yf4410779d4a4257a@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, Kerala government grants duty leave to Library Professionals to attend the KLA National Seminar Order No. GO(Rt) No.1106/2008/H.edn dated Thiruvananthapuram 24.07.08. For more details, see the KLA website, http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- 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/20080730/14e31bc1/attachment.html From badanbarman at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 15:25:08 2008 From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:08 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Job Alert for August, 2008. Message-ID: <38055c8a0807300255k7e723113ye0e667b83ebd8f1d@mail.gmail.com> Respected All, The following is the abstract of job post taken from LIS Links: http://lislinks.110mb.com. Candidate in need of details can consult the site. 1. Library and Information Officer and Assistant Library and Information Officer at Government of India, Ministry of Defence. Last Date of Application: 4/9/2008. 2. Assistant Professor at in LIS at UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR. Last Date of Application: 30/08/2008. 3. Scientific Asstt (C) Library at NISER, Bhubaneswar. Last Date: 29/08/2008. 4. Librarian (Female) at Templeton Academy International. Last Date of Application: Not Mentioned. 5. Librarian at Educomp Solutions Limited, India. Last Date of Application: Not Mentioned. 6. Library Assistant at Office of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India, 40, Amarnath Jha Marg, Allahabad-211002. Last Date of Application: 26/8/2008. 7. Library Trainee at Birla Institute of Technology. Date of Interview: 25/08/2008. 8. Graduate Apprentices in NIT, Rourkela. Date of Written Test, interview & Result: August 23, 2008. 9. Professors, Reader and Lecturer at Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Puducherry ? 605 014, India. Last Date: 19.08.08. 10. Technical Assistant in CLRI Chennai. Last Date: 19/08/2008 (online application). 11. Librarian at Institute Of Business Management & Research. Last Date of aplication: Not Mentioned. 12. Research Librarian at Corporate Executive Board, Delhi, Delhi/NCR, Gurgaon. Last Date of Application not mentioned. 13. Library Apprenticeship Trainee at DVK central Library Bangalore. Last date: 15/08/2008. 14. Librarian in Mizoram University. Last Date: 14 August 2008. 15. Librarian and Library Attendant in Ramjas College. Last date: 12 August 2008. 16. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 17. Asstt. Librarian in Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences. Last Date of Application: 12/08/2008. 18. Post of Librarian and Library Attendant in Ramjas College. Last date of aplication: 12/08/2008. 19. Reader and Lecturers at Dept of Information Science, University of Madras. Last Date of Application: 11.08.2008. 20. Post of Librarian, Deputy Librarian and Asst. Librarian at Visakhapattanam. Last date: 4/08/2008. 21. University librarian, M.S.University of Baroda. Last date 04/08/2008. 22. University Library, Deputy Librarian, Assistant Librarian at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam - 530 045, A.P. Last Date of Application: 04/08/2008. 23. Librarian at Kerala University. Last date 04.08.2008. Thanking You. Sri Badan Barman -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From jatashankarbp6 at gmail.com Wed Jul 30 16:52:43 2008 From: jatashankarbp6 at gmail.com (Jatashankar Gupta) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:52:43 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Request for response In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Professionels, I am conducting a dissertation work on "Creation of Database of LIS Teachers in University in India". I have prepared a data collection survey which is available on following URLs. Your positive response is required for successful completion of this work. These two Urls are listed following: 1. http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_CollectorList.aspx?sm=0aURDtC1hfGSrvi%2bgYtl7kkmommdWi%2fvNhuXcFUluzM%3d Steps: (i) Go to Member Login username jatashankar password jatash (ii) Go to my survey (iii) click on my survey Jatashankar Gupta Library Trainee, Knowledge Centre & Library Online Delhi College of Engineering, Bawana Road, Delhi. Mobile: 9211328039 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From naveecm at gmail.com Thu Jul 31 12:04:10 2008 From: naveecm at gmail.com (Naveen M) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:04:10 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] New generation Internet bookmark manager "hooeey" Message-ID: Dear Professionals, The idea behind hooeey is that Internet users can re-use their browsing history in a productive manner to reduce time spent in searching for previously visited web pages, easily share interesting web pages with others and to use the provided dashboard to manage their browsing time more efficiently.hooeey tackles the drawbacks of existing information re-locating tools and services (bookmarks, search engines, on-line tagging and link management sites) by following a simple approach fallow the link to catch it. http://www.hooeey.com -- Naveen C.M. IKM Trainee National Center For Science Information, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalooru-12. Cell - 9740349997 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From khushpreet.singh at gmail.com Thu Jul 31 16:36:10 2008 From: khushpreet.singh at gmail.com (khushpreet singh) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:36:10 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] need artticles Message-ID: Dear professionals I need full text of the the following articles. If anyone has access to any of the following documents, kindly provide me the full text of these. - Baker PG, Goble CA, Bechhofer S, Paton NW, Stevens R, and Brass A. An ontology for bioinformatics applications. Bioinformatics. June 1999. 15(6 ):510?20 - Bartlett JC, Toms EG. Developing a protocol for bioinformatics analysis: an integrated information behavior and task analysis approach. Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology, March 2005,56( 5):469?82 - MacMullen WJ, Denn SO. Information problems in molecular biology and bioinformatics. Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology, March 2005,56(5):447?56. - Stevens R, Goble C, Baker P, and Brass A. A classification of tasks in bioinformatics. Bioinformatics. February 2001. 17(2):180?8. regards Khushpreet singh Librarian Guru Nanak Ayu. Med. College, Muktsar. mobille: 09815303000 email: kh -- 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/20080731/5c9b624f/attachment.html