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

Digital Education, by Antonio M. Battro and Percival J. Denham
by Shriram Pandey 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Dear Colleagues, The purpose of this book is to provide a panorama of the application of new digital technologies in education as the century comes to an end. In some cases we have described instances where this technology has already been implemented with great success, in others we discuss promises that have still to be confirmed. We also hope to awaken 'critical enthusiasm' for an effective and beneficial implementation of the best technology in the service of education and the individual. This is a great challenge, partly because of the multiplicity and complexity of new technologies that are constantly exceeding the traditional limits of educational science and partly because no-one can know which of these technologies will prevail in education in the coming century. A text of this nature should be subject to regular revision, as the explosion in technology is of such a magnitude that many innovations that seemed impossible to apply in the field of education a few years ago are now commonplace. This trend is evident in all latitudes; in some cases a high-tech product from a developed country finds an educational application in a peripheral country before it is used for these purposes in its country of origin. This book will therefore be content to describe the situation faced today by educators committed to the efficient introduction of new digital technologies already widely available on the market. This project is also being published on Internet, and is available on our web site (www.byd.com.ar) as an example of a system that will soon be widely adopted in the world of publishing: the 'dual book', available in printed and digital form. -- Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - MLIS(BHU), IKM(IISc), UGC-NET (JRF) LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNM IIT) Jaipur(Rajasthan) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Change of address on account of new assignment- Dr. V.D.Shrivastava
by Vishwesh Shrivastava 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Dear Moderator You will be glad to know of the following development and may like to publish in the lis-forum. Dr. V.D.Shrivastava, Librarian Assam University, Silchar consequent upon his selection, has been appointed as the Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Shrivastava has joied his new assignment on 2nd February 2009 (FN). His contact details are as under: Dr. V.D.Shrivastava Librarian P.K.Kelkar Library Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Post office: IIT, Kanpur 208 016 Tel: 0512-2597698 ( O), 0512-2597398 (Fax) e-mail: vds(a)iitk.ac.in Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

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My new aassignment
by noufal palliparamban 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Dear friends, I am happy to inform you that I have been joined TATA Motors as Manager, HR&PSD (Information Services) in Jamshedpur Plant. Looking for your kind cooperation and advice. Thanking you. Noufal.PP Manager (Information Services) TATA Motors Ltd. Jamshedpur Mob: 09430766010 Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://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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Fw: Academia.edu" to the Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning Community
by Shamprasad Pujar 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Dear Members, FYI Regards, S.M. Pujar, IGIDR, Mumbai ============== -- Original Message -- From: richard_price(a)academia.edu To: cpdwl(a)infoserv.inist.fr Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:58:13 +0100 (MET) Subject: [CPDWL] Announcing "Academia.edu" to the Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning Community Dear all, I recently finished my Ph.D at Oxford on the philosophy of perception. With a team of people from Stanford and Cambridge, I've just launched a website, Academia.edu, which does two things: - It shows academics around the world structured in a 'tree' format, displayed according to their departmental and institutional affiliations. - It enables academics to see news on the latest research in their area - the latest people, papers and talks. We are hoping that Academia.edu will eventually list every academic in the world -- Faculty Members, Post-Docs, Graduate Students, and Independent Researchers. Academics can add their departments, and themselves, to the tree by clicking on the boxes. Academics are joining the tree rapidly. More than 25,000 academics have added themselves in the last three months. Some professors on the site include: - Richard Dawkins - http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardDawkins - Stephen Hawking - http://cambridge.academia.edu/StephenHawking - Paul Krugman - http://princeton.academia.edu/PaulKrugman - Noam Chomsky - http://mit.academia.edu/NoamChomsky - Steven Pinker - http://harvard.academia.edu/StevenPinker We're trying to spread the word about Academia.edu as much as possible. It would be terrific if you could visit the site, and add yourself to your department on the tree at http://www.academia.edu/signup?CPDWL. If your university is not there, you can add it. Independent researchers - if you are a researcher that is not associated with a university, I encourage you to add yourself to the "Independent Researchers" portion of the tree at http://independent.academia.edu/signup?CPDWL. And do spread the word to your friends and colleagues if you can. Many thanks, Richard Dr. Richard Price http://oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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World Bank's 2009 International Youth Essay Competition on Climate Change
by Puna Das 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

World Bank's 2009 International Youth Essay Competition on Climate Change Deadline for submissions: 22 February 2009 How does climate change affect you? How can you tackle climate change through youth-led solutions? The World Bank's 2009 Youth Essay Competition aims to tap into the ideas of the next generation of green entrepreneurs for dealing with the pressing problem of climate change. The Essay Competition invites youth aged 18-25 to share ideas on how climate change affects them, and how it can be addressed through youth-led solutions. For the first time, the competition will also include photo and video categories which will also vie for prizes ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 5,000. Submissions can be in English, French or Spanish. Participants may submit entries in more than one category (essay, video and photo), but only one submission per category is allowed. For details, click <http://www.essaycompetition.org/> here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/

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Doctoral Workshop on development and international organizations
by Puna Das 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Doctoral Workshop on development and international organizations Washington, DC, April 27-28, 2009 The Researchers Alliance for Development (RAD) is partnering with the World Bank on a series of workshops for doctoral students whose main area of research is the World Bank Group. Each workshop brings together some 20 PhD students, World Bank staff and academics from other institutions (universities, research institutes). Young researchers present their work and discuss with World Bank experts in the relevant topic. CALL FOR PROPOSALS Paper proposals are invited from current doctoral students and early career postdoctoral researchers (up to three years post-PhD) conducting research on the World Bank Group and other international economic organizations in any social science field. Successful candidates will be asked to present a research paper of 8,000–9,500 words in advance of the workshop. Successful candidates will have their travel and accommodation expenses covered. No per diem, meals or local transportation costs (in the participant's country of departure) will be covered. The Workshop will be held on April 26-27, 2009 (TBC) in Washington DC. Applications are now open! Deadline: February 16, 2009. Details: http://www.radnetwork.org/admindb/docs/DC%20Workshop%202009%20Call%20for%20… Download the application form: http://www.radnetwork.org/admindb/docs/2009%20Workshop%20Application%20Form… The workshop will be co-funded by GARNET - Network of Excellence on Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation. More Details: http://www.radnetwork.org/content07_15_1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/

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Reminder:Invitation to attend KALA New Members Meet on Feb 6, 2009 (Friday) at 6.00 p.m.
by Francis Jayakanth 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:09:29 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> Dear All, We are glad to announce that KALA is organizing new members' meet. On behalf of KALA, I cordially invite you attend the same and make the meeting a productive one. The details of the meet: Event: KALA New Members' Meet Date: February 6, 2009 (Friday) Time: 6.00 p.m Venue: NCSI Seminar Hall, IISc, Bangalore the following two Special Lectures will be delivered during the meet: 1. Career Opportunities for LIS Professionals by Mr. N.V.Satyanarayana, Chairman and MD, Informatics India Ltd 2. Role LIS Professionals in promoting Library associations by Prof V.G Talwar, VC, Mysore Univ. Please confirm your participation by email to organize the event better Thanks, Ananda Byrappa General Secretary KALA

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www.granthalaya.org project
by नारायण बारसे 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

*Dear All* *We are happy to inform that the Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane (Maharashtra) has inaugurated the project of* BIBLIOGRAPHIC UNION DATABASE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN KONKAN AREA The Union Catalogue website www.granthalaya.org has been inaugurated on 26th January 2009 . All the professionals are requested to visit the site and give feedback. In this project VPM,Thane intends to create bibliographic union database of holdings of all the public libraries in Konkan area including Thane. After completion of it, one would be in a position to know about the availability and location of the books in public libraries of Konkan area. Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane also intends to help the participating libraries for computerizing their holdings by providing them an open source library software for the purpose. Regards, -- Barse N. S. Librarian and Coordinator Department of Lib & Information Science VPM's Joshi-Bedekar College 'Janadweep' Chendani, Bundar Rd, Thane (West) Pin- 400601 MS, India =========================== Phone No: 022 25384591 Cell :09969051287 =========================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EMERALD RESEARCH FUND AWARDS -LIS 2009
by Rajneesh Rajpal 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

2009 Emerald Research Fund Awards Indian LIS category ________________________________ Call for Indian library and information science research proposals Sustaining the dissemination of knowledge in India by supporting LIS research Emerald is proud to announce it is offering a funding grant for a research project that will contribute to the development of LIS research in India. The funding grant of up to £2,000 (approx. US$3,000 equivalent) should address the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific focus towards the benefit of India. In addition to the research grant, the winner will have the opportunity to receive the assistance of an experienced Emerald editor, or former editor, to help them write a high quality article and increase chances of publication. Eligibility The lead member of the research team should be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal must be submitted using our online application form <http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/india_lis.htm> . The following documents will be required electronically: 1. A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided, do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). 2. A covering letter containing contact details for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Clearly display a statement of purpose and intent. * Clearly state the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes, expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Key dates * The closing date for applications is 1 July 2009 * The initial short-list will be completed by August 2009. * Winners will be announced in early September 2009. The funding award will amount to up to £2,000 (approx. US$3,000 equivalent) for applications that address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Contact details Please be aware that all applicants will be informed personally of the outcome of the awards before any public announcement is made. However, for all other queries, please contact: Kieran Booluck Author Relations Administrative Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1274 777700 Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 E-mail: kbooluck(a)emeraldinsight.com Or Rajneesh Rajpal Country Manager Emerald Group Publishing Limited 301,Vikas Surya Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place,Sector -3 , Rohini New Delhi -110085 rrajpal(a)emeraldinsight.com www.emeraldinsight.com Mobile no- 91-9810224423 Tel no. -011-27948437-38 Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Research You can Use. The world's leading publisher of management Research Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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M.Tech @ ISiM, University of Mysore - Admissions Open for 2009-2010 Batch
by Angrosh 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

For those looking for an exciting career in Information Management across the Industries and Knowledge Organizations. Admissions are now open under Cycle 1 for a multidisciplinary M.Tech Programme in Information Systems and Management offered by the International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore in collaboration with some of the leading Information Schools across the globe - Dalhousie University, Canada; University of Michigan, USA; University of Pittsburgh, USA; Syracuse University, USA; International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore. What do we offer? . Cutting Edge Global Curriculum that imparts skill sets across the Information Management space - Databases to Data Mining to Data Analytics; Information Retrieval to Information Systems Design to Software Systems Management; Taxonomy, Ontologies and Semantic Web to Human Computer Interaction. Check out our syllabus for details. . Unique opportunity to be mentored by Industry Leaders from Google, Yahoo, Intel and others through a path-breaking project - WikiGyan . Truly international learning experience - with faculty drawn from our partner institutions. Course would be taught by world renowned experts from across the academia and industry . Need based Bridge courses . World class facilities - a brand new well appointed 24 x 7 accessible Wi-Fi enabled infrastructure in sylvan setting . Internships and projects with leading industry partners . Informal but rigorous pedagogy Who is eligible? . Engineering Graduates / 4-Year Degree Graduates (10+2+4) / Master's Degree in any Discipline . CAT / MAT / GATE / PGCET / State Level National Entrance Test Score Important Dates in Cycle 1: Application Deadline : March 31, 2009 Offer Decision : April 15, 2009 Acceptance Decision : May 1, 2009 Course Start Date : September 1, 2009 For application forms and more details, please visit www.isim.ac.in or contact us at: International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Mobile: Amitabh - 9972599870; 9886970411 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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