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

Transformational Technologies: Practical Uses for Web 2.0 in the library environment
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear Friends, This seminar was held in Glasgow on the 2nd of November. It focused on what technologies are available for the librarian to exploit and use in their everyday work, to reach and engage the user. So librarians should inhabit the users' world rather than set up worlds of their own, was the message. More details may be obtained by log on to intute web site http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2007/11/15/transformational-technologies-pract… Thanking You, dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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XXV IATLIS National Conference Concluded
by Rupak Chakravarty 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

November 27, 2008: Make the EducationSystem More Interactive and Dynamic: Prof. R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University said in his PresidentialAddress at the Inaugural Session of the XXV IATLIS NationalConference that it is high time that we make our educationalprogrammes interactive and dynamic. There should be a fair blendingof teaching and learning style and a teacher is required to play therole of a parent in the formal and informal settings. Earlier, Prof.Jagtar Singh, the Keynote Speaker and the Dean Faculty of Educationand Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala said that thereis an immediate need for a shift from rote learning to resource-based student-centred-learning. The LIS courses must be affordableand consistent with the emerging job market. He further said that thefaculty must be deeply committed to internalize employable skillsamong the students. Prof. S.L. Sharma, the Chief Guest said that theLIS curricula should be based on the top-down and bottom-up approach.He further emphasized that there is a need to encourag! e students toask questions and actively participate in discussions. Prof. AshuShokeen, Director of the Conference said that efforts must be made tomake the LIS programmes relevant, effective, innovative and dynamic.Prof. C. R. Karisiddappa, President of Indian Association of Teachersof Library and Information Science (IATLIS) explained the mandate andthe activities of IATLIS and said that we must repay the LISprofession by developing employable manpower. Prof. Ranjana Vohrawelcomed the dignitaries and the participants of the conference aswell as introduced the key speakers. Prof. B.D. Kumbar, GeneralSecretary, IATLIS proposed the vote of thanks and Mr. RupakChakravarty conducted the stage. About 75 delegates from all overIndia and resource persons are participating in this nationalconference on Changing face of LIS Education: Learning Stylesand Teaching Methodologies. November 28, 2008 On the Second day of theXXV IATLIS National Conference being organized by the Department ofLibrary & Information Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh anumber of papers were being presented on the topic EmergingLearning Styles and New Methods of Teaching, Symbiosis ofClassroom and virtual Learning and Open Distance Learning andContinuing Education Programmes. The presenters discussed the newlearning management systems required in todays IT scenario,weblogs as learning tools, e-learning initiatives with specialreference to India, Continuing Professional Development for LISProfessionals etc. Various learning management tools both commercialas well as open source were highlighted and the need for adoptingthem by the institutions of higher learning were stressed. Thesessions were followed by General Body Meeting of IATLIS. Chandigarh29 November 2008 TheXXV IATLIS National Conference which began here at Panjab University,Chandigarh with the inaugural session with Prof. S.L. Sharma as ChiefGuest on 27 November 2008 and concluded today with the ValedictorySession. Prof. B.S. Ghuman, Dean Faculty of Arts said in hisPresidential Address said that India is emerging as a knowledgeeconomy and has the demographic advantage of 550 million youth belowthe age of 25 years. Commercialization and privatization of educationis taking place in favour of the elite professions like medicine,engineering and business management, whereas, the social sciencesubjects including library and information science are being pushedto the periphery. There is an immediate need to make our coursesrelevant to the job market to stay in the main stream. More and moreempirical research should be done to generate valuable information toinform social science programmes. He further said that resourcecrunch will be increasing day by day but this does not mean th! at wecompromise on quality of education and training. Our teaching methodsshould be based on the blending of traditional teaching methods andICT-based teaching methods because ICT can help us in the functionalareas but not in the basic understanding of the subject. He alsoemphasized that the relationship between the tradition and modernityshould be complementary and not competitive. Speaking at thisoccasion Prof. C. R. Karisiddappa, President of IATLIS said that theLIS faculty is required to develop the employable skills among thefuture professionals. He further emphasised that there is animmediate need to change the faculty mindset to strengthen the IndianAssociation of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS)he lementered that only 30 % of the faculty is member of the IATLIS.It is high time that we ask ourselves that what we have given to theIATLIS. The faculty must encourage the students to become independentlearners and critical thinker. Earlier Dr. Trishanj! it Kaur,Rapportaur-General, presented a comprehensive report of thepro ceedings this three conference. Dr. Ashu Shokeen, Director of theconference presented 8 resolutions based on the discussions duringthe three days. At the outset Dr. Ranjana Vohra, Organising Secretaryexpressed her satisfaction upon the deliberations of the conference.Dr. Preeti Mahajan, Co-Orgnanising Secretary presented the vote ofthanks and Mr. Rupak Chakravarty, Lecturer in the Departmentconducted the stage. About 75 delegates from all over Indiaparticipated in this National Conference. At the Inaugural SessionProf. R.C. Sobti, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh inhis presidential address emphasised the need to make the LISeducation programmes / courses more interactive, dynamic and full ofpersonal touch. Prof. Jagtar Singh, the Keynote Speaker and Dean,Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University,Patiala made a case for a shift from rote learning to resource basedstudent centred learning to develop independent learners and criticalthinkers! . Prof. S.L. Sharma, the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Sessionsaid that to make the courses acceptable to the employers, all thestakeholders must be involved in the process of curriculumdevelopment. Few of the snaps can be viewed here: click here Thanks and Regards Rupak Chakravarty Lecturer-cum-Assistant Librarian Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160014 INDIA Website: http://libsc.puchd.ac.in Phone # (0172) 2700459(R) (0172) 2534775(O) 9217133380(M) Email: rupak2811(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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National Workshop on Manuscriptology and Palaeography
by rajesh singh 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear Professionals, We are happy to announce that the Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi is organising a National Workshop on Manuscrioptology & Palaeography from 10th December 2008 to 17th January 2009 .Details of the program is available in the university web site www.internet.bhu.ac.in/seminar/seminar.htm. Thank u Dr.D. K. Singh Dy. Librarian Banars 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] International Conference on Academic Libraries
by shweta 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Sorry for cross posting..... Dear Friends! This is to inform you that *International Conference on Academic Libraries*is going to held at Conference Centre, *University **of Delhi, October 5, 2009- October8, 2009.* ** For further information please go to this below link. http://library.du.ac.in/ocs/index.php/ical/ICAL ** ** ** ok ----------------------- Best Regards Shweta Pande Assistant Librarian Indus World School of Business ( A Career Launcher Education Foundation Initiative) Greater Noida (U.P) Phone: +0120-3120657 www.iwsb.in "Attitude is a small thing that makes big difference...!" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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FW: Corporate Librarians and special training?
by Aman Jha 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear All Last week, I was in an SLA-Asian Chapter conference in Delhi. And one of the sessions was focused on the role of LIS Career and Opportunities. S M Dhawan, former Scientist F, National Physical laboratory, stressed on the three things that would help quality output from the LIS schools in India and one of the key points that he mentioned was lack of 'Best Intake' in this field. He stressed that the profession is still the last career option for many. What is required is that our LIS Schools have to 1) attract best minds in the field and 2) give them best possible training (matching IIT and IIM level). I am sure if these two things are strictly and honestly implemented, the output will be of world class. I have never come across information like LIS departments are training students as corporate librarians. But then yes there is no harm preparing LIS students the way corporations do function. We all know that libraies are always a non-profit institution be it in the corporations. But then nothing is free even in academic libraries. Even if you provide free service to your customer, there is a cost attached to it; for ex: your salary, real estate value, etc. I appreciate what Anita Pujari of DNA has done to the library services by attaching notional value to the information products / service that she provides to her customer. This is the value that she has added for what she does. So, it is the attitude/value/culture that makes corporations better. And I think we must inculcate such values/culture in LIS students. I do agree with what Anand says in terms of skilling the freshers. I WOULD say that there is a big gap in skills we need in the industry [for academic & special libraries and LIS teachers] and the output we get from the LIS schools. Regards, Aman Jha Deputy Director - Library Confederation of Indian Industry 249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV Gurgaon - 122 015, Haryana, INDIA Tel: 91-124-4014060-67 Fax: 91-124-4014080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- From: [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research) Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 2:30 PM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? (vasanthraj) LIS Schools are thinking about training students for the corporate needs...Is there a big difference between a special library and a corporate library? As many LIS schools offer a specialization in Special Libraries, there may not be a big need for focussing on Corporate Libraries at university level unless ther is a plan for corporate spnoncered/collaboarative effort. Many LIS schools are putting their best efforts in training the students. However, the fact is, there is a big gap in skills we need in the industry and the output we get from the LIS schools. Syllabus is always attractive but often we fail to see the learnings out of it when we interview the students. Many practising LIS professionals know that, we need to teach and train on almost everything to people we recruit. Sometimes, we end up recruiting non LIS people for jobs other than core LIS jobs like classification etc. Majority of the students fail to understand how corporate libraries function. The reasons may be many: - Lack of trained and experienced teachers - Limited/No infrastructure - Lack of cooperation from practicing librarians - Kind of students opting for LIS and - LIS Schools not having enough collaboration with Libraries Its unfortunate that we have this big gap in our profession unlike in other professions - medicine, nursing etc. More open, genuine and collaborative efforts in bridging the gap between theory and practice is required. Teachers and LIS practioners should have more (healthy) debates, discussions and must develop willingness to collaborate for the proposperity of this profession. Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:12:07 +0530 (IST) From: vasanth raj <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Corporate Librarians and special training? To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear sir/madam, This is in response to the LIS-Forum member request to suggest on how LIS departments can train Corporate Librarians? Though my response would not offer any suggestion, but contradicts with the postings itself. - How can LIS departments prepare corporate librarians? ?I am deliberating on the issue why there is much fuss about corporate world. ?Library Science and Information Science (Information Studies-Including wide spectrum of behavioral theories, science and technology) Schools have been training LIS professionals to perform their duties irrespective of the organization they aspire to work.? It was not previously discussed so much about academic library or public library. But we have been making our graduates to be a perfect fit to a corporate world. Again these all have been become forefront in the light of globalization. ?Corporate venture have very strong financial back up to train their workers and they have been successful doing that over the years (Infosys global training centre). Today?s need is to prepare our graduates to work for the people from whom they have got benefitted (local tax payers). ? Andhara Pradesh itself is a naxal prone area with so much of economic inequalities, let our graduate take step in reducing the economic barrier and fill the gap of information rich and poor. There we need training and enrich our people. ? Globalization itself has become a halt, because of recent economics meltdown in US. Economists? likes of Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman have propagating the humanistic economic policy with equal opportunity for every one.? Coming back to the topic ? LIS schools have leveraging the technology and new crop of Information schools are in a way modeled to survive in the information rich world. Syllabuses of some of the information schools can throw some lights on how LIS schools can tune their curriculum to prepare their graduates in the 21st century.? Good thing is that library school basics have not changed lot-then why LIS departments prepare corporate librarians. Holistic approach is the need of the hour. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Govt First Grade College Periyapatna Mysore Dist. DISCLAIMER:The information in this message may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Any information in this message that does not relate to official business shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by the Confederation of Indian Industry. Reach us via our unique Membership Helpline: 00-91-11-435 46244 / 00-99104 46244 (Monday-Saturday: 0900-1700 hrs) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Excellence in Library Profession
by Rajan 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear All, Shri K P Sadasivan has put forth a fantabulous framework for bringing excellence gradually into fore in the library field. It is a very good piece to start a proactive discussion on the status or magnitude of the ills mentioned by him, the possible options for revival and the strategic steps the fellow professionals or a cohesive group can take to cure the ills. It seems that one cannot find anything in the piece to disagree with. I propose that he should work out the practical ways, to bell the cat, with an action plan. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -------------------------------------------------- > Original Message: > Subject: [LIS-Forum] LIS EDUCATION VIS-A-VIS CORPORATE LIBRARIANS > Dear All,> ? > This is in response to the recent postings on the above subject matter.> > The Problems ? > 1. There is a widening gap between the demand and supply > 3. There are several factors contributing to this lamentable situation. > They include :? > (a) Poor standard of the students joining for the LIS Course> > (b) Out of date Syllabus followed in the LIS Schools> > (c) Inadequate infrastructure facilities in the Schools> > (d) Incompetent Teachers or Teachers who do not bother to update their > knowledge base> > (e) Reluctance of LIS Schools for proper interactive programmes with > performing libraries &?> ???? librarians > (f)? Poor communication skills and leadership qualities among the > students> > (g) Lack of commitment of students in accepting LIS as a good profession. > They, instead, consider it as a short cut to get a job. ???? Etc., etc.> ? > Well, the above listing is only selective. It is high time to evolve > strategies for revamping the LIS Education / > Profession in India so as to > > SADASIVAN? KP > Former Head, Library & Informatics and Former Consultant (ICT) > NIIST (CSIR), Trivadrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Trainee Recruitment
by anand bandi 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Dear candidate, The National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textiles, GoI, became Center of excellence by act of Parliament. It is the Institute of National importance, training manpower in the field of Design, Management and Technology. The Resource Center of the Institute is the heart of academic and research activities having state of the art infrastructure and the collection. The Institute is looking for the bright and enthusiastic fresh LIS professionals as Trainees. The Candidates will have opportunities to work in various areas of the information archival, mapping, etc apart from the circulation of information to the scholars and to the Industry at large. The state of the art infrastructure give the opportunity to the Trainee to gain confidence and emerge a brightest and confident professional to take on the challenges of Knowledge Management. The selected Trainee Candidates will be paid a stipend of Rs 6000=00 PM. Interested candidates may forward their respective CV to the undersigned latest by 15th December,2008. Dr.A.N.Bandi, Head, Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT Campus, Plot No.15, Sector 4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210. Ph.91-22-27747080/81 Mobile : 09892192799 e-mail: anb321in(a)yahoo.co.in anbandi(a)rediffmail.com website:www.niftindia.com 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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RSSMicro - Dedicated RSS Feed Search Engine
by sandeep bhavsar 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Respected All http://www.rssmicro.com/ The most comprehensive RSS feed search on the web that searches 4.3 million RSS, feeds RSSMicro was formed to explore new search capabilities where the web contents become extremely dynamic and grow exponentially. This behavior, along with higher user expectations, creates a dilemma that requires a search service whose capabilities go beyond the limits of conventional search engines. Without new data formats or attached date and time to the content, there will be no reliable search service or product that can efficiently index and make the content available for search. RSSMicro is building and exploring a new search service which balances the freshness, relevance, and reliability of the search results along with a substantial gain in search performance and efficiency. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9987049099 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.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] Self learning of Drupal, Wiki Moodle etc
by Mailing List Admin 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:37:24 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> Dear Rajasekharan, NCSI-Net (Association of NCSI Staff and Students) is glad to hear that the recently held TBR memorial seminar on Web Content Management (Drupal focused) was useful to you. Many LIS professionals may be interested in knowing how NCSI net is doing these hands-on and effective one day programmes since last 4 years. Objective of these seminars are to enable budding LIS professionals to use the tools and resources (mainly open source) and motivate them to make a better impact at the organization where they work. We choose workshop/seminar resource persons from preferably from NCSI Net, working across the industry. This helps us to make these programmes truly practical and one or two case studies will add to the impact. The programme will also have a session dealing with career building strategies and job opportunities for LIS professionals - which has been greatly appreciated by the participants. Seminar presentations and summary can be accessed from the NCSI-Net portal: http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/ <http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/> Regards, Anand Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Rajan Sent: 27 November 2008 18:05 To: Lis Forum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Self learning of Drupal, Wiki Moodle etc Dear All, The recent Drupal workshop at NCSI was a meaningful attempt to capacitate librarians in opening new ways of information dissemination with a good content management tool. Libraries or institutions having local area network (LAN) can think of using Drupal (or Joomla or similar one) for creating an intranet website that provides information content to the institutional users through a website- like a gateway. Drupal requires apache, mysql & php software - all installed and configured in the computer. The configuration of those software may fail at times. So the easier option for a beginner is to use Xampp software that includes all the three software. So any beginner who is interested to learn Drupal can do so by installing it even in a client computer by using Xampp. The advantage of the content Management System is that we can have local language content and can make search /retrieval, if the information is in Unicode font. By using the same Xampp installation, one can install Wiki software also in the same computer and can develop an internal Wikipedia for creation of frequently used local content for internal users. Even reading materials on key topics can be made available in LAN by using internal Wiki. Media Wiki is a reasonable choice among a wide range of Wiki software available for download. Having an internal Wiki may help the users in learning the process of editing the content in Wikipedia. So the creative users may eventually turn themselves as contributors of Wikipedia, the fastest growing segment in the digital world. Librarians, thus, can have partnership in building the knowledge repository by showing the users a method to build digital knowledge resource. Moodle is an E-Course Management software one can install in the same computer by using the same Xampp installation. Libraries can use it for offering compensatory or additional courses on topics of special interest among the users, with the help of library friendly academics or library professionals themselves. The screenshots of Moodle installation on Windows is available at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation_using_XAMPP <http://docs.moodle.org/en/Windows_installation_using_XAMPP> Installation on Linux is also similar. The installation of Drupal or Wiki can be done in the similar manner. Open Journal System is yet another similar tool, the librarians should look into. Exploring all these tools will be a way ahead in empowerment in this bewildering digital world. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and is believed to be clean. Think before you print. 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congratulate Dr. Jagtar Singh ji
by Bhupinder Singh 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Respected Teachers and Professional Colleagues, I on behalf of Library Professionals, wish to congratulate *Dr. Jagtar Singh,* Professor and Head, Department of Library Information Science and Dean, Faculty of Education and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, for his appointment as President of the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) India for a period of three years from November 2008 to November 2011. Wish him all the best. With warm regards, -- Bhupinder Singh Librarian Gian Jyoti Institute of Management & Technology, Phase-2, Mohali Pin:160055 (India) Email: bhupinder82(a)gmail.com Tel: +91(0)9888631058 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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