September 2005 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Resent message in response to e-mail of moderator dt.28th sept
by maha 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Dear LIS-FORUM Co-ordinator, Pl. find attached herewith an inspiring and kindling speech by our Honourable President of India which every Indian must read. At times, I think, we may broadcast some of the messages to our professional colleagues although the messages may not directly fall in line with our professional activity, at the discretion of the co-ordinator. I hope all our professional colleagues will benfit by this message. They may pass on the same to thier friends, colleagues and relatives if they feel it appropriate to send . Moderator to kindly ignore my immediately preceeding mail since it did not have any letter associated with it. Thanking you, With Best Wishes Sincerely H.Y.Mahakuteshwar Deputy Director & Head, Natioanal Info. centre for Food sci. & Technol.(NICFOS) / Library Central Food Technol. Res. Inst. (CFTRI) Mysore 570 020 Ph:91-0821-2515850 ###################################################################### Disclaimer: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. Please visit http://www.cftri.com ###################################################################### Dear LIS-FORUM Co-ordinator, Pl. find attached herewith an inspiring and kindling speech by our Honourable President of India which every Indian must read. At times, I think, we may broadcast some of the messages to our professional colleagues although the messages may not directly fall in line with our professional activity, at the discretion of the co-ordinator. I hope all our professional colleagues will benfit by this message. They may pass on the same to thier friends, colleagues and relatives if they feel it appropriate to send . Moderator to kindly ignore my immediately preceeding mail since it did not have any letter associated with it. Thanking you, With Best Wishes Sincerely H.Y.Mahakuteshwar Deputy Director & Head, Natioanal Info. centre for Food sci. & Technol.(NICFOS) / Library Central Food Technol. Res. Inst. (CFTRI) Mysore 570 020 Ph:91-0821-2515850 Disclaimer: This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. Please visit http://www.cftri.com http://www.cftri.com

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SALIS - Seminar on Information Requirements of Today's User at Chennai
by Arunachalam Hariharan 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Seminar on Information Requirements of Today's User (download seminar brochure from salis website - http://autolib-india.net/salis.html ) Jointly Organized By B S A Crescent Engineering College & Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) (Chennai Chapter) Date 12.11.2005 Time 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Venue Convention Centre - Seminar Hall B S A Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai - 600 048 Programme Schedule 08.30-09.30 A.M Registration 09.30-11.00 A.M Inaugural session and keynote address Changing dimensions of Library services 11.00-11.15 A.M Tea Break 11.15-12.10 P.M Technical Session I Web resources in various disciplines 12.10-01.00 P.M Technical Session II Information requirements of today's user in the digital world 01.00-02.00 P.M Lunch Break 02.00-02.45 P.M Technical Session III Information literacy programmes for today's users 02.45-03.30 P.M Technical Session IV Training the LIS professionals to meet the demands of today's users 03.30-03.45 P.M Tea Break 03.45-04.30 P.M Technical Session V Building digital library resources for your users 04.30-05.00 P.M Valediction --------------------------------------------- Seminar Coordinator Mrs. V. Sakthi Regha Secretary, SALIS Chennai Chapter ------------------------------------------------------ Fee: Rs. 100 for SALIS members and Rs. 150 for non-members Completed registration form(s) can be sent to (multiple copies can be Xeroxed): Mr. P. PANNEERSELVAM Librarian & Organizing Secretary B S A Crescent Engineering College G S T Road, Vandalur, Chennai - 600 048 Phone: 044 22751347/48/50 Mobile: 9841103912 E-mail: p panneer(a)yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] submission for LIS-forum
by Mailing List Manager 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:48:49 +0530 (IST) From: Prabhash.Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> Dear all I fully agree with the concern expressed by Mr Anil Singh. It is rather strange on the part of UGC that while they ask for same qualification for Assistant Librarians and teachers in LIS, we can find discrepencies with regard to promotional avenues. 'The librarians job is very much an academic job and nothing below that', this should have been realised by academicians in all subjects. I think, our senior professionals have miserably failed to convey this message for which this sort of anamolies still exist. In professional courses, the knowledge and skill of practitioners is no less, if not more, than the teachers.There should be uniform yardstick for recruitment to these posts across the country and also once for all this problem should be sorted out. Why can't UGC make it mandatory for Assistant Librarians to do some academic work in addition to regular administrative duties and link the same with Career Advancement Scheme? It may also think of some other means which will encourage research activities among professionals like Assistant Librarians, Documentation Officers etc. I think the time has come to give a serious thought to this perennial problem and sort it out once for all. I also appeal to all the concerned senior professionals to initiate dialogue with UGC and settle the issue and see that the CAS and other benefits applicable to teachers should also be there for Assistant Librarians and other professionals in same cadre. With regards Prabhash N. Rath > Dear Sir, > Please find below my submission for sharing with LIS-forum Members. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Unjustified Qualification for > Assistant Librarians > > > Dear LIS-Forum Members, > > At present the essential qualification for the post of Lecturers in the > pay scale of Rs.8000-13500/- in Library and Information Science in > University and Colleges is Post Graduation in the concerned subject with > at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point > scales plus a consistently good academic record. Besides fulfilling the > above qualifications, candidates should have cleared the National > Eligibility Test (NET) for Lecturers conducted by the UGC/ CSIR. > Prabhash N. Rath, Ph. D. Documentation Officer Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road Pune - 411004 (India) Tel: +91-20-25650287 (O), +91-20-25678311 (R.) E-mail: prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in, prabhashrath(a)yahoo.com

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Dr. T B Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on Information Management in the Digital Era
by Babu Rajendra 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Dear Members: This is to inform you that NCSI-NET, an association comprising of staff, students and alumni of NCSI, is organizing a day's national level seminar in memory of Late Dr. T.B. Rajashekar, erstwhile Associate chairman, NCSI, IISc. It is targeted exclusively for the benefit of students of final year/semester library and information science course or its equivalent. The details of the seminar are given below. Seminar Title : Dr. T B Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on Information Management in the Digital Era Date : November 12, 2005 (Saturday) Venue : National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 12. Target audience : Students of the final year/semester of Masters in Library & information science course or its equivalent Seminar coverage: The seminar will give the students an overview of Digital Library, concepts of digitization, creation of Digital Libraries and effective web searching techniques. There will be a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals. Registration Fee: Rs.250/- We are not making any arrangements for accommodation. However, we will provide names and addresses of some affordable hotels, which are in the close proximity to IISc, on the workshop web site in due course of time. Last date for registration: November 2, 2005, More details about registration can be found at: http://144.16.72.147/workshop/Registration.html Kindly bring this to the attention of the students in your department and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participation in the seminar will also give an opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other universities and with professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the website at: http://144.16.72.147/workshop/ Registration form is available at: http://144.16.72.147/workshop/regi_form.pdf Thanking you, Yours sincerely, NCSI-NET Coordinators H Rajendra Babu Financial Research Analyst Capco. Salarpuria Annexe, 351/5 - 10 Luskar, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560 034 T-+91-80-51997351 http://www.capcoinstitute.com/ Capco Institute is the research arm of Capco Capco is the first services and technology solutions provider exclusively focused on forming the future of the financial markets. We unite thought leadership and practical application to improve profitability for our clients. ************************************************************************ The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ ************************************************************************

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eLearning vs knowledge mgmt
by Mailing List Manager 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:54:56 +0530 From: Bhojaraju G <bhojaraju.g(a)gmail.com> eLearning vs knowledge mgmtAuthor Verna AlleePublished Tue, Sep 27 2005 At those big training conferences, I love wandering the exhibitionhalls. Most of the old-line stand-up training companies have eitherdisappeared or languish in lonely obscurity in dark corners, relegatedto some undesirable low budget spot uncomfortably near the trash bins.Hogging the choice spots these days are the big glitzy elearningbooths with multi-media showstoppers, swarms of fresh-faced salespeople, and dazzling lists of offerings and features. Not the least oftheir attractions are innovative giveaways such as boldly emblazonedpsychedelic gel markers and chocolate in myriad forms. Pl refer URL to read full storyhttp://www.elearningscotland.org/SnippetAccess.aspx?id=421Thanks & Regards Bhojaraju G,Librarian – Knowledge Management/Sharepoint AdministratorHomepage: http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com**************************************… OneSource Ltd.148 Bhaskara Plaza, RV Road,VV Puram, Bangalore-560004, INDIA.Cell:+91-944 836 9905E-mail: Bhojaraju.G(a)gmail.com, bhojarajug@yahoo.com************************************************************Pl do visit & put your comments on Guest Book"KM Cyberary" @ http://www.bhojarajug.freeservers.com/cyberary.htmlKM-Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Forum/

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Are handsets suitable for e-books?
by noufal palliparamban 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Dear friends, Very intresting news from HarperCollins, one of the world's largest publishers, that it will offer free chapter summaries direct to consumer's handsets in Australia started me thinking about the viability of the mobile handset as an e-book platform. The technology, of course, already exists - storing and reading large volumes of text is possible on most of today's mid-range and high-end handsets. The real question is whether the more fundamental aspects of reading text in the mobile environment are conducive to a good user experience. For Full artice http://www.pmn.co.uk/20050922ebook.shtml Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur --------------------------------- Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Dear friends, Very intresting news from http://www.harpercollins.com.au/mobilereader/ HarperCollins , one of the world's largest publishers, that it will offer free chapter summaries direct to consumer's handsets in Australia started me thinking about the viability of the mobile handset as an e-book platform. The technology, of course, already exists - storing and reading large volumes of text is possible on most of today's mid-range and high-end handsets. The real question is whether the more fundamental aspects of reading text in the mobile environment are conducive to a good user experience. For Full artice http://www.pmn.co.uk/20050922ebook.shtml http://www.pmn.co.uk/20050922ebook.shtml Regards Noufal.P.P Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur http://yahoo.shaadi.com Yahoo! India Matrimony </a href>: Find your partner now.

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RBI Database on Indian Economy ...
by Puttaraj Choukimath 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Dear All, Greetings. Database on Indian Economy is built for the convenience of Researchers, Analysts, and other users. It is created to provide the public with an access to the published data series, with additional details on some series as available in Reserve Bank of Indias enterprise wide Data Warehouse. The list of the data series currently available is given in the hyperlink below. This list will be progressively enlarged on the basis of feedback received and availability of relevant data series in the RBI data warehouse. The following Subject-areas are covered in the Database on Indian Economy: Financial Sector Real Sector Financial Market External Sector Public Finance Corporate Finance please visit : https://cdbmsi.reservebank.org.in/cdbmsi/servlet/login/ Happy surfing/consulting Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc(a)yahoo.com, choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Dear All, Greetings. Database on Indian Economy is built for the convenience of Researchers, Analysts, and other users. It is created to provide the public with an access to the published data series, with additional details on some series as available in Reserve Bank of Indias enterprise wide Data Warehouse. The list of the data series currently available is given in the hyperlink below. This list will be progressively enlarged on the basis of feedback received and availability of relevant data series in the RBI data warehouse. The following Subject-areas are covered in the Database on Indian Economy: Financial Sector Real Sector Financial Market External Sector Public Finance Corporate Finance please visit : https://cdbmsi.reservebank.org.in/cdbmsi/servlet/login/ https://cdbmsi.reservebank.org.in/cdbmsi/servlet/login/ Happy surfing/consulting Best Regards, Puttaraj. Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, TATA Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel: +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax: +91-22-2556 2912 Email: mailto:puttuc@yahoo.com puttuc(a)yahoo.com , mailto:choukimath@tiss.edu choukimath(a)tiss.edu URL: http://www.tiss.edu www.tiss.edu Yahoo! for Good http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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debate on role of LIS-Forum
by Mailing List Manager 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Dear Member: All the responses to Mr. Goudar's initiation of debate on whether LIS-Forum should circulate messages that have only regional significance, have been very favourable. So, LIS-Forum will continue to circulate such messages as long as the messages carry some useful information. A suggestion from one of the members that the messages be categorized appropriately may not be a solution for such of those who would like to discard the messages based on the the subject line. Just providing correct subject line for the matter will greatly help such members. Categorization may not be needed. Couple of requests for the smooth functioning of the Forum: Quite a few members of this list receive their messages in 'digest' form. Invariably, when such a member replies to a message, the subject for such replies will be something like: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 30, Issue 33 which is not the appropriate subject. Also, all the messages received for the day will be included in the replies, which is not required at all. Please ensure that your messages have relevant text as the subject and include only the relevant original message in the replies. Quite a few students, who seek help from the fellow members, seem to be using the forum as the first resort. It should not be so. They first need to make a sincere effort to get the required information themselves. When they approach the Forum, they should seek suggestions and clarifications rather than expecting the members to find information for them. As always, most of the postings are received as multipart, meaning they contain attachments. Please ensure that your postings to this forum are only in textual form. Thanks for your co-operation. Best Regards, - Moderator

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State Central Library , West Bengal, NEWS
by Shahab 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Dear Mr. Abhijit Kr Bhowmick: Congratulations! Is the catalogue of the library free online? If yes, please give me the URL. Thanks S M SHAHABUDDIN M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai Dear Mr. Abhijit Kr Bhowmick: Congratulations! Is the catalogue of the library free online? If yes, please give me the URL. Thanks S M SHAHABUDDIN M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Chennai http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigclick.cgi/www.rediff.com/signa… http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/sigimpress.cgi/www.rediff.com/sig…

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submission for LIS-forum
by ANIL SINGH 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Dear Sir, Please find below my submission for sharing with LIS-forum Members. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unjustified Qualification for Assistant Librarians Dear LIS-Forum Members, At present the essential qualification for the post of Lecturers in the pay scale of Rs.8000-13500/- in Library and Information Science in University and Colleges is Post Graduation in the concerned subject with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scales plus a consistently good academic record. Besides fulfilling the above qualifications, candidates should have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lecturers conducted by the UGC/ CSIR. However, the candidates who have completed MPhil. Degree by 31 st December 1993 or have submitted Ph.D. thesis to the University in the concerned subject on or before 31 st December, 2002 are exempted from appearing in the NET examination. In case such candidates fail to obtain Ph.D. degree, they shall have to pass the NET examination. Whereas the qualification prescribed by the UGC for the Assistant Librarian in the pay scale of Rs.8,000-13,500/- is also same as of Lecturer. But, Lecturer having MPhil or PhD at the time of appointment will get two and four advance increments and their basic pay will start from Rs.9100/- and 8550/- respectively, then why Assistant Librarians having PhD/MPhil are not being given four/two increments. In addition to this, Lecturers are also getting the benefits of CAS (Career Advancement Scheme), which is not for Assistant Librarians. Here, I would like to discuss following points among LIS-forum members: 1. Assistant Librarians are being deprived from advance increments and CAS because UGC assumes that Librarianship is not an academic profession, than why NET is compulsory for Librarianship. UGC-NET is a National Eligibility Test for Lecturership only. It should not be mandatory for Librarianship. In number of universities in India, the Assistant Librarians are being appointed without having NET and some universities also give an option of either PhD or NET for Assistant Librarians. Even some universities are also giving advance increments benefit to library professionals. Why there are different rules for the same post? 2. For the post of Assistant Librarians in universities, UGC may prescribe MLISc with 55% and five years experience as Professional Assistant. This qualification is also justified because the qualification for the post of Deputy Librarian is MLISc with 55% and five years experience as College Librarian or Assistant Librarian in University. And also for Information Scientist in university library which is also equivalent to Assistant Librarians, the qualification is MLISc + PGDCA. By changing the qualifications, number of Professional Assistants can get promotional avenues those are stagnating on the same post since several years and Universities may also appoint experienced Assistant Librarians. 3. We are conducting number of conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes for library and information professionals. These are organized for updating/refreshing the knowledge in the field of library computerization, Information and communication technologies and librarianship so that we can provide excellent service to the users. But, I think, until and unless library professionals are not satisfied with its profession (in respect to promotional avenues), they cannot provide excellent service to its users. Librarians have to update their knowledge in three fields i.e., LIS + Computer Science + in the field of institutional objectives in which they are serving. In spite of that Librarians have been neglected in respect to career advancement. Hence, CAS should be implemented for the Library staff. >From this platform, I would like to requests to all the Senior Library and Information Professionals in the country specially Professors and Heads of LIS Departments of Universities, University Librarians, Presidents and Secretaries of library associations, and Directors of all National Level Documentation Centres to take necessary measures to resolve these serious anomalies as they have been serving in various committees of UGC related to LIS profession. Our senior colleagues can only convince UGC in constituting clear rules, guidelines and policies in respect to qualifications, benefit of advance increments and CAS for library profession. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Anil Singh Division of Library, Documentation and Information National Council of Educational Research and Training Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi - 110016 E-mail: mailto:rathoreas@hotmail.com rathoreas(a)hotmail.com

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