September 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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Refresher Course at the Univ. of Burdwan
by Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear members, The Academic Staff College, University of Burdwan is going to organize 3rd Refresher Course on LIS for the period from November 08-28, 2008 at the Burdwan University campus, Burdwan, W.B. The details of the schedule is available from http://www.burdwanuniversityasc.org/. The form may be downloaded through the link : http://www.burdwanuniversityasc.org/pdf/application_form.pdf The last date is 22.10.08. Thanks and regards, Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Department of Library and Information Science University of Burdwan, Burdwan, Rajbati - 713104, WB -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free Online Access to all SAGE journals until October 31, 2008
by Kshirod 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear Professionals, SAGE is currently offering free online access to over 500 SAGE journals with content available from 1999-date until October 31, 2008! Earlier this year SAGE celebrated the launch of the 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. SAGE Journals Online provides users access to one of the largest collections of social science, humanities, and science, technical, and medical content in the world. Faculty, researchers, and students can register here for free online access until the end of the month. Registration Link: https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?egistration=FTOct2008-25 Regards, -- Kshirod Das National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Announcement - SRELS -JIM and Information Studies
by SRELS 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear Sir : Kindly announce the following for the benefit of LIS-FORUM users. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad SRELS ******* Dear LIS-FORUM USER: The contents of the Current issues of the following journals can be browsed at: http://www.Indianjournals.com 1. SRELS Journal of Information Management.Vol.45, No.3 September 2008. 2. Information Studies. Vol.14, No.4 October 2008. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on DSpace
by University LIbrary Mahatma Gandhi University 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear Colleagues, Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala in association with Federal Institute of Science and Technology(FISAT) Angamaly,Kerala is organizing a National Workshop on DSpace from 21-25 October 2008 at FISAT Angamaly. For workshop details log on to http://www.fisat.ac.in/National_Workshop/index.html Thank You. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by ramesh chander 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Please send me following article, if anyone has access to it. It is needed for our research student. 1. D.S. Grummon, Material Science Forum, 327-328(2000)295. 2. Suppression of Martensitic Phase Transformation, Shape Memory and High Damping by Ion Implantation in Ni-Ti Thin Films by R. Gotthardt, Material Science Forum, vol 319(2006), pp 17-24. 3. Synthesis and Characterization of O,O'-Alkylenedithiophosphato Complexes of Vanadium(V) by A. Kumar and S.K. Pandey, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 2005,Volume 79, No. 6, pp951-957. With Regards, Romesh Chander Sharma National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GU plans on 'knowledge kiosks' for students from humble families
by noufal palliparamban 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hello, The Gujarat University (GU) is planning to set up 10 Knowledge Extension Centres (KEC)-cum-libraries in the economically backward areas to help the students get all the information related to the university near their residence. For full story : http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20080930/804/tnl-gu-plans-on-knowledge-kiosks-f… Regards Noufal.PP Assistant Librarian XLRI jamshedpur Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SAHITYA SHIROMANI AWARD
by Charu Mathur 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

Respected Friends, Greetings for the day. I am very pleased to share the following overwhelming news received from one of my respected professional. I take the opportunity to congratulate from the bottom of my heart Dr Shankar Singh, Deptt of Library & Information services, Power Finance Corporation Ltd, New Delhi for his exemplary contribution in the LIS world. He is the proud recipient of prestigious award "SAHITYA SHIROMANI AWARD" by PARIVARTAN JAN KALYAN SAMITI, DELHI in a programme held at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 26th Sept 2008, for promoting Hindi language in Information Technology and Library & Information Science. Dr Singh has following Hindi books in his credit: 1.COMPUTER AUR SUCHANA TACHNIQUE 2.SUCHANA PRODHOGIKI KE NAYE AYAM 3.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & LIBRARIES 4.INTERNET AUR ADHUNIK PUSTAKALAYA 5.SUCHANA PRODHOGIKI AUR INTERNET 6.SONANCHAL KI KAHANIYAN 7.URJANCHAL KI KAHANIYAN 8.PREM AUR YUDDH(NOVEL) Besides these he has been also associated with following Universities for writing Library & Information Sc Course Materials in Hindi: 1.IGNOU,NEW DELHI-BLIS 2.UPRTOU,ALLAHABAD-MLIS 3.VMOU,KOTA-MLIS 4.BOU,BHOPAL-MLIS We should congratulate to Dr Shankar Singh, a Senior Library Professional & a Teacher of Library science. Kind regards. Miss Charu Mathur. Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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