December 2007 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Suvarna Karnataka Portal
by Nagana Goudar 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, Congratulations to Department of Public Libraries, Govt. of Karnataka for having launched the Portal on Karnataka in Kannada entitled " Suvarna Karnataka Kannada Antarjala Vahini (Suvarna Karnataka Portal)" on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebration of the formation of Karnataka State. This unique Portal gives various kinds of information about Kannada and Karnataka including Education, Health, Agriculture, Entertainment, Kannada Films and songs, Kannada Literature, Fine Arts, Sports, Cooking, Law, etc. One of the main attraction is Children Section with stories and songs. Although there is lot of scope for improvement in terms design, browse and search options and content organization with still more coverage, being sincere attempt of its kind to give one source for everything about and on Kannada and Karnataka, the group responsible is praise worthy for this wonderful work. This Portal was conceived and developed by Mr. RS Venkatraj under the guidance of Mr. P.Y. Rajendrakumar, Director, DPL. Please visit the site at: http://www.karnatakapubliclibrary.gov.in/ Then click Suvarna Karnataka Kannada Antarjala Vahini Your suggestions and comments are most welcome to e-mail address: py_kumar(a)yahoo.co.in Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Webology: Volume 3, Number 1, 2006
by Alireza Noruzi 01 Jun '09

01 Jun '09

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 3, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. This issue contains: ------------------ Editorial: Link Spam and Search Engines -- Alireza Noruzi -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/editorial7.html ----------------------------------------- Stemming and root-based approaches to the retrieval of Arabic documents on the Web -- Haidar Moukdad -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a22.html ----------------------------------------- E-marketing, Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, and Legal Solutions -- Li Xingan -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a23.html ----------------------------------------- Environmental Knowledge and Marginalized Communities: The Last Mile Connectivity -- A. Neelameghan and Greg Chester -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a24.html ----------------------------------------- Book Review of 'Digital Libraries: Principles and Practice in a Global Environment'/ Lucy A. Tedd & Andrew Large -- Hamid R. Jamali -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/bookreview3.html ========================================= Call for Papers: http://www.webology.ir/callforpapers.html ========================================= Regards, A. Noruzi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Seminar on Comparative Analysis of Citation Databases- Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:54:31 +0530 From: ayesha khatoon <ayesha.drtc(a)gmail.com> Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore-560059 Seminar Comparative Analysis of Citation Databases: Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar The volume of scientific literature grew exponentially as a result of increased R& D activities after World War II. This posed different problems for users and indexers of information. The shortcomings of traditional subject indexes resulted in duplication of scientific activity. Sometimes, the terms used in subject index were ambiguous. These problems necessitated a unified index to scientific literature that was current, free from semantic difficulties and not dependent on the knowledge of subject indexers. Citation index emerged not only as retrieval tool but also used as an evaluation tool for evaluating scientists and to provide a way to search for and analyze the literature in a way not possible through simple keyword/topical searching. It also enables users to gather data on the "impact" of individual authors and journals, as well as assessing particular areas of research activity and publication. ISI (Thomson Scientific) citation databases have been used for decades as the only tools for locating citations. ISI databases (currently known as Web of Science), however, may no longer be sufficient because it covers only journal articles. There are other citation databases, which covers non-journal documents also. This seminar will present a pilot study of the new citation databases like, Google Scholar & Scopus. Its features, strength and limitations etc. Speaker: Ayesha Khatoon 2nd Year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 12th December, 2007 Time: 2 p.m.

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Again About LIS Accreditation
by J. K. Vijayakumar 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Dear LIS Friends, I would like to request your attention to my earlier mail "LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses". We have a good news that Indian Engineering Degrees will soon be accredited in US and other developed countries. Read the news from Rediff.com [ http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/05eng.htm ] National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is the accreditation agency for Engineering Education in India. They did a good job in getting a provisional signatory membership in Washington Accord, which recognises engineering degrees among the member countries. NBA is allowed 2 years to to bring its academic programmes, curricula and syllabus, examination and evaluation system to the international level and revise its accreditation system to make it fully outcome based, with credit system for flexibility and continuous evaluation for improved learning being the basis of such programmes.If NBA and our technical institutes are successful in achieving this goal, Indian engineering degrees will be internationaly recognised. What is the message for LIS? Thanks ---------------------------------- J. K. Vijayakumar MLIS PhD IFLA-OCLC Fellow Assistant Director of Library American University of Antigua College of Medicine PB No W1451, St. Johns ANTIGUA, West Indies http://students.auamed.net/library ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Right to Information Act -Jobs should be given to Information Professionals
by vasanth raj 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N --------------------------------- Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here Dear Sir/Madam, The much awaited Right to Information Act has come into force in India.And already we have seen and heard that there is a great demand for information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.But Govt Authorities have totally neglected the library and Information Professionals, most of the people who have appointed as public Information Officer have came from Journalism and mass communication." Public Information Officer" job is best suited for LIS professionals where the skills of storage , organise and dissemination of Information is highly required.Already there are instances that Public Information Officers have failed to provide right information to the right people at a right time.This is because of lack of skills to organise and storage of Information.This is the right time to Library Association and Universities to pressurize Govt. appoint library and Information professionals as " Public Information Officer" and this will definitely helps people to have information quickly whenever they need.This will not only helps govt to function smoothly and huge opportunities for LIS professionals as well. Your Sincerely ------------------------- Vasantha Raju N Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India http://in.promos.yahoo.com/fabmall/index.html Click here

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Re: [LIS-Forum] "Content Management System"
by Nerida Hart 16 Jan '08

16 Jan '08

Have you thought about using OPen Source CMS systems. I know we have been looking at them at work, but don't know the names of them. Nerida > Smita Srinivasan <smita(a)qmedin.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > We are planning to implement a "Content Management System" to manage > the content in our organisation. Please let me know of any good CMS > application > that we can use. > > Please also indicate its user-friendliness, cost, ease of > implementation, if ready-to-use tutorials are available, size of > content it can handle, number of users. etc. > > Kindly share your experiences with the same. > > Smita Srinivasan > Information Executive > QMed Knowledge Foundation > Indian Medical Sites- www.indianmedicalsites.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(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum Nerida Hart Lynsdale Park Burra Creek NSW 2620 0402 832 689 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, University Librarian, Anna University, Chennai
by sankaran arumugam 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Dear All, Our friend Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy has taken charge as University Librarian of Anna University (Chennai), one of the leading Technical University in India on Dec. 20, 2007. Earlier, he was the Deputy Librarian of The Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University, Chennai, taking care of the Virtual Library, digitization, etc. He has done his research work under the guidance of Dr. A. Amudhavalli, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Information Science, University of Madras. Dr. Krishnamoorthy has nearly 20 years experience in LIS field. He is an active member of several associations, and also former Treasurer of Madras Library Association. Let us wish him all success in his new job. WISH YOU ALL 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' Sankaran A --------------------------------- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Hindu News paper highlights Mysore University Library
by Mailing List Admin 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:52:43 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends, The Hindu News paper highlights the Mysore University Library Website. You can access this information from the URL: http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/19/stories/2007121952619300.htm With Regards, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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save british libraries
by thushanth tl 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

*Save British council libraries* ** ** British council has decided to close British libraries at Bhopal and Trivandrum by the end of February, 2008. It is shocking news for the library patrons. They have asked employees to take VRS or transfer. If this trend continues it will affect British libraries all over India. As library professionals we must do something to stop it. I invite every one in the forum to have a discussion on it and suggest some ways to stop it. Please sign the petition at the below link http://www.petitiononline.com/bcl64lib/petition.html Below are the links to some news regarding the closure http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shutters-to-fall-for-british-councils-libraries… http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=91074 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/004200712181710.htm http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/24/stories/2007122454720300.htm Please visit the following websites http://www.saveourbritishlibrary.org/ http://savebclbhopal.blogspot.com/ Thushanth T L Librarian ICFAI Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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eGranthalaya Ver 3.0 Workshop , 9-11 January 2008 at NIC Bangalore
by Veena 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

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