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

Just Published: "Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - The First Two Years"
by Puna Das 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

"Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - The First Two Years" Edited by Avri Doria and Wolfgang Kleinwächter in coorperation with the IGF Secretariat. A UNESCO Publications for the World Summit of the Information Society - Special issue co-produced with the ITU and UNDESA (2.34MB) Download Full-text Book: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/hydera/IGFBook_the_first_two_years.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALIBER09 : Call for paper
by Prem Chand 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Call for paper for International Conferences on E-Content Management: Challenges and Strategies during 25-27 Feb. 2009 in Pondichery, India. The CALIBER 2009 is 16th CALIBER in the series and 7th International CALIBER, which is being organised Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) in collaboration with Pondichery University during 25-27 Feb 2009 in Pondichery, India. Receipt of full papers: January 20, 2009 Last date for Registration: February 15, 2009 Theme of the Conference: E-Content Management: Challenges and Strategies Sub-Theme of the Conference: 1. Digital preservation and digital persistence Digital Preservation: Strategies Issues and Challenges PREMIS/ OAIS Reference Model 2. Web Content Management (WCM) Content Management Software Case Studies Enterprise Search and Vertical search Semantic Web Enterprise 2.0 Technologies & Social Computing Best Practices in Content Management Deployment 3. Web 2.0/ Library 2.0 Building Communities using Web 2.0 Case Studies Beyond Web 2.0 RSS Feeds and its Application in Library Services Social Networks, Twitter, Blogs, RSS, Wikis, Mashups Moving from Web 2.0 to Enterprise 2.0 4. E-Publising E-Resources: New Models for Content Delivery and Deployment Trends in Scholarly Communication: Challenges and Opportunities to Libraries Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) Anti-plagiarism Software Digital Rights Management (DRM) Ebooks: Latest Trends Software for Open Source Journal Publishing Standards and Protocols: COUNTER, SUSHI and OAI-PMH For further details, please visit our site at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/caliber2009/ Prem Chand Convener- CALIBER 2009 Caliber2009(a)inflibnet.ac.in or premchand(a)inflibnet.ac.in Prem Chand Scientist- D Convener UGC-INFONET Digital library Consortium Information & Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) An Inter University Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Gujarat. India Phone: 079-26305971, 26304695 ( Office) 079- 29096170( R) 09427001489 prem65_chand(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg-Librarian's Adalat
by shivashankar kadadevaramath 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear Librarian's it is hereby brought into the notice of Librarians of all 348 government first grade colleges and 299 private aided colleges that grievances if any concerned to their placements/pension should be brought into notice on or before 15th dce 2008 for more informantion http;//www.dce.kar.nic.in/shikshana%20adalat.html the adalat will be held on 20th dec 2008 at sikshakar sadan K G Road Bangalore at 10am S L Kadadevaramath President Karanataka state college Librarians aosscation Bangalore mob 9449070311 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SIS " Fellowship 2008" Award
by kunwar.air air 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear LIS Professionals It is a pleasure to inform you that Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai has been awarded prestigious "Fellowship 2008" by Society for Information Science, New Delhi for valuable contributions to Information Science in India. The award was received by Dr. Harish Chandra in person at the Valedictory Function of SIS 25th Annual Conference at Indian Institute of Management, Indore on 6th December, 2008. -- Regard:- Kunwar Singh Rawat Senior Library Information Assistant Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600036 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please support college librarian’s movement
by S K DEsale 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Dear friends, We are raising some problems of college Librarians/ Dy. Librarian/ Asst. Librarian/ Lecturers at university level. If you are one of them then I request you to join us. If not then also we need your support in reaching out all such library professionals working in Pune University or affiliated colleges and institutes. I request you to forward this mail to those people or inform them by some other means so that we can come together and discus following issues. 1) *College Librarians should be considered as a faculty and should be given the same rights given to the teachers*. College Librarian should have right to represent on board of studied of LIS, he should be given a right to vote and choose his representatives on board. Since librarian is a person who is actually working in the library he knows what knowledge one should pusses to be successful in this profession and what should be taught to new entrants. Librarian can design new courses, syllabus and examination pattern so that the new entrants will have the right skills to cope with the changing needs of the library users. *2) **Academic library professionals should have the nomenclatures same as approved by Andhra Gvt.* Andhra Pradesh Government has re-designated Librarians/Deputy Librarians/Assistant Librarians as Professors/Associate Professors/Assistant Professors in Library and Information Science. 3) *College Librarian should be considered as head of department of library and information science like other teachers for their respective departments in colleges.* Librarian is continuously involved in teaching students in how to Locate, retrieve and use correct, pinpointed information quickly and accurately. He/she is also engage in developing reading habits and achieve information literacy among the students by doing this they actually stimulate the learning process. ** * * *4) **Library profession should have the separate faculty like other professions e.g. Law, Management, Medicine etc.* * * Library and information science is a profession and it should be treated as a separate profession. It should be given an equal chance for its development like other professions. The separate faculty of LIS will help in the development of this profession. Presently LIS is been clubbed in M.M.S. (Mental and Moral and social sciences) with other subjects, which are non-professional courses therefore LIS should have separate faculty like management, law, architect etc. 5) *One seat should be reserved for college librarian on senate*. There is no representation of college librarians in the senate. University librarian is ex-officio member of the senate. Friends we are planning to assemble at University of Pune on Sunday 14th or 21st, please inform which date is convenient to you so that we can choose a date which will convenient to more and more people. With Best Regards Mr. S. K. Desale Asst. Librarian Jayakar Library University of Pune. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 3
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

The Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 3 is now available from Digital Scholarship. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm This bibliography presents selected English-language articles and other works that are useful in understanding Google Book Search. It primarily focuses on the evolution of Google Book Search and the legal, library, and social issues associated with it. Where possible, links are provided to works that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. Note that e-prints and published articles may not be identical. For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see the Digital Scholarship Publications Overview. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans, Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography, Google Book Search Bibliography, Open Access Bibliography, Open Access Webliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, and Tout de Suite series. A Look Back at Nineteen Years as an Internet Digital Publisher http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/nineteenyears.htm -- 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] Enabling Koha for Malayalam
by Rajan 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Dear Shri Francis / Others, Enabling Koha for Malayalam data entry is simple. It is possible in Windows XP with SP II or later versions and can be done by installing the Indic Input Method Editor (IME) and adding the language Keyboard. IME can be added from the Microsoft Windows/Office CD or from the Downloads link under the For End Users section of the www.bhashaindia.com The screenshots are available at http://www.bhashaindia.com/Patrons/Tutorials/MalayalamIME.aspx and at http://malayalam.kerala.gov.in/index.php/EnableMalayalam Exact steps are as follows:- 1.. Malayalam IMEs can be enabled by going to Control Panel and then click on the button titled "Regional and Language Options". Three options will emerge as tabs: Regional Options, Languages and Advanced. Select the Languages tab. Check the box titled "Install files for complex scripts and left-to-right languages (including Thai)" and click Apply. Then insert the Windows XP CD to finish the configuration. 2.. Run the Malayalam IME setup file and restart the computer. 3.. To enable the keyboard layout, please go to the Control Panel and then on to Regional and Language Options button. Of the three tabs available, select the Languages tab. Then click on the Details. . . button in the Text services and input languages section. Upon clicking the button, select Malayalam as the input language and Add Malayalam as the keyboard. In the option box that ensues, select Malayalam Indic IME 1 as the option. 4.. After the installation is complete, click the Language Indicator located in the System Tray on the right side of the Windows taskbar, and select "Malayalam Indic IME 1 from the shortcut menu that appears. Now the computer is ready for input of any data in Malayalam. If Koha is installed in the computer and data has been entered in Malayalam using Unicode, you can make Malayalam search and retrieval. For installation of Koha 2.2.9 on Windows, the installation guide at http://www.koha.rwjr.com/Koha_on_Windows.html provides the steps. Apache 2.2.9, Active Perl 5.8.8, Mysql 4.1 and Koha 2.2.9 worked well on my computer. The OPAC will be accessible to the intranet users, if you are connected to a network. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:01:32 +0530 (IST) From: Aloor Thomas Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Use of Malayalam in KOHA To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Professionals, We are also interested to use Malayalam with KOHA. If any body already using or have adequate knowledge to advise, please let us know. Yoursfiathfully, A.T. FRANCIS HEAD, LIBRARY COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY THRISSUR - 680 656, INDIA francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor@gmailcom ? ? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library culture and LIS education
by vasanth raj 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Sir/Madam, Why librarians are not treated on par with teaching faculty and not respected? The reason that I figured out myself are, we are witnessing a complete lack of library culture among faculty and students. It seems either faculty or students have never ever understand (in PU and Degree colleges –particularly) the role and the importance of library and the librarian. They have developed a misconception that librarians are just a store keeper and they are there to see that no one sneak into the library. Education institutions also have their pie in that without proper infrastructure and facilities they should not start a college but it is other way around. To ask them to provide a well constructed building for the library is impossible. College authorities only make sure themselves that there is some one in the library to give book for students to pass their exams, that’s it. Librarian role is over (for long time without a librarian, libraries have successfully managed by the clerk!). This is one of the strong reasons why librarians have not treated on par with lecturers. Faculty often ask students to consult books which are truly syllabus oriented and student also blindly follow their suggestion and borrow books which caters their examination need thereafter they never turn to library again. Often we operate in a closed access system. We never allow student to see books and enjoy it. System also has been accustomed to it. With such environment it would always difficult to make them understand our presence and our role immediately. If we build a strong library culture amongst students in an early age and improve the basic facilities slowly we can change the mind set of the people. Let us optimistic and try. Western way of seeing the library is the need of the hour. We have followed free market and experiencing the recent financial crunch. Why not follow the western way of developing library culture in our country. If we imbibe the library culture among children in an early age, it may some how definitely in a long run help LIS profession. It is a high time to move from behavioristic model of education to constructivist model of education. Kerala public library system is notable here. In Kerala one can see increasing number of children visiting nearest public library for reading books of different genre. Recent educational reforms (headed by K M Panniker) in Kerala also emphsize to give enough importance to school library. [Views are personal] ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- 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 @ NCSI
by K.T Anuradha 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Professional, Kindly ignore this mail if you have already responded. A five day workshop on Library Automation Packages is arranged at NCSI. More detail about the workshop can be accessed at: http://dharmaganja.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop Please note that 15th December is the last date for registration. Regards, Anuradha NCSI, IISc Bangalore

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Fw: Request to Publish on Various Forums
by Rajesh Chandrakar 08 Dec '08

08 Dec '08

Dear Moderator I request you to put following text as "Call for Papers" for seminar on "Open Access to Textual and Multimedia Content: Bridging the Digital Divide"29th - 30th January, 2009 New Delhi Rajesh Call for Papers (As Posters) Authors are invited to submit their papers for poster presentation. You may submit the full-length paper along with an abstract. While abstract will be published in the proceedings, you will have an opportunity to present your paper as a poster in an hour-long poster session. Your poster may include graphs, photographs, and bulleted text. Authors would be required to stand next to their posters to give a short presentation and answer questions from the participants. Authors will, therefore, have opportunity to discuss their papers with interested participants on one-to-one basis. Suggestions for Poster Design: a.. It is said that "one picture is equivalent to one thousand words". The poster session offers you an opportunity to present your idea as a poster which may include photographs, graphs and bulleted text. a.. Your poster may highlight only important portion of your paper. It should encourage discussions and dialogue with participants. The better the quality of the poster, the higher the quality of the interactions. a.. The poster may be approximately 1 m x 0.5 m which is roughly equivalent to six A4 sheets. a.. The poster can be in a single large sheet or many sheets of A4 or other sizes, as long as the total size fits the poster board. a.. Poster should be a visual representation of your paper's textual information. Displaying only a copy of your paper on the poster will not be desirable. a.. Your poster should be aesthetically pleasing, attractive, colourful and legible. It should not be cluttered. The objective is to capture the attention of participants. As such include graphics, pictures and illustrations, avoid text, as far as possible. a.. Use glossy and heavy grade paper for poster. Note: Authors are NOT expected to bring the poster board and pushpins. Poster boards will be provided by the organizers at the conference venue. IMPORTANT: The posters will be arranged and secured to a poster board by the authors themselves at the meeting. Posters should be pinned-up before commencement of the poster session. Timings of the session will be announced well in time and authors will be given time to pin-up their posters Your Paper along with Posters should be submitted to Dr.Jagdish Arora(Director,INFLIBNET CENTRE),director(a)inflibnet.ac.in with copy to: yatrik(a)inflibnet.ac.in on or before 25/12/2008 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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