October 2008 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

National Consultation on Open Solutions for e-Governance on October 23, 2008 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi
by Puna Das 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

National Consultation on Open Solutions for e-Governance The need for developing standards for interoperability among various e-Governance applications has a great relevance for ensuring success of National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The government has already created a draft policy, which is open for discussion and feedback from various stakeholder groups (see http://egovstandards.gov.in/public-review/egscontent.2008-08-22.3525430649/…). Keeping in view the importance of the subject, we have decided to host a series of consultations to generate awareness and to get inputs. The first national consultation in the series is scheduled to be hosted as a dedicated session on "Open Solutions for e-Governance" during Skoch Summit 2008 India @ Work (www.indiaatwork.in) on October 23, 2008 at India Habitat Center from 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm. In this round presentations are expected from Red Hat, TCS, Department of IT, NIC, IBM & Sun Microsystems etc. Since large number of domain experts and users are traveling from across the country to attend this summit and given that the policy is open for public review, this may be an ideal occasion to get a first hand feel. Some of the issues that this consultation seeks to focus on include: 1. Rationale and implications of the draft policy on promotion of e-governance in India ? Feedback and suggestions. 2. What could be the institutional mechanisms for supporting open solution implementations in the government? 3. What are the best examples of open solutions that are worth sharing and replicating everywhere and how can such a sharing be enabled? 4. How to further enhance the skill base for open solution implementations? By hosting a series of multi stakeholder consultations on the subject, we propose to facilitate a deeper understanding and learning of the issues, ideate on solutions and provide an informed participatory feedback into policy from an independent platform. Pre-registered delegates for the summit need not register separately for this consultation. Those who have not registered for the summit and are interested in this session only may request an invitation by sending an email to info(a)skoch.in latest by 17:30 hrs on 21 October 2008. India @ Work Summit Secretariat 1105-A, Galleria DLF City , Phase-lV Gurgaon -122002, Haryana , India ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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mistake in dates of seminar
by Mailing List Admin 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:55:09 +0530 From: Prem Chand <premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in> Dear Professionals In earlier posting , there was slight mistake on dates of seminar, which is to be held in collaboration with CEC , Delhi, The date of seminar is January 29-30, 2009 . Apologies for mistakes from our end. Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content: Bridging the Digital Divide, January 29-30, 2009 at India Habitat Centre,New Delhi. It is Jointly Organized by INFLIBNET and CEC For More Information Please Visit http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/seminar/

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Database Size of METALIS service provider
by jeelani shah 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

*Dear All,* *Can anybody tell me the database size of METALIS service provider as i need it immediately.* ** * with regards Ghulam Jeelani Shah JPA(Acq. Section), Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Nihal Alam 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Dear friends, Can someone kindly send me a copy of the below reference? I shall be grateful. Article title: Semantic Enrichment in Knowledge Repositories: Annotating Semantic Relationships Between Discussion Documents Author: Wei, C.-P. Cheng, T.-H. Pai, Y.-C Journal title: JOURNAL OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT Bibliographic details: 2006, VOL 17; NUMB 1, pages 49-66 Publisher: Hershey, PA; Idea Group Publishing; 1999 Country of publication: USA ISSN 1063-8016 Seeking your co-operation Thanking You Nihal Alam ADIS 2nd Year Student Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore-059 Karnataka (India) email: nihalalam(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in nihal.drtc(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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ISiM Workshop on Technical Writing, October 24, 2008
by Angrosh 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

International School of Information Management University of Mysore Workshop on Technical Writing October 24, 2008 ********************* Objectives of the Workshop Intended to be highly interactive and participative, this workshop is designed to understand: . The importance of effective communication . Need for Technical Communication . Introduce the tools and techniques involved in this line of work. Key Topics Dealt in the Workshop . Effective Communication . Information Analysis and Presentation . Information Mapping Principles . Overview of Tools Instructors: 1. Ms. Bharathi, Triumph India Software Services, Bangalore 2. Ms. Nandini, Triumph India Software Services, Bangalore Venue: The International School of Information Management, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore For more details - <http://www.isim.ac.in/html/course%20page/technicalwriting.htm> http://www.isim.ac.in/html/course%20page/technicalwriting.htm Thanks and regards, Angrosh *********************************************** Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in; office(a)isim.ac.in *********************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Availability of Workshop Proceedings & Presentations -- Second Workshop on "Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge", organized by IMI, New Delhi
by Puna Das 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Availability of Workshop Proceedings & Presentations -- Second Workshop on "Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge", organized by IMI, New Delhi The Centre for Management of Innovation and Technology (CMIT) of the International Management Institute (www.imi.edu), New Delhi organized the Second Workshop on "Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge" during 15-17 October, 2008 at the National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh. The Workshop was organized in association with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The focus of this Workshop was creation and dissemination of knowledge in the backdrop of India's aspirations to emerge as a knowledge economy and compete with the developed world. To meet this purpose, the Workshop discussed major factors that impinge on the creation and dissemination of knowledge. For pursuing its objectives, the Workshop discussed, among others, trends and prospects of socio-economic and technological growth, role of knowledge in supporting growth, policy statements, and the role of government, research institutes, universities and corporate sector in promoting knowledge creation and dissemination. The Workshop was conducted in an interactive mode through a mix of lectures and discussions. Workshop proceedings contain following background papers: (1) India as a Leading Player in the Global Knowledge Economy (M. K. Khanijo); (2) Trends and Prospects of Socio-economic and Technological Growth and Role of Knowledge in Supporting Growth across Indian States: A Co-integration and Causality Approach (Arindam Banik and Shromon Das); (3) Managing Knowledge Creation and the Knowledge Organization (Parthasarathi Banerjee); (4) Increasing Innovation & Productivity with Knowledge – Integrating Workers in the Organisation Larger System (Y.K. Anand and Manmohan Singh); (5) Human Resource Development and Utilization in R&D Activities (M. K. Khanijo); (6) Knowledge Management Practices and Application in Pharma Company: Case Study (Gunmala Suri); (7) Knowledge Management for Educational Practices and Policy Making in Technical Education (Ganesh Dalvi and K.M. Rastogi); (8) Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) in India - Opportunities, Trends and Skills (D.D. Sharma); (9) Bibliography on Knowledge Management (compiled by M.K. Khanijo); (10) Glossary of Terms in Knowledge Management: Draft Indian Standard (Bureau of Indian Standards). Download Workshop Proceedings: http://anup.anasua.googlepages.com/CDK_Proceedings.pdf Download Workshop Presentations: http://anup.anasua.googlepages.com/CDK_Presentations.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Library trainees for IGIDR library, Mumbai.
by G.K.MANJUNATH 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

We are looking for 2-3 young professionals to work as trainees in our library. Qualifications: M.Li.Sc or equivalent degree from a recoginsed university/institution, with minimum 60% marks. Tenure : 8 months Salary : Rs.10000/- per month. (Consolidated ) Selected candidates have to make their own arrangement for stay in Mumbai. Trainees will get opportunity to work in a highly professional environment. Will also get exposure to Libsys, WINISIS, Dspace, Linux, MySQL, php, CSS, web 2.0 tools, etc. Those interested may please send their resume, over email, with two references to: G.K.Manjunath Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Inst of Development Research Film City Road Santosh Nagar Goregaon(East ) MUMBAI - 400 065 email: gkm(a)igidr.ac.in http://www.igidr.ac.in http://oii.igidr.ac.in Phone: 022-28416528 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An appeal for donation of Botany documents
by Library＠Arboretum.org.in 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

<bold><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><bigger>International tree park invites donation of Botany documents and related books </bold>The Dharma Vana Arboretum (DVA), a non-profit international tree park being developed at Bhongir in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, India, appeals for donation of botanical publications such as: - books & monographs - scientific journals - research reports - theses - conference proceedings - off-prints from closed libraries, retired teachers, scientists, forest officers as well as the general public. These documents would be preserved for posterity in the DVAs research and reference library for the benefit of teachers, research scientists and students. The DVA Library would be developed as one of the finest scientific libraries specialising in dendrology and silviculture not only in India but also in the entire South Asia. Although the DVAs major focus of collection development is documents about <bold>trees</bold>, it also welcomes works in related fields such as <bold>forestry, horticulture, ethnobotany, soil science, plant taxonomy, entomology, sacred groves, and philosophy. </bold> Spanning 455+ acres, the Dharma Vana Arboretum (www.arboretum.org.in) would conserve thousands of species of plants and over a thousand tree species, many of which are endangered, through innovative horticultural and silvicultural practices that meet or exceed international standards. The DVA will be among the largest arboreta in the world and the largest located in a semi-arid tropical climate. Its primary scientific mission is to collect and preserve threatened and endangered species of indigenous plants, with an emphasis on the Deccan Plateau and the Eastern Ghats. A special focus will be on trees of medicinal, ethnobotanical, aromatic, ornamental, and religious significance, in addition to cultivating trees of no particular value. T.V. Prafulla Chandra Research Officer Dharma Vana Arboretum Administrative Office Plot 95/1, Phase 2 IDA Cherlapally Hyderabad 500 051 Andhra Pradesh India Phones Direct +91 40 2726 0930 +91 40 3911 4202 EPABX +91 40 2726 0801 Ext. 202 +91 40 2726 0802 Ext. 202 +91 40 3911 4200 Ext. 202 Fax +91 40 3911 4219 www.arboretum.org.in

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Satisfaction with free/open source software: survey invitation
by Vimal Kumar 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Dear Friends, I invite all LIS-Forum users to participate in this survey on behalf of my professional friend Brenda Chawner, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington. Vimal Kumar V. Asian School of Business Trivandrum. www.asbindia.in/vmal I am a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, and my research topic is an investigation of factors that influence participant satisfaction with library or information management free/open source software projects. Some library-related examples are DSpace, EPrints, Koha, Evergreen, Greenstone, and MyLibrary. More general information management software includes web content management software such as Drupal, wiki software such as MediaWiki or PmWiki, or blogging software such as WordPress. If you use or are involved with a relevant project, I would like to invite you to complete an online survey. I am especially interested in hearing from people in a range of roles, for example user, developer, release manager, or system administrator. I am keen to have responses from people who have had either positive or negative experiences with free/open source software, to ensure that I get a perspective on factors that diminish satisfaction, as well as those that contribute toward it. The results of this project will help developers of free/open source application software projects identify opportunities to increase user satisfaction, and it will also help users identify ways in which they might contribute to projects. I expect the survey to take between 15 and 20 minutes of your time. You may receive several copies of this message, since I am sending it to a number of project and library technology email discussion lists; however, I ask that you only complete the survey once. If you have colleagues who you think would be interested in completing it, please forward this invitation to them. The survey is available at: http://surveys.sim.vuw.ac.nz/survey.aspx?surveyid=205 It will be available until Friday, 14 November, 2008. I will post a summary of the results to relevant project and library technology email discussion lists, once the thesis is finished in mid-2009. A copy of the thesis will be deposited in the Victoria University of Wellington Institutional Repository (http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/). If you have any questions about this survey, please contact me at brenda.chawner(a)vuw.ac.nz or phone +64 4 463 5780. My supervisors are Professor Gary Gorman, email gary.gorman(a)vuw.ac.nz and Professor Sid Huff, email sid.huff(a)vuw.ac.nz. Regards, -- Brenda Chawner School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington P O Box 600 Wellington NEW ZEALAND (04) 463 5780 fax (04) 463 5446 brenda.chawner(a)vuw.ac.nz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Vacancies in Across the India
by Charu 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day. I request to my worthy friends, please go through the following job opportunities appeared in Employment News 18-24 October 2008. 1. One post of Assistant Librarian (UR) in University of Pune, in the pay scale of Rs. 8000-275-13500. Last date: 3rd November 2008. Ref: Employment News 18-24 October 2008. ; page 9; and www.Unipune.ernet.in<http://www.unipune.ernet.in/> 2. One post of Professional Junior (OH) in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ,in the pay scale of Rs. 8000-275-13500. Last date: 16 November 2008. Ref: Employment News 18-24 October 2008. ; page 24; and www.bhu.ac.in 3. One Permanent post of Librarian (UR) in Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi University, Delhi Last date: 3i.10.2008. Ref: Employment News 18-24 October 2008. ; page 34; 4. One post of Library Attendant in Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi, Delhi. Last date: 3rd November 2008. Ref: Employment News 18-24 October 2008. ; page 37; and www.mincdu.ac.in 5. One post of Librarian in Ministry of Finance, Board of Industrial & Financial Reconstruction, New Delhi in the scale of Pay Band of Rs. 9300-34800(PB-2) by transfer , on Deputation basis. Last date: within 45 days. Ref: Employment News 18-24 October 2008. ; page 11. Regards, Miss Charu Mathur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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