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

Google Fast Flip
by Thapar, Amit 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Google Fast Flip <http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/> is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their own custom magazines around searches. Amit Thapar Library & Information Centre National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational & Research (NIPER) (Dept. of Pharmaceuticals, Govt. of India) Sector-67, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali)-160062 InTouch: 0172-2292073 / 9855701060 Blog: http://nipersasnagarlibrary.wordpress.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fifth Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial lecture- minutes
by shivaram gowda 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

Dear Members/Professionals Fifth Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial lecture held on Friday 4th June 2010 at NCSI seminar hall, IISc, Bangalore. It was jointly organized by NCSI and NCSI-Net, IISc, Bangalore. There was very good and encouraging response from the LIS professional community for the lecture. The event was set in motion with Mr. Francis Jayakanth of NCSI welcoming the well-attended gathering. He gave a brief life sketch of late Dr. TBR emphasizing on TBR's contributions and initiatives while he served at NCSI. Mr. Francis Jayakanth introduced presiding guest of the talk Dr. Venkadesan, Librarian, IISc, Bangalore. Dr. Venkadesan gave glimpse of Learning Objects in his perception and expressed his curiosity in the talk to follow. He introduced Prof. S. Ramani and requested him to deliver talk. Dr. Ramani began the lecture by recollecting his interactions with late Dr. TB Rajashekar. According to the speaker, there must be an estimated $1 billion worth of learning materials on the Internet which can be used very effectively to enhance formal and informal learning. He demonstrated two such learning objects - a video on 'CCR Continuous Chest Compression CPR' and a virtual chemistry lab. The concept of Learning Objects (LO) was inspired by Object Oriented Programming. Though there are many definitions of LO, it is widely accepted that a LO must be reusable by a Learning Management System (LMS). Websites like Merlot, Currike, Ariadne, NPTL etc. have large number of learning objects. However, in India there is very less use of Learning Objects in formal learning processes. This could be because LOs are not packaged for use with LMS and naive users are unaware or unable to locate them with simple search engines like google. To address this we need to have Open Educational Resources expert in every organization who can create awareness about the resources, teach effective searching skills and create educational content from the organization. There could even be a LMS in every library. There were a number of questions on Video technologies, websites and standards for LO. After very interesting talk Dr. Venkadesan, librarian JRD Tata Memorial Library concluded event with his presidential remarks. Mr. Shivaram BS proposed vote of thanks. Organizers are grateful to all participants of the talk and their heads of Institution for deputing their professionals to attend the lecture. (NCSI-Net coordinators Thankful to Mrs Suvarsha Minj for compiling lecture minutes.) With Warm regards NCSI-Net Coordinators Shivaram BS ICAST, NAL CSIR, 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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[LIS Links: Jobs in Library and Information Science in India] Post of Library...
by Sri Badan Barman 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

Last date: 10-07-2010. More: http://www.gujaratvidyapith.org/jobs/Advt_No_1_2010_11.htm -- Posted By Sri Badan Barman to LIS Links: Jobs in Library and Information Science in India at 6/13/2010 11:22:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulations to Shameer-VLIR Scholarship winner
by Sainul Abideen P 13 Jun '10

13 Jun '10

Dear Friends, Hearty Congratulations to Mr. Shameer KK !! Mr. Shameer K K, Digital Library Trainee of IIITM-K Thiruvananthapuram has been selected for the International Training Programme (ITP) on “Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and Libraries: Active Training Environment 10 (STIMULATE 10)” at Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium; with scholarship from the VLIR-UOS, Belgium. IIITMK is proud to have baged 3 out of total 7 scholarships received till this year, by Indian candidates. IIITM-K Library congratulates Mr Shameer for his colourful achievement. With Best regards, Sainul Abideen P Librarian IIITM-K Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Trainee Librarian
by divyam＠iigs.iigm.res.in 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is an autonomous research organization under Department of Science & Technology. The library of the Institute intends to take two fresh MLIS student as library trainees for which a walk-in interview will be held on June 18, 2010 at 10.30 hrs. in the Institute premises. We are looking for students preferably with science background and having good academic records. Knowledge of computers is essential and familiarity of library software will be added qualification and will get preference. Our Address : Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli-Panvel Highway, Near Kalamboli Circle New Panvel (W) Navi Mumbai 410 218 (Nearest Rly Stn - Khandeshwar) Divya Mehta Senior Librarian divyam(a)iigs.iigm.res.in Ph: 022-27484046 Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Kalamboli-Panvel Highway New Panvel (W) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Granthalaya.org announcement of Koha ILS hosting service
by Koustubha Kale 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

Friends, Granthalaya.org ( www.granthalaya.org ) and Anant Corporation ( www.anantcorp.com ) are very pleased to announce general availability of Koha ILS hosting on granthalaya.org server located in VPM, Thane ( www.vpmthane.org ) datacenter. Our first user of this service is already live, please see opac.kalibindia.com This initiative is to provide a revenue stream for sustained operation and maintenance of the Granthalaya.org project ( which is a project of Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane; an educational trust.) which intends to create bibliographic union database of holdings of all the public libraries in Konkan area including Thane in India. Granthalaya.org also intends to help libraries in computerizing their holdings by providing them hosted / local installation of Koha, user training and data migration services. Key features of this offering are.. * Independent install of Koha version of your choice on a shared Ubuntu server. * Full access to your home directory and Koha code. * Separate mysql database. Full access via phpmyadmin. * Separate Zebra database * Installation, Initial setup and NBD Annual Support included. * Can offer customization, data migration and user training services if required. * Nightly full dump of database in your home directory with backup to disk and tape. * We are open to discuss any additional requirements Initially we are offering this service at INR 12500 for initial setup (one time charge) + INR 17500 as Annual Recurring fees. Please contact me if you would like to avail this offer or to help the Granthalaya.org project in any manner. With warm regards Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Research Articles
by Pandurang Konnur 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

Dear Friends, Kindly help us to get the following full text articlesfrom PubMed for one our Research Scholars. M. Sakurai, N. Fukuyama, A. Iguchi, H. Akimoto, M. Ohmi, H. Yokoyama, H. Nakazawa, and K. Tabayashi, 'Quantitative Analysis of Cardiac 3-L-Nitrotyrosine During Acute Allograft Rejection in an Experimental Heart Transplantation', Transplantation, 68 (1999), 1818-22. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10609964 M. K. Shigenaga, 'Quantitation of Protein-Bound 3-Nitrotyrosine by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection', Methods Enzymol, 301 (1999), 27-40. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9919551 -- Ravikumar K Research Scholar Department of Biotechnology Bangalore University Bangalore-560056 INDIA Thanks, -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) University Librarian, Bangalore University Library, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article
by Librarian ITBHU 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

Dear sir, One of my senior faculty member has requested me to arrange the given below article for his academic purpose. If anyone have the article with his library holding then he is requested to send the same on my email ID. 1.*Water Science and Technology* *Vol 29 No 10-11 pp 309–317* © IWA Publishing 1994 Activated carbon based biological fluidized beds for contaminated water and wastewater treatment: a state-of-the-art review P. M. Sutton* and P. N. Mishra** -- 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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VACANCY @ NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata-700053
by Premaraj Mishra 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

Dear Acquaintance, Following staff are urgently required for Library, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata-700053. Candidates may send their CV *on or before 16/06/2010* to library.kolkata(a)nshm.com or at postal address, to The Librarian, NSHM Knowledge Campus, 60 (124), B L Saha Road, Kolkata 700053, WB. *1. One Assistant Librarian:* Qualification: Master degree in Library & information Science with computer knowledge and 4/5 years of experiences. Knowledge of Library Automation, Digital Library and Library Portal development is desirable. *2. One Library Assistant: *Qualification: Master degree in Library & information Science with computer knowledge and 1/2 years of experiences. *3. **Two Library Trainees* (One year contractual). Qualification: Master/Bachelor degree in Library and Information Science with 0-1 year of experience. Thanks & Regards Premaraj Mishra NSHM Knowledge Campus Kolkata 53. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: NBC News You Can Use in Your Library or Media Center
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

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