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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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Kerala Govt granted duty leave from 14-16 July to the participants of KLA National seminar 2011
by faisal sl 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

KERALA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (KLA) National Seminar on CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES New Vistas for Harnessing Information Dates:14-16 July 2011 Venue: Padmam Auditorium Institute of Management in Government (IMG) Thiruvananthapuram – 695 033 ************************************************************************************************************** Kerala Govt granted duty leave from 14-16 July to the participants of KLA National seminar 2011 ************************************************************************************************************** Download the order from the link given below. http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/govt-granted-duty-le… ************************************************************************************************************** FACETS OF THE THEME OF THE SEMINAR  Knowledge Management : New Dimensions  Document Management  Preservation Strategies  Web / Portal Content Management  Enterprise Content Management  Open Access Initiatives / Learning Object Repositories /Institutional Repositories  Digital Learning Systems  Online Learning and Course Management Systems  From Web 2.0 to Library 2.0  Delivery Methods  Info Marketing  Aggregators & Integrators  Case Studies  Tools, Techniques & Devices  Security Technologies  Application in various Information Systems including :  Public Libraries  Academic Libraries  S & T / R & D Institutional Libraries  Corporate Sector Libraries  Media Libraries  CMS Administration & Librarians : Fusion  HR Development  Education  Training In addition, the Seminar will also have a Vendor Session focusing on Tools & Techniques and Products & Services. A Panel Discussion & the Concluding Session are expected to help consolidate the deliberations and plot specific guidelines for practicing professionals. REGISTRATION General : Rs. 1000.00 Concession Rate for KLA Life Members & Students : Rs. 750.00 Download the registration form: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/registration/ Accommodation details: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/accomodation/ FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SEMINAR UPDATES, http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com/ http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ QUICK REFERENCE Mr.K.P. Sadasivan, General Convener & President, KLA, Mob. 919447903282 Dr. A. Gopikuttan , Joint General Convener & Vice President, KLA, Mob. 919446428163 Dr. P. K. Suresh Kumar, Joint Convener & General Secretary, KLA, Mob.919495718460 ********************** Posted by, S.L.Faisal Convener (Publicity) KLA National Seminar 2011 slfaizal at gmail.com/ 919447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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2 Million ebooks on a single platform
by Soji Mathew 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Informatics (India) Limited headquartered in Bangalore with 12 office locations across India is pleased to introduce to the information seeking community, World E-Book Library (WEL) - a platform hosting more than 2 million e-books. For just US$ 2 per user per year, your students, faculty, researcher and staff will have unlimited access to over 2 Million eBooks. This collection of books includes hundreds of thousands of the most popular books of all time, and in a variety of subjects, such as: Language Arts, Math, History, Political Science, Physics, Medicine Biology, etc. These titles have been scanned from their originals and digitally re-mastered to enhance the reading experience. All of the eBooks are in PDF file format, and all of the Audio eBooks are in MP3 file format. These formats have been specially designed to be cross platform compatible with all PCs, Laptops, PDAs, iPad/iPods, eReaders, or Smartphones. With the eBook Library's MARC21 and MARCXML records libraries can easily import all of WEL's 2,000,000+ eBooks and ePublications to your library's OPAC. Your library's patrons may download all the eBooks they could ever read in a lifetime and keep them forever. Unlike other eBook subscription services, WPL eBooks never expire and your users have access to much more new content year on year on every renewal. World E-book Library free trial for 14 days is available through Informatics site after you register yourself as a new user on the following link - http://www.informindia.co.in/iil_index.asp. You will get your login ID and password the next day. Let us know if you need any further information on subscription of the above platform. For any further details, please contact the undersigned at soji(a)informindia.co.in Regards, Soji Mathew | Sales & Marketing Administrator | Informatics (India) Limited | 194, R. V. Road, Basavanagudi | Bangalore - 560004, India | www.informindia.co.in <http://www.informindia.co.in/> | Phone: +91 80 4038 7777 Extn: 1013 | Fax: +91 80 4038 7600 | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access book
by Anil Kumar 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Dear All I am glad to inform you that a four volume work on LIVELIHOOD AUGMENTATION IN RAINFED AREAS has been recently published and is available as open access. The volumes are: * Strategies Based on Natural Resource Management. Removal of poverty and hunger is the first of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations. About 400 million rural poor reside in about 200 poorest districts of the country that constitute rainfed areas. * Entrepreneurial Strategies for Augmenting Rural Livelihoods. With the Green Revolution areas showing signs of fatigue, and public investments in rainfed regions not yielding the desired results, Indian agriculture once again finds itself at the crossroads. The crisis of productivity in agriculture is linked to an impending crisis of food security, reminiscent of the PL-480 days, prior to the Green Revolution. * Catching the Virtual Bus : ICT for Augmenting Rural Livelihoods. guidelines of April 2008, as guiding principles for implementing the programme. The new guidelines give due recognition to the need for improving rural livelihoods through participatory watershed development, with the focus on integrated farming systems for enhancing income, productivity and livelihood security in a sustainable manner. * Creating Social Capital for Livelihood Interventions If one looks at the overall agricultural pattern across the country, almost 85 million ha, that is, about 60% of the 142 million ha of cultivable land is under rainfed conditions. These make a significant contribution to the production of pulses, oil seeds and cereals in the country. Public investment in irrigation has steadily declined. In addition, even if the entire irrigation potential of the country is developed, 50% of the arable land is likely to remain rainfed. There is, therefore, an urgent need to give attention to improving the agricultural productivity and diversifying the economy of these areas. You can download the work from:http://www.dscindia.org/publications.htm Best wishes Anil H. Anil Kumar Librarian Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380 015 Ph: (079) 66324987 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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workshop on Koha
by seema 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Dear all professionals It is pleased to announce 2 days workshop on KOHA OSS at Indian Institute of cost and Management Studies and Research(IndSearch) on 15th and 16th July 2011 between 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Seema Digrajkar Asst. Librarian IndSearch Pune Outline & Registration Form, Text Box: Registration Fee Rs. 1000/- The Registration Fee includes:- Workshop Kit on CD-ROM Working Lunch/Tea/Breakfast Timmings: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Last Date for Registration : 10th July, 2011 No Accommodation will be provided during workshop A Demand Draft drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour of "Director, INDSEARCH, Pune " payable at Pune must reach at the following address:- Ms. Seema Digrajkar Assistant Librarian Indsearch Library Pune. Email:usseema@gmail.com Phone:9225578167 Text Box: Registration Form Name: Dr./Mr./Ms. ________________________________________________ (Surname) (First Name) (Middle Name) Designation:___________________________________ Qualification:__________________________________ Address: City: _____________ State:_______________________ Pin: ___________________________________________ Telephone : Office :____________________________ Residence :___________________________ Mobile :_______________________________ E-Mail :_______________________________________ Detail of Payment : Amount Rs.___________________________________ DD No._________________Date:_________________ Drawn on Bank : _______________________________________________ Signature Workshop on Koha Open-Source Integrated Library Management Software Text Box: 15th July -16th July 2011 Venue INDSEARCH Library Law college Road Campus Email:usseema@gmail.com Ph Phone: 9225578167 Text Box: About Workshop INDSEARCH Pune is pleased to announce a workshop on " Koha" an Integrated Library Management Software from 15th - 16th July 2011. The purpose of the workshop is to familiarize participants with the Koha software which is an open source software, developed by Katipo Communications, New Zealand. The training provides the technical know-how to the participants from the installation, customization, backup /restore, upgrade as well as running various modules of the software. Text Box: About Koha Koha is a full-featured open-source integrated library system developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January 2000, for Horowhenua Library Trust. It is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. Software supports all modules of Library Management System such as Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control and Web based OPAC. The software is UNICODE compliant. It runs on any operating system such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. The software is easy to install, upgrade and is distributed under the General Public License (GPL). Software is built using library standards and protocols to ensure interoperability with other systems and technologies and provide a platform-independent solution. The workshop will cover latest module installation and configuration of Koha. Koha has been widely all over the world and in India many libraries are switching over to Koha from proprietary software available with them. Text Box: Workshop Contents * Introduction to Linux Operating System * Introduction to LiveCD and Installation of LiveCD * Koha Introduction & Features Overview * Koha System Administration * Demonstration of all modules of Koha (Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Serial Control & OPAC) . MARC 21 Introduction . Koha backup/restore . Koha upgrade . OPAC CustomizationText Box: Workshop Faculty Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune & Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar Circular
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Seminar on A Comparison of Indexing Tools in Digital Libraries Abstract: Digital library is no more a new term to the world. Many digital library instances are live on web. Technological requirements of a DL depends on the characteristics of its collection and the requirements of the users. DL deals with documents in different formats , images and other multimedia materials etc. The most important point to be considered while choosing a DL software should be how it indexes, what it indexes and what search facilities it provide. As the DL collections are increasing day by day its necessary to evaluate the existing indexing and searching facilities provided by different DL packages. Efficient retrieval of information in DL depends on the back end process such as indexing, searching and ranking. Now DL developers have more choice in selecting the software as plenty of them are available as either free of cost or proprietary, This study is an attempt to compare the indexing and searching facilities provided by MGI, MG II and Lucene. Presenter : Anila S, Junior Research Fellow Venue : DRTC Classroom Date : 04/07/2011 Time : 2:00 pm All are cordially invited A. R. D. Prasad Seminar Coordinator -- 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 narayan ghosh 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Dear Sir/Madam, We are in need for the following two articles. If anyone holding the same and kindly send us reprints will be a great help. 1. Frontiers in Bio-science (Elite Ed). 2011 Jun 1;3: 1273-1288 2. Frontiers in Bio-science (Elite Ed). 2011 Jun 1;3: 1349-1364 Thanks in anticipation, Regards, Narayan C Ghosh Head Library & Documentation Division Indian Institute of Chemical Biology CSIR, Govt. of India 4, Raja Subodh Mullick Road, Kolkata - 700032 Phone: (033) 24995713/2473-3491/3493, Extn.713/769 Mobile: 09432248877 E-mail: ncghosh@iicb.res.in;librarian@iicb.res.in Web: www.iicb.res.in/library.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Two Day National Workshop jointly Organized KSIT, Bangalore & AKELPA on...
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear Moderator, Sorry for the cross posting. Please arrange to post this message in our Professional Forum Dear Sir/Madam, I am very happy to bring it to your kind notice that, K. S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore and AKELPA, Bangalore is going to organize two day National Workshop on "EMERGING TRENDS IN E-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND MADATORY LIBRARY STANDARDS” on 15th and 16th July 2011. This Seminar will enrich our professional knowledge & benefit for professional activities with respective libraries. Hence I request you all please attend the same and make the event a grand success as we all did in our previous AKELPA events. We look forward from your participation on 15th and 16th July 2011. Thanking you. With due regards Dr. K. R. Mulla, General Secretary, AKELPA. Ph: 9448031969 -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 6/29/2011 07:03:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC XXVIII All India Conference
by jeelani shah 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear Moderator, Kindly post the following information on LIS-Forum. With regards Ghulam Jeelani Shah Jr. Professional Assistant Library Innovation & Support Centre Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) has scheduled its 28th All India Conference to be held at University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Main theme of the conference is *Library Vision 2020*. *Important Dates:* Conference: * October 10-13, 2011* Submission of Papers: July 15, 2011 Acceptance of Papers: July 31, 2011 Last date of Registration: August 25, 2011 Full paper with abstract (within 500 words) not exceeding 2500 words should reach IASLIC office by 15th July, 2011. For further information, please contact: * * - Mr. Reyaz Rufai Organizing Secretary University Librarian Allama Iqbal Library University of Kashmir Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K email: *rufai(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in* - Dr. Abdul Majid Baba Joint Organizing Secretary Deputy University Librarian Allama Iqbal Library University of Kashmir Hazratbal, Srinagar, J&K email: *abmbaba(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in* * abmbaba(a)rediffmail.com* For downloading conference Brochure and Registration form, please visit University of Kashmir's website at http://www.kashmiruniversity.net/ You can also contact us at: *iaslic(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA Monthly Lectures Series - Talk on "LIS Profession: Quo Vadis?" by Prof. Shalini Urs on Tuesday 5th July 2011 at TCS, Bangalore.
by rajendrababu.hanumanthappa＠wipro.com 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Monthly Lecture Series. The sixth talk of the series has been scheduled on Tuesday 5th July 2011 @6.00pm at the following Address: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), SJM Towers, No.18, Seshadri Road, 6th Cross, Gandhinagar (Near Ananda Rao Circle) Bangalore - 560 009 Karnataka, India. Title: LIS Profession: Quo Vadis? Speaker: Dr. Shalini R. Urs, Executive Director and Professor, International School of Information Management (ISiM), University of Mysore, Mysore. Abstract: Quo Vadis! is a Latin phrase, meaning "Where are you going?". There are some professions, which are always in a state of flux and LIS is definitely one of them. Given the pervasive and invasive nature of impact of the Internet and the attendant evolving nature of everything in this society, it is but natural that a profession such as LIS which is intertwined with the world of information is at the cusp of things. For a pessimist, it could be the end of the road; for an optimist there is the promised pot of gold along the road; for a realist it is time for a reality check. It is time that the LIS profession studies the law of the land of information in all its ramifications and redefines and repositions to the changed scenario. The framework for the redefining process begins at the notion of information (content) and its use (consumption). The digital medium has wrought in transformative changes; one of them being "access" and the concomitant issues of "democratization" and "participation". This talk will throw more questions than answers. One fundamental question this talk will pose is- with the internet heralding the new golden age of access, what is the role of LIS profession, which has always prided itself as the bridge between "content" and the "consumer?" The second pertinent question is about the social nature of the profession. Social networking is happening online riding the bandwagon of with the web 2.0 technologies. What can the LIS profession do? Can we reclaim or do we reposition? What are our choices? These are some of the questions, the talk will ponder over. About the Speaker: Prof. Shalini R Urs has been a faculty at the University of Mysore, since the last 32 years. She has done her Bachelor's degree is in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics; Master's degree is in Library and Information Sciences, and post graduate diploma in computer applications. Her doctoral research on 'relevance' in information retrieval brought out the strong correlations between cognitive sciences and information science. As Executive Director of ISiM, She is currently working towards making ISiM a world class educational enterprise in collaboration with University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, University of Michigan in USA and Dalhousie University in Canada and through strong linkages with industry majors such as Google, Microsoft, InfoSys, Rediff.com and others. She has initiated an annual International Summit series called InfoVision (www.infovision.org.in <http://www.infovision.org.in/> ). She has spearheaded the digital library movement in India, through various academic endeavors such as organizing major international conferences, workshops, meetings and carrying out R & D projects. She was a visiting professor at the DRTC, ISI, Bangalore during 1998 and 1999. She was a Fulbright scholar and visiting professor at Virginia Tech, USA during 2000-2001 and taught a course on digital libraries at Virginia Tech, along with Prof. Edward A. Fox. Her major accomplishments include - the Vidyanidhi Digital Library project (www.vidyanidhi.org.in <http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/> ), which is one of the internationally known Indian digital libraries initiative. She is a member of many high level committees and organizations including the National Knowledge Commission's subcommittee on libraries, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's Working Group on Digital Libraries and also a member of the Steering Committee of the Working Group on National Digital Preservation Programme. Currently she is the Vice-Chair and Chair elect of the Steering Committee of the Asian Digital Libraries. She has been successful in mobilizing enormous resources totaling about Rs. 5 crores for various initiatives including R & D Projects, Workshops, and Training Programmes. She published over 100 research papers. Along with Ed Fox, She has have authored the review paper on digital libraries published in the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology published by the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Prof. Shalini's areas of research interests include - Digital libraries; Social networks and Research collaborations; Topic Maps, Ontologies and Semantic web; Text mining and data analytics; OCR and Natural Language Processing. --------- Please confirm your participation as we need to make arrangements for your entry. RSVP: Raghavendra Patil (Mob: 9900606332, e-mail: raghav.patil(a)tcs.com <mailto:raghav.patil@tcs.com> ) & Anuradha (080-67246007, e-mail: anuradha.a(a)tcs.com <mailto:anuradha.a@tcs.com> ). Thanks and Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). Regards, Rajnedra Babu H Consulting Manager Talent Transformation Wipro Technologies, EC-1, Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore - 560100. 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