January 2009 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Positions Opening -- Icfai Academic Wing
by Indira 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Dear Professionals, The Icfai University is augmenting its faculty in Academic wing and is looking for Faculty Associate and/or Research Associate in the Dept. of Library Science. Job description: 1. Courseware design and development for B.L.I.Sc. / M.L.I.Sc. programs 2. Academic and research writing Requisite Qualifications, Skills and Experience 1. M.L.I.Sc. (Research Associate), M.L.I.Sc. and M.Phil. (Faculty Associate) with a good academic record 2. Flair for writing and fervor for updating knowledge and upgrading skills 3. ICT skills 4. 2-5 years of experience Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. ICFAI University pays as per UGC scales after completion of probation. Interested candidates may send their resume on or before 7th February 2009 by courier/ fax superscribing the envelope with the position applied, to: The Associate Dean Academic Wing # 23, 2nd Floor, Nagarjuna Hills Punjagutta Hyderabad - 500 082 Fax: 23435307. Or e-mail your resume to the admin officer: lakshmikanth(a)icfaiuniversity.org Regards, Indira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ms. Indira Koneru, M.A., M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil., (Ph.D.) Faculty Member Dept. of Library Science Icfai Academic Wing 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500 082 India <mailto:ijlibinfstd@iupindia.org> ijlibinfstd(a)iupindia.org

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International conference on reading practices
by Narenthiran 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Dear Moderator, Please list the following information in the forum Thanks Narenthiran. R Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street P.B.33, Pondicherry 605001 Phone # 91-413-2334168 Extn 126/139 Fax # 91-413-2339534 Email: narenthiran.r(a)ifpindia.org <mailto:narenthiran.r@ifpindia.org> www.ifpindia.org <http://www.ifpindia.org> *International conference on* *Collection, Selection and Erudition* *Reading** practices and Textual culture in Classical Tamil* / / *Aim:* The main objectives of the abovementioned *3 day Conference *are 1. The proposed International conference will analyze the sources and practice through which the classical Tamil corpus came to be collected and compiled during the first millennium of the Christian era and edited from the 19^th century. 2. The conference will explore the avenues of manuscript tradition and textual culture in which the classical Tamil corpus was circulated and transmitted between the first millennium of the Christian era and the 19^th century 3. the conference will compare the reading and learning practices involved in the understanding of the classical Tamil corpus by traditional pulavars, university scholars (local and foreign), popular writers etc during the contemporary period; 4. The conference will examine the role of public and private institutions in reading practices of the Classical Tamil Corpus. 5. The conference will attempt to obtain a status report on the collections and libraries through which the classical tamil corpus came to be “rediscovered” in the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century 6. The conference will explore the viability of applying the research methodology practiced by, for example, Roger Chartier, Jean- Yves Mollier and Robert Darnton in their investigation of the History of the Book in Western Culture. *Organizers:* The French Institute of Pondicherry (coordinator: Kannan.M, Contemporary Tamil Culture, Indology) And The Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai.( coordinator:Prof. R.Kothanda Raman) Dates: March 25-27, 2009. Place: French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, Saint Louis St, Pondicherry, Pondicherry, 605001. Phone: O413 2334168. Email: kannan.m(a)ifpindia.org <mailto:kannan.m@ifpindia.org> Website: www.ifpindia.org <http://www.ifpindia.org/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIBWEB: Library Servers via WWW
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Dear Friends, LIBWEB: Library Servers via WWW (http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb) currently lists over 7900 pages from libraries of 146 countries. Continents, Countires and Types of libraries which are available on LIBWEB are USA (Academic, Pulblic, State, School, National and special libraries, Library organizations and Regional Consortia), Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and South America. LIBWEB gives links to India's Universities, IISc., IITs, ISI, ICAST, Delnet, Inflibnet etc. libray websites. Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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InfoVision 2009 Inauguration, Thomson Innovation award and Vision Talk - January 22-23, 2009
by Angrosh 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

InfoVision 2009: The Knowledge Summit, January 22-23, 2009, Bangalore Summit Theme: "Content to Intent: Understanding user intent in multimodal, multilingual, mobile, and enterprise Information Access" Programme Highlights ----------------- Inaugural Function - 22nd January, 2009 : 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Inauguration Mr. Alexius Collette Chief Executive Officer, Philips Electronics India Ltd., Bangalore Keynote Dr. Mark Maybury Executive Director, Information Technology Division, MITRE Cropn., USA Summit Chair Dr. P. Anandan Managing Director, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore ----------------- Thomson Reuters Innovation Award Ceremony - 22nd January, 2009 : 7:00 p.m. onwards Giving away of the Award to the Winners Mr. N.S. Parthasarathy Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, MindTree Ltd., Bangalore Keynote by Mr. Bob Stembridge Thomson Reuters, UK Chair Dr. A.R. Upadhya Director, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore -------------------- Vision Talk - 23rd January, 2009 : 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dr. C. Mohan IBM Fellow and IBM India Chief Scientist Chair Mr. M.N. Vidyashankar, IAS CEO and Ex-officio Principal Secretary to Govt., DPAR (Elections), Karnataka -------------------- Session Keynote Speakers * Multimedia Information Access Prof. Dieter Fellner Director, Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD), Germany * Mobile Information Access Dr. Ram Ramjee Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research India * Multilingual Information Access Prof. Rohini Srihari CEO, Janya Inc., USA & Associate Professor Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York * Consumer Created Content Prof. Ee-Peng Lim School of Information Systems Singapore Management University, Singapore * eScience, eResearch and Cyber Infrastructure Dr B.B. Prahlad Rao CDAC, Bangalore * Enterprise Content and Communication Prof. John Girard Associate Professor, Minot State University, USA Please visit: www.infovision2009.org for more details For details and registration, please contact: InfoVision secretariat International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Angrosh - 9886970411 Email: office(a)infovision.org.in; office(a)isim.ac.in InfoVision 2009 Summit Team. ********************************************* Angrosh M.A. Project Manager International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: angrosh(a)isim.ac.in **********************************************

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Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle
by Ajay Kamble 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Dear all, We have developed an online Study Group "Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle" in August 2008. The URL of the study circle is www.mlsc.co.nr and a Google group is also develop to provide regular information to the members. I request all the respected members here to check the website and the group and give us expert comments on what improvements can be done in the website and the group. Waiting for your reply. With regards. Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak College of Arts, K M College of Commerce, ESA College of Science, Vasai Rd. (W) – Dist Thane – 401202. Email : apassion2002(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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Librarian and Assistant Librarian Posts in TATA PROJECTS, HYDERABAD
by praveen veerabomma 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Dear Professionals, the following vacancy's are there in TATA PROJECTS, HYDERABAD Librarian Post 1 - M Li Sc with at least two years experience, good computer and library management skills Assistant Librarian Post 1 - B Li Sc / M Li Sc with at least one year experience, & computer skills. Last date 20th January,2009 Those who are intrest for above post pl send there resume to following mails mail_praveen12(a)yahoo.co.in with cc pkalyani(a)tataprojects.com Thank you FROM : PRAVEEN KUMAR V mail: mail_praveen12(a)yahoo.co.in Hello: 93930 11696 Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/

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Invitation for the International Conference at Chennai in 23-34 Jan 2009
by Arunachalam Hariharan 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

The Management, Correspondent, Principal and Faculty Members of B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Chennai - 600 048 & Society for the Advancement of Library & Information Science Chennai Cordially invite you to the inauguration of International Conference on Knowledge Networking in ICT Era on Friday 23 rd January 2009 at 9.30 A.M at Auditorium, Convention centre B.S. Abdur Rahman Cresent Engineering College, Chennai - 600 048 Padmashree Dr.M. Anandakrishnan Chairman, IIT Kanpur has kindly consented to inaugurate the conference Ms. Iskra Panevska Advisor for Communication and Information, UNESCO Dr. Jean-Louis Ermine National Research Director, University of Bordeaux, France Ms. Pradeepa Wijetunge University of Colombo, Sri Lanka will be the Keynote Speakers Mr. Abdul Qadir A. Rahman Buhari Correspondent, B.S.A.Crescent Engineering College Presides Dr. V. M. Periasamy, Principal Mr.A.Hariharan, President, SALIS Dr. R. Raja Prabu, Convener Dr.P.Panneerselvam, Organising Secretary ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Management, Correspondent, Principal and Faculty Members of B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Chennai - 600 048 & Society for the Advancement of Library & Information Science Chennai Cordially invite you to the Valedictory Function of International Conference on Knowledge Networking in ICT Era on Saturday 24 rd January 2009 at 3. 30 P.M at Auditorium, Convention centre B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Chennai - 600 048 Ajit K. Pyati University of Western Ontario, Canada has kindly consented to deliver special lecture Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy Librarian, Anna University, Chennai has kindly consented to felicitate the participants Dr. A.L. Moorthy DESIDOC, New Delhi has kindly consented to be the chief guest Dr. V. M. Periasamy Principal Presides ------------------------------------------------- The Management, Correspondent, Principal and Faculty Members of B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Engineering College, Chennai - 600 048 & Society for the Advancement of Library & Information Science Chennai Cordially invite you to the inauguration of Pre-conference Tutorial on E-learning on Thursday, 22nd January 2009 at Seminar Hall 1, Convention centre Dr. Harish Chandra Librarian, IIT Madras has kindly consented to inaugurate the Pre-conference Tutorial Dr. V. M. Periasamy, Principal Presides -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Eminent Speakers Mrs Panevska, Unesco Dr.John Paul Anbu, University of Swaziland, South Africa : Ms.Gowri Parameswaran, State University, New York Ajit K. Pyati, University of Western Ontario, Canada has kindly consented to deliver special lecture Prof. C.R. Muthukrishnan Consulting Advisor, TCS & Former Deputy Director, IITM Dr. Harish Chandra IITM Prof. Manorama Srinath Retd. Prof. University of Madras Prof. M. Suriya Annamalai Univeristy Dr. A.L. Moorthy DESIDOC New Delhi Prof. D. Rajyalakshmi, HOD, DLIS RTM Nagpur University Prof. I V Malhan Head, Dept. of Library Science University of Jammu Jammu Tawi Prof. Jagtar Sing DLIS, University of Patiala Prof. M. Nagarajan Annamalai University Dr. Ally Sornam Bishop Heber College, Trichy Prof. V. Nagarajan Radius Consultancy Pvt Lts

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Library vacancy at Engineering College - Hyderabad.
by Sridhar K 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Dear Professionals, Aryabhata Institute of Technology & Science is looking for *Librarian , Asst. Librarian and Library Assistants* for its Engineering College Library.(* www.aryabhata-its.ac.in)* College address: Aryabhata Institute of Technology & Science MohabatNagar, Near Maheshwaram X Roads, On Srisailum Highway Road, RR District. Andhra Pradesh Salary: Negotiable Applicants preferably from in and around Hyderabad region only. Librarian : Candidates with working knowledge in Computers with Ist Class in MLISc Asst. Librarian: Candidates with working knowledge in Computers with Ist Class BLISc. Library Assistants: Candidates with working knowledge in Computers and with CLISc Last date for submission of application/resume is 24th January 2008 Please send your Resume to: kanakanala(a)gmail.com<sreekumar(a)law.christcollege.edu> Regards, Sridhar Reddy Sr. Asst. Librarian BrahMos Aerospace, DRDL Hyderabad

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Google Web History
by Ajay Kum Sharma 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Dear Library and Information Professionals, Google's has implemented personalization to improve search results could face some difficulties. Google already uses your queries, the results you click on, your bookmarks, but this isn't enough to build a comprehensive profile. People don't search too many times and, most often, they click on the top search results. So I think the next step in Google's efforts to tailor the search results to your preferences is to expand the search history into something more complex: the web history. Browsing web pages is an important part of your online activity and there are already applications like Google Desktop that monitor and index the visited web pages. Google Web History is a reality starting today. This replaces the previous search history service that was limited only to queries and search results. If you want to add the web pages you visit, you need to have Google Toolbar with the PageRank feature activated and to enable web history from http://www.google.co.in/history/welcome?hl=en. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum - 731235, W.B. Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in 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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Understanding how libraries (and librarians) can survive in the new media ecosystem
by Sukhdev Singh 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Just came across PowerPoint Presentation [hyperlinks at http://snipurl.com/aahet] of Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project. The presentation is on How libraries can survive in the new media ecosystem. I am trying to understand the message conveyed by this presentation. It is about "how people's use of the internet and cell phones has fundamentally changed the 'information ecosystem' in 10 ways". Information in this age is Abundant, Cheap, Personally Oriented and Designed for participation. According to Lee, 'information ecosystem' is changing in the following manner: - Volume of information grows - Variety of information and sources of information grow - Velocity of information increases and smart mobs emerge - Venues of intersecting with information and people multiply and the availability of information expands. - People's vigilance for information changes. Attention is 'truncated' and 'elongated'. - The vibrance and immersive qualities of media environments makes them more compelling places to hang out and interact. - Valence (relevance) of information improves – search and customization get better - The voice of information democratizes and the visibility of new creators is enhanced. - Voting on and ventilating about information proliferates as tagging, rating, and commenting occurs and collective intelligence asserts itself - Social networks become more vivid and meaningful. So what can Libraries and Librarians do in such an 'information ecosystem'? Well, they have been advised to take following actions: -Be findable and available -Think of yourself as a news node for information and interaction. -Think of yourself as a social network node for people looking for 'friendsters' -Think of yourself as an information hub -- an aggregator and a linker to others who have useful, interesting material -Experiment with Web 2.0 applications -Offer your good offices to help people master new literacies - Graphic; Navigation; Context; Focus; Skepticism; Ethical and Personal literacies. The new information ecosystem and required actions for being relevant in this new ecosystem has been well explained by Lee. However, I am trying to understand how the ideas expressed by Lee Rainie correlate to the theory and philosophy of Library and Information Science. Changes in 'information ecosystem' is consistent with Ranganathan's Fifth Law - Library is a Growing Organism. The Library (system) being an Organism, grows and thus get more and more differentiated. It evolves like any other living organism on earth in response to changes in ecosystem. Most 'actions' suggested by Lee are consistent with Forth Law - Save the Time of The Reader. Well, I am not able to fit the concept of 'social networking' on Internet in terms of philosophy of library science. Perhaps, someone from you can help me. --Sukhdev Singh, 09868960074, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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