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

IFLA Voucher Scheme
by Charu Mathur 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Respected Friends, IFLA has introduced a Voucher scheme of international payment scheme for International Library request. These vouchers are available in two values, i.e. EUR 4, and EUR 8 and can be used to make the payment, instead of cash. As per IFLA officials, this scheme is based on re-useable plastic vouchers, which represents a standard payment for one transaction. This scheme will helpful to eliminating in all financial hurdles encountering in International borrowing and document supply. Following links may be helpful in getting the further detail – http://www.ifla.org.sg/VI/2/p1/voucher-scheme.htm#Barcodes http://www.ifla.org.sg/VI/2/p1/vouchers.htm#How Regards. Miss Charu Mathur -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in LIS concluded at UGC-ASC, JMI, New Delhi
by T. Shahab 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

This is to inform all that the 2nd 3-Week Refresher Course in Library & Information Sciences organized by the UGC-Academic Staff College of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-25 from 06/8/2008 to 27/8/2008 has successfully concluded yesterday. The valedictory function was graced by Prof Krishna Kumar, the retd. Prof. & HOD, DLIS, University of Delhi and an author of many good books on almost all aspects of LIS, in the capacity of chief guest. He distributed the certificates to the participants and congratulated them for successfully fulfilling all requirements of this rigorous course which shall surely add to their understanding about the current developments in the field of LIS and also increase their levels of competency and commitment to the profession. He made an impassioned appeal to the professionals to make their presence felt in the organization wherever they are working by performing the best service possible with the given resources. He shared the working experience of his time with the participants and remarked about the good fortune of the present generation of librarians for having access to very enabling facilities of ICT. Prof. Zahid Khan of the Dept. of Physic and the Director CIT, JMI who presided the function, informed the gathering about the network topography of Jamia Millia Islamia. He told of his feeling that going through the content of the lectures delivered during the Refresher Course, he feels that it would have also been very beneficial for him. Dr. Ghayas Makhdumi, the ever ebullient coordinator and University Librarian of JMI in his brief address read out the subject-matter covered during the course and remarked that the overwhelming response of the library professionals is not only indicative of the fact that they are ever open and eager to absorb the latest development in LIS but also that the profession of library and information services has bright future in the country. The programme was made lively by soulful rendering of ghazals by Mr M.A. Khan of Tonk (Rajastahan), a poem (geet) by Dr. Srivastava of IIT-Delhi and a joke concerning librarians by Mrs Guliya of Haryana. The participants felt privileged to honour the eminent persons on the dais by presenting bouquets and some gifts as token of their gratitude. However, after attending this Refresher Course, I want to share some of my personal opinion with the library professionals through the gateway of lis-forum: i) the library professional on the verge of retirement may be screened out; ii) while screening the applications for selection, the status of computerization in the participant's organization may be taken as a criteria; iii) the working knowledge of English may be made a compulsory criteria; iv) the resource persons may be requested to make the lecture session a very interactive one having a look out for those participants who appear to be less understanding. Regards TANWIR -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Amazon Acquires Shelfari
by Sanjeev Sunny 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Online bookseller Amazon.com has acquired Shelfari, an online site combining books and social networking owned by Seattle start-up Tastemakers. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Shelfari, in which Amazon invested $1m in when it was founded in October 2006, allows users to create virtual bookshelves of favorite titles and share them with friends. It also allows readers to post reviews and ratings of books. Josh Hug, co-founder of Shelfari, said: "We look forward to working with Amazon to continue with our mission of building great communities that celebrate books." Earlier this month, Amazon acquired AbeBooks.com, an online retailer of rare and out-of-print book titles. It also bought a 40% stake in Shelfari rival LibraryThing. Regards Sanjeev K Sunny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT Bombay is looking Assistant Librarian (Reserved for OBC)
by Ajay Kum Sharma 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear Library Professionals, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, an Institute of National importance, is looking for a suitable person for the Assistant Librarian (Reserved for OBC): The candidate should be well conversant with various activities of an Academic Library, such as procurement and processing of books and periodicals, supervision of special collections, maintenance of Library materials, reprography, binding unit etc. and providing assistance to general library administration. Experience, and knowledge of modern information handling tools, knowledge of any foreign language such as German, French or Russian will be added qualification. Essential Qualification/Experience: Master's degree in Library Science/Information science/Documentation or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC seven point scale plus a consistently good academic record. At least 7 years experience in a responsible capacity in a University level Library. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Library software and have experience in library computerisation. OR Master's degree in Arts/Science/Commerce or equivalent degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade with Bachelor's degree in Library science/Information science/ Documentations or an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade plus a consistently good academic record. Candidates should be familiar with usage of Library software and have experience in library computerisation. Scale of Pay: Rs.800027513500 (Total emoluments on the minimum of the scale excluding HRA is Rs.17940/ per month) Age Limit: Preferably below 40 years General Conditions : i. The qualification and the age are relaxable for internal candidates. ii. Relaxation of age for SC/ST/OBC/PH candidates is applicable as per rules. iii. The Institute reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reasons. iv. No interim correspondence will be entertained. v. The age of superannuation for Assistant Librarian is 62 years. vi. Persons employed in government and semi government organization must apply through proper channel. vii. The appointee for the post of Assistant Librarian will be required to work on shift duties and on holidays, whenever necessary. viii. Candidates other than those belonging to SC/ST/PH category must send a Demand draft of Rs.100/drawn on any nationalized bank payable at Mumbai, in favour of Registrar, IIT Bombay alongwith the application. ix. Outstation candidates called for interview will be reimbursed upto 2nd AC rail fare from the place of residence to the Institute and back by the shortest route on production of the proof of onward journey or return journey (atleast xerox copy of the ticket/receipt), failing which claim will be treated for 2nd Class only. Railway fare will not be paid on the spot, but will be reimbursed subsequently. Application forms and information sheet are obtainable from the Assistant Registrar (AdmnI), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076 by sending a self addressed stamped envelope of Rs.16/ (size of 26 x 11 cm). The envelope must be superscribed "Requisition for application form for the respective positions". Application form and information sheet can also be downloaded from www.iitb.ac.in for the posts from Sr. No. 1 to 5. In case of any difficulty in downloading the form, please contact webmaster(a)iitb.ac.in. For the post at Sr. No. 6, applications with full particular on plain paper may be sent to the Registrar, IIT Bombay. Last date for receipt of completed form to reach Registrar, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 is 10th September, 2008. For more information kindly visit to the IIT Bombay website: http://www.iitb.ac.in/jobs.html Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Tata Consultancy Services is looking for Library Professionals for its libraries.
by Vinod Singh 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Tata Consultancy Services is looking for *Library Professionals* for its libraries at Ahmadabad, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. Scale: Attractive Last date: 10 Sep, 2008. Click the site http://www.infolibrarian.com for advertisement and application form. Best Reagards, Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil.) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Teaching & non teaching vacancies in Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi (UP)
by Vinod Singh 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear Professionals Posts in Main campus (Varanasi): A. Teaching 1. For SC: (a) Adhoc -1 (b) Guest -1 2. For UR: (a) Adhoc -1 (b) Guest -1 B. Non Teaching 1. For OBC: (a) Library Assistant (Library Clerk): 1 2. For UR: (a) Library Assistant (Library Clerk): 1 Posts in NTPC Campus: A. Non Teaching 1. For Sc: (a) Library Clerk: 1 2. For UR: (a) Book Servant (Library Attendant) : 1 Last date:19 Sep, 2008. Click the site http://www.mgkvp.ac.in (Hindi) for advertisement, qualifications and application form. Best Regards, Vikusi Research Scholar (M.Phil.) Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci. University of Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to Alumni of LIS of Gujarat University
by Mailing List Admin 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:39:56 +0530 (IST) From: Lavji Zala <zala(a)mica.ac.in> Lavji Zala Assistant Librarian MICA-KEIC Shela Village Ahmedabad-380058 Dear All, Department of Library and Information Science, Gujarat University invites its Alumni for an annual meeting at following venue. Venue: Department of Library and Information Science Gujarat University Library Gujarat University Navaragpura Ahmedabad Date & Time: 30th August 2008 (3.00pm) Agenda: 1. Formation of Executive Board of GULISAA (Gujarat University Library and Information Science Alumni Association) 2. Membership 3. Discuss and decide activities of the association Prof. Geetaben Gadhavi, Coordinator has instructed me to send this mail on behalf of her. She will be contacted on 98257 85008. Kind regards, Lavji N. Zala

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Change of name of LIS
by Prabhash N. Rath 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear all In fact, the view expressed by Prof. Mangla has already been discussed by one of the senior most LIS teachers, Prof. M. R. Riswadkar in a lecture at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. However, personally I feel, the change of nomenclature may adversely affect fundamental research on some basic LIS subjects like classification, universe of subjects, information science etc. But in practice, exactly the same is happening throughout the country, so I also feel that the name of the course should be Library and Information Management (or Information and Library Management) whatever it may be. With regards Prabhash N. Rath Prabhash Narayana Rath, Ph. D. Documentation Officer Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (University estd. under section 3 of UGC Act 1956) 846 Shivajinagar Agarkar Road Pune 411004 Ph: +91-20-25650287 (O.), 25678311 (R.) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Need to Review the Present Nomenclature
by Susmita Chakraborty 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear All, Dear All, Dear All, I fully agree with Prof. Singh that content is of prime importance and we should revitilise our domain by re-appraising the whole curricula. Still the need remains to top it up with a new name suitable with the new areas that are coming up everyday into our field. Even if it is said "what's in a name" but still it remains the most important identity tag for visualising a field at the first encounter, its like an one-like indicative abstract for a field of discipline. So we should choose judiciously and I opt for "Information Studies" like the West or "Information & Knowledge Studies" with the librarians named as Information or "Knowledge Officer", lower level library workers as "Knowledge Worker" Thanks to Prof. Mangla for raising this issue. *As I see from the list appended to the CDC Report, there have been many discussions on the syllabus front, the key players being IATLIS and LIS Dept.s of different universities. I request every one to upload (or if already uploaded, give a link to) those documents to this forum. * ** *Then by some stipulated time, we would go through them, summarize, add/modify upon, and a new syllabus with past knowledge and current trends will emerge.* *For nomenclature, without going into details, let us just name names & where it is used: as for eg,* ** *Information Studies- University of Southhampton ( if possible include their syllabus as an attachment)* Thank you all. *Susmita Chakraborty* Bengal Engineering and Science University (http://www.becs.ac.in) West Bengal, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Create a Blog using Wordpress
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Dear Friends, "Start Your Wordpress blog" by just one clidk! www.instructionwiki.org/Wordpress Follow the following steps, 1. Fill in the form 2. Change Your Password 3. Change your site's theme to match your personality 4. Bookmark your URL 5. Log out and log back in again - for practice 6. Write your first blog entry - introduce yourself, and tell us what you hope to get out of the program Thank You, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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