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

Collaboration for printing of out-of-print and out-of-copyright books
by Leonard Fernandes 20 May '08

20 May '08

Hello, I represent CinnamonTeal Print and Publishing Services, a print-on-demand (POD) service provider based in Goa. As you probably know, print-on-demand is a technology that allows one to print books in runs of one and ultra-small quantities such as 10, 15 or 20. The technology has a lot of potential in a country like India since books catering to very small audiences can be printed and circulated. To this end, we would like to collaborate with various libraries to identify and print books that are out of print and those whose copyrights have expired. This will ensure that books are still accessible while taking care to see that the integrity of the copyright is not compromised. We hope that you will be willing to collaborate with us and help us in our endeavour. The language of the book does not matter as we can print books in any language. After covering the costs of production, any profits that might be realised will be given to the concerned library so that the money can be used for preservation and other activities. If the proposal seems interesting to you, allow me to call you at a time of your convenience so that we can get things started. I hope you will find it worth your while to reply to this email and carry this conversation further. Meanwhile, our website can be accessed at http://www.cinnamonteal.in Sincerely, Leonard Fernandes CinnamonTeal Print & Publishing Services, Plot No. 16, Housing Board Colony, Margao GOA 403601 Cell: +91-98503 98530 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Workshop - brochure
by SRELS 20 May '08

20 May '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following workshop brochure for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Workshop on NewGenLib (9-11 June 2008) Organized by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) in association with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (RCIS), JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science and Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) WORKSHOP ON NEWGENLIB About NewGenLib NewGenLib (www.newgenlib.com), a web-based integrated library management system (ILMS) was recently made open source under the GNU General Public Licensing (GPL). In the three months since it became open source software (OSS), there have been 6000+ downloads of the software worldwide. NewGenLib is predicated on using international metadata and interoperability standards and web protocols. The two agencies involved in the development of the software: Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM) (www.kiikm.org) and Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd., (VSPL) envision the spread of NewGenLib and other open source solutions in libraries in the country and region via advocacy, workshops and services to libraries. The NewGenLib Foundation has been formed to further the use of open source technologies, NewGenLib and also to contribute to its continued enhancement. Workshop Objectives and Content 1. Paradigms of the open source movement and the pros and cons of OSS 2. Technology and architecture of NewGenLib 3. Metadata and inter-operability standards on which NewGenLib in predicated and hands-on exercises on using these. 4. Hands-on installation of the server-and client-side software on Windows and Linux OS 5. Database development (including multilingual data entry) with NewGenLib using direct import and the Z39-50 protocol from web sources of MARC-21 metadata. 6. The development of open access repositories compliant with OAI-PMH via NewGenLib 7. Serials management in NewGenLib and use of standards for display and the MARC-21 holdings format 8. The NewGenLib Desktop Application and the End-of-day Process application 9. Free and paid technical support services that open source users can expect Target Audience for the Workshop LIS professionals with basic working knowledge of IT and IT professionals interested in ILMS and current/potential users of NewGenLib. The Workshop will be limited to 40 participants on a 'first-come-first-served' basis. Workshop Fee Those interested may register on or before 1st June 2008 on payment of Rs. 4,000/- by DD drawn favouring Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. The fee will cover the cost of workshop kit comprising the Installation CD, multimedia tutorials and papers, hard copy user manual; lunch and tea. The duly filled-in Registration Form with the payment should be forwarded to the Executive Officer, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 702, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 on or before 1st June 2008. Course Faculty Mr. L.J. Haravu, KIIKM, Hyderabad E-mail: haravu(a)newgenlib.com Mr. E M Siddartha, NewGenLib Foundation, Hyderabad, E-mail: siddartha(a)newgenlib.com Accommodation Participants will need to make their own arrangements for stay in Bangalore for the Workshop. Workshop Coordinator Dr. K.N. Prasad Executive Officer SRELS, Bangalore 560 010 Phone: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in Venue Cyber Class Room Digital Information Services Centre (DISC) JRD Tata Memorial Library Annexe, IISc Indian Institute of Science, IISc PO Bangalore 560 012 REGISTRATION FORM Workshop on NewGenLib (9-11 June 2008) Name : Designation : Name of the Institution : Mailing Address : Pin Code: Tel : Fax : E-Mail : Payment Details : Amount : D.D. No. & Date : Bank Name & Branch : Sponsoring Authority : (seal and signature) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation - Symposium
by SRELS 20 May '08

20 May '08

Dear Moderator, Kindly arrange to announce the following symposium for the benefit of lis-forum members. Thanking you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer, SRELS, Bangalore ***** Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 in association with Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Bangalore invites you to a Symposium on the Design and Development of Bi-lingual- and Multi-lingual Thesaurus for Information Indexing and Retrieval Lead by Dr. K.S. Raghavan Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore on Saturday, 31st May 2008 at 2.30 p.m. at Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore RSVP: Ph: 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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eIndia2008: India's Largest ICT Event (29-31 July 2008, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi)
by Mukesh Anand 19 May '08

19 May '08

Dear Members', eIndia2008 India's Largest ICT Event 29-31 July 2008, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi www.eIndia.net.in 7 Tracks viz -e gov, municipal IT, digital Learning, mServe, eHealth, Telecentre Forum & eAgriculture 50 Countries 300 Speakers 75 Thematic Sessions 200 Companies 4,000 Delegates Presented By 1. Deptt. of Info. Tech., M/o of Commn. & I.T., Govt. of India 2. CSDMS: Knowledge for Change 3. elets 4. UN Global Alliance for ICT & Development (UN GAID) For Exhibition or Sponsership Enquiries :- sales(a)eINDIA.net.in For Registration Enquiries :- registration(a)eINDIA.net.in Contact :- eINDIA2008 Secretariat, G-4, Sector -39, Noida, UP, India Ph. :- +91 -120-2502180-85 Fax :- +91 -120-2500060 Web :- www.eINDIA.net.in For Print Access to Detail Advt. :- The Indian Express, dated 13th May, ' 08 Wednesday , Page # 5 Thanx & Regards, Mukesh Anand Asst. Libn. Indian Railways Officers' Training College Sanskari Nagari Vadodara -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library professionals are required for the position of Information Scientist, Assistant Librarian, Library and Information Assistant and Traniees
by Vijayakumara 19 May '08

19 May '08

Dear All, Prospective candidates are invited for walk-in-Interview on 26-05-2008 at 10.00am for the following post in Central Library, Birla Institute of Technology, Deemed University, Mesra-Ranchi Information Scientist . Post vacant: 1, Salary. Rs. 8000-275-13500/ - Qualification. MCA/DOECC/MLISc/ BLISc/BCA /LibSys-Linux Server Admn, Experience 1 Year Assistant Librarian, Post vacant: 2 Salary. Rs. 8000-275-13500/ - Qualification. MLISc. / NET, Experience 5 Years Library & Information Assistant, Post vacant: 2, Salary. Rs. 5500-175-9000/ - , Qualification Essential: MLISc. Experience, 1 Year Library Trainee, Post vacant: 4, Salary. Rs. 5000/- P.M. + Hostel Accomodation, Qualification. Essential: MLISc. Candidates meeting the above requirement( s) are to bring their applications on plain paper, giving the Bio-data i.e. Candidates Name, Fathers Name, Sex, Date of Birth, Qualification (Giving name University/Board, Institution and Place, Qualification & Year obtained and percent marks) from highest down to SSLC, Caste (SC/ST/OBC/Gen) Address (Permanent & Correspondence) , Experience, Copies of all testimonials and Certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer and two copies of photographs submit them to the Librarian, B.I.T., Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215 or e-mail to library@bitmesra. ac.in For more details/confirmatio n contact Librarian I/C : Mobile: 09430730106 Phone: 0651-2275444, 2276249 Ext.: 505/506/507/ 452 Direct Number: 0651 -2276675, Good luck Vijayakumar Dr. Vijayakumar M. MSc., PGDLAN., Ph.D. Deputy Librarian Birla Institute of Technology, Technical University University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian post : Naukri
by sri priya 19 May '08

19 May '08

Dear all, These links provide recent jobs for the Librarian posts : Naukri http://jobsearch.naukri.com/mynaukri/mn_newsmartsearch.php?xz=3_1_1&xid=120… Regards, S.Sripriya -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS research in India- response from LIS professionals is encouraging.
by Manjunath K 19 May '08

19 May '08

Dear LIS Professionals, (sorry for cross posting--- if already responded please ignore this) Recently I had posted a small online questionnaire to our e-forums for compiling directory of LIS doctoral research. The response is encouraging.. Over Hundred members have already responded to the questionnaire. I request full cooperation from LIS Teachers and Practioners with PhD degree to compile the comprehensive directory. My desire is to complete the task as early as possible so that our professionals get benefited. If you have not yet responded, please spare just five minutes to open the following survey and provide the information. It will take just two-three minutes to fill the questionnaire. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pGIJhUehDUUas09WOeerUfQ&emai l=true If you cannot open the link, please copy the link and paste it on your web browser. If you have already responded... Thank you very much for the cooperation. I have extracted data from inflibnet, Vidyanidhi and University news. Anticipating your full cooperation I am hoping of completing the task by this June end. I will post the cumulated directory on our e-forums for the benefit of our professionals. I need your cooperation. With regards, Dr. Manjunatha Keralapura Chief Librarian T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal - 576 104 Udupi Dist. Karnataka, Ph: 0820-2573551, Email: manjunath(a)mail.tapmi.org <mailto:manjunath@mail.tapmi.org> ; manjunathak(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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Library sortware for share trading company reg.
by suresh kumar 17 May '08

17 May '08

Dear Sir/Madam, As you all aware documents involved in share trading companies are quite vast and it needs to be automated for furture retrieval. We would like to have some healthy discussion on it. Do we have any library software purely meant for share trading companies exists in the market or we need to develope. Join hands to work on it. With regards, SURESH KUMAR (suresh_saru(a)yahoo.com) Mobile: 9791057273 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NACLIN 2008, Eleventh National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking, November 4-7, 2008
by bathrinarayanan 17 May '08

17 May '08

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Rethinking the Library Administration syllabus!
by T. Shahab 17 May '08

17 May '08

Dear all, Does the changing profile of the users of library services, particularly in metropolitan cities have ever appered you to be a bit more challenging in comparison to dealing with our own traditional Indian users? What I am hinting at is that whether the ever increasing volume of multinational clienteles speaking in different langauges (however poor in English), showing different kind of cultural behaviour and expecting a new kind of service need some rethinking at our part? Is it true that dealing with them professionally with all seriousness of our vocation requires a paradigm shift in our understanding of how the library activities should be carried out; how the behaviour of library staff need to be modified/sensitized; what new facilities (like comfortable reading halls, good working toilets, efficient canteens, etc.) may be added; how the library hours can be lenghtened; the period of loan and library fines may be standardized in keeping with international library practices; over all a new work culture with emphasis on resposiveness, answerability, openess and all fairness in dealing with the users without any prejudice on account of race/colour/language/nationalitities are required? In light of the above, would you support the demand that the syllabus of the paper concerned with Library Administration require certain changes with more pronounced emphasis on "Organizationa Behavior"? Please join the discussion with reasoned views and opinions. With best regards. T. SHAHAB -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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