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

library Vacancy in IAF
by Rajivaksh Tripathi 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

*Dear professional* One post for library assist is vacant in Indian Air Force for detail see employment news dated 2-6 August *Rajivaksh Tripathi* Library Trainee XLRI Jamshedpur Jharkhand -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Links site is removed from http://lislinks.110mb.com
by Badan Barman 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

I am sorry to say that LIS Links site has been removed due to some unavoidable circumstances. By this time, if you have any thing to say, contact at lislinks(a)gmail.com. Thanks to Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in>, and Saeed Ahmad <sahmad(a)wihg.res.in> to inform me about the problem. -- Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Website: www.kkhsou.org, Email: kkhsou(a)gmail.com, kkhsoul(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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Urgent Information Needed
by JK 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Dear all, Could anybody give me the details of the institutes/organisations conducting training programmes related to Library standards and their technical knowledge. Thanks Jaya Kalra Senior Consultant-LIS Group Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Newdelhi - 110058 Website : www.totalit.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Global Consortia Survey - Participate - Win Chance for Free Registration to 75th WLIC in Milan, Italy!!
by J. K. Vijayakumar 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

> --- On Fri, 8/1/08, Marvin, Stephen > <SMarvin(a)wcupa.edu> wrote: > > From: Marvin, Stephen <SMarvin(a)wcupa.edu> > Subject: [UNIVERS] Global Consortia Survey - Please > participate - Win Chance for Free Registration to 75th WLIC > in Milan, Italy!! > > Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 8:02 PM > With sincere apologies for posting to multiple lists... Your cooperation is requested to participate in the Global Consortia Survey! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kjGxkGVZ_2bp6z5c5zhDYH_2fQ_3d_3d The Academic and Research Libraries(ARL) Section is very > aware of the > need to offer members tangible benefits of membership in > addition to the > once-a-year congress. The ARL Section meeting considered > feedback > provided by participants at the mentoring session held in > Durban, South > Africa and developed the Project outline to see whether the > benefit in a > developing country could be extended. The experiment > resulted in the > discovery of a greater need toward identifying professional > partnership > development opportunities. ARL received a 2,000 Euros grant > to develop > guidelines! > > The Global Consortia Survey will provide information to > develop > opportunities for interaction among more experienced > professionals. > > The project aims to develop guidelines for: > (1) Libraries in the developed world who are willing to > partner > with a library in a developing country stating requirements > and > expectations; > (2) Libraries in the developing world who wish to be > partnered > with a library in the developed world stating requirements > and > expectations; > (3) Guidelines for partner institutions; and > (4) Review, evaluate and terminate partnerships over time. > More details available in the current ARL Newsletter - > http://www.ifla.org/VII/s2/pub/s2-newsletter-July08.pdf > > Your assistance to identify existing consortia/cooperatives > or network > services is greatly appreciated. As an incentive to > participate in this > survey, one participant will be selected to win a free > registration to > the 75th WLIC in Milan, Italy. > > You are also welcome to send this request to others, > translate, print, > mail, fax or other method of assistance. > > Please contact me if you have any difficulty with the link > to this > survey or other questions or comments. > > Thank you for your cooperation. > > Stephen Marvin, MLS > IFLA, Academic and Research Libraries > Secretary/Information Coordinator > FH Green Library > 25 Rosedale Avenue > West Chester University > West Chester, PA 19383 > smarvin(a)wcupa.edu > 610-436-1068 > Fax-436-2251 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO Bangkok releases new publication 'Strategy Framework for Promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region'
by Puna Das 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

UNESCO Bangkok releases new publication on ICT literacy in the Asia-Pacific 01-08-2008 (Bangkok) The UNESCO Office in Bangkok, Thailand, has released a new e-publication entitled Strategy Framework for Promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region. This paper targets individuals and organizations engaged in providing ICT literacy education. It offers an analysis of ICT usage in Asia-Pacific countries and defines measures for promoting ICT literacy development in the region. There is almost universal acceptance that information and communication technologies (ICT) are good for development. These technologies, most particularly those that are Internet-connected, increase access through distance learning, enable a knowledge network for students, train teachers, broaden the availability of quality education materials and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of educational administration policy. Educational systems, both formal and non-formal, are powerful social institutions infused with the mission of developing desirable values among the public – and especially among the youth. Thus, they must be most sensitised to ICT potential dangers and be proactive in addressing them. ICT literacy education provides an appropriate venue for this. Moreover, given that there is continuous development of ICT and the people who use them, so should there also be continual assessment of ICT education and curricula by the educational systems/institutions that offer them. In a world where information and knowledge are currency, governments aspire to develop their countries as optimised knowledge societies. In order to address these issues UNESCO's Office in Bangkok commissioned this paper, which is now published in electronic format. It provides, in its first section, a situational analysis of ICT usage in the Asia-Pacific region, both to examine current dominant thrusts in ICT literacy education and to serve as background for the strategy framework. The second section details this framework. It defines goals, objectives, and approaches, as well as discusses conceptual and operational measures for promoting ICT literacy development throughout the Asia-Pacific region. By so doing, this paper helps contribute to Asia Pacific Information Network (APIN) ICT literacy programming efforts. Download the book: www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/188/promotingICT_literacy.pdf Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27446&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://www.anup-jnu.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Last date extended for submission of paper to National Conference on ‘Library 2.0’ at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

National Conference on Library 2.0: The Confluence of Web 2.0 and the Library Paradigm (MyLib 2.0) August 21 – 22, 2008, Mysore (A UGC-SAP- Programme) Organised by: Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore The last date for submission of papers to the National Conference has been extended up to August 7, 2008. The following are the sub-themes: * Understanding Web 2.0 * Web 2.0 and Libraries * Digital Library 2.0 * Wikis and blogs for libraries and library services * Tags, Clouds and folksonomies for the library world * Collaborative Workspaces * Exemplars of Library 2.0 Submit your papers to the following Dr. Shalini R. Urs Program Chair - MyLib 2.0 Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore – 570006 Email : mydlis.sap at gmail.com For registration details and more information on the conference visit: http://www.mydlis-sap.ac.in or http://www.isim.ac.in/mylib -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Alert - Library Assistant at NICM
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Date: 31 Jul 2008 06:39:11 -0000 From: amol suresh chawande <amolchawande(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Professionals One post of Library Assistant required at National Institute of Construction Management & Research, Pune. Kindly go through website www.nicmar.ac.in. Regards Amol Chawande --

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Fw: NOW AVAILABLE: Production-Ready Fedora 3.0 Fits With the Web
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:57:46 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> -- Original Message -- From: Carol Minton Morris <clt6(a)cornell.edu> To: diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:17:18 -0400 July 30, 2008 NOW AVAILABLE: Production-Ready Fedora 3.0 Fits With the Web Ithaca, NY Today Fedora Commons released version 3.0 of the popular Fedora software that completes all general release features. Dan Davis, Chief Software Architect, Fedora Commons, explained, "We are pleased to offer a Fedora 3.0 that is a foundational step towards a model-driven content architecture." He went on to say, "Users will find it simpler to maintain and operate their repositories with version 3.0-it's more scalable and fits better into the Web." For more details, visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/fedora-commons> Dr S.M. Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India

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Librarian, Pondicherry University
by Mailing List Admin 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:51:24 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends: We, at the Madras Library Association (MALA) are proud that our President Dr.R.Samyuktha, the University Librarian i/c of University of Madras has been appointed as Librarian, Pondicherry University . She will assume office on 1st Aug, 2008. With best wishes, L.R. GowriSecretaryMALA

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MEDICAL/HEALTH LIBRARIES ON THE WEB
by jasim s 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

A listing of numerous medical libraries can be had from the link http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html#other .Medical librarians from India can add their library Url's to the list .Presently there is no one is there from India. jasimudeen.s Thrissur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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