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Pay structure and carrier advancemt in IITs library
by Librarian ITBHU 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dear professionals, Kindly inform me about the pay structure of IITs library professionals particularly of Asstt. Librarians and Dy. Librarians. Is their any carrier advancement scheme for Asstt. Librarian and Dy. Librarians like university library system. If yes, then what is the time span. Are the Asstt. Librarian and Dy. librarians are under non vaccational teaching and getting AGP of Rs. 6000/ and 8000/- like university system. -- Thanks and Regards! Navin Upadhyay Librarian Main Library, IT BHU, Varanasi, UP (India) Tel: 0542-2307006 09794662333 (M) Mail ID: librarian(a)itbhu.ac.in nubhuit(a)rediffmail.com Institute Website : www.itbhu.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Karnataka State College Librarians’ Association and the importance of accountability
by Vasanth 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Dear Sir/madam, Recently we all the college librarians were trained for five days on various aspects of technologies which can be used for our day to day activities in our libraries in Gulbarga University in collaboration with the Department of Collegiate Education. The Karnataka State Librarians Association (KSCLA) was solely responsible for planning and making it a useful event. The president and the other office bearers must be congratulated for the good job they have done. On the other front we have to be critical of the conduct of the association in certain matters in the interest of stakeholders and the profession at large. As a college librarian it is proud that we have professional organization to protect the interest of the librarians but it has to be more transparent and proactive but not limited to mere felicitation. Why this has been discussed here is in last August the whole librarians’ day was dedicated to felicitation. Chief Guests were hardly left any time to speak on the issues important for the profession. In Gulbarga we all the participants were asked to subscribe “College News” brought out by the association and we did subscribe the magazine. It was not distributed as promised by the office bearers of the association and later they told us that it was posted to your personal address so far it has not reached us. There may be genuine reasons for not posting it. But for the growth of the association it is important to stand for what they promised us. There will be a meeting of college librarian on 5th March 2010 in Mysore. They have asked all the college librarian to come with certain amount of money and the agenda is to discuss six pay commission pay scale and other matters. There are other organizations to look into the matter. There are other problems in college libraries let us fight for that. There is no space for libraries in most of the colleges. Let us fight for providing space for libraries. Financial capital is important but it is intellectual capital we need for association to grow. Collect fund once in year or twice, time and again brought out the balance sheet, inform all the stakeholders involved in about the status. Organize talk by eminent personalities on important issues librarians are facing, associate with other library organizations to expand its scope and activities. [Views are personal] ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore 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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Post of Library Trainees at Physical Research Laboratory
by Veeru 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Dear professionals, *PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (A UNIT OF DEPT. OF SPACE, GOVT. OF INDIA) NAVRANGPURA, AHMEDABAD - 380 009. INDIA. (Advt. No. 03/2010)* PRL desires to engage Library Trainees for its Libraries in Ahmedabad (*4 Trainees)* and Udaipur (*1 Trainee*) for one year. Qualification: Masters degree in Library and Information Sciences (above 55% marks). Certificate/Diploma in Computer Applications desirable. Candidates appearing for final year exams (i.e. of 2010) for Masters degree in Library and Information Sciences may also apply. However, their final selection will be subject to declaration of final year result and meeting the advertised norms. *Stipend*: Rs.8000/- per month. Age limit: 26 years as on 31/01/2010; relaxable for SC/ST by 5 Years/ OBC by 3 years/ Persons with Disabilities by 5 Years(over & above relaxation of 5 years & 3 years for SC/ST & OBC respectively), as per GOI rules. Candidates may visit our website*: www.prl.res.in* (OpportunitiesJob vacancies) to register their *applications on-line between 19/02/2010 and 08/03/2010. Applications will be received on-line only*. Applications received other than online shall be summarily rejected. Upon registration, applicants will be provided with an on-line Registration Format & Registration Number, which should be carefully preserved for future reference & should not be sent to us unless asked for. Candidates may note that the above position is purely temporary and does not lead to permanent absorption of the candidates in the Laboratory. The candidates will not be treated on par with regular employees of PRL and shall have no right to claim implicit or explicit for their absorption or regularization. Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected. No interim correspondence will be entertained. Candidates how have already availed/being availing Traineeship at PRL, need not to apply. *Last Date:* 8/3/2010. *More:* http://www.prl.res.in/~recruit/libtr/advt.pdf<http://www.prl.res.in/%7Erecruit/libtr/advt.pdf> -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, NCSI/JRD Tata Memorial Library , IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application invited
by Swati Gajakose 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

On behalf of Jnanapravaha, centre for cultural studies, Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor, A. K. Nayak Marg, Fort, Mumbai Applications are invited for the post of Librarian. Freshers may apply. Interested candidates may send their resume and other relevant documents to drrashmipoddar(a)hotmail.com The applications should reach on or before 15th March 2010 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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Vacancies in British Library
by shankergouda malipatil 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Jobs in British Library (Bangalore) Posts: 3 Qualification: MLISC With minimum aggregate of 55% Job Location: Bangalore Experience: 2 Years Salary: 2,60,700 per annual More Information Visit: www.britishcouncil.org.in/careers -- Shankergouda.B.Malipatil Project Graduate Trainee ICAST, NAL Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISiM Workshop on Social Network Analysis, April 7-9, 2010, Mysore
by Roopa 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

International School of Information Management University of Mysore Workshop on Social Network Analysis April 7-9, 2010, Mysore Faculty: Prof. Kevin Crowston, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University ******** The Three days workshop on 'Social Network Analysis (SNA)' is organized by International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore during April 7-9, 2010. Context and relevance Social network analysis as a field of study is growing rapidly and in popularity. It is now evolving into a new paradigm across academia, business, industry, popular culture and folklore. It is both an approach and a tool to uncover and understand the hidden side of connections that drive certain phenomenon involving a network of human players. SNA is the technique of mapping and monitoring the relationships and flow of information/knowledge between individuals, teams, organizations, electronic devices, URLs and other interconnected entities. With the success of social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and Orkut with the masses, their influence on the group behavior and opinions are being increasingly felt every day. SNA has gained currency as an effective tool to study those invisible paths or lines that show the ties or links between people, organizations and phenomena themselves. It has been deployed to uncover and visualize hidden patterns in as diverse groups as academic communities to terrorists communities; as diverse phenomenon as correlating performance and creativity to who will be the next US president. SNA is since being perceived from being a suggestive metaphor to an analytic approach to a paradigm, with its own theoretical statements, methods, social network analysis software, and researchers. Workshop Objective . Introduce the audience to the goals and perspectives of network analysis. o Understanding of network data and issues related to collection, validity, visualization and mathematical/computer representation. o Methods of detection and description of structural properties such as centrality, cohesion, subgroups, cores, roles etc. . At the end of the course, the participants will be, o Able to examine data in 'social networks way' o Identify and formulate network analysis problems o Solve them using network analysis software and o Interpret the obtained results. Software tool used for analysis: Pajek - Program for Large Network Analysis Who should attend? Healthcare Professionals Social network analysis has been used in epidemiology to help understand how patterns of human contact aid or inhibit the spread of diseases such as HIV in a population. Information Managers The evolution of social networks can sometimes be modeled by the use of agent based models, providing insight into the interplay between communication rules, rumor spreading and social structure. Administrative Agencies SNA can also be an effective tool for mass surveillance - for example the analysis of social networks to determine whether or not a particular individual has criminal tendencies. Innovators/Change Managers Diffusion of innovations theory explores social networks and their role in influencing the spread of new ideas and practices. Change agents and opinion leaders often play major roles in spurring the adoption of innovations, although factors inherent to the innovations also play a role. Brand Managers It has been widely accepted that the social networking sites have tremendous influence on forming opinions about products/brand. An understanding of the nature and dynamics of social networking can be invaluable. Marketing Executives The digital marketing age has brought with it a plethora of options to market once products and services. Also, public opinion and reviews have never been taken more seriously than after the advent of social networking sites. An understanding of the network analysis and tools to simulate them can be precious. Academic Researchers Since every discipline in this world- social sciences, humanities, science and technology-involve human actors, SNA has gained currency as an effective research tool .The SNA paradigm offers a new and different set of concepts and analytic tools, beyond those provided by standard quantitative (particularly, statistical) methods About the Speaker: Kevin Crowston is a Professor of Information Studies at the Syracuse University since 1996. Prior moving to Syracuse, he taught for five years at the University of Michigan Business School. He received his A.B. (1984) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1991) in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has articles and book chapters on IT and new organizational forms. His current research projects include the NSF sponsored "VOSS: Theory and design of virtual organizations for citizen science" and "Collaborative Research: CRI: CRD: Data and analysis archive for research on Free and Open Source Software and its development." He is visiting faculty @ ISiM. Registration Fee (Regular) : INR. 8000 Registration Fee (Academics) : INR. 6000 Registration Fee ( Students ) : INR. 2000 (Accommodation available on twin sharing mode for 4 nights at Rs. 4000/-) Early bird incentive: Discount of INR. 1000* * (if registered on or before March 25, 2010) Group Registration: 10% discount if 3 or more registrants from the same organization. (Not applicable for students ) Organized by International School of Information Management (ISiM) , University of Mysore, Mysore. Workshop Venue: International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570006 For more details, please Contact: Mr. Jayanth Jagadeesh - 91 9663376680 Ms. Shweta - 91 9663317770 <http://www.isim.ac.in/snaworkshop/index.htm> http://www.isim.ac.in/snaworkshop/index.htm ********************************************* Thanks and regards, Roopa Project Assistant International School of Information Management University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore - 570 006 Tel: +91-821-2514699; +91-821-2411417 Fax: +91-821-2519209 Email: office(a)isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please circulated this message
by Goutam Biswas 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

International Journal of Library and Information Science Vol. 2 (1), pp.001– 010, February 2010 © 2010 Academic Journals * Full Length Research Paper* *An evaluative study on the open source digital library softwares for institutional repository: Special reference to Dspace and greenstone digital library* *Goutam Biswas* and Dibyendu Paul* Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India. *Corresponding author. E-mail: goutambiswas8(a)gmail.com Accepted 5 November, 2009 * Abstract* The Dspace and Greenstone Digital Library Software have helped spread the practical impact of digital library technology throughout the world, with particular emphasis on developing countries. As Dspace and Greenstone enters its second decade, this article takes a retrospective look at its development, the challenges that have been faced, and the lessons that have been learned in developing and deploying a comprehensive open-source system for the construction of digital libraries internationally. Open source digital library packages are gaining popularity nowadays. To build a digital library under economical conditions open source software is preferable. This paper tries to identify the extent of adoption of open source digital library software packages in various organizations through an online survey. In this paper an on line survey has been done to find out the usability of these open source digital library software. It lays down the findings from the survey. In this paper also try to compare with the features of this popular OSS digital library software. * Key words:* Open source software, digital library, greenstone digital library, Dspace. Link for full Paper: * http://www.academicjournals.org/ijlis/PDF/pdf2010/Feb/Biswas%20and%20Paul.p… -- * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goutam Biswas University Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal,India. MOBILE NO + 91 9831092149 , Phone:(Office) (033) 2582-8220/8293/8750 (Extn.338); Fax: (91) 033-2582 8282 Email: goutambiswas8(a)gmail.com; Website: http://www.goutambiswasresearch.yolasite.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Do you know what is ipl2 ?
by Sangeeta Narang 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

Dear professionals, This is to bring to your knowledge that *ipl2** *is by the the result of merger of our long time favourite site the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) and the Internet Public Library (IPL) . More can be searched at: http://www.ipl.org/ Sangeeta Narang Librarian Gd-I AIIMS -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for inclusion
by Muralidharan, Padma (ELS-DEL) 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Dear Lis Forum Manager. Could you please include this in your next newsletter? NASI-SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS 2009 In a short ceremony, held at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi on the 19th of February, 2010, ten winners from six subject disciplines were awarded the NASI SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS. The Honourable Minister of State, Shri Prithviraj Chauhan, gave away the awards to the winners. ELSEVIER and NASI (National Academy of Sciences,India) congratulate the winners and thank all the young intelligentsia who applied for the award. Further information about the winners can be had from Elsevier's (http://southasia.elsevier.com) and NASI's (http://nasi.nic.in) Further information can be had from Padma Muralidharan at p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com <mailto:p.muralidharan@elsevier.com> Thanks & regards, Padma Muralidharan Senior Manager - Account Development Elsevier India (Science & Technology) 14th Floor, Building 10B, DLF Cyber City, Phase II Gurgaon - 122 002 Email : p.muralidharan(a)elsevier.com Phone : +91-124-4774202 l +91-9810739993 For all information regarding Elsevier, please visit http://southasia.elsevier.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- This communication is confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you receive this message by mistake, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICRIER Working Paper "Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture"
by Puna Das 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

ICRIER Working Paper No. 246 Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture by Surabhi Mittal Sanjay Gandhi Gaurav Tripathi ABSTRACT Information asymmetry acts as one of the major constraints on the growth of agricultural productivity in India. The more rapid growth of mobile telephony as compared to fixed line telephony and the recent introduction of mobile-enabled information services provide a means to overcome existing information asymmetry. It also helps, at least partially, to bridge the gap between the availability and delivery of agricultural inputs and agriculture infrastructure. This paper investigates a series of questions that explore this topic: What kinds of information do farmers value the most to improve agricultural productivity? Do mobile phones and mobile-enabled agricultural services have an impact on agriculture? What are the factors that impede the realisation of the full productivity enhancing potential of mobile phones? The study found evidence that mobiles are being used in ways which contribute to productivity enhancement. As mobile penetration continues to increase among farming communities and information services continue to adapt and proliferate, the scope exists for a much greater rural productivity impact in the future. However, to leverage the full potential of information dissemination enabled by mobile telephony will require significant improvements in supporting infrastructure and capacity building amongst farmers to enable them to use the information they access effectively. Full text in PDF: http://www.icrier.org/publication/working_papers_246.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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