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

Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008
by Puna Das 19 May '07

19 May '07

17 May - World Information Society Day World Information Society Day is celebrated each year on 17 May to remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build “a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society” based on fundamental human rights. UNESCO refers to these societies as Knowledge Societies based on four fundamental principles: freedom of expression, universal access to information and knowledge, respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, equal access to quality education. This year, UNESCO dedicates the Day to the principle of universal access to information and knowledge. Post a slogan for UNESCO's celebrating World Information Society Day 2008 on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. World Information Society Day 2008 will be devoted to the principle of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO invites everybody to submit proposals for a slogan on the theme of respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. UNESCO intends to select one of the proposals for its campaign for the World Information Society Day 2008. Submit your proposal at: http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/communitycontribution/page.cgi?g=isd… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib/ http://www.unesco.org/newdelhi/ http://www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Click here: http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC SAP for MyDLIS, University of Mysore, Mysore
by N.S. Harinarayana 18 May '07

18 May '07

We are happy to inform that the Department of Library and Information Science (MyDLIS), University of Mysore, Mysore has been awarded financial assistance of more than 26 Lakhs under the UGC programme of Special Assistance (SAP). The objective of SAP scheme of UGC is to raise the quality of teaching/research in different disciplines. The Departments are carefully selected on their past academic achievements and viable potential for future development. The essence and primary aim of the scheme is to promote group research efforts in pursuit of excellence. MyDLIS is one of Library and Information Science departments in the country to be awarded the level of DRS-1 for the next five years. The thrust area for the MyDLIS SAP is – digital libraries. Believing in building on our strengths in the area of digital libraries, where in we have established a strong presence-nationally and internationally through the Vidyanidhi Digital Library,* *the Department has * *identified ' digital libraries' as the thrust area. We have prepared a plan of action for the SAP- programme. The academic activities under SAP programme will be focussed on the following areas: - Building Digital Libraries: The choice of 'collection' is of critical importance in the success and usability of DLs. The chosen area is 'Mysore Heritage Collection'. * *Erstwhile* *Mysore state, with many firsts in areas such a art, architecture, electrification, industrialization, women's education, legislative assembly and many more and the* *ninety one year Mysore University – sixth in the country and first university to be established in a princely state have carved a unique place in the history of India and the firmament of Indian Higher education system* *respectively. Mysore Heritage Collection will showcase this. - Training workshops various areas of ICT applications for libraries. Nine training workshops (eight national levels and one international level workshop) in the areas of DL and Library automation are proposed* * to be conducted. - Developing an open courseware for LIS *:* This is another area that MyDLIS would like to focus on. It is proposed to create an e-learning environment by using Moodle – an open source software for courseware development. * *Vidyanidhi has already implemented the Moodle for its Training Programmes. * *Building on this expertise, it is proposed to implement the courseware from the forthcoming academic semester itself. - Research and Development in Digital Libraries: It is envisioned to focus the collective research of MyDLIS in the emerging areas such as Ontologies, Metadata, and evaluation of DLs. Dr. Shalini R Urs, Professor, DLIS, Mysore is the co-ordinator and Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Reader and Chairman, DLIS, Mysore is the Deputy co-ordinator for the SAP programme. An advisory committee with the Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore as its chairman has been formed. The other members of the committee include two UGC nominees, senior faculty members of the Department and one external member from the other Department. -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography
by Sneha Tripathi 18 May '07

18 May '07

Apologies if you received multiple copies of this message. ============================================= Dear Professional Colleagues , SayajiRao Gaekwad Central Library, BHU in collaboration with National Mission for Manuscripts is pleased to announce "National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography" from 29th May, 2007 to 11th June, 2007 For more details, visit http://internet.bhu.ac.in/workshop/index.html Interested professionals are requested to send their duly filled Registration Forms on or before 22nd May, 2007 to Organizing Secretary, Dr. D. K. Singh Dy. Librarian Central Library, BHU-221005 dksingh5@yahoo. or via e-mail at clbhu2007(a)gmail.com \u003cdiv\> \n \u003cdiv\> \u003cdiv\>Regards, \u003cdiv\>Sneha Tripathi\u003cbr\>Member, Organizing Committee\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\> \u003cblockquote style\u003d\"padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid\"\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\> \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \u003c/div\> \u003cdiv\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Bored stiff?\u003c/a\> Loosen up...\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt\u003d49935/*http://games.yahoo.com\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Download and play hundreds of games for free\u003c/a\> on Yahoo! Games.\u003cbr\>-- \u003cbr\>This message has been scanned for viruses and \u003cbr\>dangerous content by \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mailscanner.info/\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>\u003cb\>MailScanner\u003c/b\>\u003c/a\>, and is \u003cbr\>believed to be clean. ______________________________\u003cWBR\>_________________\u003cbr\>LIS-Forum mailing list\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"mailto:LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in\u003cWBR\>/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum\u003c/a\>\u003cbr\>\u003c/div\>\u003c/blockquote\>\u003cbr\>\u003cp\> \n\n\n\n \u003chr size\u003d\"1\"\> \nOffice firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? \u003ca href\u003d\"http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/ymessenger/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/we…" target\u003d\"_blank\" onclick\u003d\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\"\>Here's a solution!\u003c/a\> \u003c/p\>",0] ); //--> Regards, Sneha Tripathi Member, Organizing Committee Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google revamps search engine
by Mailing List Admin 18 May '07

18 May '07

Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:51:49 +0530 From: Sreeharsha_Gopalakrishna(a)i2.com In a bold and potentially risky move, Google is making dramatic changes to the way it helps hundreds of millions of people find information on the Internet. For details, visit, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1925293.htm

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NIFT Vacancy
by Ajay Kum Sharma 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear All Library Professional, NIFT has vacancy for Library professional. For details click on the given link. http://www.niftindia.com/recruitment07/admin-post-details.html 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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Institutional Repositories
by Rajesh Chandrakar 17 May '07

17 May '07

Dear Professionals, In the today's information explosion especially on open source and open access era, every one must be aware that every library or institution should have their own either institutional repository (IR) or digital library (DL) for easy access of their scholarly resources. In this regards, various ogranizations have developed various IR and DL software on open source mode. Where as Fedora (www.fedora.info) is also one of the open source softwares that gives organizations flexible tools for managing and delivering their digital content. It is built on the core of powerful digital object model that supports multiple views of each digital object and the relationships among digital objects. Digital objects can encapsulate locally-managed content or make reference to remote content. Dynamic views are possible by associating web services with objects. This is an open offer to the professionals, who are interested in establishing the Fedora Institutional Digital Repository in to their library. Fedora is based on the Windows OS based IR built on core Java. That's what is platform independent software. I may also help in establishing the Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) Software to the professionals. However, there are so many professionals are available for helping in building the GSDL Digital Library. With best regards, Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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List of journals available free online : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by sri priya 17 May '07

17 May '07

List of journals available free online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online#General… From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a partial list of journals available free online. This is a general list of selected journals with at least some free content, available through all forms of open access, including delayed open access, and hybrid open access. List of search engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine#Media-focused_search_engines List of journals available free online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journals_available_free_online List of academic journals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_journals Open access journal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal List of scientific journals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientific_journals Regards, S.Sripriya --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conference: Continuing Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership (14-16 August 2007, Johannesburg South Africa)
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:24:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Puttaraj Choukimath <puttuc(a)yahoo.com> Dear All, Greetings! FYI: Best Regards, Puttaraj. 7th World Conference on Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning for the Library and Information Professions Continuing Professional Development: Pathways to Leadership in the Library & Information World 14-16 August 2007, Johannesburg South Africa Further information: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/satellite12call-en.htm 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 --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. -- 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] Need to Promote free library software
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:48:31 -0700 (PDT) From: rupesh kumar <a_rupeshkumar(a)yahoo.com> Respected & Dear All, With due regards to the thought-provoking comments made on this issue by many revered professionals, I have a few things to say. Yes, Staff Exchange Programme is a very good idea as long as libraries can afford to do it and are allowed to do so by their parent authorities. The concept of Visiting Faculty also sounds good. But there is a difference in the very functioning of a university department and a library. As Mr. Sukhdev Singh has clearly pointed out, many a time, this kind of endeavors do not materialize simply because of "ego clashes" among people working in the same organization !!! We need to shed our ego for the good of the organization. Unless we do that, no such efforts bear fruits. I have another point to make. For many a problem in our profession, technology gives the solution. One has to think of "using one technology to teach another technology". Lastly, I request you to visit the site http://comeletslearnit.googlepages.com/resources , download, use and do comment on my efforts which is going somewhat in similar lines as of this subject matter (I hope to upload as many resources as possible soon). Thanks & Regards, >Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Friends, >Ok, This can be easily done on a Wiki Page. People desiring to help in >various library oriented softwares may add themselves to the following >wiki page. >http://oadl.pbwiki.com/Experts [truncated]

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The Library of Congress Vacancy
by Mailing List Admin 17 May '07

17 May '07

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:24:20 -0700 (PDT) From: sri priya <sri_lib(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professionals, The Library of Congress offers many exciting permanent and temporary opportunities for employment. The Library adheres to a formal Merit Selection Plan in filling vacancies... To Know more Visit:--http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php?action=cJobs.showHome Regards, S.Sripriya

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