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International CALIBER 2008 - Call for Papers
by Rajesh Chandrakar 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

CALL FOR PAPERS CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions), an international convention of the INFLIBNET Centre organized every year at different parts of the country in collaboration with universities, invites high quality papers on research & technical works, case studies, technology updates etc. related to the themes and sub-themes of the convention as per mentioned below. The convention provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The theme of the 6th International CALIBER 2008 is "From Automation to Transformation". The convention is being organized at the University of Allahabad (a Central University), Allahabad during 28th to 29th February and 1st March 2008. Theme: From Automation to Transformation Sub Themes a.. Impact of ICT in LIS: Major Shifts & Practices b.. Digital Libraries: Federated Search & Metadata Harvesting c.. Content Aggregations & Content Representations d.. Standards & Protocols in LIS e.. Evolving Technologies: RSS Feed, Blogs, Web 2.0, Lib 2.0 f.. Use of e-Resources and UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers : January 15, 2008 Intimation to Author(s) : January 30, 2008 Last date for Registration : February 15, 2008 Convention Dates : February 28 to 29 and March 1, 2008 Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for International CALIBER 2008 will be available very soon in the INFLIBNET website http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. Contact Details Paper Submission Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Convener, International CALIBER 2008 Scientific & Technical Officer INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; caliber2008(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. A P Gakhar Organising Secretary, CALIBER 2008 Librarian, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002, Uttar Pradesh Phone: +91-532-2460050 (O) +91-532-2644636 (R) Fax: +91-532-2461157 E-mail: ap.gakhar(a)rediffmail.com; apgakhar(a)yahoo.co.in Organizer Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-26304695/5971/8528 +91-79-26305702 (Direct) Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: director(a)inflibnet.ac.in; jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET exam postponed
by Ajay Kum Sharma 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear Library Professional, The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test, which was scheduled for December 16 has been postponed to December 30 in view of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16. UGC Joint Secretary MV Krishnaswamy in a communication to Acharya Nagarjuna University has said that the timing for the examination will remain unchanged. The UGC has asked the university to inform the candidates of the change in dates. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09899339808 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on National Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries by Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam
by Gowri Ravindranth 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

Dear Friends: Madras Library Association and Roja Muthiah Research Library Trust invite you to a Lecture bySubbiah Arunachalam(Distinguished Fellow, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, ChennaiVisiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore) OnNational Knowledge Commission and its implication on Libraries Date: 27 November 2007 Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue:Roja Muthiah Research Library3rd Cross Road, Central Polytechnic CampusTaramani, Chennai 600 113Phone: 2254 2551 / 2 (Tea will be served at 5.00 p.m.) ----------------------------------------Short CV of Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam Subbiah Arunachalam started his career as a research chemist, but found his calling in information science. An avid admirer of the printed word right from school days, it was while he was a student at the Indian Institute of Science his native flair for searchig information came to be recognised. In the past four decades, he has been a student of chemistry, a laboratory researcher, an editor of scientific journals, the secretary of a scholarly academy of scieces, and a teacher of information science. For the past 12 years he is a volunteer with the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and is associated with the Foundation's information and communication technology-enabled rural development project. He is an honorary fellow of CILIP, a life member of IASLIC and a member of ASIST. He is on the editorial boards of eight international refereed journals including Journal of Information Science, Scientometrics, Journal of Community Informatics, and Current Science. His current research interests include improving information access both for scientists and for the rural poor; scientometrics, and open access. He has travelled extensively and delivered talks in more than twenty countries. He is on the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership, on the international advisory board of IICD, The Hague, and a trustee of the Electronic Publishing Trst for Development. His papers have had an influence on Indian science policy. -----------------------------------------Summary of the talk The past two decades have seen a tremendous transformation in India. Largely thanks to the late Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao and his Finance Minister Prof. Manmohan Singh, a new era was ushered in and like Hercules unchained India started realizig her potential and today we are among the fastest growing economies in the world and capital is flowing in at a rate unimaginable only a few years ago. All of a sudden, the world found that they needed young Indian professionals, to start with in the IT industry but later on also in management and manufacturing industry. It became clear to the rising middle class in India that the learned would be welcome everywhere. The oft repeated cliche that knowledge is power became true in the lives of many young people. India as a whole has come to realise how knowledge can bring about great transformations. It is this realization that led to the setting up of the Knowledge Commission. I will talk about the mandate of the Commission and its working. In particular, I will dwell upon the work and recommendations of two working groups, viz. the WG on Libraries and the WG on open and distance education. And talk about how the benefits of the knowledge revolution could be made more inclusive, a challenge which needs to be addressed immediately. I will touch upon the implications of the Commission's recommendations for libraries - mainly public libraries, but also research libraries. -Subbiah Arunachalam------Hope to see you on 27th. With best wishes, L. R. Gowri Secretary, MALA _________________________________________________________________ Check out some new online services at Windows Live Ideas—so new they haven’t even been officially released yet. http://www.msnspecials.in/windowslive/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project
by T. Shahab 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

The initiative taken by the various centres of CDAC regarding the million book project is no doubt commendable. But we can not call it enough on the scale of number of documents digitised so far and the quality of metadata being maintained to help in retieving materials on any specific subject, say "Biochemistry or Pharmacology or Toxicology". Moreover, it appears that only 107761 books with 32491737 pages have been so far converted into digitised format rather than one million (ie 10 lakh?) as claimed. Let us continue and improve, welcome more libraries to join in this cooperative endeavour! Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 8:54 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; franc(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; thulasi(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Reply to Puna Das from the Milion Books project Friends: Prof. N Balakrishnan has provided a clarification to Mr Anup Kumar Das, who had posted a message to this list on 6 November (from Puna Das). Subbiah Arunachalam ===== Dear Arun: The guy is again wrong regarding the CDAC Kolkatta books and has not spent even a minute looking at the web site- Please go to www.new.dli.ernet.in and just click on the left hand side on the search button leaving all fields default- you will get the total number of books as on that date- Next if you choose scanning centre as cdac Kolkatta then you will find 3565 books totaling more than 1.6 million pages- all these are common sense and you must make sure th guys without exploring do not make unsavy comments- we are professional and have done what no one has done so far- Put one million books on the web- Balki Regards Balki > Dear Balki: > > There is some concern expressed about the Million Books project. I am > forwarding a mail I received today. Best wishes. > > Arun > > > --- Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:49:01 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Puna Das <puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in> >> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> CC: digilib_india(a)yahoogroups.com, >> atanu.garai(a)gmail.com >> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] CMU Million Book Project >> >> Dear Colleagues >> >> Atanu wanted to point out so called 'current status' of Digital >> Library of India project. This is >> very unfortunate that the tech-savvy DLI team could not provide us >> latest statistics on its site. The statistics available here is more >> than a year old. >> Another point I would like to raise, DLI's Kolkata Mega Scanning >> Centre could not provide us access to a single book they have scanned >> using tax-payers money. To my estimate, less than 25% scanned >> documents are available through DLI websites. How can we please help >> out this overburdened project team having a blurred vision? >> >> Thanking you >> >> Anup Kumar Das >> CSSP, JNU >> New Delhi-110067 >> Email: puna_05(a)yahoo.co.in >> Ph. 011-26704400 >> >> ___________________________________________________________ Want ideas for reducing your carbon footprint? Visit Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/environment.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)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.

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Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy : Requires Librarian
by sri priya 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Dear Friends Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Requires Librarian - Qualification: M.LiSc./B.LiSc. Qualification and experience: As per AICTE norms. Payscale: As per AICTE norms. Interested candidates please apply by email with all copies of certificates or post within 7 days to Sd/- Hon'ble Secretary Anwarul Uloom College Of Pharmacy Permitted by the AICTE & Govt. of A.P. & Affiliated to JNTU, New Mallepally, Hyderabad. Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IRstats for Institutional Repositories
by Mallikarjun 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Respected All IRStats Released IRStats is a tool for analysing usage of Institutional Repositories.It is released as Open Source under a BSD license. Its support both Eprints and dspace. For more details please Visit http://trac.eprints.org/projects/irstats With regards Mallikarjun Dora Sambalpur University, Orisaa Cell-9777034183 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WORKSHOP ON SAP FOR TIFP
by Mailing List Admin 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Date: 14 Nov 2007 06:34:18 -0000 From: suresh jange <suresh_jange(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Sir / Madam, I am pleased to inform you that a Sensitization and Awareness Program for Technology Information Facilitation Program is being organized at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka on 17th November 2007 in collaboration with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi. One of the objectives of this program is to identify information requirements of Project Investigators and Academicians working in Academic/Research Institutions and Industries for the cause of promotion and development of information use and access to provide inputs to S&T research and industrial development. I am sure this program would not only enlighten the participants with rich knowledge transfer and use, but also provide an opportunity to discuss with the DSIR officials in formulating the research projects and developmental activities for possible financial support by the DSIR. I request you kindly to participate in this program by registering at the earliest to the Co-ordinator. There is no registration fee and TA & DA has to be borne by the sponsoring institutions. However, local hospitalities and free accommodation would be extended by the University. With kind regards, Dr. Ravi.B.Gaddagimath University Librarian & Coordinator SAP/TIFP Gulbarga University, Gulbarga � 585 106 (Karnataka) Telephone; 08472 � 263260; Fax: 08472 263265; Mobile 9740476888; 9844226604 e-mail rbggug(a)rediffmail.com Dr.Suresh S Jange Assistant Librarian (Sr.) & Head, Digital Resource Centre Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - 09880224971

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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
by shriram pandey 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

dear colleagues, Do you want to learn more about the potential of social networking Web sites to serve development goals and practitioners ? Please consult this interesting article on "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" written by danah m. boyd and Nicole B. Ellison and published by the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JMC). website url : http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore Official mail: shriram(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Visit also at : http://ram.mlib.googlepages.com/home "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATLIS-2007 CONFERENCE INVITATION
by Mailing List Admin 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:10:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Dear Members: INVITATION FOR IATLIS CONFERENCE 2007.ALL ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND LAXMAN RAO XXIV National Conference On Equity of LIS Education in IT-Based Pedagogical Environment of the Knowledge Society IATLIS - V 2007 19th to 21st November 2007 Organised by the Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad � 580 003, KARNATAKA INAUGURATION Chief Guest: Dr. S.K. Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor Karnatak University, Dharwad Keynote Address: Dr. B.S. Maheshwarappa Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga President: Shri. N.V. Satyanarayana Managing Director Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Date: 19th November 2007 Time: 11-30 a.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad Director of the Conference Dr. V.G. Talwar Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore VALEDICTORY Chief Guest: Shri. Vinay Luthra I.F.S. Registrar Karnatak University, Dharwad President: Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Professor Director, Academic Staff College Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 21st November 2007 Time: 1-00 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad ================================================================== Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Felicitation Committee Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad � 580 003, Karnataka State, India Felicitation to Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa UGC Emeritus Fellow Director, Academic Staff College, Karnatak University, Dharwad Chief Guest Nadoja Dr. Patil Puttappa M.A. (Journalism) USA Senior Journalist, Hubli Guest of Honour Shri. Vinaya Luthra I.F.S. Registrar, Karnatak University, Dharwad President Dr. S.K Saidapur F.A.Sc., FNA Vice-Chancellor. Karnatak University, Dharwad Date: 20th November, 2007 Time: 4-30 p.m. Venue: Manasollasa Auditorium, Karnatak University, Dharwad All are Cordially Invited Dr. V.G. Talawar Dr. S.B. Patil Dr. B.D. Kumbar President Treasurer Convenor Committee Members SPEAKERS 1. Dr. P.S. Halyal, Professor (Rtd.), Karnatak University, Dharwad 2. Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 3. Dr. Muttayya Koganuramath, University Librarian, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai 4. Shri. N.B. Satyanarayan, Managing Director, Informatics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 5. Dr. S.L. Sangam, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad

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SOUL Helpline
by K Prakash 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Dear All, INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is pleased to announce a dedicated Help Line for SOUL Software users. The help line will be supporting for about 1400+ SOUL software customers for sorting out of any issues related to the software. Please dial 079-2630007 between 0930 Hrs to 1800 Hrs on all working days. With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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