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

Vacancy For The Post Of Library Assistant
by mukesh jha 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS Chennai Applications are invited for the following posts : Assistant Technical Officer (Library Assistant) : 08 posts, Pay Scale : Rs.9300-34800 Grade Pay Rs.4450, Age : 35 years, Qualification : A Graduate in any subject with a degree in Library & Information Science (BLIS) or MLIS/ MSc Library Information Service Competency in Computer Basics., Experience : 1-2 years How to Apply : Application in the prescribed format should be addressed to the Registrar (by designation only), University of Madras, Chennai 600005 on or before 14/08/2009. Please view http://www.unom.ac.in/news/atolibass.pdf for more information and application form. With Regards Mukesh Kumar Jha M.L..I.Sc Bhu 2008 Library Professional IDSA NEW DELHI Mob.9654448933 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010 at IGNCA, New Delhi, India
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in collaboration with IFLA Newspaper Section is organizing IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010 at IGNCA, New Delhi in India during 18th January to 21st January, 2010 on theme "Digital Preservation and Access to news and views". To finalize the brochure and also to prepare prospective list of participants, committees etc. we need contact details of Newspapers/Magazine Libraries in India. Therefore, with the help of this e-mail all such Librarians are requested to send their contact details to the undersigned at the earliest. Other Professional Colleagues are also requested to send the details of Professionals/libraries engaged in preservation of newspapers in India. Regards Ramesh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Additional Charge: Director, National Mission for Manusripts Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous body under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 5 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1 Phone: 91-11-23385442, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-22385884 Mobile: 91-9810487158 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent Requirement - LIS Professional for IIT Indore
by D Jotwani, Librarian IIT Bombay 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

IIT Bombay invites applications to fill up one post of LIS Professional / Library Assistant to be posted at IIT Indore. The selected incumbent will be appointed on a contract for one year and will be paid monthly salary of Rs 12,000/- (Twelve thousand) (Consolidated). Interested persons having degree / postgraduate degree in library and information science with good academic record may send their bio-data /CV by email in the following proforma to the undersigned at the earliest. Candidates having 1-2 years experience of good library will be given preference. The selection will be made thru interview to be held at IIT Bombay. No TA/DA will be paid to attend interview. Selected person has to join IIT Indore immediately. Proforma 1.Name 2.Full mailing address with phone no. and email id 3.Date of birth 4.Whether belongs to SC/ST/OBC 5.Details of Qualifications (Name of Degree, Year of passing, Name of Univ, Division/%age of marks) 6.Details of experience 7.Any other information Candidates' signature -- D. Jotwani Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076 Phone 91-22-25768920, 91-22-25720227 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Easing the access to those rare books
by raghupawar＠gmail.com 22 Jul '09

22 Jul '09

Easing the access to those rare books Bangalore: Need to refer to an old book, and hard-pressed to find it? The Karnataka Knowledge Commission is considering a proposal to set up a library that will house little-used, old books. This is one of the many recommendations made by the study group on libraries, by the state Knowledge Commission to recommend how libraries could be more effectively used in higher education. At a meeting that the study group had with the Knowledge Commission on Monday, the group mooted a proposal to create a repository of lesser-used books, published over a decade ago, so that these can be better maintained and made more easily accessible to the public. Dr PV Konnur, librarian at the Bangalore University and chairman of the study group, said, "Every year, nearly 25 per cent of lesser-used books are dumped; these books are just stocked in portions of the library, and left so poorly maintained that even access to them becomes difficult. The aim is to create a repository of such books, so that a heritage is well-preserved. The library will also help prevent titles from getting lost." There are such repositories already existing in countries like the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Konnur says that Chicago has a repository for rare books that extends over 10 universities. It is hoped that in Karnataka, one university will take up the responsibility to handle the repository, say members of the study group. Dr Konnur adds on: "The proposal is now lying before the Karnataka Knowledge Commission, and Bangalore University has taken up the responsibility of preparing concept papers. After the papers are presented, we will submit a recommendation." SOURCE: DNA - JULY 21, 2009. Read the world as a student of Bangalore varsity Bangalore: Enrolled for research at the Bangalore University and starved of access to international journals? Soon, you will have access to a range of journals right at home, if you have an internet connection. Faculty and students enrolled for a PhD or post-graduation course at the University will have access to the journals. The University's library department has been working on a project that is nearing completion. "The project is at the final stage. We plan to implement it in the next couple of weeks," said Dr PV Konnur, librarian. To begin with, the University will offer the facility to 500 members of its teaching staff, 2000 post-graduate students and 750 research scholars. "The project has been prepared with software developed by a Hyderabad-based company. We will be distributing CDs which work as key discs to the software," says Konnur. Every year, the University spends several lakhs on subscriptions of international journals through the internet. The University Grants Commission (UGC) releases Rs70 crore towards such subscription fees to the 300 universities in the country. However, few students and faculty benefit from this as access to these is restricted to the library. This project at BU has been implemented at an expense of Rs60,000. "We hope that having easier access to these at home will encourage more students and faculty to access the facility," Konnur explained. SOURCE: DNA - JULY 17, 2009. With Best Regards, Raghavendra R Jubilant Biosys Ltd raghupawar(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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Regarding Five Laws and the LIS Professional
by vinodmishra 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Dear Junior/senior Professionals, Kindly pay attention and devote few minitutes in my given below statement for the sake of Library profession. After my working/Observation experience in various biggest and richest Library of India few words crop up from the core of my heart mentioned below. BEFORE TAKING ANY DECISION EITHER ADMINISTRATIVE OR LIBRARY SERVICES/POLICY WE ARE NOT AT ALL THINKING THAT THE DECISION IS SATISFYING THE FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE OR NOT. So my dear professionals for the sake of profession/in honour of Dr. Ranganathan (WHO MIGHT BE CRYING/THINKING FROM THE HEAVEN THAT ONE COLON CLASSIFICATION THEY COULD NOT UPDATE IN MY ABSENCE AND TALKING HOW TO RAISE STATUS OF LIBRARIAN).So please at least keep five laws of library science in your mind because these laws are still working and work for forever just like constitution/Supreme court of our country. BEST LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS/PRACTICES IN MODERN OR ANY LIBRAY ARE THOSE WHO/WHICH SATISFY FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE. Thanks and sorry to those who are following the Laws. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Information Assistant P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur. Mob: 91+9455306495 email: mishravk(a)iitk.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RRC Monthly meeting on Saturday, 25-July-2009 at IIFT, New Delhi
by Puna Das 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues We have the pleasure to announce the 133rd Monthly Meeting of Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC) on 25th July, 2009 (4th Saturday) at 10.00 hrs. Venue: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Room No. F-2 (Block –II) B-21, Qutab Institutional Area, Near Qutab Hotel, New Delhi-110016 Speaker: Dr. Antony Jose, Librarian, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon Topic: Evaluation of Digital Libraries: Concepts, tools and applications Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and participate to benefit the group by discussions. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Subhash Deshmukh Manager Program Committee Ranganathan Research Circle (RRC) Res: A-103, C-DOT Apartments, GH 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122003 Ph. 95124-2578715, 9873680484 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.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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Fight for Right
by pramod mangla 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, Shri Jamil Ahmad has raised a very pertinent point with regard to the equivalence of ADIS with the MLIS degree. As per the decion taken by the GOI almost three decaedse ago the ADIS qualification is at par with the MLIS degree only for the purpose of jobs in documentation.The DRTC has now rightly taken a decision to designate its course as Master's degree and therefore in future the DRTC students should not have any such technical disability. Prof.P.B.Mangla Ex. University of Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright Related-Special Library
by Emmanuel E C (RBEI/HRL1-D-KCI) 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Dear Sir/Madam, Please provide the following information: 1. Kindly lead me to /provide contact details of the experts from LIS background, specialised in the area of copyright. (Application/dealing with Copyright Act & Library services - Indian Context) 2. Literature that exclusively discusses about copyright and Library services (like Reprographic Services,scanning journal articles and sending to the user for research/study, Digital Library, Lending Services). 3. Literature on applicability/relevance of "fair dealing" concept in special Libraries like, Industrial library, corporate library or company Library (Profit Making organizations). Thank you in advance for the kind support !! Best Regards Emmanuel E.C Knowledge Centre & Information Services, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Ltd, #123, Industrial layout, Hosur Road , Koramangala Bangalore-95, INDIA Ph.No:+91 80 6657 1497 Mobile: 9886677094 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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First Anniversary of Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle
by Ajay Kamble 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

*First Anniversary of Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle* Dear all, Today, Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle has completed one year successfully... [and its Ajay's birthday too] In one year, we had 970+ member all over India and abroad too... and 2150+ different topics have been discussed on MLOSC in one year... We have tried to provide all the latest GRs, Circulars regarding librarians to all our Library professional colleagues... so that they can be benefited by it... We have arranged a workshop for the LIS professionals preparing for the NET/SET exams... We are also trying to arrange some programmes and workshops on open software training, union online catalogue etc. in future. For doing each minute activity of Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle, we need your involvement, support, participation coz. as we all know our theme is "it is the study circle of the librarians, by the librarians, for the librarians and with the librarians." We should have announced this mail in the morning... We regret I was busy with some other important work as i have to look after the shifting and interior works of my college library too... We thank you all for the support, co-operation, active participation and constant inspiration... Together we can and we will make the difference... With warm regards.... -- 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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Fight for Right
by jamil＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

Respected Professionals, This is Jamil Ahmed, final year student of ADIS (Associateship in Documentation and Information Science from Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) ISI Bangalore. I took admission here after completed B.L.I.Sc. As we all know Documentation Research and Training Centre, ISI Bangalore is the renowned Institute in India in the field of Library and Information Science and the course ADIS is equivalent to Master degree. On 23rd September 1980 Ministry of Education and Culture recognized the ADIS is equivalent to master degree. But, one of my senior who has qualified UGC NET last year and he did not get certificate of UGC NET till now, why because UGC said that ADIS is not equivalent to master degree and refused to give certificate. He is facing a lot of problem for getting job where NET is required. Please advise whether it is ok or not, if he is fighting for his right. Please forward for your advice and suggestions. Thanks and best regards Jamil Ahmad Documentation Research Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore, Karnataka Mobile +9742845349 Tel: +91 80 284 830 02 ext. 495 Email: jahmad82(a)gmail.com , jamil(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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