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IHRD KERALA Librarian's Rank list published
by junaise B 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

Institute of Human Resource Developement, Govt of Kerala published the list of candidates selected for the post of Librarian, visit http://www.ihrd.ac.in. Junaise.V Librarian College of Applied Sciences (IHRD) Calicut- Kerala -- 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)] Strict norms for MPhil, PhD - Rajk...
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rajkot/Strict-norms-for-MPhil-PhD/articl…] In a bid to end the situation where under-qualified aspirants get MPhil and PhD degrees, University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a notification with minimum qualifications for students who want to get these degrees. Now, universities will have to conduct entrance tests for students in line with certain provisions. They will also have to decide on number of students instead of haphazardly granting permission. The notification will be applicable from June 1 to all UGC-granted universities, Central and state government-run ones and colleges affiliated to them. All institutions will have to decide on minimum qualifications for selection of recognized guides as well. The number of students permitted to undertake research will depend on availability of guides. "All universities will have to decide on number of MPhil and PhD seats in advance and publish the information as advertisements and on the website too," said a dean of Saurashtra University. For students who have cleared Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) exam, State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) and other exams, or equivalents, universities can fix separate conditions, he added. UGC has also decided that a student can get direct admission to PhD or via MPhil. Universities will have to keep in mind reservation quota and select guides for candidates. After the entrance exam, students will have to undergo study programme for one semester, including research methods and computer skills. Students will have to submit theses within a time limit. Before that, a summary will have to be presented. This will be open to all for criticism and suggestions, which will be incorporated in the paper. Each thesis will be checked by at least two experts, one from abroad. After satisfactory evaluation, the student will have to take on viva. After this, he or she will have to send a soft copy of the thesis paper to UGC in 30 days. Source -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 7/14/2009 03:25:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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information
by chandrakala pai 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

hi. my email id kalapai(a)rediffmail.com My question is kinldy inform me about the weeding out of books in college library system Thanks -- 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] IEEE Training position in India
by Puna Das 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

Hi Sushma Your signature line is missing from the message. However, can you please inform us how did you get this advertisement? Some of the things are not clear from your message. Is it a trial position? I don't think this position-holder will be legally part of IEEE workforce. Then, who will be actual employer for this position in India? Will the employer give all HR benefits to this position-holder as given by standard Indian corporates? You should inform the Forum accordingly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Mon, 13/7/09, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Message: 3 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:25:45 +0530 From: Sushma Shekher <sushekher(a)gmail.com> To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] IEEE Training position in India Dear library professionals, There is challenging opening for librarians in IEEE India, Details are given below: *IEEE Client Services and University Partnership Program Manager for India* * * *Position located in India* * * *Job Functions* - Develop and implement programs and events that build customer relationships and drive IEEE usage and awareness for user communities, including librarians, engineers, researchers, students and faculty - Train librarians, end-users, regional sales staff and dealers in effective use of IEEE electronic information products through on-site visits, phone support, email support, and internet conferencing - Support initiatives and information needs of one or more IEEE Student Branches selected to participate in the University Partnership program.tobuild brand awareness and loyalty - Travel nationally as needed, for conferences, customer visits, training and awareness events. - Provide customer feedback on product content and functionality to be incorporated into the product development improvement process. - Plan events with IEEE staff - Support IEEE Membership marketing as needed - Participate in the creation of promotional and training materials for electronic information products, as needed - Prepare weekly call reports to document activity. * * *Knowledge*: - A bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college required, engineering degree and/or Masters in Library/Information Sciences strongly desirable. - Local language and English fluency required. - Ability to travel within territory with occasional trips to IEEE New Jersey in the US, as needed - Excellent writing skills, developing copy for customer communication - Excellent public speaking and interpersonal skills - PC skills: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, WebEx - Demonstrated ability to work independently and plan effective travel itineraries. - In-depth understanding of the library market for high-end electronic subscription products. - Training experience desirable; comfort with electronic information products and ability to demonstrate products one-on-one or for large audiences, both in-person and online is critical - Understanding of the sales process. - Understanding of library technologies and methods. - Strong organizational skills; attention to detail *Problem Solving* - Clarify training requirements - customize training to the type of organization (corporate vs. academic, interested in a particular technical area, and to experience level of trainees). - Keep current in library trends and technologies to better solve customer problems and issues. - Create opportunities to reach out to all area customers, such as free online training, invitations to IEEE events, etc. - Keep current with IEEE student group and regional activities to better recommend ideas and events for IEEE Student branches participating in the University Partnership program. - Direct customer concerns or questions to correct IEEE business unit - Assist local dealers in creating successful customer trials. Offer online training, phone and email support. - Plan travel in order to reach key accounts in a cost-effective way, while completing other work. *Interpersonal Skills:* - Frequent contact and coordination with other groups will be critical to the success of this individual. ** - Ability to work collegially with members of various communities - customers, students, librarians, faculty, IEEE members and volunteers.** - Highly developed presentation, interpersonal and negotiation skills are critical.** *Accountability for Results*: - Increase number of users of online products at local customer sites as measured by usage statistics - Number of customer visits and users trained as documented by trip reports - Number of University Partnership Program events planned and held during calendar year - Number of relationship-building contacts as documented by weekly reports - Feedback from customers and dealer representatives Please submit a resume and cover letter to Rachel Berrington ? r.berrington(a)ieee.org regards Sushma Arora 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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One Day seminar on “E-Resource / E-Prints Awareness Program among Engineering college librarians of Karnataka”
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

* * One Day seminar on “E-Resource / E-Prints Awareness Program among Engineering college librarians of Karnataka” Library and Information Centre, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering is organizing One-Day Seminar on “E-Resource / E-Prints awareness program among engineering college librarians of Karnataka” on Saturday, July 18th 2009. The key resource persons would be from, NCSI, NAAC and Informatics (India) Limited, Bangalore. There is no registration fee for participants. All the engineering college librarians of Karnataka are requested to participate. Details of the Seminar: Date: Saturday, July 18th 2009 Time: 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM Venue: Conference Hall, Library and Information Centre, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore. For more details, please contact: Mr. J C David Chief Librarian DSCE Library Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 Ph: 9342164211 -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com www.dineshks.webs.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- 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] Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL)
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

helo i wnt to express my doubts abt this course. do u wnt to make librarians or teachers? if it is teacher he may be interested to know many software, so tht he can teach. but a librarian applies only one software for automation or one software for digital library and so on. the use of such software can be learnt in 2 weeks. then wht the librarians will do by learning use of many softwares. these softwares do get updated, and without using is it possible to keep track of updates? newer and newer sofwares are coming at fast rate? hw long u will update ur syllabus. there are problems with OSS too. In India we donot hav usergroups to sort out the problems,. we have seen till today professional frnds do not know wht is CDS/ISIS, and they think it is Library management software? many schools teach the same till now. we need to replace the CDS/ISIS with one of the best OSS and make the student a master so tht he can use it and also keep track of the developments. i think tht this program is not advisable, ad i am surprised with the idea. there are many library professionals at every corner of this country, who can teach KOHA, D Space, Green stone etc. butmake the program much more useful and let the students do not get taken for a ride. all the best for the [proposed program with best wishes Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR, Dept of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) +91-9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(a)gmail.com --- On Fri, 10/7/09, V Senthil <senthildrdo(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: V Senthil <senthildrdo(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL) To: "Badan Barman" <badanbarman(a)gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Friday, 10 July, 2009, 11:07 AM Dear Shri Badan Barman, There are LIS professionals like Dr ARD Prasad from DRTC and NCSI, IISc, Bangalore faculties will guide you on OSS. Dr Shalini Urs from Mysore University, Shri Shashi Nath from DMRL (DRDO) are also experts in this field. You may directly contact them. But I am wondering how the course will be conducted without any faculties having knowledge in this field since you are also new to the filed. I do not think so every time the experts will be called for conducting the classes. As of my knowledge both NCSI and DRTC are teaching these same syllabus in their courses. More inputs may expects from the professionals. Regards, V Senthil On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Badan Barman <badanbarman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Respected forum members, Myself as an Academic Consultant at KKHSOU, preparing a syllabus for "Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library (PGDAOSSL)". It needs not to be mentioned that if it happened this will be the first such course in LIS in India. But as I am an infant in the subject so need the guidance of the experts from all over India. Can any one help me to lay the outline of the syllabus or can any one let me know to whom I should contact to make my food cook. I will be highly obliged if you can help me in this regard. The software’s that will be included in the syllabus are as follows. I request people who have sufficient expertise on the following software to contact me immediately. Library Management Software Packages (Evergreen, Koha and NewGenLib) Installation of Evergreen: Customization of Evergreen:Use of Evergreen: Installation of Koha:Customization of Koha: Use of Koha: Installation of NewGenLib: Customization of NewGenLib:Use of NewGenLib: Digital Library Software Packages (Dspace, GSDL, EPrints)Installation of Dspace: Customization of Dspace: Use of Dspace: Installation of GSDL: Customization of GSDL:Use of GSDL: Installation of EPrints:Customization of EPrints: Use of EPrints: Content Management System (MediaWiki, Joomla, Drupal) Installation of MediaWiki:Customization of MediaWiki: Use of MediaWiki: Installation of Joomla:Customization of Joomla: Use of Joomla: Installation of Drupal:Customization of Drupal: Use of Drupal: Learning Management System (Moodle, ATutor, Claroline)Installation of Moodle: Customization of Moodle: Use of Moodle: Installation of ATutor: Customization of ATutor:Use of ATutor: Installation of Claroline: Customization of Claroline: Use of Claroline: Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam, Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. 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Re: [LIS-Forum] Library Query
by Charu 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

Dear Kaushik, Greetings for the day, Please accept my heartiest congratulation on your new and prestigious assignment. Its very nice to see that you want to automate your library, with keeping in mind all limited resources. You can automate the house-keeping operations. Beside with the help of Ms-Office tools you can provide CAS and SDI services to your learned clientele. For further assistance you can take guidance from any of the following KV librarians, who are running their libraries in automated manner since long…………. 1. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library , Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala India http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/ 2. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Dimapur http://library.kvdimapur.org/ 3. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Aluva, Kochi http://librarykvnad.blogspot.com/ 4. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library Puri http://kvpuri.nic.in/Library.htm 5. Kendriya Vidyalaya Library ASC Centre Banglore http://kvasc.kar.nic.in/library-ic.html Further, I had cleared NET (June 2005) and SET/Pune (Jan 2009) and on the basis of my experience I had developed and forwarding you a study material in this regard. You can look into it. Wish you a Very best of luck for your bright future. Regards, Miss Charu Mathur, Delhi. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Days Workshop on “INFORMATION LITERACY FOR LIBRARIANS" at Rajkot
by hetal italiya 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

[Attachment(s) from Hetal G Italiya included below] *SUB:* Invitation for Participation in “*INFORMATION LITERACY FOR LIBRARIANS:* a two day workshop for Librarians of Saurashtra Region” *DATE:-* 1st & 2nd August 2009 *Dear Sir/Madam,* Library and Learning center of Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot in association with Saurashtra University are organizing a two day workshop for the Librarians of Saurashtra Region on the theme - “Information Literacy for Librarians”. Please find enclosed herewith the brochure and registration form for details of the same. The workshop is being conducted keeping in mind the current trends in the Library and Information Science Profession. The topics have been selected in a way that all the Librarians and LIS professionals who attend this workshop will Learn about Information Literacy concept and also get empowered to create one for their users. The focus is on the Internet and the Free and Open access resources with the help of which one can provide good number of services to its users in current times. * * We look forward for the active participation of your *Librarian* and *other Library Staff* in the workshop. In this occasion a proposal to form SAULIBNET (Saurashtra Library Network) will also be made thus we would like to have your valuable inputs in making it an effective tool in upgrading the present status of the academic libraries in Saurashtra region. Join us and make this workshop a breakthrough event in the field of Library and science in the Saurashtra Region. For queries or more information please contact sdtank(a)aits.edu.in and visit the website http://www.aits.edu.in Thanking you. Yours faithfully, Mrs. Sheetal D Tank, UNIC-LIBRARY/AITS ATMIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE YOGIDHAM, Kalawad Road, RAJKOT - 360 005 (GUJARAT) Email: sdtank(a)aits.edu.in Ms.Hetal G Italiya Library & Learning Center "Yogidham Gurukul" Rajkot - Gujarat Email:- hgitaliya(a)aits.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Announcement in LIS Forum
by Deva T M 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Dear Sir / Madam, We, the Library and information professionals of Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering are organizing one day seminar on *“e-Resource/e-Prints Awareness Programme Among Engineering College Librarians of Karnataka” *on 18/July/2009. The following resource persons are invited to talk on; * * 1. e-Resource Management by Sri. I.H. Jahagirdhar, Librarian NAAC, B’lore. 2. E-Prints Over view / Installation and customization by Sri. Francis Jaykanth. NCSI, IISc, B’lore. 3. RFID Implementation at DSCE by Mr. Sriram. Libsys Co. Ltd, B’lore. 4. J-GATE E-Resource for Engineering and Technology. B’lore. Hence, I kindly request you to publish this information in LIS Forum and oblige. With regards ----------------------------------- J C David Chief Librarian & Organizing Secretary Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-78 -------------------------------------------------------- Devandrappa T M E-Resource Information Officer Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Announcement in LIS Forum
by Deva T M 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Dear Sir / Madam, We, the Library and information professionals of Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering are organizing one day seminar on *“e-Resource/e-Prints Awareness Programme Among Engineering College Librarians of Karnataka” *on 18/July/2009. The following resource persons are invited to talk on; * * 1. e-Resource Management by Sri. I.H. Jahagirdhar, Librarian NAAC, B’lore. 2. E-Prints Over view / Installation and customization by Sri. Francis Jaykanth. NCSI, IISc, B’lore. 3. RFID Implementation at DSCE by Mr. Sriram. Libsys Co. Ltd, B’lore. 4. J-GATE E-Resource for Engineering and Technology. B’lore. Hence, I kindly request you to publish this information in LIS Forum and oblige. With regards ----------------------------------- J C David Chief Librarian & Organizing Secretary Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-78 -- Devandrappa T M E-Resource Information Officer Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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