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

Two-Day National Level Workshop on Learning Management Systems (LMS)
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Sir / Madam, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology (NCET) is organizing a Two-Day National Level Workshop on Learning Management systems (LMS) on March 26th & 27th 2010. This workshop facilitates the participants to organize an online learning environment and to create and conduct a course on the LMS using Moodle. It will be extremely useful to library and information science professionals as information facilitators. Eminent personalities drawn from IISc., IIIT, Bangalore will be delivering lectures. I request you to participate / depute your library staff to this two-day workshop and do the needful. About the Workshop: A Learning Management System (LMS) is used to organize an online learning environment. Typically an LMS provides the means to track users, assess performance, deploy content, and access general administrative functions such as management of users records. It will greatly facilitate the conduct of a course. In formal degree programs it can support all the activities from registration to awarding of grades to the students. The server on which this LMS runs is usually located in the college or department or any where in the world. The instructor and the learners can access the system from anywhere with an Internet connection. At its most basic level, an LMS gives educators tools to create a course website and provide access control, so only controlled students can view it. Apart from access control, LMS offers a wide variety of tools to make learning more effective. It provides an easy way to upload and share materials, hold online discussions, and chat, give quizzes and surveys, gather and review assignments, and record grades. Moodle is an open source LMS that universities, colleges, businesses, and even individual instructors use to create and manage their courses. More than 30,000 educational organizations around the world currently use Moodle to deliver online courses and supplement traditional face-to-face courses. Moodle is designed to help educators to create online courses with opportunities for rich interactions. Its open source license and modular design means that people can develop additional functionality. The Workshop facilitates the participants to create and conduct a course on the Learning Management System using Moodle. Target Audience: Library and Information Science Professionals, Faculty from graduate, post graduate, research institutes and universities. Number of Participants is Limited to 60. Registration Fee: Rs. 400.00 (The fee includes course material and working lunch). Payment in the form of DD / Cheque (local only) should be made in favor of "Principal, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology" payable at Bangalore. Accommodation is available with in the campus with reasonable rates (Rs. 200.00 per day including breakfast and dinner). Last date for Registration: 5th March 2010. Download Brochure and Registration Form www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/workshoponlms.htm http://www.nagarjunaeducation.com/ncet/ Address for Communication: Dr. Dinesh K. S. Organizing Secretary and Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Venkatagirikote, Devanahalli, Bangalore - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet(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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Special Function to Release SALIS Journals and to Honor LIS Professionals
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Professionals, Special Function to Release SALIS Journals and to Honor LIS Professionals A special function is going to be held on 6th March 2010: 1. To formally release SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science and also SALIS Journal of Information Management and Technology. 2. to honor and felicitate the recent Ph.D awardees/ recent retired LIS professionals those who have contributed significantly to the institution/profession/society. Ph.D awardees are requested to send the details of their thesis ( name of the candidate, Research Topic, Name of the University, Year of award, Name of the Guide) The recent retired people are requested to send their brief bio-data highlighting their significant contributions/achievements to the institution/profession/society. Ph.D awardees, retired Professionals, SALIS Members and LIS Professionals who wish to participate in the function are requested to confirm their participation on or before 3.3.2010 to send invitation separately and also making further arrangements to: Dr. Panneerselvam (p_panneer(a)yahoo.com/9841103912) or K. Karunairaghavan (9444885083/karunairag(a)yahoo.co.in) or A.Hariharan (salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in /9841601903) Date, Time and venue are given below: Date: 6th March 2010 Venue: No. 107, ICSA (Inter Church Service Association) Seminar Hall, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai (opp. to EgmoreMuseum) Time: 4.30 P.M to 8.00 P.M Tea: 4.30 P.M Dinner 7.30 P.M Please visit SALIS website for further information or send mail Thanking you and expecting your co-operation and support for the success of the function; SALIS Governing Council -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Updated- UGC Sponsored National Conference-Reg
by sethu swaminathan 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings! As you all aware that Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Education is organizing two day UGC Sponsored National Conference on Collaborations and Strategic Alliances for the Development of Libraries in various Institutions of Higher Education on 26 & 27 Feb 2010. Those who are already registered and interested to participte to this conference , please visist our updated website . www.srkvteinfo.org with regards S.Swaminathan Librarian & Convener of the conference. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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free e-book library management software
by Rupak Chakravarty 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear ALL, *1st POST* Calibre <http://calibre-ebook.com/> is a *free e-book library management software* that can be used to *view and manage e-books*. Calibre has a built in e-book viewer which can display books in major e-book formats. It contains a table of contents, bookmarks, search box, copy, customizing via the user style sheet and etc. http://calibre-ebook.com/ *FEATURES*: 1. *Users can browse the content in the Caliber e-book viewer* 2. *Calibre e-book library management supports SVG images* 3. *The Recently added books category displays the books that are recently added to the e-book viewer* 4. *Calibre e-book view list the available e-books in title, author, rating, date and series* 5. *It supports multiple languages* 6. *Calibre e-book library management supports a variety of book reader manufactures such as Amazon, Apple, Astak, Barnes & Noble, Bookeen, Ectaco, Endless Ideas, Google/HTC, Jinke and SONY* 7. *Calibre e-book library management supports a large variety of book reader devices including Kindle 1 or 2, Kindle DX, Apple iPhone/iTouch + Stanza, EZReader, EZReader Pocket Pro, Nook, Cybook Gen 3, Cybook Opus, JetBook, BeBook, BeBook Mini, Adroid phone + WordPlayer, Hanlin V3, Hanlin V5, SONY PRS 500, SONY Reader 6" and Touch Edition, SONY Reader Daily Edition, SONY Reader Pocket Edition* 8. *The ebooks can be converted individually or bulk convert* 9. *You can create catalogs of ebooks contain in the Calibre library* 10. *You can transfer the ebook to the device* 11. *Whenever a new version to Calibre e-book library management, you will get notification* 12. *Download social metadata* 13. * The author/title can be overwrite when the program is fetching the metadata* 14. *Calibre e-book library management supports a variety of output format including EPUB, MOBI, FB2, LIT, LRF, PDB, PDF, PMLZ, RB, RTF, TCR and TXT* 15. *Calibre e-book e-book library management supports a variety of input format including EPUB, MOBI, LIT, PRC, FB2, HTML, HTML, XHTM, SHTML. XHTML ODT, RTF, PDF, TXT, RECIPE, PML, SHTM, PDB, AZW, CBC, LRF, TCR, PMLZ, CBR, OPF, RB, CBZ* 16. *You can customize the program interface including the columns, button size, show text in toolbar buttons, user internal viewer, and etc* 17. *Calibre e-book library management supports Windows and MAC OSX operating platform* 18. *Users can perform search as they type* 19. *The news can be deleted from the e-book library when it is transfer to the reader device* 20. *Users can specify the default network timeout* *2nd POST* URL: Website <http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2010/03/09/> (http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2010/03/09/) Live Chat: Are Digital Textbooks Starting to Click? *Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 2 p.m. Eastern time * *Guests:* *Brian Bridges*, director, California Resource Learning Network *Neeru Kholsa*, executive director, CK-12 Foundation *Katie Ash*, staff writer, /Education Week Digital Directions/, will moderate this chat. *Note: No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in any of our text-based chats.* *Participants may begin submitting questions 30 minutes before a chat starts.* THANKS -- Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Panjab University Chandigarh 160014 INDIA Ph: 1722534774 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Intellectual Property Rights
by Kamlesh Goel 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear Amitabh You may browse NASSDOC catalogue in www.icssr.org for the books related to your subject. With good luck k. Goel Dr(Mrs.)Kamlesh Goel Deputy Director NASSDOC, ICSSR 35, Ferozshah Road New Delhi - 110001 Phone: 011-23074393-97Extn 177 -- 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 priya gopalkrishna kaimal 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Sir, request to all the members , I request all the members to kidly send me the artticle cited below if you have access. "Out-of-Print Procurement in Academic Libraries Current Methods and Sources " Author: Thomas D. Kilton a Affiliation: a Assistant Modern Languages and Linguistics Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana, Published in: Collection Management, Volume 5, Issue 3 & 4 April 1984 , pages 113 - 134 Priya R Pillai Mobile:0091-9930913750 Office:0091-22-22047160 Fax :0091-22-28562999 Mail :priyapillai32@gmail.com/bttclibrary@yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA World to Library, Archive and Information Science Associations
by kaushal giri 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

To All, In cooperation with IFLA, the publisher De Gruyter Saur is currently updating the "World Guide to Library, Archive and Information Science Associations". The new 3rd edition is scheduled for publication in June 2010. Non-profit associations concerned with the fields of librarianship, documentation, information science and archives, operating on an international or national level will be included free of charge. We would like to ask for your help in providing a new up-to-date reference tool for networking within the LIS field. Over the next months, detailed questionnaires will be mailed to all associations world-wide. On our website under http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/wgla you will find an overview of the information as it was published in the previous edition. In the preparation of the questionnaires we have created control sheets for each country which are meant to be annotated and returned to the editors. We are looking for any feedback indicating what is missing or outdated in the control sheets. We are particularly interested for the contact details of associations which are unlisted in order for them to receive our detailed questionnaire. There is also a template questionnaire for those associations – listed or unlisted so far – wishing to submit their information details immediately. Please spread the news regarding our survey to all the relevant experts whom you consider suitable. You can also send your feedback by e-mail directly to Alexandra Meinhold who is in charge of the survey at De Gruyter Saur: * alexandra.meinhold(a)degruyter.com<alexandra.meinhold(a)degruyter.com?subject=WGLA> *. Please note that the ultimate editorial deadline is the end of April 2010. Thank you in advance for your help. Thanks & Regards Kaushal. Giri, ADIS (DRTC) Librarian Don Bosco Institute of Technology Kurla, Mumbai Mobile: 9930800524 9320922151 Email: kaushal.giri(a)gmail.com kaushal.giri(a)hotmail.com kaushalgiri(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in Webpage: www.kaushalgiri.webs.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: EPrints 3.2 goes Release Candidate
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

From: David Tarrant <davetaz -- ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: February 23, 2010 8:32:39 AM EST (CA) To: eprints-tech -- ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: [EP-tech] EPrints 3.2 goes Release Candidate Reply-To: eprints-tech -- ecs.soton.ac.uk We have released our second (first one was subject to internal testing) release candidate for EPrints 3.2. Availability is detailed on the slightly new look wiki -- wiki.eprints.org. Demo available at http://demoprints.eprints.org To summarise: Source @ http://files.eprints.org/491/ deb apt source @ deb http://deb.eprints.org/3.2/ unstable/ Amazon AMI images are also available in all zones, simply search the AMIs for eprints-3.2.0 Any testing that people can do to try and find bugs would be great, we would ask you to report these back via the list and we shall raise tickets and assign them to the appropriate developer. We would also kindly ask you to report if everything you try does work, that way we know how wide the testing community has been. Many thanks in advance. Dave T P.S. Bugs we have already squashed: * SWORD 1.3 response handler is fixed. * Relations are updated when you may clones. *** Options: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech *** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ *** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ *** Options: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech *** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ *** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ *** Options: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/eprints-tech *** Archive: http://www.eprints.org/tech.php/ *** EPrints community wiki: http://wiki.eprints.org/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Purchasing from online book store
by Sanjeev K Sunny 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

Dear Professional Colleagues, We are looking for few classics in sociology (1960s,1970s, etc.). These books are available on amazon, a couple of books are also available on Rediff Books. We want to know whether Indian Libraries are purchasing books from online stores by using credit card or so. Regards -- Sanjeev K Sunny Library-in-Charge Central University of Bihar, Patna sunny(a)cub.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IATLIS Communications
by khushpreet singh 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

Dear Professional Colleagues, The next issue of ‘IATLIS Communications’ is under preparation. Members and other professional colleagues are requested to send relevant news items for the period November 2009 onwards for publication in the next issue. News of doctorates awarded, appointments and faculty promotions, faculty awards and recognition, and other relevant news should be sent to the General Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Dept of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala by post or to *iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com* by email. Regards -- General Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Dept of Library & Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 email: *iatlis.patiala(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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