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

Suvarna Karnataka Portal
by Nagana Goudar 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, Congratulations to Department of Public Libraries, Govt. of Karnataka for having launched the Portal on Karnataka in Kannada entitled " Suvarna Karnataka Kannada Antarjala Vahini (Suvarna Karnataka Portal)" on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Celebration of the formation of Karnataka State. This unique Portal gives various kinds of information about Kannada and Karnataka including Education, Health, Agriculture, Entertainment, Kannada Films and songs, Kannada Literature, Fine Arts, Sports, Cooking, Law, etc. One of the main attraction is Children Section with stories and songs. Although there is lot of scope for improvement in terms design, browse and search options and content organization with still more coverage, being sincere attempt of its kind to give one source for everything about and on Kannada and Karnataka, the group responsible is praise worthy for this wonderful work. This Portal was conceived and developed by Mr. RS Venkatraj under the guidance of Mr. P.Y. Rajendrakumar, Director, DPL. Please visit the site at: http://www.karnatakapubliclibrary.gov.in/ Then click Suvarna Karnataka Kannada Antarjala Vahini Your suggestions and comments are most welcome to e-mail address: py_kumar(a)yahoo.co.in Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Tel: 91-80-25086081 Sci F & Head, Information Centre for 91-80-25235315 Aerospace Science and Technology Fax: 91-80-25268072 National Aerospace Laboratories E-mail:goudar@css.nal.res.in Airport Road, BANGALORE-560 017 India http://www.icast.org.in/staff/goudar.html --------------------------------- Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. 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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Webology: Volume 3, Number 1, 2006
by Alireza Noruzi 01 Jun '09

01 Jun '09

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 3, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. This issue contains: ------------------ Editorial: Link Spam and Search Engines -- Alireza Noruzi -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/editorial7.html ----------------------------------------- Stemming and root-based approaches to the retrieval of Arabic documents on the Web -- Haidar Moukdad -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a22.html ----------------------------------------- E-marketing, Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, and Legal Solutions -- Li Xingan -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a23.html ----------------------------------------- Environmental Knowledge and Marginalized Communities: The Last Mile Connectivity -- A. Neelameghan and Greg Chester -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/a24.html ----------------------------------------- Book Review of 'Digital Libraries: Principles and Practice in a Global Environment'/ Lucy A. Tedd & Andrew Large -- Hamid R. Jamali -- http://www.webology.ir/2006/v3n1/bookreview3.html ========================================= Call for Papers: http://www.webology.ir/callforpapers.html ========================================= Regards, A. Noruzi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Urgently Required - Librarian
by HELP LIBRARY 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

Dear All, Urgently required Librarians for Health Education Library for People (HELP) an NGO at CST Mumbai. The candidate should have a degree in Library Science, BLISC/MLISC, with excellent communication skills, knowledge of computer applications and should have a pleasing and outgoing personality. Freshers may apply. Please e-mail your resume to helplibrary(a)gmail.com or helplib(a)vsnl.com . Our contact numbers are: 65952393/65952394/22021106 Only candidates from Mumbai may apply. Dr. Anirruddha Malpani Health Education Library for People 206, Dr. D.N. Road, National Insurance Building, Gr. Floor, Near New Excelsior Cinema, Mumbai 400001 www.healthlibrary.com ------------------------------ Bring your gang together - do your thing. Start your group.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_2/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups> -- Dr.Aniruddha Malpani, M.D., Health Education Library for People, National Insurance Building, Ground Floor, 206, Dr.D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Tel Nos.65952393/ 65952394/22061101 www.healthlibrary.com Free Ask the Librarian service for all your health queries at http://www.healthlibrary.com/information.html For complete details of our free health talks check our 'HELP TALK' google calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ciugckkj8jvnk97j6dbiioaghg%40group… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Comparative Analysis of Citation Databases- Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 17:54:31 +0530 From: ayesha khatoon <ayesha.drtc(a)gmail.com> Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road, R.V. College Post Bangalore-560059 Seminar Comparative Analysis of Citation Databases: Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar The volume of scientific literature grew exponentially as a result of increased R& D activities after World War II. This posed different problems for users and indexers of information. The shortcomings of traditional subject indexes resulted in duplication of scientific activity. Sometimes, the terms used in subject index were ambiguous. These problems necessitated a unified index to scientific literature that was current, free from semantic difficulties and not dependent on the knowledge of subject indexers. Citation index emerged not only as retrieval tool but also used as an evaluation tool for evaluating scientists and to provide a way to search for and analyze the literature in a way not possible through simple keyword/topical searching. It also enables users to gather data on the "impact" of individual authors and journals, as well as assessing particular areas of research activity and publication. ISI (Thomson Scientific) citation databases have been used for decades as the only tools for locating citations. ISI databases (currently known as Web of Science), however, may no longer be sufficient because it covers only journal articles. There are other citation databases, which covers non-journal documents also. This seminar will present a pilot study of the new citation databases like, Google Scholar & Scopus. Its features, strength and limitations etc. Speaker: Ayesha Khatoon 2nd Year ADIS All are cordially invited Venue: DRTC Classroom Date: 12th December, 2007 Time: 2 p.m.

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SOMETHING ON E-BOOK READERS AND BLOGGING
by jasim s 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

News scan briefings on e-book readers and also positive aspects of blogging can be read from the june issue of scientific American magazine.click the links http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=library-to-go http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-healthy-type jasimudeen.s Medical College Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Practices for the Online Discussion Forum
by Ravi Nandhan 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi, Apologies for the long post. In the world of 2.0s what would happen if we fail to notice and organize even the bit of information which lies in Discussions and other areas? Since discussions are where we get the Tacit Knowledge Explicited, but same time we need to make sure that we manage it properly. It would be great if you could please help me with the Online Discussion Forums "Mail list & Web based discussions" Effective usage, search and organizing techniques, case studies, best practices etc. In mailing list the user posts a query and every member gets a mail and a few would answer replying everyone through the forum or personally to the user. In the web based discussion, there will be a space on web for users to discuss. In both the cases the information that lies in the discussion thread is lies under a broad category of its taxonomy. Or is there any other metadata format to organize the topics? Would it help to have folksonomy apart from Taxonomy while posting as well? After questions are answered, is it possible to tag each and every post to its context which induces retrieval? Archive feature? If the discussions are old and not used at all? Is it good to Archive or Delete? If archived, does the search retrieve it? Publicizing the Discussion Forums – How can we market the forum? How does a User know its existence and arrive at it? Language barriers? User posts in English but a few would not know English. Is there any way to overcome this - translate service? (If you feel this question is too much consider this Web 3.0 or 4.0 tech) Search – is Categorized search results possible for Forums? In my understanding most searches in forums retrieves based on relevance. RSS usage – to stay in track of the posts – answers. If a user posts a query it may take a few days to get the answers, meanwhile the user may forget about the question he posted. How to get the user view the answers? RSS or Email alert? Which is best for keeping the user and Q&A in Loop? Could moderators be engaged in a mediator's role for Q&A instead of just having them for approving posts? Moderators are expected to be good in subject understanding but in corporates such people are busy to take up additional role of Mediated-Moderator. User might not know the existence of the answers that are available in the earlier posts and posts the same question for which the experts might not answer knowing its existence. How to over come this problem? As soon as the post is submitted can we make the system suggest the user to have the existing answers checked and proceed to post the same question? Does this help? Regards, Ravi Nandhan V KM Specialist, The Smart Cube www.thesmartcube.com Cell - +919958784666 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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launching DLIBCOM
by INFO＠DLIBCOM 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Dear Members, DLIBCOM is pleased to announce the online version of its magazine http://www.dlibcom.in Interested members can register their institute and their individual profile on the website. Additional tools include : News Events Poll Jobs Profile Display Associations Subscribed Journal Database & Location Useful Links Glossary.... Look forward to your participation. Feel free to send-in your valued suggestion / feedback. Regards, PC Shah, Editor DLIBCOM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET's New Website
by Rajesh Chandrakar 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Dear All, UGC Chaiperson, Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat has launched INFLIBNET's new website on 23rd June 2008. Archives of the Annual Reports, Newsletters, and other documents are available for downloads. INFLIBNET has also developed toolbar for UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium. The toolbar is available for free download at the INFLIBNET website under download link. It has a list of publishers and the resources available for access to the universities. URL of the website is http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. With best regards, Rajesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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advertisement for diploma trainees
by ksc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Number of positions FIVE (Gen-3, SC-1, OBC-1) Minimum Qualification Diploma in Library Science or Library & Information Science under 10+2+2 years of study, awarded by Department of Technical Education with at least Second Class or equivalent grade (Pass Class or equivalent grade in case of SC/ST candidates). Sound knowledge in Library activities and basic knowledge of computers is desirable. Emoluments Consolidated emoluments of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only) per month. Duration: 1 year Those desirous of sending their application should submit their application before 15th july 2008 along with all enclosures to: K S Chudamani Deputy librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc, Bangalore

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Fw:ASIS&T SIG III International Paper Contest winner announcement
by J. K. Vijayakumar 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

Congratulations to the winners. Dr. J K Vijayakumar > From: Judy Jeng <jjeng(a)njcu.edu> > Subject: [Asis-l] 2008 ASIS&T SIG III International > Paper Contest winner announcement > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:04 PM > > > WINNERS OF THE 2008 ASIS&T SIG III INTERNATIONAL PAPER > CONTEST > > The American Society for Information Science & > Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on > International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to > announce the following winners of its 9th International > Paper Contest: > > First Place Winner: > Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen. Use of social networks and > information seeking behavior of students during political > crises in Pakistan . ( Pakistan ) > > Second Place Winner: > Neela J. Deshpande & S K Pathak. Use of electronic > journals in astronomy and astrophysics libraries and > information centres in India : A users’ perspective. ( > India ) > > Third Place Winner: > Manjunatha K. Technology and customer expectation in > academic libraries: A special reference to > technical/management libraries in Karnataka. ( India ) > > Fourth Place Winner: > S. M. Pujar, R. K. Kamat, S. Y. Bansode, R. R. Kamat, & > S. H. Katigennavar. Identifying and exploiting human needs > for people centric evolving knowledge society: A case study > of Indian ICT emergence. ( India ) > > Fifth Place Winner: > Tariq Ashraf. Empowering people through information: A case > study of India ’s right to information act. ( India ) > > Sixth Place Winner: > Pramila Dangwal. Information: By the people, for the > people, for development. ( India ) > > > The jurors for the 2008 competition included Judy Jeng > (Chair), Jonathan Levitt (Co-Chair), Aaron Bowen, Yunfei > Du, Julian Warner, and Yin Zhang. > > The principal authors of each of the six winning papers > will be awarded a two-year individual membership to > ASIS&T. In addition, the first place winner will be > awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the ASIS&T Annual > Conference in Columbus , Ohio , October 24-29, 2008. > > Those winning papers and other submitted papers for the > competition will be considered for publication by > Elsevier’s International Information and Library Review. > > We thank the jury members for their hard work and our > donors for their compassion which makes it possible to > develop and sustain this international network of scholars > in developing countries. > > Judy Jeng > Chair, 2008 ASIS&T International Paper Contest > jjeng(a)njcu.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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