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Request for information
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Dear Professionals Are there any standards / guidelines / performance indicators / best practices for special libraries in India? I will be grateful if anyone provide some inputs. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi, Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Accession number in SOUL
by Vimal Kumar 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Dear Friends, In which tag SOUL version 1 stores Accession Number? 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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National Conference at Annamalai University
by suruli nathi 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Dear Professionals, The Faculty of Engineering & Technology Library is going to organize a two day national conference on *desiging a digital Library using open source software during July 29 *- 30, 2011. We are looking forward your presence to this conference and please contribute research articles (original Study) of your interest in any of the sub themes mentioned below. *ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS* *On* *“**Design And Development Of Digital Library Using Open Source Software**”* ** *July 29 - 30, 2011*** *ORGANISOR :** Faculty of Engineering & Technology Library* * **Annamalai** University* *Important Dates * * * *Last Date for Paper Submission : 20- 06- 2011* *Acceptance of paper - Intimation to authors : 24- 06- 2011* *Final / Fair Copy : 29- 06- 2011* *SUB **THEMES* * *Digital Library : Over view and Design* * *Open Source Software – Types * ** Copy Right and Content Creation* ** Professional Skill and Competencies in the Digital Era* * * *REGISTRATION * Faculty/ Librarians/ Library professionals : Rs. 400.00 Local Participants / Research Scholars : Rs 250. 00 Students : Rs. 200.00 *For Submissions of Papers / Accomodation * *Dr A. Manimekalai, Organising Secretary* Assistant Librarian & Head, Faculty of Engineering & Technology Library Annamalai University, Annamalainagar- 608 002. Email: amanimekalai.au(a)gmail.com, Mobile: 9443568782 Phone : 04144- 239175( Off), 04144- 228230 ® -- With regards M. Surulinathi M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., (Ph.D), PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Librarian Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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libraries=educational institutions
by Mailing List Admin 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:07:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Prof. N. Laxman Rao. <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> New York Court Declares That Libraries Are Educational InstitutionsBy Michael Kelley�Jun 2, 2011� In a decision being hailed by librarians in New York, the�Supreme Court of Suffolk County�has ruled that libraries are educational institutions. The decision places libraries squarely on the same privileged level as schools and churches when it comes to zoning disputes and may also position them advantageously for future budget battles. The court�declared�on May 17 that the East Hampton Library is entitled to expand its children's area without being subject to an environmental review that the local zoning board had been insisting upon. Chartered libraries such as East Hampton "are, indeed, educational uses and as such, serve the same inherently beneficial effects on the community as do schools," and are, therefore, entitled to "the same deferential treatment in zoning and like matters that are accorded to schools and religious institutions," the ruling reads. Ruling might make lawmakers think differently "This decision recognizes that libraries are not cultural amenities. They are educational institutions and are an essential public service," said Michael Borges, the executive director of the New York Library Association (NYLA). NYLA filed an amicus brief in the case as did�The Suffolk Cooperative Library System, the�Library Trustees Association of New York, and the�Long Island Library Resource Council. "This sets us up nicely to work with state policy makers to get them to recognize that libraries deserve the same type of support and recognition that schools get," Borges said. "It recognizes libraries as educational institutions and librarians as educators." Mary Ellen O'Connor, the president of the Library Trustees Association of New York, agreed that the ruling may enhance the value of libraries in the eyes of lawmakers. "I was very happy that the decision ran in favor of the library because we are so undervalued in New York, and you can see that from the amount of money that gets cut from libraries every year by the legislature. So, it's a very good first step in really trying to get people to think differently about libraries," she said. "We always say everybody loves the library, and they do, but loving it is one thing and understanding the education component of libraries is another thing," O'Connor said. "This decision brings peoples awareness level up so that they understand that education takes places in libraries, and I think if people understand the educational element of libraries that would definitely help at budget time," she said. Since the decision is only by one of New York's supreme courts (there is a supreme court in each of New York's 62 counties) and not a federal court, Borges does not think the ruling will have implications beyond New York, but it, nonetheless, has a particular resonance because of growing�efforts�in places such as Los Angeles to redefine the role of librarians as something less than an educator. "I don't think there have been a lot of court cases about the definition of libraries as an educational institution in the last ten or 20 years," said Dennis Fabiszak, the director of the East Hampton Library. "Either nobody has challenged it, or, with shrinking library budgets, libraries that have been put into a bad situation didn't have the resources to carry a dispute through to the end," he said. Other libraries won't have to go through same fight In East Hampton's case, the eight-year battle with the village's Zoning Board of Appeals cost nearly a half million dollars to fight, paid for through donations, Fabiszak said. The zoning board had refused in July 2010 to grant two variances and a permit for the expansion project, and it asserted that the library was subject to its jurisdiction because while it "may well be, for some purposes, defined and treated in the law as an educational institution, it should not be considered as such for zoning purposes nor under�SEQRA�[the state's environmental law]." The library argued that its status as an institution chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York entitled it to "the deferential treatment with respect to zoning requirements that educational and religious institutions have long enjoyed." The court backed the library, saying it was chartered by the Board of Regents, thus ensuring that it is "accorded not-for-profit educational corporation status under�Education Law 216-a." The court noted that "in addition to providing traditional library resources, it offers numerous instructional programs, classes, lectures and lessons, all of which are, unequivocally, educational in nature." "The judge said it perfectly: libraries are an inherent public good," said Kevin Verbesey director of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System. "It will save other libraries from having to go through this process," he said. The decision will apply to all�756 public libraries�in the state, as well as the state's 355 association libraries, all of which are chartered by the Board of Regents. They all are public libraries, but anassociation library�is created by a membership association, while a public library is created by a municipality or the state legislature. The 6800-square-foot expansion will now proceed since the village will not appeal the decision. "Clarifying that the library is an educational institution makes it clear that libraries are exempt from the environmental law of New York if they are doing an expansion of less than 10,000 feet," Fabiszak said. "The fact that no other library will have to go through this process is very important," he said. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Calculating RoI from Libraries
by G Mahesh 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Measuring monetary value of libraries has been a challenge. Recently, the Massachusetts Library Association has created a ROI calculator that allows a library user to determine how much is saved by using the library. One can check out the ROI calculator at http://www.ilovelibraries.org/getinformed/getinvolved/calculator.cfm G. Mahesh NISCAIR ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: 3rd Kala Nidhi Lecture Series and Outreach Programme 8th June 2011 at 3.00 pm at IGNCA
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS cordially invites you to the 3rd Kala Nidhi Lecture Series and Outreach Programme on A Study of Sir William Jones Works: >From IGNCA- Kala Nidhi Reference Library Rare Collections by Ms. Seema Chopra Freelance Journalist On the Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 3.00 PM at Lecture Hall, IGNCA Kala Nidhi Building (Ground Floor) 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi-110001 Dr (Mrs) Paramjeet K. Walia Headof Department of Library and Information Science University of Delhi Will preside over About the topic: Sir William Jones, British Orientalist and jurist who did much to encourage interest in Oriental studies in the West. He studied at Harrow and University College, Oxford (1764-68), and learned 28 languages, such as Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and Persian. His works includes, Grammar of the Persian Language and a translation of seven famous pre-Islamic Arabic odes. In 1783 he was knighted and sailed for Calcutta as judge of the Supreme Court. He founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Asiatic Society in Calcutta in 1784. In his 1786 presidential discourse to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta he postulated the common ancestry of Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek. His findings provided the impetus for the development of comparative linguistics in the early 19th century. He wrote on the local laws, music, literature, botany, and geography, and made the first English translations of several important works of Indian literature. In 1789 he was the first to translate the Abhijñanasakuntalam, an Indian play (written in a mix of Sanskrit and Prakrit) into a Western language under the title of Sacontalá or The Fatal Ring; An Indian Drama by Cálidás (Kalidasa). He encouraged his colleague Charles Wilkins to make the first translation of the Bhagavad Gita into English. Kala Nidhi serves as a major cultural information/knowledge resource hub to support research objectives and the technical information needs of other units of IGNCA. The reference library has an array of primary and secondary material in the broad areas of humanities and the arts. Many scholars have got benefited from the rich resource of IGNCA. This lecture is an effort to bring to fore the researches and academicians in the field through their literary contributions. The present lecture traverses the literary journey of Sir William Jones as gleaned from the six volumes of the complete works of Sir William Jones. The six volumes not only apprise but also acquaint one with the ancient cultures of India, which by the efforts of Sir William Jones drew the attention of west towards the oriental studies. The discourses of Sir William Jones in the published volumes through ample light not only on the Indian mythology and beliefs but vis-à-vis there is a comparative study with that of East Asia, West Asia and Graco-Roman civilizations. One of his essays gives a chronological table of the kings and rulers of ancient India. The essays on the Indian calendar of festivals, mystical poetry, and account of Mughal kings are equally interesting. Sir William Jones was overwhelmed with the richness and development of Indian literary Treasure that he remarked that it was the East which held the secrets of early history and civilization of man. About the speaker: Ms. Seema Chopra is Graduate in Economics and Maths, Diploma holder in Journalism and Textile Designing from Delhi University. She started her career Freelance Journalist. A member of InSA- Indian society for authors. She has been writing columns on Travel and Indian culture since 1988 for various national and regional newspapers. She has also contributed papers in national and international journals. Presently she is doing research on forms of Ram Kathas in India, statewise, published in a weekly column in Punjab-Kesri and Dainik Jagran. Also reviewing the Rare Books in Kalanidhi in the IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts), Mansingh Road, New Delhi. She is Trustee and Member of advisory board of many organizations related to women and child welfare. ******************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous Trust under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 11 Man Singh Road, New Delhi-110001 Phone: 91-11-23388333, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-23385884 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur(a)ignca.nic.in; rcgaur(a)bol.net.in ramesh.gaur(a)fulbrightmail.org http://www.ignca.nic.in/PDF_data/Profile_Dr_RC_Gaur.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KLA National Seminar on Content Management: Registration and Call for papers
by faisal sl 07 Jun '11

07 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 OBJECTIVES The rapid developments in the range and scope of CM Systems call for a systematic mapping and review, so as to optimize choice of more productive options. Within this framework, the major objectives of the Seminar have been formulated as: **To assess the status and examine the new trends in the information transfer processes in libraries with a view to ensure better deliverables through effective Content Management. **To help develop novel strategies for the efficient management of information in all its ramificationsâ€“ traditional or digital, ensuring best practices to capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver. 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 A Panel Discussion & the Concluding Session are expected to help consolidate the deliberations and plot specific guidelines for practicing professionals. SESSIONS Sessions : Inaugural Session Business Sessions Valedictory Function Features : Keynote Address Invited Lectures / Lead Papers for every Session Poster Presentations Product Presentations Best Paper Awards (Excluding Invited Lectures) Release of Souvenir REGISTRATION FEE General : Rs. 1000.00 Concession Rate for KLA Life Members & Students : Rs. 750.00 SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AUTHOR GUIDELINES The Abstract and Paper should confirm the following guidelines: They should be double-spaced, A4 page size, 12 point font size, Times New Roman/Arial font type, 1 inch margin on top and bottom, in Word format. All illustrations, figures, and tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points,with numbers and captions. Word limit Abstract: 250-300 words Paper: 2500-3000 words The Conference paper should consists of: Title of the paper, Name(s) of author/s, their Institution, city and E-mail id. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another conference for consideration. Those who are desirous of submitting Papers for Presentation may forward the same in two versions (Print & Soft copy) as under : (a) Soft copy as e-mail attachment to: kps31147(a)yahoo.com /kps31147new(a)gmail.com & (b) Print version to : The General Convener,KLA National Seminar-2011, Kerala Library Association, 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana P.O., Thiruvananthapuram– 695 002 For more details and seminar updates: http://klanationalseminar2011.wordpress.com KLA Website: http://www.keralalibraryassociation.org/ *********************************************************** Posted by S.L.Faisal Convener (Publicity) KLA National Seminar 2011 E-mail: slfaizal(a)gmail.com Mob:09447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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announcement on new media technologies workshop
by kiran＠cseindia.org 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

This workshop on “new media technologies for strategic communication” will be useful to digital librarians and information professionals with goals to innovate. Workshop details at http://www.cseindia.org/content/e-outreach-new-media-technologies-advocacy-… Last date for applying – June 20, 2011. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JASIST & Bulletin TOCs and Webinars from ASIS&T
by atanu 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

[This email was posted on ASIST-announce list and is edited for this forum. If you intend to consult any paper(s) from these publications, please send an email to atanu at computer.org.] June JASIST TOC and June/July BULLETIN TOC are below. This issue of JASIST includes the first “Advances in Information Science,” the series that was established as the successor to the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Miles Efron contributes an authoritative overview of problems raised in the emerging field of microblog information retrieval, identifying the most significant challenges that face designers of search engines for microblog environments. - - - WEBINARS ASIST has offered are at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/. Many are free for ASIS&T members, others have a minimal charge. Several topics suggested in a recent survey are available. At the same site is a free video of the first ASIS&T Lecture series, From Intervention Informatics to Prevention Informatics presented by Dr. Sherrilynne Fuller, hosted by the University of Kentucky - - - [To access JASIST, Bulletin or Proceedings in the ASIS&T Digital Library, log in to the ASISAT site as a member, the continue to the DL after clicking OK on the welcome screen] - - - BULLETIN, June/July 2011, Vol. 37, No. 5 http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html Full Text: PDF http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-11/Bulletin_JunJul11_Final.pdf (Size: 6.3mb) SPECIAL SECTION: Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) RDAP RDAP2: First Impressions by Joseph Hourclé RDAP2: Session by Session by Joseph Hourclé Counterpoint | RDAP2: Need for IA and LIS Expertise a Noticeable Theme by Melissa Weaver FEATURES Opinion | Whose Role Is It Anyway?: A Library Practitioner's Appraisal of the Digital Data Deluge by Marisa L. Ramirez Has the Revolution in Scholarly Communication Lived Up to Its Promise? by Trudi Bellardo Hahn, Mariann Burright and Heidi Nickisch Duggan Embracing Lossy: Sacrificing Metadata to Gain Agility by James Powell, Tamara M. McMahon and Linn Collins 2010, Year of Cataloging Research in Review by Jimmie Lundgren Data, Information, Knowledge: The Emerging Field of Health Informatics by Prudence W. Dalrymple Information Overload, Reloaded by Nathaniel Davis COLUMNS Opinion Information Science as Knowledge Translation by Alex Garnett DEPARTMENTS President's Page by Linda C. Smith Editor's Desktop by Irene Travis Inside ASIS&T - - - JASIST Current Volume Volume 62 Issue 6 (June 2011) Editorial Advances in Information Science (page 995). Jonathan Furner Advances in Information Science Information search and retrieval in microblogs (pages 996–1008), Miles Efron Research Articles Decision criteria in digital preservation: What to measure and how (pages 1009–1028), Christoph Becker and Andreas Rauber Affiliation disambiguation for constructing semantic digital libraries (pages 1029–1041), Yong Jiang, Hai-Tao Zheng, Xinmin Wang, Binggan Lu and Kaihua Wu A material history of bits (pages 1042–1057), Jean-François Blanchette The nature of historical representation on Wikipedia: Dominant or alterative historiography? (pages 1058–1065), Brendan Luyt Understanding the effect of social networks on user behaviors in community-driven knowledge services (pages 1066–1074), Minhyung Kang, Byoungsoo Kim, Peter Gloor and Gee-Woo Bock Social media and migration: Virtual community 2.0 (pages 1075–1086), Lee Komito A context-based investigation into source use by information seekers (pages 1087–1104), Naresh Kumar Agarwal, Yunjie (Calvin) Xu and Danny C.C. Poo Multinationals on the web: Cultural similarities and differences in English-language and Chinese-language website designs (pages 1105–1117), Hui-Jung Chang Variations between subjects in the extent to which the social sciences have become more interdisciplinary (pages 1118–1129), Jonathan M. Levitt, Mike Thelwall and Charles Oppenheim Open access and Scopus: A new approach to scientific visibility from the standpoint of access (pages 1130–1145), Sandra Miguel, Zaida Chinchilla-Rodriguez and Félix de Moya-Anegón How to evaluate universities in terms of their relative citation impacts: Fractional counting of citations and the normalization of differences among disciplines (pages 1146–1155), Loet Leydesdorff and Jung C. Shin Inequality of publishing performance and international collaboration in physics (pages 1156–1165), Mu-Hsuan Huang, Muh-Chyun Tang and Dar-Zen Chen Determining inventor status and its effect on knowledge diffusion: A study on nanotechnology literature from China, Russia, and India (pages 1166–1176), Xuan Liu, Siddharth Kaza, Pengzhu Zhang and Hsinchun Chen Re-ranking question search results by clustering questions (pages 1177–1187), Yunbo Cao, Huizhong Duan, Chin-Yew Lin and Yong Yu Discovering latent topical structure by second-order similarity analysis (pages 1188–1207), Timothy Cribbin Brief Communications A theoretical approach to the unification of informetric models by wave-heat equations (pages 1208–1211), Fred Y. Ye Atlas of Science: Visualizing What We Know (pages 1212–1213), Diane Rasmussen Neal __________________ Richard B. Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology rhill(a)asis.org (301) 495-0900 rhill(a)asis.org ASIS&T 74th Annual Meeting: October 9-13, 2012 New Orleans Marriott New Orleans, LA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library & GIS Software
by dkshastri 06 Jun '11

06 Jun '11

Hello, Sir/Madam, I have a query, regarding application of GIS (Geographical Information System) Software in Library, Which Commercial/ Free/ or Open Source GIS Software is Suitable or even is used for Research, or Experiment purpose in Library ? Thank You >From Devashri Shastri Librarian Aadharshila Knowledge Valley. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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