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Koha workshop in Mumbai 15th to 17th September,2011
by hemant shetye 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

All, WRC of ICSSR, J.N. library of Mumbai University and OSS Labs are offering a Koha training and certification workshop in Mumbai during 15th and 17th September The workshop will be conducted at WRC, ICSSR Mumbai University Campus, Kalina, Santacruz, East, Mumbai The objectives of this program are to: - Train library professionals & staff on using Koha - To test and certify their readiness to use Koha This is a 3 day program, covering the key modules and functions in Koha. At the end of program, participants will be required to demonstrate their skills on the various modules. Participants who complete 60% of the exercises successfully will be awarded a Koha skills (Level 1) certificate. For more information, including fees, registration and workshop outline please visit this page: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha/training-certification Thank you, -- Hemant S. Shetye Nucsoft OSS Labs Phone: +91-9819621813/ 9320 194993 Web: http://www.osslabs.biz Land Line:022-66920569 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICDLEIMC2011
by Ranjit Das 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Dear Professionals, Announcement and Call for Papers for the 1st International Conference on Digital Library and Electronic Information Management and Control (ICDLEIMC) Organised by : KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa *Date:8-10 October 2011* *Conference objectives:* The objective of the conference is to juxtapose the library professionals with IT professionals for the management and control of the electronic information with regards to Digital Library. This interaction is expected to create understanding of the needs to manage the Libraries now-a-days with the advent of new technology. *Target Audience and Participants:* ICDLEIMC 2011 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by Library and Information Scientists IT Professionals Knowledge Managers Educationists Electronic Publishers Information Scientists Information providers and vendors All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business Policy makers *Call for Papers:* Original papers and case studies focusing on various facets/sub themes of the conference themes as listed bellow are invited from all library & information science professionals from all over the world. *Sub Themes:* - Planning, development and management of Digital Libraries - New Technologies and adaptability - Digital Library Development: Technical Issues - Web design and Interfaces - Digital Preservation - Digital Resource sharing and Networking: Consortia, Open Archives etc. - Content organization and knowledge management - Information Storage and Retrieval for global access - User studies and system evaluation - E-learning - Multilingual information retrieval system and Unicode - Organization of traditional and electronic Resources cataloguing, metadata, XML, Dublin Core, New Generation Catalogues, etc. - Indexing and Classification in a digital Environment, Taxonomies, Information architecture, Ontology, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Mediators, etc. - Resource Discovery Tools-Search Engines, Directories, Semantic web, Intelligent Retrieval, Multi and Cross Lingual Retrieval, Information audit, etc. - Digital Library services - Copy right issues in Digital Era *Important Dates :* ** Deadline for abstratct submission 1st May 2011 Notification for Acceptance of papers 1st June 2011 Final Paper submission 22nd August 2011 For registration, author guidelines, format for submitting the papers and for all other details please visit the conference website under the URL http://www.kiit.ac.in/icdleimc2011/index.htm. For further queries contact : ** ICDLEIMC 2011 Secretariat Rasmita Mohanty, Organizing Secretary, KIIT University, Kushabhadra Campus, KIIT campus-5, Bhubaneswar - 751024, Odisha, India. Mob:*-+91-94371 77669, 09692450319 *Tel: *+91-674- 2725472, 2725415, 2725708 *Fax no.:* +91-674 - 2725708 *Email:* library(a)kiit.ac.in, ranjitkumardaskims(a)gmail.com, rasmita06(a)gmail.com. *Web: *www.kiit.ac.in With thanks and best wishes Dr Ranjit Kumar Das Central Library IIT Bombay -- Thanking You with Regards -- Thanking You with Regards Dr. Ranjit Kumar Das, ICDLEIMC-2011, Kushabhadra Campus, KIIT Campus-5, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar-751 024, ODISHA, INDIA. Mob:- +91-94371 77669, Tel: +91-674-2725472, 2725415,2725708 Fax No: +91-674-2725708. Email: library(a)kiit.ac.in, ranjitkumardaskims(a)gmail.com Web: www.kiit.ac.in/icdleimc2011 -- 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 & Participation- SoFerence 2011: a Social Conference (National)
by Nagappa B 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Dear Professional Friends...!!! Call for Papers & Participation SoFerence 2011: a Social Conference on Knowledge / Experience Sharing (National Level Conference) Date: 15th October, 2011 Venue: TATA Consultancy Services, L-Centre, Near Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, EPIP Industrial Area, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066, Karnataka, India Organizing Committee takes immense pleasure in inviting you to contribute papers and participate in "SoFerence 2011: a Social Conference on Knowledge / Experience Sharing" to be held on 15th October, 2011. SoFerence is a social platform, which allows professionals to share their experiences in the form of Best Practices, New Initiatives, Innovation, C reativity, Processes Improvements, Success Stories, Case Studies, Surveys, Soft Skills, Education & Training Methods, Internships, Deployment of IT Tools / Applications etc. in LIS and related fields, which will help other co-professionals to know and implement them at their workplace. SoFerence will empower every author & participant to play a vital role by acting as a moderator to choose the best set of papers, which will eventually go for publication (SoFerence Souvenir, a CD and Book with ISBN Number). Special Features: 1. Reward for Best Papers. 2. Poster Presentation facility for select papers. 3. Equal opportunity to every paper presentation. 4. Publication of SoFerence Souvenir: a Book & CD with ISBN Number. 5. Includes few 'Spotlight Lectures', which will be delivered by eminent professionals from LIS & related fields. 6. Advance sharing of participants questions with author on paper, which helps the author to be prepared to answer. Request you to circulate this info amongst your friends, colleagues, research scholars, students, etc. and encourage them to participate and send their papers. Important Dates: Last date for Submission of full paper...................: 15 September, 2011 Last date for Registration.....................................: 20 September, 2011 Intimation of acceptance of paper for presentation: 25 September, 2011 SoFerence Date...................................................: 15 October, 2011 Registration Charges: Participants from Corporate and R&D institutions.........................: Rs. 450/- Participants from Academic Institutions, SLA & KALA Members.: Rs. 300/- Students, Research Scholars & Trainees.......................................: Rs. 150/- Looking forward for your active participation and paper contribution. For more info pls visit: http://kalaonline.com/ Thanks & Regards Dr. Nagappa Bakkannanavar =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CONVERSION OF EXCELL FILE TO WINISIS
by Eswar rao Nadiminti 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Hallo Can anybody help me how to convert excel database(office 2007) to WINISIS data base. If any software is there pl send to me Thank U -- N.ESWARA RAO Assistant Professor in Library Science GODAVARI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,RAJAHMUNDRY. NH-5 ,CHITANYA KNOWLEDGECITY VELUGUBANDA (V), RAJANAGARAM ( M),RAJAHMNDRY-533296 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for an article from Readers Digest magazine April 2003 issue.
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear friends I need an article that appeared Readers Digest Magazine (April 2003 kindly ). The article was about a miraculous surgery conducted by Dr Keith Goh and Dr Chumpon Chan. Dr. Keith Goh & Dr. Chumpon Chan with their teams, in Singapore, performed a 99-hour operation, longest surgery in history, on Ganga and Jamuna, Nepali twins born with craniopagus or conjoined skulls, with entwinning brains, and successfully separated them.  Those who are having this issue of Readers Digest are requested to send a scanned copy or photocopy to me at the earliest. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 Personal webpage http://www.gopakumar.synthasite.com/ My Blog http://drgopakumar.wordpress.com gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy
by Furquan Siddiqui 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Role : Library Assistant : Novozymes Library is now looking for a Library Assistant for our site in Bangalore, India (new position).The Novozymes Library is part of Novozymes Patents & Licensing (P&L) which is a dynamic international organization within Novozymes and has branches in Denmark, UK, the US and China. The vacant position offers great challenges in maintaining the administrative responsibility for our database containing the patent portfolios of Novozymes competitor’s (Novozymes competitor database), including extracting information from patent databases and uploading this information to Novozymes competitor database. Furthermore, the position will also require attention to other Novozymes library tasks. The person will be working together with local colleagues as well as colleagues abroad and will be reporting to the Senior Manager of License & Strategy in Denmark. Qualifications: 2 - 5 years of relevant work experience You must have a graduate degree in library science and prior library experience. You have a strong attention to details as well as strong IT and database (e.g. DERWENT (World Patent Index) and INPADOC) experience. You must be fluent in English and have good communication skills. On a personal level, you are self-disciplined, systematic and comfortable with driving various activities, working both independently and within a team. Challenges : You will be responsible for the administrative aspects of our database containing the patent portfolios of Novozymes competitor’s (Novozymes competitor database). He/she will be responsible for the regularly analysis and reporting of the status of competitor cases to P&L patent attorney, handling P&L SOP and guidelines for the Novozymes competitor database. The person will also be responsible for other Novozymes Library tasks such as local specialist in our new library software, help train Library users in India, help answer incoming ‘helpdesk’ questions, help users setup individual alerts. Kindly update your details as given below: Current CTC: Expected CTC: Notice Period : Key Skills : -- Best Regards, Furquan Furquan Siddiqui Information Sourcing Analyst BSR & PU (GSSC - Delhi) Vatika Towers Third Floor, Tower - B DLF Golf Course Road Sector - 54, Gurgaon 122 002 Haryana, India Tel: +91 124 460 7608 Mob: +91 9899905404 Email: Furquan.Siddiqui(a)oscesl.com <Poonam.Kalia(a)oscesl.com> " We make a living by what we get, We make a life by what we give. " -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarians' Day Celebration and release of Departmental Journal of DLIS, Gauhati University
by Niraj Barua 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear Forum members, the Librarins' Day Celebration was successfully arranged in the Dept. of Library & Inf. Science of Gauhati University, Assam. On this occassion the departmental journal entitled "Dr. Jogeswar Sharma Festschrift Volume" was released by Prof. B. Bora. Sri D. N. Chakraborty and Tabiul Hussain graced the function as appointed speaker and guest of honour respectively. Miss Bijoya Ray was awarded Siver Jubilee cash Award for securing top position in MLISc 2010 Exam. Prof. R. K. Barman HOD, Dept. of Library & Information Science Gauhati University, Ghy-14 Mob: +91 9435308676 Email: r.k.barmangu(a)gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Niraj Barua Central Library IIT Guwahati Guwahati-781039 Assam INDIA Phone: +91-361 2582123(O) 9435346637(Mobile) Email:nbar@iitg.ernet.in niraj_barua(a)yahoo.co.in. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on 27th-Final Programme
by Mailing List Admin 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:59:23 +0530 From: Dr Ramesh C Gaur <rcgaur(a)bol.net.in> Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in collaboration with Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL ) cordially invites you to the Seminar on "Future of Libraries" & Satkal Annual Function-2011 on Saturday, the 27th August, 2011 at 9.30 a.m. at Auditorium, IGNCA, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Chief Guest Mrs. Shailaja Chandra Chairperson, Delhi Library Board (DPL), New Delhi Guest of Honour Prof. S.Ansari Former University Librarian, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Keynote Speaker Dr. Jagdish Arora Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad Mr. V.B. Pyarelal Joint Secretary, IGNCA will preside over the function RSVP Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur Prof.Jagindar Singh Ramdev Librarian & HoD- Kala Nidhi, IGNCA Patron-in-Chief, SATKAL Organizing Secretary (+91 (0) 11-23388333) +1 847 543 7565 (USA) Programme Registration: 9.00 am-10.00 am Inaugural Session- 10.00 am to 11.30 am Lighting of Lamp Saraswati Vandana Welcome Address and introduction to the Seminar by Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian, IGNCA About SATKAL Trust - by Prof. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, DLIS, PU, Patiala Message from Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev -By Mr. B R Kashyap, President, SATKAL Trust Address by Guest of Honour - Prof. S Ansari, Former University Librarian, JMI, New Delhi Address by Chief Guest- Mrs. Shailaja Chandra, Chairperson, Delhi Public Library Board Keynote address "Future of Libraries" by Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director-INFLIBNET Presidential address- Shri V B Pyarelal, JS, IGNCA Conferring of SATKAL Awards 2011 to the following Awardees: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, Inflibnet Centre, Ahmedabad: SATKAL Lifetime Achievement Award Prof. Dr. I. V. Malhan, Prof. & Head, DLIS, CUHP, Dharamshala: National Librarian Award Dr. Mrs. P. Wijetunge, Librarian, University of Peradania, Sri Lanka: Woman Librarian Award Dr. K.P. Singh, DLIS, University of Delhi, Delhi: Young Librarian Award Mr. Harish Kumar, School Librarian Award Vote of Thanks 11.30 to 12.00 p.m. Tea Break 12.00 to 1.30 p.m. Panel Discussion -I on "Future of Libraries: Road Ahead" Chairperson: Prof. P.B. Mangla, Retd. Professor, D.U. New Delhi Co-Chairperson Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi* Panelists: Mrs. Kalpana Dasgupta, Retd. Director, CSL, New Delhi Dr. M.C. Ragavan, UNESCO Expert, New Delhi Prof. J.L. Sardana, Retd. Professor, D.U., New Delhi* Dr S M Dhawan, Retd.Scientist NPL, New Delhi* Dr. (Mrs.) Pradeepa Wijetunge, Librarian, University of Peradania, Srilanka Dr. Usha Munshi, Librarian, IIPA, New Delhi Dr. I.V. Malhan, Professor Prof. & Head, DLIS, CUHP, Dharamshala 1.30 to 2.30 p.m. Lunch Break 2.30 to 4.00 p.m. Panel Discussion II: on "Innovative Library Services in Digital Era" Chairperson: Dr. R K Chadha , Joint Secretary, Parliament of India Co-chairperson: Prof. R . L Raina, Professor & Dean, IIM, Lucknow* Panelists: Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, DLIS ,PU, Patiala Dr. A L Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, New Delhi* Dr. P.R. Goswami, Director CSL, New Delhi Dr. S. Majumdar, Librarian, IIC, New Delhi Dr. Sudhir Kr. Arora, Librarian, IGNOU, New Delhi Mr. Subhash Deshmukh, Librarian, IP University, New Delhi Dr. H.S. Chopra, Librarian, GNDU, Amritsar Dr. Raj Kumar, Librarian, PU, Chandigarh ******************************************** 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

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UDC Summary in Kannada - all captions translated
by Aida Slavic 21 Aug '11

21 Aug '11

Hi, Colleagues may be interested to learn that the UDC Summary captions are now translated into Kannada by Amrutraj Ravi Benahal. The schedules can be accessed at http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=kn. Although there is still a lot of work to be done on the translation of notes and examples, the schedules in Kannada can already be used for training and teaching of UDC. Apart from Kannada, we currently have translation of UDC Summary (over 2400 classes) completed in - Hindi - http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=hi - Bengali - http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php?lang=bn The translation file can be obtained and used/distributed under the Creative Commons licence by emailing udcs(a)udcc.org. The process of UDC Summary translation is currently going on in the following languages: - Malayalam (106 top classes) - Marathi (142 classes) - Tamil (968 classes) Information about contributors to the UDC Summary translation project can be viewed at http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/translation.htm If you would be interested in helping speed up the existing translations or to contribute with other Indian languages please contact us. Kind regards -- Dr Aida Slavic UDC Editor-in-Chief UDC Consortium aida.slavic(a)udcc.org ____________________________________________________________________ Secure your place at Classification& Ontology conference: http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm ------follow on ------------------------------------------------ UDC Blog: http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/UDCC Facebook: http://on.fb.me/nwkZxy ____________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need information
by Sathe, Chandrakant 20 Aug '11

20 Aug '11

Dear All LIS Professionals, Please let me know about the job profile of the pharmaceutical industry librarian. Become a Pharmaceutical Industry Librarian Which software's & online databases knowledge are must. Thanks and Regards, Chandrakant Sathe Librarian Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited ARC-H, P-2, I.T.B.T. Park, Phase-II, M.I.D.C., Hinjwadi, Pune - 411 057 T: +91 (20) 39821350 Extn: 2038 F: +91 (20) 39821445 E-Mail: Chandrakant.Sathe(a)emcure.co.in http://www.emcure.co.in Disclaimer and Privilege Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it contain Proprietary, Privileged and confidential information and/or information protected by intellectual property rights and is only for the use of the intended recipient of this message. If you are not the intended recipient and by an addressing or transmission error, this mail has been misdirected to you, please delete or destroy this and all copies of this message along with the attachments. You are hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message, contents or its attachment (s) other than by its intended recipient (s) is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Emcure accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted through this email. Any offer for product/service shall be subject to final evaluation of relevant patency status. No sales prior to patent expiry is foreseen to countries where patents are in force. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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