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

Model Library for Library Professionals
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Dear LIS Professional Please visit DAIICT (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information Communicaton and Technology) Resource Centre. Make a web tour, I am providing a link http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/ This can make out view of a model Library. If you got opportunity to vist DAIICT its wonderful for iibrary and information professional. Sanjeev Kumar Jain C/o Anministration Dept. GH-0, Behind Infocity National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar-382 007 Email: infolibrarian(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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On RTI Act
by Rajan 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Dear Shri P Vyasamoorty, As a person with very good knowledge about RTI act and its requirements, I would suggest that librarians are not very suitable for working as State Public Information Officers(SPIO) in the Institutions they work. The job requirements of SPIO are to receive applications, ensure access to information and dispose of applications after careful examination of merit of each one. Under the RTI Act. the cataloging, arrangement and retrieval of information need to be done by the concerned officer and not by anyone else including the SPIO. As well, an officer in sufficient command and authority in that office is the right choice for the position of SPIO so as to ensure easy access to information through the subordinate officers. The job of SPIO involves a lot of quasi-judicial decision making on which librarians are ill-equipped unlike the administrative personnel. As RTI involves a lot of administrative re-arrangement of records, the librarians can do a lot in that area, particularly in numbering and cataloguing of them. Best Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India ----- Original Message ----- From: "Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy" <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Right to Information Act -Jobs should be given to Information Professionals To: "vasanth raj" I am sorry to reply this message after such a long gap. Vasanth has raised an important issue. He states that Librarians are better suited to work as Information Officers and that they are neglected. I would like to ask a few questions and elicit views of LIS personnel on these: How many librarians know what is this monster RTI all about? What is the role of RTI officer in a govt institution? What type of information is the scope of RTI Officer? How is the librarian better suited? What do we librarians learn or know about Govt way of files (& records) organization - numbering, generation, storing, retrieving, archiving, rules governing files & documents & records preservation and conservation etc? How about confidentiality coding and providing restricted access? How about documents relating to public -- say birth certificates. With absolutely no theoretical or practical knowledge of any of these things how do librarians claim that they are better suited? The RTI was talked about for a number of years before becoming law. Why did not LIS schools provide changes in the curriculam to mould librarians into RTI officers? Well I have a lot of doubts. Any comments? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mr D K Singhs comments on NewGenLib services at CALIBER
by L J Haravu 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Dear Dr Singh I was very saddened to learn that Dr Singh of BHU library made disparaging remarks about NewGenLib and its services at the recent INFLIBNET's CALIBER meeting. You are of course completely free to express your views in public and private and I am not questioning this freedom. However, as a dispassionate third party (I have no commercial interests) involved in NewGenLib's development and support, I will be failing in my duty if I do not set the record straight. * The development company (Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd. or VSPL) dedicated one of its staff members exclusively for BHU for 6 months to sit with your library staff. Although you paid for the staff's stay at Varanasi, kindly do not forget that this person was not available for other training and support work at all to VSPL. This did put a lot of pressure on this front. I wonder if any other vendor would have agreed to put one of its staff exclusively for BHU use for 6 months. * VSPL customized the software at BHU request for a number of things. All customizations were done free of charge. Some examples of the customization which was very specific to your needs: 1. We created easy-to-use data entry templates so that data entry operators that you appointed could enter data into the database.. 2. We developed routines for you to print 5 x 3 inch catalogue cards, a requirement that is no longer needed by other libraries, nor provided by most ILMS vendors. * VSPL conducted three training programmes at BHU library at various times (two of these were at VSPL cost) during the last two years because we wanted your staff to become as comfortable with the functional modules as possible. Unfortunately, not all of your staff took interest and many of them did not participate wholeheartedly. * Whenever VSPL received a phone call from you/colleagues or when one of your colleagues was on chat, the support staff attended to you patiently and attempted to help solve problems. * On several occasions, VSPL supported via customizations of the software, the capability for you to continue with old practices that are not necessarily considered best practices today. * VSPL helped your barcode printer vendor to use output from NewGenLib to print barcode labels. * Whenever you telephoned me, you expressed your disappointment that you yourself could not participate in the training programmes. Kindly recall that I invited you several times to come to Hyderabad and spend a few days with developers and trainers. However, your busy schedule apparently did not allow this to happen. I am the last person to claim that NewGenLib is bug free, etc., etc. But I can claim quite proudly that we (VSPL and KIIKM) are constantly testing and improving the software and new versions with new features will always be on our road map. Very soon we will release a z39.50 client which will be well integrated with NewGenLib. It is more than a year since VSPL installed the software, trained your staff, gave you email, chat and telephone support without getting an Annual Maintenance fee which incidentally BHU library has not paid. I hope you will realize why I was saddened when I heard that you spoke rather disparagingly about NewGenLib which is now open source. I am happy to let you know that it has been welcomed by many current and potentially new users. In the final analysis, neither your criticism nor my defense is important. What is enduring long after we have passed into oblivion is that the extremely valuable collection at BHU, built painstakingly by erstwhile librarians and scholars should become known and accessible to your students, faculty, researchers and indeed worldwide. If indeed you can do this with NewGenLib or any other software, good luck and God Speed to you. Best regards. L J Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Science
by Mailing List Admin 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 13:26:23 +0530 From: madaiah krishnamurthy <mkrishna_murthy(a)hotmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Mysore University Library in association with Society for Information Science (SIS) Bangalore chapter plans to organise a sympoium on Recent Adances in Information Science during 28-29 March, 2008 . Objectives of the Symposium: The main objective of the sympoium is to share experiences and knowledge on the recent advances in information science field. Particularly, the discussions in the symposium will be centered on: Electronic Information sources and services Open Access and Open (Source)Wares Library Consortia and Networking E-Learning Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Inviteds Experts: Learned Experts in the field of Library and Information Science are invited to deliver lectrues on the theme of the symposium. Participants: Librarians, Information Scientists, Researchers and School of Library and Informaton Science. Registration fee: The Registration fee for the sympoisum is Rs. 600/= (Rupees six hundred only).This includes working lunch, tea and resource kit. Accommodation: Accommodation at a nominal cost could be arranged for a limtied number of participants on a first - cum-first serve basis in the guest house attached to the University of Mysore. Registration Form: 1. Name......... 2. Designation ..... 3. Institution ...... 4. Address....... 5. Phone.... 6. Email ..... 7. Accommodation Requried Yes No 8. Registration Fee: Rs 600/= D.D No Date Date Signature Registration form and Broucher of the symposium theme have been sent to the different organisation. Dr. M.Krishnamurthy Organising Secretary NSRAIS-2008 Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. University Librarian University of Mysore Manasagangothri, Mysore 570006 Ph: 91-0821-2514808/2419388 Fax: 91-0821-2419335

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Author asking for his own paper, this is why Open Access is required.
by Sukhdev Singh 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Dear Friends, First of all, please do not take it personal. But this reminds me once again the serious problems with the conventional academic publishing model. Author is asking for his own paper and ready to pay. If the author himself is not able to see his own paper, what are the chances of his paper seen by his peers? Had the authors retained their (own) paper with (own) rights to self-achieve, this problem would not had occurred. No wonder few days back Harvard faculty voted to make their articles openly accessible. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/99-fasvote.html "You Write The Papers, You Review the Papers.. Why Should You Pay to Read Them?" -- plos.org - http://www.plos.org/downloads/plos_cartoon001.jpg Time to think again? Isn't Open Access the answer? --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > Dear Professionals, > > My self and my guide have sent a paper to the International Conference of > the International > Society for Scientometrics & Informatics, ( 5th ) Chicago 1995 entitled > > > > " Evaluation of Research Productivity of the Marine Scienctists in Annamalai > University: A Bibliometric Analysis. > .... > > The same had been published in the conference volume published by > Learnerd Information Inc., Medford ( NJ) , 1995, > ... > > Our paper is published in the pages: 545 to 554. > > Kindly if any one of you happened to have this volume, please let me know so > that I can have a xerox copy of it. > > > I assure you that i will send the money spent on the xerox taken by DD > before i receive the copy. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop on Ontology
by DRTC General 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Dear Colleague:The DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute has organized a 3-day Workshop on Ontologies from 19th to 21st March 2008 in association with the Department of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada and PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The workshop is intended for information professionals and knowledge managment professionals. The workshop will also be useful for tecahers and researchers in the area. The Workshop methodology will be:Presentations by eminent resource persons;Demonstration of Software and ProductsHands-on Besides members of faculty of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, the workshop faculty will include:Mr. P.J. Bhat, Managing Director, Parity Computing India, BangaloreDr. Raj Datta, Vice Presdient, Knowledge Management, MindTree Consulting Ltd, Bangalore Mr.Shahnawaz Khan, Associate Director - Knowledge Management, MindTree Consulting Ltd,Bangalore Ms. A. Latha, Associate Vice-President and Group Head, Knowledge Management, Infosys Technologies, Ltd., BangaloreDr. Kavi Mahesh, Professor, Dept.of Computer Science, PES Institute of Technology, BangaloreDr. Michael Shepherd, Dean, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, CanadaThe number of participants will be restricted to 20. Those interested in registering for the workshop may send the course fee of Rs. 1000/- in the form of a crossed demand draft payable at Bangalore drwan in favour of the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. The course fee covers the cost of workshop kit, lunch and tea for 3 days. Accommodation in the Guesthouse on the campus of the Indian Statistical Institute could be arranged for a limited number of participants at a nominal cost. For any other information please write to Dr. K. S. Raghavan (raghavan(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in; raghavan(a)isibang.ac.in) or to Dr. Devika Madalli (devika(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in) Dr. K. S. Raghavan Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore 560 059 Tel: +91-80-28483002 to 28483006 Ext. 492 Fax: +91-80-28484910 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please send a soft copy or zerox copy of my paper
by A.Manimekalai 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Dear Professionals, My self and my guide have sent a paper to the International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics & Informatics, ( 5th ) Chicago 1995 entitled *" Evaluation of Research Productivity of the Marine Scienctists in Annamalai University: A Bibliometric Analysis.* * By * *Suriya, M and Manimekalai, A* The same had been published in the conference volume published by Learnerd Information Inc., Medford ( NJ) , 1995, Our paper is published in the pages: 545 to 554. Kindly if any one of you happened to have this volume, please let me know so that I can have a xerox copy of it. I assure you that i will send the money spent on the xerox taken by DD before i receive the copy. It will be verymuch useful for my career. If possible please scan that paper and send the same to my mail ID. Thanking you in anticipation, Dr. A. Manimekalai Asst. Librarian (Sr.G) FAculty of Engg. & Tech. Library, Annamalai University. Annamalainagar- 608 002. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SOUL Coordinator for the different region of the Country...requirement from INFLIBNET
by K Prakash 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Information and Library Network Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Ahmedabad – 380 009 March 7, 2008 "Advertisement for 'SOUL Coordinator' for the different region of the Country" Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) is an Autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) located at Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad. Its activities are directed towards modernization of libraries and information centers for information transfer and access, to support scholarship, learning and academic pursuits by establishing a national network of libraries and information centers in universities, institutions of higher learning and R & D institutions in India. It is basically a co-operative endeavour in resource development, sharing and its utilisation at national level. Over the years INFLIBNET Centre has developed library management software called SOUL (Software for University Libraries), to facilitate automation of various in-house operations in academic libraries. SOUL software works in Client/ Server mode in Windows environment using MS-SQL server as back end tool. SOUL is attracting many libraries and till date 1425 installations have been done and more than 900 installations are in pipeline. This software is capable of handling in house operations of any type of libraries. The INFLIBNET Centre wishes to deploy SOUL Coordinators Incumbent person should be working librarian of University / College or from academic sector to take up the challenge for activities of Library Science and automation through our SOUL software. He will be responsible for promotions of SOUL software and providing after sale support to the college/institute/university under his jurisdiction of states. INFLIBNET Centre is looking for Seven (07) SOUL Coordinators for following regions: 1. Western Region 2. Southern Region 3. Eastern Region 4. Central Region 5. Maharashtra and Goa 6. Delhi, Punjab, Haryana 7. North Eastern Region Terms and Condition of the appointment: 1. Educational Qualification: Incumbent person should have minimum master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLISc.) with IT exposure and literacy in Computer is must. 2. Experience: Working Librarian of University/College or Retired Librarian with sound experience in Library Automation 3. Age: Incumbent person should not be above 50 years in case of working librarian. 4. Period of Contract: One year from the date of appointment as a SOUL Coordinator 5. Remuneration: Rs. 3,000/- per month as honorarium. It is likely to be revised to Rs. 9,500/- per month shortly and Rs. 1,000/- per month towards the incidental expenses to the SOUL Coordinator. 6. Other terms and Conditions: * The Coordinator will be authorized to appoint two qualified graduate each from Library Science and Computer Science on consolidated salary of Rs. 5,000/- per month respectively as a Technical Assistant for period of 1 year. It is likely to revised Rs. 7,500/- per month shortly. * Travel expenses towards the promoting, installation, training and maintenance of SOUL in their assigned geographical area will be born by INFLIBNET Centre, maximum limit will be Rs. 25,000/- per annum for self and for two technical assistants on production of travelling vouchers for each journey. For travelling purpose the TA/DA rules will be applicable as per INFLIBNET Centre’s rule. * SOUL Coordinator as well as his two technical assistant will be given orientation and hands on training free of cost by INFLIBNET Centre. 7. Targets: The Coordinator will be responsible for minimum 50 installations in one year in their assigned geographical area. The further information can be had from The Director, INFLIBNET Centre, P.B. No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad – 380 009 (GUJARAT) for necessary clarification. Email: root(a)inflibnet.ac.in (Jagdish Arora) Director With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India URL: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ Email: prakash(a)inflibnet.ac.in; prakash_k(a)yahoo.com Tel: 079-2630 5971/2630 4695(Off); 2676 3724(Res) Cell: 94270 00758 Fax: 91-079-2630 0990/ 2630 7816 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Eligibility Criteria for Librarian
by RIZWAN SHEIKH 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Dear professionals, I am in need of Eligibility criteria for the recruitment of Librarian in Medical College. It is not clearly mentioned on the UGC's & MCI's website. I have written a letter for that purpose to our University registrar through our Dean. but the response is yet to come. Please oblige me by sending written & authentic document duly signed by university registrar of any Indian Univeristy, deemed university or any other officer of higher or equivalent grade. (Rizwan Sheikh) Librarian C U Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India Cell : 09924150634 Rizwan --------------------------------- Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here to know how. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information please website
by Shihab Illias 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Dear Professionals Information Please is useful website. It provide links to provides links to :- Almanacs http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html World Atlas & Map Library http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/ Encyclopedia Access more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/ Dictionary Dictionary Search gives you access to more than 125,000 entries, from aalii to zymurgy http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary.html Thesaurus http://www.infoplease.com/thesaurus The Infoplease thesaurus gives you access to more than 150,000 synonyms. Other Features Biography, Business, Entertainment, Health & Science, History & Gov't, Society &Culture, Sports, United States, World and also Search Features http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ Quizzes Quizzes in Biography, Business, Entertainment, Health & Science, History & Gov't, Society & Culture, Sports, United States, World http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/ Timelines: Links to world history http://www.infoplease.com/spot/timelinearchive.html Countries of World Each Country Profile provides information on: Geography · Maps · Flag · History · Current ruler · Area · Population · Capital · Largest cities · Languages · Ethnicity/race . Religion · Literacy rate · Economy · Governments. http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html Information Please also allows single windows to search form the above resources and lot more http://www.infoplease.com/ Shihab.I. http://shihabillias.googlepages.com/ --------------------------------- 5, 50, 500, 5000 - Store N number of mails in your inbox. Click here. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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