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SLA Asian Chapter Executive Board Members for 2012
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Dear Moderator, I wish to share with you all the election result of the Special Libraries Association Asian Chapter Executive Board . The SLA Asian Chapter Executive Board Members for 2012 are: President: Dr. Harish Chandra President-elect: Dr. Medha Joshi Secretary: Dr. Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar Treasurer: Jay Bhatt Directors: Kyoko Sato Dr. Susmita Chakraborty I take this opportunity to thank all my LIS Friends who have voted for me. With regards, Dr. Susmita Chakraborty Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc., North Bengal University, Darjeeling, India (On lien from: Bengal Engineering and Science University) Facebook ID: https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India Official Email: susmita.chakraborty(a)becs.ac.in Blog:http://drsusmitachakraborty.blogspot.com/ My Group:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cudelsaa/ Album:http://picasaweb.google.com/susmitachakraborty94 http://www.scribd.com/DrSusmita --------- Please support: MANAS - a society for mentally disturbed persons their family and friends (http://www.mentalhealthmanas.com/) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request to stop discussion on NET
by sethu swaminathan 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

Dear Friends, I too agree with Mr.Nikil. As a professional, we try to help each other. It is common that the person who passed the NET exam, will support for NET and candidate who failed NET, will against for NET exam. I cleared the NET exam in the year 1994. My personal suggestion to NET aspirants that 3Ps are behind success of any competitive examination i.e Preparation, Practice and Presentation. Let try and get success. As a policy decision of the Government, let we stop this discussion , and motivate/help our friends to clear NET exam. Wish you all best! with regards S.Swaminathan Librarian SRKVCOE(Autonomous) Coimbatore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Ethical Tensions for Academics, Researchers and Publishers in the Information Society, 31 January-1 February 2012.
by Khushpreet Singh Brar 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Dear Professionals, The Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala is organizing a two-day National Seminar on 31 January - 1 February 2012 on the theme, "Ethical tensions for academics, researchers and publishers in the information society." Invited speakers and experts would discuss various facets associated with the theme in this two-day seminar. This seminar would be of interest to academics, researchers, and students of library and information science; librarians and information professionals, as well as academics and researchers from other subjects. Registration fee: Rs. 500.00 payable in cash on the spot. Registration fee includes lunch and sessions tea but does not include accommodation. However, the seminar organizers would be glad to assist delegates in finding accommodation. A certificate of participation would be given to registered participants. For further details contact: Dr Jagtar Singh, Professor and Seminar Director Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab INDIA. Tel: +91-175-304-6179, 6180 (work) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Dr. Harinder Pal Singh Kalra Associate Professor and Head Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 Punjab INDIA. Tel: +91-175-304-6179, 6180 (work) +91-98559-43338 (cell) Email: hpskalra(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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UGC-NET-EXAM-SHOCKING NEWS
by Sunny Joseph 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Dear friends, Can anybody guess how much income UGC made from conducting NET/JRF examination from 1986 to 2011 ? Here is some information obtained by RTI Act. My query to UGC's Office : Total amount collected for UGC- NET/JRF examination from 2005 to 2010. Reply- Rs. 61,18,23,638.51 Total expenditure for UGC- NET/JRF examination from 2005 to 2010. Reply- Rs. 27,93.09,983.00 What it means ? For the six years UGC made a profit of Rs. 33,25,13,655.51 from the examination. Then estimate the amount made by UGC from the unemployed youth of India during the last 25 years. The profit may come to a minimum of 100 crores !!! You may prepare well, write well but fails for increasing their profit. UGC have to answer, what they have done with the money ??? AND Who gave them permission for this public robbery ??? See, the Annexure- 1 and Annexure-2 which contain the data is unauthenticated !!! They forgot to sign ?? How can they sign ?? Sunny Joseph, Librarian Govt. Institute of Advanced Study in Education,Thrissur, Kerala. ph.9446735414 -- 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 srinivas rao 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Dear Sir/Madam, One of our researcher in urgent need of following article. If any one subscribe to this Journal could you please send me a copy of it. Please find the follow link for reference. "No-reference noticeable blockiness estimation in images" Guangtao Zhai, Wenjun Zhang, Xiaokang Yang, Weisi Lin, Yi Xu. No-reference noticeable blockiness estimation in images. Sig. Proc.: Image Comm., 23(6):417-432, 2008. [doi] 10.1016/j.image.2008.04.007 SRINIVASA RAO GANTA Asst.Professor in LIS VBIT,Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Karnataka Public service commission called chief Librarian, Librarian, Asst Librarian, and Library Assistant
by Anand Kenchakkanavar 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

*Anand Y Kenchakkanavar* *Librarian,* *USM - KLE International Medical Programme,* *Neharu Nagar* *Belgaum* - *590 010* *KARNATAKA* *E-mail:* *anand.3661(a)gmail.com* <anand.3661(a)gmail.com> *website: http://kenchakkanavar.webnode.com* *cell phone: 96115 79601* Karnataka Public service commission called chief Librarian, Librarian, Asst Librarian, and Library Assistant Chief Librarian - 05 posts (Direct Interview) Librarian - 05 posts (Direct Interview) Asst Librarian - 10 (written exam & Interview) Library Assistant - 20 (written exam & Interview) Last date for application submitting is 21-02-2012 Click down and fill up the application http://www.kpscapps.com/dev/application.php?cbIagree1=cbIagree1 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA WLIC 2012, August 11-17, 2012, Helsinki, Finland
by Nihar Patra 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Theme: "Evolving Serials - Managing, discovering and supplying highly innovative and dynamic content" IFLA WLIC 2012, August 11-17, 2012, Helsinki, Finland The Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS) invites colleagues to submit proposals for its two-hour open session at the IFLA Congress in Helsinki on the theme of Evolving Serials. Gone are the days of modest electronic journals! Serials are evolving quickly and now contain linked data, visualizations, actionable QR codes, streaming media and other multimedia assets. They are delivered to end users via traditional digital platforms, and also via apps and mobile devices. Are libraries ready? How are serials librarians embracing these new technologies? We invite papers that address the following issues: • New developments in serials publishing • Innovative delivery and discovery tools for the user • Storage and preservation challenges and solutions for new serials types • Case studies on challenges that librarians face with these changes • Initiatives and projects on library linked data • Adoption of mobile technology for serials access • Measuring and assessing dynamic content Proposals must include the following information: 1. Name and institution of speaker(s) 2. Contact information for speaker(s) 3. Brief biographical information 4. Proposal title 5. Brief (250 word) abstract of the proposed paper 6. Language of presentation Proposals should be sent by email to Helen Heinrich, Secretary of the SOCR Standing Committee helen.heinrich(a)csun.edu by February 15, 2012 Finalists will be notified by March 7, 2012, and will be expected to submit final versions of their papers in one of the official IFLA languages by May 15, 2012. For more information, please contact Helen Heinrich, Secretary of Serials and other Continuing Resources Section (helen.heinrich(a)csun.edu ) or Helen Adey, Chair of the Committee (helen.adey(a)ntu.ac.uk). Please note All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of the Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS). At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver paper. Smita Joshipura Electronic Resources Management Coordinator Bibliographic & Metadata Services Department Arizona State University Libraries PO Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Telephone: (480) 965-5431 Fax: (480) 965-1043 E-mail: sjoship(a)asu.edu ************************************************************************ Nihar K Patra NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Scientists Organize Elsevier Boycott
by Dimple Patel 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

"The academic publisher Elsevier has attracted controversy for its high prices, the practice of bundling journals for sale to libraries and its support for legislation such as SOPA and the Research Works Act. Fields medal-winning mathematician Tim Gowers decided to go public with a blog post describing how he'll no longer have anything to do with Elsevier journals, and suggesting that a public website where mathematicians and scientists could register their support for an Elsevier boycott would further the cause. Such a website now exists, with hundreds of academics signing-up so far. John Baez has a nice write-up of the problem and possible solutions." Please follow the links given at: http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/27/1322234/scientists-organize-else… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Availability of Rev.edition of LIS Book in Regional Language
by Dattatray Phadke 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

*Dear Library Professionals,* > *With my continued efforts of creating LIS literature in regional language (Marathi) I have published * *Revised 5th Edition of my book:* *(Granthalaya Sanganakikaran Aani Aadhunikikaran)“Library Computerisation and Automation”* *has been publishes and now is available in the market.**Library professionals in Maharashtra who are waiting for new edition of the book can have the book .In Mumbai libraries can order their copies through students agency,Girgaon. * **The book is very useful for the Library and Information Science courses of universities in Maharashtra and it has been found good reference book for competitive exams like NET& SET and it is also useful for preparing for the interviews . *One can read about newly added following topics: * *1.Bar code & Scanning Technology* *2.Internet Security* *3.Meta data with Dublin Core* *4.Data mining & Data warehousing* *5.REID: Library Security Systems* *6.World Cat* *7.Cloud Computing* *8.Sciento-metrics / Bibliometrics* *9.OCLC: Web scale Management systems ** * *10.Glossary of Web 2.0 technology* > *Price Rs - 450/-Pages - 492 * * Publisher: Universal Prakashan, Pune** **Tel No. 020-24451780* * Mob-09422332659** Email: universalbookstalls(a)gmail.com* * Thanking you all and with Regards* * Dr. D. N. Phadke(Author), Deputy Librarian (Retired) now working as Consultant * * Librarian at Pillai's Group of Institutions,New Panvel* *< dnphadke(a)gmail.com>,* * mob- 09869786186* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-NET: necessary changes and amendments
by anindya basu 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Dear Sir/Madam, With a response to current debate on the amendment of UGC -NET pattern and views,I want to tell that any national level exam (GATE,CAT,MAT,JEE ,NETetc.) are mainly structured to measure the intellectual faculty of any student of any discipline.So even the NET exam for LIS is also structured in this way.There is no confusion over that.So I never support that at least UGC-NET is a "Why this kolkaveri Di" joke if objective type questions are given in Paper-3 .It doesn't sound logical.Moreover,I like to say that if objective types questions are given,there is more opportunity to test the knowledge of a student at a level of more depth and with more extension. I personally thank SIMERJIT KAUR and SUNNY JOSEPH for sharing their experience and these should be an eye-opener for us.After all objective questions in the paper makes the competition tougher not a 'Kolaveri di' joke of mugging up the whole syllabus.Also I like to add that,this initiative of UGC will welcome more experimentation with the subjects,embrace more new concepts from different fields and after all encourage the students to learn more and please understand that from on NET has become tougher than the previous ones. Thanking You, Anindya Basu, 2nd year,DRTC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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