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

Anomalies in the UGC Sixth Pay Review Committee Report and Removal of disparities in promotion and benefits to Librarians in Colleges and Universities – Representation submitted
by Pandurang Konnur 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

Dear Professional Friends, I take this opportunity to congratulate all the academic Librarians for having got the VIth PRC Recommendations approved by Government of India. During the last V Pay Commission Recommendations and their implementations there was a great amount of disparity between Teachers and Librarians. Hence Librarians were to suffer for one full decade to get their grievances redressed. This time thanks to the PRC members and Prof. Chaddha the Chairman of PRC who gave ear to our voice and recommended parity for Librarians with that of teachers. Friends, still there are few anomalies exist and IALA has already submitted its memorandum to the Ministry of HRD, Secretary HRD and Chairman UGC. The full text of the memorandum may be accessed in the following URL: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/prc.pdf I request all the members of this form to go through the memorandum and give their feed back to IALA with additional input to prepare and submit further memorandums to the competitive authorities. Thanks, -- Dr.P.V.Konnur Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jananabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Archives Management Course
by ramesh chander 24 Dec '08

24 Dec '08

*Dear Colleagues, * * * SCHOOL OF ARCHIVAL STUDIES NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF INDIA ADMISSION NOTICE 28th Short Term Certificate Course in "Archives Management" Duration: 16th February 2009 to 31st March 2009. Objective: To make the trainees aware of acquisition, arrangement, up-keep and retrieval of records. Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline preferably in humanities from a recognized university. Reservation: Seats are reserved for SC/ST/PH & OBC private candidates as per Government norms. Age: Below 30 years for private candidates. Below 50 years for sponsored candidates. (Relaxation in age for the reserved categories is applicable as per Government norms). Registration Fee: Application alongwith attested copies of educational qualification and Rs.100/- (Rupees hundred) only through crossed Indian Postal Orders/Bank Draft in favour of Administrative Officer, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110001, be sent to The Director General of Archives, National Archives of India, Janpath, New Delhi-110001. Sponsored candidates should apply through proper channel. Course Fee: Rs. 300/- (Rupees three hundred only) non- refundable, to be paid at the time of admission. Last date of receipt of application: 23rd January 2009. Boarding & Lodging: The School has no boarding & lodging facilities. For more information please go through following link: - http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/jobdesc-1749-435.html With Regards, Romesh Chander Sharma National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Duplicate messages
by Library＠Arboretum.org.in 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear All, We often subscribe to a number of email forums with a view not to miss out on any significant news/development. Multiple posting of the same news item on different fora is adding to the email clutter. Generally, we can categorise any LIS communication into one of the following groups: 1) Relevant to all LIS professionals 2) Relevant to LIS professionals belonging to a specific group, e.g., corporate librarians, LIS teachers, public librarians, etc. Shall we contribute to reduction in email traffic by: a) posting all emails falling in category 1) and 2) to lis-forum without fail. b) posting all email falling in category 2) to the relevant forum only. For instance a corporate librarian posting an item of interest to corporate librarians would post it to corporatelibrarians(a)yahoo.com and lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in only. Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Research Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dharma Vana Arboretum Administrative Office Plot 95/1, Phase 2 IDA Cherlapally Hyderabad 500 051 Andhra Pradesh India Mobile: 93962 51106 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Source Tools for Librarians
by Rajan 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear All, Mr Ehtesham has done a very good job of pointing out the most essential tools, modern librarians should know in the digital age. It is good that a few librarians, who are familiar with FOSS technologies and tools, are taking individual imitative of different sorts in helping the fellow librarians to learn and use those tools for furthering information activities for which the profession stands. This kind of peer training- learning process may help the profession in its strides in gaining better status, pay and role in this digital environment. Sometime ago, Mr G K Manjumdar & Mr Singh had made some efforts in developing a public database of such IT friendly librarians. That attempt did not go much ahead. This is the right time to give a push to the voluntary peer training, given up once. Simultaneously, some of the new learners can self-learn some of those tools with the help of simple tutorials available in the net. They can seek the support of the peer tutors for comparatively complex tools or on the part where support is needed. In self-learning, one should start with the simple and the most useful. So it seems that the best bet, as the first priority item, is the Greenstone Digital Library Software. Greenstone installation has become much easier by now. Installation of Greenstone 2.81 is a matter of a few mouse clicks on the pre-requisite Java2 Runtime Environment and Greenstone software. Building a digital library with it is a simple exercise of giving a name, gathering some documents and clicking on the Create button. Creating Browsing Classifiers and Search Indexes are the items that require some knowledge. The voluntary peer-training will also work well with those who tried the tools themselves and learned the whereabouts. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur ------------------------------ Original Message: Date: 22 Dec 2008 06:06:45 -0000 From: "Ehtesham" <ehte786(a)rediffmail.com> Subject: [LIS-Forum] ICT - Open Source tools for Library I am Mohammad Ehtesham staying at Hyderabad, student of LIS and working in a software company as consultant. I have done installation implementation of many open source tools for different organization. I came across the mail posted by Mr Vimal in this forum in which he offered his help to get the Koha installed for the libraries. It was really a wonderful approach towards the Open Source initiative I am sure many would have appreaciated this. Moving ahead I have a thought which I want to share with you all.Therefore it's now time to advance our library services and fulfill the needs of the patrons in a better way what Google and other search engines are doing. Yes whenever the question of precision comes to meet the user needs our library always wins the race. So we only need to change the way of service not the kind of service because our user behavior has changed they became more tech savvy. What to do ? Technology is fear for beginners it is not tough. There are number of open source tools for ICT - (well tested and widely applied) available which can be freely downloaded and implemented with minimal desired customization. This won't impact in libraries shrinking budget. Only we need to acquire hardware and download freely available tools. No doubt there is huge list of open source tools available on the web but to start with here I am mentioning a few well known widely used tools which I came across on which any one can work out for there respective libraries: 1. NewGenLib or Koha (Library automation tool) 2. DSpace, GSDL or ePrints (Digital Library). 3. Moodle (Elearning tool) 4. Joomla or Drupal (CMS) 5. WordPress (Blog tool) 6. MediaWiki (Wiki tool) 7. OpenURL suite (CUFTS - knowledge base consortia tool, Godot - Link resolver & DbWiz - Federated search engine) I hope this will be useful for you. I am open to help and available (No Charge) if any one who needs help in installing and implementing these softwares for their respective libraries on weekends (Sat & Sun). Ehtesham (+91)9985100322 ehte786(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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Libraian-cum-Documentation Assistant vacancy in Sree Chitra Trivadnrum
by Abdunnasar. A 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram has invited application for the post of Librarian-cum-Documentation Assistant. For details please visit : http://www.sctimst.ac.in/whatsnew/indexjob.htm Regards Abdunnasar. A CESS, Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3rd Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2008
by ramesh chander 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear Colleagues Elsevier is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2008. Agriculture Dr. R Raman International Centre for Genetics & Biotechnology Biological Sciences Prof. S Ganesh Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur Chemistry Dr. B V Subba Reddy Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Earth Sciences Dr. Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore Engineering Dr. Suman Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Mathematics Dr. Siva Athreya Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Medicine Dr. G. Bhanuprakash Reddy National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad Physics Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Physics Dr. Moulik Parikh Inter Univ Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune Congratulations to all the winners!! Thanks very much for your cooperation. Kind regards, WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY 2009 With Regards, Romesh Chander Sharma National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Skoch Summit 2009
by sahil talwar 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

We are pleased to inform you that the 19th Skoch Summit is scheduled to be organized on January 22-23, 2009 at India Habitat Centre. Skoch Summits have matured over the past 10 years to attract not just government support but also the highest level of national and international corporate support. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Planning Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development and National Institute of Rural Development are co-organizers for the Summit. Similar support is expected from National Disaster Management Authority, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Urban Development and several public sector as well as private sector organizations and multilateral agencies. India: Challenges and Policy Response As India recovers from the horror and tragedy of the Mumbai incident, the criticality of dovetailing security and emergency responses into the economic and development growth scenarios has never been greater. The two-day conference will focus on the challenges faced by India and the desired policy responses. The key content includes: * Security and Disaster Management o A Technology Response to Terror o Planning for Disaster Reduction o Services for the next decade o Learnings from Global Best Practices o State of States o Cyber-Security * Gearing up Power Sector * Information Enabled Economic Inclusion: Telecentre 2.0 * Education & Employability - Capacity is King * Next 5 Years of e-Governance * Thinkers and Writers Forum Distinguished speakers and domain experts would lead the discussions that can be greatly enriched through erudite participants and practitioners such as you. The summit will see unprecedented participation from top-level representatives from national and international organizations, institutions and companies. Your office may wish to pre-register you on our website or through e-mail to help us send you a formal invitation and confirm your participation. This will also help our staff to determine availability and possibility of a complimentary registration for you. The Summit is being held on 22nd -23rd January 2009 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. You may visit www.challengers.in for further details and program schedule. There are limited seats and there will be no spot registration. Thanks & Regards Sahil Talwar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NLM Classification
by Abdu Rahiman 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

May I know how to classify documents using NLM Scheme with worked out examples? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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Request for message posting
by Mailing List Admin 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:19:07 +0800 From: "Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL)" <P.Muralidharan(a)elsevier.com> Dear Manager, Could you please post the following message on LIS-Forum on our behalf? Elsevier is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Scopus Young Scientist Awards 2008. Agriculture Dr. R Raman International Centre for Genetics & Biotechnology Biological Sciences Prof. S Ganesh Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur Chemistry Dr. B V Subba Reddy Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Earth Sciences Dr. Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore Engineering Dr. Suman Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Mathematics Dr. Siva Athreya Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Medicine Dr. G. Bhanuprakash Reddy National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad Physics Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Physics Dr. Moulik Parikh Inter Univ Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune Congratulations to all the winners!! Kind regards, Padma Muralidharan Senior Manager - Account Development Elsevier India (Science & Technology) LOGIX PARK, I Floor, A4 & A5, Sector 16 NOIDA - 201 301 (Uttar Pradesh) Ph : 91-120-4679202 l +91-9810739993 Thanks very much for your cooperation. Kind regards, WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY 2009

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Inspirational figures!!!!
by manoj kumar pant 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Dear All, On behalf of Department of Library and information Science Amrapali Institute - Haldwani, Naintal wish to convey my hearted congratulations to Prof. V.G.Talwar for assuming charge as Vice chancellor of Mysore University and Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian and Head Kala Nidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi, for being the awarded the prestigious *"IASLIC-S M Ganguly award for Best Librarian of the Year 2007" * With best wishes ------------------------------------ Manoj Kumar Pant Lecturar, Amrapali Institute of Management and Computer Application, Haldwani,Nainital, Uttaranchal-263139. Ph. No.-09012226260(Mob.) 919219918942(Home), 268201(Office) e-mail - " manojpant2(a)rediffmail.com ". " manojpant2(a)yahoo.co.in ". ------------------------------------------ "Don't walk ahead of me - I can't follow you, don't walk behind me I can't lead you, Walk along with me and be my friend." ------------------------------------------ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.

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