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Workshop on Quality Control Measures in Scientific Research
by kpvijayakumar＠teacher.com 27 Dec '09

27 Dec '09

Sir, Please be kind enough to give the following announcement in the next issue of LIS-FORUM. Workshop on Quality Control Measures in Scientific Research Organized jointly by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment and Centre for Information Literacy Studies, University of Kerala 15 – 16 January 2010 at Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 034 Objective of the Workshop The Theme of the Workshop is Quality Control Measures in Scientific Research. Its main objective is to familiarize the research community with the developments that have taken place at the global level in the field of research communication so as to enable them to be conversant with international practices adopted to maintain quality in research. Target group The Workshop is primarily aimed at Science administrators, Scientists, Research Guides in S & T, Research Scholars and Information Professionals working in R & D institutions and universities. The number of participants is restricted to 40. Preference will be given to researchers and information professionals working in the research institutions coming under the purview of Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE). Topics covered The areas intended to be covered are: Changing trends in scientific communication Research tools in the Internet Indicators of research quality Bibliometric indicators Statistical analysis of research data Ensuring quality in research publications. Resource persons The resource persons include well known authorities in the field of Scientometrics led by Prof.. Subbiah Arunachalam, India's and the developing world's great advocate for open access. Travel and accommodation The participants have to make their own arrangements for the travel and accommodation. The organizers will provide course materials, lunch and light refreshments as part of the Workshop. Registration There is no registration fee for the Workshop and admission is on first come first served basis. However, efforts will be made to accommodate participants from maximum number of institutions. Application Applications can be sent in the prescribed format on or before 5 January 2010 to: Dr. Vijayakumar, K. P., Hon. Director, Centre for Information Literacy Studies, Dept. of Library and Information Science University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 034. E-mail: kpvijayakumar(a)teacher.com. Phone: 0471 2308034 Format of the Application Form Workshop on Quality Control Measures in Scientific Research 15 – 16 January 2010 Name Designation Official address E-mail Phone Office Residence Mobile Area of specialization Research experience : (in years) Are you a research guide? : Yes / No Do you have any role in decision-making in the institution? : Yes / No Vijayakumar, K P Reader, Department of Library and Information Science University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram = -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2nd annual conference of KMLA 2010
by vaini79 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

Karnataka Medical Library Association is hosting its 2nd annual conference for Library professionals and doctors joint summit on January 22 & 23, 2010 at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore in association with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore. About KMLA: Karnataka Medical Library Association (KMLA estd. 1993)the only professional body representing all the Librarians of health Science institutions in Karnataka state affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health sciences. KMLA has been actively involved in imparting training and fighting for the welfare of the professional and development professional activity to abreast medical librarians with latest knowledge. THEME: Effective management of ever growing electronic resource and providing easy access, to user is a challenge in digital Librarianship. There are many complications in acquiring and managing e-resources due to various subscription and licensing model. Hybrid library is the opt and viable model for some more years to come, and hence the conference address various aspects such as resource acquisition, consolidations, business terms, license and considering print and e-resources together for viable and affordable model. Also it covers rights management of e-resources, bibliographic management, access management and skill set required for staff. Theme:Electronic Resource Management: Librarians- Doctors Joint meet Venue: Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore Date: January 22 & 23, 2010. An invitation letter has sent to all the college principals from Registrar,RGUHS and the Conference Hosting committee. All are requested to participate and make the conference success. Hemavathi B N E C M KMLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in Interview for Research Intern Awards at NISCAIR, New Delhi
by Veeru 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

Dear Professional, Walk-in Interview for Research Intern Awards at NISCAIR, New Delhi Posted: 23 Dec 2009 09:12 PM PST Walk-in Interview Date: 11-14 January 2010 Applications are invited for Research Intern Awards from Indian nationals at National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) Stipend: Rs. 11500.00 Tenure: 2 Years Age Limit: 25 years Essential Qualification: 1st Class BSc with MLISc/M.Lib.Sc. or equivalent. More Details: http://www.niscair.res.in/Movingmenu/move.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=content.htm&… -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, National center for Science Information, IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by Kshema Prakash 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

'Apologies for x-postings' Dear Friends, Can someone please send a copy of the following articles? 1. Koh, M., Jennings, L.S., 2003. Dynamic optimization: inverse analysis for the Yurchenko layout vault in women’s artistic gymnastics<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T82-48CNK43-2&_u…>. Journal of Biomechanics 36, 1177–1183. 2. Liu, W., Nigg, B.M., 2000. A mechanical model to determine the influence of masses and mass distribution on the impact force during running<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T82-3Y6HBCC-C&_u…>. Journal of Biomechanics 33, 219–224. 3. Nigg, B.M., Liu, W., 1999. The effect of muscle stiffness and damping on simulated impact force peaks during running<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T82-40B8BBD-D&_u…>. Journal of Biomechanics 32, 849–856. 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/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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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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An Appeal to all the members of Karnataka State Library Association (KALA)
by Babu Rajendra 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

Dear KALA Members, We at Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) would like to request all its members to verify their address on our website http://www.kalaonline.com/?q=node/4. Please write back to me if you have any changes to be made. Please quote your KALA membership receipt number. We appreciate if you could get back to us by Monday 28th December 2009. Warm Regards, Rajendra Babu H Joint Secretary, KALA. rajendra.babu(a)capco.com The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender of this email immediately. You should not copy, use or disseminate the information contained in the email. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Capco. http://www.capco.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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“CSIR Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Awards”
by Subhodip Bid 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

*“CSIR Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Awards”* Scheme Applications are invited for 5 Research Intern Awards (In Library Science) from Indian nationals, who are creative, have passion and desire to pursue S & T as a career. *Eligibility:* [ from only whose final results have been declared, as on date of interview] First class or equivalent B.Sc. with M.Lib.Sci./ M.L.I.Sc. *Age limit:* 25 years, as on date of interview, it is relaxable up to 5 years in case of SC/ST/ OBC/PH and female candidates. *Stipend:* Rs 11500/- per month consolidated. No other allowances are payable For more details plz see the url http://www.niscair.res.in/Movingmenu/move.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=content.htm&… -- SUBHODIP BID PROJECT ASSISTANT NISCAIR ( CSIR) NEW DELHI - 110067 MOB. NO. - 09555767674 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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New Decade Wishes
by Pandurang Konnur 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

*Dear Friends,* *May the start of the new decade* ** *Bring you many new avenues* ** *of Success, Love, Happiness* ** *Good Health, Prosperity and Fame* *Happy New Year to You,** **Family and Friends* -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Channels for scholarly communication
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Fatima Abedi has asked the differences between the following types of scholarly publication channels (3rd message in LIS-Forum digest Vol. 81 issue 26). Let me explain them in brief terms. Pre-prints: The results of research are usually published in peer reviewed journals, where the research reports undergo peer review by the experts in the field, before publication. This process is time consuming. Hence other scientists will come to know about the research very late only. To avoid this delay scientists wish to publish their research results before peer review. This will help in the immediate and early feedback from the peer scientists. This will also help the scientists to revise and prepare the article for submission. The task of publishing of pre-prints are usually undertaken by the research institutions themselves.So the research reports which are published before peer review are called pre-prints. Peer reviewed articles: Journals carry research reports. But the reports are not published directly by publishes, rather they were sent for review by the experts in the field for their opinion. These experts are the peer reviewers. Publishers take into consideration the opinion of the peer reviewers before allowing the article/research report to be published in their journal. If the reviewers ask revision the authors are told to revise their articles accordingly. Such articles which had undergone review are called Peer reviewed articles. Published Journal articles: They are nothing but the articles which are published in the journals. Open access journal articles: Open Access is a relatively new concept. The work of creating new knowledge, the peer review process and then the consumption of that knowledge is carried out by the academic and research community consuming large amount of taxpayers’ money. But the huge amounts the academic and research institutions spent for journal subscription is channeled to the publishers just for publishing those articles. More over the cost of journals have increased when the libraries are facing financial crisis due to shrinking budgets. Hence libraries in developing countries are not in a position to subscribe even to those journals which are very essential for them. The irony is that the institutions which produce the knowledge are not able to see what they produce. Hence scientists all over the world have thought of a new method of scholarly communication. This is called Open Access. They thought of publishing their articles in online journals and institutional rep! ositories which allow free access. The Internet has helped a lot to attain this goal. You can see around 4000 free open access journals linked in a website with the URL www.doaj.org I hope the explanation given above would be enough. It is very good that you have asked such a question over this forum. Based on this information find more details and try to learn more. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. Chief Librarian, University College,Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, PIN 695 034. http://www.gopakumar.synthasite.com/ gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Help me Regarding Upgradation of my post - Library Assistant to Asst. Librarian
by krishna shiva 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

I reqesting that, anyone can inform me about the upgradation of the post like Library Assistant to Asst. Librarian who is incubents/ inservice personnels( any nonUGC post to UGC Post/Scale), as per UGC 2nd Ammendment of CAS i.e. M.Phil is Relaxed from the NET Minimum qualification, working in ICAR / State Agriculture Universities or Any Indian Universities - post under UGC. It will help me lot, which is my upgradation is held up due lack of information/Reference regarding as above. Shiva Krishna S D M.Sc; M.Phil(Zoology), M.L.I.Sc; M.Phil(Lib Sc); PGDLAN. Library Assistant, Agricultural College, Hassan, ( University of Agricultural Sciences- Bangalore) Karnataka-573225 E-mail: shivakrishna2002(a)yahoo.com Mobil # 09448606707 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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