From indu at cat.ernet.in  Thu May  1 09:35:00 2008
From: indu at cat.ernet.in (Indu Bhushan)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 09:35:00 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Problem in running TOMCAT
In-Reply-To: <4479.10.40.1.252.1209540400.squirrel@10.40.1.250>
References: <4479.10.40.1.252.1209540400.squirrel@10.40.1.250>
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Dear Sir/Madam

I have re-installed Tomcat and jdk on my Linux Redhat 9 server. Now 8080 
port is not running and following error is occuring when i stop tomcat.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Xmx512M

[root at library root]# /opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/local/jdk

[root at library root]#/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/local/jdk
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Xmx512M
[root at library root]#

Please help me in solving this error.

With Regards

Indu Bhushan Tamrakar
Library, RRCAT, Indore MP

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From manjunath at mail.tapmi.org  Thu May  1 10:09:35 2008
From: manjunath at mail.tapmi.org (Manjunath K)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:09:35 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: I Need Your Help !-hoax Mail--- BEWARE THIS MAIL IS
	NOT FROM ME. I AM IN INDIA
Message-ID: <14DD8DBEA18D4148BC2A8502DE75027A86DA8A@mail.tapmi.org>

Dear friends,

Today I got this mail from my nephew who is in dubai... shocking to see this mail under my gmail-id...

The below mail is not from me and I am very much in India. It is a hoax mail. If you have received this mail asking for help, please ignore it. 

I request you to forward this mail to your friends and other forums.

Manjunath
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Dr. Manjunatha K
Librarian
T.A. Pai Management Institute
Manipal - 576 104
Udupi Dist. Karnataka, India
Ph: +91-0820-2573551(0ff); 2575161(Res)
email: manjunath at mail.tapmi.org; manju_tapmi at yahoo.com
web: http://www.tapmi.org
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Manjunatha Keralapura <manjunathak at gmail.com> wrote: 
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 03:05:35 +0100
From: "Manjunatha Keralapura" <manjunathak at gmail.com>
To: manjunathak at gmail.com
Subject: I Need Your Help !

How are you doing today? I am sorry I didn't  inform you about my traveling to Africa for a program ,the program is taking place in three major countries in Africa which is Ghana , South Africa  and Nigeria . It has been a very sad and bad moment for me, the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain.
 
 I am really stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, passport, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me. I am now owning a hotel bill of $1550 and they wanted me to pay the bill soon else they will have to seize my bag and hand me over to the Hotel Management., I need this help from you urgently to help me back home, I need you to help me with the hotel bill and i will also need $1600 to feed and help myself back home so please can you help me with a sum of $3,500 to sort out my problems here? I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, I don't even have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving so please  understand how urgent i needed your  help.

  I am sending you this e-mail from the hotel cafe , I will appreciate what so ever you can afford to send me for now and I promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home so please let me know on time so that i can forward you the details you need to transfer the money through Money Gram or Western Union. please i really need your help . i promise to pay you back .


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Librarian
T.A. Pai Management Institute 

  
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From fayazlib at yahoo.co.in  Thu May  1 10:58:34 2008
From: fayazlib at yahoo.co.in (loan fayaz)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 06:28:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Promoting Reading Habits
Message-ID: <797413.93265.qm@web8314.mail.in.yahoo.com>



loan fayaz <fayazlib at yahoo.co.in> wrote:  Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:32:42 +0100 (BST)
From: loan fayaz <fayazlib at yahoo.co.in>
Subject: Promoting Reading Habits
To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

  Dear Colleage,
   
  As all of us know information is power and this power is absorbed in the body not by eating but by reading. So a person must have reading habits in this information age. Now the question is how to develop them? A single person or organisation cannot develop reading habits in modern multimedia society where new media is distracting the reader from reading materials. Parents , teachers and librarians have to play a great role in creating a reading society. As a librarian you can attract users towards  reading by displaying book jackets of new books/the new issues of periodicals, providing SDI services, circulating contents of new issues, motivating the authorities for celeberating World Book Day, Library Week, Librarian's Day, and organising the Book exhibitions. Book talk, Quiz competitions and the like. 
  It is matter of regret that in academic institutions of India emphasis is given on passing the examinations, not on promoting the lifelong reading habits. That is why our biggest population struggles in every field for survival and leading in the none as compared to other developing countries. We must know that "the nations who reads is a nation who leads".
   Fayaz Lone
  Documentation Officer
  CCAS, University of Kashmir.
    
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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in  Thu May  1 11:32:25 2008
From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:32:25 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] SPECIAL LECTURE PROGRAMME
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805011132040.23268@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>


Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:43:04 +0100 (BST)
From: lalitha aswath <lalithaaswath at yahoo.co.in>

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY
Department of Library and Information Science

SPECIAL LECTURE PROGRAMME
2007-2008

Managing Human Resource
By
Dr. Ramesh
Prof. & Head
P.G. Department of Management Studies
Mount Carmel College
Bangalore.

Time: 11 am, Date: 3rd May 2008
AND

Role of IT in Creative Teaching
By
Dr. Padma
International Academy for Creative Teaching
Hebbal, Bangalore.

Time: 12.30 pm, Date: 3rd May 2008

Venue: Dr. S. Radhakrishna Hall

ALL ARE INVITED


Staff and Students
Dept. of Library and Information Science
Bangalore University,
Bangalore-560 056


From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in  Thu May  1 11:45:16 2008
From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:45:16 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust is
 looking for information professionals
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805011143490.23268@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:52:16 +0530 (IST)
From: raghavan at drtc.isibang.ac.in

Dear Moderator: Please arrange to announce the following to all members of
LIS Forum:

Regards
K.S. Raghavan
DRTC

The Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust is looking for
information professionals meeting the following requirements:
Name of the position: “Librarian” for Knowledge Management Center

Reference ID: HLFPPT/APRIL-08/KMC TSD

Name of the Company: Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust

Location: Knowledge Management Center, (KMC) Noida

Office Timings: 9.30 am to 6.30 pm (Monday to Friday).

Division: Technical Services Division (TSD) HLFPPT

Remuneration: The gross salary package in the scale of pay will be in the
range of INR 3 to 4 lakh per annum. Two year contractual and will be
renewed on the basis of annual performance.

Qualification: Bachelor/ Masters in degree in library science with
additional Certificate course on “Managing information in digital age”,
training on “library    software like Greenstone, D Space, LIBSYS and
Knowledge Management. Diploma in computer programme and computer skills on
DTP, Carol draw, Photoshop, page maker is desirable

Experience: Minimum 5 years experience as Librarian & Knowledge Management
in recognized institutes. He/She should be familiarity with developing and
delivering knowledge sharing programme and establishing effective
partnerships within and outside the learning centers and resource centers.

Functional Area: Managing resource, update website & intranet, knowledge
management
·	Key responsibilities include:
1.	Identify and collection of resources, update the resource in the master
list
2.	Promote knowledge sharing by using innovation and new IT technologies.
3.	Strengthening links between knowledge sharing and the information
systems, and improving integration among information systems in the
organization
4.	He/She maintain the central repository of all communication (IEC/BCC)
materials, proposals, reports from the organization.
5.	Document the project, divisional information and reports
Languages: English compulsory, other regional language like Telugu,
Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali is desirable.

Start date: As soon as possible (ASAP)

Interested and eligible candidates, may mail their application with
updated resume at careers at hlfppt.org by 10th May 2008. Interview planned
during on 3rd Week of May at Noida/Delhi.  Please note that only short
listed candidates will be contacted for further stages.

Mr. A. K. Mehta, Sr. Manager HR
Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust
B-11, Sector-59, Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida - Uttar Pradesh, INDIA 201301
careers at hlfppt.org   www.hlfppt.org 91-120-4231060, 4231061, Fax: 4231065

From riz_cusmc at yahoo.co.in  Thu May  1 12:46:24 2008
From: riz_cusmc at yahoo.co.in (RIZWAN SHEIKH)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 08:16:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Directory of Librarian & Information Professionals
Message-ID: <321132.56056.qm@web8803.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear Professionals,
   
  I am going to compile a Directory of Librarians / Information Professionals of India. Half of the work has been carried out.
   
  Those who want to get their name registered are requested to send their 
   
  Name
  Qualification
  Designation
  Organisation
  Address of Organisation
  Residential Address
  E-mail
  Phone 
  Cell
   
  on my e-mail address.
   
  After completion of work it will be uploaded on the net or will be printed and distributed or both.
   
  (Rizwan Sheikh)
  Senior Librarian
  C U Shah Medical College,
  Dudhrej Road, Surendranagar
  Gujarat, India
   
   


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From naglaxman at yahoo.com  Thu May  1 14:15:06 2008
From: naglaxman at yahoo.com (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 09:45:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop on DSpace
Message-ID: <193417.99596.qm@web65609.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>

   Workshop on DSpace
  May 9 - 11, 2008
  

  Organized by
  Department of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad
  in collaboration with
  Academy of Library Science & Documentation (ALSD)
  

  

  About the Workshop: 
  The present day libraries are extensively using Information Technology for information management. As part of storage and access to digital information, the libraries are developing their own digital libraries / institutional digital repositories. There are number of free software available for developing digital libraries and Dspace (http://www.dspace.org) is one of the most popular software developed jointly by MIT Libraries and HP labs. DSpace is a digital asset management system. It helps to create, index and retrieve various forms of digital content. Dspace has built-in Interoperability between the systems and adheres to international standards for metadata. 
  
  This workshop is planned to meet the growing demand for Developing Digital Libraries. As DSpace is open source software and it had become popular due to its increased use by the LIS professionals. The workshop is aimed to support growing needs for learning software which can be useful to build institutional digital libraries and repositories. Dspace being one of the most popular having number of facilities, the workshop is being organized to enable the LIS professionals to start building their own repository.
  
  About DSpace: 
    
     Dspace is an open source software and is freely downloadable from http://www.dspace.org
  
     Submission facility allows scientists and researchers to upload digital documents from anywhere in the world 
  
     Workflow feature allows moderation of the submitted documents.
  
     Uses persistent handles.
  
     Conforms to the standards like Dublin Core and OAI-PMH v.2.0.
  
     Security can be built at various levels to effect restricted access.
  
     Indian Language based digital libraries can be built as it conforms to the UNICODE standard 

  

  

  Objectives: 
    
     Today every organization needs to develop its own Digital Institutional Repository. The LIS professionals need training to develop these repositories. This workshop is organized to make them competent in using the software. 
  
     To provide background knowledge of the digital library and its related concepts.
  
     To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software.
  
     To encourage the participants in developing their own Institutional Digital Libraries. 

  

  
  The topics to be covered in the Workshop: 
    
     Overview of DSpace 
  
     Installation of DSpace 
  
     DSpace Users: Anonymous, Members & Authors 
  
     DSpace Administration 
  
     Lucene Search Engine 
  
     Persistent Handles 
  
     DSpace Customization 

  

  The sessions in the workshop include lectures, demonstration and Hands-on- experience. The Laboratory facilities are made available for practice to the participants. 
  

  

  Dept. of Library & Information Science: 
  The Department was established in 1959. At present the Department is offering BLISc, MLISc, M.Phil and Ph.D. Programmes. It is well equipped with a Computer Lab and Seminar Library. The Department had earlier organized several National and International Conferences / Seminars / workshops covering various facets of Library and Information Science. Recently, the department organized a mega conference, the "53rd All India Library Conference - 2007" of the Indian Library Association (ILA), during 13th - 16th Dec. 2007.
  
  

  ALSD:
  ALSD, Hyderabad is a professional organization established in 1965. It has about 600 members. The members are both from India and outside. The Association organized several programs / seminars and conferences. It published quarterly ALSD Communication.
  

  Registration Fee: 
    
     Rs.1,000/- per participant
  
     Rs.2,000/- per participant (For Sponsored participants)

  

  The DD / Cash payable in favor of:
  “The Head, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University”, payable at Hyderabad.
  

  The Registration Fee include: 
    
     Dspace Software CD 
  
     Handouts
  
     Working Lunch / Tea 

  

  Target Participants: 
  LIS professionals with working knowledge of Information Technology. The Workshop is confined to 25 participants 
  
  Accommodation: 
  The Guest House / Hotel Accommodation will be arranged on payment.
  

  For details contact:
  

  Prof S Sudarshan Rao, Head, Dept of Library &Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad- 500007 email: yesyesrao at yahoo.com Phone: 9849228980 (M); 040-27682290 (O)
  

  Prof N,Laxman Rao, Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, Osmania University, Hyderabad- 500007. email : naglaxman at yahoo.com Phone :9246547599; 040-27098102 (O)
  

  Dr. Dimple Patel, Dept of Library &Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad- 500007. email: dimplerp at yahoo.co.in Phone: 9440947893; 040-27682290 (O)
  

  



Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, 
Dept.of Library & Information Science, 
  &  Director, UGC-Academic Staff College, &
  Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) 
President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) 
Vice-President, Faculty Club, Osmania University 
Ph:+91-40-27171565(res): +91-40- 27098102(telefax-off) 9246547599(Mobile) 
e:mail-- naglaxman at yahoo.com OR naglaxman at gmail.com

       
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From rupak at pu.ac.in  Thu May  1 14:52:34 2008
From: rupak at pu.ac.in (Rupak Chakravarty)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:22:34 -1200
Subject: [LIS-Forum] OSS web opac
In-Reply-To: <48196635.6060703@newgenlib.com>
References: <48196635.6060703@newgenlib.com>
Message-ID: <20080501091830.M80392@pu.ac.in>

Dear Sir,Two more Next Generation WebPACs are there:    Scriblio and another is VuFind. Even one can try LibraryFind. The links are:

*         http://about.scriblio.net/
*         http://www.vufind.org/
*         http://libraryfind.org/
Regards
                

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

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From: L J Haravu <haravu at newgenlib.com> 
To: rupak at pu.ac.in 
Cc: Siddartha <siddartha at newgenlib.com> 
Sent: Thu, 01 May 2008 12:11:57 +0530 
Subject: OSS web opac 

> Dear Mr Rupak
> 
> The link that you gave regarding the open source Ruby on Railsimplementation of an OPAC (http://blacklight.rubyforge.org/) somehowdid not work. Can you please check it out and let me have the details.Thanks and regards. Haravu
> 
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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Thu May  1 16:17:32 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:17:32 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Aligarh Muslim University : Class I Vacancies in Library
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805010347j6b6848b1w399027a82e5e946b@mail.gmail.com>

Respected Members',

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh)
Advertisement No. 2/2008, Dated 11.4.' 08

Appications on the prescribed form are invited for the following post
by 26.05.' 08
1. University Librarian - 1
2. Deputy Librarians : Maulana Azad Library - 2
3. Assistant Librarians : Maulana Azad Library - 8
4. Lecturer in Library & Information Science - 1
5. Documentation Officer : Centre of West Asian Studies - 1
6. Archivist : Sir Syed Academy - 1

N.B. :- Necessary details about the required qualification with the
prescribed employment form can be downloaded from the website
www.amuregistrar.com

Print Access to the Brief Advt. : - The Hindu dated 30 April, 2008
(Wednesday), Page # 9

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From hariharan_ah at yahoo.com  Thu May  1 17:03:58 2008
From: hariharan_ah at yahoo.com (Arunachalam Hariharan)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 04:33:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] SALIS Awards for the year 2008 - Announcement - reg
Message-ID: <16975.67915.qm@web39606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards
for the year 2008


1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian
Award (National level)
-------------------------------------------------------

SALIS instituted an award-  sponsored by Dr. Harish
Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras, in the name of  ‘Dr.
Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra
Best Librarian Award’ . 

Aim of instituting the award: To honor and recognize
library professionals - for their outstanding
contributions to the profession.

Eligibility: Professionals holding any degree  in
Library Science or equivalent
and working in  library and information field in any 
parts in India.

Must be a citizen of India


About Dr.Harish Chandra
--------------------------

Dr.Harish Chandra is currently working as Librarian of
IIT, Madras. Prior to this, he has also worked in IIT,
Delhi, GSI and IIFT. He underwent training in Library
Automation and Digital Library at University of
Cambridge, UK and Tilburg University, Netherlands
respectively. 

His major contributions are in the areas of New
Library Building Planning, ISO-9001 application in the
Library, Digital Library Initiative, Web based library
and information services, etc.

Dr.Chandra is a member of Senate, IIT since 1995, a
member of Task Force for Higher Education Library
System, MHRD. He is also a member in the editorial
board of various journals including OCLC Systems and
Services. He is also a member of many professional
bodies.

Dr.Chandra has over 60 publications to his credit and
completed various projects and 
consultancy assignments. He has organized several
national and international conferences. He has
received several awards, chaired number of technical
sessions and delivered number of invited lectures. He
has visited more than 12 countries and received
several awards. 

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2. AutoLib–Tamilnadu Best Librarian Award 
(for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region
only)

3. AutoLib –Tamilnadu Best Young Librarian Award
(for Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu region
only: Age below 40 years)

Must be a citizen of India

The above two awards are sponsored by M/s AutoLib
Software System , a leading Library Automation
Solution Provider at Chennai. 


Eligibility for the above two Awards :

Professionals holding any degree  in Library Science
or equivalent and working in  library and information
field in Tamilnadu region.Must be a citizen of India

Aim of instituting the award: To honor and recognize
library professionals - for their outstanding
contributions to the profession.

Nominations 

Nominations for all the three awards ( by Library 
professionals holding responsible position or by self)
are invited  for the year 2008 from eligible
professionals.

The application form can be downloaded from 
http://autolib-india.net/salis
 or by sending E-mail to salis_info at yahoo.co.in

The other details are given in the application form.  
Filled-in application along with necessary supporting
documents should be sent in a 
sealed cover to 

The Convener, 
SALIS Award Committee,
SALIS
B2-Solai Apartments(opp to MGR Garden)
Mount-Poonamallee Road, 
Chennai – 600 089. 


Last date for the receipt of filled application is
15.07.2008

For any clarifications,  E-mail to the convener –
salis_info at yahoo.co.in

Convener
SALIS Award Committee





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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Thu May  1 19:08:11 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:38:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO's IFAP to measure information literacy
Message-ID: <569376.92846.qm@web8604.mail.in.yahoo.com>

UNESCO's IFAP to measure Information Literacy
16-04-2008 (Paris)
   
  UNESCO's Information for All Programme (IFAP) releases a paper providing a basic conceptual framework for measuring information literacy. Entitled Towards Information Literacy Indicators, the publication includes a definition of information literacy; a model that links information literacy with other adult competences, such as ICT skills; and a description of information literacy standards in education.
  
While recognising the considerable effort being invested by many international organizations in "measuring the information society", UNESCO's IFAP aims to identify additional indicators to measure the development of knowledge societies. Measurements of knowledge societies focus more on people and government priorities than on the information itself or the information technologies. They focus more on the impact of information on societies than on access to information, for example. 
   
  Information literacy is part of an integrated set of skills which adults need to be effective in all aspects of their lives. As derived from the Alexandria Proclamation of 2005, information literacy is the capacity of people to:
* recognise their information needs; 
* locate and evaluate the quality of information; 
* store and retrieve information; 
* make effective and ethical use of information, and 
* apply information to create and communicate knowledge.
   
  The development of indicators of information literacy is a priority at both national and international levels. Information literacy underpins many of the Millennium Development Goals, for instance, combating diseases and enhancing employment opportunities. Indicators of information literacy can help countries to identify the effect of policies to foster information literacy development and to know the extent to which their citizens are able to participate in a knowledge society. 
   
  This is why UNESCO, through its Information for All Programme, decided to engage in the development of an international framework for measuring information literacy through which achievements at both international and national levels can be demonstrated and future efforts can be better focused. 
   
  The publication is available online in PDF: click here http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001587/158723e.pdf .
   
  Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26597&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

  See Also: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001585/158585e.pdf
   
  Anup Kumar Das
New Delhi
India

       
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From skpatra at gmail.com  Thu May  1 22:50:17 2008
From: skpatra at gmail.com (Swapan kumar Patra)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:50:17 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Windows-based library management software
Message-ID: <da7582b0805011020o622ada66qaf19490c75dd647@mail.gmail.com>

Windows-based library management software 'Mandarin M3' can be downloaded
FREE from the following web site. The software uses a client/server based
architecture.Download includes cataloging, circulation (including basic
reports), OPAC, and inventory modules. However full version of the software
is priced.  Visit the Mandarin web site at <
www.informedlibrarian.com/mandarinfree.cfm> for further details.
Researchers, Librarians can have a look to this software.

Swapan Kumar Patra
Research Scholar
Center for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Science
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

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From indk68 at hotmail.com  Fri May  2 09:36:42 2008
From: indk68 at hotmail.com (Indira K.)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 09:36:42 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Hong Kong Library Association 50th Anniversary
	Conference
Message-ID: <BLU134-DAV10E847D97D8C066E326BE8C9DA0@phx.gbl>


  
The Hong Kong Library Association 50th Anniversary Conference

The Hong Kong Central Library

4th and 5th November, 2008

Conference on "Looking Back, Moving Forward:Asian Libraries in the World of Information". 

The conference focuses on the key issues and challenges which face libraries in Asia today. 

The main themes covered by the conference will be:
  1.. Asian Digital Libraries
  2.. Digitisation, Preservation and Conservation Initiatives
  3.. Libraries, Learning and Language
  4.. Library Buildings and Learning Spaces
  5.. The Internet, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Libraries
  6.. Learning Technologies and Libraries
  7.. Issues in Library Management
  8.. Library Professional Development in Asia

An abstract of approximately 500 words is to be submitted together with contact details to the HKLA 50th Anniversary Conference Secretariat by Friday the 23rd May 2008.

Abstracts using the attached form can be submitted by email to Ms Venia Mak, Honorary Secretary, HKLA, at ymmak at ied.edu.hk or by mail or fax to the address listed below. All applicants will be notified by early June of the acceptance of their paper, and full papers will be required for submission for inclusion in the Proceedings by the end of September. 


Contact Details

Ms Venia Mak,
Honorary Secretary,
The Hong Kong Library Association
50th Anniversary Conference Secretariat
PO Box 10095, General Post Office, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2948 6697
Fax: +852 2948 6696
Email: ymmak at ied.edu.hk
Website: www.hkla.org

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Ms. Indira Koneru
Faculty Member
Department of Library Science
Icfai Academic Wing
23, Nagarjuna Hills
Hyderabd- 500 082.
India.

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From seth at delhi.goethe.org  Fri May  2 10:43:08 2008
From: seth at delhi.goethe.org (Seth, Renu)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:43:08 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Executive Summary of Workshop Results emerging from The
	International Seminar "Libraries on the Agenda!"
Message-ID: <72503E4695D70343BD3D51AF50F0E18677A0FE@nde-s2.newdelhi.goethe.org>

Dear Colleagues,

You might be aware, 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 expertise and the efforts made all over Europe towards library advocacy, branding and Marketing of libraries, library policies and best practices were shared in the seminar as illustrations of good practices. The seminar culminated into workshops and the professionals taking part in the workshops deliberated upon developing a blue print and an action plan on the following four topics, which would be helpful in reviving and modernising the library landscape in India:

1. Role and Authority of the National Commission as an Advocate for Library Development in India  
2. Developing an Advocacy Strategy for Indian Libraries
3.  Branding and Marketing for Changing the Image of Libraries in India
4  Developing Standardised ICT Infrastructure for Libraries in India 
    
The Executive summary of the workshop results is available at the National Knowledge Commission website at: 
http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/documents/IntSeminar_Libraries.pdf

We are happy that the results are accessible to everyone through the NKC website and will keep you posted about further developments in this regard.

Yours sincerely,


Marilen Daum					Renu Seth  
Director 					Chief Librarian
Library and Information Services 
South Asia  

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Max Mueller Bhavan
3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi-110001
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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Fri May  2 10:47:18 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 10:47:18 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Hindi included in Google Translate
Message-ID: <c13c85220805012217i43c56c5amb6563dd5103f9075@mail.gmail.com>

Google Translate <http://translate.google.com> has now included Hindi
in its list of languages. So now you can translate English to Hindi or
Hindi to English. See also few tools available in Google Translate.
You can read English sites in Hindi or Make your own site available in
Hindi or English. The translated text for Hindi would be in Devnagri.

But don't start celebrating yet! Translated text does not follow the
grammar or syntax of Hindi. For example "My name is Sukhdev Singh"
would be translated as  "मेरा नाम है सुखदेव सिंह", when it should be
"मेरा नाम सुखदेव सिंह है". You can suggest Google the right
translation by clicking on "Suggest a better translation". It may
improve translation quality in future by learning from suggestions.

--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in  Fri May  2 12:52:36 2008
From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 12:52:36 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Institutional Repositories to be vigorously promoted in
	India!
Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260821D53A@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>

Recently I participated in a Brainstroming meet held at INSA, New Delhi
on 26/04/2008 with a view to draft recommendations to be submitted to
the GOI for changes in Copyright Law for scholarly communication  in
tune with emerging practices in the new information era. 
While it was generally agreed that research publications coming out of
all public funded researches and projects has to be made available
through open access (OA) initiatives similar to the international
practices, the modalities to achieve this aim drew passioned discussions
from various quarters representing different interest groups, like
publishers, advocates, scientista, librarians, etc. It was agreed that
the scientific community should be won over to ths concept of
contributing their peer reviewed reseacrh articles, etc for the
Institutional Archives and Repositories (IR) so that they may get wider
visibility and impact and simulatenously the level of study & research
in the country may get elevated. Different models from the international
practices were also discussed-ranging from Institutional fiats to self
mandates by the scholarly community.
 
The signed editorial by Dr. P. Balaram carried in the April 10, 2008
issue of the CURRENT SCIENCE titled 'Science Journals: Issues of
Access', which has called the open access movement a 'new wind' blowing
over the 'turbulent world of science publishing' generated great
interest. Balaram noted that scientific literature was globally
exploding and publishing was an increasingly profitable enterprise.
Large publishing houses like (the European) Elsevier Science and
Springer-Verlag are beginning to monopolise the world of science
journals; a situation that promotes a seller's market. However there are
great pressures on libraries worldwide to 'prune their subscriptions in
the face of mounting costs'. Citing the example from his experience at
IISc, Bangalore, which has probably India's largest holding of science
and engineering journals, Balaram has written that even IISc was
thinking of trimming the library's subscriptions. A current idea
floating at the Institute is that the Journals that the IISc faculty did
not publish for a few years, which were not cited by IISc authors and
also did not cite papers emerging from this Bangalore institution, were
listed. This list could save Rs.10 million (US$250,000) by way of
subscriptions.Thus it has been argued that 'the idea of open,
institutional archives' has to be 'vigorously promoted in India'.
Regards.
TANWIR

Libraries inpublished Current Science, India's prominent fortnightly
journal of research, has editorially argued for 'the idea of open,
institutional archives' and called for it to be 'vigorously promoted in
India'. India are facing growpressures on libraries worldwide to 'prune
their subscriptions in the face of mounting costs'.

It said Bangalore's Indian Inspublished Current Science, India's
prominent fortnightly journal of research, has editorially argued for
'the idea of open, institutional archives' and called for it to be
'vigorously promoted in India'.titute of Science (IISc), probably
India's largpublished Current Science, India's prominent fortnightly
journal of research, has editorially argued for 'the idea of open,
institutional archives' and called for it to be 'vigorously promoted in
India'.est holding of science and engineering journals, was thinking of
trimming the library's subscriptions.published Current Science, India's
prominent fortnightly journal of research, has editorially argued for
'the idea of open, institutional archives' and called for it to be
'vigorously promoted in India'.

Journals that the IISc faculty did not publish for a few years, which
were not cited by IISc authors and also did not cite papers emerging
from this Bangalore institution, were listed. This list could save Rs.10
million (US$250,000) by way of subscriptions.

ing costs, specially to sometimes maintain both print and on-line
subscriptions and issues related to 'perpetual' electrpressures on
libraries worldwide to 'prune their subscriptions in the face of
mounting costs'.

It said Bangalore's Indian Institute of Science (IISc), probably India's
largest holding of science and engineering journals, was thinking of
trimming the library's subscriptions.

Journals that the IISc faculty did not publish for a few years, which
were not cited by IISc authors and also did not cite papers emerging
from this Bangalore institution, were listed. This list could save Rs.10
million (US$250,000) by way of subscriptions.

onic access to back-files.

 


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From seth at delhi.goethe.org  Fri May  2 13:06:23 2008
From: seth at delhi.goethe.org (Seth, Renu)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:06:23 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy Announcement for the post of Librarian at Max
	Mueller Bhavan Mumbai
Message-ID: <72503E4695D70343BD3D51AF50F0E18677A104@nde-s2.newdelhi.goethe.org>

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Vacancy Announcement

Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai is planning to open a new library in its premises. Therefore we invite applications for the position of the Librarian. 
MMB is part of the worldwide network of the Goethe-Institut Munich and promotes German language and culture abroad. The library provides comprehensive and up-to-date information about Germany.

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 in accordance with the MMB salary scheme and in commensuration with qualifications and experience. Applications received by May 15, 2008 will receive first consideration. Send letter of application, along with two professional references to Marla Stukenberg, The Director, Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, K. Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel: (022) 2202 7542 
Email: il at mumbai.goethe.org

Visit our web site at www.goethe.de/mumbai



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From sri_lib at yahoo.com  Fri May  2 15:56:12 2008
From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 03:26:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Courses on Distance Mode and Open Universities In India
Message-ID: <528292.32551.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

List of Institutions Offering Courses on Distance Mode
and Open Universities In India:

Open Universities
Distance Courses Institutes 

http://www.education.nic.in/dist_inst.asp
 
Regards,
S.Sripriya



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From nrusingh_99 at yahoo.com  Sat May  3 12:47:01 2008
From: nrusingh_99 at yahoo.com (nrusingh dash)
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 00:17:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] open access publishing
Message-ID: <845459.31468.qm@web34705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



dear professional friends !

The following link will take you to a plethora of open
access information
http://library.truman.edu/search_articles/open-access.htm

just have a look at it, 





Nrusingh Kumar Dash
Librarian
Silicon Institute of Technology
Bhubaneswar-24


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From sambhu.halder at gmail.com  Sat May  3 13:03:01 2008
From: sambhu.halder at gmail.com (Sambhunath Halder)
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 13:03:01 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Research in LIS
Message-ID: <6cbb9e8d0805030033u13e354b9kbc1ce3d012234436@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All

I would like to know the opportunity to research in LIS by SET qualified
candidates.
The information provided by WBCSC is "*SET qualified candidates will also be
eligible for State funded Research Scholarship tenable only in the
departments of the State -aided Universities (vide G.O. No. 51(7) Edn. (U)
dt. 30.01.97 from the Higher Education Department, Govt. of West Bengal)*".
If possible, please give the details for the same.


===================================
Regards,
Sambhu Nath Halder
Library and Documentation Centre,
Narula Institute of Technology,
81, Nilgunj Road, Kolkata 700109.
Contact No. : +91 9733964714; 9851280201
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From sankaran_thehindu at yahoo.com  Sun May  4 12:48:06 2008
From: sankaran_thehindu at yahoo.com (sankaran arumugam)
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 00:18:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] =?utf-8?q?Subramania_Bharati=E2=80=99s_Letters=3A_fro?=
 =?utf-8?q?m_THE_HINDU_Archives?=
Message-ID: <169900.75813.qm@web36208.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear All,
THE HINDU  recently published the great Tamil poet, freedom fighter Subramania Bharati's "Letters to the Editor' from TH Archives.
Highlights:
The Letters to the Editor the great Tamil poet contributed to The Hindu between 1904 and 1916 have a remarkable range and a distinctive voice. 
C. Subramania Bharati (1882 - 1921) is indisputably the greatest of modern Tamil poets. He was a precocious child, and his prodigious talent at verse earned him the title of Bharati even as a boy. He briefly taught Tamil at Madurai before joining the Swadesamitran. The nationalist Tamil daily was founded by G. Subramania Iyer, one of the founders of The Hindu.
The Hindu is proud to reproduce some of Bharati’s published letters. 


(With research assistance from K. Rajendrababu, Chief Librarian, The Hindu.) 
For full details click the link
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/06/stories/2008040659160800.htm
Response from readers
http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/07/stories/2008040754781004.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/08/stories/2008040854311003.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/09/stories/2008040954931003.htm
http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/10/stories/2008041055671004.htm
Book released
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/20/stories/2008042059150500.htm 
Regards
sankaran


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From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com  Mon May  5 05:56:10 2008
From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 05:56:10 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Cartoon wanted : can anyone help me?
Message-ID: <9765c2050805041726v30d906efh9f50eca1b18a2d9d@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends

Long ago I saw a cartoon.

It contained a series of about 8 pictures. During a night, a person
picks up spherical rock/stone pieces, chisels and smoothen them out to the
size of
a foot ball, paints them to look like foot ball, then stealthily
places them at vantage points on the road (say  under a well lit lamp
post) and then goes home to sleep.

Next morning a queue of men of various ages with broken legs pile up
in his clinic. He, the mischief maker, who worked hard in the night is
an orthopedic surgeon.  "It is a hard life indeed" or some such thing
was the caption. I saw it on the net about 2 years ago and have sent
it to a couple of "ortho doc" friends. But now I am unable to locate
this picture, though I have been trying to get at it for the past many
months. Can some avid googler take up this challenge and help?

Here is a case of Image searching where keywords are not of much use.
That is the reason why Google encourages searchers to assign tags or
keywords to the image search results.


Dr P Vyasamoorthy,
Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org


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Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org

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From thimmappa03 at yahoo.com  Fri May  2 10:13:49 2008
From: thimmappa03 at yahoo.com (thimma naik)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:43:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library Use of E-books, 2008-09
Message-ID: <913428.52607.qm@web33005.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

  Primary Research Group has published Library Use of E-books, 2008-09 Edition, (ISBN 1-57440-101-7) 
  Data in the report is based on a survey of 75 academic, public and special libraries.  Librarians detail their plans on how they plan to develop their e-book collections, what they think of e-book readers and software, and which e-book aggregators and publishers appeal to them most and why. Other issues covered include: library production of e-books and collection digitization, e-book collection information literacy efforts, use of e-books in course reserves and inter-library loan, e-book pricing and inflation issues, acquisition sources and strategies for e-books and other issues of concern to libraries and book publishers. 
     Some of the report's findings are that:
  
   Well      over 81% of the sample cataloged their e-book collection and listed it in      their online library catalog.
   For the most      part, librarians in the sample felt that their patrons were less skilled      in using e-book collections than they were in using databases of magazine,      newspaper and journal articles.  
   The      libraries in the sample had MARC records for a mean of approximately 74%      of the e-books in their collections.
   Many      libraries reported significant use of electronic directories. 12.5%      reported extensive use and 30% said that use was significant.  The      larger libraries reported the heaviest use. 
   Use      of e-books in the hard sciences was particularly high. More than 30% of      participants said that use of e-books in the hard sciences (defined as      chemistry, physics and biology) was quite extensive and another 26% noted      significant use.  
   Libraries in the      sample maintained a print version for a mean of 24% of the e-books in      their e-book collections.  
   Nearly      21% of the libraries in our sample have digitized out-of-copyright books      in their collections in order to make their contents more available to      their patrons.
   Libraries      in the sample expect to renew a mean of 77% of their current e-book      contract.
   E-book      spending grew rapidly in 2008 but slowed significantly from 2007 growth      rates.
   E-books      account for only about 3.9% of the books on course reserve, with a minimum      of 0 to a maximum of 30%.  
   Nearly      70% of the sample's total spending on e-books was with aggregators, while      just over 24.6% of the total spending was spent with individual      publishers.
  Data is broken out by library budget size, for US and non-US libraries and for academic and non-academic libraries. The report presents more than 300 tables of data on e-book use by libraries, as well as analysis and commentary.  
   The report is available from Primary Research Group (www.PrimaryResearch.com) cost for PDF version $75.00
  

Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL 
Bengaluru 
+91 94488 69387
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From badanbarman at gmail.com  Fri May  2 16:25:29 2008
From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:25:29 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Job and Seminar Alerts for May Month
Message-ID: <38055c8a0805020355g4dd299f4xbd70b8d2e461a6fa@mail.gmail.com>

Information about a lot of new job openings is announced on the following
site. Interested candidates are requested to click on the following link for
details http://lisjob.blogspot.com

For upcoming seminars, conference, workshop and refresher courses please
click on the following link http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/

If any information is left out please let me know. Your contribution will be
greatly acknowledged.

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DLISc, Gauhati University

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From jaya.kalra1 at gmail.com  Sun May  4 21:31:32 2008
From: jaya.kalra1 at gmail.com (JK)
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 21:31:32 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Kind Request
Message-ID: <224e28cc0805040901u23779df6qb3a7c2399e9dd9af@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,



I need some information about the standards (National as well as
International) used for e-publishing.

I also want to know from the library and information science professionals
about the interoperable online metadata standards and their applications in
Digital Library Softwares. Specifically, I like to know about DCMI (Dublin
Core Metadata Initiative which is one of the online metadata standard) and
its relevance and applications in Digital Library Softwares.

I would be very grateful if I could get some information about
e-learning/e-content management softwares/ models. Specifically, like to
know if any body is aware of  and can explain applications of SCORM which is
one of the standard for web based e-learning used internationally.



Urgent reply will be appreciated.


*Regards*
*Jaya Kalra*
 *Senior Consultant - LIS Group*
*Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.*
*412-C, Suneja Tower - I,*
*District Centre, Janak Puri*
*New Delhi - 110058*
*e-mail : jaya at totalit.co.in*
*website : www.totalit.co.in*
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*              www.globalperiodicals.com*

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From maniknl at dabur.com  Mon May  5 12:22:42 2008
From: maniknl at dabur.com (Manik Nand lal)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:22:42 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] SOP IN LIBRARY
Message-ID: <0F0D9406DA082B478BBBBFE06F843CF03F9B6A@daburexchange.dabur.com>



Dear Colleagues,

Do you follow  STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDUE (SOP) in your library? If so, can you please arrange to send me a copy?

Thanking you & with warm regards,

N. MANIK
MANAGER-LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRE
DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION
22, SITE IV, SAHIBABAD
GHAZIABAD-201010
INDIA

TEL. : +91-120-4378 497

FAX : +91-120-4376 905



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From srels at dataone.in  Mon May  5 12:12:03 2008
From: srels at dataone.in (SRELS)
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 12:12:03 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop - brochure
Message-ID: <000001c8ae93$e0cf0bb0$0301a8c0@SRELSHP1>

Dear Moderator,
Kindly arrange to announce the following workshop brochure for the benefit of lis-forum members.

Thanking you,
Yours truly,
K.N. Prasad
Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore
*****


Workshop on

NewGenLib

(9-11 June 2008)






Organized by

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS)

in association with

Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (RCIS),

JRD Tata Memorial Library 
Indian Institute of Science 

and

Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM)







WORKSHOP ON NEWGENLIB

About NewGenLib

NewGenLib (www.newgenlib.com), a web-based integrated library management system (ILMS) was recently made open source under the GNU General Public Licensing (GPL). In the three months since it became open source software (OSS), there have been 6000+ downloads of the software worldwide. NewGenLib is predicated on using international metadata and interoperability standards and web protocols. The two agencies involved in the development of the software: Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) (www.kiikm.org) and Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., (VSPL) envision the spread of NewGenLib and other open source solutions in libraries in the country and region via advocacy, workshops and services to libraries. The NewGenLib Foundation has been formed to further the use of open source technologies, NewGenLib and also to contribute to its continued enhancement.

Workshop Objectives and Content

1. Paradigms of the open source movement and the pros and cons of OSS
2. Technology and architecture of NewGenLib
3. Metadata and inter-operability standards on which NewGenLib in predicated and hands-on exercises on using these.
4. Hands-on installation of the server-and client-side software on Windows and Linux OS
5. Database development (including multilingual data entry) with NewGenLib using direct import and the Z39-50 protocol from web sources of MARC-21 metadata.
6. The development of open access repositories compliant with OAI-PMH via NewGenLib
7. Serials management in NewGenLib and use of standards for display and the MARC-21 holdings format
8. The NewGenLib Desktop Application and the End-of-day Process application 
9. Free and paid technical support services that open source users can expect Target Audience for the Workshop LIS professionals with basic working knowledge of IT and IT professionals interested in ILMS and current/potential users of NewGenLib. The Workshop will be limited to 40 participants on a 'first-come-first-served' basis.

Workshop Fee

Those interested may register on or before 1st June 2008 on payment of Rs. 4,000/- by DD drawn favouring Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. 
The fee will cover the cost of workshop kit comprising the Installation CD, multimedia tutorials and papers, hard copy user manual; lunch and tea.
The duly filled-in Registration Form 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 June 2008.

Course Faculty

Mr. L.J. Haravu, KIIKM, Hyderabad
E-mail: haravu at newgenlib.com
Mr. E M Siddartha, NewGenLib Foundation, Hyderabad, 
E-mail: siddartha at newgenlib.com

Accommodation

Participants will need to make their own arrangements for stay in Bangalore for the Workshop. 

Workshop Coordinator
Dr. K.N. Prasad
Executive Officer
SRELS, Bangalore 560 010
Phone: (080) 23305109
E-mail: srels at dataone.in


Venue
Cyber Class Room
Digital Information Services Centre (DISC)
JRD Tata Memorial Library Annexe, IISc
Indian Institute of Science, IISc PO
Bangalore 560 012



REGISTRATION FORM
Workshop on
NewGenLib
(9-11 June 2008)


Name :
Designation :
Name of the Institution :
Mailing Address : 


Pin Code:
Tel  :
Fax :
E-Mail :
Payment Details :
Amount :

D.D. No. & Date :

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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Mon May  5 16:31:13 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 12:01:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps complete study on equitable access to
	documentary heritage in South Asian Countries
Message-ID: <302922.6499.qm@web8614.mail.in.yahoo.com>

UNESCO helps complete study on equitable access to documentary heritage in South Asian Countries
05-05-2008 (New Delhi)
   
  The National Mission for Manuscripts of India, in association with UNESCO, completed a research study to assist in the development of legal and policy framework and protocols for promoting equitable access to documentary heritage, relevant to India and other South Asian countries.
   
  Entitled Legal and Policy Framework for Promoting Equitable Access to Documentary Heritage, the study seeks to accurately identify and critically examine the legal and policy framework for promoting equitable access to documentary heritage. The National Mission for Manuscripts is the most important institution in India dealing with bibliographic databases and the conservation and preservation of valuable manuscripts. The study covers the legal and policy framework which envelops the lifecycle of the Mission's work: access to manuscripts, their digitisation and creation of databases. 
   
  By critically examining the legal rules in the practical context of the Mission’s work, the research team has put together the first review of an initiative aimed at the protection of Indian traditional knowledge. The study illustrates working patterns of the Mission within the legal and policy framework of the country. It is a helpful sourcebook for understanding South Asian legal and policy framework for accessing documentary heritage collections. 
   
  While the study does not set out to be the final word on these policy initiatives, it definitely makes significant progress in the policy debate and legal literature in this field. The conclusions presented in the form of draft legal agreements and policy recommendations will, with no doubt, be valuable tools for South Asian countries that share similar legal and policy framework within the sub-region. 
   
  The study is available online: click here http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26706&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html.
   
  Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26709&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
   
  See Also: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
   
  ----
  With Best Regards
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi
  India
  http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com

       
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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Mon May  5 17:56:59 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:56:59 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] IIT, Kanpur : Vacancy for Libn., SLIA & Jr. Asst. (Lib.)
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805050526j2f1abe1ey50148e2a91af3b77@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has notified for following
vacancies for its Library
Advt. No. 1/2008

1. Librarian (UR) Pay Scale Rs. 16,400-22,400
2. Senior Library Information Assistant (OBC-1) Pay Scale Rs.5,500-9,000
3. Junior Assistant (Library) (SC-1,PH/UR-1, UR-1) Pay Scale Rs.3,200-4,900

Gross Emoluments (including DP - Dearness Pay, DA Dearness Allowance,
HRA House Rent Allowance, CCA -City Compensatory Allowance &
TA-Transport Allowance) at the initial basic pay for

Librarian post Rs. 40,892/-
Senior Library Information Assistant post Rs. 13,706/-
Junior Assistant (Library) Rs. 8,026/-

N.B. :- For qualification & experience see detailed advt. published in
Employment News dated 26th April, ' 08 OR
on the Institute's Website
www.iitk.ac.in

The completed application must reach the Institute on or before 26th May, ' 08

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Mon May  5 20:09:03 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 15:39:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Short Term Training Courses (2008-2009) at NISCAIR,
	New Delhi, India
Message-ID: <697631.11124.qm@web8609.mail.in.yahoo.com>

National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), Training Division
  14, Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi – 110 067, India
   
  NISCAIR conducts short term courses in the field of Library and Information Science and other areas. The following short term courses will be held during April 2008 to March 2009.
   
  Short Term Training Courses (2008–2009)
    
   Information Technology for Information Management  
   Library Automation and Resource Sharing  
   Design and Development of Digital Libraries Using DSPACE  
   Advanced Applications in WINISIS  
   Knowledge Innovation Culture and Management in Libraries  
   Online WINISIS Databases: Design & Development  
   Access and Management of E-Resources: Consortia Approach  
   Technical Writing & Editing  
   Library Automation and Open Source Software  
   Bibliometrics Tools and Techniques for Measurement & Evaluation of Research Outputs  
   Design and Development of Digital Libraries Using GSDL  
   Science Communication and Science Popularization  
   E-Publishing  
   Interoperability through OAI-PMH Protocol  
   Fundamentals of IPR  
   Patent Drafting  
   Intellectual Property Management  
   Herbarium Techniques
   
  Note:
  1. The number of participants are limited to Twenty (20) for each of the courses.
  2. Admission is strictly on the basis of first come first serve basis.
  3. Course fee may be sent to the In-charge, Training courses at least 10 days in advance in the form of Demand Draft in favour of "Director, NISCAIR" payable at "New Delhi".
   
  For details, please visit: http://www.niscair.res.in/movingmenu/Training%20Course%20Calender%202008-09.pdf and for any clarification, feel free to contact Dr. Narendra Kumar, In-Charge, Training Division (+91-11-26965094/26863617) at narendrakumar at niscair.res.in
   
   
  With Best Wishes
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi, India

       
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From pappuindelhi at yahoo.com  Mon May  5 21:44:25 2008
From: pappuindelhi at yahoo.com (pappuindelhi)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 09:14:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Cartoon wanted : can anyone help me?
Message-ID: <343241.15722.qm@web31007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com  Tue May  6 08:37:50 2008
From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:37:50 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Cartoon wanted : can anyone help me?
In-Reply-To: <343241.15722.qm@web31007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <343241.15722.qm@web31007.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <9765c2050805052007p3f930a43o13e90485f2e62bae@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks a lot, Mr Ashish, and for the explanation of how of it. Though I
guessed that such a wonderful cartoon must have been forwarded and several
copies must be floating around, I could not locate it even with Google Image
search. Google eludes even seasoned searchers.

I have learnt another way to search Google: Ask a group of experts ib
Lis-forum!
My four year search has ended.

Mr Mithun Raj from DRTC also sent me a copy of this picture about an  hour
ago to whom I have replied individually.

Thanks for LIS-FORUM  too

Vyasamoorthy


On 5/5/08, pappuindelhi <pappuindelhi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Padmanabha,
>
> Here goes how i did it:
>
> 1 Used google image search.
>
> 2 and, picked up exact few lines as mentioned in ur request, i.e.,
>
> "paints them to look like foot ball"
>
> 3. Now paste the above query in google image search, and see the results.
>
> 4. The first image search (luckily!) is the thing u require.
>
>
>
> The exact url is:
>
>
> http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=paints+them+to+look+like+foot+ball&btnG=Search+Images
>
>
>
> or
>
>
> http://shayari.sr-ultimate.com/funny/tutorial-how-to-get-patients-in-your-clinic.html
>
>
>
> Right click on each image, and save them to ur desktop to use.
>
>
>
> best regards
>
> Ashish
>
> New Delhi.
>
>
>
> -- Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy at gmail.com> wrote --
>
> Dear Friends
>
> Long ago I saw a cartoon.
>
> It contained a series of about 8 pictures. During a night, a person
> picks up spherical rock/stone pieces, chisels and smoothen them out to the
> size of
> a foot ball, paints them to look like foot ball, then stealthily
> places them at vantage points on the road (say  under a well lit lamp
> post) and then goes home to sleep.
>
> Next morning a queue of men of various ages with broken legs pile up
> in his clinic. He, the mischief maker, who worked hard in the night is
> an orthopedic surgeon.  "It is a hard life indeed" or some such thing
> was the caption. I saw it on the net about 2 years ago and have sent
> it to a couple of "ortho doc" friends. But now I am unable to locate
> this picture, though I have been trying to get at it for the past many
> months. Can some avid googler take up this challenge and help?
>
> Here is a case of Image searching where keywords are not of much use.
> That is the reason why Google encourages searchers to assign tags or
> keywords to the image search results.
>
>
> Dr P Vyasamoorthy,
> Society for Serving Seniors
> 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
> Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
> http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org
>
> ------------------------------
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Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
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From raajchd at gmail.com  Tue May  6 11:32:55 2008
From: raajchd at gmail.com (Raj K Bhardwaj)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:02:55 +0800
Subject: [LIS-Forum] 50x15 Initiative
Message-ID: <3545e0380805052302q54dcc26am47b36939a9d71af2@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

Video of Head of AMD - Hector Ruiz  developed their 50x15   project as a
viable business
model to help meet educational demands for developing countries and have
brought in
innovative.

Head of AMD - Hector Ruiz discusses AMD's commitment to world-wide internet
connectivity.

for video access the below mentioned link.

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/



*Raj Kumar Bhardwaj *

*Hon'ble Judges Library*

*High Court of Punjab and Haryana,*

*Chandigarh*









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" There is a difference between an objective and actions. Unless you
understand your objective, you will be wasting your time in actions. Know
your objective first " –

Swami  Vivekananda

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From dinesh.ncet at gmail.com  Tue May  6 12:13:28 2008
From: dinesh.ncet at gmail.com (DINESH SIDDAIAH)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 12:13:28 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Descriptive Questions in LIS
Message-ID: <62c911520805052343j771f1d8nfebcaa74bfd661b7@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

Those who are writing NET / SLET / SET exam, this book is very useful. This
contains descriptive Questions in LIS.

Descriptive Questions in Library and Information Science (Based on New
Syllabus for NET (UGC) SLET, SET and Other Tests)/S.M. Tripathi, C. Lal and
K. Kumar. New Delhi, Ess Ess Publications, 2002, 464 p., $39. ISBN
81-7000-340-7.

For more details browse: https://www.vedamsbooks.com

Dinesh K. S.

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From amanimekalai.au at gmail.com  Tue May  6 12:15:50 2008
From: amanimekalai.au at gmail.com (A.Manimekalai)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 12:15:50 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request to Ignore the Mails from a.manimekalai@gmail.com
Message-ID: <5aa8325d0805052345w64b97262j4e5fae1afd897ee6@mail.gmail.com>

Dear friends,

 I am Manimekalai Working in Annamalai University Library (Engineering) and
was contacting so many persons for my research work.
Unfortunately  some persons were misusing my ID by asking money stating I am
in South Africa and Nigeria. It is a Hoax mail, kindly ignore the mails
which are coming through the ID a.manimekalai at gmail.com

Some how the person is misusing and asking money in the name of mine. AS I
was busy in my PhD work, i could not take enough steps even to mail this
intimation to all since i could not access my Inbox itself. It made me upset
and I kindly request all the superiors and my friends who had helped me for
my academic work to ignore the mails in the name of mine.

Some of my friends ranged up to me and checked whether it is true or not.

 Dr.A. Manimekalai,
Asst. Librarian( Sr.Sc)
Annamalai University ( Engineering Faculty)


Thanking you,

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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Tue May  6 13:08:37 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 13:08:37 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Google Reader evolving into a Social Networking Site?
Message-ID: <c13c85220805060038m69271c65g4337709b841cf14a@mail.gmail.com>

That is not a news, but my wild guess!!

Just wondering whether Google Reader (a RSS Reader)
<http://reader.google.com/> is gradually evolving into a Social
Networking Site?
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1335211/social-networking-site>
It has now improved its Sharing options. It has become easier to share
your favorite sites with your friends
<http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/05/share-anything-anytime-anywhere.html>
. It provides for a "Share in Reader" link that can be dragged and
dropped in your browser's bookmarks bar. Once that is done, you are
ready to share your favorite sites or the sites you just discovered.
Select a relevant portion of the site you wish to share through Google
Reader and click on "Share in Reader". (Well text selection is
optional, but it is also better to be focused).  A window will open up
with title of the site being shared with selected text already filled.
Now just put your annotation (yet another optional step) about the
site (your friends might like to know as why you are sharing?) and
click "Post Item". You have now shared an item through Google Reader.
You can email the links of shared items to your friends, share through
your blog (ready to add clip in Blogger available) or copy and paste
relevant HTML snippet in your site.

Will Google Reader continue to add such features and evolve into a
Social Networking Site? It can add profiles, favorite contacts,
communities, pictures and all that stuff. With all these usual social
networking stuff powered with shared knowledge (sites), Google Reader
could become "Google Wisdom" for a participating virtual community.

--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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From rcgaur at bol.net.in  Tue May  6 14:16:12 2008
From: rcgaur at bol.net.in (Ramesh C Gaur)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:16:12 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] IGNCA Needs Professionals for IT support
Message-ID: <005001c8af55$a586b950$1401a8c0@IBM8326235DD52>

Hi!



IGNCA is premier research and academic institute engaged in preservation and documentation of Indian Cultural Heritage.  The Kala Nidhi Division of the Centre is responsible for preservation and dissemination of Indian Cultural Heritage Knowledge Resources.  Users at Kala Nidhi Reference Library have access to over 7.00 lakhs resources in form of books, journals, electronic databases, rare books, manuscripts, slides, paintings, masks, glass plates, art objects, textile, microfilms, microfiches, CDs/DVDs and audio video holdings. 

 

About 60% of non-print material has been digitized.  We are in the process of digitization of 2500 rare books.  The D-Space an Open Source Digital Library Software has been installed.  Libsys LS-Premia with MARC-21 and Unicode facilities is being used Library automation. 

 

To strengthen our Library Automation and digitization activities we are looking for some Library Professionals/Computer Professionals with following experiences and expertise:- 

 

1.                  Knowledge and experience in use and installation of open source digital Library Software i.e. D-Space 

2.                  Knowledge of Linux 

3.                  Proficiency in management of Internet and Intranet 

4.                  Experiences in digitization 

5.                  Good knowledge of computer hardware. 

6.                  Liaison  with AMC vendors for both  hardware and software. 

 

A suitable person may be paid a salary in the range of Rs.15000/- to Rs.25,000/-  depending on the qualification and experience.  The requirement is initially for one year likely to be extended for one more year.  The job is purely on contact and on temporary basis. 

 

The interested candidate may send their CV to the undersigned by e-mail or by post latest by May 12, 2008.



Regards

Ramesh



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Dr. Ramesh C Gaur
PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA)
Head-Kalanidhi Division
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA)
(An Autonomous body under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India)
5 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1
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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Tue May  6 14:24:11 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:24:11 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library Posters
Message-ID: <c13c85220805060154g36551cdcj6ad7cc274b912a75@mail.gmail.com>

What about downloading, printing and placing some of these posters in
your Library?


"..Fantastic photos and quotes. Can be used by any library. No need to
customize.."

http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/tell-library-story/Props/posters

--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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From ananda.byrappa at ge.com  Tue May  6 13:42:57 2008
From: ananda.byrappa at ge.com (Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research))
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 13:42:57 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years
Message-ID: <9CDB55A66218B844AD40E64D04FB3B7703D02731@BANMLVEM05.e2k.ad.ge.com>

Dear LIS professionals,

I am happy to announce the names of the newly elected office bearers of
the
Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) for next two years
(2008-2010).

________________________________________________________________________
____

President

Prof. I.K Ravichandra Rao
DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute
Bangalore
Email:ikrrao at yahoo.co.in

Vice - President:

Mrs. Usha Mukunda
Email:usha.mukunda at gmail.com

Vice - President:

Mr. Francis Jayakanth
NCSI, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
Email: franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

General Secretary:

Mr. Ananda T.Byrappa
GE India Technology Centre
Bangalore
Email: ananda.byrappa at ge.com

Treasurer:

Mr. Puttabasavaiah
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
bas at library.iisc.ernet.in

Joint Secretary:

Mr. H Rajendra Babu
Symphony Services Corporation, Bangalore
Email:Rajendra.Babu at capco.com

________________________________________________________________________
________

Kind regards,
Ananda T.Byrappa
Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre
GE India Technology Centre
122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road,
Bangalore - 560066, INDIA

Phone: 91-80-25032618
Fax:   91-80-28412114
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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Tue May  6 14:22:26 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:22:26 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Kendriya Vidyalaya Librarian post Written
	Exam.:Guidelines for Paper I & II
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805060152s45d6c608l83d1037bc3865f13@mail.gmail.com>

Dear LIS Students' / Trainees',

I am posting following matter regarding KV Librarian post written
exam. of Paper I & II, which is going to be held on 13th May, ' 08.

Target Audiance of this message :-  Forum Members' whose are going to
appear in Kendriya Vidyalaya Librarian post Written Exam. for the
First Time. I hope that this info. will littlebit help in their K V
exam.I expect , u people got ur admit card already.

Paper I - General Paper : Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions, 2
Hour duration, 120 marks, probably 120 questions, Timing 9-11 am,
Difficulty Level -Not Mention.It is Qualifying paper.

Questions will be asked from following part
a. General English
b. General Awareness
c. General Intelligence & Reasoning
d. Numerical Ability
e. Teaching Aptitude

Some Questions asked in the last KV exam, from General Awareness part

1. Bagha border is situated in which Indian state - Punjab

2. Which country has won men's Hockey gold in Doha Asiad ?

3. What is the Fog Density of air plane (in metres) ?

4. Who was heading th Interim govt. in India in 1946 ? Jawaharlal Nehru

5. When was Indian National Army (INA) was founded ?

6. Which is not a source of Calcium ? rice, ragi, milk.

7. Which place is considered as birth place of second women Indian
Astronaut Sunita Williams ? Ahmedabad

Paper II Language Proficiency: Difficulty Level +2 Level, Descriptive
Paper, Duration 1 hour, Timing 11am - 12 noon, 40 marks (20 marks to
English & 20 Marks to Indian Language opted by you).This paper is
qualifying in nature & also its marks are added for final merit.

Few Questions from the last KV exam.

(A) English
1. Comprehension of a passage & related questions
2. Paragraph Writing for example on My favourate subject
3. Sentence making from words, voice change etc.

(B) Hindi
1. Comprehension of a passage & related questions
2. Paragraph Writing on topic of current affairs like Watching Cricket
is the wastage of National Time OR Use of womens' in the advertisement
of Cosmetics
3. Word meaning, Idioms meaning
4. Why books are our best friend ?


Paper III Subject Paper (Library Science) : Descriptive
Paper,Difficulty Level - Graduation /Diploma, Duration 3 Hours, Timing
: 2-5 pm

All the Best for the Exam.
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From arulpragasam at rediffmail.com  Tue May  6 15:30:02 2008
From: arulpragasam at rediffmail.com (arul  pragasam)
Date: 6 May 2008 10:00:02 -0000
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post of Libraraian
Message-ID: <20080506100002.5104.qmail@f5mail-236-234.rediffmail.com>

  
Sir
Please place this advt for the post of Librarian in Arts , science and Commerce College situated in the Mumbai sub urban with the students capacity of 11000.Courses ranges from Junior college,U.G, P.G. Ph.D etc
NAAC : B+
Sindhi minority Govt aided College. 
This is my sister Institution.
Req.Qualification is M.L.I.S. and NET / SLET. 
No Excemption for M.Phil and Ph.D Holder, However For M.Phil 31/12/1993 and Ph.D. - 31/12/2002 are Exempted from NET /SET 

Last date is 15/05/2008

Ref:- 1/05/2008 dt. Times of India.
Suitable candidates can send their CV to 
The Principal
R.K.Talreja College 
Ulhasnagar- 421003
Thane - Dist
Maharashtra
Please do the needful to get an suitable candidate.
Thank you
Your sincerely
P.ARULPRAGASAM
LIBRARIAN
SEVA SADAN'S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
ULHASNAGAR
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From tomasallen_who at hotmail.com  Tue May  6 19:15:48 2008
From: tomasallen_who at hotmail.com (Tomas Allen)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 03:45:48 -1000
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Job Posting - Director - Knowledge Management and
 Sharing World Health Organization (Geneva Swit
Message-ID: <BAY131-W120D5B25BBA0D35EDFDD5BEED60@phx.gbl>

Job Posting -   Director  - Knowledge Management and Sharing  World Health Organization (Geneva Switzerland)
Dear Friends
The following position would be of interest to a senior level person with an advanced University degree in knowledge management and/or information science and/or publishing and or other knowledge related fields and an interest in the public health related field - Please circulate among your colleagues this interesting career possibility.
Please submit all inquiries, questions and applications as per instructions at the following site.
http://www.who.int/employment/vacancies/en/
 
 
A full description is available from the WHO Web site at https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=1000&jobinfo_uid_c=19450&vaclng=en
 
Description of duties:1)To develop and implement strategies related to knowledge management that will 1) strengthen the performance of health systems and 2) strengthen the knowledge culture of WHO, and 3) establish knowledge management as a fundamental public health science.2) Serve as key player in contributing to the overall vision and implementation of the IER strategy and leads IER strategic planning related to knowledge management; plans and directs the work and staff of the department, collaborates, coordinates with Regional KMS focal points on institution-wide development and implementation of knowledge management strategy.3) Pioneers the development and implementation of innovative and effective knowledge management strategies in public health drawing on WHO's assets and, in partnership with other institutions, designs and promotes international norms, standards, guidelines and recommendations with respect to knowledge management as a core public health science. Supports member states in the development, implementation and monitoring of knowledge management strategies.4) Oversees the WHO Libraries in their activities to enable access to highest quality scientific information to support all health sector activities in member states and particularly in developing countries.5) Oversees the production of the annual World Health Report (WHR) closely collaborating with the Editor-in-Chief each year and the relevant technical program at headquarters and in Regional Offices.6) Oversees the publication of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization by working closely with the Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, and the Editorial Committee; oversees the WHO Press in its activities related to publishing, licensing, marketing, sales and dissemination and is responsible for the governance and implementation of the WHO publication policy; oversees the WHO coordinator on Multi-lingualism and ensures implementation of the multi-lingual plan of action. 
 
Many thanks for your assistance.
Tomas Allen
WHO Library.
tomasallen_who at hotmail.com
_________________________________________________________________
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From badanbarman at gmail.com  Tue May  6 19:52:51 2008
From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:52:51 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Descriptive Questions in LIS
In-Reply-To: <62c911520805052343j771f1d8nfebcaa74bfd661b7@mail.gmail.com>
References: <62c911520805052343j771f1d8nfebcaa74bfd661b7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <38055c8a0805060722j608f1ecs39c31201582174fe@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/6/08, DINESH SIDDAIAH <dinesh.ncet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Those who are writing NET / SLET / SET exam, this book is very useful.
> This contains descriptive Questions in LIS.
>
> Descriptive Questions in Library and Information Science (Based on New
> Syllabus for NET (UGC) SLET, SET and Other Tests)/S.M. Tripathi, C. Lal and
> K. Kumar. New Delhi, Ess Ess Publications, 2002, 464 p., $39. ISBN
> 81-7000-340-7.
>
> For more details browse: https://www.vedamsbooks.com
>
> Dinesh K. S.
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Sorry Sir, I dont recommend the book for our NET aspirants. The book need to
go through major revision.

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From sathya at informindia.co.in  Wed May  7 09:10:21 2008
From: sathya at informindia.co.in (sathya)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:10:21 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years
In-Reply-To: <9CDB55A66218B844AD40E64D04FB3B7703D02731@BANMLVEM05.e2k.ad.ge.com>
Message-ID: <200805070347.m473lbcq020451@mail.iisc.ernet.in>

Congratulations! Ravi.
And to your team!
Wishing great success to you all
In all your endeavors of making KALA
A vibrant Association.
 
Sathya
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From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
[mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Byrappa, Ananda
(GE, Research)
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:43 PM
To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Cc: Babu Rajendra; usha.mukunda at gmail.com; ikrrao at yahoo.co.in
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years



Dear LIS professionals, 

I am happy to announce the names of the newly elected office bearers of the 
Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) for next two years (2008-2010). 

____________________________________________________________________________


President 

Prof. I.K Ravichandra Rao 
DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute 
Bangalore 
Email:ikrrao at yahoo.co.in 

Vice - President: 

Mrs. Usha Mukunda 
Email:usha.mukunda at gmail.com 

Vice - President: 

Mr. Francis Jayakanth 
NCSI, Indian Institute of Science 
Bangalore 
Email: franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 

General Secretary: 

Mr. Ananda T.Byrappa 
GE India Technology Centre 
Bangalore 
Email: ananda.byrappa at ge.com 

Treasurer: 

Mr. Puttabasavaiah 
Indian Institute of Science 
Bangalore 
bas at library.iisc.ernet.in 

Joint Secretary: 

Mr. H Rajendra Babu 
Symphony Services Corporation, Bangalore 
Email:Rajendra.Babu at capco.com 

____________________________________________________________________________
____ 

Kind regards, 
Ananda T.Byrappa 
Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre 
GE India Technology Centre 
122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, 
Bangalore - 560066, INDIA 

Phone: 91-80-25032618 
Fax:   91-80-28412114 
email:  ananda.byrappa at ge.com 





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From ryerna at iitk.ac.in  Wed May  7 09:31:25 2008
From: ryerna at iitk.ac.in (ryerna at iitk.ac.in)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:31:25 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open Science Directory launched
Message-ID: <1404.172.28.64.50.1210132885.squirrel@newwebmail.iitk.ac.in>


Dear friends,

    Kindly share the following news!

The Open Science Directory, a large collection of e-journals, is now
available for researchers in developing countries. The Open Science
Directory, with the support of EBSCO and Hasselt University Library,
creates a unique access point to  journals contained in existing
programmes and open access journals.

         http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/



With regards,
Ramesh Yernagula
Central Library
Indian Institute Of Technology
Kanpur

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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Wed May  7 12:29:47 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:29:47 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Launch of YouTube in India.
Message-ID: <c13c85220805062359i28de369aj89c5fb85f5586b90@mail.gmail.com>

Once again, I am talking about Google.!! Sometimes I feel like awkward
talking about it. But then it is a news I wish to share.

Google has launched Indian Version of YouTube <http://in.youtube.com>

.."Indian version of YouTube allows you to connect with local users
like never before –- take a look at the videos being featured on our
home page right now and you'll see everything from a non-resident
Indian (NRI) family trying to tell folks back home how much they
missed their hot cup of morning tea to the merry whistlers from
Bangalore to traffic mayhem in Hyderabad"..

I had more to say on that, but keeping it for next time.

--Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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From horakerisd at yahoo.com  Wed May  7 11:26:41 2008
From: horakerisd at yahoo.com (Suresh Horakeri)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 11:26:41 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years
Message-ID: <933852.61899.qm@web94901.mail.in2.yahoo.com>


Congratulations!  Mr. Francis Jayakant and to your team!
For elected as office bearers of the KALA.
I hope under able guidance of Prof Ravi, KALA will take a new shape in the society.

Suresh D Horakeri
BVBCET, Hubli



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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Wed May  7 12:55:22 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 08:25:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO helps measure information literacy among
	residents of an Indian metropolitan city
Message-ID: <75663.45075.qm@web8615.mail.in.yahoo.com>

UNESCO helps measure information literacy among residents of an Indian metropolitan city
06-05-2008 (New Delhi)
   
  The Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in association with UNESCO, completed a research study to measure information literacy competency and reading habits amongst the urban and semi-urban habitants in a metropolitan city in India.
   
  UNESCO releases a report on this research entitled Information Literacy Competency and Readership Study of Five Specific Localities in Urban, Industrial and Semi-Urban Areas of Kolkata Metropolitan City. 
   
  The study sought to identify and critically examine the information literary competency and reading habits of mixed habitants, having contrasting professions or vocations. More particularly, the study had the following objectives:
* to assess the readership of people from different social strata of five specific localities of Kolkata metropolitan city; 
* to measure the encroachment of different media on people’s reading habit; 
* to find out the probable causes behind the difference in pattern of the reading habits of people in different localities of Kolkata; 
* to assess the role played by public libraries in promoting reading habits; and 
* to map the information literacy level of people living in urban, industrial and semi-urban areas of Kolkata.
   
  This study illustrates information seeking behaviour of diverse groups of habitants, including youths, women, industrial workers and elderly persons. The report concludes that the number of men who do not read regularly far exceeds the number of women in the same category, and that women are more prone to use libraries for satisfaction of their reading needs. Among the non-print media, television attracted most respondents. The study also demonstrated that, despite the electronic media boom, reading still survives. 
   
  The public libraries in the city play wider role to inculcate reading habits amongst youths and neo-literates. This study suggests that information literacy competency and lifelong education can also be imparted to marginalised groups through public library networks in the country. 
   
  The study report is available online: click here http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26726&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html.
   
  Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26727&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
   
  See Also: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26397&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
   
  With Best Wishes
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi, India
  www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com
   

       
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From krmulla at gmail.com  Wed May  7 12:56:36 2008
From: krmulla at gmail.com (K.R. Mulla)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:56:36 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES's VIRTUAL LIBRARY PORTAL
Message-ID: <a8d4e6a30805070026w5f49d18dlb146c7954b138dee@mail.gmail.com>

DEAR ALL,

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES's VIRTUAL LIBRARY PORTAL LINK
http://164.100.80.120/karpublib/westzone%20website/New%20Folder/virtual%20library.htm


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Thanks with regards

K. R. Mulla,
Librarian,
HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045.
Karnataka, India.
Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152
.................................................................................................

Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/
Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/
Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/
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From krmulla at gmail.com  Wed May  7 12:42:48 2008
From: krmulla at gmail.com (K.R. Mulla)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:42:48 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free video lectures
Message-ID: <a8d4e6a30805070012l6890d6f7k3243b821fdb2d321@mail.gmail.com>

* Dear all,

Free online vedio lectures are available in different discipline please
click this link http://www.kannadamitra.com/dox/text/58.pdf

for more click this link http://freevideolec tures.com
*

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K. R. Mulla,
Librarian,
HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045.
Karnataka, India.
Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152
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Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/
Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/
Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/
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From akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in  Wed May  7 15:29:14 2008
From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:29:14 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years
In-Reply-To: <200805070347.m473lbcq020451@mail.iisc.ernet.in>
References: <9CDB55A66218B844AD40E64D04FB3B7703D02731@BANMLVEM05.e2k.ad.ge.com>
	<200805070347.m473lbcq020451@mail.iisc.ernet.in>
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Congratualtions to all from my personal behalf and on behslf of IASLIC.

Arun
General Secretary, IASLIC

DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY
        LIBRARIAN
BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA
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To: "'Byrappa, Ananda \(GE, Research\)'" <ananda.byrappa at ge.com>, <lis-
forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:10:21 +0530
Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years

> Congratulations! Ravi.
> And to your team!
> Wishing great success to you all
> In all your endeavors of making KALA
> A vibrant Association.
>  
> Sathya
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> From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Byrappa, Ananda
> (GE, Research)
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:43 PM
> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> Cc: Babu Rajendra; usha.mukunda at gmail.com; ikrrao at yahoo.co.in
> Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA office bearers for next two years
> 
> Dear LIS professionals, 
> 
> I am happy to announce the names of the newly elected office bearers 
> of the Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) for next two years 
> (2008-2010). 
> 
> 
____________________________________________________________________________
> 
> President 
> 
> Prof. I.K Ravichandra Rao 
> DRTC,Indian Statistical Institute 
> Bangalore 
> Email:ikrrao at yahoo.co.in 
> 
> Vice - President: 
> 
> Mrs. Usha Mukunda 
> Email:usha.mukunda at gmail.com 
> 
> Vice - President: 
> 
> Mr. Francis Jayakanth 
> NCSI, Indian Institute of Science 
> Bangalore 
> Email: franc at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 
> 
> General Secretary: 
> 
> Mr. Ananda T.Byrappa 
> GE India Technology Centre 
> Bangalore 
> Email: ananda.byrappa at ge.com 
> 
> Treasurer: 
> 
> Mr. Puttabasavaiah 
> Indian Institute of Science 
> Bangalore 
> bas at library.iisc.ernet.in 
> 
> Joint Secretary: 
> 
> Mr. H Rajendra Babu 
> Symphony Services Corporation, Bangalore 
> Email:Rajendra.Babu at capco.com 
> 
> 
____________________________________________________________________________
> ____ 
> 
> Kind regards, 
> Ananda T.Byrappa 
> Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre 
> GE India Technology Centre 
> 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, 
> Bangalore - 560066, INDIA 
> 
> Phone: 91-80-25032618 
> Fax:   91-80-28412114 
> email:  ananda.byrappa at ge.com 
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From yogesh.modi at desidoc.drdo.in  Wed May  7 16:51:24 2008
From: yogesh.modi at desidoc.drdo.in (yogesh.modi )
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:51:24 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Conference on Digitization and Digital
 Preservation, December 2008, Organized by DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi
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CALL FOR PAPERS
 
National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation
December 2008
 
DESIDOC is organizing a three-day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation on second week of December 2008, aimed to debate various issues on the subject. It will emphasize the ways in which the historical records of an organization can be preserved and made available for dissemination and scholarly use.
 
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts as per the following schedule preferably as Microsoft Word attachments at;
E-mail. :            director at desidoc.drdo.in
 
Submission of Abstracts            :           10 July 2008
Conveyance of Acceptance      :           17 July 2008
Submission of Full Papers         :           10 Sept 2008
 
THEMES & SUB-THEMES COVERED
�         Digital Libraries and Digitization issues 
�         Preservation / Conservation Procedures 
�         Metadata Standards in relation to Digitization / Preservation 
�         Copyright Issues 
�         Networking Techniques and Technologies 
�         Storage Solutions/ Specifications 
�         Semantic Web 
�         Knowledge Management 
CONTACT PERSON
Dr. AL Moorthy, Director
Chairman, Organizing Committee
NCDDP 2008
DESIDOC, Metcalf House, Delhi-54
            Phone:  011-23902527, 23902529, Fax    :  011-23819151, 23902449
            Email:   director at desidoc.drdo.in
For more details please visit DRDO website (http://www.drdo.org/ncddp/ncdp2008.htm)
Organized by
Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre
 Defence Research and Development Organization
 Metcalfe House, Delhi - 110054
 

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From mukesh.monitor at gmail.com  Wed May  7 17:51:48 2008
From: mukesh.monitor at gmail.com (Monitor - Mukesh)
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 17:51:48 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Descriptive Questions in LIS
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  Dear Friends,

  Those who are writing NET / SLET / SET exam, this book is very useful. This contains descriptive Questions in LIS. 

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From shiv.mail at gmail.com  Thu May  8 10:26:08 2008
From: shiv.mail at gmail.com (Shivendra Singh)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:26:08 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Medlline Plus released a multilingual feature (i.e.
	Hindi, Bengali, Gujarathi, Punjabi and Urdu etc.)
Message-ID: <afc66c140805072156mc7aa5b3wdd2e9f352d0bc4c1@mail.gmail.com>

Medlline Plus released a multilingual feature (i.e. Hindi, Bengali,
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MedlinePlus released a multilingual feature, providing access to
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From yogeeta.sharma at tandfindia.com  Thu May  8 10:32:12 2008
From: yogeeta.sharma at tandfindia.com (Sharma, Yogeeta)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 15:02:12 +1000
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Online Journals offered by Taylor & Francis Group
Message-ID: <D5AFA5E66EF1DC49BAF59607388AF7A62C4546@AU-EXBE01.APAC.CorpLAN.net>

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From vimal0212 at gmail.com  Thu May  8 11:58:18 2008
From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:58:18 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Part - Time External Ph.D. Registration
Message-ID: <5b978ad90805072328y75a670b0yb6e803d59592c9c3@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

I would like to know, can we register for PhD in Library Science under

Part - Time External Ph.D. Registration programme offer by Bharatiar
University?

If anybody already joined for PhD, please share the details.

-- 
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Asst. Librarian
Asian School of Business
Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581
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From tariq22 at gmail.com  Thu May  8 12:11:15 2008
From: tariq22 at gmail.com (tariq22 at gmail.com)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:11:15 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] HANDBOOK OF UGC NET
Message-ID: <4354703e0805072341h259cd0d0qea54c95a31a11956@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

Just to bring to your kind notice

HANDBOOK OF UGC NET FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Editors:

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Sanjay Kumar Jha

Foreword

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Professor, Department of Library & Information Science
University of Delhi-Delhi

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2008 .Pages.394 Price Rs. 295/



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From monitorsales at gmail.com  Thu May  8 12:49:56 2008
From: monitorsales at gmail.com (Monitor's Customer Care Center)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:49:56 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] free e books
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From: "Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy" <vyasamoorthy at gmail.com>
To: <lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:58 PM
Subject: [LIS-Forum] E-book reader


> Dear Friends
> 
> I want to buy a good e-book reader. Some years ago I was sort of
> following the trends. Can anyone practically using e-book reader say
> which brand / model is good & why? Hidden (unsaid) problems if any may
> be mentioned. If price & availability is known, better.
> Is there any library in India lending e-books to be stored on E-book
> readers as a part of routine lending plans?
> 
> Any hints on sources for free ebooks, especially fiction, are also welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
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From patranihar at gmail.com  Thu May  8 14:24:04 2008
From: patranihar at gmail.com (Nihar Patra)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 14:24:04 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] MANLIBNET - Gujarat Chapter's Round-Table Conference on
	"Management Librarians and Their Role in Promoting Research'.
In-Reply-To: <016f01c8b0e9$5796d370$4a010a0a@library1>
References: <016f01c8b0e9$5796d370$4a010a0a@library1>
Message-ID: <d139271d0805080154i32cf5ac4p7e5091dd1f708b0a@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Fellow Professional,



Sub:   MANLIBNET – Gujarat Chapter's Round-Table Conference on "*Management
Librarians and Their Role in Promoting Research*'.



MANLIBNET – Gujarat Chapter is pleased to inform you that the First
Round-Table Conference on "Management Librarians and Their Role in Promoting
Research" will be held at *EDI Campus* on *17th May 2008 (Saturday). *The
tentative programme schedule is as follows:



09.00

Registration

09.30

Inaugural function

10.00

Talk by an Eminent Management Academician

11.00

Tea break

11.30

Presentation on EDI Library and Information Centre

12.00

Discussion on activities of MANLIBNET Gujarat Chapter

13.00

Lunch



You are requested to participate / nominate your Library Professionals in
the above conference and make the event a grand success. As it is the first
meeting of this chapter, I request encouraging presence from you and your
other colleagues.  Kindly note that the registration is free.



I request you to kindly pass on this information to other library
professionals whoever in touch with you.



Please confirm your participation immediately to ganapathi at ediindia.org* *or
Mobile No. 93270 45345.



Yours sincerely,



B. Ganapathi

Librarian

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India;

PO Bhat 382 428

Dist. Gandhinagar



NOTE: Please send us the updated e-mail IDs and contact details of you and
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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Fri May  9 13:26:17 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:26:17 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Chemical Laboratory,
	Pune:Scientist & Tech. Staff positions in Information Division
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805090056i235e8a9fn8bef1cabbcde5640@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY

(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune-411 008

ADVT. NO. 1/2008 (ABSTRACT)

APPLY ONLINE ON OR BEFORE 02.06.2008

 (III) SCIENTIST - GROUP IV(1) (Rs. 8000-13500)

(1) CODE NO. 11 : INFORMATION DIVISION

[RESERVED FOR PWD (LOCOMOTOR DISABLED OR ORTHOPAEDICALLY HANDICAPPED)]

Qualification :

1st class Masters in Library and Information Science with B.Sc from
reputed institutions.

 Desirable:: The candidate should have one year of experience in a
research laboratory. Strong communication and interpersonal skills and
ability to work well in a collaborative team based environment.
Knowledge of computational tools and techniques for data management
and manipulation, digital resource management and metadata.
Familiarity with some of the commonly used repository platforms would
be helpful. Experience with relational database design, tools for
metadata manipulation and scripting.

The candidate with Advanced Diploma in Information Science/Knowledge
Management from DRTC(ISI) or NCSI (IISC) would be preferred.

Job Requirements: The selected candidate will work in the area of
Application of IT in the library, Dvelopment and Management of
information systems and databases, information portals and gateways
and setting up institutional repository.

(VI) TECHNICAL STAFF IN GROUP III(1) – (Rs.4500-125-7000)

2)CODE NO. 21 – INFORMATION DIVISION – 1 POST(UNRESERVED)

Qualification : 1st Class B. Lib. Science or equivalent..

Desirable : At least one year of experience of working in a research
library of repute, knowledge of working with digital resources. Strong
communication skills and ability to work in a team.

1st class Masters in Library and Information Science will be an added advantage.

Job Requirements: To help in the day to day functioning of the library.

Web Access to Detailed Advt. :-http://www.ncl-india.org/jobs/advt_ncl.pdf

Print Access to Brief Advt. : -
The Times of India, dated 7 May, ' 08 (Wednesday), Page # 19

The Hindu, dated 7 May, ' 08 (Wednesday), Page # 9

Thanx,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Fri May  9 14:23:34 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 14:23:34 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Natianal Metallurgical Laboratory,
	Jamshedpur:Tech.Staff Vacancy in Library
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805090153g61404621kae4801260d714f75@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

Natianal Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur

Advt. No. 03/2008

Tech. Staff Grade III,
Pay Scale Rs. 4,500-7000,
Age not exceeding 28 years

Edu. Quali.- 1st class B. Lib.Sc.

Des. Quali. - M.Lib.(with B.Sc.) with Computer Know.

Job. Req. - Library Automation,Networking,Digital Library, Technical Publishing

Last Date - 30June, ' 08

Web Access to Detailed Advt. :- http://www.nmlindia.org/download/advt3_2008.pdf

Print Access to Brief Advt. -
Indian Express dated 7th May, ' 08 (Wednesday) Page # 5

Thanx,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From xahoor_sofi at yahoo.co.uk  Fri May  9 11:37:18 2008
From: xahoor_sofi at yahoo.co.uk (xahoor sofi)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 06:07:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] request for articles
Message-ID: <40374.51665.qm@web27214.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Dear Professionals
Can anyone of you help me in suggesting some specific web links providing articles on the topic semntic web. 
Zahoor Ahmad
Chief librarian, Islamia College of Science & Commerce,Srinagar. J&K


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From amanimekalai.au at gmail.com  Fri May  9 16:55:06 2008
From: amanimekalai.au at gmail.com (A.Manimekalai)
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:55:06 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Librarian Post-Dindigul
Message-ID: <5aa8325d0805090425y10f7a3ddi66eadc694452d764@mail.gmail.com>

Dear LIS professionals,

Please utilise the opportunity

Post                      : Librarian
Qualification         : MLIS, MPhiL,
Contact:

The administrative Office,
NPR College of Engg. & Tech.
20, Thiruvalluvar Salai
Near Bustand Dindigul

Source:  Employment Service Tamil Weekly,
April, 16- 22, 2008 Page: 20

From
 Dr. A. Manimekalai,
Asst. Librarian(Sr.Sc)
Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Library,
Annamalai University
Annamalainagar- 608 002.

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From akualig at yahoo.co.in  Sun May 11 09:57:02 2008
From: akualig at yahoo.co.in (ashok upadhyay)
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 05:27:02 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for articles and Books on Retrospective
	conversion for research purpose
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1496.1210334900.2621.lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
Message-ID: <761464.43558.qm@web8615.mail.in.yahoo.com>

   Dear Friends,
  I am doing research on “Retroconversion of Documents in English Language in Central  Secretariat Library, Zakir Husain Library, JMI and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi: An evaluative  study.” For this purpose I have needed some full text articles and references of books on Retrospective Conversion by which I would complete my research work. Please help me regarding this because much material is not available on that topic and give me valuable suggestions regarding this.
  Provide me book reference on that topic and book availability because much books are not available on that topic if available anywhere give me information to me.
  I shall be highly thankful to you.
  waiting for your response.
  From
   
  Ashok Kumar Upadhyay
  Assistant Librarian
  Mangalayatan University
  Aligarh- Mathura Highway
  Beswan, Aligarh 202145
  (M) 09359146945
  E-MAIL: ashoka143 at gmail.com 
   



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From sathya at informindia.co.in  Mon May 12 12:19:38 2008
From: sathya at informindia.co.in (sathya)
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 12:19:38 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Writings of great Indians on an open access portal
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Message-ID: <200805120649.m4C6mxel010049@mail.iisc.ernet.in>

Arun 
 
The simple solution lies in reducing the age of  copyright for all literary
works from the current 75 years or so to a more reasonable level of  say
less than 10 years. In case of  India it is some X number of  years after
the death of  the author!  Even patents have maximum of  14 years for expiry
date (Some countries, I think, have 17 years).  
 
OA champions should indeed focus on getting the law makers attention to the
exceedingly long life for copyright. But any changes in the copyright law at
global level is a bigger battle!  
 
Sathya
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From: Subbiah Arunachalam [mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:08 AM
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Subject: Writings of great Indians on an open access portal


Friends:

In the US, the writings of the founding fathers of the country are being
brought into the public domain. Should we not do the same in India for the
writings of our great leaders (Gandhi, Nehru, Subash Chandra Bose, Patel,
Rajaji, Tagore and a large number of others)? We can do the same for our
great scientists (Srinivasa Ramanujan, J C Bose, S N Bose, M N Saha, K S
Krishnan, H J Bhahba and a number of others; Almost all papers of C V Raman
are already in the RRI archive). 

Best wishes.

Arun

==

Plan
<http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/05/plan-for-oa-to-american-foundi
ng.html> for OA to American Founding Fathers' papers 
National  <http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2008/nr08-102.html>
Archives Creates Plan for Online Access to Founding Fathers Papers, press
release, May 7, 2008. 

On Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein
submitted a report, entitled The Founders Online, to the Committees on
Appropriations of the U.S. Congress. This report is the National Archives
response to concerns raised by the Committees that the complete papers of
America's Founding Fathers are not available online. The Founders Online is
a plan for providing online access, within a reasonable timeframe, to
researchers, students and the general public. The report is available
<http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/publications/founders-report.pdf>
electronically at the National Archives website.

In announcing the completion of the report, Professor Weinstein said, "We
feel this plan would provide scholars and the public access to the best
available versions of the complete papers; it would also protect the
longstanding interests of the publishers and host organizations which along
with the Federal government have invested great resources in the past four
decades. Most importantly, it would build a monument to the Founders of our
nation in their own words."

The National Archives received suggestions from the editors of the papers of
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George
Washington, university publishers, and others in crafting a blueprint for
providing access to the already completed print editions and the raw
materials for the editions to come. If carried out, the plan ensures that
interested readers worldwide can see the work in progress with the already
complete editions accompanied by transcriptions of the papers yet to be
published. To hasten the transition process, the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission plans to invest $250,000 as a
demonstration pilot project.

The plan outlines three basic steps that remain:

*	Digitizing the existing 217 volumes and publishing the Papers on a
single website to allow for research and inquiry across America's Founding
Era collections; 

*	Transcribing and otherwise preparing for publishing on the web the
remaining papers (approximately 90,000 documents) and replacing these raw
materials with authoritative annotated versions as these are completed; and 

*	Creating an independent oversight process to ensure that rigorous
performance goals are established and met by the parties carrying out all
aspects of the work.

 
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From apurbajyoti at gmail.com  Mon May 12 18:28:47 2008
From: apurbajyoti at gmail.com (Apurba Jyoti Majumder)
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 18:28:47 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] NET results
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Hello professionals,

UGC has declared NET December,2007 Results.
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From library at rri.res.in  Tue May 13 10:42:22 2008
From: library at rri.res.in (Library)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:42:22 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Writings of great Indians on an open access portal
	(fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805131018440.23946@mail.rri.local.net>

Dear all:

To begin with, we planned to include in our IR all the newspaper 
clippings(1925s and onwards), which are very much in demand by historians 
of science. We scanned all the newspaper clippings in our archives 
(relating to Raman) and sought copyright clearance from all the 
newspapers, (which they gave readily) and posted them in our IR;

Then, we showcased all the research output of RRI from 1971 to date, 
keeping them open access wherever publishers have given permission to 
authors. The other articles are restricted access and one can e-mail us 
for a copy;

With the above exposure, we hit upon the idea of digitizing all of
C.V. Raman's collected works, published by the Indian Academy of 
Sciences in 6 volumes and followed the following norms:

- We first got the Indian Academy's permission to digitize and make pdfs 
and host in IR;

- Then we sought individual publisher's copyright permission for each 
article/s highlighting that papers published are of historical 
significance, which needs preservation and wide dissemination by placing 
in the IR;

- Many of the publishers gave copyright clearance with the result that 
we could host them in our IR and make them open access.

For carrying out such a stupendous task, one needs an open mind, sustained 
effort, dedication and team spirit.

Dr.Y.M.Patil
Librarian

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  C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar,        Fax:  +91 80 2361 0492
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On Mon, 12 May 2008, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote:

> Dear Sunder and Sathya:
> 
> Thanks very much for your mails. I am requesting Mr Patil of RRI to tell us
> the problems RRI faced in putting together of all of Raman's papers and how
> they overcame them.
> 
> I am also requesting Mr Pitroda to take up the matter of reducing the age of
> the copyright with the government.
> 
> Best wishes.
> 
> Arun
> 
> ==
> 
> On 5/12/08, sunder singh bg <bgs at nic.in> wrote:
>> 
>> Arun:
>> 
>> In a world of faster rates of obsolescence, copyrights need not remain
>> hindrance to OA. While copyrights and the Law are important,
>> can the Raman Research Institute or those who created the Raman Archive
>> like resources share their experiences?
>> 
>> regards,
>> ss/20080512/13:00
>> -----------------------------------
>> 
>> At 01:49 AM 5/12/2008, sathya wrote:
>> 
>> Arun
>> 
>> The simple solution lies in reducing the age of  copyright for all
>> literary works from the current 75 years or so to a more reasonable level
>> of  say less than 10 years. In case of  India it is some X number of  years
>> after the death of  the author!  Even patents have maximum of  14 years for
>> expiry date (Some countries, I think, have 17 years).
>> 
>> OA champions should indeed focus on getting the law makers attention to
>> the exceedingly long life for copyright. But any changes in the copyright
>> law at global level is a bigger battle!
>> 
>> *Sathya
>> *=======
>> | *N V Sathyanarayana *| Managing Director *|* *Informatics (India) Ltd* *
>> |* 194, R V Road, Basavanagudi *|* Bangalore 560 004. INDIA *|* *
>> ww.informindia.co.in* <http://www.informindia.co.in/> | Phone
>> +91-80-4038-7777 *|* FAX +91-80-4038-7600 *|*
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Subbiah Arunachalam [ 
>> mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com<subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>]
>> 
>> *Sent:* Monday, May 12, 2008 5:08 AM
>> *To:* sam.pitroda at c-sam.com; ratnakar at informindia.co.in;
>> prgoswami at icssr.org; prgoswami at hotmail.com; seth at delhi.goethe.org;
>> hkkaul at delnet.ren.nic.in; bgs at nic.in; chadha at nic.in; naina at nic.in;
>> giridhar at chemeng.iisc.ernet.in
>> *Cc:* rrrlf at wb.nic.in; library at rri.res.in; ard at drtc.isibang.ac.in;
>> dasgupta_kalpana at hotmail.com; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in;
>> nandula.raghuram at gmail.com; ragh at ces.iisc.ernet.in; naglaxman at yahoo.com;
>> satyanarayan at gmail.com; sathya at informindia.co.in; balki at serc.iisc.ernet.in;
>> dbala at lvpei.org; mv at mbu.iisc.ernet.in; akolaskar at yahoo.com;
>> bviswanathan at gmail.com
>> *Subject:* Writings of great Indians on an open access portal
>> 
>> Friends:
>> 
>> In the US, the writings of the founding fathers of the country are being
>> brought into the public domain. Should we not do the same in India for the
>> writings of our great leaders (Gandhi, Nehru, Subash Chandra Bose, Patel,
>> Rajaji, Tagore and a large number of others)? We can do the same for our
>> great scientists (Srinivasa Ramanujan, J C Bose, S N Bose, M N Saha, K S
>> Krishnan, H J Bhahba and a number of others; Almost all papers of C V Raman
>> are already in the RRI archive).
>> 
>> Best wishes.
>> 
>> Arun
>> 
>> ==
>> 
>> *Plan for OA to American Founding Fathers' 
>> papers<http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/05/plan-for-oa-to-american-founding.html>
>> *
>> National Archives Creates Plan for Online Access to Founding Fathers
>> Papers <http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2008/nr08-102.html>,
>> press release, May 7, 2008.
>> 
>> On Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein
>> submitted a report, entitled The Founders Online, to the Committees on
>> Appropriations of the U.S. Congress. This report is the National Archives
>> response to concerns raised by the Committees that the complete papers of
>> America's Founding Fathers are not available online. The Founders Online is
>> a plan for providing online access, within a reasonable timeframe, to
>> researchers, students and the general public. The report is available
>> electronically<http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/publications/founders-report.pdf>at 
>> the National Archives website.
>> 
>> In announcing the completion of the report, Professor Weinstein said, "We
>> feel this plan would provide scholars and the public access to the best
>> available versions of the complete papers; it would also protect the
>> longstanding interests of the publishers and host organizations which along
>> with the Federal government have invested great resources in the past four
>> decades. Most importantly, it would build a monument to the Founders of our
>> nation in their own words."
>> 
>> The National Archives received suggestions from the editors of the papers
>> of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and
>> George Washington, university publishers, and others in crafting a blueprint
>> for providing access to the already completed print editions and the raw
>> materials for the editions to come. If carried out, the plan ensures that
>> interested readers worldwide can see the work in progress with the already
>> complete editions accompanied by transcriptions of the papers yet to be
>> published. To hasten the transition process, the National Historical
>> Publications and Records Commission plans to invest $250,000 as a
>> demonstration pilot project.
>> 
>> The plan outlines three basic steps that remain: Digitizing the existing
>> 217 volumes and publishing the Papers on a single website to allow for
>> research and inquiry across America's Founding Era collections; Transcribing
>> and otherwise preparing for publishing on the web the remaining papers
>> (approximately 90,000 documents) and replacing these raw materials with
>> authoritative annotated versions as these are completed; and Creating an
>> independent oversight process to ensure that rigorous performance goals are
>> established and met by the parties carrying out all aspects of the work.
>> [image: Permanent link to this post]
>> <http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/05/plan-for-oa-to-american-founding.html> 
>> Posted
>> by Gavin Baker at 5/10/2008 05:33:00 PM.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>

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From raajchd at gmail.com  Tue May 13 11:00:09 2008
From: raajchd at gmail.com (Raj K Bhardwaj)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:30:09 +0800
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography
Message-ID: <3545e0380805122230p1879fb63t8d79751e6d54ab12@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

Electronic theses and Dissertation bibliography version 2 is available at
below mentioned link.

http://www.digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm

The bibliography present the selected English language articles and other
printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding electronic
these and dissertations(ETD)



Raj Kumar Bhardwaj
Hon'ble Judges Library
High Court of Punjab and Haryana,
Chandigarh

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From Farooque.Shaheen at keane.com  Tue May 13 13:10:29 2008
From: Farooque.Shaheen at keane.com (Shaheen, Farooque)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:29 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] TALKING WEBSITE
Message-ID: <0E73BAFDE11AB343AA62310037F0FFD41682A52996@MAIL701.KDS.KEANE.COM>

IT major IBM India Private Limited is now working on a talking website at its India Research Laboratory. This will ensure that even the unlettered can create a website and access information from others for business transactions.

Disclosing the details to Business Standard, IBM India Research Laboratory Director Guruduth Banavar said pilots of the project have been completed and were in the final stages.

The highlight is that it will be a spoken website. An individual can call up the registry (agency) to create a site for him. There will be a list of
services and products available, the price and time frame set for him. The clients will call up the same registry to perform a 'search'. Instead of
keying it on a computer, they will spell out the requirements.

The registry will throw up choices that are closest to the search criterion.

Banavar said several such registries will be created for locale and product-specific talking websites. "This project is scalable and can be
used across sectors,'' he said, adding that the booming mobile revolution in India was the basis for this mobile-web initiative.

This also transcends language barriers. The idea is to reach out to a large section of the population and this will eventually be part of the
IBM business units.


http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=8&autono=322765


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From kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in  Tue May 13 15:57:54 2008
From: kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in (kuber kumbar)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:27:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post of Library Assistants
Message-ID: <306975.99102.qm@web8713.mail.in.yahoo.com>

 
   
  Dear Professionals,
   
      We are looking for young LIS professionals (Male Candidates ) with Very good academic qualification, computer knowledge, preferably residents of Bangalore to work in Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. 

Qualifications:  BLISc or DLSc

Salary: Depending on qualifications and Experience. 

 Those interested may please send their resume,

To: sirmvitbgl at gmail.com or kuberkp at gmail.com

Within 10 days.

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From akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in  Tue May 13 21:17:30 2008
From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:17:30 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] "IASLIC- R. C. Gupta Endowment Lecture" - 2007 on
	29-05-2008
In-Reply-To: <20080409055231.M65164@isical.ac.in>
References: <20080409055231.M65164@isical.ac.in>
Message-ID: <20080513154730.M93968@bic.boseinst.ernet.in>

Dear Moderator

Please circulate.
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             "IASLIC- R. C. Gupta Endowment Lecture" - 2007 

   INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES & INFORMATION CENTRES
           P-291, CIT Scheme - 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054

Tel: 033-2362-9651   www.iaslic1955.org    E-mail: iaslic at vsnl.net

The Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) 
in collaboration with the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, 
Kolkata will organize "IASLIC- R. C. Gupta Endowment Lecture" - 2007 on 
Thursday, 29th May, 2008 at 6.30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall–2, S. N. Bose 
National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, 
Kolkata – 700 098.

Speaker          :Prof. Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri, 
                  Director, 
                  S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata

Presdided by    : Prof. Ashok Ranjan Thakur, 
                  Vice-Chancellor
                  West Bengal University of Technology
                  BF-142, Sector II , Salt Lake City 
                  Kolkata. West Bengal

Topic 	        : “Library: Going beyond books” 

Venue 	        : Lecture Hall–2, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic 
                  Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata–700098.

Date & Time 	: 29th May, 2008 at 6-30 p.m. 

 You are cordially invited to attend the lecture along with your colleagues.

Dated: 13th May 2008.	
  		                       (Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty)
			           	Hony. General Secretary
					akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in,    
                                        iaslic at vsnl.net  
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From srels at dataone.in  Tue May 13 12:54:15 2008
From: srels at dataone.in (SRELS)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:54:15 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Invitation - Symposium
Message-ID: <000001c8b579$f96debe0$0301a8c0@SRELSHP1>

Dear Moderator,
Kindly arrange to announce the following symposium for the benefit of lis-forum members.

Thanking you,
Yours truly,
K.N. Prasad
Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore
*****
Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS)
702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010

in association with
Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore
invites you
to a Symposium on the
Design and Development of Bi-lingual- and Multi-lingual Thesaurus for Information Indexing and Retrieval
Lead by
Dr. K.S. Raghavan
Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

on Saturday, 31st May 2008 at 2.30 p.m.

at

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore


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From suresh_saru at yahoo.com  Wed May 14 10:01:10 2008
From: suresh_saru at yahoo.com (suresh kumar)
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:31:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library sortware for share trading company reg.
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Dear Sir/Madam, 

As you all aware documents involved in share trading
companies are quite vast and it needs to be automated
for furture retrieval.  We would like to have some
healthy discussion on it.  Do we have any library
software purely meant for share trading companies
exists in the market or we need to develope.

Join hands to work on it.


With regards, 



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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in  Wed May 14 10:23:06 2008
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:22 +0530
From: lata at iihmr.org

The following article is required by one of our faculty mameber. Kindly 
help.

Curriculum and Gender Question : The Indian Experience, Saroj Pandey ( 
Senior lecturer, DTEE, NCERT, New Delhi) , Social Action, Vol. 46, 
Jan-Mar.1996, p.p. 340-347


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Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 04:01:51 -0700
From: Apurba Jyoti Majumder <apurbajyoti at gmail.com>

Dear professionals

I want to undergo LIBSYS training.
Can anyone provide me nay information regarding this.

-- 
Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF
Department of Library & Information Science
Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014
Ph: 0-94352-68733



From rajesh_mishra61 at yahoo.com  Wed May 14 10:32:59 2008
From: rajesh_mishra61 at yahoo.com (rajesh mishra)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 10:32:59 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library & Website Management Trainee
Message-ID: <842374.66753.qm@web94901.mail.in2.yahoo.com>


Position: Library & Website Management Trainee

The Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC) is committed to address the needs of the urban poor by working with key partners to raise awareness and mobilizing resources for improving health of the urban poor. The goal of UHRC is to bring about sustainable improvements in Maternal and Child Health conditions among the Urban Poor through a consultative and knowledge sharing approach in partnership with Government and Civil Society.  UHRC has been institutionalized from the USAID-supported Environmental Health Project (EHP India) and continues the program activities of EHP India with ongoing USAID support.
One of UHRC’s key activities is developing and maintaining a resource center of urban health information which is easily accessible to researchers, policy makers and other development sector professionals.  UHRC Library has a growing collection of urban health related literature. UHRC website available at www.uhrc.in is a preferred destination for researchers and program planners for information on various aspects of urban health.
UHRC is looking for a fresh library and information science post-graduate to support its Library & Information Centre, website and related knowledge management functions. 
Key Responsibility:
Ø The incumbent will support in managing the library and the UHRC intranet,
Ø The incumbent will support in developing and maintaining digital repositories of urban health literature and information 
Ø Support in providing information services to UHRC staff,
Ø Support in disseminating UHRC publications widely through print and electronic media,
Ø support in periodically updating and maintaining the website, preparation of e-newsletters, etc.
Essential Qualification & Skills
The right candidate should be post-graduate in Library and Information Science. He/she should have basic understanding of content management systems and open source software. He/she should be a team player with good verbal and written communication skills.
Compensation:
The traineeship will be for a period of 12 months. Emoluments will range from Rs.10,000/-pm to Rs.12,000/-pm. 
Applications can be sent by email to jobs at uhrc.in or by post to Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), B-7/122-A, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029 latest by June 9, 2008. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.



Rajesh Kumar Mishra


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From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in  Wed May 14 11:26:38 2008
From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 11:26:38 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIBsys querry
Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260821D58A@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>

Dear Majumdar
The easiest way for on hand Libsys training is to visit any of the
neighburhood libraries where they have implemented this integrated
library package and learn sitting along with the staff . Otherwise, you
can borrow from some professionals the Libsys User's manual for
different modules, sit on on your PC and follow the instructions.
Another alternative but a costlier one is to visit the local Libsys
vendor and learn with their instructors. 
But please note that there are other alternatives to Libsys available in
the Indian market and they are at least equally good or even better.
Regards.

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Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 04:01:51 -0700
From: Apurba Jyoti Majumder <apurbajyoti at gmail.com>

Dear professionals

I want to undergo LIBSYS training.
Can anyone provide me nay information regarding this.

--
Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF
Department of Library & Information Science Gauhati University,
Guwahati-781014
Ph: 0-94352-68733

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From sri_lib at yahoo.com  Wed May 14 15:00:29 2008
From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 02:30:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] 10 most-recent LIS job vacancies in Australia (ALIA) :
	Librarian
Message-ID: <19876.16880.qm@web57009.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

ALIA employment 

http://www.alia.org.au/employment/

http://www.alia.org.au/employment/vacancies/


----------------------------------------------------
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Vidya Vihar, Rae-Bareli Road, Lucknow-226025
Web site: http://www.bbauindia.org
Advt. No. 01/Faculty/Non-faculty/2008


Applications on prescribed form are invited from
exceptionally qualified candidates for teaching and
non teaching positions in the following
School/Departments of the University.

School for Ambedkar Studies

Economics

Reader-(1) UR

Lecturer-(2) OBC-2
History

Professor-(1) UR

Lecturer-(1) OBC
Political Science

Professor-(1)SC
Reader-(2) SC-1, UR-1
Lecturer-(3) OBC-1, UR-2
Sociology

Professor-(1)UR
Reader-(2) UR
Lecturer-(3) OBC-1, UR-2
School for Environmental Sciences
Environmental Science

Lecturer-(1) UR
School for Information Science & Technology
Library & Information Science

Professor-(1) UR
Computer Science

Professor-(1) UR
Lecturer-(2) UR-1 OBC-1
Information Technology

Professor-(1) UR
Reader-(1) UR
Lecturer-(3) UR-2, OBC-1
Mass Communication & Journalism

Professor-(1) ST
Reader-(2) UR-2
Lecturer-(3)UR-1, OBC-1, SC-1
School for Legal Studies
Law

Professor-(1) UR
Reader-(1) SC
Lecturer-(3) ST-1,OBC-2
Human Rights
Lecturer-(1) UR
School for Biosciences and Biotechnology
Applied Animal Science

Professor-(1)SC
Applied Plant Science

Reader-(1) UR
Biotechnology

Lecturer-(1) OBC
School for Home Science
Human Resource & Family Welfare

Professor-(1)UR
Reader-(2) ST-1, SC-1
Lecturer-(3) UR-2, OBC-1
Non-Teaching posts
Controller of Examination -1 (UR)
Deputy Registrar-1(SC)
Assistant Registrar-1(UR)
Assistant Librarian-1 (OBC)
Junior Engineer -1(UR)
Senior Assistant-1 (UR)
Laboratory Assistant-1(OBC)
Library Assistant-1 (UR)
Assistant (LDC)-4 OBC-1, ST-1, SC-1 & UR-1
Library Attendant- (1) (PH)
Last date: 29.02.08

For full details please visit
http://currentvacancy.blogspot.com/2008/01/recruitment-of-various-posts-in_29.html
-----------------------------------------------------
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http://govjobs.wordpress.com/2008/04/

Regards,
S.Sripriya


      

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From deymoumita_78 at rediffmail.com  Wed May 14 17:15:45 2008
From: deymoumita_78 at rediffmail.com (Moumita  Dey)
Date: 14 May 2008 11:45:45 -0000
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reg. Libsys training
Message-ID: <20080514114545.23904.qmail@f4mail-235-129.rediffmail.com>

Libsys Corporation itself arranges training programme for their clients in regular interval. They train in two stages: 1st level and 2nd level training. But the best and ultimate way is self learning by surfing and handling the software for day to day library activities. Though the training helps a lot.

rgrds,
Moumita



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From prasadkn at vsnl.net  Wed May 14 13:18:35 2008
From: prasadkn at vsnl.net (prasadkn at vsnl.net)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:48:35 +0500
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Message
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Dear Moderator:
Please arrange to send the following message:
K.N. Prasad
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Hearty congratulations to the new office bearers of the Karnataka State Library Association(R). Hope the new team will revitalise the activities of the Association and bring back its past glory.
K.N.Prasad
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From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com  Wed May 14 20:59:36 2008
From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 20:59:36 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
Message-ID: <9765c2050805140829q1384fb9ucaf58a3ca34ea263@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends

A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about 100 rare books
manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his father.
He wants to donate them to some institution that may preserve it for future
use. Digitisation is one of the options also.

Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads will be appreciated. My
own efforts have not yielded any results.

Regards


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Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org

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From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in  Thu May 15 11:09:16 2008
From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:09:16 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher Course in LIS
Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260821D594@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>

Dear Moderator
This is to inform all the concerned that the UGC-Academic Staff College,
Jamia Millia Islamia (a Central University), New Delhi is organising the
2nd. Refresher Course in Library & Information Science from August 6'08
to August 27'08. The Application Form can be downloaded from the
Website: http:// jmi.nic.in/asc/asc.htm. Important information regarding
the University can be got from its website www.jmi.nic.in
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From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in  Thu May 15 11:30:14 2008
From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:30:14 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
References: <1D89D0C5F583CB49B3816A7C24F8D499BA0C46@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>
Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260823BCD2@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>

 

________________________________

From: T. Shahab
Sent: Thu 5/15/2008 10:40 AM
To: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?


Dear Dr. Vyasmoorthy
I don't know whether you have contacted the authorities at the IGNCA/ the National Archives, New Delhi. I am hopeful this may yield positive results.
Regards.

________________________________

From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:00 PM
To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?


Dear Friends

A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about 100 rare books manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his father.
He wants to donate them to some institution that may preserve it for future use. Digitisation is one of the options also.

Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads will be appreciated. My own efforts have not yielded any results.

Regards


-- 
Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 
Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org 
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From ram.mlib at gmail.com  Thu May 15 16:07:10 2008
From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:07:10 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] ebooks and information 4 free
Message-ID: <f531e6b90805150337sde1ba4et3d79c0043459a344@mail.gmail.com>

Dear professionals,
       Eldis, a development portal, hosts this group which is intended
to provide links to good places to go to access a number of resources
on ebooks and online resources, such as Eldis itself. This space is
partly to complement the work of Book Aid International's physical
book donation program, enabling BAI's partners and group members to
share their knowledge of the many and varied free or low-cost sources
of information available on the web. In addition to online resources
members can include information resources available offline for free
such as CD-ROMs.
Visit this link for detail : http://community.eldis.org/?14@@.5995b0fd


Shriram Pandey
IKM Trainee
NCSI, IISc
B'lore-12

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From ravinandhan at gmail.com  Thu May 15 16:29:35 2008
From: ravinandhan at gmail.com (Ravi Nandhan)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:29:35 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KM Solution
Message-ID: <4801055b0805150359m3417669ep808703bc0a1f0ec9@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

We are in the process of figuring out the best KM solutions/system and
evaluate that which suits our organization. How good is MS Sharpoint?
If there are any better ones for ECM other than MS Sharepoint. Please
suggest.

Also please help me in finding a KM solutions provider in India who
has good understanding of the KM aspects for SMEs (Market research -
KPO), preferable one who has implemented KM solution.

With warm regards,
Ravi Nandhan V

KM Specialist
M: +91 9958784666
F: +91 4100 9433
W: www.thesmartcube.com

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From vmuralipothigai at gmail.com  Thu May 15 17:36:16 2008
From: vmuralipothigai at gmail.com (Murali dharan)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:16 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
In-Reply-To: <9765c2050805140829q1384fb9ucaf58a3ca34ea263@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9765c2050805140829q1384fb9ucaf58a3ca34ea263@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <e4fbe2b40805150506r1a5a81dbsce13fbaa945c52f0@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

There is a library in Tamilnadu at Thanjavur named Saraswati mahal Library.
Here the details about that library

 The Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal Library is one among a few
medieval libraries existing in the world. It is an unparalleled repository
of culture and an inexhaustible treasure house of knowledge built up by
successive dynasties of Nayaks and the Marathas of Thanjavur. It contains
very rare and valuable collections of manuscripts, books, maps and paintings
on all aspects of Art, Culture and Literature. The Encyclopaedia Britannica
in its survey of the Libraries of the world mentions this as "the most
remarkable Library in India".[image: go up]

They perserve all kinds of old materials like palm leafs etc... This is
write place to give your friend rare collections.

The website address for that library

http://www.sarasvatimahallibrary.tn.nic.in/


regards

V.Muralidharan,
Librarian,
Aravind Eye Hospital,
Coimbatore 641014.

On 5/14/08, Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends
>
> A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about 100 rare books
> manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his father.
> He wants to donate them to some institution that may preserve it for future
> use. Digitisation is one of the options also.
>
> Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads will be appreciated.
> My own efforts have not yielded any results.
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
> Dr P Vyasamoorthy,
> Society for Serving Seniors
> 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
> Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
> http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org
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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Thu May 15 17:50:01 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:50:01 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] IBS : Positions of Libn, DL,
	AL & Lib. Asst. in 18 Metros
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805150520i7af351b2wd771e81391586121@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

About IBS :- IBS, ranked among the top business schools in India, is
engaged in fostering contemporary & quality research & teaching in the
Management Area.IBS offers full time Postgraduate programmes in
Management at campuses all over India.

IBS Centres :- It require Library Professionals at Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Goa, Gurgaon, Hyderabad,
Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Manglore, Mumbai, Nagpur,
NOIDA & Pune (Total 18 Cities)

Librarians :- Candidates should have M.L.Sc. /M.L.I.Sc. or equivalent
degree from reputed university with minimum 55% marks, at least 8-12
years of experience in similar positionspreferably in academic /
research institutions. Exposure to Library Software, Library
Automation, Application of Modern Technology is desirable.

Deputy/ Assistant Librarians:- Candidates having M.L.Sc. /M.L.I.Sc. or
equivalent degree with lesser experience will be considered for
Deputy/Assistant Librarian positions as per instutions norms.

Candidates with Ph. D. from reputed universities will be considered
for suitable positions.

Library Assistants :- Candidates should have Bachelor's Degree in
library science with minimum 1 year experience in similar position
preferably in academic / research institutions. Freshers with Masters'
Degree in Library Science cn also apply.

All candidates should be computer savvy. Remuneration will be
commensurate with qualifications & experience.

Interested candidates may forward their detailed biodata
 immediately specifying the post applied for and the location
preferred, by speed post / fax/ courier/ e-mail to :-

Director, IBS - Planning and Coordination Division, # 13/17, Nagarjuna
Hills, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500 002

Ph. # 040-2343-5301 (5 Lines), Fax : 040-2343-5327
E-mail :- careers at ibsindia.org
Website :- www.ibsindia.org

Print Access to this Advt. :- Times Ascent Page # XII,  The Times of
India, dated 14th May, ' 08 (Wednesday)

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From sebjose2004 at yahoo.co.in  Thu May 15 21:55:43 2008
From: sebjose2004 at yahoo.co.in (Sebjose)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
Message-ID: <124567.42121.qm@web8411.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Sir,

As your friend is in Delhi s/he may contact,

Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan,
Mission Director,
National Mission for Manuscripts,
5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,
New Delhi - 110001

Ph.: 011-23383894, 011-23073387
Fax: 011-23073340
E mail: director[at]namami.org  or
missiondirector[at]namami.org
www.namami.org or www.namami.nic.in

For the kind information of other subscribers of
LIS-Forum who come across manuscripts:

"Do you have manuscripts lying at home? Do you know of
manuscripts on other homes, temples, bhandars, matts,
madrassas, museums or libraries? Do you know of
manuscripts that could be documented or that are in
need of conservation? If yes, please feel free to
contact Manuscript Resource Centres
(http://www.namami.org/resourcecentres.htm),
Manuscript Conservation Centres
(http://www.namami.org/mcc.htm) or Manuscript Partner
Centres (http://www.namami.org/partnercentres.htm) of
National Mission for Manuscripts at any time."

"The Mission does not seek to take away manuscripts
only to document them. The Mission will accept
donations but will not forcibly take away manuscripts
from their owners."

Sanjo Jose
Bangalore

Dear Friends

A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about
100 rare books
manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his
father.
He wants to donate them to some institution that may
preserve it for future
use. Digitisation is one of the options also.

Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads
will be appreciated. My
own efforts have not yielded any results.

Regards


-- 
Dr P Vyasamoorthy,
Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org



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From rcgaur at bol.net.in  Fri May 16 10:15:31 2008
From: rcgaur at bol.net.in (Ramesh C Gaur)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:15:31 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
References: <124567.42121.qm@web8411.mail.in.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <005e01c8b70f$ac2d1fd0$1401a8c0@IBM8326235DD52>

HI,

Regarding these discussions, please noted down following information:

i. Thanks Mr. Jose for providing inf. on NMM. However you need to be 
corrected. Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan is no more with IGNCA-NMM.

ii. In relation to the query by Dr P Vyasamoorthy, IGNCA deals in all issues 
concerning the query. Please ask your friend to contact us at the contact 
details given below.

********************************************************
Dr. Ramesh C Gaur
PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA)
Head-Kalanidhi Division
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA)
(An Autonomous body under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India)
5 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1
Phone: 91-11-23385442, 23385884
Fax: 91-11-22385442  Mobile: 91-9810487158
URL: www.ignca.nic.in
Email: gaur at ignca.org; gaur at vt.edu; rcgaur at bol.net.in
**************************************************************

We would be happy to help any institution / individual in preservation, 
microfilming and digitization of manuscripts.

Regards
Ramesh


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From: "Sebjose" <sebjose2004 at yahoo.co.in>
To: <lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:55 PM
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?


> Sir,
>
> As your friend is in Delhi s/he may contact,
>
> Dr. Sudha Gopalakrishnan,
> Mission Director,
> National Mission for Manuscripts,
> 5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,
> New Delhi - 110001
>
> Ph.: 011-23383894, 011-23073387
> Fax: 011-23073340
> E mail: director[at]namami.org  or
> missiondirector[at]namami.org
> www.namami.org or www.namami.nic.in
>
> For the kind information of other subscribers of
> LIS-Forum who come across manuscripts:
>
> "Do you have manuscripts lying at home? Do you know of
> manuscripts on other homes, temples, bhandars, matts,
> madrassas, museums or libraries? Do you know of
> manuscripts that could be documented or that are in
> need of conservation? If yes, please feel free to
> contact Manuscript Resource Centres
> (http://www.namami.org/resourcecentres.htm),
> Manuscript Conservation Centres
> (http://www.namami.org/mcc.htm) or Manuscript Partner
> Centres (http://www.namami.org/partnercentres.htm) of
> National Mission for Manuscripts at any time."
>
> "The Mission does not seek to take away manuscripts
> only to document them. The Mission will accept
> donations but will not forcibly take away manuscripts
> from their owners."
>
> Sanjo Jose
> Bangalore
>
> Dear Friends
>
> A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about
> 100 rare books
> manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his
> father.
> He wants to donate them to some institution that may
> preserve it for future
> use. Digitisation is one of the options also.
>
> Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads
> will be appreciated. My
> own efforts have not yielded any results.
>
> Regards
>
>
> -- 
> Dr P Vyasamoorthy,
> Society for Serving Seniors
> 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
> Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
> http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org
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From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com  Fri May 16 11:15:59 2008
From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:59 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Where to donate?
In-Reply-To: <9765c2050805140829q1384fb9ucaf58a3ca34ea263@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9765c2050805140829q1384fb9ucaf58a3ca34ea263@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9765c2050805152245w848565bu437dcafbd2e16844@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends

After I sent in the request for information on where to donate rare Tamil
books & manuscripts I received a large number of messages (as many as
thirty) (mostly to my mail Id) and many are still coming. I think I have got
enough responses.

Institutions recommended include:

Sarasvati Mahal Library Tanjore Tamilnadu
National Library Kolkatta
Indira Gandhi National center for arts, delhi
National Mission for Manuscripts, Delhi
Tamil University, Tanjore, Tamilnadu
Center Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai
and a few others

I could also get in touch with Sri Ramachandra Budhial of WIPRO who has
managed massive
digitization projects for govt of Tamilnadu and elsewhere. He has won a
citation from Sri Abdul Kalam for his contribution using a mobile
digitisation van equipped with complete set of ultra modern equipments
specially for manuscripts / palm leaves digitization.

In some cases I have individually acknowledged. To others I am doing through
this mail. I  would prepare a summary of responses for the benefit of all a
little later.

Lis-forum is a great place to look for help.

Vyasamoorthy


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:59 PM
Subject: Where to donate?
To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in


Dear Friends

A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about 100 rare books
manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in Tamil left by his father.
He wants to donate them to some institution that may preserve it for future
use. Digitisation is one of the options also.

Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads will be appreciated. My
own efforts have not yielded any results.

Regards


-- 
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Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org



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Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
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From subbiah_a at yahoo.com  Fri May 16 11:36:01 2008
From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 07:06:01 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
In-Reply-To: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260823BCD2@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>
Message-ID: <193155.7311.qm@web43133.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I wonder if Sareaswathi Mahal (Raja Sarfoji) Library
in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, would not accept such a
collection. You may also try Roja Muthiah Research
Library [sundargee at gmail.com] at Chennai (very near
MSSRF. Both have excellent facilities and use
state-of-the-art technology.

Subbiah Arunachalam


--- "T. Shahab" <tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in> wrote:

>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: T. Shahab
> Sent: Thu 5/15/2008 10:40 AM
> To: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy;
> lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
> 
> 
> Dear Dr. Vyasmoorthy
> I don't know whether you have contacted the
> authorities at the IGNCA/ the National Archives, New
> Delhi. I am hopeful this may yield positive results.
> Regards.
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On
> Behalf Of Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:00 PM
> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate?
> 
> 
> Dear Friends
> 
> A friend of mine in Delhi has a collection of about
> 100 rare books manuscripts & palm leaves, mostly in
> Tamil left by his father.
> He wants to donate them to some institution that may
> preserve it for future use. Digitisation is one of
> the options also.
> 
> Do you know of libraries where he can try? Any leads
> will be appreciated. My own efforts have not yielded
> any results.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 
> Society for Serving Seniors
> 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
> Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
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From dinesh.ncet at gmail.com  Fri May 16 16:15:24 2008
From: dinesh.ncet at gmail.com (DINESH SIDDAIAH)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:15:24 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] AquaBrowser Library
Message-ID: <62c911520805160345y74482445icca767fdc98285e8@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

The Prairie Area Library System, a multi-type regional library system in
northern Illinois and eastern Iowa, has chosen AquaBrowser Library with
MyDiscoveries. AquaBrowser Library is recognized globally as the only search
and discovery system exclusively dedicated to providing visually-represented
and faceted search solutions for libraries.

Details from: http://www.librarytechnology.org/

With best regards,

Dinesh K. S.

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From vijayakumar71 at yahoo.co.in  Thu May 15 14:13:42 2008
From: vijayakumar71 at yahoo.co.in (Vijayakumara)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 01:43:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Library Professionals required for the position of
	Assistant Librarian (2), Information Scientist (1),
	Library & Information Assistant (2), Library Trainee (4)
Message-ID: <355096.48321.qm@web8412.mail.in.yahoo.com>



Note: forwarded message attached.

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Birla Institute of Technology, Technical University University
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From praveenkpati at rediffmail.com  Fri May 16 16:46:49 2008
From: praveenkpati at rediffmail.com (Praveen Kumar K)
Date: 16 May 2008 11:16:49 -0000
Subject: [LIS-Forum] ILA Plattinum Jubille CALL for PAPERS
Message-ID: <20080516111649.14644.qmail@f5mail-236-223.rediffmail.com>


Dear Professional friends,
 
I am pleased to inform to you that Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Mumbai and Indian Library Association jointly organising an International Conference on "Empowering Knowledge for All: Role of Libraries", November 13-15, 2008 to commemorate ILA Platinum Jubilee-Year 2008.
 
Call for papers
 
Theme: Empowering Knowledge for All: Role of Libraries
 
Sub-Themes (But not limited to)
 
- Open Archives and Access Issues 
- Knowledge Management
- Role of National Knowledge Commission
- Digital Libraries
- Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age
- Librarianship in the Digital Age
- Role of Library Associations
- Knowledge Society
- Web Resources
- Corporate Libraries and Information Systems
 
Target Audience:
The conference is aimed at a broad multidisciplinary audience. It includes library and information science professionals, knowledge seekers, leaders in knowledge industry, government officials, content management experts, information management experts, professional staff of IT companies, technology managers, knowledge officers, media experts, knowledge managers, policy makers, content developers, web designers, web administrator,  information scientists,  electronic publishers, Students of library and information science are also encouraged to attend the event.
 
Please wait for the second circular which contains Guidelines for submission of papers, Conference website, Registration fee etc.
 
Important Dates :
 
Submission of Full Papers :  August  16, 2008
Notification to Authors : September 15, 2008 
 
(First Announcement)
 
For more information on submission of papers, contact to 
 
Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath
Organizing Secretary 
Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V. N. Purav Marg, P.B.No. 8313
Deonar, Mumbai – 400088, INDIA
 
Phone: 91-22-25563290-96 Ext. 281 (Off)
Direct: 91-22-2551 3350
Mobile: 0-9967570481
Fax: 91-22-25562912
e-mail: ilaic.mmk at gmail.com 


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IIPS, Mumbai
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From subbiah_a at yahoo.com  Sat May 17 04:56:50 2008
From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 00:26:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Earth Sciences - Digital Library
Message-ID: <254212.23508.qm@web43142.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Friends:

You may find this information useful. You may want to
look at DLESE, The Digital Library for Earth System
Education – one of the first big digital library
projects in the U.S. Please spread the word among
earth scientists. You may forward this information to
all Geology and Earth Science departments in Indian
universities. 

Best wishes.

Subbiah Arunachalam

=======


Mary Marlino, director of e-Science and the NCAR
Library and former director of DLESE, spoke frankly
from personal experience about what to do when the
email arrives informing you that your funding will not
continue. She explained her planning for
sustainability and asked that people think openly
about what happens when and if a funding agency might
"pull the plug." She introduced DLESE, The Digital
Library for Earth System Education – one of the first
big digital library projects in the U.S. DLESE was a
grassroots, community-led project with a completed
collection of 13,500 digital educational resources
organized into 41 thematic collections. As an
organization DLESE was a focal point for community
action in geoscience education and developed numerous
best practices around building education-based digital libraries.


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From panigrahipk at yahoo.com  Sat May 17 08:36:47 2008
From: panigrahipk at yahoo.com (Pijushkanti Panigrahi)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 20:06:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] "IASLIC- R. C. Gupta Endowment Lecture"
Message-ID: <931704.26252.qm@web51305.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

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From vimal0212 at gmail.com  Sat May 17 09:42:36 2008
From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:42:36 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Zyxware technologies
Message-ID: <5b978ad90805162112w6b0d64d9pe94a9bc9f878e9ca@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

I would like to introduce zyxware technologies from Trivandrum.
They associate with free software movement chapter, Kerala.
You can purchase all Linux distribution CD and DVD in nominal rate.
An online order form available with their website and they will deliver the
disks by VPP.

http://www.zyxware.com/requestcd


Their services are

Linux Installation Assistance

Server Configuration and Administration

Open Source Solutions Installation and Maintenace

Remote Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Development & Promotion of Open Source Communities
www.zyxware.com/


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Asst. Librarian
Asian School of Business
Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581
Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/
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From silverabez at gmail.com  Sat May 17 10:57:03 2008
From: silverabez at gmail.com (Waseem Raja)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:57:03 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Where to donate
Message-ID: <212af7540805162227u2131c920xbc8b97579e43236b@mail.gmail.com>

From: Waseem Raja
Sent: Thu 5/15/2008 10:40 AM
To: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy; lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
Subject : Where to donate

Dear Dr. Vyasmoorthy
You can donate your collection of manucsripts to the Maulana Azad Library
(MAL)of Aligarh Muslim University(AMU) , as It has the largesyt collerctrion
of manuscripts in the ASIA  and as a result expertise in maintaining in good
condition to them . You can contact the librarian of A.M.U.here is his
contact number
  Librarian of MAL 0571-2700512 0571-2505989

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From jksarkhel at hotmail.com  Sat May 17 15:01:11 2008
From: jksarkhel at hotmail.com (Juran Sarkhel)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 15:01:11 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] (no subject)
Message-ID: <BAY112-W236B42DD0848413DE4A58A4CB0@phx.gbl>


Wanted University Research Scholars in Library and Information Science
 
Applications are invited for the post of Unbiversity Research Scholars at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, West Bengal.
 
Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess 55% marks or above in MLISc from any recognised university or ADIS from the DRTC, ISI or AIS from the INSDOC (now NISCAIR) and qualify NET/SET examination.
 
Total number of posts: 03 (Three)
 
Area of Research/Specialization:                              (i) Community Information Services / Information Literacy; (ii) Information Storage and Retrieval; and (iii) Information Seeking Behaviour of Library Users / TQM in Library and Information Services.
 
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From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in  Sat May 17 16:23:01 2008
From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 16:23:01 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Rethinking the Library Administration syllabus!
Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260821D5B6@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in>

Dear all,
Does the changing profile of the users of library services, particularly
in metropolitan cities have ever appered you to be a bit more
challenging in comparison to dealing with our own traditional Indian
users? What I am hinting at is that whether the ever increasing volume
of multinational clienteles speaking in different langauges (however
poor in English), showing different kind of cultural behaviour and
expecting a new kind of service need some rethinking at our part? Is it
true that dealing with them professionally with all seriousness of our
vocation requires a paradigm shift in our understanding of how the
library activities should be carried out; how the behaviour of library
staff need to be modified/sensitized; what new facilities (like
comfortable reading halls, good working toilets, efficient canteens,
etc.) may be added; how the library hours can be lenghtened; the period
of loan and library fines may be standardized in keeping with
international library practices; over all a new work culture with
emphasis on resposiveness, answerability, openess and all fairness in
dealing with the users without any prejudice on account of
race/colour/language/nationalitities are required? 
In light of the above, would you support the demand that the syllabus of
the paper concerned with Library Administration require certain changes
with more pronounced emphasis on "Organizationa Behavior"?
Please join the discussion with reasoned views and opinions.
With best regards.
T. SHAHAB

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From bathrinarayanan at yahoo.com  Sat May 17 20:28:33 2008
From: bathrinarayanan at yahoo.com (bathrinarayanan)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 07:58:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] NACLIN 2008, Eleventh National Convention on Knowledge,
	Library and Information Networking, November 4-7, 2008
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From vinitbhu06 at gmail.com  Sun May 18 01:35:22 2008
From: vinitbhu06 at gmail.com (Vinit Kumar)
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 01:35:22 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library sortware for share trading company reg.
In-Reply-To: <390547.378.qm@web32507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <390547.378.qm@web32507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <9eac9ba00805171305w742e8db1sfa9bac8aa437e889@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Suresh,

I think Library softwares are meant for documents of any type.
but if you have found some special documents plz mention.

as per your question their is no any software in library genre that are
purely meant for trading companies.
regrds
Vinit

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:01 AM, suresh kumar <suresh_saru at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> As you all aware documents involved in share trading
> companies are quite vast and it needs to be automated
> for furture retrieval.  We would like to have some
> healthy discussion on it.  Do we have any library
> software purely meant for share trading companies
> exists in the market or we need to develope.
>
> Join hands to work on it.
>
>
> With regards,
>
>
>
> SURESH KUMAR (suresh_saru at yahoo.com)
> Mobile: 9791057273
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From manjunath at mail.tapmi.org  Mon May 19 12:24:27 2008
From: manjunath at mail.tapmi.org (Manjunath K)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 12:24:27 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS research in India- response from LIS professionals
	is encouraging.
Message-ID: <14DD8DBEA18D4148BC2A8502DE75027A86DB14@mail.tapmi.org>

  

 

Dear LIS Professionals, (sorry for cross posting--- if already responded
please ignore this)

 

Recently I had posted a small online questionnaire to our e-forums for
compiling directory of LIS doctoral research.

 

The response is encouraging.. Over Hundred members have already
responded to the questionnaire. I request full cooperation from LIS
Teachers and Practioners with PhD degree to compile the comprehensive
directory. My desire is to complete the task as early as possible so
that our professionals get benefited. 

 

If you have not yet responded, please spare just five minutes to open
the following survey and provide the information. It will take just
two-three minutes to fill the questionnaire. 

 

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pGIJhUehDUUas09WOeerUfQ&emai
l=true

 

If you cannot open the link, please copy the link and paste it on your
web browser. 

 

 

If you have already responded... Thank you very much for the
cooperation.

 

I have extracted data from inflibnet, Vidyanidhi and University news. 

 

Anticipating your full cooperation I am hoping of completing the task by
this June end. 

 

I will post the cumulated directory on our e-forums for the benefit of
our professionals.

 

I need your cooperation.

 

 

With regards,

 

 

Dr. Manjunatha Keralapura

Chief Librarian

T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal - 576 104

Udupi Dist. Karnataka,

Ph: 0820-2573551,

Email: manjunath at mail.tapmi.org <mailto:manjunath at mail.tapmi.org> ; 
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From sri_lib at yahoo.com  Mon May 19 12:36:16 2008
From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 00:06:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Librarian post : Naukri
Message-ID: <738253.23255.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Dear all,
 
These links provide recent jobs for the Librarian
posts : Naukri
 
http://jobsearch.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newsmartsearch.php?xz=3_1_1&xid=120946771999706700&xq=aP2KFaP1KiP0LBQBaP3KsP6PJqcatidJLsP2PJ64JLCaP1KiP0LsP2PJ36JLQsP2PJqhJLsP0PJJLQQ&sws=1&qr%5B%5D=36.03
 
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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Mon May 19 18:21:39 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:21:39 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] eIndia2008: India's Largest ICT Event (29-31 July 2008,
	Pragati Maidan, New Delhi)
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805190551od482ff4w9cd06034a9d59570@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

eIndia2008
India's Largest ICT Event
29-31 July 2008, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
www.eIndia.net.in

7 Tracks viz -e gov, municipal IT, digital Learning, mServe, eHealth,
Telecentre Forum & eAgriculture
50 Countries
300 Speakers
75 Thematic Sessions
200 Companies
4,000 Delegates

Presented By
1. Deptt. of Info. Tech., M/o of Commn. & I.T., Govt. of India
2. CSDMS: Knowledge for Change
3. elets
4. UN Global Alliance for ICT & Development (UN GAID)

For Exhibition or Sponsership Enquiries :- sales at eINDIA.net.in
For Registration Enquiries :- registration at eINDIA.net.in
Contact :- eINDIA2008 Secretariat, G-4, Sector -39, Noida, UP, India
Ph. :- +91 -120-2502180-85
Fax :- +91 -120-2500060
Web :- www.eINDIA.net.in

For Print Access to Detail Advt. :- The Indian Express, dated 13th
May, ' 08 Wednesday , Page # 5

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Indian Railways Officers' Training College
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From srels at dataone.in  Tue May 20 12:18:10 2008
From: srels at dataone.in (SRELS)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 12:18:10 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Invitation - Symposium
Message-ID: <000d01c8ba45$77edebd0$0301a8c0@SRELSHP1>

Dear Moderator,
Kindly arrange to announce the following symposium for the benefit of lis-forum members.

Thanking you,
Yours truly,
K.N. Prasad
Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore
*****
Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS)
702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010

in association with
Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore
invites you
to a Symposium on the
Design and Development of Bi-lingual- and Multi-lingual Thesaurus for Information Indexing and Retrieval
Lead by
Dr. K.S. Raghavan
Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre
Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore

on Saturday, 31st May 2008 at 2.30 p.m.

at

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore


RSVP: Ph: 23305109                                                             E-mail: srels at dataone.in

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From srels at dataone.in  Tue May 20 12:19:21 2008
From: srels at dataone.in (SRELS)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 12:19:21 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop - brochure
Message-ID: <003b01c8ba45$a233c270$0301a8c0@SRELSHP1>

Dear Moderator,
Kindly arrange to announce the following workshop brochure for the benefit of lis-forum members.

Thanking you,
Yours truly,
K.N. Prasad
Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore
*****


Workshop on

NewGenLib

(9-11 June 2008)






Organized by

Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS)

in association with

Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (RCIS),

JRD Tata Memorial Library 
Indian Institute of Science 

and

Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM)





 

WORKSHOP ON NEWGENLIB

About NewGenLib

NewGenLib (www.newgenlib.com), a web-based integrated library management system (ILMS) was recently made open source under the GNU General Public Licensing (GPL). In the three months since it became open source software (OSS), there have been 6000+ downloads of the software worldwide. NewGenLib is predicated on using international metadata and interoperability standards and web protocols. The two agencies involved in the development of the software: Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) (www.kiikm.org) and Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., (VSPL) envision the spread of NewGenLib and other open source solutions in libraries in the country and region via advocacy, workshops and services to libraries. The NewGenLib Foundation has been formed to further the use of open source technologies, NewGenLib and also to contribute to its continued enhancement.

Workshop Objectives and Content

1. Paradigms of the open source movement and the pros and cons of OSS
2. Technology and architecture of NewGenLib
3. Metadata and inter-operability standards on which NewGenLib in predicated and hands-on exercises on using these.
4. Hands-on installation of the server-and client-side software on Windows and Linux OS
5. Database development (including multilingual data entry) with NewGenLib using direct import and the Z39-50 protocol from web sources of MARC-21 metadata.
6. The development of open access repositories compliant with OAI-PMH via NewGenLib
7. Serials management in NewGenLib and use of standards for display and the MARC-21 holdings format
8. The NewGenLib Desktop Application and the End-of-day Process application 
9. Free and paid technical support services that open source users can expect Target Audience for the Workshop LIS professionals with basic working knowledge of IT and IT professionals interested in ILMS and current/potential users of NewGenLib. The Workshop will be limited to 40 participants on a 'first-come-first-served' basis.

Workshop Fee

Those interested may register on or before 1st June 2008 on payment of Rs. 4,000/- by DD drawn favouring Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. 
The fee will cover the cost of workshop kit comprising the Installation CD, multimedia tutorials and papers, hard copy user manual; lunch and tea.
The duly filled-in Registration Form 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 June 2008.

Course Faculty

Mr. L.J. Haravu, KIIKM, Hyderabad
E-mail: haravu at newgenlib.com
Mr. E M Siddartha, NewGenLib Foundation, Hyderabad, 
E-mail: siddartha at newgenlib.com

Accommodation

Participants will need to make their own arrangements for stay in Bangalore for the Workshop. 

Workshop Coordinator
Dr. K.N. Prasad
Executive Officer
SRELS, Bangalore 560 010
Phone: (080) 23305109
E-mail: srels at dataone.in


Venue
Cyber Class Room
Digital Information Services Centre (DISC)
JRD Tata Memorial Library Annexe, IISc
Indian Institute of Science, IISc PO
Bangalore 560 012



REGISTRATION FORM
Workshop on
NewGenLib
(9-11 June 2008)


Name :
Designation :
Name of the Institution :
Mailing Address : 


Pin Code:
Tel  :
Fax :
E-Mail :
Payment Details :
Amount :

D.D. No. & Date :

Bank Name & Branch :


Sponsoring Authority  :
(seal and signature)





 


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From leonardfernandes at yahoo.com  Tue May 20 14:03:43 2008
From: leonardfernandes at yahoo.com (Leonard Fernandes)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 01:33:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Collaboration for printing of out-of-print and
	out-of-copyright books
Message-ID: <434676.84386.qm@web56315.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Hello,

I represent CinnamonTeal Print and Publishing Services, a
print-on-demand (POD) service provider based in Goa. As you probably
know, print-on-demand is a technology that allows one to print books in
runs of one and ultra-small quantities such as 10, 15 or 20. The
technology has a lot of potential in a country like India since books
catering to very small audiences can be printed and circulated.

To this end, we would like to collaborate with various libraries to identify and
print books that are out of print and those whose copyrights have
expired. This will ensure that books are still accessible while taking
care to see that the integrity of the copyright is not compromised. We
hope that you will be willing to collaborate with us and help us in our
endeavour. The language of the book does not matter as we can print
books in any language. After covering the costs of production, any profits that might be realised will be given to the concerned library so that the money can be used for preservation and other activities.

If the proposal seems interesting to you, allow me to call you at a
time of your convenience so that we can get things started. I hope you
will find it worth your while to reply to this email and carry this
conversation further. Meanwhile, our website can be accessed at http://www.cinnamonteal.in

Sincerely,

Leonard Fernandes
CinnamonTeal Print & Publishing Services,
Plot No. 16, Housing Board Colony, Margao GOA 403601
Cell: +91-98503 98530
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From agopikuttan at yahoo.co.in  Tue May 20 17:46:18 2008
From: agopikuttan at yahoo.co.in (gopikuttan gopikuttan)
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:46:18 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] ALUMNI MEET 2008
Message-ID: <737870.41052.qm@web8411.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear professionals,
Alumni Association of the Department of Library and Information Science (AADLIS), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram  is organising its  5th Annual  meeting on May 24th 2008 at the senate chamber, University of Kerala. The details of the program is available at its website aadlis.org. All members are invited.
Thank u
Dr.A.Gopikuttan
Department of Library and Information Science
University of Kerala.


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From kanakanala at gmail.com  Wed May 21 10:19:55 2008
From: kanakanala at gmail.com (Sridhar K)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:19:55 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] required information on qualifications and pay scales
	for librarians in private engineering college libraries
Message-ID: <e91d30b80805202149o6404ed5fxc9627cfdacfd208c@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Professionals

please provide the information for the college librarians in private
engineering college libraries which are accredited by AICTE and affiliated
to their state universities.

qualifications

promotions sr.grade / selection grade ..

pay scales

-- 
K SRIDHAR REDDY

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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in  Wed May 21 12:18:18 2008
From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:18:18 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] [JoDI] New Issue Published
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805211217250.11049@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>

Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 04:41:40 +0000 (GMT)
From: sandeep bhavsar <sandeep31581 at yahoo.co.uk>

Respected All

Journal of Digital Information has just published its latest issue at
http://journals.tdl.org/jodi.

   Vol 9, No 26 (2008)
   Table of Contents

     Articles

A Review of Organizational Structures of Personal Information
Management Abstract   PDF
Indratmo Indratmo, Julita Vassileva 
Nine questions to guide you in choosing a metadata schema Abstract 
PDF
Marie R. Kennedy 
The ALOCOM Framework: Towards Scalable Content Reuse Abstract   PDF
Katrien Verbert, Xavier Ochoa, Erik Duval 
Pliny: A model for digital support of scholarship Abstract   HTML
John Douglas Bradley

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


From vijayakumar71 at yahoo.co.in  Mon May 19 15:01:45 2008
From: vijayakumar71 at yahoo.co.in (Vijayakumara)
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 02:31:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library professionals are required for the position of
	Information Scientist, Assistant Librarian,
	Library and Information Assistant and Traniees
Message-ID: <772342.22019.qm@web8405.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear All,
   
  Prospective candidates are invited for walk-in-Interview on 26-05-2008 at 10.00am for the following post in Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra-Ranchi
   
    
   Information Scientist . Post vacant: 1, Salary. Rs. 8000-275-13500/ - Qualification. MCA/DOECC/MLISc/ BLISc/BCA /LibSys-Linux Server Admn, Experience 1 Year   
   Assistant Librarian, Post vacant: 2 Salary. Rs. 8000-275-13500/ - Qualification. MLISc. / NET, Experience 5 Years   
   Library & Information Assistant, Post vacant: 2, Salary. Rs. 5500-175-9000/ - , Qualification Essential: MLISc. Experience, 1 Year    
   Library Trainee, Post vacant: 4, Salary.  Rs. 5000/- P.M. + Hostel Accomodation, Qualification. Essential: MLISc. 
   
   
  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
   
  For more details/confirmatio n contact
   
  Librarian I/C : 
  Mobile: 09430730106
  Phone: 0651-2275444, 2276249 Ext.: 505/506/507/ 452
  Direct Number: 0651 -2276675,
   
  Good luck
  Vijayakumar


                        Dr. Vijayakumar M.
MSc., PGDLAN., Ph.D.
Deputy Librarian 
Birla Institute of Technology, Technical University University
Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India
Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401
  http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/













       
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From krmulla at gmail.com  Wed May 21 12:40:41 2008
From: krmulla at gmail.com (K.R. Mulla)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:40:41 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] required information on qualifications and pay
	scales for librarians in private engineering college libraries
In-Reply-To: <e91d30b80805202149o6404ed5fxc9627cfdacfd208c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <e91d30b80805202149o6404ed5fxc9627cfdacfd208c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a8d4e6a30805210010s4870d756wfe6fb8073ec6468c@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,

The self financed private Engg college librarian pay scale 8000-275-13500
and minimum qualification MLIB, MLISc, M.Sc in Lib, Master degree in
Documentation with UGC-NET or without UGC-NET or equivalent to NET or you
can download the payscale service condition rules from this weblin
khttp://www.aicte.ernet.in/download/privateselffinancing.pdf<http://www.aicte.ernet.in/download/privateselffinancing.pdf>




On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Sridhar K <kanakanala at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Professionals
>
> please provide the information for the college librarians in private
> engineering college libraries which are accredited by AICTE and affiliated
> to their state universities.
>
> qualifications
>
> promotions sr.grade / selection grade ..
>
> pay scales
>
> --
> K SRIDHAR REDDY
>
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Thanks with regards

K. R. Mulla,
Librarian,
HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045.
Karnataka, India.
Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152
.................................................................................................

Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/
Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/
Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/
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From manjax4u at gmail.com  Wed May 21 13:05:02 2008
From: manjax4u at gmail.com (P. S. MANJUNATHA)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:05:02 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] LISWire - The Librarian's News Wire
Message-ID: <1c4823790805210035r29bbc2b7yf1cafb557ad27633@mail.gmail.com>

LISWire is a brand new idea from the guy behind LISNews & LISHost, Blake
Carver. The plan is to allow member companies and organizations to use
LISWire to send their full-text news releases and multimedia content to
librarians, journalists, library professionals and the general public. We're
going to build a network to distribute this information world wide.

See more information http://liswire.com/

P.S. MANJUNATHA
LIBRARIAN
B.N.M.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BANGALORE

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From sainul at iiitmk.ac.in  Wed May 21 14:14:00 2008
From: sainul at iiitmk.ac.in (Sainul Abideen P)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:14:00 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] 3rd World Congress on ISIS
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0805211407220.17922@login.iiitmk.ac.in>

Dear Friends,

3rd World Congress of ISIS will be held int Rio de Janeire, Brazil, from 
14th upto 16th September 2008.

Visit Website:  http://www.eventos.bvsalud.org/agendas/isis3/?lang=en

For all necessary information about the objectives, a programme scheme (to 
be completed later), enrollment form etc..

Questions can be sent using the 'Contact'-page of the site to
Ernesto Spinak  spinaker at adinet.com.uy

These can be in English, Portuguese, French or Spanish. Answers will be given in English or Spanish. Questions of general interest will be published in this ISIS-userslist, and a FAQ-page will be prepared in the website a.s.a.p.

Most of all this meeting will present 3 very important new developments :

ABCD            * integrated web-based library management software

ISIS-NBP        * new ISIS platform

J-ISIS          * new WinISIS version with JAVA (multi-platform client-server)


With best regards
Sainul Abideen P
Librarian
IIIT M-Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram


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From susmitachakraborty94 at gmail.com  Wed May 21 14:26:59 2008
From: susmitachakraborty94 at gmail.com (Susmita Chakraborty)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:26:59 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] NET/SET Guidance for CUDELSAA Members
Message-ID: <5dffc13e0805210156r2dc2ae2bm49c85ab656c55a0b@mail.gmail.com>

*Calcutta University Department of Library Science Alumni Association
(CUDELSAA)*



NET/SET Guidance for CUDELSAA Members



It is to inform all our members that the Guidance for NET/SET in Library &
Information Science will commence from the first week of June 2008. A
nominal registration fee is required. Limited seats are available. Last date
of submission of application (in the following format) is May 29, 2008.

**

Tridib Chattopadhyay
 Dr. Biplab Chakraborty

(General Secretary)
           (President)




*Application Format*

**

   1. Name:
   2. Postal Address including phone no. & email:
   3. Date of Birth:
   4. Educational Qualifications:
   5. MLIS Degree details: Year of Passing    Division/Class
 Percentage
   of Intakes

(Part I & Part II)

   1. Category:   Gen./SC/ST
   2. Membership details of CUDELSAA:





Signature with date



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ms. Susmita Chakraborty
Bengal Engineering and Science University
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
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From seth at delhi.goethe.org  Wed May 21 13:51:52 2008
From: seth at delhi.goethe.org (Seth, Renu)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:52 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy Announcement for the post of Project Assistant
	for the Librarian at Max Mueller Bhavan Delhi
Message-ID: <72503E4695D70343BD3D51AF50F0E18677A16A@nde-s2.newdelhi.goethe.org>


 <<ole0.bmp>> 


Vacancy Announcement

Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi invites applications for the position of Project Assistant for the Library. 
MMB is part of the worldwide network of the Goethe-Institut Munich and promotes German language and culture abroad. The Regional Information Centre in Delhi provides comprehensive and up-to-date information about Germany.

Responsibilities:

	*	Provide assistance in organization of international conferences and seminars 
	*	Coordinate the local staff training programmes
	*	Provide information services about Germany 
	*	Provide coverage of the circulation desk 
	*	Work with the content management system to update the website and other web projects 
	*	Create attractive displays to promote library collection and services
	*	Maintain address databases
	*	Carry out day to day office administration and other related activities

Requirements:

	*	Master's degree in Humanities
	*	Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
	*	Good knowledge of spoken and written German language and culture an advantage
	*	Strong organizational skills and experience in day to day office administration
	*	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

	Remuneration in accordance with the MMB salary scheme and in commensuration with qualifications and experience. Applications received by June 30, 2008 will receive first consideration. Send letter of application, along with three professional references to Renu Seth, Max Mueller Bhavan,  3, K.G. Marg, Delhi-110001
	Tel: (011) 23329506 
	email: seth at delhi.goethe.org
	Visit our web site at www.goethe.de/newdelhi




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From hariharan_ah at yahoo.com  Wed May 21 16:04:22 2008
From: hariharan_ah at yahoo.com (Arunachalam Hariharan)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 03:34:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] SANGOSHTHI 2008 - reg
Message-ID: <780526.38796.qm@web39602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


LISPS - Library & Information Science Promotion
Society is organising a Conference on - SANGOSHTHI
2008 - Role of IT-Enabled Knowledge Management in
Growth of India at IGCAR, Kalpakkam from 24- 26 July
2008.

The details of the conference is available at
www.lisps-india.org


You may also contact
Dr. T.S. Rao
Organising secretary
subbarao at igcar.gov.in

for any further information
---------------------------------------------

A.Hariharan



      

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Wed May 21 17:51:51 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:51:51 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Associateship in Information Science (AIS):Notification
	for 2008-2010 batch
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805210521w33636335x2213a951bc36c7f5@mail.gmail.com>

Dear LIS Students',

National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources
(NISCAIR), New Delhi

Advt. No. NISCAIR/ETD/1/08
Admission Notice
Associateship in Information Science (AIS) Course 2008-2010

Applications are invited for the 2008-2010 batch of AIS course
commencing on 1 Sept., ' 08. Candidates will be selected on the basis
of Admission Test & Interview.The 2 Year full time course is
equivalent to MLISc & is recognised by the Govt. of India & many
Universities.

For details visit NISCAIR website
www.niscair.res.in

Print Access to this Notification :-
The Hindu dated 10th May , ' 08 (Saturday), Page # 11
The Hindu dated 17th May , ' 08 (Saturday), Page # 4

Thanx,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Officers' Training College for Indian Railways
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Wed May 21 17:46:22 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:46:22 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Cryptograhy:Article about its Career Option in
	Education Times
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805210516j313d6a48oa80927a657f6ccc5@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

Cryptic Careers by Soumi Das
in Education Times, Page # 3, The Times of India , dated 19th May, ' 08 (Monday)

This introductory Article deals with Career Option in Cryptograhy (It
is the Science of making messages illegible to unintended recipients)

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Officers' Training College for Indian Railways
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From sanjeevmlis at gmail.com  Wed May 21 18:25:01 2008
From: sanjeevmlis at gmail.com (Sanjeev Kumar Jain)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:25:01 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] DESIDOC Bulletin available Free Online
Message-ID: <fbdfa3c60805210555r414a19b8v1eeb606556ba8965@mail.gmail.com>

Dear LIS Professionals and Library Managers

DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology endeavours to bring recent
developments in information technology,
as applicable to library and information science, to the notice of
librarians, documentation and information professionals,
students and others interested in the field. It is published bi-monthly.
DESIDOC Bulletin previous issues could be access free online
Clik DESIDOC Bulletin<http://publications.drdo.gov.in/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=home&l=en&w=utf-8>
.

Sanjeev Kumar Jain
(Research Assistant)
C/o Administration Department
National Institute of Fashion Technology,
GH-0, Road, Behind Infocity
Gandhinagar-  382 007
Ph: 079-23240832, 232408034 ext. 106
Email: infolibrarian at gmail.com

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From jksarkhel at hotmail.com  Thu May 22 02:15:09 2008
From: jksarkhel at hotmail.com (Juran Sarkhel)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 02:15:09 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS Research
Message-ID: <BAY112-W53DAA650F6229142A859F2A4C70@phx.gbl>




Applications are invited for the post of Unbiversity Research Scholars at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, West Bengal.

Essential Qualifications: Candidates must possess 55% marks or above in MLISc from any recognised university or ADIS from the DRTC, ISI or AIS from the INSDOC (now NISCAIR) and qualify NET/SET examination.

Total number of posts: 03 (Three)

Area of Research/Specialization: (i) Community Information Services / Information Literacy; (ii) Information Storage and Retrieval; and (iii) Information Seeking Behaviour of Library Users / TQM in Library and Information Services.

Others: As per rules of UGC/Government of West Bengal

Applications in plain paper with complete Biodata, attested copies of certificates, marksheets and testimonials should reach within 27.05.2008 to:

Professor J. K. Sarkhel
Head, Dept of Library & Information Science
University of Kalyani
Kalyani-741235
West Bengal; India




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No Harvard, No Oxford. We are here. Find out !!
http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=500
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From sebjose2004 at yahoo.co.in  Wed May 21 23:43:49 2008
From: sebjose2004 at yahoo.co.in (Sanjo Jose)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:13:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] DDC Screensaver
Message-ID: <197201.98483.qm@web8414.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Sir,

This may be trivia. If you're looking for a fun way to
stay familiar with the ten main classes of the Dewey
Decimal Classification (DDC) system, you may download
the DDC screensaver for your computer from
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/screensaver/default.htm

Direct Link:
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/screensaver/newDot_marks_the_spot.exe

Sanjo Jose



      From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/


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From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com  Thu May 22 05:23:22 2008
From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 05:23:22 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Nationalisation of Tamil Books
Message-ID: <9765c2050805211653y74b8fa0cr424ad05d85cf4198@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends

I read a news item that said that the Tamilnadu Government recently
nationalised literary works of 27 authors and paid a compensation of nearly
1.65 crores. I request knowledgable people to tell me what does this mean?

One thing I can guess is that the author's wards get financial compensation
and the objective appears to be promotion and preservation of Tamil
Literature for posterity. How is this achieved?

>From the copyright angle, do the titles go out of copyright such that anyone
may copy without any further royalties being payable?

How about commercially successful authors like Sujatha? Can   they (the
wards) refuse to be bought by government?

How does the common man benefit?

Vyasamoorthy

-- 
Dr P Vyasamoorthy,
Society for Serving Seniors
30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015
Phone 27846631 / 94908 04278
http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Wed May 21 17:42:23 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:42:23 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Information Security Industry:Career Opportunities &
	Skill Set:: Article in Education Times
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805210512t33ec201fk216634b92546e1fd@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

Network Policing / by Rajat Khare & Manash Pratim Gohain
in Education Times Page # 5 in The Times of India dated 12th May, ' 08 (Monday)

This article deals with Career Opportunities & Skill Set required in
Information Security Industry.

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Officers' Training College for Indian Railways
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in  Thu May 22 10:24:22 2008
From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:24:22 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy for Assistant Librarian, at NIFT Head Office,
	New Delhi
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805221023370.19663@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>

Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:29:13 +0530
From: Sanjeev Kumar Jain <sanjeevmlis at gmail.com>

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) established by Ministry of 
Textiles, Govt. of India is a premier Institute of Fashion Business 
Education with eight Centres located at New Delhi , Chennai, Hyderabad , 
Gandhinagar, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Rae Bareli. The Institute is 
having excellent facilities for Fashion Business Education and Research in 
Design, Management and Technology and is looking for personnel of high 
caliber and potential for Administrative positions in various NIFT 
Centres. The opening is for the post of *Assistant Librarian, at NIFT Head 
Office, **New Delhi* to be filled on adhoc contract basis for a period of 
01 year, as per the following details :

*Name of the post *

*Eligibility Criteria *

*Centre *

1.Assistant Librarian

(Rs.5500-9000/-)

i)  Graduate in Library & Information Science from a University / 
Institute of repute.

ii)  Minimum 3 years experience in a well established Library.

iii)  Knowledge of computer application in library management.

New Delhi

Appointment will be contractual in nature initially for a period of 01 
year and extendable based on the performance of the incumbent. Other 
allowances as per Central Govt. Rules.

Eligible and Interested candidates may forward their resumes to Registrar 
(Establishment), National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, 
Hauz Khas, Near Gulmohar Park, New Delhi-110016.  The last date of receipt 
of the applications is *23rd May, 2008* *.*



REGISTRAR

*Sanjeev Kumar Jain*
(Research Assistant)
C/o Administration Department
National Institute of Fashion Technology,
GH-0, Road, Behind Infocity
Gandhinagar-  382 007
Ph: 079-23240832, 232408034 ext. 106
Email: infolibrarian at gmail.com



From goudar at css.nal.res.in  Thu May 22 15:28:50 2008
From: goudar at css.nal.res.in (I.R.N.Goudar)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 15:28:50 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KALA Election Results
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805221445280.22322@css.nal.res.in>

Dear Professionals,

Below is the report of Elections held recently for its office bearers and
EC Members as submitted by Election Officer Mrs. Sita Lakshmi Chinnappa.

I on behalf of Members of previous Committee and KALA Members 
Congratulate the newly elected Committee and hope that under the 
leadership of Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao and Mr. Anand Byrappa KALA will 
have many activities of high standard.
I thank all of you for the support and cooperation extended to our 
committee during our tenure.

Goudar
--------------------------------

                    KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
                                (KALA)

Details of the election for the year 2008-2010 of the KARNATAKA
STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KALA)

                                                            Date   5-5-2008

  The following nominations were received for the election of Office 
Bearers and Executive Committee Members for KALA.

Office Bearers:

President                         : Dr.I.K. Ravichander Rao

Two Vice Presidents
                                   : Mr. Francis Jayakant

                                   : Mrs.Usha Mukunda

                                   : Dr. S.B.Kittur
(Three nominations for two posts)

General Secretary                 : Mr.Anand Byrappa

Joint Secretary                   : Mr.Rajendra Babu

Treasurer                         : Mr.Puttabasavaiah

Executive Committee Members
     1.  Mr. Shivanna
     2.  Mr. Abdul Rehman
     3.  Dr.I.R.N. Goudar
     4   Dr.K.N.Prasad
     5.  Mr.V.L.Kalyan
     6.  Mrs. Poornima Narayan
     7.  Mrs. Gayatri Sen.
     8.  Mr.Chikkamallaiah



The General Body meeting of the Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) 
was held at the City Central Library, RPC Layout, Bangalore.

The meeting was presided over by Dr.Nagana Goudar, the President KALA. 
After the formal presentation of the activities of the Association, income 
& expenditure statement, detailed discussion was held regarding the 
presentation.

The Election process started at 6-30 pm.

There were single contestants for the posts of President: 
Dr.I.K.Ravichandra Rao Secretary: Mr.Anand Byrappa
Joint Secretary: Mr.Rajendra Babu
Treasurer: Mr.Puttabasavaiah
Therefore the candidates were elected unopposed.

There were three candidates for the two posts of Vice president.
Ballot papers were given & members were asked to cast their votes.
Mrs. Usha Mukunda, polled 31votes,
Mr. Francis Jayakant polled 27 votes and
Dr. S.B. Kittur polled 17 votes.
Mrs. Usha Mukunda & Mr. Francis Jayakant were declared elected for the two 
posts of Vice President

For the Executive Committee:  Mr.Shivanna, Mr. Abdul Rehman,
  Dr.I.R.N.Goudar, MrV.L.Kalyan, Mrs. Poornima Ranganath, and
Mrs.Gayathri Sen were elected unopposed.
According to the Bylaws of KALA contestants seeking election for the 
Governing Body(GB) or Executive Committee(EC) must be physically present 
at the time of election.
Therefore the nominations of Dr.K.N.Prasad and Mr.Chikkamallaiah for EC 
could not be considered, as they were not present at the time of polling.
  The following three candidates were elected to the Executive Committee by 
the members present by show of hands:

  Mr. Ramananda proposed by Mr. Rehman seconded by Mr.Kalyan was declared 
elected.
  Dr. S.B. Kittur proposed by Dr. I.R.N. Goudar &seconded by Dr Kemparaj 
was declared elected.
Dr. P.V. Konnur proposed by Mrs.Gayatri Sen. seconded by Mr. Francis was 
declared elected.

The meeting adjourned with formal vote of thanks.

                                    (Sd) Mrs. Sita Lakshmi Chinnappa

                                         Election Officer
                                    Karnataka State Library Association

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Dr. I.R.N. Goudar                         Tel: 91-80-25086081
Sci F & Head, Information Centre for      91-80-25235315
Aerospace Science and Technology          Fax: 91-80-25268072
National Aerospace Laboratories           E-mail:goudar at css.nal.res.in
Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017  India
http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html




















The meeting was presided over by the President KALA. After the formal

presentation of the activities of the Association, income & expenditure 
statement, detailed discussion was held regarding the presentation.

The Election process started at 6-30 pm.

There were single contestants for the posts of President: 
Dr.I.K.Ravichandra Rao Secretary: Mr.Anand Byrappa
Joint Secretary: Mr.Rajendra Babu
Treasurer: Mr.Puttabasavaiah
Therefore the candidates were elected unopposed.

There were three candidates for the two posts of Vice president.
Ballot papers were given & members were asked to cast their votes.
Mrs. Usha Mukunda, polled 31votes, Mr.Francis Jayakant polled 27 votes and 
Dr.Kittur polled 17 votes.
Mrs. Usha Mukunda &Mr. Francis Jayakant were declared elected for the two 
posts of vice president

For the Executive Committee:  Mr.Shivanna, Mr. Abdul Rehman,
  Dr.I.R.N.Goudar, MrV.L.Kalyan, Mrs. Poornima Ranganath, and
Mrs.Gayathri Sen were elected unopposed.
The candidatures of Dr.K.N.Prasad and Mr.Chikkamallaiah could not be 
considered, as they were not present at the time of polling. As per the 
KALA bylaws the contestants must be present at the time of election.
  The following three candidates were elected to the Executive Committee by 
show of hands:
  Mr. Ramananda proposed by Mr. Rehman seconded by Mr.Kalyan was declared 
elected.
   Dr.Kittur proposed by Dr.Gouder &seconded by Dr Kemparaj was declared 
elected.
Mr.Kannur proposed by Mrs.Gayatri Sen. seconded by Mr. Francis was 
declared elected.

The meeting adjourned with formal vote of thanks.


                                               (Sd) Mrs Sita Lakshmi 
Chinnappa

                                                       Election Officer
                                                        Karnataka State 
Library Association

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From pawansharma0927 at gmail.com  Thu May 22 10:46:27 2008
From: pawansharma0927 at gmail.com (pawan sharma)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 06:16:27 +0100
Subject: [LIS-Forum] need help
Message-ID: <f60f2e2c0805212216k407f54c9x28cc610a96bcb94a@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Professionals

can anybody dispatch me the information regarding various RFID equipment
used in libraries

with regard
Pawan Sharma
Dy. Librarian
ITM Library

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Thu May 22 14:32:51 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 14:32:51 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad : Librarian post vacancy
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805220202m68192510r601b95e0011632e9@mail.gmail.com>

Respected Members',

Gujarat Vidyapeeth: Ahmedabad - 380 004
Advt. No. 1/2008-2009

Its a Deemed University established by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.Its
Central Library Collection has
• 5,34,987 books
• 600 journals
• 32 newspapers
• 691 manuscripts
The University has a Post Graduate Teaching Program in Library Science.

Application are invited for the post of Librarian at the pay scale of
Rs. 16,400-22,400

Application Form can be downloaded in English
http://www.gujaratvidyapith.ac.in/jobs/applicationform.pdf

in Gujarati
http://www.gujaratvidyapith.ac.in/jobs/Jobapplication.pdf

Gujarat Vidyapeeth Website
www.gujaratvidyapith.org
www.gujartvidyapith.ac.in

Last date for submission of completed application :- 1st June, ' 08

With Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Officers' Training College for Indian Railways
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From amitt at niper.ac.in  Thu May 22 14:33:23 2008
From: amitt at niper.ac.in (Thapar, Amit)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 14:33:23 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy at NIPER, Ahmedabad
Message-ID: <76BF13F0B84740E7834521C90574D3D9@Amit>

NIPER-Ahmedabad is looking for faculty of high caliber and motivation to 
face the challenge of building the institute into a centre of excellence. 
The overall focus is on building strong master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral 
programmes. However, current focus is on M.S.(Pharm.) programme.

Applications are invited for Assistant Librarian

Essential qualification and experience

Assistant Librarians: B.Lib/M.Lib or Diploma with 2-3 years experience. 
Preference will be given to candidates with experience in post-graduate 
science/pharmacy colleges.

The pay structure will be comparable to that applicable to faculty in the 
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
All appointments are contractual in nature, which can be renewed every year 
depending upon performance and mutual consent.

Send applications along with bio-data in a sealed envelope, to
The Project Director
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (Ahmedabad)
C/o B. V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education & Research Development (PERD) 
Centre
Thaltej-Gandhinagar Highway, Thaltej, Ahmedabad – 380 054
Ph: 079-27439375, 27416409 



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From skpatra at gmail.com  Thu May 22 22:40:07 2008
From: skpatra at gmail.com (Swapan kumar Patra)
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:40:07 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] 131st Monthly Meeting of RRC on 31st May, 2008
Message-ID: <da7582b0805221010o60e9e0a6g16a5548cfb594bd8@mail.gmail.com>

RANGANATHAN RESEARCH CIRCLE (An organ of Ranganathan Research Trust,
Regd.:25953, 1995)

J8/123, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi


Manager
Program Committee


SUBHASH DESHMUKH

A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Ph. 95124-2578715,
9873680484
  Date   :  19th  May, 2008



We have the pleasure to announce the 131st Monthly Meeting of RRC on 31st
May, 2008 (5th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs.



*Venue   :  National Social Science Documentation Center, *

*                 **Firoz Shah Road**, Near Mandi House Metro Station,*

*     New Delhi-110 001 *

* *

*Speaker : **Dr. A.K. Sinha, *

*                 Internal Chief Auditor*

*                 Delhi University, Delhi  *

*                         *

*Topic     : Financial Management in Libraries*

* *
Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit
the group by discussions.


Swapan Kumar Patra
Center for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Sciences
Jawharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

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From madhuresh.singhal at advinus.com  Fri May 23 13:01:50 2008
From: madhuresh.singhal at advinus.com (madhuresh.singhal)
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:01:50 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open-access more harm than good in developing world
Message-ID: <ACA996E7DC216248921A4821827A04B88F5255@advblrho-exch.advinus.com>

Dear All,

I am reproducing below the letter of Mr Raghavendra from IISc published
in Nature recent issue. I am sure that our Open Source champions will
have some comments on this.
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Open-access more harm than good in developing world

Raghavendra Gadagkar1

Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
560012, India

Sir

The traditional 'publish for free and pay to read' business model
adopted by publishers of academic journals can lead to disparity in
access to scholarly literature, exacerbated by rising journal costs and
shrinking library budgets. However, although the 'pay to publish and
read for free' business model of open-access publishing has helped to
create a level playing field for readers, it does more harm than good in
the developing world.

Authors by no means have a level playing field, even in the traditional
publishing model. The dynamics of peer review make it hard to ensure
that publication of an article is a function of only its quality,
uninfluenced by factors such as topicality or the author's name and
affiliation. The open-access model makes the playing field for authors
even more uneven.

Page charges may be waived for authors who cannot afford to pay, but a
model that depends on payment by authors can afford only a few such
waivers. And why should anyone want to survive on charity? The argument
that it is the granting agency and not the author that pays does not
wash either. If anything, the playing field for grants is even more
uneven. Besides, this will undermine, rather than encourage, the whole
area of grant-free research.

Page charges make extra difficulties for authors, while the old problems
associated with peer review persist. They could be disastrous for the
underdeveloped world, encouraging people to remain as consumers
(readers), rather than to become producers (authors) of knowledge.

A 'publish for free, read for free' model may one day prove to be
viable. Meanwhile, if I have to choose between the two evils, I prefer
the 'publish for free and pay to read' model over the 'pay to publish
and read for free' one. Because if I must choose between publishing or
reading, I would choose to publish. Who would not?

Source: Nature 2008, 453(7194): 450
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v453/n7194/full/453450c.html


Regards
Madhuresh Singhal
Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services
Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd.
21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058
Phone: +91 80 28394959; Mobile 098861 82822
E-mail: madhureshsinghal at yahoo.com
http://nettalk2.tripod.com/ 

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From R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk  Fri May 23 14:22:27 2008
From: R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk (MacLeod, Roderick A)
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:52:27 +0100
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Internet Resources Newsletter: June Issue
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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Fri May 23 17:18:13 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 17:18:13 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sharing PPT slides on "Open Access: What it is and why
	it is required for scholarly community?"
Message-ID: <c13c85220805230448i2db29203pebde59eda27eda01@mail.gmail.com>

Friends,

Just shared a presentation on -

"Open Access: What it is and why it is required for scholarly community?"

In the online version, some images has been distorted.  The
downloadable PPT file gives better images.

- http://snipr.com/oapresent

Hope, You like it.

Thanks

Sukhdev Singh (09868960074), NIC.

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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Sat May 24 12:06:25 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 07:36:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] UNESCO's IFAP seeks comments on its Draft Strategic
	Plan 2008-2013
Message-ID: <128695.32913.qm@web8611.mail.in.yahoo.com>

UNESCO's IFAP seeks comments on its Draft Strategic Plan
22-05-2008 (Paris)
   
  At its 5th session in April 2008, the Intergovernmental Council of the Information for All Programme (IFAP) considered the Draft Strategic Plan of its activities in 2008-2013 and finally decided to adopt it after an online public consultation giving all stakeholders an opportunity to comment and propose new ideas.
   
  The multi-stakeholder approach is at the heart of the global effort to create the information/knowledge society. It is hoped that opening the Draft Strategic Plan to a public consultation will allow to profit from the collective wisdom of everyone interested in the issue. 
   
  In the coming years, the Information for All Programme of UNESCO will focus on the following overarching objective: 
to help Member States develop and implement national information policies and knowledge strategies in a world increasingly using information and communication technologies (ICT).
   
  IFAP can make the most effective contribution by assisting Member States develop and implement national information policy frameworks. Within this context, the Programme will focus on five priorities: information for development, information accessibility, information literacy, information preservation and information ethics. 
   
  The Draft Strategic Plan sets out how to pursue these goals. It can be consulted here in PDF format [http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/26352/12114609343ifap_draf_strategic_plan.pdf/ifap_draf_strategic_plan.pdf]. 
   
  Your comments and advice are cordially invited. Please send them before the end of May 2008 to: 
    
   Karol Jakubowicz, Chairman of the IFAP Council;   
   Miriam Nisbet, UNESCO, Director of the Information Society Division; or   
   Boyan Radoykov, UNESCO, Information Society Division.
  Details: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26839&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
   
  Thanking You
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi, India
  http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com 

       
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From kshemaprakash at gmail.com  Sat May 24 16:23:08 2008
From: kshemaprakash at gmail.com (Kshema Prakash)
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 16:23:08 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] REG: Manorama "Tell Me Why"
Message-ID: <3a4c03220805240353g5ba5674bw2f5cc5b37e073952@mail.gmail.com>

Hello friends,

Can anyone tell me how to get back issues of Manorama "Tell Me Why"? This is
a very good resource for children. I have a subscription to it but there are
some missing issues also. I have contacted the publishers but of no use. Any
info in this regard will be helpful.

Regards,

Kshema

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Faculty Librarian - Gr I
Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University)
Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110
Uttar Pradesh, India

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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Mon May 26 09:42:56 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 05:12:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Information on FOSS developed in South
	Asian Countries
Message-ID: <139650.34692.qm@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear Colleague,
   
  Some of you are the developer/ user of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), particularly software used in the areas of library automation, digital archiving, information management, knowledge management, content management or e-Learning. I am presently documenting FOSS developed in India and other South Asian Countries. If you come across any such software developed in South Asia, kindly provide me its details such as name of the software, website of the software, name of the developers, name of the originating country, etc. I am pleased to inform you that selected software will be highlighted/ evaluated in a forthcoming UNESCO publication.
   
  Thanking You
   
  Yours Sincerely
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi, India
  Email: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in
  Tel: +91-9911479926

       
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From gautam at prathambooks.org  Mon May 26 13:48:41 2008
From: gautam at prathambooks.org (Gautam John)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:48:41 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open-access more harm than good in developing world
In-Reply-To: <ACA996E7DC216248921A4821827A04B88F5255@advblrho-exch.advinus.com>
References: <ACA996E7DC216248921A4821827A04B88F5255@advblrho-exch.advinus.com>
Message-ID: <b7b2abbc0805260118x57aaaaecldcd34ee5a72c8669@mail.gmail.com>

Suber has a good take on this:

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/05/more-misunderstanding-of-oa-journal.html

    *  I blame Nature, not the author, for the misleading title on
this letter.  Gadagkar's argument is not against OA as such, or even
OA journals as such, but against fee-based OA journals or "the 'pay to
publish and read for free' business model".
    * Gadagkar is aware that many fee-based OA journals waive their
fees in cases of economic hardship (although we should not confuse
publication fees at OA journals with "page charges").  He's also aware
that many funding agencies allow grantees use grant funds to pay the
fees.  He finds these two mitigations insufficient and I won't comment
on his criticisms.
    * But he is apparently unaware that most OA journals charge no
publication fees at all.  To repeat the data from my previous post
(coincidentally relevant here):  as of late 2007, 67% of the journals
listed in the DOAJ charged no publication fees, and 83% of OA journals
from society publishers charged no publication fees.  He says that "A
'publish for free, read for free' model may one day prove to be
viable..." as if it were untried, when in fact it is the majority
model around the world.  Moreover, it's the exclusive model in his own
country.  To the best of my knowledge, all OA journals published in
India are of the no-fee variety.
    * Finally, it's important to remember that OA archiving already
follows the model of no fees for readers and no fees for authors, and
it works equally well for unrefereed preprints and refereed
postprints.  Just this week, the OA repository at Gadagkar's employer,
the Indian Institute of Science, passed the milestone of 10,000
deposits.


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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Mon May 26 14:27:17 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:27:17 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open-access more harm than good in developing world
In-Reply-To: <ACA996E7DC216248921A4821827A04B88F5255@advblrho-exch.advinus.com>
References: <ACA996E7DC216248921A4821827A04B88F5255@advblrho-exch.advinus.com>
Message-ID: <c13c85220805260157x6effb8c1tba3cee9bcd3647f@mail.gmail.com>

The problem here is the lack of understanding  of various Open Access
models. Open Access is not just 'pay to publish and read for free'
model. Just because Open Access Publishers PLoS and BioMed Central has
adopted this 'pay to publish and read for free' model successfully
does not mean it is the Open Access.

'Publish for free, read for free' is actually a reality. My advise
would be to Publish any where  one feels comfortable. Open or Closed -
 but do retain and exercise rights to self-archive in Open Access
Repositories.

However, I don't understand why OA could be more harmful for
developing countries. PLoS and BioMed Central waive author side fees
to authors from developing countries, at least for the first time.

But success of BioMed Central / PLoS model underlines one thing.
Authors are paying them  because they perceive value in Open Access
publishing. Most of the time such author side charges are refunded by
employers / funding agencies. I know at least one research funding
agency of India which reimburses the author side charges (Called page
charges) if the journal publishing the article has an impact fact
greater than a specific limit.

Even if we take Open Access as 'pay to publish and read for free'
model as Open Access (which it is not) still the developing countries
stand to gain. It is because there are fewer "publishing" authors from
developing countries as compared to total number of "readers" in the
developing countries.  'Publish for free and pay to read' model is
proving another form of 'brain-drain' for developing countries. Good
research (carried out of public funds) is being published outside
(because it is considered more reputed). The country has to import the
same in foreign currency.

Best would be to understand what open access is? It is peer-reviewed
literature that is made accessible for free by the consent of the
authors / right holders. It could be through Gold Model (OA
Publishing) or through Green Model (OA Self-Archiving in
repositories). Both are good for all the countries especially for
developing countries.


--Sukhdev Singh (09868960074), NIC.






On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:01 PM, madhuresh.singhal
<madhuresh.singhal at advinus.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am reproducing below the letter of Mr Raghavendra from IISc published
> in Nature recent issue. I am sure that our Open Source champions will
> have some comments on this.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>
> Open-access more harm than good in developing world
>
> Raghavendra Gadagkar1
>
> Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
> 560012, India
>
> Sir
>
> The traditional 'publish for free and pay to read' business model
> adopted by publishers of academic journals can lead to disparity in
> access to scholarly literature, exacerbated by rising journal costs and
> shrinking library budgets. However, although the 'pay to publish and
> read for free' business model of open-access publishing has helped to
> create a level playing field for readers, it does more harm than good in
> the developing world.
>
> Authors by no means have a level playing field, even in the traditional
> publishing model. The dynamics of peer review make it hard to ensure
> that publication of an article is a function of only its quality,
> uninfluenced by factors such as topicality or the author's name and
> affiliation. The open-access model makes the playing field for authors
> even more uneven.
>
> Page charges may be waived for authors who cannot afford to pay, but a
> model that depends on payment by authors can afford only a few such
> waivers. And why should anyone want to survive on charity? The argument
> that it is the granting agency and not the author that pays does not
> wash either. If anything, the playing field for grants is even more
> uneven. Besides, this will undermine, rather than encourage, the whole
> area of grant-free research.
>
> Page charges make extra difficulties for authors, while the old problems
> associated with peer review persist. They could be disastrous for the
> underdeveloped world, encouraging people to remain as consumers
> (readers), rather than to become producers (authors) of knowledge.
>
> A 'publish for free, read for free' model may one day prove to be
> viable. Meanwhile, if I have to choose between the two evils, I prefer
> the 'publish for free and pay to read' model over the 'pay to publish
> and read for free' one. Because if I must choose between publishing or
> reading, I would choose to publish. Who would not?
>
> Source: Nature 2008, 453(7194): 450
> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v453/n7194/full/453450c.html
>
>
> Regards
> Madhuresh Singhal
> Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services
> Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd.
> 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058
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From pramodhbabu at gmail.com  Mon May 26 14:29:47 2008
From: pramodhbabu at gmail.com (pramod babu)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:29:47 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Workshop on Institutional Repositories
Message-ID: <6eb89c480805260159m7a30a305j685d88b99734c31c@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Moderator,

Kindly make arrangements to announce the "National workshop on
Institutional Repositories" for the benefit of lis-forum members.

Workshop Details as below


"National Workshop on Institutional Repositories"
12 & 13*th* June, 2008


*About the Workshop*

* *

       The digitization and development of digital library is slowly
emerging in the Indian libraries, thus providing a context for the
integration of information resources with online, virtual and e-learning
environments. Under the digital and virtual environment the scholarly
publications are increasingly demand but the the publishing policies and
procedures of intellectual contents producers are charging heavily on
information resources,  Alternatively the Open Archives Initiatives (OAI),
self archive, institutional archive etc., gaining momentum all over the
world, Realizing the significance of digital libraries and digital
initiatives, the Library and Information Centre of M.S.Ramaiah Medical
College has  organized a *"National Workshop on  Institutional Repositories"
*



* *

* *



        Today information revolution is being complimented by digital
revolution Digitization is one of the technological advancements. It brings
the resources nearer to the benefit of users. The digitized information .can
be used in numerous ways to overcome the barriers of communication. The
availability of right information can take study, teaching and research into
a new horizon and can help the decision makers to take right decision. The
digitization of library and information center's resources has its roots in
library automation. But at the same time not all the resources of a library
need to be digitized.



           Institutional Repository (IR) consists of formally organized and
managed collection of digital content generated by faculty, staff and
students of an institution. The content of these  repositories can be made
available for integration with on campus library and course management
systems. The availability of right information can take study,
teaching and research
into a new horizon and can help the decision makers to take right decision.
Therefore, This Workshop has been thought of with the following objectives:







*Objectives of the Workshop*

* *



This workshop aimed to





v     Present an overview of institutional Repositories(IR)

v     Emphasise on the use of DSpace software in the development of IRs; and


v     Provide hands-on experience in the development of IRs using DSpace











*Facets of Workshop *



v     Institutional Repositories

v     Infrastructure for IR

v     DSpace

v     Metadata and Standards



           To fulfill the stated objectives, Information Professionals with
experience both in teaching and practice were invited to contribute Course
materials for the various sub themes of workshop and share their rich
experiences as guest faculty. The work shop covers Tutorials, lectures, open
discussions and feedback followed by the hands-on experience.



*Invited Experts:*



      Learned Experts in the field of Library and Information Science are
invited to deliver lecturers on the theme of the workshop.



*Participants*



          Librarians, Information Scientists, Researchers and Schools of
Library and Information Science







* *

*Registration Fee:*



             The Registration fee for the Workshop is Rs.1000/-(Rupess One
Thousand Only). The workshop fee includes working lunch, tea, dinner and
resources kit.



*Workshop participants*



      The participants are limited to 50



        Selection of candidates will be made as per merit, commitment to
digital libraries and familiarting with IT applications in Libraries

      Applications (Nomination should reach the M.S. Ramaiah Medical college
Library office on or before 07-06-2008)



*Accommodation*

* *

 Participants will need to make their own arrangements for stay in Bangalore
for the workshop.



*Date and Venue*



      The work shop will be held During 12 -13th June 2008 at M.S. RAMAIAH
MEDICAL COLLEGE Campus







Organizing Secretary

N. SUBRAMANYAM

Sr. Librarian

Dept. of Library & Information Centre

M.S. Ramaiah Medical College

Bangalore

Ph: 080-23605190 (Ext.) 418

(M) 9449252683

e-mail : msrmclib at yahoo.co.in





Participants can register by sending filled in registration form and D.D in
Favour of
" M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore "

For More Information regarding Workshop Please Contact "Organizing
Secretary" .





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From sklohiya76 at gmail.com  Mon May 26 14:34:37 2008
From: sklohiya76 at gmail.com (Shailesh Lohiya)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:34:37 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article required
Message-ID: <537634340805260204h28b11875t6e336c0989a75b3e@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all

I have required following fulltext article.
 Algebraic Aspects of Parikh Matrices   Book Series Lecture Notes in
Computer Science<http://www.springerlink.com/content/105633/?p=2459ef9458214a5fa6f40a9d6d07696e&pi=0>
Publisher Springer Berlin / Heidelberg ISSN 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349
(Online) Volume Volume 3113/2004 Book Theory Is
Forever<http://www.springerlink.com/content/hn26kl36363b/?p=2459ef9458214a5fa6f40a9d6d07696e&pi=0>
DOI 10.1007/b98751 Copyright 2004 ISBN 978-3-540-22393-1 Pages 170-180 Subject
Collection Computer Science <http://www.springerlink.com/computer-science/>

SpringerLink Date

Regards

Friday, October 29, 2004




Shailesh Kumar Lohiya
Librarian
Amrapali Institute,
Siksha Nagar, Haldwani
263139
Ph. 05946-238201,238202
Mob. 9897400551

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From silverabez at gmail.com  Mon May 26 17:14:57 2008
From: silverabez at gmail.com (Waseem Raja)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:14:57 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: Need Help
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From: "Waseem Raja" <silverabez at gmail.com>
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Need Help
To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in


 Dear professionals,

I have done my P.G in library science from Delhi University and now
working in Central Library in Delhi University on CONTRACT BASIS as
library PROFESSIONAL. but while working they are saying that they are
not going to give me the experience certificate as i am working on
contract basis. so i there any such type of provision that you cannot
give experience certiicate to those working on contract basis OR they
just exploaiting persons like me.


If you have any rules or guide lines concering this then please send
it to me. Waiting for your help...

Name: Wasem Raja
Organisation : Delhi University Central Library
Adreess: Delhi, India.
Email: silverabez at gmail.com
Phone Number: 09868003971

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From badanbarman at gmail.com  Mon May 26 16:12:56 2008
From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman)
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 16:12:56 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Job Alert for last week of May, 2008
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From subbiah_a at yahoo.com  Tue May 27 08:58:21 2008
From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 04:28:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fwd: New Beta version of the Ranking Web of World
	Repositories
Message-ID: <325593.31408.qm@web43134.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>


--- "Isidro F. Aguillo" <isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES> wrote:

> Date:         Mon, 26 May 2008 15:17:43 +0200
> From:         "Isidro F. Aguillo"
> <isidro at CINDOC.CSIC.ES>
> Subject:      New Beta version of the Ranking Web of
> World Repositories
> To:          
>
AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
> 
> We have taken into account some of the suggestions
> regarding the Ranking 
> Web of World Repositories for the new Beta 2
> version. We have changed 
> the domain that it is now autonomous from the
> Universities Ranking one:
> 
> http://repositories.webometrics.info/
> 
> This will allow to be more flexible in the future
> and to enlarge and 
> diversify the coverage. Now we are ranking the Top
> 300 instead the first 
> 200 as in the previous edition. New repositories
> have been added, like 
> PubMedCentral that was missed and others have been
> deleted because they 
> are not focused on research papers.
> 
> The most important changes are related to ranking
> methodology: For the 
> Rich files ranking we are considering only Adobe
> Acrobat pdf files, as 
> other formats numbers were very low for ranking
> purposes. For the same 
> reason, only data extracted from Google and Yahoo
> were considered. 
> Regarding Scholar ranking, it is now build from the
> mean between the 
> total number of items and those published between
> 2001 and 2008 to 
> increase the weight of the "freshness".
> 
> Finally we are suggesting the use of Google
> Analytics as common minimum 
> standards for obtaining usage data, clearly the
> weakest point of our 
> current approach.
> 
> Comments are welcomed as usual,
> 
> -- 
> ****************************
> Isidro F. Aguillo
> Laboratorio de Cibermetría
> Cybermetrics Lab
> CCHS - CSIC
> Joaquin Costa, 22
> 28002 Madrid. Spain
> 
> isidro @ cindoc.csic.es
> +34-91-5635482 ext 313
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From amanimekalai.au at gmail.com  Tue May 27 13:04:50 2008
From: amanimekalai.au at gmail.com (A.Manimekalai)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:04:50 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Librarian Post at Delhi
Message-ID: <5aa8325d0805270034q64ac607fq6ef99649b0c0f10b@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Professionals ,
Please pass on this message to your friends,


 Post: Librarian
SALARY:  8,000 ( bASIC)
Qualification:  1.   PG in Library Science
                      2.   MPHil      or Net-
Application DOwn Loads:  www.shivajicollege.ac.in
Add:

 The Principal
   Shivaji College
University of Delhi,
Ring Road,
Raja Garden,
New Delhi- 100 027

Source:    Employment Tamil Weekly,
Page 17, Date: May 21- 27, 2008.

From:
Dr. A. Manimekalai,
Asst. Librarian,
Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Library,
Annamalai University
Annamalainagar- 608 002.

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Tue May 27 13:39:09 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:39:09 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] University of Pune:Vacancy of Jr.Info.Scnt., Doc.,
	Museum Asst.& Jr.Lib.Asst.
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805270109i58917becnf32b9f3c0af95a96@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Members',

Job Openings at University of Pune

Last Date : - 30th June, ' 08

Sl. #- Designation & Pay Scale- Reservation
2. Junior Information Scientist (II Class) Rs. 8,000-13,500 - 1 Post(Open)
5. Documentist Rs. 6,500-10,500 - 1 Post(Open)
12. Museum Assistant Rs. 4,500-7,000 - 1 Post (SC)
16. Junior Library Assistant Rs. 4,500-7,000 - 1 Post (Open) & 1 Post (इमाव)

Print Access to the job Advt. in Marathi Language :-
The Times of India , dated 25th May, ' 08 (Sunday), Page # 9

Website :- www.unipune.ernet.in

Thanx & Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Officers' Training College for Indian Railways
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From skpatra at gmail.com  Tue May 27 14:16:35 2008
From: skpatra at gmail.com (Swapan kumar Patra)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:16:35 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] 131st monthly meeting of RRC on 31st May,
	2008 is postponed.
Message-ID: <da7582b0805270146i7dc00fefhadd6d884e0ab7873@mail.gmail.com>

From



SUBHASH DESHMUKH

University Librarian

GGS Indraprastha University

Kashmere Gate, Delhi – 110 006

011-23900181, 9873680484

Dear Friends,

Due to unavoidable circumstances 131st monthly meeting of RRC on 31st May,
2008 is postponed. Inconvenience is regretted.

Swapan kumar Patra
Research Scholar
Center for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Science
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

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From sainul at iiitmk.ac.in  Tue May 27 14:59:33 2008
From: sainul at iiitmk.ac.in (Sainul Abideen P)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:59:33 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] KLA National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public
 Libraries in India
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0805271454400.4878@login.iiitmk.ac.in>

Dear Friends,

Kerala Library Association (www.kearlalibraryassociation.org) is 
organising a National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: the Knowledge Society Imperatives during 
6-8 August 2008 at Thiruvavthapuram.

About KLA

Kerala Library Association, the Premier Professional society in the 
library and information system (LIS) domain of this region was founded in 
1971,by formally registering under the societies registration act. With 
the strength of more than 800 Professionally qualified members on its 
fold, and having four regional centers at Kottayam,Ernakulum ,Thrissur and 
Kozhikode,KLA has been able to outreach all categories of libraries and 
LIS professionals across the state.The association has been contributing 
significantly to the scientific management and quality improvement of LIS 
in kerala, in addition to providing valid inputs to the policy making 
processes, particularly in the public Library  and Academic Library 
Systems of the region.

As part of the continuing education programmes,KLA has organized scores of 
Training Courses, Workshops, Seminars& Conferences ,Invited 
Lectures,Discussions,Debates etc.The National Seminars held on School 
Libraries (1998) and on the Libraries of Higher Education Sector(2005) 
brought laurels to KLA.

With a sense of pride and satisfaction ,KLA is now organizing the three 
day National seminar on Redefining  the Role of Public Libraries in India: 
the Knowledge Society Imperatives. The seminar is expected to equip and 
enable all the stakeholders of public library set up to work for an 
immensely potential area of activity with tremendous societal impact.

Objectives
·	To critically evaluate the status of the public library set up in 
India and examine how far they fulfill the roles bestowed on them.
·	To apprise the professionals and the authorities alike for the 
need of change.
·	To discuss the modalities of the desired changes in the public 
library system in India and to ensure the feel of its impact in our 
society.
·	To formulate an action plan for the reorientation, reengineering 
and rejuvenation of the facilities and services in the upcoming scenario.

Who can participate?

LIS professionals, LIS educators, LIS students, authorities and staff of 
public libraries, other stakeholders and anybody who is interested in the 
development of the public libraries as an instrument for social change.

Special invitees
Policy planners, public library authorities, decision makers at the 
governmental and non-governmental level and social scientists.

Programme
The seminar is envisaged to have seven Business Sessions in addition to 
the Inagural, Valedictory Sessions and Panel Discussion.

Facets of the Theme

Public Library system in India: A Critical Appraisal
·	State-wise Scenario: Current and Futuristic
·	Role of Professional Societies & NGOs

Library legislation in different states
·	Major Provisions
·	Limitations
·	Expectations

Public Libraries and Knowledge Society
·	Perspectives on Knowledge Commission Recommendations
·	National Policy for Library and Information
·	Public Libraries and Information Literacy
·	Changing Role of public Libraries in Education
·	Public Libraries as Cultural Centres

Impact of Technology
·	Preservation/Digitalization
·	Problems of Automation
·	Information Storage, Retreival and Dissemination in a Network 
Environment
·	Methods and Techniques of Knowledge Management
·	Influence of the Media

Resources and Services
·	Information Resources: Traditional & Modern
·	Resource Sharing
·	New Dimensions in Services
·	Marketing, Public Relations, Publicity
·	Content Management
·	Community Information Service and Village Knowledge Centre

Resource Mobilization and HRD
·	Sources of finance - Regional, National and International
·	Self-generating fiscal mechanisms
·	Human Resources - Planning, Development and Management

Special Session on Public Libraries in Kerala
·	District-wise presentation of:
              Case studies
                     Issue and Problems
                     Development Initiatives

Submission of papers
Abstracts of papers on the above facets and sub facets are invited for 
oral presentation .The authors are requested to submit the extended 
abstract (not less than 200 words) typed in 1.5 line space on A4 size 
paper as Word File or by e-mail as Attachment file, to the general 
Convenor

Papers for oral presentation will be selected by a screening Committee. 
The remaining Papers, subject to their quality clearance, will only be 
published in the proceedings afterwards.

Registration Fee
    Delegates    :                Rs. 750.00
    KLA Members& Participants sponsored by Kerala state Library Council 
:Rs.600.00
    LIS Students                                    :  Rs.300.00 (Only 
limited no .of seats.
         Registration on first come first serve basis)
    Accompanying Persons (Non-Delegates)     :Rs.400.00

Accommodation
We do not provide accommodation to the delegates. However, we would help 
the participants in arranging accommodation at nominal rates on payment in 
advance, subject to the condition that such payments are received by us on 
or before25th July 2008.

Dates to Remember
Submission of abstract: 15 June 2008
Submission of full paper: 10 July 2008
Payment of registration fee  : 25 July 2008

Communication

All communications have to be addressed to:
N.Sukumaran Nair
General Convenor
KLA National Seminar 2008, Kerala Library Association
36,Kairalie Plaza, II Floor
Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram-695 002
Mobile:9447213155/E-mail: sukukla at yahoo.com
                                                                  Or
Dr. K.P. Vijayakumar
Joint General Convenor KLA NATIONAL Seminar & General Secretary, KLA
Dept.of Library & information Science
University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram-695 034
Tel.0471-2478034
E-mail :kpvijayakumar at teacher.com





With Best Regards,
Sainul Abideen P,                                        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
          (BSc, BLISc, ADIS, PGDCA, VLIR Scholar, Belgium)               |
Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala          |
Park Centre, Technopark     | Tel.   : +91-471-2527567,2700777  exn 119 |
Karyavattom PO, PIN 695581  | Tel.   : +91-471-2593961 (Resi)           |
Thiruvananthapuram          | Mobile.: 9946401830                       |
Kerala, INDIA               | Fax.   : +91-471-2527568                  |
http://sainul.tripod.com    | E-Mail : sainul at iiitmk dot ac dot in   |
www.iiitmk.ac.in            |                                           |
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From agopikuttan at yahoo.co.in  Tue May 27 15:06:37 2008
From: agopikuttan at yahoo.co.in (gopikuttan gopikuttan)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 15:06:37 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] New Journal "JIST"
Message-ID: <169449.92851.qm@web8409.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear professionals,
Im happy to announce that the Dept of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala has released a New Journal "journal of Information Science and Technology" on  23th May 2008 at the 5th Annual meet of the Alumni Association of the Department of Library and Information Science. The first issue was released by Dr.E.P.Yesodharan, vice chairman of Kerala State Council for Science,Technology and Envirnment and reveived by Prof Lekshman rao, Osmania University. Keral University Vice Chancellor Dr.M.K.Ramachandran Nair was the Chief guest of the progeamme. 
Dr.A.Gopikuttan
Dept of Library and Information Science
University of Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram-34


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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Tue May 27 15:29:50 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 10:59:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Just Released - WSIS Stocktaking Report 2008
Message-ID: <531250.37399.qm@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com>

ITU issues WSIS Stocktaking Report 2008 
  
Geneva, 23 May 2008 — The WSIS Stocktaking 2008 Report, an effective tool for fostering development of the information society, was released today. This Report is an update on the activities undertaken by governments, business, civil society and other organizations aimed at the achievement of the objectives and targets of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) from end 2005 until mid 2008.
   
  The World Summit on the Information Society was held in two phases, in Geneva in December 2003 and in Tunis in November 2005. Over 50 Heads of State and Government attended each of the two Summits and committed to building a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society.
   
  This stocktaking process, initiated by the WSIS Executive Secretariat in October 2004 and launched in Tunis in 2005, provides an inventory of activities and tracks progress on the implementation of the goals of the Summit. 
   
  The Report was prepared through a consultative process with all stakeholders by placing the draft report for comments on the WSIS stocktaking website. The system is publicly accessible and presents information on WSIS-related initiatives and projects. See www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking. It is possible to search for information within the database by WSIS action line, project, keyword, geographical location and other specifications.
   
  Governments submitted 3812 activities, representing 54 per cent of the total number of submissions. International organizations were second, with 29 per cent, followed by businesses, civil society entities and others. Some 44 per cent of activities submitted had been carried out at the national level, while 30 per cent were of an international nature. 
   
  This report was issued during the annual WSIS follow up meetings which are held in a ten-day cluster of events in Geneva, Switzerland around World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, which marks the foundation of ITU on 17 May, 1865. 
  The Report on the WSIS Stocktaking 2008 is available free of charge at: www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking
   
  Download the Report: http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/docs/2008/WSIS-Stocktaking2008-e.pdf
   
  Thanking You
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi
  http://anup-jnu.blogspot.com

       
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From vimal0212 at gmail.com  Tue May 27 17:17:56 2008
From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:17:56 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Installation of OpenBiblio using EasyPHP
Message-ID: <5b978ad90805270447pa4a50e7x2882273d64ef06c1@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

I have created manual to install OpenBiblio in windows. OpenBiblio is an
easy to use, automated library system written in PHP licensed under GNU
General Public License (GPL). It has essential functional modules like OPAC,
circulation, cataloging, and staff administration only, therefore suitable
for the automation of libraries with small collection. Features of
OpenBiblio are easy installation procedures, simple and neat user interface.
It supports MARC importing and advanced features are still under
development. You can find more about OpenBiblio here
http://obiblio.sourceforge.net/ . Software requirements for OpenBiblio are
MySQL database, Apache web server and PHP programming language. Normal
installation and maintenance of database and web server may feel difficult
to librarians.

Document available at
http://www.asbindia.in/vimal/openbiblio/
http://vimal0212.googlepages.com/OpenBiblioInstallationusingEasyPHP.pdf

-- 
Vimal Kumar V.
Asst. Librarian
Asian School of Business
Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581
Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/
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From bhomrac at yahoo.com  Tue May 27 18:24:31 2008
From: bhomrac at yahoo.com (Bhomra Chatterji)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 05:54:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Announcement
Message-ID: <373579.71158.qm@web32607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Regional Training & Workshop on Building of Institutional Archives & Digital Libraries, 24-27 June 2008.
   
  A Joint Collaboration of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) & Sikkim-Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT)- will be held at SMIT Campus at Majitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim.
   
  LIS Professionals/Students can only participate in this Training programme.
   
  The Workshop will comprise Lectures, Tutorials and Hands on sessions to focus on need and purpose of Digital Library, Digital Resources, Softwares, Open Source Movement and creation and application of Digital Archives,by the eminent scholars and resource persons in this field.
   
  Number of participants will be restricted to 30 (Thirty only) from Northeastern region of India only.
   
  Participants will be provided local hospitalities including accommodations for the persons from outside.
   
  Last date of Registration : June 10, 2008. Participants will be selected first come first serve basis.
   
  For details please contact:
   
  Mrs. Bhomra Chatterji, Coordinator (ISI)
  bhomrac at gmail.com
  09831241921
   
  Mr Sudhir Jena, Coordinator (SMIT)
  sudhirjena05 at yahoo.co.in
  librariansmit at gmail.com
  09434864701

       
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From cwbailey at digital-scholarship.com  Tue May 27 19:43:45 2008
From: cwbailey at digital-scholarship.com (Charles W. Bailey, Jr.)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:13:45 -0500
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 2
Message-ID: <483C1719.40707@digital-scholarship.com>

The Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 2 is now
available from Digital Scholarship.

http://www.digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm

This bibliography presents selected English-language
articles and other works that are useful in understanding
Google Book Search. It primarily focuses on the evolution of
Google Book Search and the legal, library, and social issues
associated with it. Where possible, links are provided to
works that are freely available on the Internet, including
e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional
repositories. Note that e-prints and published articles may
not be identical.

For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital
publications since my resignation from the University of
Houston Libraries, see Digital Scholarship Publications
Overview.

http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm

-- 

Best Regards,
Charles

Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
Publisher, Digital Scholarship
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/

DigitalKoans
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography
Google Book Search Bibliography
Open Access Bibliography
Open Access Webliography
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog


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From dr.ramnivas at gmail.com  Tue May 27 20:56:16 2008
From: dr.ramnivas at gmail.com (Ramnivas Sharma)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:26:16 +0100
Subject: [LIS-Forum] information relating to digital library software
Message-ID: <e1c532c00805270826p2c30de5did6fd50c94ce7ff20@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Professionals

 I required Some information relating to digital library software. if some
one have the information them plz mail. i am waiting for responses.

 1.
Name.......................................................................................

 2.
Designation...............................................................................

 3.
Organization.............................................................................

 4.
E-mail.....................................................................................

 5. Please mention which software is used for the library/digital
library/repository in your
ins..........................................................



                        This is only for the purpose of research/ survey..



..

                           with regards

                           Ramnivas  Sharma(project fellow)

                           M.L.B College of Excellence, Gwalior

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From sainul at iiitmk.ac.in  Wed May 28 09:32:01 2008
From: sainul at iiitmk.ac.in (Sainul Abideen P)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:32:01 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Kerala Library Association Website
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0805271454400.4878@login.iiitmk.ac.in>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0805271454400.4878@login.iiitmk.ac.in>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0805280927100.2223@login.iiitmk.ac.in>

Dear Friends,
Please note that the website address of Kerala Library Association is 
http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/

There was a minor error in the website address mentioned in the 
previous Seminar announcement.

Sorry for the inconvenience
With best regards

Sainul Abideen P
Librarian
IIITM-Kerala
Trivandrum


On Tue, 27 May 2008, Sainul Abideen P wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Kerala Library Association (www.kearlalibraryassociation.org) is
> organising a National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India: the Knowledge Society Imperatives during
> 6-8 August 2008 at Thiruvavthapuram.
>
> About KLA
>
> Kerala Library Association, the Premier Professional society in the
> library and information system (LIS) domain of this region was founded in
> 1971,by formally registering under the societies registration act. With
> the strength of more than 800 Professionally qualified members on its
> fold, and having four regional centers at Kottayam,Ernakulum ,Thrissur and
> Kozhikode,KLA has been able to outreach all categories of libraries and
> LIS professionals across the state.The association has been contributing
> significantly to the scientific management and quality improvement of LIS
> in kerala, in addition to providing valid inputs to the policy making
> processes, particularly in the public Library  and Academic Library
> Systems of the region.
>
> As part of the continuing education programmes,KLA has organized scores of
> Training Courses, Workshops, Seminars& Conferences ,Invited
> Lectures,Discussions,Debates etc.The National Seminars held on School
> Libraries (1998) and on the Libraries of Higher Education Sector(2005)
> brought laurels to KLA.
>
> With a sense of pride and satisfaction ,KLA is now organizing the three
> day National seminar on Redefining  the Role of Public Libraries in India:
> the Knowledge Society Imperatives. The seminar is expected to equip and
> enable all the stakeholders of public library set up to work for an
> immensely potential area of activity with tremendous societal impact.
>
> Objectives
> ·	To critically evaluate the status of the public library set up in
> India and examine how far they fulfill the roles bestowed on them.
> ·	To apprise the professionals and the authorities alike for the
> need of change.
> ·	To discuss the modalities of the desired changes in the public
> library system in India and to ensure the feel of its impact in our
> society.
> ·	To formulate an action plan for the reorientation, reengineering
> and rejuvenation of the facilities and services in the upcoming scenario.
>
> Who can participate?
>
> LIS professionals, LIS educators, LIS students, authorities and staff of
> public libraries, other stakeholders and anybody who is interested in the
> development of the public libraries as an instrument for social change.
>
> Special invitees
> Policy planners, public library authorities, decision makers at the
> governmental and non-governmental level and social scientists.
>
> Programme
> The seminar is envisaged to have seven Business Sessions in addition to
> the Inagural, Valedictory Sessions and Panel Discussion.
>
> Facets of the Theme
>
> Public Library system in India: A Critical Appraisal
> ·	State-wise Scenario: Current and Futuristic
> ·	Role of Professional Societies & NGOs
>
> Library legislation in different states
> ·	Major Provisions
> ·	Limitations
> ·	Expectations
>
> Public Libraries and Knowledge Society
> ·	Perspectives on Knowledge Commission Recommendations
> ·	National Policy for Library and Information
> ·	Public Libraries and Information Literacy
> ·	Changing Role of public Libraries in Education
> ·	Public Libraries as Cultural Centres
>
> Impact of Technology
> ·	Preservation/Digitalization
> ·	Problems of Automation
> ·	Information Storage, Retreival and Dissemination in a Network
> Environment
> ·	Methods and Techniques of Knowledge Management
> ·	Influence of the Media
>
> Resources and Services
> ·	Information Resources: Traditional & Modern
> ·	Resource Sharing
> ·	New Dimensions in Services
> ·	Marketing, Public Relations, Publicity
> ·	Content Management
> ·	Community Information Service and Village Knowledge Centre
>
> Resource Mobilization and HRD
> ·	Sources of finance - Regional, National and International
> ·	Self-generating fiscal mechanisms
> ·	Human Resources - Planning, Development and Management
>
> Special Session on Public Libraries in Kerala
> ·	District-wise presentation of:
>              Case studies
>                     Issue and Problems
>                     Development Initiatives
>
> Submission of papers
> Abstracts of papers on the above facets and sub facets are invited for
> oral presentation .The authors are requested to submit the extended
> abstract (not less than 200 words) typed in 1.5 line space on A4 size
> paper as Word File or by e-mail as Attachment file, to the general
> Convenor
>
> Papers for oral presentation will be selected by a screening Committee.
> The remaining Papers, subject to their quality clearance, will only be
> published in the proceedings afterwards.
>
> Registration Fee
>    Delegates    :                Rs. 750.00
>    KLA Members& Participants sponsored by Kerala state Library Council
> :Rs.600.00
>    LIS Students                                    :  Rs.300.00 (Only
> limited no .of seats.
>         Registration on first come first serve basis)
>    Accompanying Persons (Non-Delegates)     :Rs.400.00
>
> Accommodation
> We do not provide accommodation to the delegates. However, we would help
> the participants in arranging accommodation at nominal rates on payment in
> advance, subject to the condition that such payments are received by us on
> or before25th July 2008.
>
> Dates to Remember
> Submission of abstract: 15 June 2008
> Submission of full paper: 10 July 2008
> Payment of registration fee  : 25 July 2008
>
> Communication
>
> All communications have to be addressed to:
> N.Sukumaran Nair
> General Convenor
> KLA National Seminar 2008, Kerala Library Association
> 36,Kairalie Plaza, II Floor
> Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram-695 002
> Mobile:9447213155/E-mail: sukukla at yahoo.com
>                                                                  Or
> Dr. K.P. Vijayakumar
> Joint General Convenor KLA NATIONAL Seminar & General Secretary, KLA
> Dept.of Library & information Science
> University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram-695 034
> Tel.0471-2478034
> E-mail :kpvijayakumar at teacher.com
>
>
>
>
>
> With Best Regards,
> Sainul Abideen P,                                        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>          (BSc, BLISc, ADIS, PGDCA, VLIR Scholar, Belgium)               |
> Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala          |
> Park Centre, Technopark     | Tel.   : +91-471-2527567,2700777  exn 119 |
> Karyavattom PO, PIN 695581  | Tel.   : +91-471-2593961 (Resi)           |
> Thiruvananthapuram          | Mobile.: 9946401830                       |
> Kerala, INDIA               | Fax.   : +91-471-2527568                  |
> http://sainul.tripod.com    | E-Mail : sainul at iiitmk dot ac dot in   |
> www.iiitmk.ac.in            |                                           |
> |_ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|

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--Sainul
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Sainul Abideen P,                                        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala          |
Park Centre, Technopark     | Tel.   : +91-471-2527567,2700777  exn 119 |
Karyavattom PO, PIN 695581  | Tel.   : +91-471-2593961 (Resi)           |
Thiruvananthapuram          | Mobile.: 9946401830                       |
Kerala, INDIA               | Fax.   : +91-471-2527568                  |
http://sainul.tripod.com    | E-Mail : sainul at iiitmk dot ac dot in   |
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From saroj4kumar at gmail.com  Wed May 28 10:13:22 2008
From: saroj4kumar at gmail.com (saroj panda)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:13:22 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vaccancy for Library Professionals
Message-ID: <be5a58b00805272143u3d07055fua107883bcbda7dd8@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Professional,

Vaccancy for Deputy Librarian, Library Assistant & Documentation Assistant
at NATIONAL JUDICIAL ACADEMY INDIA (NJA),

Last Date of Application: 10/06/2008
Send the application form to The Registrar, National Judicial Academy India,
Bhadbhada Road, P.O.: Suraj Nagar, Bhopal-4620044 (MP).

ADV. & APPLICATION FORM  can be available at:
http://nja.nic.in/rect%20of%20staff%2008.pdf

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Project Assistant(LS)
INFLIBNET Centre
Near Gujrat University campus
Navarangpur, Ahmedabad-380009
Gujarat

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From helplibrary at gmail.com  Wed May 28 10:12:29 2008
From: helplibrary at gmail.com (HELP LIBRARY)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:12:29 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Urgently Required - Librarian
Message-ID: <b201dfcb0805272142t71a447e5nf975c1bc42f73adf@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,



Urgently required Librarians for Health Education Library for People (HELP)
an NGO at CST Mumbai. The candidate should have a degree in Library Science,
BLISC/MLISC, with excellent communication skills, knowledge of computer
applications and should have a pleasing and outgoing personality.

Freshers may apply.  Please e-mail your resume to helplibrary at gmail.com or
helplib at vsnl.com .  Our contact numbers are: 65952393/65952394/22021106

Only candidates from Mumbai may apply.



Dr. Anirruddha Malpani

Health Education Library for People

206, Dr. D.N. Road,

National Insurance Building, Gr. Floor,

Near New Excelsior Cinema,

Mumbai 400001

www.healthlibrary.com






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National Insurance Building,
Ground Floor,
206, Dr.D.N.Road,
Mumbai - 400 001.
Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101
www.healthlibrary.com

Free Ask the Librarian service for all your health queries at
http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html

For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK'  google
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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in  Wed May 28 10:40:37 2008
From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:40:37 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Indian repositories in the top 300
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805281040200.27588@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>


Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 06:52:55 +0530
From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>

Friends:

CSIC, Spain, ranks the world's open access repositories.

<http://repositories.webometrics.info/top300_rep.asp>

In their latest version of 300 top repositories, only four are from India:
Indian Institute of Science is placed at 36th rank. Openmed of NIC is at
111, Indian Institute of Astrophysics is at 228 and National Institute of
Oceanography is at 231.  Congratulations to the people behind these four
repositories. In the next version to be released in July, shall we expect a
few more Indian repositories included?

Subbiah Arunachalam

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From murari at nio.org  Wed May 28 12:50:13 2008
From: murari at nio.org (MP Tapaswi)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 12:50:13 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Indian repositories in the top 300
In-Reply-To: <34eec2840805271822p17cea375u5157c9303e152344@mail.gmail.com>
References: <34eec2840805271822p17cea375u5157c9303e152344@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <006701c8c093$453229a0$11281bac@nio.org>

Dr Arunachalam probably did not inadvertently notice Indian Statistical
Institute at 95th rank. Congratulations to ISI people too.

With warm regards, 

Dr Murari P Tapaswi
Natl Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS)
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)
Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India
Phone: 91-832-2450275; Fax: 91-832-2450602
Visit websites: http://www.nio.org; http://www.mangroveindia.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Subbiah Arunachalam [mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:53 AM
To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; oa-india at dgroups.org
Subject: Indian repositories in the top 300

Friends:
 
CSIC, Spain, ranks the world's open access repositories. 
 
<http://repositories.webometrics.info/top300_rep.asp>
 
In their latest version of 300 top repositories, only four are from India:
Indian Institute of Science is placed at 36th rank. Openmed of NIC is at
111, Indian Institute of Astrophysics is at 228 and National Institute of
Oceanography is at 231.  Congratulations to the people behind these four
repositories. In the next version to be released in July, shall we expect a
few more Indian repositories included?
 
Subbiah Arunachalam


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From dinesh.ncet at gmail.com  Wed May 28 14:50:23 2008
From: dinesh.ncet at gmail.com (DINESH SIDDAIAH)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:50:23 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] OCLC and Google to exchange data
Message-ID: <62c911520805280220q5a7697cfw6c7b081aa4157e3@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

OCLC and Google Inc. have signed an agreement to exchange data that will
facilitate the discovery of library collections through Google search
services. Under terms of the agreement, OCLC member libraries participating
in the Google Book Search program, which makes the full text of more than
one million books searchable, may share their WorldCat-derived MARC records
with Google to better facilitate discovery of library collections through
Google.

Source: http://www.librarytechnology.org/

With regards,

Dinesh K. S.

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From dinesh.ncet at gmail.com  Wed May 28 14:48:22 2008
From: dinesh.ncet at gmail.com (DINESH SIDDAIAH)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:48:22 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Innovative for complete digital library service
Message-ID: <62c911520805280218r22d9c020u69d0e7c87ad4254c@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

Trinity University's Elizabeth Huth Coates Library selected a suite of
Innovative technology products for complete digital library service. In
addition to the Millennium ILS, the Library selected Electronic Resource
Management, Research Pro federated-search, and the Encore discovery services
platform.

Source:http://www.librarytechnology.org/

With regards

Dinesh K. S.

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From bkmanjunath7 at yahoo.com  Wed May 28 16:08:41 2008
From: bkmanjunath7 at yahoo.com (Manjunath BK)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 03:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Librarian Vacancy at The Brigade School, Bangalore.
Message-ID: <247068.98122.qm@web31506.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Post: Librarian

 

Qualification : M.LISc / B.LISc

 

Experience: 2-3 years in Schools / Colleges

 

Candidate should be proficient in use of Libsys Software and excellent command of English.

 

We offer an attractive remuneration package, commensurate with a professional working environment, 

 

(The Brigade School is a co-educational institution, affiliated to the CBSE Board, The Brigade School has over 800 students, across Nursery to Standard 12 levels.  Located in J.P. Nagar, The Brigade School began its first academic year in 2004. Young in years and spirit, yet rich in academic experience, it has already earned the reputation of being an institution of excellence. In due course a branch of the school will be set up in the Malleswaram- Rajajinagar area. The school is managed by the Brigade Foundation, a not-for-profit trust set up by Brigade, one of Bangalore’s leading property developers and an ISO 9001-2000 certified company.)

 

Interested Candidates may forward their applications (downloaded from website) immediately to the following address.

 

Principal
The Brigade School,
J.P. Nagar Campus @ Brigade Millennium, 
7th Phase, Bangalore 560 078.
Ph: 91-80-4130 1390/91, 6560 2626 
 

Website: www.brigadeschools.org
Email: enquiry at brigadeschools.org 

 








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From sri_lib at yahoo.com  Wed May 28 16:34:32 2008
From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 04:04:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Engineering Technology e-Books
Message-ID: <655722.87481.qm@web57009.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

ebook3000.com : Engineering Technology eBooks:

Library of free ebook downloads.
 
http://www.ebook300 0.com/Engineerin g-Technology/
index.html
 
Freebooksource:
 
http://www.freebooksource.com/Engineering-Electronics/Numerical_Optimization_Jorge_Nocedal_Stephen_Wright.htm
 
2020ok : Directory of FREE Online Books and FREE
eBooks 
http://2020ok.com/index.html 
 
Powerful Ebook Writing Tips:   
http://www.prairienet.org/boedicker/useful.htm   
         
Regards,
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From krmulla at gmail.com  Wed May 28 13:46:48 2008
From: krmulla at gmail.com (K.R. Mulla)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:46:48 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] E-thesis
Message-ID: <a8d4e6a30805280116lb7830ccpfb96e71178b747a1@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All,

This site contains doctoral dissertations and other publications from
the University
of Helsinki <http://www.helsinki.fi/english/>. All of these full-text
publications are freely accessible via the Internet. for more click this
link http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/en/

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K. R. Mulla,
Librarian,
HKBK College of Engineering, # 22/1, Nagawara, Bangalore - 560 045.
Karnataka, India.
Tel. +91-80-25441722, 25443744 Ext 152
.................................................................................................

Engg-Lib-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Engg-Lib-Forum/
Home Page: http://krmulla.googlepages.com/
Library: http://203.90.120.126:8081/
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From sbpatiala07 at yahoo.co.in  Wed May 28 16:23:01 2008
From: sbpatiala07 at yahoo.co.in (SONIA BANSAL)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:23:01 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Dspace querry
Message-ID: <861081.7786.qm@web7809.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear Friends,
I want to undergo training in Dspace software.Can anybody provide necessary infomation regarding this.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
With Regards
Sonia
GADVASU, Ludhiana

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From monis_naz at yahoo.co.in  Wed May 28 13:45:56 2008
From: monis_naz at yahoo.co.in (nazim malik)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:45:56 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Web site of Maulana Azad Library (AMU) has been launched
Message-ID: <839112.10129.qm@web8402.mail.in.yahoo.com>

Dear friends
Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University has launched new website.
the website of the library can be visited through the following link:
http://www.malibrary.com/index.html

Mohammad Nazim
Central Library, BHU



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From arjunpta at gmail.com  Thu May 29 09:21:45 2008
From: arjunpta at gmail.com (arjun k)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:21:45 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library Of RGNUL, PATIALA
Message-ID: <e595cb1c0805282051lc729df9ydcde2ddc73ac4a04@mail.gmail.com>

             A Library is a public institution charged with the care
of, collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those
who require the use of them and the task of converting every person in
its neighborhood into a habitual library reader of books.
             A Library plays an important role in the field of
education. Education and libraries are the two joint parts of body.
One cannot be separated from the other. Library is charged with
providing adequate reading material to users. The library organizes
the reading materials so that it can be in systematic order for use.
As we know libraries are spending institutions where the money spent
on establishment and services can't be measured in the form of profit.
             Thus a library is a place where books, periodicals,
musical scores, manuscripts and other literary and artistic materials
are collected, processed and kept in some convenient order for use by
clientele and not for sale.
            The RGNUL came into existence in the month of June 2006.
With in a short span, the University has established a well-resourced
Library on the Campus. Keeping in view the aims and objectives of the
Law University, the Library has been planned and is being developed by
a team of qualified professional Library staff.

 Our Library is well stocked and the entire Library is divided into
five major sections.
1.	Reference Section
2.	Periodical Section
3.	General Section
4.	Technical Section
5.	Xerox Section.
          The Library at the RGNUL has acquired a collection of over
14000 Volumes covering a wide range of general and special subjects
consisting of text books, reference books, volumes of journals,
reports etc. apart from the current legal periodicals. The RGNUL
Library at present subscribes 35 Law Journals and about 25 magazines.
Apart from the subscription to law journals, 14 Newspapers and Online
journals are also being subscribed by the RGNUL Library for keeping
the students and faculty in touch with the current affairs. Apart from
these two, separate reading rooms have been marked for the
undergraduate students and for the Post graduate students.
         The active library professionals started using computers not
only to manage library but also to fulfill the needs and requirements
of library users. Computer and other digital or electronic resources
are less expensive and more helpful for easy access. Now the users can
access the libraries from outside by digital access by commonly
available electronic information resources such as CO-ROMs/DVDs, OPAC
and the Internet. The RGNUL Library has been using LIBSYS package for
Library Automation and housekeeping operations. The library on-line
catalogue database has bibliographic information books and back
volumes of periodicals. Through the LIBSYS OPAC users can access and
search the Library Online Catalogue by Author, Title, Subject, and
keywords. Users can know the latest additions of periodicals.
Reservation of a book can be done Online.
http://www.rgnulpatiala.org/
Library staff of RGNUL
http://www.rgnulpatiala.org/libs.html
Libbrary Services of RGNUL
http://www.rgnulpatiala.org/intro.html

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From vagiiap at iiap.res.in  Thu May 29 12:28:53 2008
From: vagiiap at iiap.res.in (vagiiap at iiap.res.in)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:28:53 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Souvenir
Message-ID: <54350.192.168.1.220.1212044333.squirrel@iiap.res.in>



 Dear Friends

 I am looking for a Souvenir brought out during the 60th birthday of Prof.
S. Bhagavanthan by his students in Hyderabad in 1969. If any library has
a copy please let me know.


Thanks

Dr. Vagiswari
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Koramangala Bangalore 560 034




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From ranganathb9 at yahoo.co.in  Thu May 29 12:30:35 2008
From: ranganathb9 at yahoo.co.in (Ranganath)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:30:35 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] E-Papers
Message-ID: <650121.11340.qm@web94603.mail.in2.yahoo.com>

Dear All,

You can read your favorite newspapers or magazines of all languages online at one stop.

http://epaperview.net/

Regards
Ranganath BenakattiSun Microsystems, Bangalore.Mbl:+919845504417


      
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From sri_lib at yahoo.com  Thu May 29 12:41:07 2008
From: sri_lib at yahoo.com (sri priya)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 00:11:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] What types of libraries are there? : General Information
Message-ID: <328634.70667.qm@web57009.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

What types of libraries are there? 

Libraries can be categorized into four basic types:
1. public libraries,
http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/Public_Libraries/
2. school libraries,
http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/School_Libraries/

3. academic libraries,
http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/University_Libraries/,

and 4. special libraries, which include:
Law libraries
http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Legal_Research/Libraries/

Medical libraries
http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Reference/Libraries/ 
Art libraries http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Libraries/ 
Science and engineering libraries
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Libraries/ 
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Libraries/ 
Music libraries
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Libraries/ 
Government libraries
http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Documents/Libraries/ 
or any of the many libraries which serve organizations
requiring, or providing, specialized information (see
Special Libraries Assoc., 
http://www.sla.org/.)

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S.Sripriya


      

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From subbiah_a at yahoo.com  Fri May 30 07:54:42 2008
From: subbiah_a at yahoo.com (Subbiah Arunachalam)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 03:24:42 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] OA developments at Harvard and Radcliffe
Message-ID: <30782.14769.qm@web43141.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

>From Peter Suber's blog Open Access News

Stuart Shieber reflects on his new position 

In New Job, Harvard Professor Downplays the Role of
“Revolutionary”, Library Journal Academic Newswire,
May 29, 2008.  Excerpt: 

Last week, Harvard University professor Stuart Shieber
made history—he was named the first director of
Harvard’s newly minted Office for Scholarly
Communication (OSC). In his new role, Shieber will
oversee the implementation of the university’s
groundbreaking open access mandate, which he helped
author, and which many suggest could have wide-ranging
implications for the future of scholarly
communication. “Let’s not go overboard,” Shieber says
with a laugh and an audible wince when asked if he
views his new role as a historic opportunity. “People
like to extrapolate that [the mandate] will have a
revolutionary effect. But you can’t make a policy
based on that extrapolation. Sometimes there’s too
much talk about momentous, revolutionary effects, it
gets too far in front of what is really happening.
There are lots of things going on, and there will be
changes. We’re just trying to do our part.” 

That sober approach should be heartening to observers
concerned with getting the implementation rolling. In
a conversation with the LJ Academic Newswire this
week, Shieber embraced a straightforward mission “to
support the efforts of the Harvard faculty to make
their collective scholarly output as broadly available
as possible.” It’s a big job, Shieber conceded, and
one he didn’t necessarily expect to fall to him,
despite his role in authoring the policy....

Among the first, and perhaps the most central of his
initial tasks, will be to establish the online
repository that will be the fulcrum of Harvard’s OA
mandate. “In theory, it is as simple as downloading
some open source software and turning it on,” he said,
“in practice, many complexities come up, such as
having it work well with other systems already in
place at the university.” Nevertheless, work on the
repository is progressing, he says, and a beta could
be in place shortly. Another big part of his new role
will be outreach to faculty. 
Perhaps the most engaging —if still unformed— aspect
of Shieber’s new job, however, will be developing how
Harvard will support and work with open access
journals. “The OSC pertains not just to the open
access policy, it’s broader,” he explains. “The policy
offers open access the articles directly, essentially
through author self-archiving. To the extent that we
need to find alternative business models, it behooves
Harvard to support those alternative business models.”


Shieber said he is looking at a few options to support
open access journals. One is to work with the Harvard
University Press (HUP), which he called an important
ally. He said he has had many discussions with HUP
about how the activities of the press and fit with the
OSC, noting that HUP will soon publish its first
journal in years, the Journal of Legal Analysis —an
open access, faculty edited journal. “My hope is that
this will be the first of several OA journals HUP will
start to run....” 

More broadly, Shieber’s goal is to see OA journals
exist on “equal footing” with subscription-based
journals. As of now, he says, they do not, because
much of the money that underwrites the services of
subscription-based journals comes from libraries while
the money that underwrites OA journals comes mostly
from author charges. “Authors don’t get underwriting
help from the library when they publish in OA
journals, while they do from publishing in
subscription-based journals,” he explains. To put OA
and subscription journals on a “level playing field,”
he suggests, “you’d want to underwrite OA journals
just as you do subscription journals.” 

Both Shieber, and his co-sponsor in the FAS mandate,
university librarian Robert Darnton, say they are
confident of a continuing, vital role for academic
journals in an open access future, and note that there
has been much discussion at Harvard over whether OA
might induce “a blowback effect” on the stability of
those journals or peer review. Both believe the
evidence does not threaten either journals or peer
review, but “that doesn’t mean there is no uncertainty
there,” Shieber added. “You can’t just say ‘don’t
worry.’ You have too look at these issues. What we do
know is we couldn’t keep going the way we had been
going. We know that is not sustainable.” 

PS:  For background, see my post on Stuart's
appointment as Director of Harvard's Office of
Scholarly Communication, my post on the HUP roll-out
of the Journal of Legal Analysis (both May 22, 2008),
and my newsletter article on the Harvard OA mandate
(March 2, 2008).

 Posted by Peter Suber at 5/29/2008 05:14:00 PM. 
Ginsparg to investigate and build on OA at Radcliffe 

Paul Ginsparg has been named a Science Fellow for
2008-2009 at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study.  (Thanks to Garrett Eastman.)  From the
Radcliffe announcement:

Paul Ginsparg is a professor in the physics and
information science departments at Cornell University.
He is well-known as the creator of the on-line system
arXiv.org that distributes scientific research
results. At Radcliffe, he will embark on a theoretical
and experimental investigation into how researchers’
interactions change as a result of ever-growing open
access. Ginsparg plans to create tools and resources
for researchers to communicate more efficiently with
one another. 

 Posted by Peter Suber at 5/29/2008 04:12:00 PM. 



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From esukhdev at gmail.com  Fri May 30 10:22:07 2008
From: esukhdev at gmail.com (Sukhdev Singh)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:22:07 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] What can Bloggers do for Open Access?
Message-ID: <c13c85220805292152x58d95883o53a1cb8a8f826380@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Friends,

Last Saturday (24th May, 2008). I participated in a Bar Camp in Delhi.
This was organized by IBNMS and was named as Blog Camp Delhi. I made a
presentation there on what is Open Access and how bloggers can play a
role in it. http://snipr.com/blogoa


I am giving an extract here:

.."One way is to blog on Open Access itself. There are few already
there and well established like the one by Peter Suber [7]. Some
others which I know are OA Librarian [23]; The Imaginary Journal of
Poetic Economics [24] and I will also mention the one from student
community – Open Students: students for open access to research [25].
Second way is to blog about various open access resources. Every day,
number of resources including journals, repositories, open courseware
etc are launched and announced. These could be evaluated, annotated
and listed under well planned categories (or tags) in a blog.  Links
of such tags or categories automatically collate resources into
listings of related posts. It could be very similar to 'Digital
Scholarship' [26]. Third way has to do more with subject experts.
Scientists and Scholars can blog on how to promote open access within
their own subject domain.  Open Access Anthropology: Promoting Open
Access in Anthropology [27] is beautiful example. Very similar concept
has been highlighted in a presentation - Blogging Archaeology:
creating an Open Access source for knowledge [28]. Fourth way is to
blog about Peer-Reviewed Research. All such blog posts can be
aggregated at one place [29]. There could be many more ways to promote
Open Access through blogging"..

- http://snipr.com/blogoa


--Sukhdev Singh. (9868960074).

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From mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com  Fri May 30 10:27:19 2008
From: mukeshanand2006 at gmail.com (Mukesh Anand)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:27:19 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] University of Delhi:Two Professor post in Lib.& Info.Sc.
Message-ID: <b0de4a880805292157g2b3b612agb110dbc149600a68@mail.gmail.com>

Respected Members',

University of Delhi
Advt. No.:Estab-IV/205/2008                                 Dated:22nd May 2008

Applications are invited in the PRESCRIBED FORM for the vacant
positions of Professor (2 Post - Unreserved) in Library & Information
Science.

The last date for submission of application to the undersigned is 27.06.2008.

For further details regarding scale of pay, Essential Qualifications
(Annexure -I), Special/Desirable Qualifications (Annexure-B) &
application Form, see Delhi University website
www.du.ac.in
OR
contact
 Estav-IV, Room No. 205, New Administrative Block,University of
Delhi,Delhi -110 007
Ph.# 011- 2766 2021
Email:- estaviv at yahoo.co.in

Print Access to this Advt. :-
The Hindu Opportunities, Page # 2, dated 28th May, 2008 (Wednesday)

With Regards,
Mukesh Anand
Asst. Libn.
Officers' Training College for Indian Railways
Sanskari Nagari Vadodara

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From library at rri.res.in  Fri May 30 11:29:00 2008
From: library at rri.res.in (Library)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:29:00 +0530 (IST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Indian repositories in the top 300
In-Reply-To: <006701c8c093$453229a0$11281bac@nio.org>
References: <34eec2840805271822p17cea375u5157c9303e152344@mail.gmail.com>
	<006701c8c093$453229a0$11281bac@nio.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805301124410.21880@mail.rri.local.net>

Dear friends,

We just checked the ranking and found there are 6 Indian repositories 
covered and their ranks are given below:

Rank No.	Repository

36		IISc

95		ISI

111		NIC

200		RRI

228		IIAP

231		NIO


Best wishes,

Y.M. Patil
Librarian


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On Wed, 28 May 2008, MP Tapaswi wrote:

> Dr Arunachalam probably did not inadvertently notice Indian Statistical
> Institute at 95th rank. Congratulations to ISI people too.
>
> With warm regards,
>
> Dr Murari P Tapaswi
> Natl Info Centre for Marine Sciences (NICMAS)
> National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)
> Dona Paula 403 004 Goa, India
> Phone: 91-832-2450275; Fax: 91-832-2450602
> Visit websites: http://www.nio.org; http://www.mangroveindia.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Subbiah Arunachalam [mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:53 AM
> To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; oa-india at dgroups.org
> Subject: Indian repositories in the top 300
>
> Friends:
>
> CSIC, Spain, ranks the world's open access repositories.
>
> <http://repositories.webometrics.info/top300_rep.asp>
>
> In their latest version of 300 top repositories, only four are from India:
> Indian Institute of Science is placed at 36th rank. Openmed of NIC is at
> 111, Indian Institute of Astrophysics is at 228 and National Institute of
> Oceanography is at 231.  Congratulations to the people behind these four
> repositories. In the next version to be released in July, shall we expect a
> few more Indian repositories included?
>
> Subbiah Arunachalam
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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Fri May 30 11:23:56 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 06:53:56 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Science Circle Lecture on "Efficient Use of Computers:
	Challenges and Application", 5 June 2008, New Delhi
Message-ID: <956487.49668.qm@web8603.mail.in.yahoo.com>

11th Science Circle Lecture, 05 June 2008
   
  The German Embassy, New Delhi cordially invites you to the next Science Circle Meeting
 
Lecture by: Professor Kurt Mehlhorn, Director, Max Planck Insitute for Computer Science, Germany
   
  Topic:  "Efficient Use of Computers: Challenges and Application" 
  Date, Time: Thursday, June 05, 2008, 6.30 p.m. 
   
  Venue: Amaltas Hall (Basement), India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003.
(Entry from Gate No. 3 on Vardhaman Marg ) 
   
  The Lecture will be followed by informal discussions and a get together.
   
  For details please contact wiss-20 at newd.diplo.de, Tel: 011-44 199 164
 
Details at: http://www.science-circle.org/lecture_Jun08.asp
   
  Best Wishes
   
  Anup Kumar Das
  New Delhi

       
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From mukesh.monitor at gmail.com  Fri May 30 12:46:32 2008
From: mukesh.monitor at gmail.com (Monitor - Mukesh)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:46:32 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] ISRO Libraries 2020
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Dear Professionals

The paper, ' Web 2.0 Marketing Strategies for ISRO Libraries'  presented by 
Mr A B S V Prasada Rao, Librarian,  NRSA Hyderabad was adjudged the 
Best Paper, during recently concluded  workshop, ISRO Libraries 2020 
at VSSC Thiruanantpuram.

Congratulations to Mr. Prasada Rao for his visionary thoughts on, 
Libraries of the Future.

Sincerely

Mukesh Anand


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From hariharan_ah at yahoo.com  Fri May 30 16:00:45 2008
From: hariharan_ah at yahoo.com (Arunachalam Hariharan)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 03:30:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] SALIS 2008 - Nat Conf at Kumaraguru College of
	Technology - 7-9 Aug 08 -- Announcement - reg
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SALIS 2008 National Conference on 

Re-Building the Libraries:  Learning from the Past to
Plan for the Future

August 7, 2008	  : Pre-Conference Tutorial
August 8-9, 2008  : Conference

Organized by

Mahatma Gandhi Central Library
Kumaraguru College of Technology
Coimbatore

Jointly with
Society for the Advancement of 
Library and Information Science (SALIS)

Venue:
Dr.Mahalingam Vigyan Bhavan
Kumaraguru College of Technology
(An Autonomous institution)
Coimbatore - 641 006, Tamilnadu 


INTRODUCTION
Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes due to ICT
revolution, information explosion and globalization.
The emergence of knowledge society in the digital era
has emphasized the need for knowledge resource centers
to create, organize and provide quality information to
the users from a variety of sources and media
available across the globe. Libraries should learn
from the past to plan and prepare for the future.
Traditional library and information services need to
be redefined keeping in view of the changing
information requirements of the knowledge society.
Libraries should use various ICT tools and techniques
to provide customized and value added services to its
present day users. The role and responsibility of
librarians are constantly changing. Librarians need to
acquire various skills and knowledge to perform new
roles and meet the digital challenges. 

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE
The conference aims at providing a forum for learning
and exchange of ideas among practicing librarians,
information specialists, information providers, LIS
teachers and students.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Articles / papers are invited for presentation in the
following themes / sub themes in conformance with the
main theme. Papers on original case studies, best
practices, research, innovations and new ideas will be
given preference for presentation and publication.
1. Collection Building: Policy, issues and management,
Integrating print and digital resources, Weeding out,
Loss of resources, Preservation of print and digital
resources.
2. Information Needs and Analysis: Information needs
of to-days users, User behaviour and assessment,
Social information needs, use and satisfaction,
Learning trends, Information infrastructure.
3. User Studies: Information seeking behaviour in the
digital era, Utilization and evaluation of library
resources and services, Bibliometrics, Webometrics,
E-metrics, Reading habits and measures for
improvement.
4. User Education: Promotion of library services,
Information literacy programs, Innovative user
education / orientation methods and techniques.
5. Creative and Innovative Library Services:
Re-defining library services, Traditional vs
Technology based services, User-interactive services,
Customer support services, Value added services, Next
generation library services.
6. Modern Library Management Practices: Library
building design, Adoption of good old practices, Plan
of action for the future, Automation trends, ICT tools
and applications, Security systems and new tools,
Outsourcing of Library services, Re-organization,
re-engineering and transformation in libraries,
Knowledge management and strategic planning, Change
management in libraries, Liaison and public relation,
Team building, Implementation of ISO standards,
Library accreditations (NBA, NAAC), Marketing library
products and services, Copyright and IPR issues. 
7. Networking and Resource Sharing: Consortium and
access mechanism, ILL, Networking of professionals,
institutions, resources, experts and vendors for
knowledge sharing, Users and librarians. 
8. Digital Libraries: Current trends and challenges,
Design, methodology, planning, digital initiatives,
HW/SW, standards, formats and metadata, Institutional
repository, OAI protocol and standards, Open source
initiatives, Content creation and management, Data and
information mining.
9. Web based Library Services: Web portal design,
hosting and services, Emerging web tools for
innovative library services, RSS feeds, Web 2.0, Web
3.0, Library 2.0, Wikipedia, Weblogs, Web OPAC, Web
metrics, Deep web, Invisible sites, Subject Gateways,
Search Engines, Semantic Web, Ontology, E-publishing,
E-resources.
10. E-learning: Current trends and challenges, Tools
and techniques, Software and modules, E-learning and
higher education, Role of LIS in e-learning, Web based
online courses and best practices.
11. Capacity Building Initiatives: Career development,
Creativity thinking, Soft skill, Competency, Training,
Changing manpower requirements, Quality manpower,
Professionalism, Role of professional bodies.
12. Research in LIS: Current and global trends,
Statistical tools in LIS research, Redesigning LIS
courses, Refresher courses and Future research.

INVITED PAPERS
Each session will focus on a specific emerging topic
with special keynote address from an expert. Subject
experts in LIS and IT from various institutions across
the country have been invited to present papers in
each session, which will also be included in the
conference proceedings.


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Authors are requested to submit the soft copy of full
paper (with abstract not exceeding 200 words and at
least three keywords) on CD or an e-mail attachment to
the organizing secretary. Paper should not exceed 10
pages of A4 size with double line spacing and font
size 12 in Times New Roman. Charts, graphs,
photographs, if any, should be inserted at proper
places in the paper.
Papers without registration fee will not be accepted.
A declaration by the author(s) should be given
separately stating that the paper has not been
presented / published elsewhere. Papers accepted for
presentation will be intimated to the first author by
e-mail. The decision of the editorial committee
regarding the acceptance of the paper for presentation
will be final.
Last date for submission of full paper	: 14.07.2008
Last date for registration		: 05.08.2008

PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIAL
Topic	: Computer Networking Configuration and
Troubleshooting for Practicing Librarians
Date	: 7th August 2008 (9.30 am to 5.00 pm) (Theory &
Practical Sessions)
Panel Discussion on HRD in LIS on 9th  August 2008 at
4.00 pm.


REGISTRATION FEES
Conference & Tutorial
Individual			Rs.1000
Individual (Deputed) 		Rs.1500
Conference 
Individual			Rs.700
Individual (Deputed) 		Rs.1000
Tutorial 
Individual			Rs.300
Individual (Deputed) 		Rs.500
20% concession will be given to regular students and
trainees in the registration fee. 
Non-member has to pay Rs.100/- extra.
The registration / accommodation fees should be paid
through D.D. in favour of “The Principal, Kumaraguru
College of Technology” payable at “Coimbatore” and
addressed to the “Organizing Secretary”.


KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Kumaraguru College of Technology is one of the leading
self financing engineering colleges in India, started
in 1984 under the auspices of Ramanandha Adigalar
Foundation, a charitable educational trust of Sakthi
Group. KCT, an autonomous institution approved by
AICTE and affiliated to Anna University, Coimbatore
offers 12 UG and 13 PG programs. All the 11 eligible
programs have been accredited by the NBA. The
institution is also accoladed with ISO 9001: 2000
certification and “Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Best
Engineering College” award in 2004 by ISTE. Mahatma
Gandhi Central Library of KCT has a collection of
about 75,000 documents including books, back volumes,
projects and non-book materials. Fully automated MGCL
has been subscribing about 1000 print / online
journals. Recently it has implemented the IR using
DSpace and augmented the digital library services
using GSDL.


SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE (SALIS)
SALIS is a registered professional body, actively
involved in the development of all spheres of LIS by
organizing various programs including seminars,
lectures and workshops on emerging areas. It has many
chapters across the country to provide services in the
respective regions. One of the objectives of SALIS is
to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT
tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently
in order to provide quality based services.


ABOUT COIMBATORE
Coimbatore known as Manchester of South India has made
significant growth in the fields of Education and
Medicare. It is abounded with universities, colleges
and now IT industries. Situated at the foot hills of
Nilgiris, Coimbatore is known for its pleasant
climate, peaceful atmosphere, cosmopolitan outlook and
private enterprise. 
Nearest Tourist Places:
Ooty, Coonoor, Mudhumalai wildlife sanctuary, Black
Thunder water theme park, Kovai kondattam theme  park,
Kovai kutrralam, Azhiyar dam, Top slip, Anaimalai
wildlife sanctuary, Valparai, Thirumurthy hills,
Amaravathi dam, Munnar, Malampuzha dam, Guruvayur,
Palani and Kodaikanal. 
Temples:
Perur, Maruthamalai, Eachanari, Karamadai, Then
Thirupathi and Dhyanalingam etc
Site seeing will be arranged on payment on 10.08.2008
(Sunday).


ACCOMMODATION
The delegates will be provided accommodation in the
college hostel on twin sharing basis against an
advance payment of Rs. 200/- on first cum first serve
basis. Accommodation can also be provided for the
family members on additional payment in advance. In
case of non-availability of rooms in the hostel,
accommodation will be arranged in hotels on extra
payment. Many hotels are available near the Railway
station and Gandhipuram bus stand and the tariff
ranging from Rs.300 to Rs.3000 for non-A/C and A/C
accommodation. 


TRANSPORT
KCT is located near Saravanampatti in the
Coimbatore-Mysore National Highway and is 10 kms away
from Coimbatore Central Bus Stand and 12 kms from the
Railway Station. Call taxi, auto and bus facilities
are available from all parts of the city. For availing
transport and accommodation facilities, the volunteers
will guide the delegates from the Railway Station and
Bus stand from 7th August 2008 morning onwards. 


ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE 

Mr.M.Mandhirasalam
Organizing Secretary – SALIS 2008 & Deputy Librarian
Kumaraguru College of Technology (An Autonomous
Institution)
Post Box no. 2034, Coimbatore - 641 006, Tamil Nadu.
Phone	: 91-422-2669401 to 404, extn.1011, Fax : 
0422-2669406, Web : www.kct.ac.in
Mobile	: 98429 56585 / 97876 17452 E-Mail :
kctsalis2008 at gmail.com
Conference updates is available 
at http://www.autolib-india.net/salis 

Chief Patron				
Arutselvar Dr.N.Mahalingam, Chairman, Sakthi Group
Patrons
Prof.Dr.K.Arumugam, Vice-Chairman, KCT
Mr.M.Manickam, Vice-Chairman, KCT
Mr.M.Balasubramaniam, Correspondent, KCT
Co-Patron
Dr.A.Selvakumar, Joint Correspondent, KCT
Chairman, Organizing Committee
Dr.Joseph V.Thanikal, Principal, KCT
Convener
Prof.M.Prasad Kumar, Prof. in-charge Library, KCT
Organizing Secretary
Mr.M.Mandhirasalam, Deputy Librarian, KCT
Conference Director
Dr.Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras
Conference Joint Director
Dr.S.Srinivasa Ragavan, Librarian & Head, DLIS,
Bharathidasan University, Trichy
National Advisory Committee
Dr.S.Sadasivam, Dean (Academic), KCT
Mr.A.Hariharan, President, SALIS
Dr.M.Surya, University Librarian, Annamalai University
Dr.M.Nagarajan, Prof. & Head, DLIS, Annamalai
University
Mr.N.Avudaiyappan, Director, Connemara Public Library,
Chennai
Dr.A.L.Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, DRDO, New Delhi
Dr.S.Surianarayanan, Librarian (SG), Sri Paramakalyani
College, Alwarkuruchi
Mr.L.Parisutharaj, Librarian, NIT, Trichy
Dr.S.Muralidhar, Scientist, TIRC, CVRDE, Chennai
Mr.K.Hariharan, Chief Librarian, Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda College, Chennai
Dr.M.Kanagaraj, Librarian, PSG College of Technology,
Coimbatore
Mr.M.Muniasamy, Librarian, Yadava College, Madurai
Dr.D.Rajyalakshmi, Head, DLIS, RTM Nagpur University,
Nagpur
Dr.M.Natarajan, Scientist, NISCAIR, New Delhi
Mr.Anup Kumar Das, Specialist, Information for All,
CI, UNESCO, New Delhi
Dr.K.Chinnasamy, Reader & Chairperson, School of LIS,
Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Dr.P.Vinayagamoorthy, University Librarian, Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore
Dr.Sanjay Kataria, Librarian, JPIIT University, Noida,
UP
Mrs.Lata Suresh, Librarian, Indian Institute of Health
Management Research, Jaipur

Organizing Committee
Dr.R.Balasubramani, Deputy Librarian, KCT		
Mr.N.Subramaniyan, Asst. Librarian, KCT	
Dr.J.Dominic, Associate Chief Librarian, Karunya
University, Coimbatore
Dr.M.Tamizhchelvan, Librarian, SKCET, Coimbatore
Mr.S.Elango, Librarian, SRMV Maruthi College of
Physical Education, Coimbatore
Mr.S.Swaminathan, Librarian (SS), SRMV College of
Education, Coimbatore
Mr.T.Stephen, Librarian, Bishop Appasamy College of
Arts and Science, Coimbatore Mr.A.M.Venkatachalam,
Librarian, Jansons School of Business, Coimbatore
Dr.A.Sokkalingam, Librarian, SRMV Polytechnic,
Coimbatore
Mr.R.Senthilkumar, Librarian (SS), Kongunadu Arts and
Science College, Coimbatore
Mr.M.Santhoshkumar, Librarian, VLBJ CET, Coimbatore
Mr.B.Sivakumar, Head, Learning Resource Centre, PSGIM,
Coimbatore
Mr.R.Sivakumar, Librarian, DJ Academy of Managerial
Excellence, Coimbatore
Mr.S.Sivaraj, Head, Learning Resource Centre, BIT,
Sathyamangalam
Mr.S.Karthikeyan, Librarian, Sri Ramakrishna
Engineering College, Coimbatore
Mr.V.Rajendran, Asst. Librarian, Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore
Mr.S.Ramkumar, ATO, Library, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore
Mr.N.Murugesan, Librarian, Angel College of
Engineering and Technology, Tiruppur
Mr.V.Krishnamurthy, Librarian, PPG Institute of
Technology, Coimbatore
Mrs.M.A.Deepamala, Librarian, Sankara College of
Science and Commerce, Coimbatore
Mr.P.Pannerselvam, Librarian, B.S.A. Crescent
Engineering College, Chennai
Mr.K.Karunairaghavan, Librarian, St. Peter’s
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From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in  Fri May 30 16:23:32 2008
From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:53:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Just Published - Freedom of Information: a Comparative
	Legal Survey - 2nd Edition
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Just Published - Freedom of Information: a Comparative Legal Survey

  by Toby Mendel

  Second Edition, Revised and Updated, 2008
   
  The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of development practitioners, civil society, academics, the media and governments. What is this right, is it really a right and how have governments sought to give effect to it? These are some of the questions this book seeks to address, providing an accessible account of the law and practice regarding freedom of information, and an analysis of what is working and why.
   
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From sfkattimani at gmail.com  Sat May 31 12:45:13 2008
From: sfkattimani at gmail.com (S.F KATTIMANI)
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 12:45:13 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Microsoft Shuttering Book Digitization Efforts
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 Dear all

Microsoft Shuttering Book Digitization Efforts
Following on the heels of Microsoft's announcement that it would pay
customers who search for and buy products through Microsoft Live Search
cashback, the company's Microsoft's Live Search team announced on its blog
that it would be taking down its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic
projects Web sites in coming days.

 for more information

http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/63270/

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From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman)
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 05:16:37 -0700
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Upcoming Seminars, Conferences,
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*Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in
India*





1. National Workshop on Institutional Repositories", M.S.Ramaiah Medical
College, Bangalore. Workshop Dates: 12 & 13th June, 2008.



2. Four days Regional Training Workshop On Building Institutional Archives
And Digital Libraries, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) Sikkim.
*The Registration fee, boarding and lodging facility is free. TA also will
be provided to the participants.* Workshop Dates: 24-27 June 2008.



3. National Seminar on "Redefining the Role of Public Libraries in India:
the Knowledge Society Imperatives", Thiruvavthapuram. Seminar Dates: 6-8
August 2008.



4. SANGOSHTHI 2008 - Role of IT-Enabled Knowledge Management in Growth of
India at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Conference dates: 24- 26 July, 2008.



5. Refresher Course at UGC-Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New
Delhi

August 6, 2008 to August 27, 2008.



6. ILA Platinum Jubilee International Conference. Dates: November 13-15,
2008.



7. A three-day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation,
Delhi. Dates: Second week of December 2008.



8. Workshop on NewGenLib, JRD Tata Memorial Library Annexe, IISc, Bangalore

 Workshop Dates: 9-11 June 2008.



9. ICoASL 2008, India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India.
Dates: 26-28 November 2008.



10. Elevanth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information
Networking (NACLIN 2008) at Karunya University, Coimbatore, India. Seminar /
Conference Dates: November 4-7, 2008.



11. The 11th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries
(ICADL 2008), Bali, Indonesia. Seminar / Conference Dates: December 2-5,
2008.

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From pramodhbabu at gmail.com  Sat May 31 11:57:53 2008
From: pramodhbabu at gmail.com (pramod babu)
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 11:57:53 +0530
Subject: [LIS-Forum] Registration Forms and full details of the National
	Workshop on Institutional Repositories
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Dear Professionals

As all of you aware that, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Department of
Library and Information Centre is Organizing National Workshop on
*"Institutional
Repositories"* on 12th & 13th June 2008. Workshop details and Registration
Forms are as below:





                                                National Workshop on
Institutional Repositories

12 & 13*th* June, 2008

Department of Library and Information Centre

M.S. Ramaiah Medical College

Bangalore







*About the Workshop*

* *

       The digitization and development of digital library is slowly
emerging in the Indian libraries, thus providing a context for the
integration of information resources with online, virtual and e-learning
environments. Under the digital and virtual environment the scholarly
publications are increasingly demand but the the publishing policies and
procedures of intellectual contents producers are charging heavily on
information resources,  Alternatively the Open Archives Initiatives (OAI),
self archive, institutional archive etc., gaining momentum all over the
world, Realizing the significance of digital libraries and digital
initiatives, the Library and Information Centre of M.S.Ramaiah Medical
College has  organized a *"National Workshop on  Institutional
Repositories".*

* *

        Today information revolution is being complimented by digital
revolution Digitization is one of the technological advancements. It brings
the resources nearer to the benefit of users. The digitized information .can
be used in numerous ways to overcome the barriers of communication. The
availability of right information can take study, teaching and research into
a new horizon and can help the decision makers to take right decision. The
digitization of library and information center's resources has its roots in
library automation. But at the same time not all the resources of a library
need to be digitized.

Institutional Repository (IR) consists of formally organized and managed
collection of digital content generated by faculty, staff and students of an
institution. The content of these   repositories can be made available for
integration with on campus library and course management systems. The
availability of right information can take study, teaching and research into
a new horizon and can help the decision makers to take right decision.
Therefore, This Workshop has been thought of with the following objectives:

* *

*Objectives of the Workshop*

This workshop aimed to

1        Present an overview of institutional Repositories(IR)

2        Emphasise on the use of DSpace software in the development of IRs;
and

3        Provide hands-on experience in the development of IRs using DSpace



*Facets of Workshop *

* *

1        Institutional Repositories

2        Infrastructure for IR

3        DSpace

4        Metadata and Standards



To fulfill the stated objectives, Information Professionals with experience
both in teaching and practice were invited to contribute Course materials
for the various sub themes of workshop and share their rich experiences as
guest faculty. The work shop covers Tutorials, lectures, open discussions
and feedback followed by the hands-on experience.

*Invited Experts:*

Learned Experts in the field of Library and Information Science are invited
to deliver lecturers on the theme of the workshop.



*Participants*

Librarians, Information Scientists, Researchers and Schools of Library and
Information Science



*Registration Fee:*



             The Registration fee for the Workshop is Rs.1000/-(Rupess One
Thousand Only). The workshop fee includes working lunch, tea, dinner and
resources kit.



*Workshop participants*



      The participants are limited to 50



        Selection of candidates will be made as per merit, commitment to
digital libraries and familiarting with IT applications in Libraries

      Applications (Nomination should reach the M.S. Ramaiah Medical college
Library office on or before 07-06-2008)



*Accommodation*

* *

 Participants will need to make their own arrangements for stay in Bangalore
for the workshop.



*Date and Venue*



      The work shop will be held During 12 -13th June 2008 at M.S. RAMAIAH
MEDICAL COLLEGE Campus



*Organizing Secretary*

N. SUBRAMANYAM

Sr. Librarian

Dept. of Library & Information Centre

M.S. Ramaiah Medical College

Bangalore

Ph: 080-23605190 (Ext.) 418

              9449252683 (M)

e-mail : msrmclib at yahoo.co.in



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"National Workshop on Institutional Repositories"

12 & 13*th* June, 2008







*OFFICE BEARERS*





Chairman                           *: Dr. S. Kumar*



Vice Chairman                   *:Dr. R. Srinivasa*



Organizing Secretary       *: Mr. Subramanyam N.*

Treasurer                            *: Mr. Nanjappa K.*



Members                            *:*





                            1) Dr. A.C. Ashok

                            2) Dr. K. Harish

                            3) Dr. P.P. Maiyya

                            4) Dr. S. Sundari

                            5) Dr. Roopa Kala

                            6) Mr. Shashidhara J

                    7) Library Staff Members



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"National Workshop on Institutional Repositories"



12-13*th* June, 2008



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8)      Registration Fee Rs.1000/-

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Participants can register by sending filled in registration form and D.D in
Favour of

" M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore "

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For More Information regarding Workshop please contact



*Organizing Secretary*

N. SUBRAMANYAM

Sr. Librarian

Dept. of Library & Information Centre

M.S. Ramaiah Medical College

Bangalore

Ph: 080-23605190 (Ext.) 418

             9449252683 (M)

e-mail : msrmclib at yahoo.co.in



Above details are for your convenient. Kindly circulate among your staffs
and colleagues.






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Regards

Pramod B
Dept. of Library and Information Centre
M.S. Ramaiah Medical College
M.S.R. Post
Bangalore-54
Ph:080-23605190 Ext. 418 (O)
     +91-9945229910(M)
e-mail: pramodhbabu at gmail.com
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