From prithviraj.kr at gmail.com Sun Nov 2 17:30:23 2008 From: prithviraj.kr at gmail.com (prithvi raj) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:30:23 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Article request Message-ID: Dear modulator I need some articles for my work but me not getting those articles in free full text so asking help from you sir listed those articles below kindly help me sir waiting for your replay 1. Casserly M.F., & Bird J.E. (2003). Web citation availability: Analysis and implications for scholarship. *College and Research Libraries*, *64*, 300-317. 1. Harter, S.P., & Kim, J.H. (1996). Electronic journals and scholarly communication: A citation and reference study. *Information Research*, *2 *.Retrieved April 21, 2004. 1. Kitchens, J.D., & Mosley, P.A. (2000). Error 404 or, what is the shelf-life of printed Internet guides? *Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services*, *24*, 467-478. 1. Kobayashi, M., & Takeda, K. (2002). Information retrieval on the Web. *ACM Computing Surveys*, *32*, 144-173.** * * 1. Taylor, M.K., & Hudson, D. (2000). "Link rot" and the usefulness of Web site bibliographies. *Reference & User Services Quarterly*, *39*, 273-276. 1. Catherine Jean Sassen, .Citation Accuracy in the Journal Literature of Four Disciplines:Chemistry, Psychology, Library Science, and English and American Literature. (Ph.D. diss, Univ.of North Texas, 1992), 33. 1. Idrisa Pandit, .Citation Errors in Library Literature: A Study of Five Library Science Journals,. *Library and Information Science Research *15, no. 2 (1993): 185.98; Susan P. Benning and SusanC. Speer, .Incorrect Citations: A Comparison of Library Literature with Medical Literature,. *Bulletinof the Medical Library Association *81 (1993): 56.58; Nancy N. Pope, .Accuracy of References inTen Library Science Journals,. *RQ *32, no. 2 (1992): 240.43. 1. Wallace Koehler, .An Analysis of Web Page and Web Site Constancy and Permanence,.*Journal of the American Society for Information Science *50, no. 2 (Feb. 1999): 162. 1. Judit Bar-Ilan and Bluma C. Peritz, .The Life Span of a Specific Topic on the Web: The Case of .Informetrics.: A Quantitative Analysis.. Scientometrics 46 (Nov. 1999): 371.82. 1. Philip M. Davis, .The Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior: A 2000 Update,. College and Research Libraries 63 (Jan. 2002): 53.60. 1. S. Mary P. Benbow, .File Not Found: The Problems of Changing URLs for the World Wide Web,. Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy 8, no. 3 (1998): 247.50; Susan Davis Herring, .Use of Electronic Resources in Scholarly Electronic Journals: A Citation Analysis,. College and Research Libraries 63, no. 4 (July 2002): 334.40; 1. Steve Lawrence, et al., .Persistence of Web References in Scientific Research,. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081102/2ee5296d/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Nov 3 11:37:50 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:37:50 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Invitation to and Programme of Inaugural Session of the UNESCO Sponsored Information Literacy Workshop for South and Central Asia Message-ID: Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:40:40 +0530 From: Jagtar Singh * The Department of Library and Information Science * Cordially invites you to the Inaugural Session of the *UNESCO **Sponsored* Training-the-Trainers (TTT) In Information Literacy Workshop for South and Central Asia Under the Dynamic Leadership of *Dr. Jaspal Singh* Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala *on **5 November 2008** at **11:00 a.m.** * in the Senate Hall, Punjabi University, Patiala. *Dr. Amrik Singh * Former Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University will inaugurate the Workshop. * * Prof. (Dr.) Jagtar Singh Dr. Trishanjit Kaur Workshop Coordinator & Head of Department Workshop Facilitator & Reader Tel: 0175-3046462 Tel: 0175-3046179 * * *Programme*: 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. University Dhuni Welcome Address: Dr. Jagtar Singh, Workshop Coordinator & Dean Faculty of Education and Information Science Inaugural Address: Dr. Amrik Singh, Former Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University Keynote Address: Ms. Pradeepa Wijetunge, Former Director, NILIS, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Special Remarks: Mr. G. S. Sidhu Damdami, Editor, Punjabi Tribune, Chandigarh Chief Guest: Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Presidential Address: Dr. Jaspal Singh, Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala Vote of Thanks: Dr. Trishanjit Kaur, Workshop Facilitator & Reader, Dept. of Library and Information Science -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in Mon Nov 3 12:07:44 2008 From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:07:44 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Occupational English Language and Communication Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260830C0BB@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in> Dear all, The emphasis on the importance of communication skill for librarians is very welcome. It is a fact that one can deny on his/her own peril. But many librarians are still in the old mold. They are scared of communicating with teachers and scholars. They will talk long hours about rubbish. But feel tongue tied to enquire and inform. The reason lies in a disconnect with what is going on in the scholarly world. They will hardly work to refine search methodologies. What is required from teaching schools is better skill development in communication and a bit of psychological training as well as to develop empathy with the users. Regards TANWIR ________________________________ From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of shivakumar shiva Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 7:06 PM To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Occupational English Language and Communication Dear Professionals, The Friday Talk series began with warm invocation by Pushpa of MLISc around 3.30pm. Dr. Khaiser Nikam Chairperson of Library and Information Science gave a welcome to the guest and all, along with an introduction of Dr. Benjamin Sukumaran IOLS Career Empowerment and Development Kuvempunagar, Mysore. Chairperson gave a brief note about the Library Science has grown in rapid speed. Thirst of knowledge, language and love towards subject maker a person to communicate better. Lecture Report:- ' Communication is life' 'Life without communication is tragedy'. With this great thought the lecture began by Dr. Benjamin Sukumaran. Benjamin explained how important communication is in life. And to communicate better one should have awareness of cross cultural, if not it would be a barrier for communication. "Communication is a process of response to a stimuli on the flat form of culture. " For communication Physical i.e. the Sound body is important secondly the expression and Thirdly acceptation. If intake is good means outtake will be good. There is stimuli everywhere but one should response. Every one's will power is some where one should realize and the will power should realize and the will power should not wasted in judging, but by learning, by understanding etc. EQ matters everywhere. And with an example of, A rich boy and poor boy who were his student 3-4 years ago and their problem and success story of them to Librarians communication is first because they are people to solve or to give the solution and not creating problem by more communication. He must be good at English because Librarians First nature is Enquiry, Second nature is confirmation and Third is Service. Librarians will be there until education is and Books are Source of Information, Travelling is Confirmation. "Fishes in River never get Thirsty". Thus one should identify his strength and weakness in communication and there by to overcome from it reading, learning and better hard work. The session ended with vote of thanks by Hydar Ali. -- Shivakumar H.R. II year MLISc Manasagangothri University of Mysore Mysore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081103/429a256b/attachment.html From savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz Mon Nov 3 13:01:48 2008 From: savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz (savitra sirohi) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:01:48 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Commercial Support for Koha Message-ID: <8cf6c9ba0811022331v1ae9bd06j874863f49846e348@mail.gmail.com> All, Just wanted to announce that we are offering commercial support for Koha ILS. 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For more information visit http://www.nucsoft.com. Contact Savitra Sirohi, Ph: +91 97400 22664, Email: savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz Thank You, Savitra Sirohi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From chait_09 at yahoo.co.in Mon Nov 3 13:15:28 2008 From: chait_09 at yahoo.co.in (chai tra) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 07:45:28 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher course in Library and Information Science. Message-ID: <28687.96567.qm@web94008.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Department of Library and Information Science in collaboration with Academic Staff College is organizing a refresher course in Library and Information Science from 26th November to 16th December 2008.Hence all those Assistant Librarians working in various college may contact, Sri Nanjundaswamy, Lecturer, Academic Staff Library, Manasagangothri, Mysore. Ph no: 2419314 Required forms may be obtained from the above address. The coordinator of this Program is Dr.Khaiser Nikam M.B.A., M.L.I.SC., Ph.D Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570006 Tele: 91-821-2415202?, 2419399(O), 9845328672, 9342593105(M) e-mail: khaiser.nikam at gmail.com. http://www.lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in --------------------------------- Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081103/0a8bb9aa/attachment-0001.html From ajaysharma.lib at gmail.com Mon Nov 3 13:15:58 2008 From: ajaysharma.lib at gmail.com (Ajay Kum Sharma) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:15:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Using RFID in Indian Library Message-ID: <50ee88430811022345x485dbe56wcfaad4c439e7c98e@mail.gmail.com> Dear Library Collegues, I am trying to prepare a article on subject of RFID in Indian perspctives. So, for that, I would like to know about the name / list of Indian libraries where RFID technology has already implemented. Hoping for your favourable response at the earliest. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. 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Regards, Kshema -- Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081104/cc4eaede/attachment.html From mallikarjun23j at yahoo.com Tue Nov 4 16:55:59 2008 From: mallikarjun23j at yahoo.com (Mallikarjun) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:55:59 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Google sheds light on 'Dark Web' by searching scanned documents Message-ID: <721324.56155.qm@web94805.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear All, Using optical character recognition (OCR) technology, Google's search engine now can convert scanned PDF documents into text that can be searched and indexed. details http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118683&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8 it will provide great help in searching repository because most of the document in repositories are scanned and convert to pdf. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081104/fbc2ec21/attachment.html From vimal0212 at gmail.com Wed Nov 5 10:22:31 2008 From: vimal0212 at gmail.com (Vimal Kumar) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:22:31 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Koha with Class Initiative Message-ID: <5b978ad90811042052q2127b076oe2fac1cc6ecf2bcf@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, LibLime's Koha with Class Initiative is designed to give library students hands-on experience with library automation software and open source. This initiative provides library school classrooms with a hosted installation of Koha, the most advanced open-source integrated library automation system, free of charge. LibLime website says that any college or university--anywhere in the world--currently offering a program in Library and Information Studies/ Technology may apply. More details here, http://liblime.com/projects/koha-with-class/overview -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081105/f28118cf/attachment.html From jotwanid at iitb.ac.in Wed Nov 5 17:00:54 2008 From: jotwanid at iitb.ac.in (D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:00:54 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] INDEST-AICTE WORKSHOP & 6TH ANNUAL MEET Message-ID: <3be07dffb19bb2a6dabf3bccb0b6c3bc.squirrel@gpo.iitb.ac.in> Dear All Central Library, IIT Bombay shall be organizing the next INDEST-AICTE Workshop and Sixth Annual Meet during 7-9 January 2009 in Mumbai. This is an annual event of the Consortium and mainly targeted at the Library and Information Professional as well as Library Administrators from the Consortium Member Institutes. Limited seat are also available for LIS professionals from Industry, Academia and R&D Institutions. In addition to taking stock of various resources and services of the INDEST-AICTE Consortium and suggesting means to enhance the usage, widen the coverage and increase membership, the workshop will also have selected presentations from invited experts on "Web 2.0 and Library Services in Science & Technology Libraries". Special Sessions will also be arranged for interaction and problem-solving with the Publishers, Vendors and other Service providers. Interested professionals may send their registration form to the undersigned latest by 15th December 2009. You can see the E-Brochure at http://www.library.iitb.ac.in/download/workshop.pdf for registration form and more details. Thanks. -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From sainul at iiitmk.ac.in Wed Nov 5 11:26:04 2008 From: sainul at iiitmk.ac.in (Sainul Abideen P) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:26:04 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Workshop on Developing Online Tutorial, IIITM-K, 29-30 Nov 2008 Message-ID: -sorry for cross posting- Dear Friends, Digital Library & Information Services Division of the Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management ? Kerala (IIITM-K), Thiruvananthapuram is organizing a 'National Workshop on Developing Online Tutorials for Information Products and Services' during 29-30 November 2008. This Workshop aims to give practical training on creating Online tutorials for the Information Products like Online databases, Digital Libraries, Library Automation Softwares etc. As above products are acquired paying huge amount, it's effective usage depends on how the users are educated on it's use. This workshop provides an opportunity for library professionals to develop online web accessible Interactive tutorials, using Free software called Wink. Examples of Online tutorials created using Wink is provided in the workshop website www.iiitmk.ac.in/wink More details about the workshop is given below, You are requested to kindly attend this workshop, and forward this message to your professional friends and colleagues. With Best Regards Sainul Abideen P Librarian Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management ? Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Workshop On Developing Online Tutorials for Information Products and Services Date: 29-30 November 2008 Organised by Digital Library & Information Services Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management - Kerala (IIITM-K), Thiruvananthapuram [established by the Govt. of Kerala] Workshop Website: www.iiitmk.ac.in/wink About the Workshop Libraries have been using different Information products like Online databases, e-journals, CD ROM based products, Library automation software, Digital Libraries, Online catalogues, etc. for various services. It is the duty of the Library professionals to train their users on the use of such products having varying functionalities and interfaces, for the effective utilization of these resources, which requires time and efforts from the Library and information professionals. Shortage of adequate manpower in some of the libraries calls for a facility wherein the users can learn about different products and services by the help of online Interactive Tutorials at their own pace. Provision of Interactive Tutorials, enhances the usage of such information products, which might have procured by spending huge amount. Many institutions organize training on different tools for information services including Digital Library development tools like GenISISWeb, Dspace, Greenstone, Eprint, Library automation software like KOHA, NewGenLib etc. Such training events can also be supplemented with an online, self instructional material with step by step instruction, e.g. an installation guide to Dspace or Cataloguing module of KOHA etc. Such self-instructional materials can be reused by the learner for better understanding of the concerned process/procedure. This workshop aims to provide a practical exposure on the application of Wink a free software for creating different interactive self-learning modules/tutorials for various requirements, including that of information products. About the Wink Software Wink is a tutorial and presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using ?Wink? one can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective interactive tutorials. Using Wink one can create online tutorials viewable across the web. Similar applications sell for hundreds of dollars, while ?Wink? is free with several unique features including the multimedia capability. Applications of Wink 'Wink' can be used for various Applications including that of: * To demonstrate the working of different Software like LibSys,Dspace, KOHA,WinISIS,MS Word, Adobe Photoshp etc * To demonstrate the working of different online/offline databases products like IEEE, ProQuest, ACM, Emerald etc * To create Online Tutorials for Education/User Training Purpose * To develop Demo of Websites like Library Portals/websites * To develop e-learning Modules and self instructional materials * To demonstrate the installation of software products like Dspace, Greenstone, GenISISWeb,Libsys Who can attend? As this software can be used in building interactive tutorials for different applications, participation is not restricted to library professionals only. Participants can be from various fields including that of Library Professionals, Academicians, Students, Workshop organizers, E-journal/ Library automation software/ database vendors, e-learning designers, Software developers, e-governance agencies, government organizations etc. Venue IIITM-K, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram ? 695581 Registration Rupees 2000/= Only Participants from Industry Rs. 3000/= Only. Mode of Payment DD in favour of DIRECTOR, IIITM-K payable at Canara Bank, Kazhakkoottam Branch. (Thiruvananthapuram) Workshop fee covers Lectures, Course material in CD, Working Lunch and Tea. No TA/DA will be given to the participants. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for Accommodation and Travel. Registration form along with the Fee may be sent to the Workshop Coordinator. No. of seats is limited to 25. Kindly confirm the availability of seats by email to sainul [AT] yahoo [DOT] com before sending the Registration fee. Last date for registration and payment of Registration fee: 24th November 2008 Faculty Workshop will be handled by the Digital Library team of IIITM-K headed by Sainul Abideen P, (VLIR Scholar, Belgium) Librarian, IIITM-K, who has developed several self instructional materials using Wink. For Registration and further details Sainul Abideen P Workshop Coordinator & Librarian IIITM-K, Park Centre Building Technopark, Karyavattom PO PIN 695581 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Phone 0471-2527567, 3091334, 2700777 exn 119 Mobile: 09496252786 Fax: 0471-2527568 Email: sainul [AT] yahoo [DOT] com Workshop Website: www.iiitmk.ac.in/wink With Best Regards, --Sainul -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From bholajata at gmail.com Wed Nov 5 18:01:31 2008 From: bholajata at gmail.com (Jatashankar Gupta) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:01:31 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] International Symposium Message-ID: <4ba9b2730811050431h2fbc8759wf352f09bc1d3cc12@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, We are organising an event of International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies in Libraries and Information Services ETTLIS2008 December 18-20, 2008 Jointly organised by The Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University Learning Resource Centre (LRC), Noida, UP, India, and Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Central Library, DCE, Delhi, India. With technical coloboration of Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS-Delhi-NCR Chapter) Venue: JIIT University, A-10, Sector-62, Noida, UP, India. www.jiit.ac.in Contact Person : Dr. Sanjay Kataria Organizing Secretary, ETTLIS 2008 & Head, Learning Resource Centre Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University A-10, Sector -62, Noida (UP) India -- Jatashankar Gupta Junior Professional Assistant(JPA), Learning Resource Centre, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, A-10, Sector -62, Noida (UP) India. Mob. 9211328039 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From Library at Arboretum.org.in Thu Nov 6 09:20:25 2008 From: Library at Arboretum.org.in (Library at Arboretum.org.in) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:20:25 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Institutional repositories Message-ID: <4912B6D9.17104.E0A5C@localhost> Dear All, I shall be grateful if you could please suggest the names of best five institutional reposotories in India. Also, I wish to know the names of 5 top institutional reposotories abroad as well. Many thanks in advance for your help. Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Research Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dharma Vana Arboretum Administrative Office Plot 95/1, Phase 2 IDA Cherlapally Hyderabad 500 051 Andhra Pradesh India Mobile: 93962 51106 Phones Direct +91 40 2726 0930 +91 40 3911 4202 EPABX +91 40 2726 0801 Ext. 202 +91 40 2726 0802 Ext. 202 +91 40 3911 4200 Ext. 202 Fax +91 40 3911 4219 www.arboretum.org.in ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From vyasamoorthy at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 08:10:47 2008 From: vyasamoorthy at gmail.com (Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:10:47 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Knol Message-ID: <9765c2050811061840nffde0f7s443f8075987974e9@mail.gmail.com> http://knol.google.com/k/ Please visit the above site to read authoritative units of knowledge - Knol Some Librarians like Dr Sukhdev Singh may like to author a few Knols. Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving seniors 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.og/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081107/4321f63b/attachment.html From ayesha.drtc at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 10:03:16 2008 From: ayesha.drtc at gmail.com (Ayesha Khatoon) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:03:16 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Institutional repositories In-Reply-To: <4912B6D9.17104.E0A5C@localhost> References: <4912B6D9.17104.E0A5C@localhost> Message-ID: <510b3c9d0811062033l22df2e5cg801b65fbcce749ed@mail.gmail.com> Sir, Have a look at this link, I hope that it will be helpful. http://repositories.webometrics.info/top300_rep.asp With Regards -- Ayesha Khatoon Project Trainee Digital Library Kala Nidhi 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 Mob: 9958724123 http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/~ayesha On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:20 AM, wrote: > Dear All, > > I shall be grateful if you could please suggest the names of best > five institutional reposotories in India. Also, I wish to know the > names of 5 top institutional reposotories abroad as well. > > Many thanks in advance for your help. > > Sincerely > > > T.V. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081106/3468bc48/attachment.html From byanktesh at gmail.com Thu Nov 6 14:51:22 2008 From: byanktesh at gmail.com (Byanktesh Narain Singh) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:51:22 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop on Digitization and Digital Library using DSpace Message-ID: *Workshop on Digitization and Digital Library using DSpace* 3-6 December, 2008 Venue: Central Library Delhi University Library System, Delhi *Programme Director* Dr S. Majumdar Organized by *Librarians Cultural Forum* in collaboration with * Delhi University Library System* University of Delhi, Delhi 110007 *Organizing Team* *Programme Coordinator* Prof. J.L. Sardana President Librarians Cultural Forum Former Head, Dept. of Lib & Inf Sc University of Delhi, Delhi jlsardana02 at yahoo.com libforum at yahoo.co.in *Programme Director* Dr S. Majumdar University Librarian Delhi Univ Library System University of Delhi, Delhi suprabhat_majumdar at yahoo.com *Programme Advisor* Dr S.M. Dhawan Former Scientist F & Head Library and Information Services National Physical Lab. Delhi smdhawan at yahoo.com *Programme Manager* Dr Narender Kumar Dy Librarian Delhi University Library System Univ of Delhi, Delhi narenderkumar59 at yahoo.com * * *Founder Member*: Sh M K Jain 149 Laxmibai Nagar, New Delhi 110 023 * * *DSpace* DSpace is an institutional archival software designed to collect, manage, distribute, preserve and redistribute the digital assets of an organization. Libraries world over are increasingly using DSpace for long-term preservation of fragile digital research material and creating digital libraries of digital material including published and preprint papers; technical reports; working papers and conference papers; electronic theses; digital datasets; digital images; digital audio/visual material; digital educational material; and, of course, digitized library collections. Developed jointly by MIT Libraries and HP labs, DSpace is freely available software and it can be customized to suit one's requirements. There are several open source software available however, DSpace has more number of installations all over the world. It captures data in any format ? text, video, audio, and data. It is distributed over the web, indexes the works and makes the search and retrieval by users easy, and preserves the digital work for a long period of time. Given its (DSpace) potential for a wide range of applications, the workshop has been planned to help the potential users to make aware of the various features and also hands on practice of DSpace software. *Workshop Objectives* The purpose of this workshop is to provide training to library and information professionals in DSpace and expose them to important concepts such as digitization, digital library development, and related concepts. In brief, it will have the following objectives: ? To provide background knowledge of Open Archive Initiatives, Metadata Standards, digitization, digital library and related concepts ? To offer training in Linux ? To offer first hand knowledge and training in DSpace ? Training in digitization and building digital library resources Training in building Institutional Repositories/ Archives ? To provide knowledge in emerging technologies such as RFID * * *Workshop Coverage* * * It has been planned to cover various topics such as Open Source Movement, Digital Libraries, Digitization, Metadata, DSpace, DSpace Administration, OAI-PMH, Persistent Handles, DSpace Customization, Unicode and Indian Languages, and RFID. * * *Instructional Methodology* The Workshop methodology will include lectures, presentations, demonstrations, hands on practice sessions and discussions * * *Infrastructural Facilities* The workshop lectures will be delivered in the morning sessions. It will be followed by demonstration and hands-on practices arranged in the post lunch sessions. The Workshop will be conducted in the Training Centre, Central Library Complex, University of Delhi. It is equipped with computers, networked to Intranet and Internet. * * *Resource persons* The Workshop will have resource persons drawn from National Informatic Centre (NIC), University of Delhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru University. * * *Who Should Attend This Workshop* Library and Information professionals with good working knowledge of Information Technology. The workshop participation is restricted to a maximum of 25 participants. The participants will be selected on first-cum-first served basis. *Registration * Registration for the Workshop opens on Monday, November 3*, 2008* Registration Fee: Rs. 3500/- per participant, it includes Workshop Kit, Course material, Working Lunch and Tea. Please send payment by Cross Cheque/ DD payable in Delhi in favour of *Librarians Cultural Forum.* Please confirm your intent to attend the Workshop by email to Programme Coordinator. *Accommodation * Accommodation for participants can be arranged on demand in the University Guest House as per actuals, approx Rs 600/day. *About Librarians Cultural Forum* Librarians Cultural Forum is a society registered under the Society Registration Act of 1860. Its salient aims and objectives are: ? Organizing Workshops / Training programmes / Lectures/ /Seminars/ Conferences/ Panel discussions, etc. ? Promoting cooperation among library fraternity through welfare, and cultural activities in and outside India. ? Providing counselling and consultancy services ? Organizing Book Fairs, Book exhibitions/ Author meets, Book talks, etc. ? Helping students by providing scholarships as well as financial assistance. ? Evolving code of conduct and ethics of library use ? Developing exchange programmes of library & information professionals in India and outside India. *For further details please contact:* *Programme Coordinator*: Prof J L Sardana libforum at yahoo.in *Programme Manager*: Dr Narender Kumar narenderkumar59 at yahoo.com** *Workshop on Digitization and Digital Library using DSpace* 3-6 December, 2008 Venue: Central Library, Delhi University Library System, Delhi *Registration Form* *Participant's Name:*________________________________ * * *Designation :* _____________________________________ * * *Name and Address of the Institution__________________ * _________________________________________________ * * *Tel: ( *O) (R) e*-mail: * Do you require accommodation during the Workshop? 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081106/41c193b0/attachment-0001.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 7 12:46:54 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:46:54 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancy of Project Fellow(s) in CESS Library Trivadnrum Message-ID: Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:31:18 -0800 (PST) From: Abdunnasar. A Centre for Earth Science Studies Library, Thiruvananthapuram conducts a walk-in-interview for the selection of Project Fellow for the Library Essential Qualifications: First Class M.L.I.Sc Desirable Qualifications: (1).Working knowledge in Library Software like, SOUL, LIBSYS,???? AUTOLIB etc. (2).Working knowledge in Digital Library Software like GSDL, Dspace etc Number of Vacancies : Two Remuneration : Rs.8000/pm Date & Venue : 14.11.2008 (Friday) 9:30 AM at Centre for Earth Science Studies, Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram Age limit : 30 years as on 01.01.2008. relaxation up to 5 years for SC/ST and 3 years for OBC candidates Interested candidates may appear for the walk-in-interview with an application specifying the post applied for together with detailed bio-data, copies of certificates showing educational qualifications, age, experience etc and original certificates for verification. ABDUNNASAR. A CESS LIBRARY From krmulla at gmail.com Thu Nov 6 14:43:58 2008 From: krmulla at gmail.com (K.R. Mulla) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:43:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Get faster Gmail with a faster browser Message-ID: Get faster Gmail with a faster browser Browsers are getting faster and better at running web applications like Google Mail that use browser technology to its limits. In order to get the best experience possible and make Google Mail run an average of *twice as fast*, we suggest that you upgrade your browser to one of the fastest Google Mail supported browsersthat work on Windows. Download Firefox 3 Download Google Chrome *Note:* A faster version of Internet Explorer, IE8, is in development and available in a betarelease. -- 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/ **************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081106/497113ce/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 7 12:50:20 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:50:20 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lecture on Innovation in the era of Globalisation by Dr. M.S. Ananth, Director, IIT-M Message-ID: Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:46:15 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth Dear Friends: The Members of the Board of Trustees of the Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies in association with M O P Vaishnav College for Women Cordially invite you to the RCIS Annual Lecture By Dr M S Ananth (Director, IIT-M, Chennai) on Innovation in the era of Globalisation at 6.00 pm on 10th November 2008 at M O P Vaishnav College for Women 4th Lane Nungampakkam High Road Chennai - 600034 Dr. M. Anandakrishnan presides --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RSVP: Dr. A. Amudhavalli. Phone: 044-25399672 aamudhavalli at yahoo.com Programme Prayer Welcome S Parthasarathy Introductory Remarks Dr M Anandakrishnan Annual Lecture Dr M S Ananth Vote of Thanks Dr A Amudhavalli All are welcome. Sincerely, Gowri Member LIS-Forum, Chennai From nvrajan2002 at gmail.com Sat Nov 8 14:33:05 2008 From: nvrajan2002 at gmail.com (N. Varatharajan) Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:33:05 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] ranking web of world universities and repositories Message-ID: Sir, Have a look at the links Ranking web of world universities http://repositories.webometrics.info/index.html Ranking web of world repositories http://repositories.webometrics.info/top300_rep.asp? -- N.Varatharajan Dy.Librarian University of Hyderabad Hyderabad - 500 046 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081108/336c0809/attachment.html From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Mon Nov 10 13:43:48 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:43:48 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Director of the Law Library, O.P. Jindal Global University Jindal Global Law School (proposed to be established in Sonipat, Haryana in Sept. 2009) announces position for Director of Law Library Message-ID: Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:45:11 +0530 From: Jane Schukoske Dear colleagues, I hope this finds you well! As you may know, I left USEFI at the end of April, 2008, and returned to India in June to serve as an Advisor to the planners of the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) and Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), proposed to be established in Sonipat, Haryana and to enroll students in September, 2009. The university is proposed to be established under the Haryana Private Universities Act 2006. Please bring to the attention of law-qualified librarians the announcement of the opening for Director of the Law Library for the proposed JGU/JGLS. The university aims to build a culture of legal research in India and the law library will necessarily play a key role in achieving that. The position description, application information, and additional information appear on the Human Resources pages of the Jindal Global Law School website, www.jgls.org. Thanks and regards, Prof. Jane E. Schukoske Advisor, Jindal Global Law School (proposed to be established in Sonipat, Haryana, India) Website: www.jgls.org Mailing address: Jindal Global Law School planning group Jindal Centre 12 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 India Email: jschukoske at gmail.com Office: (91) 11-43579872 Mobile: (91) 9717297873 From badanbarman at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 13:48:52 2008 From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:48:52 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS is Dying: Save it if you can Message-ID: <38055c8a0811070018x5fa0c4aey93ba03b702e73a2@mail.gmail.com> The Open University / Virtual University / Institute of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) are the new horizon of imparting the education to the learners. I don't go to the statistical figure regarding how many times it has the number of enrollment in comparison to our traditional learning system and how many universities are operating in an ODL mode (but it's really very big). What point I am trying to point out is that- this new moves to the education system sufficiently neglect the role of librarian in the whole process of knowledge communication. Surprise Yourself.. a) Most State Open Universities of India are not having a full fledged librarian; b) They are not providing the library facilities even to their students (those who have registered under different courses in the regional or study centers); c) Many open universities are even doesn't providing open access to their collection to the students (if I am not wrong, it is also applicable to IGNOU- the Worlds largest Open University); Fire to the Surprise Recently there is a wonderful move from the Open University system to form a body like NAAC of our traditional system for assessment and accreditation of ODL systems and open universities. But, it also likely to move without giving sufficient weighting to the library profession. Do you want to know what it has done with LIS?. a) Content Management System (Wiki, Zoomla,?) is not the part of the library--- bring it to Media Centre (a new addition). b) Learning Management System (Moodle or like that..) is not anything to do with library?bring it to Media Center. c) Library Staff: What to do with it? (it does not define the library positions). So, what are left with LIS--- a) Only preservation and conservation of printed material?--- What excellent move towards this end it that it assigns 20 marks for the library (which is lacking in the assessment and accreditation of NAAC). Want to be happy with that? If not raise your voice before 15th November, 2008, the date on which the document for Assessment and Accreditation of Open University and ODL will be finalized in a meeting schedule to be held at IGNOU, New Delhi. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou at gmail.com, kkhsoul at gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu at gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------- LIS in India: What's are going on? LIS Links: A Link Library in LIS: http://lislinks.110mb.com LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: : http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Ning: LIS Links Contributors: http://lislinks.ning.com/ Google Groups: LIS Links Users: http://groups.google.co.in/group/lislinks?hl=en&lnk=srg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ram.mlib at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 15:13:53 2008 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:13:53 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Photographs and paintings for the library Message-ID: Dear List members, We are planning to purchase many paintings and photographs of great and motivational leaders for our central library. In this regard , I need name and address of some vendors. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. With regards, Shri Ram Pandey UGC-NET (JRF) IKM Trainee NCSI, IISc, Bangalore-12 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From atanugarai.lists at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 16:57:40 2008 From: atanugarai.lists at gmail.com (Garai, Atanu) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:57:40 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Globethics.net requires web-cataloguer Message-ID: <000301c940cb$dad3c460$0201a8c0@garai> Dear Moderator, Please post the following vacancy announcement in the listserve. Best regards, Atanu Garai ------------- Globethics.net requires Web-cataloguer (home-based) Globethics.net (http://www.globethics.net) is a global ethics network based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Globethics.net Library is a global digital library on ethics launched on 9 October 2008, providing free of charge access to millions of documents on ethics. Globethics.net requires 10 (ten) candidates working purely on temporary contract for the digital library project. The contract will be for 2 (two) months for November and December 2008. The selected candidates may perform the duties from home or other suitable places. This is a full-time and target-based contract. Qualifications required: 1. Minimum BLIS; 2. Good proficiency in surfing the internet and using office application (example: MS Word); 3. Preferably, should have access to computer and internet Remuneration: 1. A maximum monthly allowance of Rs 4000 (Rs. Four thousand only) inclusive of all associated costs 2. A certification will be given after successful completion of the project. How to apply: Interested candidates may submit their applications by 11 November 2008 with maximum 1 page resume and 2 references to: Atanu Garai Online Networking Specialist Globethics.net Tel: (0) 9899622884 Email: garai at globethics.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ira.prakash at gmail.com Fri Nov 7 17:42:13 2008 From: ira.prakash at gmail.com (R. Prakash) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:42:13 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Workshop on Setting up an Archives Message-ID: <2B526C29ED2C4F7DA43004BDF90A5896@prakash> Dear Moderator, Can you please post this information in the LIS-Forum. Thank you. Roja Muthiah Research Library in association with Association of British Scholars, Chennai Chapter presents a three day National Workshop on Setting up an Archives (1st - 3rd December 2008) Setting up an Archives is a workshop on providing insights into conservation and preservation issues of Library and archival material. The three day workshop is planned to provide a comprehensive model to deal with archiving institutional material. The workshop will address issues of metadata creation in addition to conservation issues to make the collection a meaningful one that would provide easy access to users. This model is a flexible and a constantly evolving one depending on the needs of the institution and the end users. "Setting up an archives" is for people wishing to start an archives afresh and also to those who want to reorganize an existing archives. Individuals who do not have an exposure to archives could also benefit from the course. The following topics would be covered at the workshop: Paper Based Material Print material, Bound Volumes, Manuscripts, Single Sheets Digital Preservation Photographs Sound Records Storage Issues Archiving Web Resources Disaster Preparedness Resource persons trained from reputed institutions will be conducting the programme. The workshop will be held at the Roja Muthiah Research Library. Course Fee | Rs. 3000/- (University students can avail concession). Fee to be paid by demand draft in favour of Roja Muthiah Research Library and sent along with this form to the following address before 20th November 2008. Director Roja Muthiah Research Library 3rd Cross Road Central Polytechnic Campus Taramani Chennai 600 113 Accommodation will be arranged on request. Payment to the guest house can be made by participants directly. For more details contact the Director at rmrl at dataone.in Phone: (044) 22542551 / 2 WORKSHOP ON SETTING UP AN ARCHIVES (1 - 3 DECEMBER 2008) Registration Form Name (in Block Letters): Ms. / Mr. Designation: Institution: Mailing Address: Tel.: Fax: E-mail: Payment details Rupees: D.D. No. & Date: Bank's Name & Branch: Date: Signature of Applicant Note: Mail this form along with course fee before 20th November 2008. Please photocopy this form for multiple applications. Three participants can be accommodated from one institution. Thanks and regards R. Prakash Asst. Director Roja Muthiah Research Library 3rd Cross Road CPT Campus Taramani, Chennai 113 Ph. 2254 2551 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081107/2b9b6cc7/attachment.html From ananda.byrappa at ge.com Mon Nov 10 16:56:04 2008 From: ananda.byrappa at ge.com (Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)) Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:56:04 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Library Week Celebrations in Karnataka (Nov 14 to Nov 20) Message-ID: <9CDB55A66218B844AD40E64D04FB3B77057A5240@BANMLVEM05.e2k.ad.ge.com> Dear All, Karnataka State Library Association (www.kalaonline.com) and Dept. of Public Libraries, Govt.of Karnataka is celebrating National Library Week from November 14 to November 20, 2008 You are cordially invited to attend the following programmes: Day 1: Friday November 14, 2008 Time: 11.00 a.m Venue: Granthangana, City Central Library, Hampinagar, Bangalore 560040 Inaugural Function by Dept. of Public Libraries and Karnataka State Library Association Day 2: Saturday November 15, 2008 Felicitation to Dr.T.V. Venkataramaniah, Retired Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University Time: 6.00 p.m. Venue: S Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore Speaker: Dr. S Vidyashankar Topic: Life and Works Day 3: Sunday November 16, 2008 Timings: 11.30 am-12.35 pm Venue: Shankara Rotary Hippocampus# 44, Ranga Rao Road, Shankarapark, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560004 1) Welcome Address & an Overview of the programmes at Shankara Rotary Hippocampus. 2) Invocation song by Library Children. 3) Mrs Chinappa speaks about the Shankara Rotary Initiative. 4) Library Children perform to the song. 5) Story-Time. 6) A song on the Casio by a Library member. 7) Skit by Learning Centre Children in Kannada. 8) A few words by the Library Council members on the importance of reading. 9) Children speak about their experiences at Shankara Rotary Hippocampus. 10) Parents of children from the Library and the Learning Centre speak about how their children have benefited from the Library and Reading Programmes. 11) Vote of Thanks. Contact: Mookambika Hegde: Ph: 26678890 Day 4: Monday November 17, 2008 Speaker: Mrs. Geetha V Topic: Best Practices in Corporate Libraries: A case study of TCS and Speaker: Sridhar Raju Topic: Futuristic Librarians Time: 3.00 p.m. Venue: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park, Padandhur Agrahara, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560 066,Karnataka India Day 5: Tuesday November 18, 2008 Speakers: Kalyani Rangarajan Director, MBA Programme, PESIT Prof. A Srinivas Dean, Research & Consultancy, PESIT Shri. Mahantesh GK Managing Trustee, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled Topic: User Expectations from different points of view Venue: Tech Park Seminar Hall, PESIT Campus, 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK III Stage, Bangalore -560085 Day 6: Wednesday November 19, 2008 Speaker: Francis Jayakanth, NCSI, IISc Topic: OAI-compliance of Legacy Databases Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue: National Centre for Science Information, IISc, Bangalore - 560011 Regards, Ananda Byrappa General Secretary, Karnataka State Library Association (R) http://www.kalaonline.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081110/33c11d46/attachment-0001.html From savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz Tue Nov 11 11:40:26 2008 From: savitra.sirohi at osslabs.biz (savitra sirohi) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:40:26 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Commercial Support for Koha In-Reply-To: <8cf6c9ba0811022331v1ae9bd06j874863f49846e348@mail.gmail.com> References: <8cf6c9ba0811022331v1ae9bd06j874863f49846e348@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8cf6c9ba0811102210w5606b252g2d69c9d76b3f95f7@mail.gmail.com> All, Judging by the response to my last post on commercial support for Koha, it appears our pricing was not clear, especially for hosting. Therefore here is a more detailed pricing chart: *Hosting* Very Small Libraries (Upto 5 Computers & 2,500 Titles): Rs. 499/Month. Small Libraries (Upto 10 Computers & 5,000 Titles): Rs. 999/Month. Medium Libraries (Upto 20 Computers & 10,000 Titles): Rs. 1,999/Month. Larger Libraries (Upto 40 Computers & 20,000 Titles): Rs. 4,999/Month. More?: Contact Us. *Installation* Remote Installation: Rs. 499. *Training* Patron Training Help desk: 50 incidents, Rs. 3000. Librarian Training Help desk: 25 incidents, Rs. 3000. Administrator Help desk: 10 hours, Rs. 4000. 1 Day Librarian Training: Rs. 6000. Half Day Patron Orientation: Rs. 3000. *Onsite Services* Locations: Mumbai & Bangalore Only. Rs. 500/Hr + Travel Expenses. *Other Services* Customization: Rs. 400/Hr. Data Migration: Rs. 5000 + 25 Paise/Record. *Discounts & Promotions* 1 Day Librarian Training Session (remote training) Free. Thanks, Savitra On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:01 PM, savitra sirohi wrote: > All, > > Just wanted to announce that we are offering commercial support for > Koha ILS. Here is some information about us and our offering: > > Service Models > Both Software as a Service (Saas or Hosted) & On Premise. > > Services Offered > Hosting, Technology Helpdesk, Training, Software Customization, > Installation, Configuration, Software Maintenance (complete stack from > Linux to Mysql to Koha). > > Software Supported > Koha, also other Open Source Library Applications, e.g. Open Biblio > > Pricing > We are committed to low prices, for e.g. our hosting charges are just > Rs. 5/user/month > > About OSS Labs > OSSlabs.biz is a Nucsoft initiative around Open Source Software. Our > Mission to bring to market simple, effective and trouble free software > solutions at low prices. OSS Labs is based out of Bangalore, India. > For more information visit: http://www.osslabs.biz. > > About Nucsoft > Nucsoft is an 9001:2003 certified company. It has a long track record > of outstanding service to customers ranging from Citibank to Reliance > to Fullerton India. 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Journals : Journals of Economic and Taxonomic Botany Article : Taxonomy and ethanobotony of the genus mucuna adams of India Author : P.R Sur Year : 2002 Volume : 26 No : 02 Thanks/Regards KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From makingindia at gmail.com Sun Nov 9 19:43:37 2008 From: makingindia at gmail.com (Making India) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:43:37 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open source Knowledge Management software Message-ID: <816203dd0811090613j10aa4601u5c80b8da4fdf86ae@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, I want a review of a open source knowledge management software of CYN.IN.( http://cyn.in). Request you to see the various editions and let us know if it is being implemented by anyone. Please see the links : http://cyn.in/explore/delivery-models - cyn.in Delivery Models http://cyn.in/explore/pricing - cyn.in Pricing http://cyn.in/explore/technology - cyn.in Technology http://cyn.in/get-cynin/download-cynin - cyn.in Community Edition Download -- Rgds, Nisar Fathima "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library," - Jorge Luis Borges, poet, writer and librarian. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This year, a two-day workshop is planned to help LIS candidates to prepare for the State Eligibility Test, to be conduced in January 2009. . *OBJECTIVES * The objectives of the workshop are - To introduce the range of topics covered for SET examination - To provide guidance in the required reading and preparation for SET examination - To explain how questions need to be analyzed and understood - To discuss how to structure the required answers *RESOURCE PERSONS** * Experienced professors & University Librarians, Readers and Lecturers in Library Science *PARTICIPANTS* Librarians, past students and others appearing for SET examination *REGISTRATION FEES * Rs. 500/- *REGISTRATION FORM* * Name of the Participant*: _______________________________ * Designation *:_________________ * Name & Address of the Organisation* * Tel. No & E-Mail:* * Residential Address & Tel.:* * Cheque / DD No./Date :* *Signature** * *TIME:*10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. *VENUE:* Conference Room, S.N.D.T. Women's University, Churchgate, Mumbai ? 400 020 *Last Date of Receiving Registration Form: 20**th** November 2008* Please send Registration form along with fees by cheque/ Bank Draft drawn in favour of :- `University Librarian, SNDT Women's University Library' For further information, please contact : *Dr. Sushama Powdwal, * University Librarian & Head, SHPT School of Library Science SNDT Women's University, 1,Nathibai Thakersey Road, Mumbai 400 020 Tel.* *220854392, 2072792 Email:spowdwal at gmail.com sushama_juhu at rediffmail.com * * ** * SHPT School of Library* * Science* * 'Netting the SET'* * Workshop for **Librarians & LIS Students* * 5**th** & 6**th** December 2008* * Organized by* * SHPT School of Library Science* * SNDT Women's University* * Library,* * Mumbai 400 020.* * In collaboration with* * State Eligibility Test Department, * * University of Pune* -- (?`?.???) Always `?.? (?`?.???) Keep (?`?.???)?.?? Smiling! `?.?.?? 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Fulbright Scholar(University of Illinois,USA) Library-In-Charge Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre Library 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Ph: 91-080-28483002/3/5 Fax: 91-080-28484265 _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://in.msn.com/coxandkings -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081111/080031be/attachment.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Sat Nov 8 19:50:07 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 19:50:07 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Training-the-Trainers Workshop in Information Literacy for South and Central Asia inaugurated in India Message-ID: <954827.57693.qm@web8606.mail.in.yahoo.com> ? Training-the-Trainers Workshop in Information Literacy for South and Central Asia inaugurated in India 07-11-2008 (New Delhi) ? The tenth UNESCO Training-the-Trainers (TTT) Workshop in Information Literacy was inaugurated, on 5 November 2008, at Punjabi University in Patiala, India. This Workshop, which is one in the series of eleven IFAP-funded TTT workshops, is organized by the Department of Library and Information Science of Punjabi University from 5 to 7 November. ? The Workshop aims at providing a platform for creating a pool of trainers in information literacy who will impart information and media literacy skills to the graduate and post-graduate students and researchers in their respective institutions across the sub-regions. About 50 participants and 10 resource persons from the South and Central Asia are attending the event, which is the successor of two information literacy sub-regional workshops held in South Asia: * International Workshop on Information Skills for Learning, organized by National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS) in Colombo from 1 to 5 November 2004; and * Empowering 8 International Workshop in South and South East Asia to Promote Information Literacy, organized by Punjabi University from 3 to 7 October 2005. ? The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr Amrik Singh, educationist and former Vice Chancellor of Punjabi University. In his address, he stressed the importance of information literacy training at school level and of the need to promote wider use of knowledge and information through informal channels. ? Mr Sidhu Damdami, Editor of Punjabi Tribune (a daily newspaper), in his presentation of a media perspective of information literacy, observed that World Wide Web has taken the shape of 'wild wild web'. He emphasized the need to promote information literacy to save the innocent minds from further damage. He also felt that the information literacy campaigns should be directed towards providing knowledge to the adults. ? Participants from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan have stressed the importance of information literacy curricula for library and media schools in South and Central Asia. As a result of this discussion, a working group has been created in order to develop a model of such curriculum, in consultations with teachers, professional associations and other stakeholders in the respective regions. ? Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27746&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html ? 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Yours Sincerly Dr.JVK -- Dr.J.Vijaya Kumar Engineering College Library Andhra University Visakhapatnam- 530 003 Phones: Res : (0891) 2718711 M : 9440503562 E-Mail Address: kumarjammala at gmail.com kumarjammala at rediffmail.com jammalamadakavijayakumar at yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081110/ce3f707b/attachment.html From gilusaji at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 13:38:03 2008 From: gilusaji at gmail.com (gilu saji) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:38:03 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library Building Message-ID: <3808b4690811110008v6f917b13k364673aeda21c47f@mail.gmail.com> Dear friends, We are planning to construct new library building for our college. Could you please suggest latest models of library buildings and their websites. Please also give the standars and specifications of the library buildings. Gilu Saji Librarian St. Thomas College of Teacher Education Pala e-mail: gilusaji at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081111/cb770d94/attachment.html From anandwarm at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 16:32:23 2008 From: anandwarm at gmail.com (vijay anand) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:32:23 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] [LIS- FORUM] your kind help Message-ID: Dear All, I shall be grateful if you could please provide me the list of science and technology library in delhi city. it is very urgent for me. Many thanks in advance for help. Sincerely Vijay anand Head, Library MCRPSV anandwarm at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081111/7d6f2a9e/attachment.html From mgulibrary at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 17:14:50 2008 From: mgulibrary at gmail.com (University LIbrary Mahatma Gandhi University) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:14:50 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] MG University Digital Library Message-ID: *Open Access Digital Archives of MGU Theses Launched by H E. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Former President of India* H.E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, launched Mahatma Gandhi University open Access Online Theses Digital Library, on 9nth November 2008. It is the first Online Digital Theses Library of any Indian University covering more than 1000 theses in Sanskrit, Malayalam, Hindi and English with multilingual search facility. It is digitization project commemorating 25 years of achievement of the university towards contribution to knowledge generation. *Mahatma Gandhi University Online Theses Digital Library* accessible through web at www.mgutheses.org can promote the application of results from doctoral research for the benefit of the society. This becomes relevant in the context of Open Access Initiatives (OAI) worldwide that uses ICT and Internet to throw open the knowledge generated by public funded research kept in the locked archives and libraries. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam stated that the availability of these dissertations over the web will be an important step towards democratization of knowledge. After launching the digital Archives and verifying its possibilities by some searches adds "I am sure the model of digital archives followed by MG University will be emulated by many Indian universities, which will go a long way in democratization of knowledge, prevention of duplication and will lead to transparency in the education system. >From 17.30 Hrs 09.11.2008 when H.E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India. Launched the digital Archives it has become the first open Archives digital Archives of doctoral dissertations of India Accessible worldwide 24 hrs, 365 days a year. The Digital Archives can be accessed at www.mgutheses.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute, is organizing and hosting the 23rd National Seminar of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre (IASLIC) during 10-13, December 2008. The Seminar will be inaugurated on Wednesday 10th December, 2008 at 4.30 P.M. SIG Meetings will be at 10.00 A.M. on 10th December, 2008. All of your presence would benefit all the library professionals in India and globe. Please register yourself and also depute at least two persons from Library or LIS Department. Some of the objectives of the Seminar are to bring together special library professionals to a common platform, to promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to develop the professional competent. This seminar is expected to attract more than 500 participants from India and abroad. Registrations are open. You are invited to attend the same. For details please visit: http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar.html/workshop.html, or http://www.iaslic1955.org/organ.htm, Dates to Remember Last Date for Registration : 30th November 2008 Cancellation of Registration (for any un-avoidable circumstances) before 7th December, 2008 ---- 80% Registration Fees and accommodation charges (if any) will be refunded after deduction of Paper Publication charges (for authors, if any) Registration Fees : http://www.iaslic1955.org/fee.htm Register Online : http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/lib_form.htm PANEL of SPEAKERS --- For Panel Discussions --- from India and abroad Payment Details : The payment should be sent through local cheque/ demand draft to be made in favour of "NS-IASLIC-BI-2008? and payable at Kolkata. The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to the Bose Institute address (http://www.iaslic1955.org/regd.pdf). For further information, please contact: Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty Organizing Secretary 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC Bose Institute P-1/12 CIT Scheme ?VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolakta 700 054 INDIA Ph. 91-33-25693268/ 3270 Fax: 91-33-23553886 Cell: 09433323424 Email: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in, c_arunK at hotmail.com, iaslic at vsnl.net Seminar updates : http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/, www.iaslic1955.org Dated : 27th October, 2008 (Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty) Hony. General Secretary DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From atanugarai.lists at gmail.com Wed Nov 12 14:19:12 2008 From: atanugarai.lists at gmail.com (atanu garai) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:12 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Call for partnership for large-scale information and knowledge management projects Message-ID: Dear Colleagues We are a growing organisation with specializations in following key areas: Geographical Information System e-Learning Content Management System Learning Management System We are developing our capacities in the area of e-Governance and advanced digital library solutions and prototyping. We are currently developing proposals for undertaking large scale solutions in above-mentioned areas for government, private sector and civil society organizations. Since we are quite a new entrant, we are looking for organizations with several years of existence and good portfolio of project execution and delivery. The ideal organization shall be managed by a visionary leadership and be interested in strategic use of technology in a spectrum of business domains. If you are interested, please contact me by email at atanu.garai at gmail.com for further details and discussion. Best regards, Atanu Garai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Wed Nov 12 19:19:45 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:19:45 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] SCOAP3: From Subscriptions to an Open Access Publishing Model Message-ID: Dear Members, The following message is being posted on behalf of Jens Vigen of CERN. - Moderator NCSI, IISc Bengaluru ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:11:28 +0100 From: Jens Vigen ------------------SCOAP3: From Subscriptions to an Open Access Publishing Model Join us for an information meeting on SCOAP3, an innovative Open Access publishing model which has the potential to put scholarly communication on sound sustainable bases. SCOAP3 is an effort to facilitate Open Access publishing building on the long Open Access tradition of the field of High Energy Physics and its track-record in international co-operation, epitomized by the LHC accelerator at CERN. SCOAP3 has three objectives: ? Convert the peer-reviewed literature of an entire field to Open Access; ? Stimulate competition in scientific publishing by linking quality and price; ? Enable considerable medium- and long-term savings in scholarly communication The example of SCOAP3 could be rapidly followed by other fields, directly related to High Energy Physics, and its success can offer a potential model for other fields as well. The guiding principle of SCOAP3 is to re-direct subscription funds to directly pay for the peer-review and other editorial services, making articles free to read for everyone in any possible repository. SCOAP3 has so far collected commitments for over a half of its projected budget envelope [http://scoap3.org/fundraising.html], from a dozen countries in Europe, North America and the Middle East[http://www.scoap3.org/whoisscoap3.html]. In order to make the initiative a success, a broad worldwide consensus is now needed, and Indian and Asian libraries have a unique, pivotal, role to play. Learn more about the initiative, how libraries of all size can join the global effort in making SCOAP3 happen, and how to lend your support to promote Open Access. The event will be presented by Salvatore Mele, SCOAP3 Project Leader and Jens Vigen, Chief Scientific Information Officer at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. 03.00 ? 05.30 p.m. (Venue: The Auditorium) India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India Registrations for this event is free, please send your confirmation at the following address or below given email. Conference Secretariat: P K Jain Organising Secretary, ICoASL 2008 C/o Institute of Economic Growth University of Delhi Enclave, Delhi - 110 007 Ph.:27667463, 27666364 Fax :27667463, 27667410, (M): 9899110787 Email: asiansla at gmail.com; asianchaptersla at yahoo.com (Please Join us on Tea at 2:30 p.m. on 25 November 2008 at IICC, Lodhi Road, Delhi) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ramakant.navghare at gmail.com Thu Nov 13 10:52:27 2008 From: ramakant.navghare at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?4KSw4KSu4KS+4KSV4KS+4KSC4KSkIOCkqOCkteCkmOCksOClhyA=?=) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:52:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Gmail Gets Free Video Chat! Message-ID: <7b895ab00811122122k4b70ad39x3aa5348c21dd6224@mail.gmail.com> To, Respected All, The users of Gmail service can now choose to communicate with friends not only through chat and e-mail but also through voice and video. To use this free service, users just need a webcam and a small Web browser plugin to start video chatting. And, those without a webcam can use an audio chat option, says Google. To get started, open a Gmail chat window, click on the 'Options' menu at the bottom and choose 'Add voice/video chat', which will walk you through a one-time installation of a free plugin. When you re-open Gmail, you'll notice your 'Options' link in your chat window has changed to 'Video & more'. Open this menu and click 'Start video chat' to start chatting. You can pop out the video and change its size and position, or switch to full screen. Gmail voice and video chat is being rolled out over the next day or so on PCs and on Macs. Google Apps customers get this service as well, at no extra charge, and can voice or video chat with any other Gmail or Apps users. To use voice and video chat, your PC must have Windows XP or a more recent version, or an Intel-Based Mac with Mac OS X v10.4 or later. It works in browsers that support the latest version of Gmail (Google Chrome, Firefox 2.0+, Internet Explorer 7.0 and Safari 3.0). For more detail : http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=30056&magid=11&ntype=email&email1=ramakant.navghare at gmail.com -- Thanks and Regards Ramakant Amar Navghare. Library Assistant Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : ramakant.navghare at gmail.com Mob : 9324564183 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081113/d90e73ea/attachment-0001.html From chait_09 at yahoo.co.in Thu Nov 13 11:49:08 2008 From: chait_09 at yahoo.co.in (chai tra) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:19:08 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher course in Library and Information Science. Message-ID: <365171.76059.qm@web94004.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Department of Library and Information Science in collaboration with Academic Staff College is organizing a refresher course in Library and Information Science from 26th November to 16th December 2008.Hence all those Assistant Librarians, Lectures working in various college may contact, Sri Nanjundaswamy, Lecturer, Academic Staff Library, Manasagangothri, Mysore. Ph no: 2419314 Required forms may be obtained from the above address. The coordinator of this Program is Dr.Khaiser Nikam M.B.A., M.L.I.SC., Ph.D Chairperson Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore-570006 Tele: 91-821-2415202?, 2419399(O), 9845328672, 9342593105(M) e-mail: khaiser.nikam at gmail.com. http://www.lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in --------------------------------- Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081113/b307d1bc/attachment-0001.html From anandology at gmail.com Thu Nov 13 16:33:20 2008 From: anandology at gmail.com (Anand Chitipothu) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:33:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Stop the OCLC powergrab! Message-ID: <41139fcb0811130303x6acd8a9aq335c07b48f720939@mail.gmail.com> OCLC, the supposedly-nonprofit organization that provides library services around the world, has grown out of control. First, it started taking libraries' catalog records and then charging them to get them back. Then it used all the money it made through this to buy up library services companies and use its monopoly power and influence to sell software and tools to libraries at exorbitant prices. But now it's gone a step too far -- it wants to claim exclusive copyright over every library record ever written, so that it can continue having them all to itself. In a very real sense, it's trying to steal the world's libraries. We have to make them stop -- sign this petition: http://watchdog.net/c/stop-oclc For more information, see this blog post: "Stealing Your Library: The OCLC Powergrab." - http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/oclcscam Thanks, Anand Open Library http://openlibrary.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From imma.subirats at gmail.com Fri Nov 14 04:16:56 2008 From: imma.subirats at gmail.com (Imma Subirats) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:46:56 +0100 Subject: [LIS-Forum] E-LIS Server Upgrade -- unavailable from Nov. 17 to 21 Message-ID: <38345bbe0811131446o5551de47r809e09ffa0e6b1f4@mail.gmail.com> *******Apologies for cross-postings******* __________________________________________ Dear all, E-LIS , the international open archive for library and information science, will be unavailable from Nov. 17-21 while the repository software -E-prints 3.0- and hardware -new server- are upgraded. The change will mean better service and new features. E-LIS will be operational at 9:00 a.m. (Italy time) on the 21st. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience, and thank you to all of our authors and readers. __________________________________________ Imma Subirats on behalf of the E-LIS team E-LIS Chief executive E-LIS, E-prints in Library and Information Science URL: http://eprints.rclis.org/ URL: http://openlib.org/home/subirats/ imma DOT subirats AT gmail DOT com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From kshemaprakash at gmail.com Fri Nov 14 11:39:17 2008 From: kshemaprakash at gmail.com (Kshema Prakash) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:39:17 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for article Message-ID: <3a4c03220811132209g382d112er3ee5a10de6f99bfb@mail.gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Can some one kindly send me a copy of the following article? * **Gupta, Reeta. 2006. Decomposition Method and Transportation Type Problems with a Fractional Objective Function. ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Vol. 57(2). Pp 81-88. Published by Wiley Interscience. **Thanks and regards, Kshema * -- Mrs. Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081114/8afb085f/attachment-0001.html From nihal.drtc at gmail.com Fri Nov 14 12:08:47 2008 From: nihal.drtc at gmail.com (Nihal Alam) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:08:47 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Invitation for Seminar Message-ID: Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Center 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore -560059 Seminar On Semantic Relation and its application in Information Science Semantic Relation and its application in information science Of late, then interest of many researchers is to examine the nature Free Add On semantic relations and their main application in the information science. Concepts (language) and relations (text) provide the foundation of knowledge and thought. When we look at the world, we perceive not only a mass of colors but also objects that automatically assign categories labels. Our perception system automatically segments the world into concepts and the Categories. Language is used not for the sake of communicating the concepts and the relations, but also employed to represent, store and reason with concepts and relation. Research and development in information science have focused on concepts and terms with increasing emphasis in identification, processing, management of the relation to achieve greater effectiveness and refinement in information science techniques. This seminar presents: (i) an overview of the semantic relation used in the knowledge structure such as thesauri and Ontologies, (ii) main techniques used in the automatic extraction of the semantic relations from text, and (iii) the use of semantic relation in the information extraction, information retrieval, question-answering, and automatic text summarization. Speaker: Nihal Alam 2nd Y ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Seminar In charge Date: 19/11/2009 (Dr. Devika P. Madalli) Time: 2 PM -- Nihal Alam ADIS 2nd Year DRTC 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College post Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore-059 Karnataka Email: nihalalam at drtc.isibang.ac.in Personal Mail: nihal.drtc at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081114/5b956486/attachment-0001.html From kishor_satpathy at yahoo.com Wed Nov 12 21:14:01 2008 From: kishor_satpathy at yahoo.com (Kishor Satpathy) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:44:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] INDEST-AICTE Workshop on e-resource management during 4-6 Dec 08@ IIMI Message-ID: <231909.92178.qm@web57002.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Dear All IIM Indore Library shall be organizing the INDEST-AICTE Workshop on e-resource management & user Meet during 4-6 December 2008 at IIM Indore. This is a regular event of the Consortium and mainly targeted at the Library and Information Professional as well as Library Administrators from the Consortium Member Institutes. In addition to the Workshop on e-resource management, the workshop will also have selected presentations from invited experts on "Role of Librarian on 21st Century". Special Sessions will also be arranged for interaction and problem solving with the Publishers, Vendors and other Service providers. There is no registration fee for the INDEST members for attending the workshop. All participants are required to meet their boarding, lodging and other expenses through their institutions. ? The brochure and registration form on Workshop accessible at: http://www.iimidr.ac.in/iimi/media/pdf/indest%20brochure.pdf? ? & ? http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/ ? For further details please contact: Kishor Ch. Satpathy Librarian & Workshop Director Indian Institute of Management Indore Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road Indore-453331, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA Mobile: 9425312746 E-mail: satpathy at iimidr.ac.in; ksatpathy at gmail.com ? ? Interested professionals may send their registration form in the said address latest by 25th November 2008. ? Thanks & Regards, ? Kishor Satpathy ? ? Kishor Chandra Satpathy Librarian & Coordinator, PURA Indian Institute of Management Indore Pigdamber, Rau, Indore, 453331, MP, India Phone: +91-731-4228625 (Off) 4228817(R) Mobile: 09425312746 Email: satpathy at iimidr.ac.in www.iimidr.ac.in ? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 14 14:30:27 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:30:27 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Swets opens office in New Delhi, India Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:32:12 +0100 From: Rakesh Malik Swets continues its global expansion with the opening of its latest office in New Delhi, India. Coinciding with India's emergence as a global knowledge economy, Swets is committed to serving professional content users in the Academic, Government, Medical and Corporate fields through its class-leading suite of SwetsWise services, enabling seamless access and management tools for scientific and professional e-content. "As of yet, no such platform is available in India and initial customer feedback confirms the need for such a content management platform" says Thomas Snyder, Swets' Chief Commercial Officer. Through its presence in India, Swets will be in a prime position to act as an effective sales channel for publishers looking to enter or strengthen their position in the rapidly growing Indian market. "With the accelerating shift from print to web based content in the Indian market, we see a growing need for an agent with global experience in managing such transition well for both the publisher and users of their content. Swets not only has this experience but also offers an integrated platform and suite of services to efficiently access and manage such web based content" says Thomas Snyder. Swets Indian office is located in the Saket area, South New Delhi. Irwin Fouwels, Director Market Development, will act as Managing Director of Swets' Indian branch. Swets is currently in the process of hiring a Country Manager for its Indian operations. About Swets Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true "long tail" powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field. Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's "100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry" for the past five years, and is consistently featured in the top 25% of FEM Business' "Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands". We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis for 10 years running--a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures. From nihal.drtc at gmail.com Sun Nov 16 03:36:36 2008 From: nihal.drtc at gmail.com (Nihal Alam) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:36:36 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Correction in the Date of my Seminar Message-ID: I am extremely sorry that by mistake i had mentioned my seminar date 19/11/2009. In fact it will be on 19/11/2008. Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Center 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore -560059 Seminar On Semantic Relation and its application in Information Science Semantic Relation and its application in information science Of late, then interest of many researchers is to examine the nature Free Add On semantic relations and their main application in the information science. Concepts (language) and relations (text) provide the foundation of knowledge and thought. When we look at the world, we perceive not only a mass of colors but also objects that automatically assign categories labels. Our perception system automatically segments the world into concepts and the Categories. Language is used not for the sake of communicating the concepts and the relations, but also employed to represent, store and reason with concepts and relation. Research and development in information science have focused on concepts and terms with increasing emphasis in identification, processing, management of the relation to achieve greater effectiveness and refinement in information science techniques. This seminar presents: (i) an overview of the semantic relation used in the knowledge structure such as thesauri and Ontologies, (ii) main techniques used in the automatic extraction of the semantic relations from text, and (iii) the use of semantic relation in the information extraction, information retrieval, question-answering, and automatic text summarization. Speaker: Nihal Alam 2nd Y ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Seminar In charge Date: 19/11/2008 (Dr. Devika P. Madalli) Time: 2 PM -- Nihal Alam ADIS 2nd Year DRTC 8th Mile Mysore Road, RV College post Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore-059 Karnataka Email: nihalalam at drtc.isibang.ac.in Personal Mail: nihal.drtc at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Centre has developed new interface which has additional features of advanced search, search within the single library, and restrict the search to one particular state. The records can be downloaded and can easily merged in to SOUL software or any another software which adheres to MARC 21. Library professional are requested to use this source to identify millions of books held at 112 major universities in India. We solicit your feedback With regards Prem Chand Scientist- D Convener UGC-INFONET Digital library Consortium Information & Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) An Inter University Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Gujarat. India Phone: 079-26305971, 26304695 ( Office) 079- 29096170( R) 09427001489 prem65_chand at yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Vidyashankar CEO & E/o Principal Secretary, DPAR (Elections) Karnataka Date and Time: November 27, 2008 : 3:00 p.m. Venue: The International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore You are cordially invited For more details - http://www.isim.ac.in/html/cxo/cxo1.htm ******************* Thanks and regards Angrosh **************************************** Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 **************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081114/1767a299/attachment-0001.html From premchand at inflibnet.ac.in Fri Nov 14 16:59:56 2008 From: premchand at inflibnet.ac.in (Prem Chand) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:59:56 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET Consortium opens Associate Membership Message-ID: <1458CBF6B0394BDEA2562E50A46BF99C@PremChand> Dear Professionals, I am pleased to announce associate membership of UGC- INFONET Digital Library Consortium. Under the programme, selected e-resources are offered on subscription to private universities and research institutions that are not covered under the Consortium as its core members. The Associate Members can subscribe to one or more resources at the same rates that Consortium is paying for its core members. The libraries can take the benefit of negotiated price for selected e-resources which is listed below. An annual membership of Rs. 5000.00 will be charged from the members to join the Associate Membership Programme. List of Resources: 1.. American Institute of Physics and American Physical Society 2.. Annual Reviews 3.. Cambridge University Press 4.. Emerald (Library Science Collection) 5.. JSTOR 6.. Institute of Physics (IoP) 7.. MathSciNet 8.. Nature 9.. Oxford University Press 10.. Portland Press 11.. Royal Society of Chemistry 12.. SciFinder Scholar (CAS) 13.. SpringerLink 14.. Taylor and Francis For more detail, please visit our site at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/econ/associate-membership.htm Regards, Prem Chand Scientist- D Convener UGC-INFONET Digital library Consortium Information & Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) An Inter University Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Gujarat. India Phone: 079-26305971, 26304695 ( Office) 079- 29096170( R) 09427001489 prem65_chand at yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081114/80177f3b/attachment-0001.html From shivu70 at gmail.com Fri Nov 14 18:52:23 2008 From: shivu70 at gmail.com (shivakumar shiva) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:22:23 -0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] "Ethics in Advertising" Message-ID: <23ef137d0811140522o1ac31fcdi3223cee89eda60d2@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, Special 'Friday talk' lecture of Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association (MULISSA) was held at First Year lecture hall of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 14th Nov. 2008. This Friday's talk was special because National Library Week starts from the same day, i.e. 14th - 20th Nov. 2008.This week's guest Prof. N.S.Venugopal of Basudev Somany First Grade College, Kuvempunagar, Mysore gave lecture on the 'Ethics in Advertising'. He began by tasking a question 'Does advertisement sell product?' He continued on to the concept of business ethics, meaning of ethics, qualities of ethics, present day advertisement trends and how advertisements can be helpful in serving the purpose of the library.He ended by explaining the self regulatory methods for the advertising industry. Dr. Khaiser Nikam, Chairperson and faculty advisor to MULISSA, gave a lecture on the history and importance of National Library Week and read some excerpts from Padmashree S.R.Ranganathan's classic 'Five Laws of Library Science'.Faculty, Research scholars and Students were present on the occasion. -- Shivakumar H.R. 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Gonjare Library Assistant Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : vinayak.gonjare at gmail.com Mob : 9322686165 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From jaya.kalra1 at gmail.com Mon Nov 17 18:04:35 2008 From: jaya.kalra1 at gmail.com (JK) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:04:35 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Kind Request.. Message-ID: <224e28cc0811170434y75efde76y992e25a2ff8f5885@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, Can I have the information about the standard format of Library Portal. Actually, I am looking for the main Library icons and links which constitutes a Standard Library Portal/Home Page. Your earliest reply will be appreciated. Thank you so much in advance. Thanks & Regards, Jaya Kalra Senior Consultant ? LIS Group Total IT Solutions Pvt Ltd. 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Prof J C Binwal is supposed to be chief guest of concluding day 20th Nov, 2008. ------------------------------------ Manoj Kumar Pant Lecturar, Amrapali Institute of Management and Computer Application, Haldwani,Nainital, Uttaranchal-263139. Ph. No.-09917247770(Mob.) 919219918942(Home), 05946-238496, 268201(Office) e-mail - " manojpant2 at yahoo.co.in ". " manojpant2 at yahoo.co.in ". ------------------------------------------ "Don't walk ahead of me - I can't follow you, don't walk behind me I can't lead you, Walk along with me and be my friend." ------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This Workshop aims to give practical training on creating Online tutorials for the Information Products like Online databases, Digital Libraries, Library Automation Softwares etc. As above products are acquired paying huge amount, it's effective usage depends on how the users are educated on it's use. This workshop provides an opportunity for library professionals to develop online web accessible Interactive tutorials, using Free software called Wink. Examples of Online tutorials created using Wink is provided in the workshop website www.iiitmk.ac.in/wink More details about the workshop is given below, You are requested to kindly attend this workshop, and forward this message to your professional friends and colleagues. With Best Regards Sainul Abideen P Librarian Indian Institute of? Information Technology? & Management ? Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Mobile:09496252786 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?National Workshop On Developing Online Tutorials for Information Products and Services ?Date:? 29-30 November 2008 Organised by Digital Library & Information Services ?Indian Institute of? Information Technology? & Management ? Kerala (IIITM-K), Thiruvananthapuram [established by the Govt. of Kerala] Workshop Website:? www.iiitmk.ac.in/wink About the Workshop?? Libraries have been using different Information products like Online databases, e-journals, CD ROM based products, Library automation software, Digital Libraries, Online catalogues, etc. for various services. It is the duty of the Library professionals to train their users on the use of such products having varying functionalities and interfaces, for the effective utilization of these resources, which requires time and efforts from the Library and information professionals. Shortage of adequate manpower in some of the libraries calls for a facility wherein the users can learn about different products and services by the help of online Interactive Tutorials at their own pace. Provision of Interactive Tutorials, enhances the usage of such information products, which might have procured by spending huge amount. ?Many institutions organize training on different tools for information services including Digital Library development tools like GenISISWeb, Dspace, Greenstone, Eprint, Library automation software like KOHA, NewGenLib etc. Such training events can also be supplemented with an online, self instructional material with step by step instruction, e.g. an installation guide to Dspace or Cataloguing module of KOHA etc. Such self-instructional materials can be reused by the learner for better understanding of the concerned process/procedure. ?This workshop aims to provide a practical exposure on the application of ?Wink? a free software for creating different interactive self-learning modules/tutorials for various requirements, including that of information products. ?About the ?Wink? Software ??Wink? is a tutorial and presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using ?Wink? one can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective interactive tutorials. ?Using ?Wink? one can create online tutorials viewable across the web. Similar applications sell for hundreds of dollars, while ?Wink? is free with several unique features including the multimedia capability. ?Applications of Wink? 'Wink' can be used for various Applications including that of: ??? * To demonstrate the working of different Software like LibSys,Dspace, KOHA,WinISIS,MS Word, Adobe Photoshp etc ??? * To demonstrate the working of different online/offline databases products like IEEE, ProQuest, ACM, Emerald etc ??? * To create Online Tutorials for Education/User Training Purpose ??? * To develop Demo of Websites? like Library Portals/websites ??? * To develop e-learning Modules and self instructional materials ??? * To demonstrate the installation of software products like Dspace, Greenstone, GenISISWeb,Libsys ?Who can attend? ?As this software can be used in building interactive tutorials for different applications, participation is not restricted to library professionals only. Participants can be from various fields including that of Library Professionals, Academicians, Students, Workshop organizers, E-journal/ Library automation software/ database vendors, e-learning designers, Software developers, e-governance agencies, government organizations etc. Venue IIITM-K, Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram ? 695581 ?Registration ?Rupees 2000/= Only ?Participants from Industry Rs. 3000/= Only. ?Mode of Payment ?DD in favour of? ?Director, IIITM-K? payable at Canara Bank, Kazhakkoottam Branch. (Thiruvananthapuram) ?Workshop fee covers Lectures, Course material in CD, Working Lunch and Tea. No TA/DA will be given to the participants. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for Accommodation and Travel. Registration form along with the Fee may be sent to the Workshop Coordinator. ?No. of seats is limited to 25. Kindly confirm the availability of seats by email to sainul [AT] yahoo [DOT] com before sending the Registration fee. Last date for registration and payment of Registration fee:? 24th November 2008 ?Faculty Workshop will be handled by the Digital Library team of IIITM-K headed by Sainul Abideen P, (VLIR Scholar, Belgium) Librarian, IIITM-K, who has developed several self instructional materials using ?Wink?. For Registration and further details Sainul Abideen P Workshop Coordinator & Librarian IIITM-K, Park Centre Building Technopark, Karyavattom PO PIN 695581 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Phone 0471-2527567, 3091334, 2700777 exn 119 Mobile:? 09496252786????? Fax: 0471-2527568 Email: sainul [AT] yahoo [DOT] com Workshop Website: www.iiitmk.ac.in/wink? Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081117/43961363/attachment-0001.html From aditya.tripath at gmail.com Tue Nov 18 11:36:30 2008 From: aditya.tripath at gmail.com (Aditya Tripathi) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:36:30 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Announcement of National Seminar at BHU on 16th and 17th January, 2009 Message-ID: DLIS, BHU - ICSSR National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS) 16th - 17th January, 2009 Organised by Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi & Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi About Seminar The rising cost of technology has compelled the libraries to use Open Source Software (OSS) for library automation, digital library and so on. OSSs are developed in public domain by the technology experts for the libraries. The professional community implements the software solutions and renders feedback to developers, which is a real time testing of software. The OSS products are provided with source code for implementation level customization and future development of software. These solutions are often free for use and could be redistributed. Today, there are OSSs available for different library activities which are better than the commercial solutions using cutting age technology. These solutions range from Operating System to specialized institutional repositories. This has made the library services more cost effective and least dependent on commercial software and vendors. However, there is a concern of the professionals over stability of software implementation and continuing support to these OSSs. There is an equal and opposite concern from the end of developers also towards having a sustainable funding for running the software development projects. Whatever the concerns may be, the increased use of open source software among the library community is very encouraging for open source solution developers. The Department of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University proposes to conduct two days national convention on Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS), 16th ? 17th January, 2009. The proposed seminar would provide a common platform for library professionals to share their experience. Research papers, demonstration and case-studies are invited for presentation and discussion during the convention in following areas: Implementation of OSS in - library automation - digital repositories - digital preservation - consortium planning - community education - office management - content development - event management - e-publishing - knowledge management - e-governance - community networks Target Participants Practicing Librarians and Information Scientists, Faculty Members, Researchers, Students, Information System Personnel, Managers, etc. Call for Papers Full texts paper(s) in English (in A4 size, double space, not more than 10 pages) should be sent to the Organising Secretary, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005. adityatripathi at hotmail.com aditya at bhu.ac.in Last date for submission of full texts of paper(s) is 20.12.2009. Registration Rs. 500/- per participant The DD / Cash payable in favour of "National Seminar on Open Source Library Solutions", payable at Varanasi. The Registration Fee Includes # Conference Kit # Working Lunch / Tea Accommodation Limited accommodation is available on payment basis on first come first basis. For further enquiry please contact: Coordinator Prof. H. N. PRASAD Head Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701028 (Off.) +91 9415336709 (Mob.) e-mail: hnprasad.bhu at gmail.com Organising Secretary Dr. ADITYA TRIPATHI Lecturer Deptt. of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 542 6701027 (Off.) +91 9450710628 (Mob.) e-mail: adityatripathi at hotmail.com aditya at bhu.ac.in FORMAT OF REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name 2. Designation 3. Organization 4. Address (Correspondence) 5. Accommodation Required Yes/No 6. Telephone Number Office : Residence: Mobile : e-mail : 7. Payment Details DD/Cash DD No. : Bank : Branch : Amount : Date : Signature Mail to Organising Secretary, Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS) Department of Library and Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi- 221 005 Tel: +91 9450 710628 (mob) +91 542 6701027 (Off) -- Dr. Aditya Tripathi Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 Tel.: +9450 710628 ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to DRTC LIS Open Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081118/94a99c57/attachment.html From khushpreet.singh at gmail.com Tue Nov 18 12:26:47 2008 From: khushpreet.singh at gmail.com (khushpreet singh) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:26:47 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] CCD Bangladesh has published Unesco TTT-IL Workshop concluded report in his e-publication Message-ID: Dear all, CCD Bangladesh has published Unesco TTT-IL Workshop concluded report in his e-publication info service {INFO :: Issue 147 (TTT Workshop in Information Literacy concluded in India)} the report is given below Khushpreet singh Ph.D, Researcher, Dept. of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (INDIA) Email: khushpreet.singh at gmail.com mobile: 09815303000 ******* Home * | *About* * *| *Contact * * * * *TTT Workshop in Information Literacy for South and Central Asia concluded in India * *A three daylong workshop in Information Literacy has successfully concluded on 7 November 2008, at Punjabi University in Patiala, India. This Workshop, which is one in the series of eleven IFAP-funded TTT workshops, is organized by the Department of Library and Information Science of Punjabi University from 5 to 7 November. The workshop was inaugurated through a colorful opening ceremony on 5 November 2008, at Senate Hall of the Punjabi University in Patiala, India. * Dr Amrik Singh, educationist and former Vice Chancellor of Punjabi University, inaugurated the Workshop. In his address, he stressed the importance of information literacy training at school level and of the need to promote wider use of knowledge and information through informal channels. Mr. Sidhu Damdami, Editor of Punjabi Tribune (a daily newspaper), in his presentation of a media perspective of information literacy, observed that World Wide Web has taken the shape of 'wild wild web'. He emphasized the need to promote information literacy to save the innocent minds from further damage. He also felt that the information literacy campaigns should be directed towards providing knowledge to the adults. The Workshop (*The tenth UNESCO Training-the-Trainers (TTT) *aims at providing a platform for creating a pool of trainers in information literacy who will impart information and media literacy skills to the graduate and post-graduate students and researchers in their respective institutions across the sub-regions. About 50 participants and 10 resource persons from the South and Central Asia are attending the event, which is the successor of two information literacy sub-regional workshops held in South Asia: - International Workshop on Information Skills for Learning, organized by National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS) in Colombo from 1 to 5 November 2004; and - Empowering 8 International Workshop in South and South East Asia to Promote Information Literacy, organized by Punjabi University from 3 to 7 October 2005. Resource persons and participants from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan have stressed the importance of information literacy curricula for library and media schools in South and Central Asia. As a result of this discussion, a working group has been created in order to develop a model of such curriculum, in consultations with teachers, professional associations and other stakeholders in the respective regions. Mr. G M Mourtoza, Director of CCD and renowned media activist of Bangladesh took part in the workshop as a resource person. CCD will arrange a number of such kind workshops and orientation courses *on Information Literacy in Bangladesh in near feature.* Prof. Jagtar Singh, Head of the Department of Library and Information Science and Dean of Faculty of Education and Information Science of Punjabi University has successfully coordinated the workshop. ****** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081118/c105d9d6/attachment-0001.html From anjali.sandesh at gmail.com Tue Nov 18 13:13:54 2008 From: anjali.sandesh at gmail.com (anjali kale) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:13:54 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Help regarding pay fixation Message-ID: <8cb6ceda0811172343n34880379wec6dcdd881e94fc6@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, I am a librarian working in Mumbai. I want some information regarding pay fixation or pay protection. One of my friend is working as a librarian at pay scale rs 10,000 (Senior Scale) in an unaided institution. Recently she got appointment letter from aided college but her pay scale is fixed as rs. 8000. is there any circular or GR which states that salary is protected when u move from unaided to aided situation. Please help regarding this as her decision is pending and she does not want to loose this opportunity. thanks and regards Ms. Anjali S. Kale K. J. Somaiya Comprehensive College Of Education, Training and Research Vidyavihar Mumbai - 400 077 Ph.no: 25150265 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From anu at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Tue Nov 18 15:20:59 2008 From: anu at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (K.T Anuradha) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:20:59 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Online survey (Reminder) Message-ID: Dear Professional, Apologies for cross posting and kindly ignore this message if you have already replied. As part of an ongoing project on Integrated Library Automation Packages (ILAP) carried out at National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, a survey is carried out. We know that you are busy and hard pressed for time. But your response will help us to get a clear view of the present scenario of ILAP. Hence we request you to take some time off to fill in the questionnaire. We assure you that whatever information you provide us will be used for academic purpose only and kept confidential. Please note that the survey is open for all. The online survey form can be accessed at: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/index_files/surveyinstrument.html However, if you have problem in answering the online survey, for your convenience a few questions are given below, which you can fill in and reply back to survey at dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 1. Your Name: 2. Official Address: 3. E-Mail ID: official: other: 4. If you are using any of following software for your library automation, kindly name them: 4.1 Library Automation Software (such as Koha, LibSys, NewGenLib): 4.2. Meta Search (such as AGent , MetaFind, ZPortal): 4.3. Link Resolver (such as 360 Link Serial Solution, V-Link): 4.4. Electronic Resource Management (such as 360 Resource Management): 4.5. Institutional Repository (such as EPrints, DSpace, Fedora): 4.6. Digital Collection Tool (such as Greenstone Digital Library): 5. Kindly give corresponding URL of the above implementation(s): 6. If you know any other library using the above mentioned software give URL of them also: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Anuradha -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms.K.T.Anuradha E-mail: anu at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Senior Technical Officer URL:vidya-mapak.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science FAX:(+91-80) 23601426/23600683 Karnataka, Bangalore 560 012 Tel:(+91-80) 23600271/22932511 India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From hemantabiswal5 at yahoo.com Tue Nov 18 16:49:32 2008 From: hemantabiswal5 at yahoo.com (hemanta kumar biswal) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:19:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] =?utf-8?q?INDEST-AICTE_Workshop_on_=E2=80=9CLibrary_2?= =?utf-8?q?=2E0_practices=E2=80=9D=2C_during_January_15-17=2C_2009_at_NIT-?= =?utf-8?q?Rourkela=2E?= Message-ID: <167457.48849.qm@web38804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear All, INDEST-AICTE and National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR) are jointly organizing a Workshop on ?Library 2.0 practices?, during January 15-17, 2009. Introduction Web 2.0, the second phase of World Wide Web (WWW), is seen as an exciting evolution. Web 2.0 practices have tremendous implications on libraries and usher them into a new order, which is termed as library 2.0. Library 2.0 is more about connections rather than collections. It is all about participation. The fundamental 2.0 tools, particularly blog and wiki, offer clear opportunities for libraries and information centers to practice services which are more user inclusive than ever before. It is time for librarians and information managers to reorient initiatives by employing 2.0 tools to provide users an effective service with rich experience. In view of the above trend, the library of NIT Rourkela has done some successful initiatives. To pass the knowledge gained, in the course of initiating library 2.0 practices, to other library colleagues, the library of NITR is organizing this workshop. Focus The workshop will focus on: Wordpress ? Blog Engine Installation and Customization, Essential Wordpress plug-ins installation and configuration Mediawiki ? Wiki Engine Installation and Customization, Essential extensions installation and configuration Drupal ? Content Management System (CMS) installation and configuration Essential modules installation and Configuration Success of library 2.0 implementation lies on user participation. Relevant case studies on the successful implementation of wiki and blog will also be presented. Methodology The workshop will be completely based on practical training with presentations. Each participant will be given a high-end computer to learn step-by-step installation and customization of wiki, blog and CMS engines. Who can participate? Librarians (Academic, Research and Corporate) Only 20 seats Registration Fee For INDEST-AICTE members ? No Registration Fee For Non INDEST-AICTE members ? Rs. 1000/- (Registration Fee will include, workshop kit, Lunch and Tea) All Participants are required to meet the lodging and other expenses on their own institute sponsorship. However, local guest house accommodation (fee-based) will be arranged on request. INDEST-AICTE and National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR) are jointly organizing a Workshop on ?Library 2.0 practices?, during January 15-17, 2009. Participants Name(s): Designation: Institute Name and Address: Email: Mobile: Is your institute a member of INDEST-AICTE Consortium? If no, DD No: Demand Draft should be in favor of ?The Director?, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Participant(s) Signature Place: Date: Interested members may send the duly filled application form on or before December 20, 2008, either by post or by email to the following Address: Madhan, M Workshop Cordinator Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 769008 Mail: mu.madhan at gmail.com madhan at nitrkl.ac.in Mobile: (0)9861185117 Phone: 0661-2462102 (off) 0661-2463103 (Res) Thanking You, Hemanta Kumar Biswal Biju Pattnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Orissa 0661-2462105 +91 9938410850 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From maduraiseenoo at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 18 17:16:01 2008 From: maduraiseenoo at yahoo.co.in (srinivasa ragavan) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:16:01 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET ( IndCat ) Union Catalogue of books crossed ten million bibliographic records In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <318783.83860.qm@web8402.mail.in.yahoo.com> congrats Premchand. it is a great work of having union catalogue of university libraries adopting international standards. "I also congrats Prof. Arora Director , Inflibnet and all the colleagues at the Inflibnet Centre for this?valuable contribution in automation,?networking and resource sharing of Libraries. with regards? Dr.S.Srinivasa Ragavan Librarian, Head, DLIS, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli- 620 024., India. --- On Mon, 17/11/08, Prem Chand wrote: From: Prem Chand Subject: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET ( IndCat ) Union Catalogue of books crossed ten million bibliographic records To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Monday, 17 November, 2008, 12:59 PM INFLIBNET ( IndCat. ) records crossed ten million bibliographic records ? INFLIBNET has compiled and processed ten millions bibliographical records of books from more than 112 university libraries which can be accessed from the Centre web site. It contains 10697998 bibliographic records from participating members. Anyone can access these records from http://unicat.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/unicat/ and download matched records. It is free. The database is known as IndCat. ? The Centre has developed new interface which has additional features of advanced search, search within the single library, and restrict the search to one particular state. The records can be downloaded and can easily merged in to SOUL software or any another software which adheres to MARC 21. ? Library professional are requested to use this source to identify millions of books held at 112 major universities in India. ? We solicit your feedback ? With regards ? Prem Chand Scientist- D Convener UGC-INFONET Digital library Consortium Information & Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) An Inter University Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Gujarat. India Phone: 079-26305971, 26304695 ( Office) ????????????? 079- 29096170( R) 09427001489 prem65_chand at yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Bollywood news, movie reviews, film trailers and more! 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081118/55b7db6e/attachment.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 18 14:35:16 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:35:16 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Seminar on Indo-Canadian S&T / Innovation Cooperation & Linkages Message-ID: <518056.24472.qm@web8608.mail.in.yahoo.com> Seminar on Indo-Canadian S&T / Innovation Cooperation & Linkages 24 November, 2008 Federation House, New Delhi, India Dear Sir/ Madam I am pleased to inform you that FICCI is organizing its annual Higher Education Summit 2008 titled ?Higher Education at the Crossroads: Imperatives for Policy & Practice? on November 25 & 26, 2008 in New Delhi with the support of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. A delegation of more than 40 Canadian institutions is participating in the event. As a pre-conference activity, we are organizing a Seminar on Indo-Canadian S&T/Innovation Cooperation & Linkages on November 24, 2008 with University experts from India and Canada sharing their views about the existing collaborations, emerging technologies and future roadmap followed by discussions and one to one interactions. The Seminar is scheduled at 1.30 pm at FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. We are happy to invite you for this programme. Enclosed are the tentative programme and the registration proforma for your kind perusal. May I request you to kindly send in your confirmation to Ms Rashmi Sarita / Ms Arpita Subhash (Phone: 91-11- 23736306, email ? indiarnd[at]ficci.com). Looking forward to your kind confirmation. With best regards, Yours Sincerely (V K TOPA) Adviser to Secretary General, FICCI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tentative Programme 1: 30 ? 2:00 pm Registration 2:00 ? 2:10 pm Introductory remarks Mr. Y P Kumar, Head International Division, DST, Government of India David McKinnon, Minister-Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner, Canadian High Commissioner, India 2:10 ? 2:35 pm Canadian strengths in Innovation and Emerging Technologies Prof David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo Speaker from Canadian Govt /Industry/association 2:35 ? 2:55 pm Indian strengths in Innovation and Emerging Technologies Mr. R Saha, Adviser, DST, Government of India Mr. Deepak Bhatnagar, Adviser & Scientist-G, TIFAC, DST 2:55 ? 3:35 pm Presentations by Canadian Research Institutes Dr Januz A. Kozinski, Dean and Prof, Univ of Saskatchewan Dr. B. Mario Pinto, the Vice-President, Research, Simon Fraser University Robert Schad, University of Regina Richard Poulin, Director ? Bureau International, Univ of Laval (Presentation to cover India Strategy, Research strengths and possible Areas of collaboration) 3:35 ? 3:50 pm Tea Break 3:50 ? 4:30 pm Presentation by Indian research institutes. Dr. Naresh Kumar, Head R & D Planning Division, CSIR Prof. S N Singh, Dean- R&D, IIT Delhi Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Executive Director, TERI Dr. P B Sharma, Director, Delhi College of Engineering Dinesh Singh, Director, South Campus, Delhi University (Presentation to covering Research strengths and possible Areas of collaboration) 4:30 ? 5:00 pm Q & A and discussions 5:00 ? 5:10 pm Summary and follow up action points 5:10 ? 5: 30 pm Networking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Proforma Seminar on Indo-Canadian S & T / Innovation Cooperation & Linkages 24 November, 2008, Federation House, New Delhi, India Name: Designation: Organisation: Address: Tel.(with city code) : Fax: Mobile: Email: Delegate Fee: NO FEE Signature Contact: Rashmi Sarita Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi ? 110 001 Tel: 011-23736306 (D); 23738760-70 Extn. 212 Fax: 011-23765333, 23721504, 23320714 Email: rashmisarita[at]ficci.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081118/a890835f/attachment-0001.html From sp.arumugam at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 14:31:22 2008 From: sp.arumugam at gmail.com (Arumugam Pitchai) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:31:22 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] UPDATE: Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar on Content Management on November 08th, 2008 at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore Message-ID: Dear Friends, NCSI-NET have organised Dr. TBR Memorial Seminar on Content management for Information Professionals, successfully on 8th November 2008. We have received excellent response from student community as well from the working professionals. We had 102 participants including NCSI-NET members. The Seminar started with Prof. A.G. Menon, Prof. Giridhar Madras & Prof. N.V. Joshi lighting the lamp, and Prof. Joshi introduced the TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar. Later the Keynote address by Mr. Kottai A., KM/ECM Services, TCS followed by High Tea. First Session started with the topic Introduction to Content Management (CM) presented by Mr. Rajendra Babu. He stressed on the need of Content Management System for Content creation, capturing, publishing, organizing, storage & retrieval, preservation. He also explained the Enterprise Content Management & the related components & the Features of CMS. It was followed by Evaluation of Major Commercial/Open Source CMS by Mr. Sudhakar Gudlannagari. He presented the evaluation criteria for selecting a CMS, also major Commercial/Open source CMS tools. Later in the forenoon session we had CMS Process, Design & Implementation presented by Mr. Arumugam Pitchai. He explained about the CMS process & its workflow. Followed by Management of CMS: Migration, Metrics and Measurement & Promotion by Ms. Suvarsh Minj. She stressed the options & strategies for Content Migration also need for Metrics and Measurements for the usage of different CMS tools. The second session started with a presentation by Mr. B.S. Shivaram on Drupal: An Overview & Installation. He explained the different features of Drupal. Followed by the Drupal: Installation & Demo by Mr. Maruthu Pandiyan B. He gave an overview of installation Drupal on Windows platform and demonstrated various modules and features of Drupal. Third session started with the panel discussion titled Skills for LIS Professionals. Mr. Ananda Byrappa, Ms. Lakshmi and Mr. T.S. Prasanna Participated in the discussion. All of them gave their individual opinions in answering the questions put forth by the participants. The seminar materials and presentations were distributed through CD. Please find the updated seminar page with presentations at: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/seminar2008.html Also: a picture is worth a thousand words, so find here are a few pictures that speak volumes!! http://picasaweb.google.com/sp.arumugam/DrTBRMemorialSeminar2008Picture?authkey=8tkkSmRnrJ0 # It was a memorable event for NCSI'ans. We thank you all for the support extended to the coordination team. Hope to organize such events in future. Regards NCSI-Net Coordinators -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081119/dcc47c9c/attachment-0001.html From nihal.drtc at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 23:46:59 2008 From: nihal.drtc at gmail.com (Nihal Alam) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:46:59 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Request for Article Message-ID: Dear friends, Can someone kindly send me a copy of the below reference? I shall be grateful. Article title: *Content-based retrieval in digital libraries* Author: Adam, N.R.; Gangopadhyay, A. Journal title: COMPUTER ( IEEE Xplore) Bibliographic details: Volume 31, Issue 1, Jan 1998 Page(s):93 - 95 Publisher: IEEE Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/2.641982 Seeking your co-operation Thanking You Nihal Alam ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore-059 Karnataka (India) email: nihalalam at drtc.isibang.ac.in nihal.drtc at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081119/198cdab1/attachment-0001.html From khindawi at scs-net.org Thu Nov 20 11:04:44 2008 From: khindawi at scs-net.org (Kamal Hindawi) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:34:44 +0200 Subject: [LIS-Forum] FW: Detailed in depth subdivisions or subclasses of the main DDC classes/numbers Message-ID: <000001c94ad1$b25a4350$170ec9f0$@org> Dear LIS members, I wonder if you are using in your college the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system to classify the books, journals, and related resources. If yes, I would be grateful to you if you do provide me with detailed in depth subdivisions and/or subclasses of the main DDC classes/numbers. Thank you in anticipation Kamal Hindawi ICARDA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081120/8964176e/attachment-0001.html From anu at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Thu Nov 20 11:45:15 2008 From: anu at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (K.T Anuradha) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:45:15 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop on Library Automation Packages from Jan 5-9 '09 @ NCSI Message-ID: Dear Professional, A five day Workshop on Integrated Library Automation Packages (ILAP): Basics of KOHA and NewGenLib is organised at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from January 5th to 9th, covering installation on Windows XP and Linux (Ubuntu) and basics of Staff-Client and OPAC modules in KOHA and NewGenLib. The workshop is carried out as part of IDRC sponsored project on ILAP (http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in). This is the first workshop in a series of workshops organised through this project sharing our experience with open source ILAP. Topics covered: Ubuntu: An overview; Basics of MARC and use of MARC Edit; Library Automation Software: Past, Present and the Future; Installation of KOHA and NewGenLib on Ubuntu and Windows XP; Overview of Staff-Client module and OPAC in KOHA and NewGenLib. The workshop is conducted with theory followed by lab sessions. Workshop CD containing all the presentation slides, lab exercises and installable software will be provided to the participants. Date: 5th to 9th January, 2009 Registration Details: Rs. 4,000 registration fee is charged. A DD has to be drawn in favour of 'The Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore' and posted to 'Anuradha.K.T, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012'. Working lunch and tea will be provided during the workshop dates. Participants have to take care of their travel, board and lodging. On request accommodation for participants during the dates 5th to 9th January 2009 will be provided at the 'Hoysala House' hostel of IISc. Maximum of 20 participants will be taken for the workshop on first come first serve basis. To register for the workshop kindly send a mail to workshop at dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Venue: Internet School, Opposite to NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Last date for Registration: 15th December 2008 Workshop Coordinator: Ms. Anuradha.K.T. National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012 anu at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in For more details visit http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop From tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in Thu Nov 20 14:52:01 2008 From: tshahab at jamiahamdard.ac.in (T. Shahab) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:52:01 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Query about content management! Message-ID: <85440C2C606CA34080106629C537260830C6BE@mail3.jamiahamdard.ac.in> Dear Moderator, Would some professional colleagues like to share with me their practical experience (particularly, the work flow process) about content management in any subject, say Biotechnology or Medicine, please? Thanks TANWIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081120/9547845f/attachment-0001.html From apurbajyoti at gmail.com Thu Nov 20 15:51:06 2008 From: apurbajyoti at gmail.com (Apurba Jyoti Majumder) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Ph D in Gauhati University Message-ID: Dear Professionals, Gauhati University has given advertisement for Ph D programme. This year for the first time Admission test will be taken. You have to apply to the respective departments in Plain paper along with biodata and Rs. 100 Published in The Assam Tribune, 16th Nov. You can send me a mail for the copy of the adv. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081120/f0cf0434/attachment-0001.html From raajchd at gmail.com Thu Nov 20 17:47:10 2008 From: raajchd at gmail.com (Raj K Bhardwaj) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:17:10 +0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] EU Online Digital library Message-ID: <3545e0380811200417k2064475cjf6e904d146c03857@mail.gmail.com> Europian Union launched its online Digital library , an online digest of European's Culture heritage. In a first attempt a few thousand works from france , Hungry, and Portugal, were put online in March 2007 by France National Libary, which has its own Digital sectionGallica, Launched in 1996. Its project aim to operate in 21 languages. Read detailed article in Hindu 20 Nov. page 24 http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/index.html with regards Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library High Court of Punjab and Haryana Chandigarh -- http://raajchd.googlepages.com/home -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081120/4660197a/attachment.html From vjkjk at yahoo.com Thu Nov 20 21:11:13 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:41:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Call for Presentation Proposals on "Digitization in the Developing World" for American Library Association Annual Conference 2009 Message-ID: <661493.41595.qm@web54601.mail.re2.yahoo.com> -----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Solis [mailto:jsolis at email.unc.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:26 AM Subject: [alaworld] Call for Presentation Proposals on "Digitization in the Developing World" for American Library Association Annual Conference 2009 Call for Presentation Proposals "Digitization in the Developing World" American Library Association International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference American Library Association Annual Conference July 10, 2009 Digitization has become important in worldwide efforts to preserve, manage, and provide access to cultural heritage and scholarly information. However, digitization efforts require significant financial investments in infrastructure and technology as well as in human resources for project management. This pre-conference session will look at issues, successes, and challenges for digitization projects in developing countries. The organizing committee invites proposals for presentations at the International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference session held during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on topics that address the following questions, or other relevant topics: ? How are developing countries overcoming challenges and moving forward with digitization projects? ? Which collections are being chosen for digitization? ? What are considerations in selecting material for digitization? ? How are digital collections being presented and organized? ? How are potential partners/funding agencies being identified? ? Success stories Submission guidelines: If interested, please submit an abstract (300 words maximum) by 31 December 2008, to Jacqueline Solis, Co-chair of the International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference, at jsolis at email.unc.edu. Travel and expenses: The committee is able to cover the cost of the pre-conference registration for accepted presenters, but we are not able to pay for travel costs, accommodations, or registration for the ALA Conference. -- Jacqueline Solis Humanities Reference and Instruction Librarian University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Davis Library, Campus Box 3922 Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 Phone: +1 919 962 1151 | Fax: +1 919 962 5537 --------------------- Message forwarded by Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR Associate Director of Library Services American University of Antigua PB W-1451, St. Johns Antigua, West Indies www.auamed.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From rvsn1234 at hotmail.com Fri Nov 21 08:51:14 2008 From: rvsn1234 at hotmail.com (Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:21:14 +0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS Education Message-ID: Dear Professional friends, How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? Please offer your suggestions that are more practical for implementation. Varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://in.msn.com/coxandkings -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Managing the WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK), including key library services and its financial and human resources, with appropriate work plans, monitoring and performance measurement and improvement. 2. Providing leadership, policy guidance, strategic advice and support to WHO Library systems worldwide, and brokering collaborative relationships and seamless information systems between HQ clusters, Regional Offices and WHO country offices. 3. Building and managing dynamic networks and platforms, such as the Global Health Library and Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), to foster universal access the world of health information in member states, working with public and private partners to set agendas in access to knowledge and develop appropriate policy frameworks, local capacity and systems, and innovative mechanisms for technical assistance to countries in need. 4. Providing an intelligence function on critical current and emerging issues and technologies on access to knowledge for WHO, and optimizing expertise and networks for information management in support of WHO's work as a global knowledge-based Organization. 5. Participating in the development of the Department's strategic planning and management and representing the Organization at interagency, international and national meetings. Kind regards Tomas ALLEN Tomasallen_who at hotmail.com Or alternatively allent at who.int _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Radhakrishna Lecture Hall Time:11.00 AM Dept. of Library & Information Science Sneha Bhavan building Jnanabharathi Campus Bangalore ALL ARE WELCOME Dr. Lalitha Ashwath Professor & Chairman Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University, Bangalore From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 21 11:45:59 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:45:59 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] For Indian Libraries only Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:37:13 -0800 (PST) From: Ceser Res *******Apologies for cross-postings******* ? Special Package Offer to the Indian Libraries http://ceser.res.in/ijamas/ams-jour.html ? Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce special subscription fee offer to the Indian Libraries as ?Annual Subscriptions Packages-Year 2009? of followings journals. (http://ceser.res.in/ijamas/ams-jour.html) ? A. Annual Subscriptions Fee Package- One Special Offer Fee: ?Rs. 50,000 (Actual Fee = Rs. 117600 [US$ 2450] Discount 57%) 1.????? International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics [Print issue] 2.????? International Journal of Tomography & Statistics [Print issue] 3.????? International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) [Online issue] 4.????? Bulletin of Statistics & Economics (BSE) [Online issue] 5.????? International Journal of Mathematics and Computation (IJMC) [Online issue] ? B. Annual Subscriptions Package- Two Special Offer Fee:? Rs. 50,000 (Actual Fee = Rs. 117600 [US$ 2450] Discount 57%) International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics [Print issue] International Journal of Ecology & Development ?[Print issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics [Online issue] International Journal of Imaging (IGI) [Online issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Computation (IJMC) [Online issue] ? C. Annual Subscriptions Package- Both Special Offer Fee:? Rs. 80,000 (Actual Fee = Rs. 223200 [US$ 4650] Discount 64%) International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics [Print issue] International Journal of Tomography & Statistics ?[Print issue] International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) [Online issue] Bulletin of Statistics & Economics (BSE) [Online issue] International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics ?[Print issue] International Journal of Ecology & Development ?[Print issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics [Online issue] International Journal of Imaging (IGI) [Online issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Computation (IJMC) [Online issue] ? The above Special Package Offer (Year 2009) is only for Indian Libraries as end users and valid with direct orders only (without subscription agent). ? You may order a subscription at: subsc at ceser.res.in; ceser_info at yahoo.com, eic.ijees at yahoo.com; eic.ijed at yahoo.com ? Please visit for journals at:? http://ceser.res.in/ijamas/ams-jour.html ? Further enquiries: subsc at ceser.res.in; ceser_info at yahoo.com; eic.ijees at yahoo.com; eic.ijed at yahoo.com From rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in Fri Nov 21 12:58:55 2008 From: rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in (Rajesh Chandrakar) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:58:55 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content Message-ID: <2FD91E47772F4B1792F5A8C1779F8420@RAJESH> Dear Moderator Kindly announce the following National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content With best regards, Rajesh Chandrakar National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content: Bridging the Digital Divide Jointly organized by CEC, New Delhi and INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 29th to 30th January 2009. For more details kindly follow the link: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/seminar/. Background Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and the Information Library Network (INFLIBNET) the two Inter-University Centres (IUC's) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) were set up with common facilities as IUC's equipped with infrastructure for research and academic activity in the universities of higher education in the country considering the fact that heavy investment on infrastructure and other cost-intensive central facilities may be beyond the reach of individual institutions. CEC and the INFLIBNET Centre of UGC provide information support for education and research in colleges and universities through their services and facilities. While CEC concentrates on creation and dissemination of multimedia-based learning resources, the INFLIBNET specialises in textual-based information retrieval services through its union databases and by facilitating access to full-text and bibliographic e-resources through consortium arrangements. Both the organizations make intensive use of Internet, Web and other communication technology to develop and disseminate their services. While both the institutions work primarily for the same goal, albeit separately, there is a lot of scope for the them to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate in the process of creation, development and dissemination their resources and services. The Internet and Web technology offer virtual environment that facilitate collaboration, hitherto, not possible in the traditional communication system. There is, therefore, an opportunity to examine and evaluate the activities, services and functionalities of the two institutions, identify gaps in resources, services and infrastructure and flag potential areas of coordination and collaboration. The two organizations may also redefine their roles in changing scenario and identify modalities to work in tandem with inputs from their users and experts in Media, Communication and Library Information Science Theme and Sub-theme of the Seminar Multi-media Content Development and Management a.. E-content creation and building learning objects repositories. b.. Information retrieval techniques for non-textual media c.. Multimedia formats and standards d.. Virtual learning environment Multi-media Communication: Tools and Techniques a.. EDUSAT network for dissemination of knowledge b.. Podcasting, Vodcasting and Webcasting Digital preservation a.. Digital preservation strategies and its challenges b.. Digital preservation of metadata Metadata Creation and Management a.. Metadata standards for textual and multimedia content b.. Learning Objects Metadata Standards Open Access and Open Source Software a.. Institutional Repositories (IRs) b.. Open Access (OA) initiatives in India c.. Interoperability: Standards and Tools d.. Open source software Library Consortia and IPR in Digital World a.. Library consortia: Economics and impact on research output b.. IPR in digital environment Target Audience The seminar is essentially targeted to the academic community in the universities and colleges. Individuals concerned with application of ICTs in libraries, media centres, virtual learning, online courseware development and dissemination would also benefit from the seminar. The existing users of media services from CEC / EMMRC's and INFLIBNET will also participate. Registration Last Date for Registration : January 15, 2009 Registration fee : Rs. 2,000.00 per participant The amount for registration fee may be paid either by Demand Draft / Multi-City cheque in favour of "Director, CEC, New Delhi" payable at New Delhi. The payment may be sent on the address given overleaf along with the Registration Form. Registration will be confirmed only if the form is duly completed. Registration fee is non-refundable. Registration fee does not include accommodation. Contact us for Registration/Enquires Seminar Secretariat Chief Administrative Officer / Organising Secretary Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), IUAC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067 Phone: 011-26890264, 011-26122605, 011- 26897418, 26897419 Fax: 011-26897416 Website: http://www.cec-ugc.org . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh at inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar at gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081121/0dce4850/attachment.html From shekarhp at gmail.com Fri Nov 21 12:59:01 2008 From: shekarhp at gmail.com (Shekar H P) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:59:01 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Vacancies in IBS Library Message-ID: <689f12250811202329m1b1e8696p1328ed4fa0740646@mail.gmail.com> Dear Moderator, Kindly circulate this information in LIS Forum Dear Professionals, We have openings for the position of "Library Assistants" in IBS Bangalore. Those who are interested in the above mentioned position and willing to work, may contact the Librarian at the below mentioned number between 10 am to 6 pm (Monday to Saturday) or forward your updated resume addressed to the Director, IBS Bangalore through e-mail ID given below. Position Vacant: Library Assistants - 2 Educational Qualification: Any Graduate or Post Graduate with B.L.I.Sc / M.L.I.Sc or equalent degree from a recognized University with Good Communication Skills and Computer Knowledge Experience required: Min 1+ years Salary: Pay scale + CPF+ allowances as per IBS norms Job location: Bangalore Last Date: 26.11.2008 Contact E-mail: bnglib at ibsindia.org OR shekarhp at gmail.com Ph: 080-26860100 Extn.133 Web site: www.ibsindia.org -- SHEKAR.H.P. M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil.,B.Ed.,PGDHRM., Librarian, IBS Bangalore #19 / 3, Nr.Metro, Kanakapura Road Bangalore-560 062 Ph:080-26860100, 9945799927 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 21 14:48:02 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:48:02 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Workshop on Library2.0 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:36:25 +0530 (IST) From: Mrs Nishtha Anilkumar Dear Colleagues, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad is organising a national workshop on "Library2.0 : A Global Information Hub, on 5 - 6 February 2009. This workshop would help in familiarizing oneself with the following contemporary concepts and applying them in the libraries so as to move towards user driven information scenario : Understanding Web 2.0 Interoperability standards and Protocols Network & RFID Technologies Open Source Technologies More information about the workshop will be available from the workshop webpage under the PRL Library website (http://www.prl.res.in/~library) Kindly note that registration is limited to 80 participants. If you or your staff members are interested in attending the workshop, please pre-register (online) and submit your payment at the earliest to secure a place. Thank you. With regards Nishtha A Nishtha Anilkumar Librarian SD Phone : 079-2631-4167 Physical Research Laboratory Fax : 079-2631-4911 Off Gujarat University Road email : nishtha at prl.res.in Navrangpura URL : www.prl.res.in/~library Ahmedabad - 380 009 From ashajayraj2006 at gmail.com Fri Nov 21 14:52:06 2008 From: ashajayraj2006 at gmail.com (Jayanthi Rajkumar Kumbhar) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:52:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] net/ set exam Message-ID: I am Jayanthi Vishwanath worked as Librarian in MBA college Pune. I have already given 3-4 times NET exam and one time SET exam, but iam not cleared the exam. So. I want ask you that can i get the question paper set of NET/SET exam & can given the instructions regarding how to study for clearing the exam. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081121/a6423150/attachment-0001.html From dinesh.ncet at gmail.com Fri Nov 21 15:24:02 2008 From: dinesh.ncet at gmail.com (DINESH SIDDAIAH) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:54:02 +0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reading books, the new way - Times of India Message-ID: <62c911520811210154x40132145k618cd7f395b88d34@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends An article on Reading books, the new way is appeared in the times of India, Times City on Bangalore edition on 21st November 2008. some of the highlights are *When stodk markets in the US were hitting new lows, the Chicago Public Library had a sunny detail to record. * The reading habit is far from dying in the city. Lending libraries are diversifying to adapt to modern readers' needs and intersts, *Small lending libraries losingout because stacking a quality collection of books a high-investment proposition, Dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081121/e719f11f/attachment.html From srels at dataone.in Fri Nov 21 15:24:51 2008 From: srels at dataone.in (SRELS) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:24:51 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lecture invitation Message-ID: Dear Moderator: Kindly announce the following lecture invitation to the benefit of Lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS ******** The Board of Trustees of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore Cordially invites you to the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (27)(2008) on GROWTH OF LITERATURE AND MEASURES OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY: SCIENTOMETRIC MODELS by Dr. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Professor and Head, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore on 18, 19 and 20th December 2008 at 6.00 p.m. each day at SRELS, 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Prof. N. Mukunda Professor (Retired), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Editor, Publications, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore inaugurates RSVP: K.N. Prasad - Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels at dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081121/3b195458/attachment.html From aditya.tripath at gmail.com Fri Nov 21 17:20:06 2008 From: aditya.tripath at gmail.com (Aditya Tripathi) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:20:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corrigendum : National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS) 16th - 17th January, 2009 Message-ID: Dear All, This is regarding correction in the 'Call for Papers' section of the brochure of 'National Seminar On Open Source Library Solutions (OSLS)' 16th - 17th January, 2009 The last date for the submission of full texts of paper(s) should be read as 20.12.2008 Our apologies for the inconvenience caused. Call for Papers Full texts paper(s) in English (in A4 size, double space, not more than 10 pages) should be sent to the Organising Secretary, Deptt. of Library and Information Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005. adityatripathi at hotmail.com aditya at bhu.ac.in Last date for submission of full texts of paper(s) is 20.12.2008 . -- Dr. Aditya Tripathi Lecturer Department of Library & Information Science Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Contribute to DRTC LIS Open Digital Library https://drtc.isibang.ac.in 2. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081121/9ebf0d67/attachment.html From shivu70 at gmail.com Sun Nov 23 15:12:05 2008 From: shivu70 at gmail.com (shivakumar shiva) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:42:05 -0800 Subject: [LIS-Forum] "Get an edge realize your dream" Message-ID: <23ef137d0811230142l6e2fd0e4r8a26e56dee9b0a1c@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, The 5th talk of the 'Friday Talk' series of MULISSA (Mysore University Library and Information Science Students Association) was held at the First year Lecture hall of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on Friday, 21st Nov. 2008. This week's topic of discussion was 'Get on edge to realize your dream'. Mr. Prashanth Kumar, Managing Director of EDGE (Enhancing Individual Growth and Excellence), Mysore, gave an interactive presentation on how to realize our dreams. He began by defining the word 'success', which means many things to many people. Intent, effort and God's grace are three ingredients for success. He emphasized certain issues such as - Why some people are not successful. - The art of dream conversion being a structured process. - Handling fear - Dealing with criticism He ended with the quote 'Dreams can come true, if you make them come true'. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar presided over the function, welcomed and introduced the guest, Faculty, Research Scholars and students were present on the occasion. -- *Shivakumar H.R.* * II year MLISc * *Manasagangothri * *University of Mysore Mysore.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081123/57691123/attachment.html From vjkjk at yahoo.com Sun Nov 23 21:55:30 2008 From: vjkjk at yahoo.com (J. K. Vijayakumar) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:25:30 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program -2010 Message-ID: <276269.66920.qm@web54605.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Introduction This program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and OCLC, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. Program overview On an annual basis, up to six individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected for participation in this intensive five-week Fellowship program. Four weeks are based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA; one week is based at OCLC in Leiden, Netherlands. The program gives Fellows opportunities to meet with leading information practitioners, visit libraries, and explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit selected North American and European libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe OCLC's governance structure in action, gaining insight into issues affecting the global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries, meet leading information professionals and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. Application deadline 06 March 2009 Selection April - July 2009 Award announcement August 2009 Program dates April - May 2010 (exact dates to be determined) Full Details are available at http://www.oclc.org/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/default.htm Best wishes for all applicants; Posted by -- -- -- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR IFLA-OCLC Fellow - 2001 Associate Director of Library Services American University of Antigua PB W-1451, St. Johns Antigua, West Indies www.auamed.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From ram.mlib at gmail.com Mon Nov 24 12:03:06 2008 From: ram.mlib at gmail.com (shriram pandey) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:03:06 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS Education Message-ID: Dear Madam, There are various approaches that can be adopted by LIS departments and some specialized organizations to prepare corporate librarians. In order to fulfill this requirement, first we have to see that whats are the necessary qualifications and experience needed for a corporate librarians.Most of the corporate libraries are fully automated and use latest technologies to provide best quality based services to their patrons. This includes content management, Community portal development for social networking, CAS services through blogs and through some others web 2.0 technology like wikies. Knowledge Management is also more associated with this and many libraries are now proactively providing "Knowledge Management services". Some of the leading organizations that have already started some specialized programs for LIS professionals include NCSI, Indian Institute of Science, which is providing specialised training in information and Knowledge Management(IKM). This training programme is now being continued as LIM (Library and information management) in collaboration with JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc. ADIS course (Now MS-Library and information science), ISI , Bangalore has also the latest curriculum and infrastructure to prepare corporate librarians. Library and information Science departments can take reference from curriculum of these organizations and can develop their curriculum based on that. There are several other issues that LIS departments should have to care of like Specialized staff , Infrastructure etc. Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) NCSI, IISC, Bangalore-560012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From kanade at ces.iisc.ernet.in Mon Nov 24 13:07:11 2008 From: kanade at ces.iisc.ernet.in (YASHWANT G KANADE) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:07:11 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Neem extract for preservation Message-ID: <2494.10.132.20.11.1227512231.squirrel@ces.iisc.ernet.in> Dear Members, Could any one please suggest us how neem extract can be used to control the worm attacked to books? Please give the details of the company who does this services? -- YASHWANT G KANADE SGO/Librarian Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science BANGALORE - 560012, Karnataka, INDIA kanade at ces.iisc.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner @CES, and is believed to be clean. From sangs at delnet.ren.nic.in Mon Nov 24 14:45:18 2008 From: sangs at delnet.ren.nic.in (Sangeeta Kaul) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:18 +0000 (WET) Subject: [LIS-Forum] DELNET Annual Lecture by Mr Stephen Abram, President, SLA, USA on, November 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm at IIC Message-ID: Dear Sir/Madam We request you to kindly join us for the DELNET Annual Lecture. Please confirm your kind presence. Thanking you Yours faithfully Sangeeta Kaul ============================================================================= DELNET cordially invites you to the DELNET Annual Lecture on Libraries and the Global Technology Forecast by Stephen Abram President, Special Libraries Association (SLA) U.S.A Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix Corporation on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6-30 p.m. at India International Centre (Conference Room II) 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003 N. Ravi Shankar Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India has kindly agreed to preside. Tea : 6 p.m. RSVP : 26742222 Stephen Abram is President, Special Libraries Association (SLA), U.S.A. He was President 2004-2005 of the Canadian Library Association, President 2002 of the Ontario Library Association and has served twice on the SLA international board of directors, in addition to the Toronto Chapter, CASLIS and SLA as LMD. He is currently also Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix where he helps predict the future of libraries, technology and user behavior. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher Electronic Information for Thomson. He has run libraries for Suncor, Coopers & Lybrand, Smith Lyons Torrance Stevenson and Mayer and The Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as a "Mover and Shaker", one of the key people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA's John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He is an adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies. Stephen gives well over 50 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences and articles and columns for, among others, Information Outlook, Feliciter, Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, and Library Journal. Recently he has enjoyed a few radio and television appearances promoting libraries. _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs at delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003 at yahoo.co.in, sangskaul at gmail.com Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From rajankila at hotmail.com Mon Nov 24 17:09:58 2008 From: rajankila at hotmail.com (Rajan) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:09:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Building Malayalam documents with Greenstone Message-ID: Dear All, Recent trials on Greenstone 2.81 revealed that Malayalam full text documents (word, pdf etc) containing Unicode fonts can be built up into digital library collections with browsing classifiers and word search in Malayalam. Greenstone emerges, probably, as the only digital library software with capability to have full text search in Malayalam. The experimentation was surprising to many of us, in spite of NCSI team, who worked on this aspect earlier, had told us about this possibility much earlier. The complexity of Malayalam language and the long delay in standardizing the keyboard made many of us believe that it would be a difficult task to handle Malayalam text. Now Malayalam search is a reality in Greenstone. This indicates that Greenstone has a larger scope from now onwards in local language computing and digitization. Malayalam OCR is still under development and may not expect to have more than 80 percent accuracy in the beginning, according to the development team. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/818131d9/attachment-0001.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Mon Nov 24 20:39:53 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:39:53 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Lecture on Use pattern of e-Resource Databases in Modern Libraries at NISCAIR, New Delhi on 28-11-2008 Message-ID: <38996.48032.qm@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear All, ? You are coordially invited for the lecture on "Use pattern of e-Resource Databases in Modern Digital Libraries" by Dr. Dirk Fernholz on 28th November 2008 at NISCAIR as per the details given below: ? Speaker Dirk Fernholz Sr. e- Product Manger, Springer, Heidelberg. ? Topic Use pattern of e-Resource Databases in Modern Digital Libraries ? Venue Seminar Hall, NISCAIR, 14 Satsang Vihar Marg, New Delhi -110 067, India ? Date & Time 28 November 2008. 14:30hrs-16.30hrs ? Programme 14.30 Hrs.? ?Welcome by Mr. S K Rastogi, Director, NISCAIR 14.35 Hrs.???Opening Remarks 15.00 Hrs. ?Mr. Dirk Fernholz 16.30 Hrs. ?Closing remarks - Mr. Prakash Chand ? Regards ? Prakash Chand National Science Library NISCAIR, New Delhi-110 067, India ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/f90e0c2a/attachment-0001.html From akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in Mon Nov 24 23:14:20 2008 From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:14:20 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Registration Open for IASLIC Seminar 10-13 December, 2008 at BI Message-ID: <20081124174420.M39427@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Moderator Kindly circulate this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRE (IASLIC), KOLKATA 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC at Bose Institute, during 10-13 December,2008 Dear All We have the honour to submit that Bose Institute, as a part of year long programme in commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary Founder Sir J. C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute, is organizing and hosting the 23rd National Seminar of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre (IASLIC) during 10-13, December 2008. The Seminar will be inaugurated on Wednesday 10th December, 2008 at 4.30 P.M. SIG Meetings will be at 10.00 A.M. on 10th December, 2008. All of your presence would benefit all the library professionals in India and globe. Please register yourself and also depute at least two persons from Library or LIS Department. Some of the objectives of the Seminar are to bring together special library professionals to a common platform, to promote special libraries, and facilitate the exchange of ideas and help to bridge the knowledge gap amongst the professionals associated with special libraries and to develop the professional competent. This seminar is expected to attract more than 500 participants from India and abroad. Registrations are open. You are invited to attend the same. For details please visit: http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar.html/workshop.html, or http://www.iaslic1955.org/organ.htm, Dates to Remember Last Date for Registration : 30th November 2008 Cancellation of Registration (for any un-avoidable circumstances) before 7th December, 2008 ---- 80% Registration Fees and accommodation charges (if any) will be refunded after deduction of Paper Publication charges (for authors, if any) Registration Fees : http://www.iaslic1955.org/fee.htm Register Online : http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/lib_form.htm PANEL of SPEAKERS --- For Panel Discussions --- from India and abroad Payment Details : The payment should be sent through local cheque/ demand draft to be made in favour of "NS-IASLIC-BI-2008? and payable at Kolkata. The filled-in registration forms and the payment should be sent to the Bose Institute address (http://www.iaslic1955.org/regd.pdf). For further information, please contact: Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty Organizing Secretary 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC Bose Institute P-1/12 CIT Scheme ?VII-M, Kankurgachi, Kolakta 700 054 INDIA Ph. 91-33-25693268/ 3270 Fax: 91-33-23553886 Cell: 09433323424 Email: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in, c_arunK at hotmail.com, iaslic at vsnl.net Seminar updates : http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/, www.iaslic1955.org Dated : 27th October, 2008 (Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty) Hony. General Secretary DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in Mon Nov 24 23:19:29 2008 From: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:19:29 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] i-Quiz 2008 Contest : Part of 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC In-Reply-To: <20081121190429.M30969@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> References: <8F7D1676978F4547A2A3E9594D59152FF717763435@tog10a.greenfield.tog> <20081121190429.M30969@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Message-ID: <20081124174929.M10210@bic.boseinst.ernet.in> Dear Moderator Pl. circulate this. Dear LIS students and professionals, Subject : i-Quiz 2008 Contest : Part of 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008 at BI, Kolkata) Important Dates : Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 28th November, 2008 and the Grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in the Bose Institute, Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Register Before : 2nd December, 2008 ___________________________________________________________________________ Informatics is happy to announce the return of Q-Times. Yes, We are back with our popular quiz contest !!!!! We bring the "i-Quiz 2008" to tease your brains and let you win prizes ...... i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 28th November, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz begins on November 21 and closes on 27th, at www.i- quiz.in Please note - you have just 7 days to register for the event. The last date for registration is November 27, 2008. Top 6 scorers in the Online Quiz will be called for the Final Round on December 11,2008 in Kolkata, during IASLIC 2008. CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Register yourself for the Seminar before 30th November, 2008, after that it may not be possible for us to Register any particpants. http://bic.boseinst.ernet.in/seminar/workshop/library/ Contact : Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA PH: 91-33-2350 2402/03, FAX: 91-33-2350-6790 Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc at bic.boseinst.ernet.in (Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From gooche_1981 at yahoo.co.in Mon Nov 24 12:12:07 2008 From: gooche_1981 at yahoo.co.in (vasanth raj) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:12:07 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? Message-ID: <246216.69167.qm@web95301.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? ?I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. ?Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work.? It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. ?Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today?s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). ? Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. ? Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists? likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one.? Coming back to the topic ? LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century.? Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. ? Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/a2dade01/attachment.html From ojwini at yahoo.co.in Mon Nov 24 16:09:03 2008 From: ojwini at yahoo.co.in (o u) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:09:03 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fw: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work Message-ID: <336897.9567.qm@web7901.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear Sir, Please try to include the following message in LIS- FORUM mailing for the information of professionals in this region. Thanks --- On Mon, 24/11/08, o u wrote: From: o u Subject: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work To: lis-forum-owner at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: "Ojas Upasani" Date: Monday, 24 November, 2008, 4:03 PM Please publish this request on LIS-FORUM Thanx Ojaswini Upasani ? Hello Professionals, ? I am a research (Doctorate level) student at Library and Information Sciences faculty of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU, Nashik) under the guidance of Dr. D.N. Phadke of IIT Mumbai.?I need?your cooperation in my research project, entitled: Study of migration of Library Management Systems (LMS) in Western regional Indian libraries.?This survey is designed to depict a regional picture of the library software / system migration in India . ? A questionnaire, to seek data about the migration aspects of LMS pertaining to your library is enclosed herewith. The information sought from you will not only help me to investigate the problem in detail but the process ?will also? help in identifying problems in migration of? LMS and solving them with standardization and troubleshooting. I would like to assure you that the data will be used only for the academic purpose and will be treated as ?Strictly Confidential?. ? I need to know if any library other than the western region has migration experience which they are willing to share with the professionals. If you let me know your name and address, I will contact you for the details of the same. If you wish to?reply my?questionnarie for Librarians, the same is available on my blog http://ojas-lms.blogspot.com. ? Similarly, Questionnarie for Vendors is preapred separately to understand the type of features of LMS and type of services provided by the vendors. ? Hope to get you kind?support & co-operation. ? Complete address: ? Mrs. Ojaswini Subodh Upasani A-202, Chandravel Co-op. Housing Society Katrap D.P. Road, Badlapur (East) Dist. Thane. Pin code ? 420 503 Mobile: 9324962146 E-mail id : ojaswini.upasani at gmail.com Blog: http://ojas-lms.blogspot.com ? ? Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourname at rocketmail.com. Sign up now! Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/fd084a97/attachment.html From ajaysharma.lib at gmail.com Tue Nov 25 11:24:46 2008 From: ajaysharma.lib at gmail.com (Ajay Kum Sharma) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:24:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts has been released by DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India Message-ID: <50ee88430811242154n2d0126b7u9de27cf07b94cf8@mail.gmail.com> Dear Library and Information Professionals, It is very good news for us that DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India has released a complete set of free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts for linking the people through Indian Language Technology in association with the Technology Development for Indian Languages Programme & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) at Tirupati on November 25, 2008 to bring about a language computing technology revolution in the country. For Your free software CDs, Kindly register at: http:www.ildc.in OR http:www.ildc.gov.in (for download) Sources: Times of India, Kolkata dated November 25, 2008 Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Email: ajaysharma.lib at visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From abdulnazar75 at yahoo.com Tue Nov 25 12:33:28 2008 From: abdulnazar75 at yahoo.com (Abdunnasar. A) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:03:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Libraian-cum-Documentation Assistant vacancy in Sree Chitra Trivadnrum Message-ID: <585990.49444.qm@web35404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram has invited application for the post of Librarian-cum-Documentation Assistant. For details please visit : http://www.sctimst.ac.in/whatsnew/indexjob.htm Regards Abdunnasar. A CESS, Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/379c4025/attachment-0001.html From kunwr.air at gmail.com Tue Nov 25 14:46:21 2008 From: kunwr.air at gmail.com (kunwar.air air) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:46:21 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Research Methodology and Techniques Message-ID: <78ced92c0811250116r17d3f4b7k11e0d68d339d3ff6@mail.gmail.com> Dear LIS Professionals RESEARCH SCHOLARS, 25.11.08 Sub: Research Methodology and Techniques --- Arrangement of apecial Lecture by Dr.Rajendran, Prof. of Management, Anna University -- Request for participation and getting benefit -- Reg. *********** This is to inform my Ph.D. Research scholars that a Special lecfture on"Research Methodology and Techniques" has been arranged at Anna University Library. All are requested to participate and get benefit with regard to their Ph.D. Project. PL. BRING A COPY OF YOUR Ph.D. PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE IF AVAILABLE. Also bring a scribbling pad. You can interact with the resource person and get clarified. Each Scholar is requested to contribute Rs. 100 towards Honorarium for the Resource person and lunch for everyone. Hence you are requested to convey your willingness to attend the above said programme through mail within 2 days . Ph.D.Research Scholars l are requested to attend the Programme without fail. Topic : Research Methodology and Techniques Name of the Resource Person : Dr. Rajendran, Prof. of Management, Anna University. Date of the Programme : 30.11.08 (Sunday) Time : 9 a.m. Venue : Seminar Hall, Anna University Library Regard:- K. S. Rawat Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600036 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From naglaxman at yahoo.com Tue Nov 25 16:53:44 2008 From: naglaxman at yahoo.com (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:23:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? In-Reply-To: <246216.69167.qm@web95301.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <40722.19859.qm@web65706.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> helo this is tricky question posed by one of our participants. one has to remember tht the knowledge and subject is same , except moulding the same to the needs of the organisation. the environment (including procedures, methods, activities, and overall work environment) makes lot of diff in making one has to work. They r time and communications conscious. their work is being calculated, assessed and evaluated. the timely delivary is imp. these things are very imp in corporate sector. ? In osmania university, we hav more than 50% of the members of board of studies (which designs the syllabus) are working library professionals from corporate sector representing diff? types of orgns. we invite them to deliver lectures. their sugestions and interactions help us to know wht they wnt and they help us to design the curriculum to suit to their needs. ? Our products go to these institutions for internship[ for two months after the final exams, which is helping them to understand real situation. ? but let me say finally tht for few weeks every one and any one? (whn a senior is relocated)has to learn the things practiced by the organisations. ? thanks prof. laxman rao osmania university --- On Mon, 24/11/08, vasanth raj wrote: From: vasanth raj Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Monday, 24 November, 2008, 12:12 PM Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? ?I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. ?Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work.? It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. ?Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today?s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). ? Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. ? Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists? likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one.? Coming back to the topic ? LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century.? Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. ? Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081125/7d843f17/attachment.html From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Tue Nov 25 17:33:18 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:33:18 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] International Essay Competition 2009 & Prize in Higher Education Policy Research Message-ID: <613554.75037.qm@web95407.mail.in2.yahoo.com> IAU/Palgrave Prize in Higher Education Policy Research The theme of the 2009 edition of the Prize is "Equitable Access, Success and Quality - three essential ingredients or three mutually exclusive concepts for higher education development?" The IAU/Palgrave Prize, valued at ?1,000, is awarded to the most outstanding essay received from a researcher/scholar working in an IAU Member institution/organization. Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2009 More Details: http://www.unesco.org/iau/pdf/2009_Prize.pdf?OR http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2008/11/international-essay-competition-2009.html? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081125/5093f2e5/attachment.html From amit at informindia.co.in Wed Nov 26 11:48:54 2008 From: amit at informindia.co.in (AmitVerma) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:48:54 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] i-Quiz - Last 2 days to register Message-ID: Who is the Father of Citation Analysis? a) Sir Garfield Sobers b) Dr. Eugene Clark c) Dr. Eugene Garfield If you can answer this then register yourself for iQUIZ 2008....win CASH Prize & Other Awards i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 28th November, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz are on until 27 Nov. '08, at www.i-quiz.in CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India Limited Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/c3da4493/attachment-0001.html From apurbajyoti at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 11:53:35 2008 From: apurbajyoti at gmail.com (Apurba Jyoti Majumder) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:53:35 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Ph D in Gauhati University. Message-ID: Dear Professionals, *The date of Ph D admission test for LIS is declared.* *the test will be held on 18-12-2008 at the Department itself.* *Last date of apply is 02-12-2008* *Apply in plain paper with a biodata and Rs. 100 to the HOD, DLIS, GU* *No documents required*. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/f5ac2f60/attachment.html From ncsipradhan at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 14:46:23 2008 From: ncsipradhan at gmail.com (Bijay@DRDO) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:46:23 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation, 11-12 Dec. 2008 Message-ID: <87c0c9560811260116u2f659d42o81ff221a08bf5d04@mail.gmail.com> DESIDOC is organizing a two day National Conference on Digitization and Digital Preservation (NCDDP-2008) during 11-12 Dec, 2008. Eminent library management and technology experts will be invited to speak on the important themes and sub themes. If any one is interested to participate in the above mentioned conference kindly register as early as possible. For details regarding the conference visit the web site (http://www.drdo.org/ncddp/ncdp2008.htm). --Regards *********************************************** Bijayananda Pradhan DESIDOC, DRDO Metcalfe House, Delhi-54 ncsipradhan at yahoo.com Ph : 09968251146, 011-23902526/2529 (O) *********************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/45f110c0/attachment.html From vivekyadav.mu at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 15:44:01 2008 From: vivekyadav.mu at gmail.com (vivek yadav) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:44:01 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library jobs in Engineerings college & Schools Message-ID: <2ddc989f0811260214h28d4c727of6bc16b7db9fa004@mail.gmail.com> Dear Professionals, *Jobs in Institute of Engineering Technology & Management Libraries * *1. Post: *LIBRARIAN & ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN In *G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management* (www.glbitm.org) *Experience, Eligibility & Emoluments:* As per UGC/AICTE norms. *Last Date*: Send your resume alongwith two recent passport size photograph and xerox copy of all testimonials with in fifteen days from days from the date of advertisement (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008) to the head HR at the following address mentioning the position applied and area on the top of the envelop. *To the Head HR* * Plot no. 2, Knowledge park-III, Greater Noida-201306* * Ph. no. 0120-2323818, Fax: 2323817* * Email:* glbhrd at gmail.com *2. Post: *LIBRARIAN IN B.S. Anangpuria Educational Institutes, alampur, Ballabgarh-sohna road, Faridabad-121004. Ph.0129-2206750-53, 2206948-50, fax no. 2206752 *Experience, Eligibility: *M.Lib. with at least 55% marks having 3 years relevant exp. in an educational institute. *Last Date: *Interested candidates may send their resume through E-mail (bsaitm at bsact.org ) or plain paper alongwith photocopies of supporting documents at the above address or *camp office:SCF-36 & 37, market part -II,Sector-19, Faridabad-121002 by 11th Dec..2008 * *3.* *Post*: LIBRARIAN & LECTURER (Library Science) in Rajiv Academy for Technology & Management NH# 2, Mathura-Delhi Road P O- Chhatidara, Mathura-281001 (UP) Tel: 0565-2530318 / 348, +919412777999 *E-Mail: career at ratm.org.in * *Qualification, Experience & Pay Scales: *As per AICTE/UGC Norms. candidates having Ph D., M. Phill & UGC-NET qualified will be preferred. Higher salary may be offered to outstanding candidtates. *Last Date:* eligible and willing Candidates may forward their latest resumes with recent photo within 10 days (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008)to the Director. *Job in Schools Library* *1. Post: *LIBRARIAN * Last Date:* Apply within 10 days (Times of india,Delhi, November 26,2008) on prescribed form alongwith recent passport size photo & a demand draft of Rs. 100/- in favour of Delhi Public School, Panipat city payable at panipat. 77 Milestone, G.T. Road, NH-1, Samalkha, Panipat-132101, Haryana, India Ph. 0180-3200025 Website: www.dpspanipatcity.com ** ** ** ** Thanks & Regards Vivek Kumar Yadav Technical Assistant Central Library, Mangalayatan University Beswan, Aligarh-202145 E-Mail: vivekyadav.mu at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/2704deea/attachment.html From ananda.byrappa at ge.com Wed Nov 26 14:30:27 2008 From: ananda.byrappa at ge.com (Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:30:27 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? (vasanth raj) Message-ID: <9CDB55A66218B844AD40E64D04FB3B77057A5329@BANMLVEM05.e2k.ad.ge.com> LIS Schools are thinking about training students for the corporate needs...Is there a big difference between a special library and a corporate library? As many LIS schools offer a specialization in Special Libraries, there may not be a big need for focussing on Corporate Libraries at university level unless ther is a plan for corporate spnoncered/collaboarative effort. Many LIS schools are putting their best efforts in training the students. However, the fact is, there is a big gap in skills we need in the industry and the output we get from the LIS schools. Syllabus is always attractive but often we fail to see the learnings out of it when we interview the students. Many practising LIS professionals know that, we need to teach and train on almost everything to people we recruit. Sometimes, we end up recruiting non LIS people for jobs other than core LIS jobs like classification etc. Majority of the students fail to understand how corporate libraries function. The reasons may be many: - Lack of trained and experienced teachers - Limited/No infrastructure - Lack of cooperation from practicing librarians - Kind of students opting for LIS and - LIS Schools not having enough collaboration with Libraries Its unfortunate that we have this big gap in our profession unlike in other professions - medicine, nursing etc. More open, genuine and collaborative efforts in bridging the gap between theory and practice is required. Teachers and LIS practioners should have more (healthy) debates, discussions and must develop willingness to collaborate for the proposperity of this profession. Regards, Anand 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 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:36 AM To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 68, Issue 21 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Corporate Librarians and special training? (vasanth raj) 2. Fw: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work (o u) 3. Free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts has been released by DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India (Ajay Kum Sharma) 4. Libraian-cum-Documentation Assistant vacancy in Sree Chitra Trivadnrum (Abdunnasar. A) 5. Research Methodology and Techniques (kunwar.air air) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:12:07 +0530 (IST) From: vasanth raj Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <246216.69167.qm at web95301.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? ?I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. ?Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work.? It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. ?Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today?s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). ? Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. ? Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists? likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one.? Coming back to the topic ? LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century.? Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. ? Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/a2dad e01/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:09:03 +0530 (IST) From: o u Subject: [LIS-Forum] Fw: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: Ojas Upasani Message-ID: <336897.9567.qm at web7901.mail.in.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Sir, Please try to include the following message in LIS- FORUM mailing for the information of professionals in this region. Thanks --- On Mon, 24/11/08, o u wrote: From: o u Subject: Request to fill the Questionnaire on Library Management System Survey for research work To: lis-forum-owner at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Cc: "Ojas Upasani" Date: Monday, 24 November, 2008, 4:03 PM Please publish this request on LIS-FORUM Thanx Ojaswini Upasani ? Hello Professionals, ? I am a research (Doctorate level) student at Library and Information Sciences faculty of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU, Nashik) under the guidance of Dr. D.N. Phadke of IIT Mumbai.?I need?your cooperation in my research project, entitled: Study of migration of Library Management Systems (LMS) in Western regional Indian libraries.?This survey is designed to depict a regional picture of the library software / system migration in India . ? A questionnaire, to seek data about the migration aspects of LMS pertaining to your library is enclosed herewith. The information sought from you will not only help me to investigate the problem in detail but the process ?will also? help in identifying problems in migration of? LMS and solving them with standardization and troubleshooting. I would like to assure you that the data will be used only for the academic purpose and will be treated as ?Strictly Confidential?. ? I need to know if any library other than the western region has migration experience which they are willing to share with the professionals. If you let me know your name and address, I will contact you for the details of the same. If you wish to?reply my?questionnarie for Librarians, the same is available on my blog http://ojas-lms.blogspot.com. ? Similarly, Questionnarie for Vendors is preapred separately to understand the type of features of LMS and type of services provided by the vendors. ? Hope to get you kind?support & co-operation. ? Complete address: ? Mrs. Ojaswini Subodh Upasani A-202, Chandravel Co-op. Housing Society Katrap D.P. Road, Badlapur (East) Dist. Thane. Pin code ? 420 503 Mobile: 9324962146 E-mail id : ojaswini.upasani at gmail.com Blog: http://ojas-lms.blogspot.com ? ? Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourname at rocketmail.com. Sign up now! Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. 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URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/fd084 a97/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:24:46 +0530 From: "Ajay Kum Sharma" Subject: [LIS-Forum] Free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts has been released by DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India To: "LIS Forum" Message-ID: <50ee88430811242154n2d0126b7u9de27cf07b94cf8 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Library and Information Professionals, It is very good news for us that DIT, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Govt. of India has released a complete set of free Sanskrit Software Tools and Fonts for linking the people through Indian Language Technology in association with the Technology Development for Indian Languages Programme & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) at Tirupati on November 25, 2008 to bring about a language computing technology revolution in the country. For Your free software CDs, Kindly register at: http:www.ildc.in OR http:www.ildc.gov.in (for download) Sources: Times of India, Kolkata dated November 25, 2008 Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Email: ajaysharma.lib at visva-bharati.ac.in Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:03:28 -0800 (PST) From: "Abdunnasar. A" Subject: [LIS-Forum] Libraian-cum-Documentation Assistant vacancy in Sree Chitra Trivadnrum To: corporatelibrns at yahoogroups.com, nmlis at yahoogroups.com, iatlis at yahoogroups.com, digilib_india at yahoogroups.com, lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, emala at yahoogroups.com, digitalindia at yahoogroups.com, salis_info at yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <585990.49444.qm at web35404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram has invited application for the post of Librarian-cum-Documentation Assistant. For details please visit : http://www.sctimst.ac.in/whatsnew/indexjob.htm Regards Abdunnasar. A CESS, Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081124/379c4 025/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:46:21 +0530 From: "kunwar.air air" Subject: [LIS-Forum] Research Methodology and Techniques To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Message-ID: <78ced92c0811250116r17d3f4b7k11e0d68d339d3ff6 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear LIS Professionals RESEARCH SCHOLARS, 25.11.08 Sub: Research Methodology and Techniques --- Arrangement of apecial Lecture by Dr.Rajendran, Prof. of Management, Anna University -- Request for participation and getting benefit -- Reg. *********** This is to inform my Ph.D. Research scholars that a Special lecfture on"Research Methodology and Techniques" has been arranged at Anna University Library. All are requested to participate and get benefit with regard to their Ph.D. Project. PL. BRING A COPY OF YOUR Ph.D. PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE IF AVAILABLE. Also bring a scribbling pad. You can interact with the resource person and get clarified. Each Scholar is requested to contribute Rs. 100 towards Honorarium for the Resource person and lunch for everyone. Hence you are requested to convey your willingness to attend the above said programme through mail within 2 days . Ph.D.Research Scholars l are requested to attend the Programme without fail. Topic : Research Methodology and Techniques Name of the Resource Person : Dr. Rajendran, Prof. of Management, Anna University. Date of the Programme : 30.11.08 (Sunday) Time : 9 a.m. Venue : Seminar Hall, Anna University Library Regard:- K. S. Rawat Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600036 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 68, Issue 21 ***************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From pawan.jp at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 11:42:58 2008 From: pawan.jp at gmail.com (Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:42:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Refresher Course for L&ISc lecturers, College Librarians etc Message-ID: <6ccc9a720811252212h6e6a069gd99012f3c4b53403@mail.gmail.com> Dear..., I am getting a number of queries about the Refresher Course in L&IS to be held in the University of Rajasthan. In brief I am placing below information for all members. - The Course is meant for Lecturers in LIS, College Librarians, and Assistant Librarians in the university libraries intending to qualify for personal promotion for senior scale or selection scale etc as per UGC guidelines. - The dates: From 05 Jan to 24 Jan 2009. - Venue Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur 302055 - Please apply to Director, Academic Staff College, University of Rajasthan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Jaipur 302055. - Application should accompany a DD for Rs 500/- in favour of Director, UGC-ASC, University of Rajasthan, payable at Jaipur. - Please get the application form from the Univ Of Rajasthan website: www.uniraj.ernet.in in Academic Staff College area. I hope the information will be of help to intending persons. With best wishes. -- Dr Pawan Kumar Gupta, Deputy Librarian, Rajasthan University Library, Jaipur - 302 020 INDIA +91-141-2707866 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/0ee38ed2/attachment.html From patranihar at gmail.com Wed Nov 26 12:53:49 2008 From: patranihar at gmail.com (Nihar Patra) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:53:49 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Electronic Discussion Lists Message-ID: Dear Frineds, Please find some "Electronic Discussion Lists". The purpose of the discussion lists are to facilitate informative discussion about topics and provide quick distribution of news. The following are some of the discussion lists in the field of collections development and acquisitions: ACQNET-L. For those interested in acquisitions work. listproc at listproc.appstate.edu ARL-Ejournal. For discussion of all aspects of the management of electronic journals. ARLNAL at ARL.ORG Backserv. For exchanging and replacing back issues of serials. Http://lists.swetsblackwell.com/mailman/listinfo/backserv COLLDV-L. For those librarians who are interested in collection development issues. listproc at usc. edu ERIL. For discussion of practical aspects related to electronic resources. http://listserv.binghamton.edu/archives/eril-l.html ExLibris. For discussion of issues related to rare books and special collections. Listproc at library.berkeley.edu GIFTEX-L. For discussion of gifts and exchanges. Listserv at lsv.uky.edu LlBLICENSE-L. For issues related to licensing electronic resources. Listproc at lists.yale.edu MEDIA-L. For information about media literacy. Listserv at listserv.binghamton.edu Newjour. For new journals announcements. Listproc at ccat.sas.upenn.edu SERIALST-L. For discussion of issues related to serials. Listserv at list.uvm.edu VIDEOLIB. For discussion of the acquisition and use of video materials in libraries. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/VideoLib/archive.html With regards, Nihar ************************************************************************************************************************************* Nihar K Patra M. Phil, MLIS, PGDLAN, Pursuing PhD Head - Library Science (Assistant General Manager) NSHM Knowledge Campus 60 (124), B L Saha Road Kolkata - 700053, India Phone and Facsimile: +91 33 2403 2300/01 Mobile: +919748741550 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/e7e4bf6b/attachment.html From pathak at library.iitkgp.ernet.in Wed Nov 26 20:00:38 2008 From: pathak at library.iitkgp.ernet.in (Dr S K Pathak) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:00:38 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] IIT Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees for its Central Library ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Friends, This is to inform you all that Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur requires Professional Trainees (Library) for its Central Library. The training is for a period of One Year. Stipend: Rs. 4000/- per month. Postgraduates below 30 years and holding First Class in both B.Lib.I.Sc. & M.Lib.I.Sc. may apply. Last Date: Within 21 days from the date of publication (published on 24th November, 2008 at Institute's website) For more detail, please visit the following link: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/prof_tr_library.pdf Best wishes, - Sandeep K Pathak ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr S K Pathak, Ph.D. (Uni. of Pune), M.Sc., M.Lib.I.Sc, M.A., D.C.A. Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur - 721 302 (WB) INDIA Voice: 03222-282448 (O)/282453(R) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From amit at informindia.co.in Wed Nov 26 22:12:46 2008 From: amit at informindia.co.in (AmitVerma) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:12:46 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] iQuiz - Online Quiz on December 1, 2008 - Register Now Message-ID: Good News!!!!! Registration for i-Quiz extended .... Open till 30th November We have given you more time to refresh your memory Participate in the ONLINE QUIZ on December 1,2008....win CASH Prize & Other Awards i- Quiz 2008 is part of the "23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008" at Bose Institute (to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya J.C. Bose and 90th Foundation Day of the Institute" during 10-13 December, 2008, being organised by Bose Institute, Kolkata. InfoQuiz is now i-Quiz. i-quiz has 2 rounds: Round 1 - Online Quiz & Round 2 - Stage Quiz. Round 1 - Online Quiz is on 1st December, 2008 and the grand finale - Stage quiz is on December 11, 2008 in Kolkota during 23rd National Seminar of IASLIC 2008. Registration for i-Quiz are on until 30 Nov. '08, at www.i-quiz.in CASH PRIZES and other AWARDS for the Winners and 1st Runners-up. Spread the good word - tell your friends and colleagues... "More, the Merrier" More details visit - www.i-quiz.in I-Quiz Team Informatics India Limited Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081126/ebf68a82/attachment-0001.html From slfaizal at gmail.com Thu Nov 27 00:01:29 2008 From: slfaizal at gmail.com (faisal sl) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:01:29 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Library Week 2008: Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom Message-ID: <3de71e10811261031k54d91b73h5efd2a11787e2fe5@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, The Library Media Centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom , Thiruvananthapuram celebrates National Library Week from 27th Nov. to 2nd Dec.,2008 with various programmes. Dr. Lalitha M., Chief Librarian, SCERT,Govt. of Kerala will inaugurate the week long celebration at11.00a.m. on 27th Nov. in the Library. Dr. Cicy Roy Mathew, Principal, will preside over the function. A Book Fair in collaboration with DC Books, Trivandrum is organized from 27-29 Nov. in the Vidyalaya. In the Meet the Author session on 28th Nov., Dr.Rati Saxena, famous Hindi writer,translator and Kendra Sahitya Academy award winner will interact with students at 11.00 a.m. The valedictory function will be inaugurated by Smt. Vimala Menon, famous children's writer and academician, on 02nd Dec. 2008.She will give away the prizes to the winners of Library competitions. Library competitions Reading competition, Book review competition, Spot poetry writing competition. All are invited. For more information: -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com http://librarynext.wordpress.com http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in Thu Nov 27 10:47:26 2008 From: kuber_kp at yahoo.co.in (kuber kumbar) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:47:26 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Post of LIS professionals @ SMVIT Message-ID: <806877.9558.qm@web8802.mail.in.yahoo.com> Dear professional, We are looking young LIS professionals with Very good academic qualification, computer knowledge, good management skill and communication skill for the following posts. Post: Librarian Qualification: Master of Library and Information Sciences, With Ph.D/NET/M.Phil And Minimum 5 or 8 years experience (preferably engineering college or R & D center working Candidates only) Scale: As per AICTE Norms. Post: Library Assistant Qualification: BLISc or DLSc Scale: Depending on qualifications and Experience. Those are interested may please send their resume within 10 days from the date of this advertisement. To: sirmvitbgl at gmail.com or kuberkp at gmail.com Librarian Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Hunasemaranahallli Bangalore-562157 Thanks/Regard KUBERA K.P LIBRARIAN Sir.M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From puna_05 at yahoo.co.in Thu Nov 27 10:50:21 2008 From: puna_05 at yahoo.co.in (Puna Das) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:50:21 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] Publication of practical guide to computer recycling Message-ID: <39999.98998.qm@web95414.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Publication of practical guide to computer recycling UNESCO is launching a free practical guide to computer recycling for entrepreneurs and project sponsors, on the occasion of a conference on Digital Solidarity being held in Lyon (France). UNESCO?s partners in this project are the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), French consultants Tic Ethic, non-governmental organizations, Emma?s Solidarit? Ouagadougou and Ateliers du Bocage, along with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The publication of this guide comes amidst growing concern over the impact computer equipment waste on health and environment. According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Gartner consultancy, there will be almost 4 billion mobile telephones in use by the end of this year, while the number of personal computers has already passed the billion mark. The good news behind these figures is that the digital divide is shrinking - 58% of computers are in developed countries but, this share is expected to drop to 30% by 2014 when the total number of personal computers should reach two billion. But there is another side to the coin: this year, almost 180 million computers have been replaced by new machines, and an estimated 35 million computers dumped, despite the toxic substances they contain. The Entrepreneur?s Guide to Computer Recycling is published in English, and will soon also be available in French. The purpose of the guide is to help develop the skills required to handle the growing flux of waste generated by the market for new and used computers so as to protect the environment and public health. This global problem particularly affects developing countries. The project also aims to support the emergence of new business opportunities. It should prove useful for NGOs and local development stakeholders in fostering small and micro entrepreneurships. In addition, the open license of the guidebook will allow interested parties to create versions adapted to local conditions and particular contexts. The guidebook, which can be downloaded free of charge (www.ticethic.com/guide), will be supplemented by an operational module containing an inventory of waste recycling processes, practical advice and case studies from recycling plants in Burkina Faso, France and India. Reuse of obsolete or unwanted IT and computer equipment is the preferred option, rather than destruction. It allows other users to benefit from the equipment at low cost, extends the return on energy and resources used in manufacturing the products and reduces the quantity of devices entering the waste stream. Reuse may require repair, refurbishment or upgrade. Equipment and components not fit for reuse should be disassembled and processed to recover raw materials in an environmentally sound manner. PCs contain valuable ferrous (e.g. iron), non-ferrous (e.g. aluminium and copper) and precious metals, such as gold, palladium, silver, indium and gallium that can be retrieved. The rising value of raw materials makes recycling more economically viable and attractive. Internet support will soon be available with a forum on which entrepreneurs will be able to discuss their experiences. Considering that the number of PCs used in China, for example, is expected to rise from 55 million in 2007 to half a billion in 2015, there should be much to discuss. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Computer Recycling Authors : Benoit VARIN and Pierre-Etienne ROINAT Download the guidebook: http://www.ticethic.com/guide/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From prabhash at gipe.ernet.in Thu Nov 27 10:35:17 2008 From: prabhash at gipe.ernet.in (Prabhash N. Rath) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:35:17 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Training for corporate librarianship Message-ID: <004a01c9504d$cc3d19b0$8264a8c0@GIPE> Mr. Byrappa has put up very nicely about the problems faced by LIS departments in their pursuit for providing good training to students. In our country, the problem is that we have a tendency not to take up a holistic view of the entire scenario. Mr. Vasanth Raj is right that there is no need of any special training for corporate librarianship (at least not as part of the syllabus). A person having sufficient knowledge of IT and good communication skills can well be fit to be a corporate librarian. The same applies to any library now-a-days, and we should not have an image of bespectacled dumb fellow as librarian of a public library. So the basic thing is personality development which again depends on individual teachers. Why LIS schools can't give stress on personality development in the way business schools do? Prabhash Narayana Rath, Ph. D. Documentation Officer Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (University estd. under section 3 of UGC Act 1956) 846 Shivajinagar Agarkar Road Pune 411004 Ph: +91-20-25650287 (O.), 25678311 (R.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081127/64630221/attachment-0001.html From madhuresh.singhal at advinus.com Thu Nov 27 14:52:39 2008 From: madhuresh.singhal at advinus.com (madhuresh.singhal) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:52:39 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Librarian required for Advinus Pune Message-ID: Dear all, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (A TATA Enterprise), Pune requires a self-motivated and dynamic Library Officer. Below is the detail. Please send your CV to madhuresh.singhal at advinus.com mentioning subject as Librarian - ATPL, Pune. Last date for sending your CV is 08 Dec, 2008. About Advinus Advinus Therapeutics is an R&D driven company that is focused on the new drug discovery and development of pharmaceutical and agrochemical products. Advinus is one of the leading R&D alliances and pharmaceutical research outsourcing companies, promoted by the TATA group, one of India's largest and most respected business houses. ?See our website www.advinus.com for more details. Responsibilities * Maintain Library and do routine operation like book purchase, cataloging, issue/return etc. * Assist scientists in doing searches and getting reference material * Assist in managing various online systems like intranet, Library Management System, Portals etc * Patent and IP related search * Manage Lab Note Books including issue/return and archiving * Create awareness about various online resources/databases and effective utilization of available resources * Track and provide competitive Intelligence information to management * Work with IT in managing various scientific s/w Profile Requirements * The applicant should be M. Sc. in Chemistry and Master/ Bachelor in Library and Information Science OR B.Sc. in Chemistry and Masters in Library and Information Science with 2+ years of experience * Relevant experience in Pharma or in chemistry structure searching is preferable * Candidates who have worked on Open Source s/w (KOHA, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress etc) will be preferred. * Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) * Should be well versed with various offline and online databases especially in chemistry and biology. For example Scifinder, STN, Crossfire etc Salary will not be a constraint for right candidate and it will be the best in industry. Please make sure before sending the mail ??????????? * Attachment CV filename must contain your name. Filenames like CV.doc, Resume.doc etc will not be acceptable. * Vacancy is for Pune. If you are not in Pune, you should be ready to relocate there. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Deputy Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 28394959; ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk Thu Nov 27 15:48:02 2008 From: R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk (MacLeod, Roderick A) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:18:02 -0000 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Internet Resources Newsletter - December Issue Message-ID: <4F6F33D7A78FCD48BE50C4D7C1688F37011D14FC@ex6.mail.win.hw.ac.uk> ____________________________________________ Internet Resources Newsletter ____________________________________________ The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn168/irn168.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html An RSS feed for the newsletter is available: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest Publisher newsletters A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, government sites, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything else of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): SciFeeds ticTOCs CiteULike Current Issues FeedNavigator MyJournals.org Zetoc RSS Blogorama Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds and related news items Recent Internet books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod at hw.ac.uk), Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From Manish.Mankad at unilever.com Thu Nov 27 16:57:58 2008 From: Manish.Mankad at unilever.com (Mankad, Manish) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:57:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Journals for donation Message-ID: We have the following journals for donation. 1. Archives of Bio chem biophys 2. Arch of dermatology 1991-92 3. Biochem journals 1950-1992 4. Biochemistry 1962-1992 5. Biochimica et biochemica acta 1961-1975; 1982-83 6. Food tech 1947-1974 7. Immunology today 1983-1993 8. IJMR 1960-1983 9. Jl of bio chem1950-1992 10. Jl of immunology 1981-1988 11. Jl of molecular biology 1960-1974 12. Jl of national cancer inst 1971-1977 13. Jl of physiology 1970-1974 The packaging and forwarding costs will have be paid by the party accepting this offer. Regards. Manish Mankad Manager-Knowledge Management 080 39830958 Hindustan Unilever Ltd 64 main Road Whitefield Bangalore 560066 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081127/dd86a406/attachment-0001.html From rajankila at hotmail.com Thu Nov 27 18:05:21 2008 From: rajankila at hotmail.com (Rajan) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:05:21 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Self learning of Drupal, Wiki Moodle etc Message-ID: Dear All, The recent Drupal workshop at NCSI was a meaningful attempt to capacitate librarians in opening new ways of information dissemination with a good content management tool. Libraries or institutions having local area network (LAN) can think of using Drupal (or Joomla or similar one) for creating an intranet website that provides information content to the institutional users through a website- like a gateway. Drupal requires apache, mysql & php software - all installed and configured in the computer. The configuration of those software may fail at times. So the easier option for a beginner is to use Xampp software that includes all the three software. So any beginner who is interested to learn Drupal can do so by installing it even in a client computer by using Xampp. The advantage of the content Management System is that we can have local language content and can make search /retrieval, if the information is in Unicode font. By using the same Xampp installation, one can install Wiki software also in the same computer and can develop an internal Wikipedia for creation of frequently used local content for internal users. Even reading materials on key topics can be made available in LAN by using internal Wiki. Media Wiki is a reasonable choice among a wide range of Wiki software available for download. Having an internal Wiki may help the users in learning the process of editing the content in Wikipedia. So the creative users may eventually turn themselves as contributors of Wikipedia, the fastest growing segment in the digital world. Librarians, thus, can have partnership in building the knowledge repository by showing the users a method to build digital knowledge resource. Moodle is an E-Course Management software one can install in the same computer by using the same Xampp installation. Libraries can use it for offering compensatory or additional courses on topics of special interest among the users, with the help of library friendly academics or library professionals themselves. The screenshots of Moodle installation on Windows is available at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation_using_XAMPP Installation on Linux is also similar. The installation of Drupal or Wiki can be done in the similar manner. Open Journal System is yet another similar tool, the librarians should look into. Exploring all these tools will be a way ahead in empowerment in this bewildering digital world. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081127/df1edcc3/attachment-0001.html From angrosh at isim.ac.in Thu Nov 27 19:28:58 2008 From: angrosh at isim.ac.in (Angrosh) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:28:58 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Maybury, MITRE Corp., USA, Keynote @ InfoVision 2009 - Early Bird Registration - 3 Weeks to Go! Message-ID: <005d01c95098$4e5c1b40$eb1451c0$@ac.in> Dr. Mark Maybury, an expert in Intelligent Multimedia Information Retrieval and Executive Director, Information Technology Division, MITRE Corporation, USA will give the Inaugural Keynote at InfoVision 2009 on January 22, 2009. Please note that the Early Bird Registration closes on December 20, 2008. InfoVision 2009 - the 4th Edition of InfoVision Series focuses on the following: * Mobile Information Access * Multimedia Information Access * Multilingual Information Access * Consumer Created Content * eScience, eResearch and Cyber infrastructure * Enterprise Content and Communication The overarching theme of InfoVision 2009 is ""Content to Intent: Understanding user intent in multimodal, multilingual. mobile and enterprise content Information Access" InfoVision 2009 offers an intellectual feast of talks by: 1. Dr. P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore 2. Mr. John Blossom, President and Senior Analyst, Shore Communications, USA 3. Dr. Edward Cutrell, Research Scientist, Adaptive Systems Interaction Group, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA 4. Prof. Dieter Fellner, Director IGD, Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany 5. Prof. John Girard, Associate Professor of Management, Minot State University, USA 6. Mr. Bruno Goveas, Head, Marketing & Product Management, Akamai Technologies India 7. Mr. Ajay Gupta, Director HP Labs India and Director, Mobility Solutions Group 8. Mr. Srikanth B. Iyer, Co-Founder and COO, Edurite Technologies 9. Dr. Hari M. Koduvely, Senior Risk Analyst, Amazon.com 10. Mr. Balaji Krishnan, General Manager, MindTree 11. Prof. Ee-Peng Lim, School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore 12. Ms. Usha Mohan, Managing Director, Triumph India Software Services, Bangalore 13. Mr. Gopinath Padmanabhan, President, Applications Business Unit, Mphasis 14. Mr. P. Ravindranath, Director - Strategic Development and Govt. & Public Affairs, Hewlett Packard India 15. Prof. Rohini Srihari, Founder CEO, Janya Inc., USA & Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA 16. Mr. Bob Stembridge, Thomson Reuters, UK 17. Prof. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, Mysore 18. Mr. Mahesh Vyas, Managing Director & CEO, CMIE Don't miss this great opportunity. For registration and updates, please visit: www.infovision2009.org For details and clarifications, please contact: InfoVision secretariat International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office at infovision.org.in; office at isim.ac.in See you at InfoVision 2009! InfoVision 2009 Summit Team. ***************************************** Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh at isim.ac.in; office at isim.ac.in ****************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081127/2419a856/attachment-0001.html From shalini at isim.ac.in Fri Nov 28 09:42:24 2008 From: shalini at isim.ac.in (Shalini Urs) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:42:24 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] ISiM-CXO Lecture by Ajit Balakrishnan postponed (due to Mumbai Mayhem) Message-ID: <6F66D422EBB54F9F9FCDFB4E1E06F11A@ProfShaliniR> Dear Professional friends, We regret to inform that 'The ISiM - CXO Lecture by Ajit Balakrishnan Founder Chairman and CEO of Rediff. Com' had to be postponed due to the Mumbai Mayhem. Ajit Balakrishnan a resident of Colaba, Mumbai could not get out of his house on November 27th morning as per plan to catch his plane to Bangalore. We will announce the new dates of our CXO Lecture later on. ISiM joins the nation and the world in praying for peace and normalcy. Thanks and Regards Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081128/fd291006/attachment.html From badanbarman at gmail.com Thu Nov 27 13:11:32 2008 From: badanbarman at gmail.com (Badan Barman) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:11:32 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] =?utf-8?q?India=E2=80=99s_Best_Blogger_in_LIS_Award?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_LIS_Links=2C_India?= Message-ID: <38055c8a0811262341j378ad8e3y3a5dad47599b4892@mail.gmail.com> The "LIS Links" blogs currently making an impact in the LIS blogosphere, whose present subscriber rise to more than 900 with an addition of more than 500 web hits a day. As such, the "LIS Links" to have some more posting and wide coverage like to announce the "India's Best Blogger in LIS Award". There will be three position of the awards that is First, Second and Third. It's my request to all of you not to collaborate in the blogs as "participation to the award" rather please takes it as a means of working collaborately to give some concrete to the LIS in India. The awards will be based on a) Posting new massage over "LIS Links" blogs; b) Participation in the "LIS Links" blogs. Things to avoid a) Posting duplicate massage; b) Posting irrelevant massage. Note: I personally reserve the right to remove or edit any posts that does not meet the criteria of "LIS Links" from any of the blog(s), you have chosen to participate. The Prize: The awards will include a certificate and a small packet of books in LIS. The prizes will dispatch by surface mail to the awards winner(s). The awards competition will run throughout the year 2009 (starting from 1st January, 2009 -31st December, 2009) and jury announcement of the winners will be made on 31st January, 2010, mostly virtually. How you can participate a) Open a Email Account, if you already have it is good. (Gmail is preferred). b) Determine your areas of interest from the following (only one) i) LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ ii) LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/ iii) LIS Links: Latest Happenings and Contemporary Issues in LIS:http://lislatest.blogspot.com/ iv) LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS:http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ v) LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ c) Mail your areas of interest from your Gmail account to badanbarman at gmail.com d) After receiving your Email by the author, you will be added as author of your pre-determined blog. e) Now you will be notify regarding adding of you as author in the blog, follow the link, and in your profile page includes your original name; f) Now keep blogging over the blog. For details please wait for further announcements over http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ Note: Please circulate this massage among the LIS professionals in India. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou at gmail.com, kkhsoul at gmail.com Research Scholar: Department of Library & Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam. Email: dlisgu at gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------- LIS in India: What's are going on? LIS Links: A Link Library in LIS: http://lislinks.110mb.com LIS Links: Jobs in LIS in India: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS in India: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: : http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/ LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS in India: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/ Ning: LIS Links Contributors: http://lislinks.ning.com/ Google Groups: LIS Links Users: http://groups.google.co.in/group/lislinks?hl=en&lnk=srg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From apurbajyoti at gmail.com Thu Nov 27 16:27:44 2008 From: apurbajyoti at gmail.com (Apurba Jyoti Majumder) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:57:44 +0600 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Call for Paper: National Seminar at Guwahati Message-ID: Dear professional, This is the final call for papers for the National Seminar at Gauhati University Theme: "*Digitization and Networking of Library and Information Centres in * *North East India"* ** Sub theme: *Application of ICT in LICs of NE India: present and future* *Digitization of library resources: planning* *Role of LIS schools * *NE India Library Network (NEILIBNET)* Deadlines: Submission of Full Paper December 10, 2008 Registration January 02, 2009 Visit: http://gulis.110mb.com/activity.htm for more details -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081127/53586a30/attachment-0001.html From slfaizal at gmail.com Fri Nov 28 00:18:18 2008 From: slfaizal at gmail.com (faisal sl) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:18:18 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] KV Pattom releases New Library Bulletin Message-ID: <3de71e10811271048w4788600wd651996107442379@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, The Library Media Centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram released its New Library Bulletin on 26 Nov., 2008. To read http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/library-bulletin-vol1-issue-1-nov2008-released/ -- S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com http://librarynext.wordpress.com http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Fri Nov 28 12:11:34 2008 From: mailman at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in (Mailing List Admin) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:11:34 +0530 (IST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] National Seminar on School Libraries 10-11 Feb. 2009 - NCERT Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:48:31 +0530 (IST) From: Paramjit Singh Kawatra National Seminar on Role of School Libraries in Quality Education, 10-11- Feb. 2009 Organiser : NIE Library, NCERT For more information, you may have a look at : http://www.ncert.nic.in/html/pdf/DLDI.pdf ? Thanking you ? P. S. Kawatra, Head, DLDI From binudavid at indiainfo.com Fri Nov 28 15:28:10 2008 From: binudavid at indiainfo.com (binu david) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:28:10 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] UGC NET QUESTIONS Message-ID: <20081128095810.489D4233EE@ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com> Dear all If any one remember the Paper 3 questions for Library Information Science for UGC net of December 2007. please mail me. Thanking you Binu David Librarian Engg College Palghat Kerala -- ______________________________________________ IndiaInfo Mail - the free e-mail service with a difference! www.indiainfo.com Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for mail storage, POP3, e-mail forwarding, and ads-free mailboxes! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From pandey.shweta7 at gmail.com Fri Nov 28 15:54:37 2008 From: pandey.shweta7 at gmail.com (shweta) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:54:37 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] International Conference on Academic Libraries Message-ID: <765f91050811280224od6438cdo6132302d8c230914@mail.gmail.com> Sorry for cross posting..... Dear Friends! This is to inform you that *International Conference on Academic Libraries*is going to held at Conference Centre, *University **of Delhi, October 5, 2009- October8, 2009.* ** For further information please go to this below link. http://library.du.ac.in/ocs/index.php/ical/ICAL ** ** ** ok ----------------------- Best Regards Shweta Pande Assistant Librarian Indus World School of Business ( A Career Launcher Education Foundation Initiative) Greater Noida (U.P) Phone: +0120-3120657 www.iwsb.in "Attitude is a small thing that makes big difference...!" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081128/09505cc2/attachment.html From ctkantharaj at gmail.com Sat Nov 29 12:56:28 2008 From: ctkantharaj at gmail.com (C T K) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:56:28 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Library assistants Message-ID: We are looking for diploma holders for the post of Library assistants. Only male candidates can apply. The candidates should be ready to work in shift duties. Send your resume to the following address or send through email. -- *********************************************** C T Kantharaj Librarian Cambridge Instittute of Technology K R Puram, Bangalore - 560036 email: ctkantharaj at gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081129/79d38fd3/attachment.html From librarian.nimr at gmail.com Sun Nov 30 14:00:30 2008 From: librarian.nimr at gmail.com (NIMR Library) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:00:30 +0530 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Requirement of Library trainees Message-ID: We are looking for 3 young professionals to work as trainees in our library. Qualifications: MLIS or equivalent degree from a recognized university/institution Tenure : 12 months Salary : Rs.5000/- per month. (Consolidated ) Trainees will get opportunity to work in a highly professional environment. Science graduates with computer knowledge are preferable. Interested candidates are requested to send their details bio-data (including qualification, percentage of marks, year of passing etc) by email to librarian at mrcindia.org or librarian.nimr at gmail.com The last date for receiving the application is 10th December, 2008. The short listed candidates will be called for interview, the dates for which will be communicated later over the email. Thanks and regards Dr B.N. Nagpal Dy. Director National Institute of Malaria Research, 22-Sham Nath Mg, Delhi-54 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081130/9439510d/attachment.html From kps31147 at yahoo.com Sun Nov 30 15:44:21 2008 From: kps31147 at yahoo.com (Sadasivan KP) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:14:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS EDUCATION VIS-A-VIS CORPORATE LIBRARIANS Message-ID: <233875.21206.qm@web30707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear All, ? This is in response to the recent postings on the above subject matter. The Problems ? 1. There is a widening gap between the demand and supply of really competent LIS professionals in our country, irrespective of the nature of institutions where they are expected to perform. Corporate sector is undoubtedly one such area with tremendous job potential. ? 2. But sadly, majority of the products of LIS Schools are mediocre in nature ! Few exceptions are always there from any School or most of the products are OK from a very very few Schools. ? 3. There are several factors contributing to this lamentable situation. They include : ? (a) Poor standard of the students joining for the LIS Course (b) Out of date Syllabus followed in the LIS Schools (c) Inadequate infrastructure facilities in the Schools (d) Incompetent Teachers or Teachers who do not bother to update their knowledge base (e) Reluctance of LIS Schools for proper interactive programmes with performing libraries &? ???? librarians (f)? Poor communication skills and leadership qualities among the students (g) Lack of commitment of students in accepting LIS as a good profession. They, instead, ???? consider it as a short cut to get a job. ???? Etc., etc. ? Well, the above listing is only selective. The Solutions ? 3. The solutions are partly embedded in the problems listed above. But still, let me repeat a few : ? (a) There is an immediate need for restructuring the LIS Syllabus uniformly across the country. The exercise should not just be confined to NCSI or NISCAIR or DRTC or a handful of Universities, like, University of Mysore, Madras University, etc. Rather, these front-runners (and other stake holders too) should think of initiating a dialogue for a commonly acceptable quality/standard syllabus for all Schools in the country, in the larger interest of the profession. ? (b) Poor communication skills & leadership qualities of students constitute a major issue. Unless this is effectively resolved, we are not going to succeed in generating competent professionals. The course-ware?, the methods of teaching and grading of results/scores should not, at all ignore these factors. Not much seriousness is attributed to the so called 'Soft Skill Development' among our young professionals at present. ? (c) Making them IT-savvy is another essential ingredient. ? (d) How to attract really brilliant students to this course is another big question. Career prospects is perhaps one aspect. We must evolve a proper assessment of the market-needs of our professionals. Then mould them appropriately, by complying with other curriculum-related issues (discussed earlier). An explicit outcome should be? a mechanism for Assured Placement after their course of study. ? 4. We, the professionals by and large are lured to concentrate in segmented areas as part of our modernization. It could be anything like CDS/ISIS, WINISIS, Digital Libraries with its fragmented approaches, IR, Webopac, OAI, E-Print, DSpace, etc., if we examine the chronological events. But what is lacking is a Total Framework encompassing all these segments and much more, so as to make it as a body of knowledge for LIS Education & Practice. This has to be planned and designed at a fairly 'higher level' so as to implement the same uniformly and mandatorily as learning modules in the academic programmes. 5. Now, the question of Corporate Librarians.The existing teaching-learning practices and the curriculum contents should invariably be changed to suit the special needs of the sector, which is diffrent from the conventional systems. Rigorous training in soft-skill development and management practices, etc., are needed for moulding them to perform proactively in the newgen LIS domain. Be it 'old bottle or new bottle', it has to be filled with 'new wine' . 6. But who will bell the cat? Possibly a selfless? 'Think Tank Group' should evolve for initiating the task. Even a 'Social Network' for the purpose can trigger the operation. Then it will assume the inertial strength required for the 'take off'. 7. A mandatory mechanism for LIS domain,? like Medical Council of India in the Health Education Sector, Bar Council of India in the Legal Sector, AICTE for Engineering / Technical Education, etc., has to be evolved for a proper co-ordination to ensure quality education. 8. Responsible Professional Societies in LIS in India including IATLIS cannot shy away from this crisis situation. ? 9.Certain? recommendations of? NKC?may ?also be examined in this context. The Time Targets Well, an overnight solution is not possible. What is proposed is a long term strategy. But the time factor should not be? stretched to infinity, if we really want to salvage our profession and give it an impressive and acceptable shape. It is high time to evolve strategies for revamping the LIS Education / Profession in India so as to Seek the comments of our esteemed LIS Forum Members. SADASIVAN? KP Former Head, Library & Informatics and Former Consultant (ICT) NIIST (CSIR), Trivadrum ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Poor management and communication skills among the students/products. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20081130/4b1db81e/attachment-0001.html