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

PROF. K.A.ISAAC COMMEMORATION LECTURE - 2009
by Sadasivan KP 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza , Karamana P.O. Trivandrum - 695 002 URL: www.keralalibraryassociation.org E-Mail : kla.org(a)gmail.com We have great pleasure to invite you to the Prof. K.A. Isaac Commemoration Lecture - 2009 organized by KLA. Shri P. JAYARAJAN Former Head, British Council Libraries in India & Former Research Assistant to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan has kindly agreed to deliver the Annual Commemoration Lecture. Topic LIBRARY & INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN INDIA Future Prospects Shri K.P. Sadasivan, President, KLA will preside. Venue Lecture Hall , Department of Library & Information Science University of Kerala Trivandrum Date & Time 21 October 2009 (Wednesday) at 3.30 pm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LG's E-Reader Prototype Soaks Up Sun
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Dear Friends, LG's E-Reader Prototype Soaks Up Sun Korean device manufacturer LG, which makes everything from smartphones to washers and dryers, has unveiled a prototype solar-powered e-reader. The unit is 10 cm wide and 10 cm long, weighting in at about 20 grams. It was designed to fit the e-reader display panels LG now makes. LG's thin-film solar cell technology uses electrodes applied in a thin film onto glass or plastic instead of silicon wafers. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68348.html<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68348.html?u=dineshsiddaiah&p=ENNSS_fb7e…> Thanking You, -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(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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OSS Lab's Koha workshop report
by Vimal Kumar 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Friends, I would like to give you a brief overview of Koha workshop organized by Nucsoft OSS Labs on October 8, 9 and 10 in Bangalore. In my experience this workshop content designed in a different perspective. An extensive hand on training for small group (12 candidates) is the main attraction of this workshop. This workshop is suitable to acquire the knowledge in Koha installation and maintenance, especially for librarians going to handle system administration alone. Documentation of the workshop contains simplified (step-by-step) work procedures. Following are the details of workshop. Workshop High Lights: Three days workshop concentrated on only system side aspects of Koha; installation, trouble shooting, maintenance, crontab setting, data migration etc. Topics covered: Multi lingual cataloguing, Pazpar federated search engine, Zebra indexing engine, SIP-NCIP, Customization (look and feel) of online catalogue interface and Google Indic transliteration tool etc. Usability of workshop lessons in a library environment: Installation and maintenance of Zebra indexing engine Zebra indexing engine enhance searching capability of Koha online catalogue. It supports Boolean search expressions and relevance-ranked free-text queries. SIP-NCIP This plug-in makes Koha ready to adopt RFID technology. Pazpar Pazpar is a high performance federated searching engine tool. It will search a lot of targets (electronic databases) in parallel and provide on-the-fly integration of the results. This tool is very helpful to search in distributed electronic information resources. Customization Customization of online catalogue includes placing library logo, changing border designs, adding a side navigational menu and filling main space block. This session provided tips and tricks to beautify online catalogue interface. Trouble shooting lessons Trouble shooting lessons from Koha workshop will be helpful to solve system inconsistencies like performance problems, rebuilding indexes, bug fixing, zebra search problems, web and database server un availability. Ongoing maintenance It cover software up gradation, restoring and back up of database, scheduling tasks using crontab. Don’t miss coming workshops in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/koha_workshops/ -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library and Information Management (LIM) Training Programme: 2009-10
by Francis Jayakanth 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Members, The advertisement for the next batch of LIM training program being jointly conducted by the JRD Tata Memorial Library (main library), National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), and the Archives and Publications Cell (APC), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been published. For detailed information about the programme and online registration, please visit, http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/trainee/. With best wishes, - Francis NCSI, IISc, Bangalore

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Article Request
by Kshema Prakash 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Apologies for X-postings Dear Colleagues, Can someone kindly spare me a copy of the following reference? Its required by one of our faculty members. Molecular aspects of small molecules-poly(A) interaction: an approach to RNA based drug design. Giri P, Kumar GS. Curr Med Chem. 2009;16(8):965-87. Review.PMID: 19275606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] * * *Thanks and regards,* *Kshema* * *Dr. (Ms.) Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marie_von_ebnereschenbac.html> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Query: Library software
by divya singh 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Profesionals Thanks for your overwhelming response on my query. Now i would like to know about the Library Manager software. Is anyone using it, if yes, then how's the response. Kindly let me know asap. Regards Divya Resource Person YWCA, Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Innovate India 2009: Conference on Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy
by Puna Das 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Innovate India 2009: Conference on Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy 19-20 November 2009 Venue: J.N. Tata Auditorium, National Science Seminar Complex, IISc, Bengaluru, India Organized by: National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) The conference on "Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy" will provide a platform to forge strong interaction and linkages to entrepreneurs, research scientists and technologists, industrialists, policymakers, investors, bureaucrats, evangelists, etc. It will be an event for highlighting new and emerging technologies from both the R&D sector and the industry.The conference will address some of the existing challenges, resolve to identify problems and arrive at appropriate solutions for organizational development/human resources. This conference will also deal with vital issues such as green innovations, low income markets and social innovations, developing products and services, and above all developing relationships with the innovation systems in the country. Objectives * To stimulate, acquire and exploit of innovations in Manufacturing, Medical, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Education, Agriculture areas. * To Network with R&D institutions, entrepreneurs, industrialists, policymakers, investors, bureaucrats, evangelists, etc. * To Understanding the level of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) and research collaboration between Academia, Industry and the Government. Thrust Areas * Innovation in building Knowledge Park * Medical Innovation in the light of changing Healthcare Needs * Innovation in Literacy & People Empowerment * Contemporary Issues in Knowledge Dissemination * Innovation for Organizational Development * Management Issues in Innovation * Innovation & Management of Renewable Resources * Innovation in Sustainable Development * Business Intelligence and Strategic Planning * Micro-financing for Rural Innovation * Women Empowerment Major Themes * Building Knowledge Park, Changing Healthcare Market Place, Literacy & People Empowerment / Contemporary Issues in Knowledge Dissemination, Organizational Development / Human Resources, Management Issues in Innovation, Management of Renewal Resources / Green Innovations, Low Income Markets and Social Innovation, Innovation for Sustainable Development, Micro-financing Rural Innovation, Women Empowerment, Business Intelligence. Invitation for Papers Original research-based papers on the conference theme are invited. Papers will be selected for publication in the conference souvenir after review. Participants are advised to submit their papers in the prescribed format as stated under "Guidelines for papers". The authors are advised to send their paper to the organizer at the following address on or before October 31, 2009. V. Raghuram, Regional Manager, National Research Development Corporation, # 107, 8th Main, Malleswaram, Bengaluru – 560 055, India Mobile : +91-9845967027 Phone : +91-80-23341255 Fax: +91-80-23347555 Email: innovate2009[at]nrdc.in; vraghuram[at]nrdc.in Invitation for Poster Presentations The Poster Sessions will provide an excellent opportunity for presentation of R&D findings and are expected to lead to direct interaction with the Delegates. Poster presented on the conference theme is welcome. Posters will be selected for display after review. Posters should be preferably sent in the following format: Size: 23'' X 36'', Title of poster, flow diagram, abstract in 200 words, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s), address, phone, fax & email. Further Information: http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2009/10/innovate-india-2009-conference-on.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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downtrend in LIS education
by parvathi n 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

my only question to all those who are so concerned about the down trend in LIS education is - what is it that they have done to their institutions as alumni after completing their degrees to improve the quality. Have they spent any time with younger generation in their departments to share their experiences and have they contributed to the improvement in infrastructure in any respect? Instead of using it as a topic of discussion to show their proficiency in language, it is better to do some introspection. Dr. N. Parvathamma Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Workshop Series - Material
by savitra sirohi 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

All, Workshop material form our recently concluded Bangalore workshop is available at this link. http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/resources.html Registrations for Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai workshop continue to be open. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Commission on libraries to be set up...
by bjeyapragash prakash 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

National Commission on libraries to be set up Surbhi Bhatia, Times of India 12 October 2009 In order to reform the Libraries and Information Services (LIS) sector in India, the government has decided to set up an autonomous National Commission on Libraries. The decision comes after recommendations made by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC). “The NKC had recognised public libraries as an important element of the foundation of a knowledge economy. Hence, we recommended to the government to set up a commission and it has agreed,” said Sam Pitroda, chairman, NKC. “The commission would be set up as a statutory body to address information and learning needs of the citizens of India,” he informed. He said the commission would also oversee the functioning of public and private libraries in India. A national census of all libraries would also be prepared by undertaking a nation-wide survey to know how many public and private libraries exist in India. Collection of census data on libraries would provide baseline data for planning, Pitroda informed at a four-day international conference organised by Delhi University on academic libraries. The NKC recommended that the commission must assess the manpower requirements of the country in the area of LIS management, and take necessary steps to meet the country’s requirement through LIS education and training. “For establishing a well-equipped institute for advanced training and research in library and information science, the government should also set up an Indian Institute of Library and Information Science,” he added. “DU has spent 2.2 crores on subscription of electronic resources. At present, Delhi University Library System (DULS) has access to 30 databases of the world under which students can access around 3,000 journals. And around 25,000 online resources in the form of monographs, conference, proceedings and audio-visual material,” said S Majumdar, university librarian and head of DULS. Regards -- B.Jeyapragash Assistant Librarian Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli -24 Mobile :99449-81455 URL: http://jplisbdu.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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