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article request
by monisha mishra 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Dear All, Can anybody help me to get the full text of the following article? The details as follows: *1) Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Volume: 34; Issue: 4; Month: 8; Year: 2011; * Article:"The Effects of Increasing Doses of MK-467, a Peripheral alpha2-adrenergic Receptor Antagonist, on the Cardiopulmonary Effects of Intravenous Dexmedetomidine in Conscious Dogs" Author: J. M. Honkavaara; F. Restitutti; M. R. Raekallio; E. K. Kuusela; O. M. Vainio; *2)* *Pharmacological Reviews; * *Volume: 63; Issue: 3; Month: 9; Year: 2011; * Article: Regulators of G-Protein Signaling and Their Gα Substrates: Promises and Challenges in Their Use as Drug Discovery Targets Author: Adam J. Kimple; Dustin E. Bosch; Patrick M. Giguère; David P. Siderovski; regards -- *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC Sponsored One day National Seminar on "Post-Modernisation of Libraries:Challenges and Opportunities" at Thane
by Ajay Kamble 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

*Department of Library and Information Science* VIDYA PRASARAK MANDAL’S K. G. JOSHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & N. G. BEDEKAR COLLEGE OF COMMERCE THANE (W) is going to organise* UGC Sponsored ONE DAY NATIONAL SEMINAR ON * *Post-Modernisation of Libraries:Challenges and Opportunities* On *Friday, 25th November 2011* Venue Thorale Bajirao Peshawe Sabhagruha, “Jnanadweepa” , Thane College Campus, Chendani Bunder Road, Thane 400 601, (MS), India. *Papers are invited on the following topics* • Online Book Purchase • Assessment of the use of databases (e-books, e-journals) • Library Social Space • Changing face of consortia and aggregation activities • Human Resources Development to face the future • Information Literacy and optimizing the Use • Innovative Information Services • Proprietary Vs Open Source Movement and Libraries • Information Related Standards • Future of Digital Libraries • IPR issues and libraries • Application of Open Source Software in libraries • Any other topic relevant to the theme of the seminar *Instructions to the Authors* The papers should be based on experience and/or on some recorded applications of cutting-edge technologies in LIS. Authors are requested to send abstracts on any topic listed above. Abstracts, not exceeding 250 words, should be in MS-Word, version 2007. The text should be in Times New Roman with font size 12. Abstracts should reach before 1 September 2011. Authors will be informed about the acceptance of abstracts with some suggestions, if required, before 15 September 2011. Final paper, not exceeding 2000 words in MS-Word version 2007 [Times New Roman with font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing] should be sent before 1 October 2011. Decision of the Editorial Committee will be final regarding selection of papers. Abstracts and papers should be sent as attachment of e-mail to nbarse(a)gmail.com Please go to the link below for details of seminar and important dates about registration and paper submission http://www.vpmthane.org/Challenges%20and%20Opportunities.pdf With regards. -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib3.0.2
by Chidananda M 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Dear All Library Professionals: I am using NewGenLib3.0.2. It is easy to install & upgrade. Once it is installed successfully you will never get any problem in automation. You need not worry about data loss, struck while you working, etc. If any problems occur it will be immediately solved by the Software Developers. It fulfills all the needs of your library environment. It is now enriched by the following new features in the upgraded version. If anybody wants to automate your library you may better go for this. *Features:* 1. A major change in technologies used: NGL 3.0 uses Java 6.0, Apache Tomcat 6.0, Spring Framework, and Hibernate Framework. 2. For Bibliographic and Authority data searches NGL now uses Solr. Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. This makes your catalog searches very fast. 3. In Cataloging, you can now define your own data entry templates. We have already put a few frequently used templates. 4. You can define your own search indexes. 5. OPAC now displays Book covers, Google previews and is also integrated with Syndetics. 6. OPAC is Zotero compliant. 7. Mobile alerts: NGL can now be integrated to SMS gateways. Mobile alerts will be sent to user's mobiles at the time of check in and check out. *Functional modules present** * Technical Processing (Cataloging), Circulation, Acquisitions, Serials Management, Web OPAC, Reports and Administration. *How to install?* To install NGL 3.0.2 or to upgrade from your old version of NGL, download http://sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib/files/NewGenLib/version3.0.2U1/In… *Documentation* Install instructions: http://www.verussolutions.biz/kb/installationNew Update instructions for NGL 2.0: http://www.verussolutions.biz/kb/node/27 *Training** * Getting trained to use NGL is much simpler now. They have created videos and hosted them as tutorials at http://www.verussolutions.biz/kb These videos will explain you step-by-step to use various functionalities of NGL. More videos are going to be added shortly. *Migrate to NGL from a different ILS?* Are you planning to Migrate from any other ILS or excel sheets or CDSISIS. This service is free. Send your database to info(a)verussolutions.biz and get it converted to NGL database free of cost. For any queries please contact info(a)verussolutions.biz -- Chidananda M. Librarian J. S. S. Law College (Autonomous) Kuvempunagar, Mysore-570023 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day National Level Conference on "Application of Six Sigma in Library Science" at Pune
by Ajay Kamble 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL CONFERENCE ON APPLICATION OF SIX SIGMA IN LIBRARY SCIENCE FIELD on 30 SEPT 2011 VENUE AISSMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KENNEDY ROAD PUNE - 411001 WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE: Professionals from public, Academic and Special libraries Policy makers in LIS Academicians, Students and Distance learners Archivisists and Musicologists E-publishers, Information Providers and Vendors Individuals belonging to Virtual Electronics Communalities PAPERS ARE INVITED ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS : • Six sigma • Six sigma Applications on LIS field • Building e-resources for digital library • Applications of IT on Library science field • Library Management INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUTHORS: The paper should be based on experience and/or on some recorded application of cutting –edge technologies in LIS. Authors are requested to send abstracts on any topic listed above. Abstracts, not exceeding 250 words should be in MS-Word, version 2007. The text should be in Times New Roman with font size 12. Abstracts should be reach before 10 August 2011. Authors will be informed about acceptance of abstracts. Final paper, not exceeding 2000 words in MS-Word version 2007 (Times New Roman with font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing) should be sent before 20 August 2011. Decision of the Editorial Committee will be final regarding selection of papers. Abstracts to be sent to: vrushalidandawate(a)gmail.com REGISTRATION FEES:- RS. 500 /- Registration fee includes refreshment, tea, lunch and seminar proceedings. ACCOMMODATION:- Delegates have to arrange accommodation on their own. College is ready to help them to book the accommodation in nearest hotel. Duly filled registration form along with DD/ Cheque favoring “Principal, AISSMS, College of Engineering, Pune” Payable at Pune , should be sent to:- THE PRINCIPAL AISSMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KENNEDY ROAD, PUNE-411001 MAHARASHTRA TEL NO- 020-26058587 EMAIL: vrushalidandawate(a)gmail.com IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: • SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: 10 AUGUST 2011 • NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: 12 AUGUST 2011 • SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS: 20 AUGUST 2011 • LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION : 25 AUGUST 2011 ORGANIZING SECRETARY: • MRS.VRUSHALI DANDAWATE LIBRARIAN AISSMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PHONE - 020-26058587 EXT-1902 vrushalidandawate(a)gmail.com With regards -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two day national conference on “Beyond Librarianship: Creativity, Innovation and Discovery”
by Ajay Kamble 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Dear All, We are happy to announce a two day national conference on “Beyond Librarianship: Creativity, Innovation and Discovery” being jointly organised by BOSLA and CDAC, Mumbai on 16-17 Sept 2011. This conference will provide an excellent platform to library professionals to share the Technological advances, and its usefulenss in the shaping libraires of the future. Please do not miss this unique opportunity and contribute to the profession by actively participating in the conference. We also request you to forward this mail to your colleagues who would be interested in participating in the conference. We invite papers from Library Professionals on the topics mentioned below. Topics · Information Planning and Policies · Marketing of Library Services · Customer Service · Social Media · Library 3.0/ Web 3.0 · Mobile Computing and Libraries · Cloud Computing · Digital Libraries · CMS and Open Access · Open Access for Scholarly Content · Scientometrics / Webometrics · E-Learning · E-Resource Management · Human Resource Management Last date for submission of full paper is August 15,2011. Email your papers to library(a)cdacmumbai.in along with registration fees. Registration Fees: · Rs.2,500/- · Rs 2,000/- (For BOSLA Members) · Rs1,500/- (For Students) · Early Bird Discount: Rs 200/- (Last Date: 5th Sept.2011) Payment has to be made in favour of “BOSLA,Mumbai” Important Dates: · Last date for Registration: 10th Sept.2011 · Last date for paper submission: 15th August, 2011 · Conference Date: 16-17th Sept.2011 Venue: C-DAC, Gulmohar Cross Road No.9, Next to UTI, Opp. Juhu, Supreme Shopping Centre, JVPD, Juhu, Mumbai-49 For more details and brochure please refer Website www.bosla.org.in and www.cdacmumbai.in Regards, Truptee Shah CDAC Mumbai 9833529528 With regards -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Officer at ICRISAT
by Hemanta Kumar Biswal 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Dear Professional, ICRISAT invites applications from Indian nationalsfor the post of Library Officer to be based at Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India. This is a nationally recruited position. for details please visit http://www.icrisat.org/careers/Library-Officer.htm Thanks, Hemanta Kumar Biswal B.P.Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela -- 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 Manas Samanta 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Dear All Can any body help. I need following article. 1) Calphad Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 317-435 (October - December 1991) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/036459169190030N Kindly send me. CELEBRATE *Librarians*' *Day* -- Manas Samanta Computer Sc(H). MLIS Technical Assistant CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur . Ph.No.- 0657-2345112(O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Annual Koha conference Kohacon11 is near
by Koustubha Kale 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hi All, The annual Koha community conference Kohacon11 will be held in India at VPM, Thane, Maharashtra India between 31st October 2011 to 2nd November 2011. The conference will be attended by Librarians, Library Science Experts and Software Developers from all over the world. So far about 150 people from over 23 countries have registered to attend the conference. The conference will be followed by a developer hackfest where international Koha developer community will come together to solve problems, create new features and also to train new people who would like to learn Koha development. So please make sure you participate in this wonderful opportunity to interact with international experts in Library Science, fellow librarians and library software developers. You can register to attend the conference and get all the conference details at http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11/schedConf/registration Also please consider sharing your experiences in Libraries, Koha or even other Open Source Software with us at the conference. A few presentation slots are still up for grabs. If you would like to present a paper, please see the call for papers at http://kohacon11.vpmthane.org/ocs/index.php/k/k11/schedConf/cfp and submit an abstract as soon as possible.. Hope to see you all at Kohacon11. With warm regards Koustubha Kale -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian's Day celebration on 12th August in Delhi
by Pardeep Rai 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Kindly mail to the Forum INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES & DELHI LIBRARY ASSOCIATION *Cordially invites you to the* *Celebration of* *Librarian’s Day* *on Friday, the 12th August 2011 at 10.00 a.m.* *at Ranganathan Bhawan, ’C’ Block Community Centre,* *Naraina Vihar, New Delhi -110028* *Chief Guest* *Prof. M.M Kashyap* *Former Faculty, DLIS, University of Delhi* * * 9th Dr S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr VELAGA VENKATAPPAIAH Former Member RRRLF * * * Dr. Pardeep Rai * Vice-President, IASLIC(Zone-4) raipardeep(a)gmail.com Phone-9899359373 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians' Day Celebrations in Bangalore on 12th August 2011
by Mailing List Admin 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:47:15 +0530 From: Pandurang Konnur <konnur(a)bub.ernet.in> Dear Professional Friends, I am happy to inform all of you that, as conducted last year it is proposed to celebrate Librarian�s Day in a befitting way. Karnataka Library Association (KALA) and Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) Bangalore University and Department of Public Libraries are the main organizers of this event. A preliminary meeting of all Professional Associations and Senior Professionals in Bangalore City was held on 1st August 2011. Programs and activities as decided in the meeting are as under: *The Programme:* The procession of Librarians wearing T-Shirts and Caps will be flagged off by his Excellency Governor of Karnataka on 12th August 2011 at 09:00AM and the procession will end at Bangalore University, Central College Campus �Senate Hall� at 10:00 AM. After brake fast the main function of Librarians� Day will start at 10:30 AM and will be concluded at 01:00PM with the Lunch. Guests and details about the Librarians' Day Function will be informed later. *Participating Associations and their contribution:* The main organizers KALA & IALA will meet all expenditures and major events will be sponsored by different philanthropists. However, the participating Associations will have to contribute a token contribution of Rs. 5,000/- which will cover one big banner printed after the name of their Associations. As on 1st August following Associations will be participating in the procession: 1. Karnataka Library Association (KALA) 2. Indian Academic Library Association (IALA) 3. Sharada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) 4. Karnataka State College Librarians� Association (KSCLA) 5. Indian Public Library Association (IPLA) 6. Department of Public Libraries Any other Associations who are interested to participate may please contact us to make necessary arrangements The meeting also decided to bring out two to three posters to be pasted on all the Notice Boards of all Libraries at least in Bangalore City. However, we are finding a sponsored to get us the posters printed. Once we get a sponsored and print the posters, arrangements will be made to distribute it to all the Libraries in the city. *Call for participation* Last year a very good support was extended by the Professionals from all the types of Libraries. Specially, young Librarians� participation was overwhelming. This time it is proposed to introduce the Registration of participants to enable us to distribute T-Shirts in advanced. It is also proposed to get OOD Permission from Department of Collegiate Education. I request all the professional friends of Bangalore to kindly spare their morning time on 12th August and join their hands will all the associations to project our professional unity and promote the use of libraries among the public at large. *Many of the professionals may not be able to read this message. Hence, I request you to forward this message to many of your friends and send me the list of emails and their mobile numbers to enable me to communication them also through mails and sms.* We have made arrangement for atleast 400 participants who will be registered on first come first serve basis and if the registrations exceeds 400 number, the participants can participate without the T-Shirt and Caps. Please register yourself with: Mr. Raghavendra Pawar, Vice-President, KALA, Bangalore email address: raghupawar(a)gmail.com with the following details: Name: Designation: Name of the Institution: Phone Nos. Land: Mobile: Email address: T-Shirt Size: 38 40 42 44 *Please alert, awake and activate your profession by your participation.* Thanks -- Dr.P.V.Konnur President, IALA Fulbright Fellow (University of Illinois) *University Librarian,* Bangalore University Library, Jnanabharati, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-22961131, 23215510 Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/

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