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Seminar Circular
by DRTC - General 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8TH Mile, Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar on Data Mining Technologies and Decision Support Systems Abstract: Information overload caused by the massive influx of raw data has generated the need for the new interdisciplinary field of data mining that encompasses both classical statistical and modern machine learning tools to support data analysis and knowledge discovery from databases. Data mining technologies and Decision Support Systems represent a spectrum of Analytical Information Technologies (AIT) and provide a unifying platform for optimal combination of data dictated and human driven analytics. This seminar will provide an overview of Data Mining Tools and technologies. Student Presenter : Binit Kiran Venue : DRTC Class Room Date : 25th November 2009 Time : 2:00 pm. All are cordially invited. K.S Raghavan Seminar Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for paper
by Kshema Prakash 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Apologies for X-postings. Dear friends, Can someone kindly send me a full-text copy of the paper in below reference? Lengauer T. , * Upper and lower bounds on the complexity of min cut linear arrangement problem on trees* , SIAM J. Alg. and discrete methods, 1982, Vol 3(1) , pp 99-113 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/ Jonathan Swift<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jonathan_swift.html> - "May you live every day of your life." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Demise of Mr Subrarta Dutta
by Dr. A.T. Francis 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Dear Professionals, The demise of Mr Subrarta Dutta is a great loss to Indian Librarianship, especially to the IASLIC. He was a sincere and dynamic professional leader. Always he was in the forefront of IASLIC and its programmes. All LIS professionals in Kerala Agricultural University join to convey our heartfelt condolence to his family for this irreparable loss. With regards, DR. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com francisaloor(a)gmail.com ________________________________ From: "lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Mon, 16 November, 2009 10:55:16 AM Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 80, Issue 11 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Bhongir School Library Project (BSLP) (prafulla tv) 2. State level Seminar on 'Information Literacy in Electronic Era' in Mumbai (Ajay Kamble) 3. Tracking the citations using Web of Science (Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai) 4. Information (G.R. Sabapathy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:22:39 +0530 (IST) From: prafulla tv <tallurivpc(a)yahoo.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Bhongir School Library Project (BSLP) Message-ID: <550292.99451.qm(a)web95209.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce the launch of BHONGIR SCHOOL LIBRARY PROJECT (BSLP) today, on the occasion of Children?s Day and commencement of National Library Week. Goal: To offer library and information services to all recognized schools (78 in number) in Bhongir Mandal, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh. Total number of students to be covered: 8000+ Medium of Instruction: English, Telugu & Urdu Start Date: November 14, 2009 End Date (for establishment of all libraries): November 13, 2010. Library services to continue indefinitely with proper systems of sustainability in place. Managed by: Student volunteers under the supervision of School Headmaster and a Teacher Incharge. Training: Will be provided by LIS professionals on simple methods of accessioning, cataloguing & classification, circulation, fund raising, etc. Sources of Funding: Donations from students and the general public. Metal Book Rack We are happy to inform you that Shri Ashok Linga, one of the leading metal furniture manufacturers based in Hyderabad, has agreed to provide metal book racks at a very reasonable price of Rs.3350 per rack plus Rs.150 for transport & handling charges. Each rack (5.5? high, 32? wide, 12? depth) would have four glass covered shelves. It is proposed to purchase them in bulk to take advantage of the best price and save on transport costs from Hyderabad to Bhongir. As we are buying directly from the manufacturer, there are no dealer/seller costs. Shri Ashok Linga has immensely liked this project and assured us of his continued support. Please donate liberally for the purchase of book racks. Your contribution would be gratefully acknowledged through an inscription on the book rack such as: Presented to ____ School Library by Shri/Smt,/Ms. ________ . Donated to ____ School Library by Shri/Smt./Ms. ________ in memory of Late Shri/Smt./Ms. __________. Donated by Master/Miss _______ on the occasion of his 13th birthday. Donated by Mr. _______ and Mrs. _________ on the occasion of their 25th marriage anniversary. Purchase of Books We have contacted several leading publishers/booksellers for supply of books and they have agreed to provide books at a good discount rate ranging from 20-45%. Please contribute towards the purchase of books. A donation label containing details of the donor would be pasted inside every book donated. Donations received so far Today while I was drafting this email, I received a phone call from one of my schoolmate friends, Shri G. Sree Ramamurthy, Vice President, Health Safety, Environment and Fire, Reliance Industries Limited, Gadimoga, near Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. On being told about the BSLP, he wished this Project all success and assured a donation of Rs.10,000. We feel divine grace has already started flowing!! We are happy to announce that Shri YVSRS Sai, Editor and Publisher of Rachana, a reputed Telugu literary magazine, has promised to provide 100 copies (worth Rs.2000) of the book titled Edu Chepala Katha (The Story of Seven Fish) freely to BSLP. Also, Shri Dasari Venkataramana, one of the leading authors of children?s stories and a regular contributor to Chandamama (Children?s monthly), has provided his book Amma Manasu (Mother?s Heart), a collection of stories, at a 50% discount. Hundred copies of this title have already been procured for distribution to all the BSLP units. An anonymous husband-wife team has contributed Rs.3500 towards the purchase of a book rack on the occasion of their 25th marriage anniversary. Our Commitment We assure that every Rupee donated by you would be spent honestly and properly for the execution of BSLP. No TA or DA would be paid to any volunteer working for this project. All volunteers would work honorarily and without any selfish motives. Please send your contribution by DD or a cheque in favour of T.V. Prafulla Chandra payable at Secunderabad. Wherever possible, we will send original receipts of the purchases made to the donor. We appeal to all the LIS professionals and library lovers to extend their cooperation and support to BSLP. Let?s join hands to light these small lamps of knowledge in one of socio-economically poorer regions of Andhra Pradesh. Even if you are unable to extend any monetary help at this point of time, please drop a post card or email if you like this project and wish to be a part of it. Thank you in advance for all your help and consideration. Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor, Dharma Vana Arboretum Flat G3, Phase 4 Saptagiri Apartments Padmarao Nagar Secunderabad 500 025 Mobile: 93962 51106 Phone Office 040 3911 4202 Residence 040 2750 5908 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:35:48 +0530 From: Ajay Kamble <apassion2002(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, mlosc(a)googlegroups.com, ilosc(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] State level Seminar on 'Information Literacy in Electronic Era' in Mumbai Message-ID: <8641f3070911140405o29914d4fh106c6ce636356f7c(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear all, Patuck-Gala College of Commerce and Management, Mumbai has organised one day state level seminar on "Information Literacy in Electronic Era" on 24th November, 2009 from 8.30 to 4.00 pm. Registration Fees : Rs 250 for delegate Rs. 150 for student Please contact the following for more details The Librarian Patuck Gala College of Commerce and Management, 100, Nehru Road, Vakola Bridge, Santacruz (E), Mumbai - 400055 Phone 022 - 26692477 -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Mr Subrata Dutta
by Pijushkanti Panigrahi 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Sad Demise of Mr Subrata Dutta We are indeed sad to inform that Mr Subrarta Dutta, former Hony General Secretary, IASLIC has passed away due to massive cardiac arrest on November 21, 2009 at 3:00 am. The untimely demise of Mr Dutta is irrepairable. He served INSDOC, Kolkata as Scientist for a long period. After his retirement Mr Dutta was attached with CALIBNET for promoting its functioning and services. During his tenure as Hony General Secretary he took many positive steps to popularize the activities of IASLIC. I join all my professional colleagues to convey our heartfelt sympathies to the to the bereaved family for this irreparable loss. Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIBRARY ASSISTANT "A" JOB IN ISRO (ISTRAC) Bangalore 1 post (UR)
by Gati Krushna Nayak 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Respected professionals posting a vacancy notification for the post of library assistant"A" in *ISRO (ISTRAC) Bangalore.* Online application is available. *Advt No: **01/2009* /TA/SA/LA *Post Number: **03* *Post Applied for: **Library Assistant* 1 UR post of Library Assistant "A" First class bachelor degree in any discipline and MLIS from any recognised university Age limit: 35 years Knowledge of computer skills is desirable. All relevant details is available in the following mentioned website http://www.istrac.org Online registration is avilable up to December'14, 2009 from November' 21 , 2009. Otherwise click directly the following hyperlink to go straight to the online application form page for applying to the post i.e http://220.227.66.161/LA/page1.jsp?advtno=01/2009&postno=03&postcode=Librar… So take immediate action for applying for the said post in* ISRO (Deparatment of Space)* good luck to u all.apply online soon.take care. have a nice weekend to u all. regards. -- Gati Krushna Nayak Assistant Librarian (Sr.Grade) IMIS http://www.imis.ac.in Bhubaneswar Orissa Mob: 09178645593, 09338010467 21.11.09 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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"ATTENTION": Student Satisfaction Survey conducted by IGNOU for all present and past students
by Gati Krushna Nayak 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

respected professionals, a very good evening to u all.this is gati krushna nayak mailing u from IMIS Bhubaneswar regarding the notification of *student satisfaction survey*being conducted by IGNOU the largest open university in the world for all present and past students of this esteemed university. This is a really very encouraging and brilliant step from IGNOU for evaluating it's standard and quality of education being rendered/imparted by this esteemed university of India.as per my views becoz of a IGNOU student, this is really a commendable job being taken up by esteemed vice-chancellor,IGNOU Matter of fact is this, we all have to fill up a special brfief questionnaire being designed by the largest open university and then send it to STRIDE, Block-14, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi- 110068. Also online questionnaire is available in the IGNOU website i.e http://www.ignou.ac.in Otherwise just click the following hyperlink for filling up the short questionnaire and hence proceed further by taking part in the survey respectively http://aciil.ignou.ac.in/Survey/survey.jsp We all should participate in this brilliant survey taken up by IGNOU for the development of the university services and hence resulting in many more student friendly, value added ,extensive study programmes in the coming years to come.Indirectly IGNOU is trying to assess it's performance regarding providing student-friendly advanced innovative academic programmes.So in context to this we all students of IGNOU should participate and coopearte with university in this survey for the improvement of the University lending study programmes. As we all professionals know, that IGNOU being the largest university always endeavoured to assimilate values and skills for the development of knowledge and competencies.So now the time came for all present and past students of this university to evaluate IGNOU in it's term of service imparting to the academic community of our whole nation. Hope all library and information science professionals will react to my mail and take necessary steps actively so as to maximise the student satisfaction being enrolled in IGNOU for lending various innovative courses. Lastly as per my view, with all our library professional's cooperation we should enhance the quality of the study programmes of IGNOU so that it will be better in the coming future. thanking you all. looking further for another post in the forum soon.meet u later take care. regards -- Gati Krushna Nayak Assistant Librarian (Sr.Grade) IMIS http://www.imis.ac.in Bhubaneswar Orissa Mob: 09178645593, 09338010467 21.11.09 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATLIS Communications 30(1-4) on Website
by khushpreet singh 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Respected Sir/ Madam, IATLIS Communications new issue is available on http://sites.google.com/site/iatlishome/iatlis-communications Regards -- Khushpreet Singh University Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (INDIA) E-mail: khushpreet.singh(a)gmail.com Mobile: +919815303000 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TURNITIN (Find and Prevent Plagiarism)
by Vijayakumara 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Dear all, We are looking to puchase TURNITIN (Find and Prevent Plagiarism), are you using the same? If yes let me know your experience along with the contact details of the vendor who represent INDIA Thanking you Vijayakumar -- Vijayakumar M. Ph.D., MSc., PGDCA., PGDLAN., UGC-NET. University Librarian I/C. Birla Institute of Technology, A Technical University Mesra, Ranchi- 835215, India Tel:0651-2276675 Fax:0651-2275401 http://www.bitmesra.ac.in/ -- 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 Article
by Pradeep 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Can anyone provide me below mentioned article softcopy. It needed urgent for my sister's research work. *R Genes - The Natural Arsenal of Plants and their Role in Plant-Pathogen Interactions Anand Lalitha* 114, 208 SFS, Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore-560064, India. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems Year : 2007, Volume : 13, Issue : 1 Print ISSN : 0971-6831. Article link: http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:pmhe&volume=13&issue=1&… Thanking you, Pradeep -- -- Pradeep P Knowledge Management Center National Institute of Design R&D Campus, Bangalore-22 Email: mypradeepp(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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Open Source Library Management Software (Koha)
by Mailing List Admin 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:17:10 +0000 From: Gowri Ravindranth <gravindranth(a)hotmail.com> Dear Friends: You are invited to participate in a Workshop on Open Source Library Management Software (Koha) Organised by Madras Library Association (MALA) http://www.accel-india.com/mala/ & Anna University Chennai M.I.T. Library (http://library.mitindia.edu) & National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University Chennai (www.au-kbc.org) Saturday, December 5, 2009 Venue: AU-KBC Research Centre, M I T Campus (Chromepet), Anna University Chennai 600 044 Program: 8.45 - 9.15 a.m.: Registration 9.15 - 10.00 a.m.: Inauguration Tea Break 10.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.: Seminar Lunch Break 2.00 - 4.00 p.m.: Live Demo (MIT Library) Tea Break 4.30 - 5.00 p.m.: Concluding Session and Certificate Distribution Target audience: Library and information professionals and open source enthusiasts. Registration: To be done at the venue. Fee is Rs. 200 /-, payable in cash or Cheque drawn in favor of 'Madras Library Association' during Registration. To confirm your participation please e-mail or phone on or before November 25, 2009. e-mail: madraslibraryassociation(a)gmail.com (With your name and contact number) Mobile: 9840526366/9382338822 For Further details on the Workshop, see: www.au-kbc.org/Kohaseminar/ Looking forward to your participation, L.R.Gowri Secretary, MALA

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