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

Vacancies in IBS Library
by Shekar H P 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly circulate this information in LIS Forum Dear Professionals, We have openings for the position of "Library Assistants" in IBS Bangalore. Those who are interested in the above mentioned position and willing to work, may contact the Librarian at the below mentioned number between 10 am to 6 pm (Monday to Saturday) or forward your updated resume addressed to the Director, IBS Bangalore through e-mail ID given below. Position Vacant: Library Assistants - 2 Educational Qualification: Any Graduate or Post Graduate with B.L.I.Sc / M.L.I.Sc or equalent degree from a recognized University with Good Communication Skills and Computer Knowledge Experience required: Min 1+ years Salary: Pay scale + CPF+ allowances as per IBS norms Job location: Bangalore Last Date: 26.11.2008 Contact E-mail: bnglib(a)ibsindia.org OR shekarhp(a)gmail.com Ph: 080-26860100 Extn.133 Web site: www.ibsindia.org -- SHEKAR.H.P. M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil.,B.Ed.,PGDHRM., Librarian, IBS Bangalore #19 / 3, Nr.Metro, Kanakapura Road Bangalore-560 062 Ph:080-26860100, 9945799927 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content
by Rajesh Chandrakar 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Dear Moderator Kindly announce the following National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content With best regards, Rajesh Chandrakar National Seminar on Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content: Bridging the Digital Divide Jointly organized by CEC, New Delhi and INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 29th to 30th January 2009. For more details kindly follow the link: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/seminar/. Background Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and the Information Library Network (INFLIBNET) the two Inter-University Centres (IUC's) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) were set up with common facilities as IUC's equipped with infrastructure for research and academic activity in the universities of higher education in the country considering the fact that heavy investment on infrastructure and other cost-intensive central facilities may be beyond the reach of individual institutions. CEC and the INFLIBNET Centre of UGC provide information support for education and research in colleges and universities through their services and facilities. While CEC concentrates on creation and dissemination of multimedia-based learning resources, the INFLIBNET specialises in textual-based information retrieval services through its union databases and by facilitating access to full-text and bibliographic e-resources through consortium arrangements. Both the organizations make intensive use of Internet, Web and other communication technology to develop and disseminate their services. While both the institutions work primarily for the same goal, albeit separately, there is a lot of scope for the them to cooperate, coordinate and collaborate in the process of creation, development and dissemination their resources and services. The Internet and Web technology offer virtual environment that facilitate collaboration, hitherto, not possible in the traditional communication system. There is, therefore, an opportunity to examine and evaluate the activities, services and functionalities of the two institutions, identify gaps in resources, services and infrastructure and flag potential areas of coordination and collaboration. The two organizations may also redefine their roles in changing scenario and identify modalities to work in tandem with inputs from their users and experts in Media, Communication and Library Information Science Theme and Sub-theme of the Seminar Multi-media Content Development and Management a.. E-content creation and building learning objects repositories. b.. Information retrieval techniques for non-textual media c.. Multimedia formats and standards d.. Virtual learning environment Multi-media Communication: Tools and Techniques a.. EDUSAT network for dissemination of knowledge b.. Podcasting, Vodcasting and Webcasting Digital preservation a.. Digital preservation strategies and its challenges b.. Digital preservation of metadata Metadata Creation and Management a.. Metadata standards for textual and multimedia content b.. Learning Objects Metadata Standards Open Access and Open Source Software a.. Institutional Repositories (IRs) b.. Open Access (OA) initiatives in India c.. Interoperability: Standards and Tools d.. Open source software Library Consortia and IPR in Digital World a.. Library consortia: Economics and impact on research output b.. IPR in digital environment Target Audience The seminar is essentially targeted to the academic community in the universities and colleges. Individuals concerned with application of ICTs in libraries, media centres, virtual learning, online courseware development and dissemination would also benefit from the seminar. The existing users of media services from CEC / EMMRC's and INFLIBNET will also participate. Registration Last Date for Registration : January 15, 2009 Registration fee : Rs. 2,000.00 per participant The amount for registration fee may be paid either by Demand Draft / Multi-City cheque in favour of "Director, CEC, New Delhi" payable at New Delhi. The payment may be sent on the address given overleaf along with the Registration Form. Registration will be confirmed only if the form is duly completed. Registration fee is non-refundable. Registration fee does not include accommodation. Contact us for Registration/Enquires Seminar Secretariat Chief Administrative Officer / Organising Secretary Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), IUAC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067 Phone: 011-26890264, 011-26122605, 011- 26897418, 26897419 Fax: 011-26897416 Website: http://www.cec-ugc.org . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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For Indian Libraries only
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:37:13 -0800 (PST) From: Ceser Res <ceserres(a)yahoo.com> *******Apologies for cross-postings******* � Special Package Offer to the Indian Libraries http://ceser.res.in/ijamas/ams-jour.html � Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce special subscription fee offer to the Indian Libraries as �Annual Subscriptions Packages-Year 2009� of followings journals. (http://ceser.res.in/ijamas/ams-jour.html) � A. Annual Subscriptions Fee Package- One Special Offer Fee: �Rs. 50,000 (Actual Fee = Rs. 117600 [US$ 2450] Discount 57%) 1.�� International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics [Print issue] 2.�� International Journal of Tomography & Statistics [Print issue] 3.�� International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) [Online issue] 4.�� Bulletin of Statistics & Economics (BSE) [Online issue] 5.�� International Journal of Mathematics and Computation (IJMC) [Online issue] � B. Annual Subscriptions Package- Two Special Offer Fee:� Rs. 50,000 (Actual Fee = Rs. 117600 [US$ 2450] Discount 57%) International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics [Print issue] International Journal of Ecology & Development �[Print issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics [Online issue] International Journal of Imaging (IGI) [Online issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Computation (IJMC) [Online issue] � C. Annual Subscriptions Package- Both Special Offer Fee:� Rs. 80,000 (Actual Fee = Rs. 223200 [US$ 4650] Discount 64%) International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics [Print issue] International Journal of Tomography & Statistics �[Print issue] International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJAI) [Online issue] Bulletin of Statistics & Economics (BSE) [Online issue] International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics �[Print issue] International Journal of Ecology & Development �[Print issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics [Online issue] International Journal of Imaging (IGI) [Online issue] International Journal of Mathematics and Computation (IJMC) [Online issue] � The above Special Package Offer (Year 2009) is only for Indian Libraries as end users and valid with direct orders only (without subscription agent). � You may order a subscription at: subsc(a)ceser.res.in; ceser_info(a)yahoo.com, eic.ijees(a)yahoo.com; eic.ijed(a)yahoo.com � Please visit for journals at:� http://ceser.res.in/ijamas/ams-jour.html � Further enquiries: subsc(a)ceser.res.in; ceser_info(a)yahoo.com; eic.ijees(a)yahoo.com; eic.ijed(a)yahoo.com

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Special Lecture
by Mailing List Admin 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Date: 20 Nov 2008 06:57:56 -0000 From: raghunandana m <mraghunandana(a)rediffmail.com> BANGALORE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE Cordially invites you to the SPECIAL LECTURE On Contemporary Challenges in LIS By Shri. M.N. Seetharama Librarian (Retd.) Date: 22nd Nov. 2008, Saturday Venue:Dr. S. Radhakrishna Lecture Hall Time:11.00 AM Dept. of Library & Information Science Sneha Bhavan building Jnanabharathi Campus Bangalore ALL ARE WELCOME Dr. Lalitha Ashwath Professor & Chairman Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University, Bangalore

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LIS Education
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Dear Professional friends, How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? Please offer your suggestions that are more practical for implementation. Varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://in.msn.com/coxandkings -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Presentation Proposals on "Digitization in the Developing World" for American Library Association Annual Conference 2009
by J. K. Vijayakumar 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

-----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Solis [mailto:jsolis@email.unc.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:26 AM Subject: [alaworld] Call for Presentation Proposals on "Digitization in the Developing World" for American Library Association Annual Conference 2009 Call for Presentation Proposals "Digitization in the Developing World" American Library Association International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference American Library Association Annual Conference July 10, 2009 Digitization has become important in worldwide efforts to preserve, manage, and provide access to cultural heritage and scholarly information. However, digitization efforts require significant financial investments in infrastructure and technology as well as in human resources for project management. This pre-conference session will look at issues, successes, and challenges for digitization projects in developing countries. The organizing committee invites proposals for presentations at the International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference session held during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on topics that address the following questions, or other relevant topics: • How are developing countries overcoming challenges and moving forward with digitization projects? • Which collections are being chosen for digitization? • What are considerations in selecting material for digitization? • How are digital collections being presented and organized? • How are potential partners/funding agencies being identified? • Success stories Submission guidelines: If interested, please submit an abstract (300 words maximum) by 31 December 2008, to Jacqueline Solis, Co-chair of the International Relations Round Table Pre-Conference, at jsolis(a)email.unc.edu. Travel and expenses: The committee is able to cover the cost of the pre-conference registration for accepted presenters, but we are not able to pay for travel costs, accommodations, or registration for the ALA Conference. -- Jacqueline Solis Humanities Reference and Instruction Librarian University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Davis Library, Campus Box 3922 Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 Phone: +1 919 962 1151 | Fax: +1 919 962 5537 --------------------- Message forwarded by Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR Associate Director of Library Services American University of Antigua PB W-1451, St. Johns Antigua, West Indies www.auamed.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EU Online Digital library
by Raj K Bhardwaj 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Europian Union launched its online Digital library , an online digest of European's Culture heritage. In a first attempt a few thousand works from france , Hungry, and Portugal, were put online in March 2007 by France National Libary, which has its own Digital sectionGallica, Launched in 1996. Its project aim to operate in 21 languages. Read detailed article in Hindu 20 Nov. page 24 http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/index.html<http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/en/index.html> with regards Raj Kumar Bhardwaj Hon'ble Judges Library High Court of Punjab and Haryana Chandigarh -- http://raajchd.googlepages.com/home -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ph D in Gauhati University
by Apurba Jyoti Majumder 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Dear Professionals, Gauhati University has given advertisement for Ph D programme. This year for the first time Admission test will be taken. You have to apply to the respective departments in Plain paper along with biodata and Rs. 100 Published in The Assam Tribune, 16th Nov. You can send me a mail for the copy of the adv. -- Apurba Jyoti Majumder, JRF Deptt. of Library & Information Science. Arts Block, Gauhati University. Guwahati- 781014 Cell No: 09435268733, 09707626388 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Query about content management!
by T. Shahab 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Dear Moderator, Would some professional colleagues like to share with me their practical experience (particularly, the work flow process) about content management in any subject, say Biotechnology or Medicine, please? Thanks TANWIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Library Automation Packages from Jan 5-9 '09 @ NCSI
by K.T Anuradha 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Dear Professional, A five day Workshop on Integrated Library Automation Packages (ILAP): Basics of KOHA and NewGenLib is organised at National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore from January 5th to 9th, covering installation on Windows XP and Linux (Ubuntu) and basics of Staff-Client and OPAC modules in KOHA and NewGenLib. The workshop is carried out as part of IDRC sponsored project on ILAP (http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in). This is the first workshop in a series of workshops organised through this project sharing our experience with open source ILAP. Topics covered: Ubuntu: An overview; Basics of MARC and use of MARC Edit; Library Automation Software: Past, Present and the Future; Installation of KOHA and NewGenLib on Ubuntu and Windows XP; Overview of Staff-Client module and OPAC in KOHA and NewGenLib. The workshop is conducted with theory followed by lab sessions. Workshop CD containing all the presentation slides, lab exercises and installable software will be provided to the participants. Date: 5th to 9th January, 2009 Registration Details: Rs. 4,000 registration fee is charged. A DD has to be drawn in favour of 'The Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore' and posted to 'Anuradha.K.T, National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012'. Working lunch and tea will be provided during the workshop dates. Participants have to take care of their travel, board and lodging. On request accommodation for participants during the dates 5th to 9th January 2009 will be provided at the 'Hoysala House' hostel of IISc. Maximum of 20 participants will be taken for the workshop on first come first serve basis. To register for the workshop kindly send a mail to workshop(a)dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Venue: Internet School, Opposite to NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Last date for Registration: 15th December 2008 Workshop Coordinator: Ms. Anuradha.K.T. National Centre for Science Information Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560 012 anu(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in For more details visit http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop

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