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

Orientation and Refresher Courses 2009-2010 Schedule
by Ajay Kamble 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear all, The Schedule of UGC Supported Orientation Programmes and Refresher Courses for Teachers to be Conducted By UGC-Academic Staff Colleges (UGC-ASCs) & UGC-Refresher Course Centres (UGC-RCCs) During 2009-2010 is available at http://www.ugc.ac.in A direct link to Schedule in pdf format is available at www.mlsc.co.nr -- 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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MLOSC is available on google search
by Ajay Kamble 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear all, Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle website is now available at google search... Just type keywords like Maharashtra librarians and you will get the web address of our site... Thanks to all active participant members of MLOSC... We appreciate their participation in the topics discussed on every subject in LIS field... Keep your support in future too... We would like to extend our thanks to LISFORUM, NMLIS, LISLINKS, IATLIS and other forums to help us in reaching the library professionals all over... We welcome your suggestion to improve the website as well as google group... -- 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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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] First step towards world-class var...
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mysore/First-step-towards-world-class-va…] MYSORE: To study the feasibility of upgrading the University of Mysore into a world-class centre for higher education, members of an expert committee constituted by Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) visited the varsity on Wednesday. Members P Rama Rao, Goverdhan Mehta and N R Madhava Menon along with KKC member-secretary M K Sridhar held meetings with vice-chancellor V G Talawar. They also discussed with syndicate members and academic council members and interacted with students. The committee aims to improve teaching quality, research programmes and infrastructure. Curriculum management, admission and recruitment and funding are also included. At an interaction, Menon advocated the need for a separate Act to govern the two universities-- UoM and Karnatak University-- which have been selected by the state government as centres of excellence and to make them trend setters. He also endorsed that teaching faculty must be strengthened and should be in total command to be a world class varsity. The members also pointed out that rather than banking on advantages, the university must take cognizance of weak points and try to address the issues. Earlier, the V-C explained to the members the proposed action plans of the varsity about using the government's Rs 100-crore grants. The team will submit its report to the government by July 15 after considering the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission. Source -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 7/08/2009 10:12:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need an article
by Librarian ITBHU 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear sir, kindly publish a urgent request. We need it for our faculty member. Requested document: Porter, L j , Klimchuck, J A and Sturrock, P A: The astrophysical Journal, Vol. 435 , page 482 -- Thanks and Regards! Navin Upadhyay Librarian Main Library, IT BHU, Varanasi, UP (India) Tel: 0542-2307006 09794662333 (M) Mail ID: librarian(a)itbhu.ac.in nubhuit(a)rediffmail.com Institute Website : www.itbhu.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DuckDuckGo: A New Search Engine
by ramesh chander 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Dear Members, *Duck Duck Go* <http://duckduckgo.com/> is a new search engine with less garbage and better results. With less clicking forward and back between results, it is for anyone who wants to get information faster. DuckDuckGo.com is a search engine that prides itself on providing zero-click information, organized category pages, ambiguous keyword detection and less spam than other search engines. DuckDuckGo is headquartered out of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. We do a lot of things differently. - Zero-click Info boxes on top, e.g. Rushmore film<http://duckduckgo.com/Rushmore_%28film%29>. - Which meaning? pages, e.g. apple <http://duckduckgo.com/d/apple>. - Official sites labeled, e.g. Demetri Martin<http://duckduckgo.com/Demetri_Martin>. - Simpler, less-cluttered links, e.g. Techcrunch<http://duckduckgo.com/Techcrunch>. - Get mostly info <http://duckduckgo.com/?v=r> or shopping<http://duckduckgo.com/?v=s>results if desired. For more information, use following link:- http://duckduckgo.com/ For a review of this search engine, please visit: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/duck_duck_go_silly_name_interesting_se… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy of Library Assistant at Tolani Maritime Institute, Talegaon, Pune- One post
by Praveen Vaidya 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear All, Tolani Maritime Institute (TMI) is one of the leading Marine Engineering Institute in India, which conducts four year full time residential BS (Marine Engg.) and BS (Nautical Science) programmes at sprawling 110 acres campus in Talegaon near Pune with student strength 1500. The institute is Off Campus and affiliated to Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. TMI Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is modern built for the support of the courses conducted at campus. We are looking for ONE bright, dynamic candidate for the post of Library Assistant who is ready to work in shifts on rotational basis at LRC. Presently LRC is kept open up to 2130 hrs. The selected candidate has a chance to work in fully automated environment. The accommodation may be provided at later stage. Qualification required: Fresh MLISc with 55% or BLISc with TWO years experience. Annual Package: Cost to company (CTC):around Rs.96000/- Essential qualities: Fluency in English communication, Knowledge of computer, Knowledge about open source software would be helpful. Interested candidates can apply only through email with their CV attached at praveenvaidya(a)yahoo.com Last date to apply: 20.07.2009 Selection is through entrance exam and interview. The date will be announced later. Visit www.tolani.edu for more details. Thanks, Praveen Vaidya Librarian, Tolani Maritime Institute, (Off campus of BITS, Pilani) Induri, Talegon Dabhade, Pune-410 507 Tel: 02114-242081/242082 (off) 02114-242354(Res) www.tolani.edu Visit My Blog: http://praveenvaidya.wordpress.com/ Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SMS service of MLOSC
by Ajay Kamble 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear all, The link for mlosc sms channel service is http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/mloscgroup please go through and join the group to receive sms through the group... -- 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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Life Membership to Karnataka Medical Library Association (R)-an appeal.
by vaini79 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear professionals, Karnataka Medical Library Association ® (KMLA) was established during the year 1993. Based on the recommendations of the conference 2008 the following requests have already been implemented: 1. Considering *“Librarian as a Teacher”* by RGUHS, Karnataka, Bangalore and inclusion of health science librarians as bonafide voters for the ensuing Senate Elections as per the Judgement of High Court of Karnataka. We appreciate your efforts in up-loading your name as a bonafide voter under “List of teachers other than professors” in the electoral roll and has been accepted by the RGUHS. 2. Up to-date Renewal of Registration of the KMLA since 2000-2008 under Co-Operative society Act of Karnataka Government. 3. Uniform pay scales to all the health science librarians on par with other college librarians, and formulation of C & R rules ; A committee has been formed to look into it & prepare a Memorandum to the DME, Health Secretary and Minister of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka. The same will be submitted before the end of this month. In view of all the welfare activities of the association, it is necessary to have a sizeable strength in the membership of the association. Hence I am requesting the Health Science Librarians to enroll as a ‘LIFE MEMBER” of the association by paying Rs.1000/- (Rs.One thousand Only). The Membership form and other details can be obtained from *The Office of the Secretary* *Mr.Venkatesh* *Senior Librairan, M.R.Ambedkar Dental College* *#1/36, Cline Road, Cooke Town, Bangalore-560005* *or* Send an e mail to alameenlibrary(a)gmail.com With warm regards, *Dr.P.S.Mahesh* President, KMLA Hemavathi B N Executive Member KMLA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WIth reference to Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) publication
by raghupawar＠gmail.com 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear Professional friends, It is great news for the library science professionals. IALA has initiated publication initiatives along with its other Association Activities of protecting the interest of fellow professionals. The first two titles have alreary been released to the market and both the titles appears to be very relevant to the present day librarianship. To day, many young librarians who are beginners in the profession are finding lots of difficulties in implementing ICT and modern practice in libraries without having somebody's assistance. Unfortunately Librarian is a single post in every small library. Principals and other stake holders expect us to modernize the libraries. Every day they expect a new service or new ICT practice to be implemented. Thanks to the discussion forums we learn a lot from the discussion on these platforms. But, still for implementation we need a ready-reckner like books. At least to refer, some practices which are already implemented by some of the professional experts will help some of us to try and adapt in our libraries also. I hope these books will be very useful to young and modern librarians as they have started their career in different arena. Any success in the market is measured by its consumption rate, professional should encourage this initial initiative of IALA by procuring of these titles in their respective libraries and departments to render qualitative service to their customers and students by educating practical analysis. I expressed my heart-full thanks to IALA professionals team who are behind this initiative. And also the same spirit and professional encouragement should penetrate inclusively to greater benefit to the profession. I wish many more useful titles may come out from IALA. Best Regards, Raghavendra R Jubilant Biosys Ltd Bangalore - 92 raghupawar(a)gmail.com Dear Professional Friends, I am happy to bring to your kind notice that Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) has published following books: 1. Model practices in Librarianship. Price Rs.550 2. Model ICT practices in Librarianship Price Rs.450 The content of these books are the product of best practices presented in the National seminar organized by IALA during the year 2006. Some of the very best practices chosen from the seminar volume are selected for including in these volumes. The Originality of the theme of the authors is retained in the practices published in these books and value addition work has been done by the editors in order to make these practices effectively practicable. The cover papers of both the bares are located in the IALA website under the following link: http://iala.org.in/subfiles/pub.html Following two distributors are appointed for supply of these books. For supply in Karnataka State: M/s. Education Supplies Importers & Book Distributors PBNo.8204, Block A-02 Brigade MM Industrial Complex Yediyur, Bangalore Phone: 080-26769509 Fax: 080-26769954 e-mail: jai(a)bir.vsnl.net.in , educationalsupplies(a)airtelmail.in For supply in other states of India and abroad: M/s. Researchco Books and Periodicals Pvt.Ltd. # 4735/22, Prakash Deep Building 2nd Floor, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj ? 110 002 Phone 91-11-23240257, 65150445 Fax: 91-11-23240273 e-mail: researchco(a)researchco.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by ramesh chander 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Dear Members, A researcher of IISc is in need of an article. Can anyone who has access to it, please send a soft copy of it to me. The details of the article are: DYNAMICS OF LAND-USE AND LAND-COVER CHANGE IN TROPICAL REGIONS Eric F. Lambin, Helmut J. Geist, Erika Lepers Annual Review of Environment and Resources, November 2003, Vol. 28, Pages 205-241 (doi: 10.1146/annurev.energy.28.050302.105459) Link to purchase online: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.energy.28.05030… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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