February 2011 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Re: [LIS-Forum] Regarding Joining the Management Libraries Network ( MANLIBNET) *
by Ruchika Sharma 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Hello all Its good to join such networks and associations, ya I agree, they provide common forum to library professionals, they develop understanding and cooperation among libraries and librarians, for sure they share resources and information, but I would like to know how they identify and overcome problems and exploitation being faced by the library staff?? Ya, I know those who have been in private sector much be awared of the problems, coz they themselves might have faced themselves, but how to overcome these problems. Not every one can switch to govt sector, not everyone can attaing various qualifications or can pursue further studies. In my knowledge, I never seen any Library association acted upon to reach the AICTE or NAAC to tell them that their norms are not being actully applied in their so called affiliated institutions. No pay commission, no 5 day working policies are being actually taking any place in privated sector. Library staff are deprived of facilities which are being given to the teaching staff. Why such private sectors are so fearless about such norms or guidelines, only bcoz they have enough sources that even inspections couldn't find anything fishy there. What kind of inspections are these if they are preplanned or give enough time to the institution to prepare data and their institution what to show to the inspection team, some times such these teams dont even come to take round to actual place either, they sit in well decorated conference rooms, see well prepared paper work and data, have their breakfast n lunch and moves back. Whose going to put a check on them, whose going to show them the actual picture, not a single person or a small group can raise their voices being uncertain job market, where there is no value of employee. Libraries can be handled by attendents even, stability of Librarians is no more required,employees need jobs but jobs dont need proper qualified employees, there is lack of jobs, not of employees. Can't our Library Associations n professionals talk to the AICTE and NAAC teams to join hands and see the actual conditions of the Libraries and Library staff in these private institutions not like any preplanned inspection teams but like vigilation department Wish to like to views of all the Library professionals .......................................... Mrs Ruchika Library Professional ........................................... On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Deepak Sharma <deepak81063(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> Deepak Sharma ( > deepak81063(a)gmail.com) is a contact of one of your friends > Approve sender <https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc=6788832508_911255284> > > > Respected All, > > > > MANLIBNET was born in the year 2000 and was registered as a Society under > Societies Regulation Act of 1860. The primary objective of MANLIBNET is to > provide a common forum to the professionals; and to develop understanding > and co-operation particularly among management and business libraries and > the librarians. Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) is a movement for > sharing of resources and information among the libraries by fostering a > spirit of cooperation and weaving them together in a networking arrangement. > > MANLIBNET promotes outstanding library practices by identifying the Best > Librarian from information professionals’ community and recognizes the best > academic work on an annual basis. We act as teachers and consultants to each > other that help us identifying issues and overcome challenges with advice > and support from around the country. On professional platforms, MANLIBNET > tries to put you in contact with current and future leaders in the library > profession. Librarians and Informational Professionals share their views by > writing in MANLIBNET publications that ultimately enhances the visibility of > MANLIBNET in the profession. > > I on the behalf of MANLIBNET request to all of you that kindly come forward > to join hands with MANLIBNET. I am also attaching MANLIBNET membership form > for your kind perusal. Kindly send it to me with the payment (as mentioned > in the form attached) on the following address > > > > Thanks with Best Regards, > > > > Yours > > > *-- > Deepak Sharma > Assistant Librarian > ITM University > HUDA-Sector 23 A, * > *Gurgaon-122017* > *Haryana > 01242365811 > 9015433756* > ** > *Or you may also send the fully filled form with the payment on the > following address:* > ** > *Mr. Akhtar Pravez > Manager > I C R A Limited > Building No. 8, 2nd Floor, Tower A > DLF Cyber City, Phase II, > Gurgaon – 122 002** > Mobile: 9810306902 > **Email: akhtaronline(a)gmail.com* <akhtaronline(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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Systematic downloading
by vijaya kumar 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

In our Engineering College Library we have access with UGC INFONET and INDEST, now we are facing Systematic downloading problems. Hence I reuest you to kindly give your valuable suggestions to overcome systematic downloading problems -- Dr.J.Vijaya Kumar Engineering College Library Andhra University Visakhapatnam- 530 003 Andhra Pradesh India. Phones: Res : (0891) 2718711 M : 9440503562 E-Mail Address: kumarjammala(a)gmail.com kumarjammala(a)rediffmail.com jammalamadakavijayakumar(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vote for KohaCon 2011
by Vimal Kumar 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Dear Friends, I invite you to vote for selecting venue for KohaCon 2011 in VPM Thane, India. http://survey.web2learning.net/limesurvey/index.php?sid=15529&lang=en Request your friends to vote for KohaCon 2011 in India. Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Centre For Development Studies, Kerala: Release of Library Blog
by Sriram V 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Dear fellow professionals, KNRaj Library, Centre for Development Studies has started a Library Blog service for its users. The URL is http://cds.ac.in/lib/ This blog aims to present a window to our library collection and to provide information about web based social science information sources and literature. Request you all to take a look and provide your valuable feedback to improve the blog. Thank and Regards, V. Sriram Chief Librarian, K N Raj Library Centre For Development Studies Prasanth Nagar, Ulloor Thiruvananthapuram - 695011. India P +91 471 2448881-4, C +91 94472 51892 E-mail: sriram(a)cds.ac.in Web: www.cds.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Required Librarian
by prakash in 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Dear Professionals, Welingkar Institute of Management A Leading Management Institute (AICTE Approved) at Bangalore immediately required a Librarian. Eligibility: MLISc First Class or equivalent, minimum 10-15 years professional experience. Salary: No constraints for deserving candidate. Skills: Knowledge of Computer, Library Management Software’s, Digital Library Software’s is must, Ph.D. / M.Phil / NET preferred. Experience in a large academic institution library i.e. college, university, research will be considered. Please send your resume on or before 10.02.2011 for below mentioned E-mail ID. latha.basavanthappa(a)welingkar.org Kind regards. Latha H.B -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The American Library Association's Near East and South Asia (NESA) Subcommittee
by Bibhuti B. Sahoo 02 Feb '11

02 Feb '11

Dear All, CALL FOR PAPERS: The American Library Association's Near East and South Asia (NESA) Subcommittee is seeking papers for presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, June 23-28, 2011. Papers should focus on some aspect of digital libraries, institutional repositories, or digitization projects in the Near East and South Asia. Please see http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/iro/neareastsouth.cfm for a list of countries that the subcommittee covers as proposed papers should include projects or institutions in one or more of these countries. The subcommittee will consider a broad range of papers related to the topic. Possible subjects include but are not limited to: * Collaborative projects between U.S. or European institutions and institutions in the NESA countries * Projects that effect a virtual reunification of cultural records * Digitization of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, maps or historic documents unique to the NESA countries * Promoting establishment and use of institutional repositories to capture intellectual output * Technical and financial challenges for creating digital libraries in the region Papers will be selected based on their originality, clarity, and relevance to the NESA countries. Presenters will be responsible for their own travel and registration expenses (although registration waivers may be available). If you are interested, please send a 200 word abstract and vita to Richard Sapon-White, chair, ALA Near East and South Asia Subcommittee by February 19, 2011 at richard.sapon-white(a)oregonstate.edu. -- Thanks and Regards Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo Central Library, INDEST - AICTE Consortium Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION : NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LIBRARY 2.0
by jiban＠isical.ac.in 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Dear professional colleagues, A three-day Workshop on Library 2.0 (NATWOL2) is to be organized by the Indian Statistical Institute Library (Kolkata) in collaboration with North Eastern Hill University (Shillong); which will be held at NEHU campus, during March 7 to 9, 2011. A maximum number of 20 participants (only from north-eastern region of India) will be taken for the workshop on first-come-first-serve basis. No fees will be charged for registration, accommodation, etc. to attend the Workshop. Therefore, the professional colleagues belonging to north-eastern states of India may register for the workshop. Further details, please visit at: http://www.isical.ac.in/~Natwol2 (Jiban K Pal) Library, Documentation & Info. Sc. Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata E-mail: jiban(a)isical.ac.in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote: The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity... (Thomas Henry Huxley) This mail is scanned by Ironport -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [oadl] Fwd: Urgent: Librarians' help needed to legalize parallel imports
by Subbiah Arunachalam 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:52 PM Subject: Urgent: Librarians' help needed to legalize parallel imports To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Subject: [oadl] Fwd: Urgent: Librarians' help needed to legalize parallel imports Dear Prof. Arunachalam, Krithika, and Gopa, Could you please circulate this amongst all the librarians and library associations that you know, and if possible follow up with them? I was told that we can also circulate this among the Koha, the LIS India and the LibTech mailing lists. Thanks. Regards, Pranesh ===== Dear all, Among the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act is a proposal to legalize parallel importation of books into India. This provision is now under threat because a publishers association convinced the HRD Minister (Kapil Sibal, who is in charge of copyright law) that no one is calling for parallel importation. The Copyright Office told me that we need to get in touch with the Minister by today if parallel importation is to be considered. Could you ask whichever libraries and library organizations you know to send in letters to the Minister today itself? I have attached a letter that could serve as a template. # What is Parallel Importation? Parallel importation allows books that are (legally) bought overseas to be imported into India without asking the copyright owners permission. Without parallel importation being allowed, purchases made by libraries from foreign sellers (for instance on the Internet) are rendered illegal. International organizations like the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL), and Consumers International all support parallel importation, especially in developing countries. # What can be done to safeguard parallel importation? E-mail: Mr. Kapil Sibal: hrm(a)nic.in BCC: pranesh(a)cis-india.org (so that he can quote them when he speaks to journalists). You can fax the letter to: +91 11 23382365 To call him at his office numbers: +91 11 23782698 +91 11 23782387 And to follow it up with a letter sent by registered post to: Kapil Sibal Minister for Human Resource Development Room No 301 Shastri Bhawan Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi - 110 001 If they need help, I have written more extensively about why we need parallel importation here: http://goo.gl/7MiMf Pranesh can be contacted at: +91 9916158217. -- Pranesh Prakash Programme Manager Centre for Internet and Society W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles Request
by Harish Y S 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Dear all Please do favour to send following article as it is required by our research scholar. Details are given below 1. TITLE - TOOL WEAR STUDIES ON ALUMINIUM MATRIX HYBRID COMPOSITES AUTHOR - L KRISHNAMURTHY, D ABDUL BUDAN, BK SRIDHARA, ETAL. JOURNAL - International Journal for Manufacturing Science and Technology, vol11 (1) 2009 Page 5-10 2. TITLE - TOOL WEAR STUDIES ON ALUMINIUM MATRIX HYBRID COMPOSITES AUTHOR - L KRISHNAMURTHY, D ABDUL BUDAN, BK SRIDHARA, ETAL. JOURNAL -JOURNAL OF FUTURE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,Vol.1 (1) 2009 Page 26-32 -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conversion from Microfilm to DVD
by Sriram V 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Dear friends, Our library has a large collection of Microfilms. Since the media is outdated, and the support for maintenance of its readers are not easily available, we wish to convert them to DVD. I would like to get the contact details of companies who can provide the conversion. If anyone is having the details please provide me the same and also your share your experience about the conversion and its outcome. Thanks and Regards, V. Sriram Chief Librarian, K N Raj Library Centre For Development Studies Prasanth Nagar, Ulloor Thiruvananthapuram - 695011. India P +91 471 2448881-4, C +91 94472 51892 E-mail: sriram(a)cds.ac.in Web: www.cds.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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