November 2010 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Library Legislation in India
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Dear Professional friends There is confusion with regard to States that enacted Public Library Act. Here is the list. If anybody can add on this that helps the professionals and students. 1) Tamil Nadu – 1948 2) Andhra Pradesh - 1960 3) Karnataka - 1965 4) Maharashtra - 1967 5) West Bengal - 1979 6) Manipur - 1988 7) Kerala - 1989 8) Haryana - 1989 9) Mizoram - 1993 10)Goa - 1993 11)Gujarat - 2000 12)Orissa - 2002 13)Uttarakhand - 2005 14)Rajasthan - 2006 15)Uttar Pradesh - 2006 16)Chattisgarh - 2007 17)Bihar - 2008 18)Arunachal Pradesh - 2009 Note: I got news from authentic sources that Pondicherry did not pass the Public Library Act and is still in pipeline. With regard to Orissa, the date is often given as 2001, but the Act is tabled in Assembly in 2001 but approved by Governor on March 11, 2002. Hence the Act came into force from 2002. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Required Library Trainee
by Veeru 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, *INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH* * Near Indira Bridge, Bhat Village, Dist. Gandhinagar - 382 428* *LIBRARY TRAINEE (3 Post) required @ INSTITUTE OF PLASMA RESEARCH (IPR), Bhat, Gandhinagar Stipend : Rs. 8000 p/m For more details please find the attached file and also click on bellow link ** http://www.ipr.res.in/advertisements/092010.pdf * -- *with regards Virupaksh BH Senior Research Fellow, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bangalore**,* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: iLEAD Fellowship, deadline: November 30, 2010
by Shamprasad Pujar 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members, FYI Regards, Dr Shamprasad Pujar Deputy Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai, India. ======================================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Clara Chu <cmchu(a)uncg.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM Subject: [IFLA-L] iLEAD Fellowship, deadline: November 30, 2010 To: ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr *iLEAD (International Librarians Enhancing Access and Development) Fellowship Opportunity* (deadline: Nov. 30, 2010) The Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) invites applications from international students to its iLEAD Fellows Program. An iLEAD Fellow will be an international student taking the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) Program, supported by an International Graduate Assistantship (IGA) with tuition waivers. The iLEAD Fellows Program is one of the Department’s iLEAD initiatives http://lis.uncg.edu/about-us/international/. Two iLEAD Fellows will be selected from the new incoming international students, *starting in Fall 2011*, on the basis of demonstrated academic ability, evidence of commitment to enhancing library and information access and development in their home country, and financial need. To be considered for the iLEAD Fellows Program, applicants must submit both a UNCG Graduate School application<https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id…>for admission to the MLIS Program and the Department’s IGA application<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRTYlhJeEdJb0NscXBnZTIxVW…>by the stated deadline. The application includes an essay of 750 words or less on applicant’s experience with and plans to enhance library and information access and development in your home country, especially to diverse and underserved communities. More information at: http://lis.uncg.edu/admissions/financial-support/ilead-fellows-program/ -- Clara M. Chu, Ph.D. Chair and Professor Department of Library and Information Studies The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 349-C Curry Building, PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 336.334.3481, Email: cmchu(a)uncg.edu Main office: 336.334.3477, fax: 336.334.5060 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLINE Journals in Computing Technology, Information Science and Information Systems
by suruli nathi 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Friends DLINE Journals in Computing Technology, Information Science and Information Systems (http://www.dline.info) One of the major criticism against Indian journals is the 'quality of the content'. The reason is the absence of international review system. Now a few journals become international. One such platform is the DLINE journals in Computing Technology, Information Science and Management Information Systems. The DLINE is a major portal for computing journals. Currently the portal publishes ten journals in computing technology and information systems. All the journals have an eminent international editorial board, review board and the submissions are reviewed using well defined review parameters. Many of the Indian-published journals do not fit into a well structured database. Because, they do not permit the end users to search the content. The online content is not available for many journals. Even for the online content journals, the access is based on user name and passwords. However, the DLINE journals allow IP based online full text access. The major journal in the DLINE database is the Journal of Digital Information Management. It is the only one Indian-published journal which is indexed in many global secondary services including the Scopus and DBLP. We suggest our members to view these journals at www.dline.info -- With regards M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., (Ph.D), PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Librarian Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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6th TBR Memorial seminar on Web 2.0 technologies for library services -Minutes
by shivaram gowda 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members It is a great pleasure to share with all of you that NCSI-Net team successfully organized 6th TBR Memorial seminar on Web 2.0 technologies for library services on Saturday 13th November 2010 at NCSI Seminar hall, IISc, Bangalore. The response to the seminar by the students and the budding LIS professionals was over whelming. We had 50+ registrations of which most of them were students and young professionals from various universities and organizations in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. Seminar started off with a brief introduction about Dr. T.B. Rajshekar Memorial Seminar Series by Dr. Francis Jayakanth. He also highlighted late Dr. TBR’s passion towards teaching and educating young professionals about the latest developments in the field of ICT and their applications in LIS profession. The first technical session by Francis was on An Overview on Web 2.0. The talk was very interactive. The speaker highlighted the evolution of the Web and the various tools, technologies and the services of Web 2.0 with suitable examples. He also touched upon how the Web 2.0 applications can be made use of in the present day library and information services After coffee/tea break Mr. Rajendra Babu delivered second lecture of the day on Wikis: Concept, Implementation and Examples from the LIS Perspective. Speaker narrated historical development of Wiki, its features, type etc. with suitable examples. Mr. Ananda Byrappa delivered an interesting talk on New carrier opportunities for LIS professionals. The speaker mentioned that lack of trained manpower in the domains like Content Management, Knowledge management, Information Retrieval, IP industry etc,. He called upon young LIS professionals to make their careers in these areas and grab the opportunities available such domains. The talk was well received by the audience and Ms. Suvarsha Minj delivered the lecture on Mashups for Libraries. It was an interesting lecture wherein the speaker covered an overview, workflow, architecture, API’s, Data sources of Mashups. She also demonstrated how to configure web-based and client/server based data Mashups for Libraries with suitable example websites. After the lunch break. Mr. Madhuresh delivered the talk on Blogs and RSS -2 tools for Librarian 2.0. Speaker stressed upon the role and challenges of Librarian 2.0 and asked the participants to make use of Web 2.0 tools to satisfy their users’ information requirements more effectively. He demonstrated how to configure weblogs with examples and configuring RSS feeds. The last technical session of the day was an interesting lecture-cum-demonstration by Mr. Prasanna, on Building Library website using web 2.0 technologies. It was an interactive session and the speaker showed library website with various web 2.0 services like, Video & Audio objects, RSS alerts, Discussion forum, Live Chat etc. Ms. Ramya proposed the vote of thanks. NCSI-Net is thankful to all seminar participants. Judging by the seminar feedback of the participants, the seminar was a great success. We also thank all the HODs and the teaching faculty of various universities and heads of reputed organizations for having deputed their students and staff for the seminar. We are thankful to Director IISc and Chairman of NCSI, IISc, and Staff of NCSI for their support in organizing the seminar. Our special thanks to all speakers of the day and all the NCSI-Net members for their excellent support. Four of the six presentation files used during the seminar are available at http://ncsi-net.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/workshop/material2010.html Your comments and suggestions are most welcome and they may be sent to Shivaram Gowda, shivarams_gowda(a)yahoo.com / Obaiah B <obaiah(a)gmail.com> With Best regards, NCSI-Net Coordinators, Shivaram Gowda & Obaiah B Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for professional staff at NID Cell, SNDT Mumbai
by Perin Marolia 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

The Networking and Information Dissemination Cell (NID Cell) of the UGC Programme on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education has been set up at the SNDT Women’s University Library, Churchgate, Mumbai 400 020. The NID Cell wishes to recruit TWO professional staff in the grade of Lecturer. The details are as follows: *Two posts – 1 Open and 1 reserved for SC* *Qualifications : * 1. Good academic record with at least 55% of marks or equivalent grade at Master’s Degree Level in Library and Information science/Women’s Studies/Information technology/Computer Applications *OR * in Social Sciences /Humanities with a Women’s Studies component. 2. *National Eligibility Test (NET) or SET as per rules * 3. Good knowledge of Information Technology. *Job description:* To search out and prepare data for the website of the project, to identify and acquire resources (print and digital) for the NID Cell, and to carry out other information-related and administrative work as assigned by the Co-ordinator of the NID Cell. *The job does not involve any teaching.* Kindly note that the positions are temporary and contractual, initially for a period of 1 year, and if found suitable, will be extended till March 31, 2012. Further, they are non-vacational but have the benefit of Privilege Leave (20 days), Sick Leave (10 days) and Casual Leave (8 days) each year, with no privileges of encashment or accumulation of leave. *Remuneration:* Rs. 26,000 (consolidated), likely to be revised. The remuneration is on an ad-hoc basis with an annual increment. The University does not have any accommodation facilities for ad-hoc staff. Apply to Prof. Harsha Parekh, Hon. Director, NID Cell, SNDT Women’s University Library, 2nd. floor, Patkar Hall building, 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai –400 020 to reach on or before December 6, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. Applications may be sent by email to nidcell(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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Indian Languages and IRs
by Shivraj Thorat 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members I need following information in DL issue What are the encoding methods like UNICODE for Indian Languages? and Which is Best encoding method considering DL Softwares and users of the DLs? -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Languages and IRs
by Shivraj Thorat 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Members, I am Designing a Digital Library for Our Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University. We have number of Documents in Marathi, Hindi. therefore i am thinking to select best lingual solution for entering meta-data of above said documents. selected lingual solution should be used by data entry staff as well as users of DL. therefore i expect solution which should be perfect considering above requirement and technical issues. we are using DSpace Software for our Digital Library. i hope more detail comments on this as expert in this from you -- Regards Mr. Shivraj Thorat Librarian BVDU, Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development Paud Rd, Kothrud, Pune-38 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Feedback for E-book on Adoption of RFID in Indian Libraries.
by Jatin Baraiya 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

Dear Professionals, We are planing to write an E-book on Adoption of RFID in Indian Libraries and publish it in open domain. It will act as a guide for librarians who want to understand the technology or are considering & planning on implementation of RFID technology in their libraries. In this regard we would like your feedback on the technology at below link. " http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dDlmSkJTUkFXTmhLYl95bHR…" -- Best regards, Jatin B RapidRadio Solutions Pvt. Ltd. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online Jobs in India
by Shams Raza 21 Nov '10

21 Nov '10

Hi, are there any on line jobs for librarians in India? -- *Shams Raza Librarian Sainik School Nalanda* *(Ministry Of Defence Govt. of India) P.O. Rajgir,Distt.Nalanda (BIHAR)* *https://sainikschoolnalanda.bih.nic.in Google Talk: shamsraza(a)gmail.com* *Yahoo Talk : shams_hs19(a)yahoo.co.in Rediff Boll : shams97(a)rediffmail.com Mobile Talk : +91 9430247793* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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