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Librarians from other countries visit THE HINDU library, Chennai - a report in THE HINDU
by sankaran arumugam 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All, An interesting report published in THE HINDU on page 2 of Chennai Edn. Highlights: SHARING INFORMATION: Chief Librarian of The Hindu K. Rajendrababu interacts with librarians taking the certificate course in modern library practices for overseas library professionals at The Hindu office in Chennai on Monday. CHENNAI: Librarians from several Asian, African and South American countries visited The Hindu library on Monday as part of a certificate course in modern library practices. India is far ahead of several other developing countries when it comes to using technology in libraries, several of them said. For detailed report, please click the following link http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120492170200.htm With regards Sankaran A --------------------------------- 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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Favorite leisure time activities - Reading tops
by Aman Jha 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear All There is an interesting report recently released by Harris Interactive Inc on favorite leisure time activities among Americans. And the most favorite among top five activities is still READING. May be an interesting read for all of you. Aspirant research scholars may find this as interesting research topic. Top five leisure-time activities---------------->>>>>>>>>>> 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 % % % % % % Reading 31 28 26 24 35 29 TV Watching 23 20 15 17 21 18 Spending time with family/kids 14 12 11 17 20 14 Computer activities 6 7 4 5 7 9 Going to movies 6 7 6 7 10 7 View report - http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=835 Regards, Aman Jha Librarian Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana Reach us via our Membership Helpline (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1715 hrs). Dial: +91-11-43546244 / 9910446244 DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- 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] Friday Talk by Dr. M.S. Sridhar at MyDLIS
by T. Shahab 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

The brief information about the lecture by Dr. Sridhar and the subsequent interaction with students reveal that the session would have been very fruitful and lively. To me the crux of the problem lies in the decreasing reading habit among youths and students. Why so? The problem lies in the methodology of education and teaching. Low interest on creativity, lack of originality in presentation, development of a mind set which seek ready made & quick results; we don't feel shy of rehashing things; etc & etc. Regards. -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of N.S. Harinarayana Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:16 AM To: Listforum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Friday Talk by Dr. M.S. Sridhar at MyDLIS Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised a Friday lecture by Dr. M.S. Sridhar, Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore on the topic 'Librarianship as a profession' on November 30, 2007. A summary of the lecture and the student interaction which followed is given below. Libraries are under utilized. Only 1.5% of the population have access to the libraries. The myth that evolution of Internet has made libraries redundant contributes further to the less use of libraries. Dr. Sridhar counter argued that in spite of invasion of technology number of printed books and journals has not reduced. On the other hand it has increased. He said one in five books published and one out of three books borrowed from libraries are related to IT. If IT eliminates the printed books, why this trend he questioned. Dr. Sridhar presented some of the quality issues that need to be taken note of by the Internet users. Authenticity and accuracy are the major ones. Libraries are more reliable source for a common man. Filtering mechanism adopted in libraries ensures the quality and accuracy. On the other hand, Internet is increasingly becoming more popular creating the impression that libraries are no more required. Dr. Sridhar trying to rationalise this trend said accessibility, ease of use and perceived utility are the major factors for popularity of Internet. He opined that Internet and IT are supplement to the libraries and in real perspectives they are not threats. Giving some tips for students Dr. Sridhar said that domain knowledge (library based skills), communication, research bent of mind, reading habit and ICT skills are the expected core competencies by the employers. He said that competition for job is increasing as number of qualified professionals coming out of library schools has increasing drastically. A huge chunk of graduates are coming out of library schools from open universities. This has created an imbalance between supply and demand as for as library professionals are concerned. In this context Dr. Sridhar gave advice to the students that they should go for specialization and be ready when the opportunity arises. Dr. Sridhar's lecture was followed by an interesting and elaborate interactive session. Students asked varieties of questions and sought clarifications on various intriguing issues. Some of the questions asked/issues discussed are as follows: - Can Internet substitute a library? - Whether the present university syllabus enough for developing a good librarian? - How can one encourage young people to read? - How to ascertain needs/wants of remote readers in the context of digital libraries? - How one should equip to get good job? - What are the core competencies of librarians? - Whether classification and cataloguing are redundant in Internet era? - How to improve social status of libraries? - Libraries have been changing their names over the years from 'Libraries' to 'Knowledge centres', 'Information Centres' to 'Information Kiosks' etc. Whether this change in name inevitable? -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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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Library education
by Rajan 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Dear All, This refers to the ongoing discussion on library training or subject specialisation of the grooming librarians. Librarians should emerge as knowledge managers in their institution, on their specific subject and in the community around them particularly because we live in a knowledge society. For that we should learn the specific subjects, our library handles, with the eagerness of a Professor and keep in touch with the information technologies like an enthusiastic computer man. He should not ignore the core library subjects and his role in the knowledge generation-supply-use chain. It is the duty of the enterprising library school student or young professionals to learn themselves all these by continuous efforts. It is better if the library schools provide a basic frame and motivation rather than teaching all necessary subjects. It is impossible too as the library schools may have that much subject expertise. The situation of most of our library schools are far from satisfactory to groom capable library professionals. If some professionals coming out from the schools are performing good. it may be because they hav put in extra efforts and have used their common sense well. I think it is high time to look at the deficiencies in our profession and use the excellent opportunities offered by the emergent knowledge society, computers, information technologies, Internet, focus on knowledge management etc. Now ample opportunities are there for self learning anything from swiming to driving to creating bombs using self -instructonal manuals available in Internet. Library professionals should use such opportunities..Learning any computer application is not at all a difficult thing as in the past. There was a time when even installing our cds-isis was a herculean task. If any library school or teacher claims that all is well, it shows the lack of his exposure or his disinterest in making his students as good peformers.It is a difficult to remain as a good teacher in a library school, when everything is changing so fast. Any library professional should have a good knowledge on library science, the specific subject he deals with and information technologies. We can go ahead only when we learn that we know less and there exist a lot more to learn. Regards,. K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Ph 0487 - 2200244+208 (O) 2201428 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Adding specialization to LIS
by Mailing List Admin 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:30:01 -0800 From: Hemantha Rao K.R. <hemantharao.kr(a)gmail.com> hi This is Hemantha Rao K.R. student of MLISc of Mysore University, its my personnel opinion regarding Adding specilization to LIS. As discussed about adding additional theory paper at 3rd and 4th semester in degrees to make more specialist in this domain. As a student I am not statisfy with this idea, because most of the students will study in the point of examination only, so adding one more theory paper is not sufficient. In my opinion adding one more practical paper or training will more helpful than theory paper. Thanking you Hemantha Rao K.R. MLISc(IIIrd Sem) University of Mysore Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------=_Part_1466_16187542.1196429401756 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>hi</div> <div> </div> <div>This is Hemantha Rao K.R. student of MLISc of Mysore University, its my personnel opinion regarding Adding specilization to LIS.  In there you mentioned about adding additional theory paper at 3rd and 4th semester in degrees to make more specialist in this domain.  As a student I am not statisfy with this idea, because most of the students will study in the point of examination only, so adding one more theory paper is not more sufficient.  In my opinion adding more one more practical paper or training is more helpful than theory paper. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanking you</div> <div> </div> <div>Hemantha Rao K.R.</div> <div>MLISc(IIIrd Sem) </div> <div>University of Mysore</div> <div>Mysore</div> <br />-- <br />This message has been scanned for viruses and <br />dangerous content by <a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is <br />believed to be clean. ------=_Part_1466_16187542.1196429401756--

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Fwd: Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

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Announcement- Volunteers/Interns to work in Environment Documentation Unit (Newsclippings team)
by Kiran Pandey 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Centre for Science and Environment (www.cseindia.org) , New Delhi invites interns/volunteers to work in Environment Resources Unit (News clippings team). Number of posts: three Essential qualifications: BSc and BLISc Venue: Centre for Science and Environment, 41, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area, New Delhi- 110062 Other qualifications: Good communication skills in English along with knowledge of MS Office. Objective: To provide hands-on experience of working in a special documentation centre. This is also expected to provide volunteers with knowledge of documenting news clippings sourced from web and print editions of newspapers and newsmagazines. Interested candidates are requested to send their application and Curriculum vitae. Kiran Pandey Coordinator-Environment Resources Unit Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi Ms. Kiran Pandey ************************************************************** ** CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT ( CSE ) 41, TUGHLAKABAD INSTITUTIONAL AREA, NEW DELHI- 110 062 TELE: 29955124 29956110, 29956394,29956399 FAX : 91-11-29955879 VISIT US AT: http://www.cseindia.org Email: kiran(a)cseindia.org ext:233 ************************************************************** ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Access thousands E-journals of Societies and other well known commercial Publishers
by Binod Yadav 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Dear Professionals, *International Network for the availability of Scientific Publications(INASP)* was established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1992, as a direct response to a study on how to meet the information needs of scientists in the developing world. INASP operated within the legal entity of ICSU until 2003, and was formalised as an Interdisciplinary Body of ICSU in 2005. PERI is a programme to support capacity building in the research sector in developing and emerging countries by strengthening the production, access and dissemination of information & knowledge. We can register with several publishers and access free full text of articles form a large number of journals published . Please visit the given URL , choose your country and registered with the resources available under a specific country. Resources available in Nepal – *Institute of Physics Publishing*<http://www.inasp.info/file/382/institute-of-physics-publishing.html> *, **Emerald Group Publishing Ltd*<http://www.inasp.info/file/406/emerald-group-publishing-ltd.html> *, **Cochrane Library*<http://www.inasp.info/file/374/cochrane-library.html> *, **American Physical Society APS*<http://www.inasp.info/file/590/american-physical-society-aps.html> * …* * http://www.inasp.info/file/104/peri-programme-for-the-enhancement-of-resear… * Binod Kumar Yadav Librarian BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal Currently ongoing training MLISc Dept. of Library and information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore-06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Friday Talk by Dr. M.S. Sridhar at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Mysore University Library and Information Science Student Association (MULISSA) of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore organised a Friday lecture by Dr. M.S. Sridhar, Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore on the topic 'Librarianship as a profession' on November 30, 2007. A summary of the lecture and the student interaction which followed is given below. Libraries are under utilized. Only 1.5% of the population have access to the libraries. The myth that evolution of Internet has made libraries redundant contributes further to the less use of libraries. Dr. Sridhar counter argued that in spite of invasion of technology number of printed books and journals has not reduced. On the other hand it has increased. He said one in five books published and one out of three books borrowed from libraries are related to IT. If IT eliminates the printed books, why this trend he questioned. Dr. Sridhar presented some of the quality issues that need to be taken note of by the Internet users. Authenticity and accuracy are the major ones. Libraries are more reliable source for a common man. Filtering mechanism adopted in libraries ensures the quality and accuracy. On the other hand, Internet is increasingly becoming more popular creating the impression that libraries are no more required. Dr. Sridhar trying to rationalise this trend said accessibility, ease of use and perceived utility are the major factors for popularity of Internet. He opined that Internet and IT are supplement to the libraries and in real perspectives they are not threats. Giving some tips for students Dr. Sridhar said that domain knowledge (library based skills), communication, research bent of mind, reading habit and ICT skills are the expected core competencies by the employers. He said that competition for job is increasing as number of qualified professionals coming out of library schools has increasing drastically. A huge chunk of graduates are coming out of library schools from open universities. This has created an imbalance between supply and demand as for as library professionals are concerned. In this context Dr. Sridhar gave advice to the students that they should go for specialization and be ready when the opportunity arises. Dr. Sridhar's lecture was followed by an interesting and elaborate interactive session. Students asked varieties of questions and sought clarifications on various intriguing issues. Some of the questions asked/issues discussed are as follows: - Can Internet substitute a library? - Whether the present university syllabus enough for developing a good librarian? - How can one encourage young people to read? - How to ascertain needs/wants of remote readers in the context of digital libraries? - How one should equip to get good job? - What are the core competencies of librarians? - Whether classification and cataloguing are redundant in Internet era? - How to improve social status of libraries? - Libraries have been changing their names over the years from 'Libraries' to 'Knowledge centres', 'Information Centres' to 'Information Kiosks' etc. Whether this change in name inevitable? -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2collab officially launched.
by Kumar, Perdeep (ELS-DEL) 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Elsevier Launches 2collab, New Research 2.0 Platform Elsevier, a publisher of science, technology and medical (STM) information, announced the official launch of 2collab (www.2collab.com), a free online platform for scientific collaboration. 2collab is a free web application that provides researchers with a platform to share resources with networks of peers and specialists, creating an online community that facilitates information discovery, evaluation and debate. This official launch follows a successful beta testing period and incorporates feedback gained from researchers based at Elsevier's Development Partners, which include a range of premier academic, government and corporate institutions worldwide. 2collab allows researchers to add, share and rate bookmarks, tag resources, and to add comments and create topical groups. Each user is encouraged to create a personal profile, which everyone can view to ensure the authenticity of fellow users. This creates an accessible environment where specialists can work together on evaluating new research, discussing current controversies and opportunities as well as providing a place for first-time authors to promote their research. An integrated 2collab bookmark button will be automatically switched on in all Scopus and ScienceDirect accounts. 2collab helps users connect with others in their fields, making it possible to: * Discover new research material * Share and identify quality information * Collaborate without email * Elevate reputations and highlight research * Mine collective wisdom of 2collab participants From the Elsevier India Team -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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