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Beyond Web 2.0: Multimedia Journalism and Social Media
by Puna Das 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Beyond Web 2.0: Multimedia Journalism and Social Media Dates: 14-25 June 2010 Venue: IGNOU Campus, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 Organized by: The School of Journalism and New Media Studies, IGNOU in collaboration with DW-AKADEMIE Academy, Germany DW-Trainers: Guy Degen and Marcus Bösch Summary of course concept The two week course (10 training days) aims to provide participants with the necessary skills to produce multimedia content and use social media platforms for research, news gathering, networking and distribution. The course is designed for online journalists seeking to broaden their multimedia and social media skills, and journalists working in print or broadcast media who are making a transition to online multimedia journalism, yet already have a solid working knowledge of online platforms such as blogs and regularly use social media. The course seeks to not only harness current Web 2.0 tools, but also show participants how they can adapt in an era of fast-paced digital development in journalism and move beyond Web 2.0. The course strongly focuses on practical training in parallel with building upon the prior online journalism and digital knowledge of participants. Throughout the course participants will learn: - how to produce and present a multimedia project for the web; - how to effectively use social media during their whole working processes; - new ways of using tools such as digital cameras and mobile phones for producing multimedia journalism; and, - about new online and social media tools that can be practically applied to journalism. The course will be split into two sections. The first week will concentrate on introducing participants to new skills and digital tools as well as providing the opportunity for practice and skills development. The second week will focus on the gathering of digital audio and visual materials and production of a group multimedia journalism project. Further Details and Registration Form: http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2010/06/beyond-web-20-multimedia-journalism-an… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MDI 3S (MDISSS) announcement !
by khaiser nikam 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Dear Authors and Contributors The organisers of National Seminar On" Management of Digital Information Sources, Services and Systems", July 29-30, 2010, are happy to note that the response is overwhelming. However to encourage the authors further more for the ensuing seminar we have the extended topics of the theme. You may send your papers to : Prof. Khaiser Nikam Program Director University of Mysore Manasagangothri Mysore-6 Khaiser10957(a)gmail.com Cell:98453 28672 Off: 0821- 2419399 OR Mrs. Shobha H. Prasad Organizing Secretary RNS Institute of Technology Channasandra, Uttarahalli Road, Subramanyapura Post Bangalore – 560 061 Ph: +91-80-28603880/81, Mobile: +91-9481800715 E-mail: rnsitlibrarynationalseminar(a)gmail.com MAIN SEMINAR THEMES Digital Information Sources - Acquisition, Organization, Access and Preservation Open Access Sources - Open Access Journals, Institutional Repositories Web-based Information Services Information Systems and Enabling Technologies - Web 2.0 and Lib 2.0 - Open Source Software - Library Automation Systems Information Search Techniques Content Creation and Management EXTENDED SEMINAR THEMES Digital Information Resources. Digital Information life cycle. Categories of Digital Information Resources: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Digital Information Resources - primary resources- E-journals, E-Books: Netlibrary, Project Gutenberg ; E-Theses, E-Newspapers, Blogs, Wikis. Free online Reference tools- Free Dictionaries: Merriam-Webster Online, 'Thesaurus Dictionary.com,. Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, wordthrill.com.;Glossary, Special Online Dictionaries such as Medical Dictionary, Dictionary of Slang etc. Non-free online dictionaries: Oxford English Dictionary, Hutchison's, And Free Thesauri: Wordweb. Encyclopedia: Columbia Encyclopedia, Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Encarta, Britannica, Virtual Libraries - IPL, vlib.org, Subject gateways and Portals: Ingenta, BUBL link information service, E-Print network, www Virtual-Library and their types . ADAM ( http://adam.ac.uk) AGRIGATE (www.agrigate.edu.at.) BIOGATE (httpt/ zbicgate.Iub.Iu.se/), Bizled• (www.bized.co.uk) Cherndex (www.chemdex.org) GEM (www.thegateway.org) Phvsics Web Resources (http://physicsweb.org) etc. Free databases: open J gate, OAIster, RePEC, Suprem Court databases, 1BID, INDIASTAT; Population Index, .Supreme Court Online, DARE Database; poverty Research Institutes Database, Human Rights Institutes Database, Peace institutes Database, Census of India; NIC database, Patents Fee based Digital Information Resources: Bibliographical and Full text databases: Sociofile, LISA, Economic Literature; Emerald, EBSCO, ProQuest, Psyco-Info, Econlit, Web of Science, Scopus, CAS, INSPEC, AGRIS, BIOSIS, INIS, MEDLARS, ASINFO, COMPENDEX, OCLC, ERIC, inside Science, Embase, Scifinder, Cambridge University Press, American Royal Society of Chemistry- titles, J -Store, UGC-Info net, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier. Institutional Repositories: arXiv, Cogprint, eprints@iisc, etc. Digital Information Search made easy - Search Engines and Search Strategies-Search Engines and meta search engines - Google: Google Blog Search, Google Book Search, Google Directory, Google Scholar, Altavista, ViviSimo, Dog 'pile , Clusty, Met Crawler, Teoma web search, Lycos , Yahoo etc. Scholarly Literature Search made easy- Google Scholar, Windows Live Academic, Scopus, Web of Science, Scif'inder. Advanced Search Techniques -Keyword search, Boolean operators, Proximity search, Phrase search, Field searching, concept 'Searching, Wild Card search, Truncation, Field search. Technical writing and presentation – tools, techniques and standards, Writing a technical paper, Making PPT, Foot notes and references, Software tools for reference management. Citation machine.net. Study of citation styles manuals- APA, MLA, Chicago ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Theoretical, conceptual and application oriented research papers that are original and not published elsewhere are invited from library professionals on various themes mentioned and in related areas. Guidelines for Authors • The paper will be in Times New Roman with font size 12, space 1.5, clearly mentioning Name of Author(s), Title of Paper, Affiliated Organization, Contact Number and E-mail ID of Authors. • Softcopy of the paper in MS Word should be sent through e-mail as an attachment Addressed to Prof. Khaiser Nikam at: rnsitlibrarynationalseminar(a)gmail.com on or before 15th June 2010. • Acceptance of the paper will be communicated to the participants on 30th June 2010. • All the selected papers are to be presented by the Authors. Each presentation will be of 15 minutes duration. • Mailing Address/author affiliation should be given in the paper. • Selected papers will be published in the Seminar Proceedings. Important Dates Last date for Submitting the full paper : 15th June 2010 Last date for Registration : 15th July 2010 Registration Fee : Rs.500/-* Registration Details DD should be drawn in favor of the Principal, RNS Institute of Technology, payable at Bangalore and sent to the address below: Mrs. Shobha H. Prasad Organizing Secretary RNS Institute of Technology Channasandra, Uttarahalli Road, Subramanyapura Post Bangalore – 560 061 Ph: +91-80-28603880/81, Mobile: +91-9481800715 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +91-9481800715 end_of_the_skype_highlighting E-mail: rnsitlibrarynationalseminar(a)gmail.com Accommodation: On campus accommodation can be arranged on first-cum- first served basis against nominal charges. Delegates are required to inform the organizing secretary well in advance, for on campus accommodation. Seminar Committee Chief Patron : Dr R N Shetty, Chairman RNSIT Patron : Dr H N Shivashankar, Director RNSIT Advisory Committee Dr M K Venkatesha : Organizing Chair, Principal, RNSIT Dr K S Raghavan : Member Prof., DRTC (ISI), Bangalore Dr I K Ravichandra Rao : Member Head & Prof., DRTC (ISI), Bangalore Dr S P Singh : Member Prof., DLIS, Univ. of Delhi Dr Usha Munshi : Member Librarian, IIPA,. New Delhi Dr K N Prasad : Member SRELS, Bangalore Dr I R N Goudar : Member Retd. Chief Lib., NAL Dr H Siddamalliah : Member Chief Lib., NIMHANS Sri R Dandapani : Member Retd. Chief Lib., British Library Mrs Gayathri Sen : Member Chief Librarian,PESIT Mr N Chowdappa : Member Chief Librarian, BMSCE Dr R Srinivasan : Member Dean, Research & PG Studies, RNSIT Dr K. Uma Rao : Member Dean, Academics, RNSIT Dr G T Raju : Member Prof & Head of CSE, RNSIT Dr U Bhojanna : Member Prof & Head of MBA, RNSIT Prof Sridhar : Member Prof of ECE, RNSIT Prof R B Kulkarni : Member Prof of ECE, RNSIT Mr. Purnachandra : Member P.E.D, RNSIT Mr V Kantharaju : Member Asst. Librarian, RNSIT -- Regards, Prof.Khaiser Nikam MBA;MLISc;PhD Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Mysore-570 006 Karnataka INDIA Cell:98453 28672 Ph: 91-821-2415202(R) 2419399(O) email : khaiser.nikam(a)gmail.com Skype:khaiser.nikam Twitter:khaiser10957 http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/departments/lisc/dr-khaiser.nikam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Responsibility of a Librarian in case of Loss of books in CentralGovt Organization
by avs51＠indiatimes.com 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Sir/Madam, This is Librarian, of a National Inst, working at H Q, under Central Govt. wish to know the responsibility of a Librarian in case of loss of books where he is not personally involved, nor dishonest, nor benefited directly or indirectly, but mere as a Head of the Library. Whether cost of loss of books is to be recovered from his salary by holding him personally responsible though Library is a team work. I s there any court judgement ruling is available if so please give me a ref. and other authentic supporting documents ref. will also do, other than General Financial Rules which are out dated in terms of financial criteria. Our library have major collection of foreign publications and cost per book is much higher than mentioned in GFR Thank you ! Yours sincerely Librarian www.ayjnihh.nic.in -- Click for exclusive coverage on the New Bajaj Pulsar 220 the fastest Indian bike http://www.zigwheels.com/Features/Bajaj-Pulsar-220-DTSi-Special-Coverage/Pu… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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No Negative Marking for Paper-1 and Paper-2, UGC NET Exam June 2010 Onwards
by Dhanukumar Pattanashetti 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

Dear Professionals, Greetings for the day. It is informed that the UGC has decided that there will be no negative marking for Paper-1 and Paper-2 (Objective Type) of UGC NET, to be held on 27th June 2010 onwards. Best Regards, Dhanukumar Pattanashetti IEEE Client Services Manager, Bangalore -- 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] Call for Chapters: Library and Information Science Trends and Research: Asia-Oceania Region
by Jagtar Singh 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

> > > *CALL FOR CHAPTERS* > > *Library and Information Science Trends and Research: * > *Asia-Oceania Region* > > *Publisher*: > Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series > > http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?PHPSESSID=10jgamnf… > > *Book Editors*: > Amanda Spink, Professor and Chair in Information Science, Loughborough > University (UK) > Diljit Singh, Associate Professor, University of Malaya (Malaysia) > > *Key Dates:* > Proposal Submission Deadline: ASAP > Accepted Full Chapters Due: January 1, 2011 > > *Introduction* > *Library and Information Science Trends and Research: Asia-Oceania Region, > *co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Diljit Singh, seeks to > provide an understanding of the library and information science trends and > research in the Asia-Oceania region. > > The Asia-Oceania region of the world stretches from Korea and Japan in the > north, through China and India, to Southeast Asian countries such as > Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia, and > eastward to Australia and New Zealand. Asia-Oceania is one of the fastest > growing regions of the world with a booming population and economy. As the > region has developed socially and economically particularly in the last ten > years, the field of library and information science has also grown in > educational and research developments. In particular, the field is growing > rapidly in many countries as libraries and digital information becomes part > of people’s everyday social and life processes. > > The book seeks to present chapters by a range of scholars who discuss > research and educational trends in library and information science in the > Asia-Oceania region. The co-editors have extensive experience in this world > region. Professor Amanda Spink recently spent five years in the Australian > LIS environment and Dr. Diljit Singh, who is based at the University of > Malaya in Malaysia, has extensive experience throughout the Asian region. > High quality and scholarly book chapters are sought that cover research and > education studies, including policy issues, bibliometric studies, user > behaviour, educational issues and other aspects related to trends in the LIS > field in the Asia-Oceania region. > > *SUBMISSION INFORMATION * > Potential contributors are invited to submit an abstract or a 1-2 page > chapter proposal to the book Editors ASAP, detailing the background, > motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified > in short order as to the status of their proposal and sent organizational > guidelines. > > Full chapters should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due by > January 1, 2011. Final revised manuscripts are due on February 1, 2011 for a > publication date later in 2011. > > *INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS* > Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to: > Professor Amanda Spink – a.spink(a)lboro.ac.uk > Dr. Diljit Singh – diljit(a)um.edu.my > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA - " The Leader in Research & Innovation " > > 'This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. > Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely > those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the > University. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any > attachments for the presence of viruses. The University accepts no > liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.' > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference on Indian Academic Libraries-2020
by Shekar H P 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Dear Professional Friends, WARM GREETINGS TO U ALL Sree Siddaganga College for Women Tumkur, Tumkur University Tumkur, KSCLA Bangalore and Tumkur College Librarians Association Tumkur jointly organizing a “NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES- 2020” and Librarians Day in fond memory of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan on 12-08-2010. Conference Date: 12 - 14 August 2010 Venue: Birla Auditorium, SIT, Tumkur (Karnataka) CALL FOR PAPERS We invite the submission of high-quality and original research papers and posters that have not been published earlier and also not under review for any another conference or journal. The submitted will be reviewed by a panel of experts on the basis of the originality of the work, the validity of the results, chosen methodology, writing quality etc on the themes proposed. Themes are not limited to following: Conference Theme: Transformation Libraries Users Publishers Culture Scholarly communication Technology solution providers Internet and Web Nomenclature of Libraries Learning resource Center Knowledge Center Information resource center Integrated learning resource center Role of Librarians Knowledge manager Academician Technologists Media Specialist Researchers Convergence with IT and KM Tools and techniques Information delivery and support Space, services and content provision Social learning, research-based learning, group activity. Education Domain oriented specialization Engineering librarianship Medical librarianship Corporate Librarianship Technology Oriented Education Library technology Papers must be written in English, conforming to the submission guidelines. Each paper should contain abstracts with a list of about five keywords. The paper should also mention the topic under which it falls from the above list of topics. Papers received will be reviewed by Editorial Committee. The decision will be made regarding rejection or acceptance for paper based on reviewer recommendations. Selected papers will be presented during the Conference. The best paper award will also be conferred during the Conference. A provision for online paper submission will be made available soon meanwhile the paper may send to nationalconference2020(a)gmail.com GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS/PAPER CONTRIBUTORS: The authors will be intimated separately about the decision of the acceptance/rejection of their abstract to enable them to present their papers. After the acceptance of the abstract authors are required to submit full papers as per the guidelines of the full papers. It should be ensured that the proposed paper on themes/sub-themes should not have already been published elsewhere. Both invited and contributed papers will be considered. Submitted papers or extended abstracts will have participative peer-to-peer reviews. The editor’s will have the rights to edit the paper without author consent Guidelines for Full Paper/Camera Ready Copy Submission Full papers should have Title, Subtitle (if any), Name of the Author/s Affiliation and email address, along with Abstract, Keywords and References on A4 size single space with margin of 1.25” in left / right / top and bottom. Font size 12, Times New Roman. Papers should be submitted as per guidelines in MS Word. The paper should not more than 6 pages. The authors are also advised that they must be enclosed their brief biography with complete details like name, designation, affiliating Institution, mailing address, telephone number, fax number and valid E-mail address and a passport size photograph. In case any problem/query, please write to us at nationalconference2020(a)gmail.com Registration Details: With Accommodation: General Delegates Rs. 1,400-00 KSCLA Members Rs. 1,200-00 Without Accommodation: General Delegates Rs. 1,000-00 KSCLA Members Rs. 800-00 Spot Registration for both Categories Rs. 100/- extra Important Dates: Deadline for Abstract 15 - June - 2010 Communication of Acceptance 25 - June - 2010 Submission of Full Paper 05 - July - 2010 Last date for registration 15- July - 2010 DD's may be drawn in favor of Secretary, "National Conference on Indian Academic Libraries 2020" payable at Tumkur on or before 15th July 2010.For down loading registration forms see the Website: http://www.nacial2020.in For more details please contact: S.L.Kadadevaramath Organizing Secretary NACIAL2020 & SG Librarian, Sree Siddaganga College for women B.H.Road, Tumkur-572102 (Karnataka) Tel:0816-2272322, Mob:09449070311, -- For Organising Secretary NACIAL-2020 Tumkur. Ph:09449070311 / 09945799927 -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Academic Showcase
by savitra sirohi 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

All, We have prepared a Koha showcase site that has data setup to make it easy to learn and evaluate Koha. Data has been setup as follows: Catalog records with different item types Patron records under different categories Serials subscriptions Budgets, Vendors and Orders Circulation records with Overdues and Fines Authority records The installation also showcases several new reports. Information on how to access the showcase site is given here: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/try_koha/demo.html We hope this Koha showcase is useful to all members. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation for the lecture
by Mailing List Admin 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 23:08:22 -0700 (PDT) From: rajesh jha <rajesh_j007(a)yahoo.com> It is our pleasure to share with you that the Indus World School of Business, Greater Noida, U.P. is organizing a Lecture on “Relevance of Professional Ethics" on 10th June, 2010 in collaboration with Pearson Education (Publisher). Indus World School of Business (IWSB)), Greater Noida has been founded with a mission to create well-rounded, open and responsible entrepreneurial leaders who can be growth catalysts in organizations, businesses and markets through leadership in thought and action. The IWSB is proud of its eminent Faculty, advanced Library, World class infrastructure with state-of the art facilities, picturesque campus and salubrious environment. We will deem it a great privilege and honour if you kindly accept our invitation for the lecture on 10th June 2010. Schedule is given below. Day: 10 June; Time: 10 am -12 noon Topic: Relevance of Professional Ethics Speakers: A C Fernando (Professor of Economics) & Veeresh Sharma (Professor of Strategic Management) Indus World School of Business,Greater Noida, U P Venue: Conference Hall Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai We look forward to your presence and blessing to make the lecture a success in achieving its goal. Thanking You With best wishes Dr. Rajesh Kumar Indus World School of Business rajesh.kumar(a)iwsb.in www.iwsb.in

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library legislation in India
by Mailing List Admin 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:19:43 +0530 From: Narenderan <narenthiran.r(a)ifpindia.org> Here is the list of chronological wise list of states enacted library legislation *_Library legislation in India_*. 1. Tamil Nadu (1948) 2. Andhra Pradesh (1960) 3. Karnatka (1965) 4. Maharashtra (1967) 5. West Bengal (1979) 6. Manipur (1988) 7. Kerala (1989) 8. Haryana (1989) 9. Mizoram (1993) 10. Goa (1993) 11. Gujrat (2000) 12. Orissa (2000) 13 Rajasthan (2005) 14. Uttar Pradesh (2005) 15. Uttrakhand (2005) 16. Pondichery (2007/2008 Thanks -- Narenthiran. R Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street P.B.33, Pondicherry 605001 Phone # 91-413-2334168 Extn 126/139 Mobile: 9442934327 Web: www.ifpindia.org Email : narenthiran.r(a)ifpindia.org Dear professionals, Please inform how many states passed Library Legislation in India till date with name and year of implication. With best regards, Avijit Dutta Librarian Midnapore College Paschim Medinipore - 721 101

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Recruitments in Pondicherry University.
by Narenderan 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Dear Friends, Recruitment of Assistanta Librarian, Professional Assistants, Semi-Professional Assistans and Library assistants on Regular basis in Pondicherry University. For further details see below said link http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/circular/nt_post28052010.html Thanks -- Narenthiran. R Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street P.B.33, Pondicherry 605001 Phone # 91-413-2334168 Extn 126/139 Mobile: 9442934327 Web: www.ifpindia.org Email : narenthiran.r(a)ifpindia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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