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FW: Project Information Literacy's Latest Research Report
by Dr. Indira Koneru 02 May '12

02 May '12

Dear Professionals, here is the latest research report from Project Information Literacy (based in the University of Washington's Information School). Indira -------------------- Dr. Indira Koneru Faculty Member Dept. of Library Science Icfai Academic Wing 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500082 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: pilstudy(a)u.washington.edu Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:16:26 -0800 (PST) We are pleased to let you know that Project Information Literacy's latest research report was released today. In "Lessons Learned: How College Students Find Information in the Digital Age," we present findings from our student survey, administered last spring to students (n=2,318) enrolled at six U.S. college campuses (42 pages, PDF, 3 MB). We were struck by what we found. We hope that our findings will help inform educators, such as yourself, about today's college students and how they look for information and conduct research for course-related work and in their everyday lives. Finally, a few thanks are in order for this year's work. We thank ProQuest for their generous support of our research this past year and the MacArthur Foundation for contributing funds to make the current year's ongoing research possible. And we thank you for your interest, support, and collaboration. ! All our best, - Alison and Mike -- Alison J. Head, Ph.D. and Michael Eisenberg, Ph.D. ______________________________ Co-Directors and Co-Principal Investigators Project Information Literacy The Information School | University of Washington Seattle, Washington (707) 939-6941 ajhead1(a)u.washington.edu mbe(a)u.washington.edu _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET Newsletter and Annual Report
by Rajesh Chandrakar 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Dear All The current issue of the INFLIBNET Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January to March 2009) is available online. To access the newsletter, kindly follow the link http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/newsletter/Vol.16,No.1_Jan-March2009…. The INFLIBNET Annual Report 2007-2008 is also published and available online at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/annualreport/Annual%20Report07-08.pdf. Interested person can download it for the purpose. With best regards Rajesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS Seminar on Re-defining the Library for the Digital Age at DSACE, Tiruchendur
by Arunachalam Hariharan 18 Feb '10

18 Feb '10

State Level One day Seminar on Re-defining the Library for the Digital Age 20th March 2010 Organized by Central Library Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering. Tiruchendur-628215 & SALIS Tirunelveli Chapter (Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science) Convener Mr. N. Selvaganapathi Librarian Venue Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering. Tiruchendur-628215 --------------------------------------------------- About the Seminar Libraries are undergoing tremendous changes since the dawn of the 21st century and facing many challenges. The impact of IT affected the traditional role and services of the Libraries and LIS professionals. Libraries are moving from print to digital resources. Redefining the Library is a need of the hour to meet the opportunities and challenges in the digital age. Libraries find ways and means to reshape and rethink the services and to add value and remain relevant in this rapidly changing and competitive environment. It is high time to plan strategies to redefine the roles and services of LIS Centres and the professionals to meet the challenges in the knowledge society and demands of the future generation. LIS professionals must learn new skills and adopt newer technologies to face the new technological challenges, if they wish to remain relevant for the future. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Objectives The objective of the seminar is to discuss the following areas and exchange of knowledge and ideas among professionals towards redefining the Library and Library services  Information need of the google generation  Redefining library systems, functions, process and services – planning and strategy  Redefining the role and skills of LIS Professionals  Next generation search, web tools and techniques  Innovative value added LIS services  Digital Library challenges  Re-think the physical spaces and digital infrastructure  The Impacts and Implications of Technological Change  Partnership with other organization  Marketing of LIS services  Opportunity and challenges in the 21st Century ---------------------------- Resource Persons Experts from reputed institutions Eligibility Practicing Librarians, information professionals, teachers and students ----------------------------------------------------- Last date for registration 15.03.2010 Registration Fee : Rs.150/- DD drawn in favour of The Secretary, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Payable at Tiruchendur About Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aditanar Educational Institution (AEI), a registered society founded by the Late Thiru. Si.Pa. ADITANAR established Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering in 1995 with the principle objective of bringing quality education within the reach of the weaker section, particularly in rural areas. It already has in its fold 5 other educational institutions in Tiruchendur. Dr. B. SIVANTHI ADITYAN is the Chairman of AEI and the Founder-Chairman of Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering. Dr. Adityan is a renowned Educationist, an enterprising industrialist, a newspaper Baron of high repute, a Sports personality cum sports Administrator and a quiet and unassuming Philanthropist. Under his visionary guidance, the college is growing in all the aspects. About the Library Central Library of Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering was founded in 1995 with a small collection of books. Today the library has grown into a system with more than 27,000 volumes of books, 140 national periodicals and 218 e-journals. The College library system caters to the needs of the UG and PG degree courses conducted by the College. The library acquires all the text, reference books and other reading materials prescribed in the syllabus for the courses offered. It is a gift to the faculty pursuing Ph.D. Faculty from nearby colleges are also utilizing the e-journal sections of the Central Library. About SALIS SALIS is a registered professional body, actively involved in the development of all spheres of Library and Information Science (LIS) by organizing various programs such as conferences, seminars, lectures, training programs on emerging topics for the benefit of LIS professionals in the country jointly with reputed institutions. SALIS has chapters at Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Nagpure and New Delhi to serve the respective regions. SALIS publishes books, journals, news letter to disseminate latest developments in the field, undertakes projects and offer various knowledge based and technology driven services to LIS centres. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently in order to provide quality services. REGISTRATION FORM State Level Seminar on Re-defining the Library for the Digital Age 20.03.2010 Name : Designation : Institution Address for Communication : Tel. : Off Res. E-mail ID : Mobile No : Particulars of Payment (Bank Draft) Name of the Bank : __________________ Rs. _________ D D No. _______________ Date _______________ Date: Signature of the Applicant Organising Committee Patron Dr. J.Maheswaran, Principal, Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar college of Engineering, Tiruchendur Convener Mr. N. Selvaganapathi, Librarian Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar college of Engineering Tiruchendur Co-Ordinators 1. Mr. P. Rajendran, Asst. Librarian, Dr.SACOE 2. Mr. S. Arockiaraj, Lecturer Dep. of Mathematics, Dr. SACOE 3. Mr. Peter Devadoss, Lecturer Dep. of ECE, Dr. SACOE Advisory Committee Dr. S. Surianarayanan Librarian, Sri.Paramakalyani college, Alwarkurichi Dr. Martin Arockiasamy Librarian, St. Xaviers college, Palayamkottai Dr. A. Lawrence Mary Librarian, TDMNS College, Tkallikulam. Dr. K.Vinitha Librarian, National Engineering college, Kovilpatti Mr. A. Esakki Librarian, District Central Library, Tirunelveli Mr. Muthukrishanan Librarian, Aditanar college of Arts & Science, Tiruchendur. Dr. Balasubramanian Deputy Librarian, M.S. University, Tirunelveli Completed registration form can be sent to: Mr.N.Selvaganapathi, Librarian & Convener Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering Tiruchendur – 628 215. selvathiruvonam(a)yahoo.com sacoeprincipal(a)gmail.com, Tel: 04639 – 242482 cell: 9788932477 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Preservation of documents
by Dr.D.P Prathap 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Dear Colleagues I request info on the following: There is a register (like our accession register) of the year 1872. It contains about 100 pages. It is in a bad shape now. I would like to how to preserve the register, for future use. Sincerely shanmuganathan, T. Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Full-text Speech of Irina G. Bokova, DG of UNESCO on "Building Inclusive Knowledge Societies in a Globalised World: Opportunities and Risks"‏
by Puna Das 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

IGNOU Silver Jubilee Special Lecture on "Building Inclusive Knowledge Societies in a Globalised World: Opportunities and Risks" by Her Excellency Ms. Irina G. Bokova, Director General of UNESCO. Delivered on 11th January 2010 at IGNOU, New Delhi Download Full-text Speech: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001865/186546e.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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College librarian’s plight – DCE’s new circulation policy
by Vasanth 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Dear Sir/madam, Recently Department of Collegiate Education directed all the librarians to allow student to borrow books during the examinations. It is very difficult for librarians issue books during the exam time, that too at the end of the academic year (May-June). We usually do stock verification during March, if not during May-June. Because during this period there will be no circulation, so it is easy for librarian to do stock verifications. If we follow the directions, it is hard to do stock verifications. We hardly find any time to do stock verifications. That is one aspect. There are other issues- mainly in degree colleges that too from colleges located in taluk level, the student dropout rate is somewhat more (30-40 students drop every year). Most of the time these students never return books to library. If we issue books during the exam time this will increase further and what policies you have to protect librarians. Every year the library grant is given at the end of the financial year. We have to purchase books before March 31st. Otherwise the grant will be taken back. In such a case we have to purchase large number of books and they have to be accessioned and classified. This takes lot of time and effort. With hardly any man power support librarian can’t accession books and circulate them instantly. Exams in most of the colleges continue for more than two months, if the students allow for borrowing books during this period, books have to be issued every day for two months with no guarantee of returning them in time. At the time of returning books it will be in depleting condition. Librarian has to quarrel with the students. The decision is taken without the consultation of librarians. Even it was written that DCE received complaints from student associations. But the DCE never consulted librarians before taking the decisions. This is right time for the Karnataka State College Librarians Association to intervene and protect the interest of the student and librarians. We are there to serve for students but it is really over burdening and will change the equilibrium of systematic librarianship. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N GFGC-Periyaptna Mysore Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATUL-2010 Partial Grants for Developing Countries
by vjkjk＠yahoo.com 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

31st Annual IATUL Conference The Evolving World of e-Science: Impact and Implications for Science and Technology Libraries Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. June 20-24, 2010More at http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul2010/ In order to encourage participation from librarians in developing countries and institutions the IATUL Grant Award program will provide up to 5 grants of US$1,000 each for the 2010 conference. Preference for this conference will be given to librarians from Central and South America, but applications are encouraged from librarians at any institution that is an IATUL member or would qualify for IATUL membership (i.e., the institution has a focus or substantial program in the sciences and/or engineering). More details http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul2010/grant-award-program/ -- -- -- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, Ph.D, Science Specialist Librarian, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, www.kaust.edu.sa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar cum Workshop on “Web Resources in Social Science Research”
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

Call for Papers/ Participation Seminar cum Workshop on “Web Resources in Social Science Research” The department in collaboration with “Indian Council of Social Science Research” (ICSSR), North Western Region, Chandigarh is organizing a two day seminar/workshop on “Web Resources in Social Science Research” for teachers and research scholars of Social Sciences belonging to universities and colleges of the ‘North Western Region of India’ from 15-16 March, 2010. The workshop will focus on emerging Web resources, their format , discovery, effectiveness and authencity in diverse fields of Social Sciences, besides providing opportunity to participants in gaining valuable insights, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities and build new web enabled networks. The department invites teachers, research scholars and other stake holders from Social Science disciplines to contribute a paper or participate in the event to share their ideas and enrich themselves of the latest trends in the Social Science research. We are also enclosing herein the registration form which should reach to us by or before February 25, 2010. Topics for Paper Submission Web Resources: General Features, Opportunities and Challenges. 2. Web Resources in Social Sciences: General overview Web 2.0 and its Allied Tools · Wikis, Blogs etc · Social Networking etc. Open Access to Scholarship and Retrieval Tools Open Access Initiatives, Open Access Repositories Open Access Journals, Books, Theses and Dissertations, etc. Open Source Softwares Web Retrieval Tools and Strategies Web Resources and Copyright Issues Web Resources: Evaluation, Management and Citation Patterns Plagiarism in the web Era: Status and challenges. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: February 15, 2010 Notification of Acceptance: February 25, 2010 Seminar/Workshop Date: March 15-16, 2010. Note: All the papers should be submitted to the department either online at the following e-mail address shafi_sm(a)rediffmail.com or sumeersuheel(a)gmail.com or handed over personally to Director/Head of the Department/Organising Secretary. Scholars and other stakeholders can also participate without contributing a paper. The registration in such case is open up to March 10, 2010. However, it will be based on first come first serve basis. Registration Teachers and other Stakeholders: Rs. 1000.00 or (Rs.500.00 for Paper Contributors) Research Scholars: Rs 500.00 (The registration fee includes seminar kit, working lunch and refreshment) Mode of Payment: Payment can be made in cash or through demand draft /cheque drawn in favour of Head, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kashmir. Accommodation: Outstation participants can apply for accommodation and can avail the same on first come basis in the University Guest Houses. However, outside accommodation can also be made on request in economical Guest Houses and hotels. Contact Details: Dr. Sumeer Gul Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. CELL: (0) 8803050076 E mail: sumeersuheel(a)gmail.com Seminar on Web Resources in Social Science Research, March 15-16, 2010 Registration Form Name (s) ____________________________________________________________________________ Designation __________________________________________________________________________ Affiliation ___________________________________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact Details: Cell ________________________E-mail____________________________________ Paper Contributed: Yes/No Accommodation Required Yes /No Single/Share basis DD/Cheque No: __________________________________ Amount: __________________________ Bank___________________________________________ Branch: _____________________________ Signature(s) Recommended and forwarded Head of the Department/Director/Principal -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC NET COACHING CLASSES BY KLA
by Sadasivan KP 30 Jan '10

30 Jan '10

KLA COACHING CLASSES FOR THE UGC NET EXAM ASPIRANTS Dear All, We have great pleasure to announce that Kerala Library Association is conducting Coaching Classes for the UGC NET Exam Aspirants. Classes for the first batch targeting the 2010 June Exam, will commence on 21st February 2010. Other details are as follows : Duration : 5 Months (approx) Schedule of Classes : Sundays & Other Holidays ; 10.00 am - 5.00 pm ; 4 Sessions of 1 hr. 30min. each Nature of Coaching : Lectures, Discussions, Tests & Model Exams Venue : Kerala Library Association Hq. at Trivandrum Course Materials : Will be supplied to the students Info Resources for Reference : Syllabus / Old Question Papers / Popular Texts & Guides / Question Bank with Answer Keys Papers to be covered : Papers I , II & III Course Fee : Rs. 4000/- , payable in two installments (Concessional rate for KLA Life Members : Rs. 3600/-) Faculty : A Team of well qualified & experienced professionals with rich experience in teaching / practicing. For further details, please contact : President / General Secretary Kerala Library Association 30(36) , II Floor , Kairalie Plaza Karamana, Trivandrum - 695 002, Kerala, India. President : KP Sadasivan : 09447903282 (Mob) / kps31147(a)yahoo.com General Secretary : PK Sureshkumar : 09495718460 (Mob) / pksuresh(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: UGC-REFRESHER COURSE IN LIS, CALICUT UNIVERSITY
by Sunny Joseph 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

--- On Tue, 26/1/10, Sunny Joseph <sannyjoseph(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: From Sunny Joseph, Librarian, Govt. Institute of Advanced Study in Education,Thrissur, Kerala. 680 020 From: Sunny Joseph <sannyjoseph(a)yahoo.co.in> Subject: UGC-REFRESHER COURSE IN LIS, CALICUT UNIVERSITY To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Tuesday, 26 January, 2010, 11:46 PM Dear all, I was a participant in 5th UGC-refresher course in LIS at calicut University. The course was from 5-1-2010 to 25-1-2010 at Academic Staff College. Threre were 45 participants including three from outside Kerala. The course was mainly aiming for providing hands on experience with various library softwares, especially digital library application packages. The course was inaugurated by Prof.Bavakutty, HOD, DLIS, Kannur University. Dr.K.X.Joseph, Director,ASC presided and Dr.Jalaja, HOD,DLIS, calicut university welcomed the gathering. Prof.Bavakutty conducted an excellent session on internet searching skills. He explained different ways of searching the Web with illustrations which was very useful. Dr.M.G.Sreekumar and Mr. Biju from IIM, Kozhikode explained about digital libraries and demonstrated Greenstone digital library applications. Sri. Rajasekharan, Librarian, KILA said that the librarian who is ignorant about building digital library is treated as illiterate in the digital age. He trained the participants on how to build digital library using Greenstone. Dr.Rama Sesha from Mysore university conducted an excellent on information sources for research. He revealed that Acharya Rajaneesh read 1,67,000 books and maintained them in his personal library fully organised. Oh! What an intellectual Acharya Rajaneesh was!!! who was mis-represented by our main stream media. Dr. Rama also revealed the story of another bibliophile, Sri. Asuthosh Mukherjee who was keeping a personal library of 1,10,000 books. Sri.Tomson, Librarian, Devagiri college, Calicut and Dr.Dinesan Koovakai, Asst. Librarian from Central University Kasaragod demonstrated KOHA installation and its working in Linux platform. They informed us that KOHA is a free library management software and has all features of high cost proprietary softwares. Sri.Madhu, system administrator, Calicut university taught us important Linux commands. Prof. Bardol form Mangalore University spoke on professional ethics. He explained that library ethics are rooted in the Five laws of Library Science. Dr. Chandrasekhara from Mysore University conducted a session on Doublin Core meta-data standards. Sri.Husain, Librarian, Kerala Forest Research Institute said there is confusion among working librarians resulting from new generation library softwares and the practical difficulty arising during switching over existing data bases to new applications. Dr.Manikandan, Faculty from Dept. of Psychology, Feroke College Calicut conducted an excellent session on reserch design and use of SPSS package in data analysis. Dr. Muhammed Haneefa, Lecturer, DLIS, Calicut University, trained us on making web pages using HTML. This was highly effective. Dr. Kochu kosi, Librarian, Central Reference Library, Kolkata conducted an enlightening session on eary writing materials, eary printing and informed us about the recommendations of National Knowledge Comission on Librarires and LIS. Dr. Jacob Verghese, Faculty, IMG, Calicut had an inter-active session on inter-personal relations. He enlightened us that professional skills contribute only 20% in success while 80% contribution in success is from other areas especially human relation skills. Dr. Abdul Aseese, University Librarian(i/C), Calicut University showed us UGC-INFONET Service in the University and informed us that 9000+ journals are in the consortium. During the course we could participate in a seminar on "Best Practices in Libraries" jointly organised by DLIS, Calicut Iniversity and KLA. SrI. Jayarajan, Country Head, British library India, Dr. Anil Chalambra, HOD, Dept. of Malayalam, University of Calicut etc spoke. On 20-1-2010, we had a good experiece of visiting IIM, Kozhikode. Dr. M.G.Sreekumar explained about the library services and about the digital library of IIMK. On the evening we visited Beypore beach, a place of historical importance. By Sunny Joseph, Librarian, Govt.Institute of Advanced Study in Education, Thrissur. sannyjoseph(a)yahoo.co.in The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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