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

Indian scientist is Top1 in in the field of Microbiology
by srinivas rao 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Indian scientist is Top1 in in the field of Microbiology thomson Reuters ranked Dr. G. Balakrish Nair as a highly cited author in the field of cholera. He has contributed to 137 papers that have received 2,197 citations in the past decade, which ranks him at #1 by number of papers and #3 by total cites. He is also in the top 1% of scientists in the field of Microbiology in Essential Science IndicatorsSM Source:-http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/cholera/11marSTcholNair/ Srinivasa Rao Ganta Librarian Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Questio Papers of Engineering mechanics Pune Univ.
by Mohan Kulkarni 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

One of our faculty has asked for Question papers of subject Engineering Mechanics of April 2010, December 2010, December 2009. All First Year Engineering Pune University. If possible please scan those papers and mail me. In Nashik this Faculty has hunted for a long time but unable to get it. He requested to get it from somewhere. I will be thankful if somebody will send me those papers. Thank you. -- From- Mohan Kulkarni kulkarnimohan(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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world book day and e-reading
by jasim s 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

details of WBD and e-reading can be had from http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/03/world-book-day-teenagers <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/03/world-book-day-teenagers>about WBD http://www.worldbookday.com/about_world_book_day.asp -- Jasimudeen.s MG University Library Kottayam *Life is like a book:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is" * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please let me know whether SCI of Thompson is the only source in the world for citation analysis or any other similar source available thanking you yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Continuing Education and Training Program on HELINET at RGUHS
by thimmappa naik 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Three days Continuing Education and Training Program to all the Librarians of affiliated colleges on HELINET Resources and Access updates for the year 2011 at RGUHS to be held during 08-10, March 2011. Librarians of Medical, Dental & AYUSH Colleges- Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Librarians of Pharmacy, Physiotherapy & Paramedical Colleges - Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Librarians of Nursing Colleges - Thursday, March 10, 2011 10.00 am to 5.30 pm Venue: Dhanvanthri Hall, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 4th ‘T’ Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore - 560 041. For Further details contact 080-26961943 regards Thimmappa N. MLISc, PGDHL Bengaluru thimmappa03(a)yahoo.com/ softeyest(a)gmail.com "The Illiterate of the present is not one who cannot read & write, but the one who cannot learn, unlearn, relearn” "Read an eBook, Save a Tree; Buy an eBook Reader, Save a Forest" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide information on the following in the context of violation of publishers' copyrights 1. making available on the web the full-text of journal articles (latest as well as previous ones) published by the Scientists of our Institute Thanking you Yours sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request for information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

dear colleagues please provide information on the following: 1. any institute, other than NISCAIR, in India providing Citation Analysis Service 2. a publication on "Chemistry" brought out recently by IISc, Bangalore, whether priced or free thanking you Sincerely T.Shanmuganathan Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, m:99944-61172 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA)
by Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Moderator, Please post the following news item at LIS-Forum: Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA) is the only comprehensive abstracting journal which covers the literature on Library and Information Science (LIS) produced in India. It is published by the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Kolkata, India. Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA), Vols. 34—39, 2000—2005 has been published. It contains 3139 bibliographical entries along with the abstracts of the literature on different facets of Library and Information Science produced in India during the period 2000—2005. Compilation work of ILSA Vols. 40—44, 2006—2010 is in progress and we will be in a position to publish it by December, 2011. IASLIC has already taken initiatives to reduce the time-lag of the publication of ILSA. It is hoped that ILSA will maintain the time schedule in its publication from vol. 45, 2011. Because of the growth of LIS literature in India it became a herculean task to collect and collate data for the publication of subsequent volumes ILSA in time. Different States of India have good number of LIS literature in regional languages to their credit. One important handicapped in respect of coverage of ILSA is the availability of data on the literature on LIS published in major regional languages of India, thus making it difficult to hold a proper control over these publications. Hence, we invite publishers of LIS literature, state library associations, members of the LIS_FORUM, and individual LIS professionals to furnish data on the literature on LIS published in regional languages either to Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel, Editor, ILSA, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054. Copy of the Indian Library Science Abstracts (ILSA), Vols. 34—39, 2000—2005 (Price: Rs. 2,500.00; $ 300.00) can be obtained from the IASLIC by sending a Demand Draft/Cheque of Rs. 2,000.00 (after 20% discount of its price) to be drawn in favour of “IASLIC” payable at Kolkata. A collection charge of Rs. 50.00 should be added for outstation cheque. Sincerely, Professor Juran Krishna Sarkhel Editor, ILSA Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2011 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest
by atanu 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Please see the announcement below. [From: Shaheen Maqsood, posted on 25 January 2011 at IFLA-L list] Announcement of the 2011 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its eleventh competition for papers to be submitted for the 2011 Annual Meeting, which will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-12, 2011. (http://www.asis.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html) Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year’s paper contest is: "Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work". Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: 1. Intercultural Information Ethics: Critical reflection on the ethical challenges related to the global and cross-cultural production, storage, and distribution of information, as well as the ethical dimensions of the global development and implementation of information systems, infrastructures, and policies. 2. Information Behavior: Information needs, information seeking, information gaps and sensemaking in various contexts including work, interests or every-day life activities by individuals or groups. 3. Knowledge Organization: Indexing, index construction, indexing languages, thesaurus construction, terminology, classification of information in any form, tagging (expert, userbased, automatic), filtering, metadata, standards for metadata, information architecture. 4. Information Systems, Interactivity and Design: How people use and communicate with information systems; the design, use and evaluation of interactive information technologies and systems, including interfaces and algorithms; search and retrieval, browsing, visualization, personalization. 5. Information and Knowledge Management: Information and knowledge creation, transfer and use at the personal, group, organizational and societal levels. The management of the processes and systems that create, acquire, organize, store, distribute, and use information and/or knowledge. Selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Information Management. 6. Information Use: How people re-purpose existing knowledge from a variety of sources (scientific, humanities, news, family, friends, colleagues), forms (articles, books, video, audio, tweets), locations (work, home, in transit) and mediums (cell-phones, PDAs, digital libraries) to advance knowledge, solve problems, improve information literacy, and learn. 7. Information and Society: Economic, Political, Social Issues: Copyright issues, policies and laws; national and international information policies; privacy and security; economics of information, personal rights vs. freedom of information; surveillance; globalization and the flows of information; computerization movements; social informatics. Selection Criteria There will be up to six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including: Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy Islamabad), Johannes Britz (UW-Milwaukee), Maria Haigh (UW-Milwaukee), Hong Xu (University of Pittsburg), Catherine Johnson (Western Ontario), Anindita Paul (University of Missouri), and Borchuluun Yadamsuren (University of Missouri). The judging criteria will be based on: 1. Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem (originality of the project described, etc.) 2. Relevance to the paper contest theme 3. Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility & Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2007-2010 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-12, 2011. Style The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622845/authori… Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31, 2011, to Maqsood Shaheen at ShaheenMA(a)gmail.com, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments. Maqsood Shaheen Chair, Committee on International Paper Contest Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Email: ShaheenMA(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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Article request
by Swati Bhattacharyya 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Moderator, Please post this message on lis-forum: Hello All, I would request you to please let me know if your library has one or more of the following journals (years are indicatd against each title) in either print or electronic format. I need a few articles from these journals. 1. Newspaper Research Journal 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995 2. Journalism and Mass Communication 1995 3. Journalism Quarterly 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 4. Presstime 1996 5. Mass Communication and Society 2001 6. Journal of Communication 1983 7. Communication Research -1994 Thanks, Swati Bhattacharyya -------------------------------------------------- Librarian Indian Institute of Management Joka Diamond Harbor Road Calcutta - 700104 Phone: 091-33-24678300 Extn: 416 FAX: 091-33-2467-8062 Email: swati @iimcal.ac.in -------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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