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FW: Project Information Literacy's Latest Research Report
by Dr. Indira Koneru 02 May '12

02 May '12

Dear Professionals, here is the latest research report from Project Information Literacy (based in the University of Washington's Information School). Indira -------------------- Dr. Indira Koneru Faculty Member Dept. of Library Science Icfai Academic Wing 23, Nagarjuna Hills Hyderabad-500082 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: pilstudy(a)u.washington.edu Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:16:26 -0800 (PST) We are pleased to let you know that Project Information Literacy's latest research report was released today. In "Lessons Learned: How College Students Find Information in the Digital Age," we present findings from our student survey, administered last spring to students (n=2,318) enrolled at six U.S. college campuses (42 pages, PDF, 3 MB). We were struck by what we found. We hope that our findings will help inform educators, such as yourself, about today's college students and how they look for information and conduct research for course-related work and in their everyday lives. Finally, a few thanks are in order for this year's work. We thank ProQuest for their generous support of our research this past year and the MacArthur Foundation for contributing funds to make the current year's ongoing research possible. And we thank you for your interest, support, and collaboration. ! All our best, - Alison and Mike -- Alison J. Head, Ph.D. and Michael Eisenberg, Ph.D. ______________________________ Co-Directors and Co-Principal Investigators Project Information Literacy The Information School | University of Washington Seattle, Washington (707) 939-6941 ajhead1(a)u.washington.edu mbe(a)u.washington.edu _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://windows.microsoft.com/shop -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET Newsletter and Annual Report
by Rajesh Chandrakar 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Dear All The current issue of the INFLIBNET Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January to March 2009) is available online. To access the newsletter, kindly follow the link http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/newsletter/Vol.16,No.1_Jan-March2009…. The INFLIBNET Annual Report 2007-2008 is also published and available online at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/publication/annualreport/Annual%20Report07-08.pdf. Interested person can download it for the purpose. With best regards Rajesh -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Donation of Chemical Abstracts, Journals and Books
by madhuresh.singhal 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (A TATA Enterprises) would like to donate the following collection to suitable organization(s). Interested person/organization can contact me for either full collection or part of the collection, indicating the choice in case of part of collection at madhuresh.singhal(a)advinus.com <mailto:madhuresh.singhal@advinus.com> . Chemical Abstracts - Chemical Abstract - Vol. 1-111 (1907-1989) CA Decennial Index - Vol. 1-50 (1907-1956) CA Collective Index - Vol. 51-95 (1957-81) (till 10th Collective Index) All volumes are in good condition and also hard bound till 1986. From 1986-89, we have loose issues. Journals - Various titles on Chemistry, Pesticides, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Veterinary etc. Select titles are AOAC Journal, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Journal of Food and Agricultural Chemistry, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, International Journal of Pest Management, International Pest Control, Journal of Environmental Entomology, American Journal of Pharmacy, Analytical Chemistry, JOC etc. A full list with years is available on request. Books - we have appx 1500 books to be disposed off in the areas of Agriculture, Botany, Agrochemical and Pesticides, Environmental, Fertilizers, Soil, Microbiology etc. Interested parties have to bear all associated cost like packaging/transportation etc. Regards Madhuresh Singhal Manager - Knowledge Services Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd (A TATA Enterprises) 21 & 22, Phase 2, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore - 560058 Phone: +91 80 66553106, 28394959 Ext 331 http://www.advinus.com/ ************************************************************************************************* This email and its attachments are confidential and proprietary to Advinus Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. and are meant for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, do not take any actions based on the contents of this message, except to permanently delete the message and its attachments and inform the sender immediately. ************************************************************************************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International CALIBER 2011: Call for Papers
by Rajesh Chandrakar 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

CALL FOR PAPERS CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions), an International Convention organized by the INFLIBNET Centre at different parts of the country in collaboration with universities, invites high quality papers on research & technical works, case studies, technology updates etc. related to the themes and sub-themes of the convention mentioned below. The convention provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information providers to come together and interact on the subjects of mutual interest. The theme of the 8th International CALIBER is "Towards Building a Knowledge Society: Library as Catalyst for Knowledge Discovery and Management". The convention is being organized at the Goa University, Goa during 2nd to 4th March 2011. Theme: Towards Building a Knowledge Society: Library as Catalyst for Knowledge Discovery and Management Sub Themes · Knowledge Discovery Tools and Techniques o Web Data Mining and Analysis o Harvesting Web Resources o Federated Search and Discovery Tools o Standards and Protocols o Knowledge Architecture and Mapping o Interoperability · Web Resource Management and Semantic Web o e-Publishing and Open Access o Institutional Repositories and ETDs o Digital Libraries o Digital Preservation o Metadata and Social Tagging o Access Management o Knowledge Networks o Semantic Web o Ontology and Thesaurus · Information Literacy o Models of Information Literacy o Information Literacy Skills o Assessment Tools o Citation Styles o Government Policies o IPR, Copyright and Plagiarism o Information Seeking Behaviour · Measuring Research Productivity and ROI o Information Audit o Cost Benefit analysis and ROI o Research and Performance Evaluation o Citation Analysis o Usage Statistics o S & T Indicators IMPORTANT DATES Receipt of full papers : December 15, 2010 Intimation to Author(s) : December 31, 2010 Early Bird Accommodation & Registration : January 10, 2011 Convention Dates : March 2 - 4, 2011 Detailed Guidelines and Editorial policy for International CALIBER 2011 will be available at the INFLIBNET website http://www.inflibnet.ac.in. Contact Details Paper Submission Sh. Manoj Kumar K Convener, International CALIBER 2011 Scientist D (CS) INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail:caliber2011@inflibnet.ac.in; manoj(a)inflibnet.ac.in Sh. Rajesh Chandrakar Joint-Convener, International CALIBER 2011 Scientist B (LS) INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, (Gujarat) India Phone: +91-79-26304695/8528/5971/0002 Fax: +91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in Registration and Accommodation Dr. Gopakumar V. Organising Secretary, International CALIBER 2011 University Librarian, Goa University Taleigao Plateau Goa - 403 206 Phone: +91-832-6519012 (O) +91-9447056713; 9421517535 (M) Fax: +91-832-2451184 E-mail: drgopakumar2011(a)gmail.com Chairman Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) Gujarat University Campus PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Phone: +91-79-26304695/5971/8528 +91-79-26305702 (Direct) Fax:+91-79-26300990/26307816 E-Mail: director(a)inflibnet.ac.in; jarora(a)inflibnet.ac.in With best reagrds Rajesh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajesh Chandrakar, Commonwealth Professional Fellow Scientist - B (LS) INFLIBNET (INFormation and LIBrary NETwork) Centre An IUC of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House, PB No. 4116, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Tel. +91-(0)79-26305971/ 8528/ 4695(O), 26873805(R) Mobile: +91-9427527894 Fax: +91-(0)79-26300990, 263007816 E-mail: rajesh(a)inflibnet.ac.in; rchandrakar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in Weblog: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/blog Video Gallery: http://www.youtube.com/INFLIBNET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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THE IMPACT FACTOR SYNDROME
by Mailing List Admin 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:49:05 +0530 From: sameer jha <jha9090(a)gmail.com> As a library professional, I consider this important to share it with all the concerned members of the fraternity that, currently, the impact factor, h-indices and similar other quantities have, unjustifiably, become the only yardsticks to measure the quality of one's scientific contributions. It discourage the authors and researcher to submit their manuscripts to national journals. Adding the pain, this is considered as a rule of thumb by the peers and judges also. The younger lot has also started to feel that the publication in the so-called International journal alone can give them recognition and job. The conditions all around us has been made so pathetic that even in job application forms, there is a distinction between national and international journals. My question is very simple -Do the national journals not have international authorship, visibility or recognition? -Aren't we producing good quality scientific article? -Aren't national authors getting published in international journals? Luckily, there are many who share this pain...one of the person I would like to mention is Dr. S.C. Lakhotia of cytogenetics laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University. He has corresponded his pain in one of his article in the CURRENT SCIENCE Journal: http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/25aug2010/411.pdf Thanking you all with regards.. SAMEER JHA

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Submission of Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Rollout of eGranthalaya software
by Upadhyay P K 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

Dear friends, I thought it useful to communicate to Library Science organizations and agencies this below published notice of Expression of Interest (EOI) for Empanelment of Agencies for Rolling Out of eGranthalaya Software. Last date is 11th October 2010 upto 3 PM. As you may be aware that eGranthalaya ( http://egranthalaya.nic.in ) is a Digital Agenda of National Informatics Centre (NIC) for Automation and Networking of libraries and building Digital Library. Software is provided free of cost to libraries on request. Till date thousands of libraries are using the software in different parts of India and many more in the pipeline. With the emphasis on automation and networking of libraries as a part of e-Governance to reach far flung areas of the country, the demand for support services for implementation has increased manifold. Towards this objective, it is proposed to empanel organizations/ agencies of repute for providing Rollout services for eGranthalaya software. This project spans whole of the country. National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) ( http://nicsi.nic.in/ ) is as a section 25 Company under NIC. NICSI has published the EOI for E-Granthalaya last week. Tender can be seen on NICSI website at ‘TENDER’ page at http://nicsi.nic.in/corrigendum.php?tId=144 . with kind regards Pradip Kumar Upadhyay Technical Director National Informatics Centre Block-A, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi- 110003 Ph: 91-11-24360567, 24305481 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eGranthalaya: A Digital Agenda for Automation and Networking ( http://egranthalaya.nic.in ) MCIT Library Consortium for Resource Sharing ( http://mcitconsortium.nic.in ) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Transfer your Bloglines Feed Subscriptions to Google Reader
by sandeep bhavsar 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Respected All Bloglines sevice will remain accessible until Nov 1, 2010 More detail can be found on the Ask.com blog - http://blog.ask.com. It is always better to take the backup of all your subscribed feed. Kindly go through the presentation http://webmail.vpmthane.org/moodle/ and transfer your Bloglines subscribed feed to Google Reader. Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librariantg Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9029 345777 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Jobs in Library and Information Science in India] Assistant Librarian at B.R..
by Mailing List Admin 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:11:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Sri Badan Barman <badanbarman(a)gmail.com> Last date: 30th October 2010. Assistant Librarian (1 post) PB 3/Rs. 15600-39100+ AGP Rs. 6000 Minimum Educational Qualifications and Experience: (1) Master’s Degree in Library Science/Information Science/ documentation or an equivalent professional degree with atleast 55% of the marks or its equivalent grade of B in the UGC 7 point scale plus a consistently good academic record, and knowledge in computerization of library. (2) Qualifying the national‐level test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC. However, candidates having Ph.D. from recognized university are exempted from the condition of NET. Professional Assistant (2 posts) PB 2/Rs. 930034800+ GP Rs. 4200 Minimum Educational Qualifications and Experience: (1) M.Lib Science/MLISE or quivalent with 50% marks: OR Master’s degree in Arts/Science/Commerce/any other discipline with 50% and B.Lib. Science with 50% marks. (2) Experience in Library of repute and good knowledge of Library. Candidates fulfilling the qualifications and experience may apply on the prescribed application form available on the University website: www.aud.ac.in. The candidates shortlisted for interview will be paid both ways second class train fare by the shortest route to the outstation candidates invited for interview on production of tickets. Separate applications for each post superscribing the post applied for on the envelope may be sent latest by 30th October 2010 at the following address. Registrar, Ambedkar University, Delhi, Sector9, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110 077 Source: Ascent, TOI, Delhi, 29 Sep, 2010 -- Posted By Sri Badan Barman to Jobs in Library and Information Science in India at 9/29/2010 02:11:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Latest Impact Factors of Current Science & EPW?
by Sridhar Gutam 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Dear All, Could anyone please inform me what are the Latest Impact Factors of Current Science & EPW? Thanks & Regards Sridhar _________________________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, PG Dip Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotechnology (WIPO) Scientist Unit of Simulation and Informatics Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012 Mobile: +91-9582791355 http://www.iari.res.in; http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICLAM 2011 call for papers and participation
by ICLAM 2011 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

*NIFT** in collaboration with IFLA - Art Libraries Section * Organises *ICLAM 2011 (**International conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums*) *Theme : User Empowerment through Digital Technologies February 15 to 17, 2011** Venue : India International Centre, New Delhi* : The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) will organize an international conference in collaboration with the *Art Libraries Section* of the *International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions** (IFLA)* from *February 15 to 17, 2011* in New Delhi. The venue of the conference is the centrally located and prestigious cultural hub of Delhi - the India International Centre. The theme of the conference is User Empowerment through Digital Technologies. This is the first conference in the series titled “* International** conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM)*” and NIFT’s third initiative to promote cross-sectoral collaborations in the knowledge sector in India. Empowerment of users is the key concern of all professionals in the heritage sector. At present the most challenging issue is serving the technology-empowered users who easily metamorphose from consumers to creators or producers of information. Libraries, Museums and Archives continuously empower their systems and services with dynamic digital technologies to serve the users more effectively. This conference will offer a forum to discuss the theme of empowerment of users from multiple perspectives – ranging from user interface technologies to empowerment of disadvantaged user communities. The issue of empowerment is also related to affordability and sustainability of digital technologies particularly in this age of financial instability. Library & Information professionals and conservators, as end users of open source and commercial software, will also discuss trends and problems. Various infrastructural, organizational and technological options including partnerships of various sectors will also be discussed. *Call for Papers* Papers and presentations are invited on the following topics related to each listed sub-theme (in bold): (More sub-themes and topics will be added. Papers on related topics are also welcome) *Emergence of the Technology-Empowered Users: * · Changing roles of Users in Libraries, Archives & Museums · Information seeking behaviour of Users : Emerging Trends · New roles & identities for Librarians, Archivists & Conservators *Empowering Users of Libraries, Archives & Museums:* · User Interface Technologies : Emerging Trends · Social Media for Empowerment: Web2.0 & beyond · Management of User-generated contents in Libraries & Museums * Building Information Repositories : Emerging Trends in Technologies* · Digital Preservation Technologies : Emerging Trends · Building Institutional Repositories : Strategies for future · Open Source vs. Commercial software *Re-defining Rights of Users of Libraries : Perspectives of Creators, Mediators and Users* · Freedom of Access to Information · Copyright & Fair Use · IPR & Digital resources *Serving the Empowered Users in Libraries & Information Centres* · Relevance of Conventional Library services to Web - empowered Users · Information Literacy Programmes · Special services for Users with Special Needs · Marketing information services to the empowered users · Branding & Promoting Institutional repositories *Open Access Publishing : A tool for Empowerment* * * · Open Access Publishing of Books · Scholarly Communication & Open Access Publishing · Sustainability of Open Access Initiatives · Future of e-journals & e-books : Emerging Integrated format * * * * *Bridging the Digital Divide** among Users : Roles of Libraries & Information Centres* · Economic barriers to Information Access · Empowerment of Disadvantaged User Communities · Roles of Public Libraries & Information Centres in the Rural Sector · Transcending the language barriers through digital technologies *Partnerships for Empowerment & Libraries* · Sustainable Digitisation Projects · Public & Private Partnerships for Digit al Libraries · Consortium model of Co-operation *From Collaboration to Convergence:* Networking of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Beyond *One day of Special Parallel Sessions on Heritage Resources in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums * *Cultural heritage** **in Art Libraries, Archives & Museums* · Culture of Heritage Preservation: Eastern & Western perspectives · Changing Patronage : Public & Private funding of Artists & Collections · How authentic is the Art work? The Collector’s nightmare · Marketing Strategies for Visual Resources · Art libraries in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects · Public Museums in Asia & Africa : Problems & Prospects · Archives in the Digital Age : Problems & Prospects *Digital Preservation of Cultural heritage* · Conservation of Art works & Handicrafts : Fusion of traditional techniques & modern technologies · Challenges of preservation of Rare books & Manuscripts · Archiving Exhibitions (including various forms of art) · Preserving ‘born digital’ heritage : Emerging trends · Virtual & Physical Environments in Museums · Revival of traditions through Digital Preservation *Special session** **on Conservation of Textiles & Costumes* · *Conservation of Historic Textiles & Costumes : Emerging trends* · *Conservation of Contemporary Designer collections* · *Digital Photography of Textiles & Costumes( including 3-D photography)* · *Business of Textile Conservation* · *Conservator’s role in Revival of traditional Textile crafts * * * Who can participate? Library & Information professionals from special, academic & public libraries, conservators, IT professionals, publishers, authors, educators, students and all users of libraries, information centres, archives and visitors of museums from any part of the world can attend the conference. For more details please visit the website of NIFT www.nift.ac.in Contact persons : Dr. Sanjeev Kumar 011-26542004&2 Nandini Dutta 011-26542146/7 Email : iclam2011(a)nift.ac.in<http://in.mc949.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=iclam2011@nift.ac.in> ; iclam2011(a)gmail.com<http://in.mc949.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=iclam2011@gmail.com> ; -- Head Resource Centre National Institute of Fashion Technology Hauz Khas New Delhi - 110016 Web site : http://www.nift.ac.in -- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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