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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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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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LIS Departments need Accreditation System and New Courses
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Dear Colleagues, It is good to see the ongoing discussion about integration of ICT technologies to LIS Courses in India. I agree that we need to incorporate ICT in LIS Syllabus, and most of the Departments have done that already. I doubt about the quantity practical orientation provided by them, it varies from one to another. A good IT lab with latest hardware and software is still a dream for many of the Departments. Few of them have collaboration with IT / Computer Science departments. This is the era or Globalisation and Specialisation. India is trying to become a developed nation, and we have to think from this background. In this regards, I have two points to discuss. 1. Our main problem is that, we do not have a "National Accreditation Process for Library Science Programmes" in India. NAAC accredits the Universities as a total. There are national library associations bearing this responsibility in developed nations, like ALA for USA, CILIP for UK etc. The accreditation process is carried out regularly and Departments will get accreditation for 5 /6 years. The course, syllabus, teaching methods, ability of faculty, facilities etc are standardised or regularised through this process. Departments failing in accreditation can not attract students, because the employers always prefer to appoint candidates with an accredited degree. If we implement this system in India, we can set standards for LIS Departments and its courses. We can approach associations from other countries to get our Courses recognised, may be in developed countries like USA and UK. Indian Library Association should take up this issue and find out the ways to start accreditation process in India. This will help us in making our candidates globally accepted. With my experience, I know that it is not simple as I wrote here, but we should start somewhere. 2. Second point is about starting new (specialised) courses. If you watch LIS Departments in developed countries, you can see atleast two or three master level courses are offered by them. Those are specialised courses, but clearly fits in our area of services, like Knowledge Management, Information Science, Medical/Helath librarianship, Information Systems, Electronic Information Management, Digital Libraries, School Librarianship etc apart from pure Library and Information Science. In India, our tendency is that, we compress all these subjects in to a 2 year course and call it as MLISc. Along with MLISc, why can't we think of starting few more Masters from any of the above mentioned areas. We also need specialisation in our Courses to supply specialised library professionals to the present vibrant job market. Market needs Knowledge Managers, Digital Librarians, Medical Librarians, Information Analysts etc. For this, along with the present faculty members, we may need new members or collaboration with other departments. I hope our teachers, practitioners and celebreties in Indian LIS will give importance to these two points. Thanks for reading. Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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1 yr. P.G. Diploma in Health Science Librarianship
by Mukesh Anand 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Dear LIS Students', 1 Year P.G. Diploma course in Health Science Librarianship (PGDHL) for the academic year 2007-'08 (Sept.' 07-Aug.' 08) at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 4th 'T' Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore- 560 041 (Karnataka).Ph. # 080-2696-1943. No stipend/ scholarship will be given.Detailed info. regarding obtaing & submission of application form, eligibility, entrance & interview test r available at its website www.rguhs.ac.in & can also be obtained from the office on any working day.The duly filled in application form should reach the office on or before 16th August, 2007. Source :-The Indian Express dated 30/7/' 07 (Monday) Page # 8 With Good Wishes, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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53 rd ILA conference at hyderabad
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Dear Friends I am happy to inform u all tht 53 rd ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERECE is bieng hosted by the dDept of Library and Information Science, Osmania unviersity, Hyderabad durign 13-16 Dec 2007. I request u all to attend the conference and also give ur valuable support to us making the conference a success thanks laxman rao --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your freeaccount today. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Workshop on Digital Preservation of Heritage
by Arup Raychaudhury 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata in association with Department of Science & Technology, Government of West Bengal and Goethe-Institut, New Delhi is organizing an international workshop. Title: Workshop on Digital Preservation of Heritage: Research Issues in Archiving and Retrieval Date: 29-31 October 2007 Venue: Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Kolkata 700108 (India) Registration o Participants from India and SAARC Countries: Rs. 2000.00 o Participants from Developing Countries: US $ 75.00 o Participants from other countries: US $ 100.00 o Students qualify for 50% discount Invited Speakers Professor Noriko Kando, Japan Professor Mohammad Zubair, USA Professor Michael A. Shepherd, USA Dr. Thomas Stacker, Germany Dr. Reinhard Altenhoner, Germany Dr. Jean-Marc Comment, Switzerland Professor Hussein Suleman, South Africa Professor Mahendra Mahey, USA Professor R. Manmatha, USA Professor Schubert Foo, Singapore Professor Vilas Wuwongse, Thailand Professor A.Chatterjee, India Professor Ratna Sanyal, India Dr. V.N. Shukla, India Professor Santanu Chaudhary, India For details, please visit http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwdph -- Arup Raychaudhury _____________________________________________________________ Indian Statistical Institute |Phone: 91-33-2575 2106/2100/2118 203 B.T. Road | Kolkata 700 108 |Fax : 91-33-2578 1412 INDIA | _____________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Self-Archiving & Digital Repository
by Bhomra Chatterji 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Dear Member, Library, Documentation and Information Science division of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata is going to organize a four-days Workshop on Self-Archiving & Digital Repository during October 30-November 2, 2007-as a part of Platinum Jubilee celebration Programme of the Institute. For Registration and other details visit:http://www.isical.ac.in/~wsadr. Thanks. Mrs Bhomra Chatterji Assistant Librarian & Workshop Convener Indian Statistical Institute 203 B T Road Kolkata 700 108 Phone 033-2575-2112 e-mail: wsadr(a)isical.ac.in bhomra(a)isical.ac.in --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Draft to establish Central Univ. in 16 States & ...
by Mukesh Anand 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Respected Members', Govt. of India (M/o HRD, UGC & Planning Commission) has drafted a bill to establish Central Universities in 16 States & Colleges in 365 Districts of India. If any one of you have details regarding this, Please let us know through this Discussion List. With Regards, Mukesh Anand M Lib I Sc Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Doctored and Diluted Degrees
by Dhanukumar Pattanashetti 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Dear Professionals, Greetings. Thought of sharing with you a well written article on present doctoral course. Please follow the below link. It appeared in Deccan herald newspaper dated 19th July. http://deccanheraldepaper.com//svww_showarticle.php?art=20070719e_001100001 -- Warm Regards, Dhanu Dhanukumar M. Pattanashetti Assistant Librarian Central Library PES Institute of Technology Bangalore - 560085 Contact: dhanukumar(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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