[LIS-Forum] Appointment of Director of Inflibnet

Sat Dec 29 21:39:33 IST 2018

Dr Baiju and Dr Joshi seem to have endorsed what I said earlier on this forum. Before questioning the validity of selecting a person as inflibnet director we should first introspect ourselves. We should accept that our professional standards have fallen drastically for various reasons such as distance education, mushrooming of LIS schools with inadequate lab facilities and mediocre teachers, etc. we did not raise voice when non-library professionals occupy library positions. There are no cordial relations between librarians and LIS teachers; and PhDs are given away just like ‘participation certificates’. Many times deserving candidates don’t get selected for some posts for obvious reasons. Can anyone answer why the librarian’s position of so many universities, IITs, etc. are lying vacant for so long? The answer is very clear. So let us work towards improving the ethics & standards of our profession and then question the authorities who chose to  ignore Library professional to a non-library professional for this job. 

Dr M Koteswara Rao
Former librarian
Univ of Hyderabad

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> On 27-Dec-2018, at 10:04 PM, ameet joshi <joshi.ameet at rediffmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Professionals,      I fully agree with Mr.Baiju Joy regarding the Appointment of Director of Inflibnet. In our library and information field majority of professionals are lacking professional as well as general knowledge. To crown this situation, our professionals are very poor in communication skills. So obviously Appointing a non professional as a Director of Inflibnet is not a bad idea.Regards,Ameet Joshi.Library Department.SVKM’s NMIMS (Bengaluru Campus)Phone: +91-80-25126071.   From: <lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>Sent: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:53:50To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inSubject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 38Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to   lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inTo subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit   http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forumor, via email, send a message with subject or body 'hel
> p' to   lis-forum-request at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inYou can reach the person managing the list at   lis-forum-owner at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inWhen replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specificthan "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..."Today's Topics:  1. Appointment of Director of Inflibnet (Baiju Joy)  2. Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26 (Mohan Hr)----------------------------------------------------------------------Message: 1Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:23:09 +0530From: Baiju Joy <baijujoy80 at gmail.com>To: lis-forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.inSubject: [LIS-Forum] Appointment of Director of InflibnetMessage-ID:   <CANJew2rLe=S7tEQFs_EyMDqLPiuCvykoCZROM3VuiDJV99ON8Q at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"Dear Professional friends,The appointment should be help us to evaluate our self  and ourprofessional competency,  Library and information Science Department
> s arenot capable to produce professionals to handle Digital libraries
> andLibrary Networks.See Digital Library of India, More than Seventy percentage professionalsfrom Computer Science, Why this is happening,So we have to convince authorities with our professionals skills, largenumber professional friends are coming to the employment market by distanceeducation and regular mode, many of them are not well placed. How many ofthem are capable to play their role in digital world as informationprofessionals..But at the same time i can not forget the number of Libraries and Librarianare being different including our Senior leaders like Jagadish Arora,Ramesh Gaur (JNU) etc.....RegardsBAIJU JOY  MA MLISc, UGC-NETLIBRARIAN UGCST STEPHEN'S COLLEGEPATHANAPURAMKERALA 6896958943155044http://ststephenscollegelibrarypathanapuram.blogspot.in/http://ststephenspathanapuram.ac.in/home/library/1http://ststephenspathanapuram.ac.in/home/library/2https://www.facebook.com/St-Stephens-College-Library-Pathanapuram-1608795476031576/Former Senior Research Fellow,
>  Kerala Agricultural University, ThrissurFormer Librarian, School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi UniversityFormer Librarian, TMAM Research and Orientation Centre, KottayamFormer Librarian,  Dharma jyothi vidyapeeth, New Delhi--This message has been scanned for viruses anddangerous content by MailScanner, and isbelieved to be clean.-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: <http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/attachments/20181225/368d6f1d/attachment.html>------------------------------Message: 2Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:47:18 +0530From: Mohan Hr <hrmohan at gmail.com>To: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: [LIS-Forum] Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26Message-ID:   <CAFzg7BO9VnYCgvS_P_yHKhKo6kgLiTOyaZTKJgBiWCSzeB0Ldw at mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"*Interesting Reads – 2018-12-26**Contents**Articles*  - An Indian engineering college has ba
> nned PUBG under the claim that its  ‘spoiling the atmosphe
> re of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of the  conversation  - Earthrise, a photo that changed the world  - China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be  working)  - These were the 10 most popular diets of 2018, according to Google  - How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely  - eBook: Data Governance for Dummies  - 9 Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs  - Something for everyone: the best of Curious Kids in 2018  - Are You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research?  - Top 10 Tech Predictions for 2019 – Information Week*Events / Announcements*  - FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during  5-11, Jan 2019 at Chnenai  - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at  Chennai 26th Feb 2019  - Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and B
> ig Data AnalyticsRead at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/12/interesting-reads-2018-12-26.htmlArchives athttp://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html*Feedback*We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” postsbeing sent once in five days.Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that wecan include them in these email posts.Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers andcontacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to getregular posts.Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee at gmail.comWith regardsHR Mohan*======================================================== **Articles**An Indian engineering college has banned PUBG under the claim that its‘spoiling the atmosphere of the hostel’ — but leaves women out of theconversation*  - The Vellore Institute of Technology issued a circular to the men’s  hostel to ban st
> udents from playing the hugely popular online game,  PlayerUnkno
> wn’s Battlegrounds, on the premises.  - The announcement has faced backlash on Reddit, Twitter and other  social media platforms for being excessive, citing comments that reiterate  that colleges are ‘for adults’.  - The underlying concern is that the circular has only been issued to  the men’s hostel while there are no such guidelines being put in place for  the women’s hostel.Full Post<https://www.businessinsider.in/an-indian-engineering-college-has-banned-pubg-under-the-claim-that-its-spoiling-the-atmosphere-of-the-hostel-but-leaves-women-out-of-the-conversation/articleshow/67087477.cms>Related Post<https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/digital-detox-this-bengaluru-clinic-helps-people-battle-tech-based-addictions/story-GvTZEBu7Kt9uEyHioOqC5M.html>: Digital detox: This Bengaluru clinic helps people battle tech-basedaddictions*Earthrise, a photo that changed the world*December 24 is the 50th annivers
> ary of Earthrise, arguably one of the mostprofound images in the history of human culture. When astronaut WilliamAnders photographed a fragile blue sphere set in dark space peeking overthe Moon, it changed our perception of our place in space and fuelledenvironmental awareness around the world.The photo let us see our planet from a great distance for the first time.The living Earth, surrounded by the darkness of space, appears fragile andvulnerable, with finite resources.Full Post<https://theconversation.com/earthrise-a-photo-that-changed-the-world-109009>Related Post<https://theconversation.com/in-1968-apollo-8-realised-the-2-000-year-old-dream-of-a-roman-philosopher-109097>:In 1968, Apollo 8 realised the 2,000-year-old dream of a Roman philosopherRelated Post<https://theconversation.com/who-owns-the-moon-a-space-lawyer-answers-99974>:Who owns the moon?*China builds ‘world’s biggest air purifier’ (and it seems to be working)*An experiment
> al tower over 100 metres (328 feet) high in northern China –dub
> bed the world’s biggest air purifier by its operators – has brought anoticeable improvement in air quality, according to the scientist leadingthe project, as authorities seek ways to tackle the nation’s chronic smogproblem.Full Post<https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128355/china-builds-worlds-biggest-air-purifier-and-it-seems-be-working>*These were the 10 most popular diets of 2018, according to Google*Google released its "Year in Search" trends for 2018 on recently. The dietsthat Americans looked up the most fall into one of two camps: high-fat andlow-carb, or calorie restriction, like fasting. Some options, though, weredownright bizarre..Full Post<https://www.businessinsider.in/These-were-the-10-most-popular-diets-of-2018-according-to-Google/articleshow/67068555.cms>Related Post<https://www.businessinsider.in/10-surprisingly-filling-low-carb-foods-you-can-eat-on-the-paleo-diet/articleshow/67065793.cms>: 10 su
> rprisingly filling, low-carb foods you can eat on the paleo diet*How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely*The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. Themove came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemicsweeping Western society.Psychologists define loneliness as a subjective, unpleasant experience thatoccurs when the desired level of meaningful social contact is less thanwhat is available. The prevalence of loneliness is increasing and theassociation between loneliness and ill health is now clear.In the US, loneliness affects one-fifth of the population. In the UK, it isexperienced by more than a third of those over the age of 50.Full Post<https://theconversation.com/how-the-digitalisation-of-everything-is-making-us-more-lonely-90870>Related Post<https://theconversation.com/the-deadly-truth-about-loneliness-43785>: Thedeadly truth about lonelinessRelated Post<https://theconversation.com/loneline
> ss-has-serious-health-risks-and-the-solution-is-social-23638>:Lone
> liness has serious health risks and the solution is socialRelated Post<https://theconversation.com/how-loneliness-in-older-people-makes-them-more-vulnerable-to-financial-scammers-73483>:How loneliness in older people makes them more vulnerable to financialscammersRelated  Post<https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-modern-loneliness-4-essential-reads-109118>:The rise of modern loneliness: 4 essential read*eBook: Data Governance for Dummies*Before you can put your data to work for your business, you need to enrichit with metadata that ensures compliance with constantly evolvingregulations and minimizes the risk of data breaches. This book, IntelligentData Governance for Dummies, explains how.Download the eBook<https://www.bitpipe.com/data/loadAsset.action?resId=1541164447_82>*9 Reasons Why Women Leave Tech Jobs*If you think most women quit because they just don't like working in IT orbecause their jobs don't offer the work-life balance or parent
> al leave theyneed, think again.A report from The Center for Talent Innovation found that 52% of highlyqualified women quit their jobs in science, engineering and technology. Aseparate study from AnitaB.org revealed that women leave tech companies twotimes faster than men do. In addition, 56% of the few women who work intech leave by the time they have reached mid-level jobs, resulting in thefact that women are three times less likely to have senior technical rolesthan men.Why do they leave?To find out, Indeed.com conducted a survey that asked 1,000 women intechnology why they had left previous jobs. It also asked them otherquestions about challenges they had experienced in the workplace and issuesthat were important to them. The results revealed nine key elements thatplay a role in women’s decisions to leave IT jobs.Interestingly, those reasons for leaving may not be the ones you expect.Slide Show<https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-staff
> ing/9-reasons-why-women-leave-tech-jobs/d/d-id/1333335>*Something 
> for everyone: the best of Curious Kids in 2018*In the column “Curious Kids”  the editors  consult  academic experts toanswer real questions from real kids.  The questions are brilliant, ofcourse, but editors also love how determined the academic authors are tocraft replies that are informative and engaging, but not condescending.Listed below are some highlights from the column “Curious Kids” this year,sorted into some broad categories. While it is not an exhaustive list, theeditors of the column hope any young minds in your household find somethingthey like in there.Full Post & List<https://theconversation.com/something-for-everyone-the-best-of-curious-kids-in-2018-108343>*Are You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research?*ICTD/ICT4D research is diverse and complex. It brings together researchersand participants who come from very different contexts, who have verydifferent life experiences, very different knowl
> edges, who face verydifferent life challenges, and together they explore technologies that arerapidly evolving and are profoundly affecting social, political andeconomic relationships.ICTD/ICT4D researchers, individually and collectively, place themselves inpositions where their actions can have intended and unintended consequencesand therefore they carry responsibility.Most ICTD/ICT4D researchers seek to behave ethically, but the complexinterdisciplinary nature of the field, and its distinctive characteristics,including the emergent nature of technology, make it difficult for both newand experienced researchers to identify and reason about the ethical issuesthat surround their work. Individual researchers will refer to ethicalguidance and debates within their own discipline.Full Post <https://www.ictworks.org/ethical-standards-ict4d-research>*Top 10 Tech Predictions for 2019 – Information Week*Leading consultancies and analyst firms offer their predictions 
> on how keytechnologies, such as cloud computing, AI, IoT, and robotic
> s will shape upin 2019.Slide Show<https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innovation/top-10-tech-predictions-for-2019/d/d-id/1333459>*Events / Announcements**FDP on “Hands-on Training in IoT, Ethical Hacking and NS3” during 5-11,Jan 2019 at Chnenai *A Faculty Development Programme on “Hands-on Training in IoT, EthicalHacking and NS3” between 05 and 11 January 2019 is being organised by theDept. of CSE, School of Computing, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&DInstitute of Science and Technology, Avadi.For details contact: Dr. T. Senthil Murugan,  tsenthilmurugan at veltech.edu.in9176031383*SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" atChennai 26th Feb 2019*SETS (Society for Electronic Transactions and Security)  is organizing"National Workshop on Hardware Security" in association with IEEE ComputerSociety, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter
>  &ISACA, Chennai Chapter on 26th February 2019.Workshop Brochure <http://www.setsindia.in/PdfDocs/hws.pdf>*Workshop on Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics*A workshop on “Fog Computing, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics” isbeing held in conjunction with the 13th CISIS 2019 International Conferenceon Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems during 3-5 Jul 2019at University of Technology, Sydney,  Sydney, AustraliaOrganising Committee includes: C. S. R. Prabhu -- Workshop Chairman &Mukesh Prasad -- Workshop SecretaryLast date for paper submission: 1st Mar 2019Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/student.uts.edu.au/fcdb-2019/CISIS Website:  http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2019/*Archives of Interesting Reads  *To access the past posts of Interesting Reads, pl. visithttp://infoforuse.blogspot.in/2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html*Feedback*We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “
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