May 2012 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL RESOURCES IN HIGHER ACADEMIC RESEARCH
by B. RAVII VVENKAT 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear I am pleased to inform you that the *UNIVERSITY LIBRARY , TUMKUR UNIVERSITY, TUMKUR* and Centre for Rural Social Documentation is organising National Conference : Digital Resources in Higher Academic Research on*27th June 2012 * *TUMKUR UNIVERSITY* Tumkur University was established during the year 2004 as a separate entity to cater to the needs of thousands of young aspirants of higher education in Tumkur region. The University blossomed in the era of globalization in which economies of the world were being transformed from their original closed self sustaining structure to the globalized context, where they could expose themselves to the competitive world. *UNIVERSITY LIBRARY* University Library was established in2004 with the objective of providing information for all the users in the university education. The Centre for Rural Social Documentation supports teaching, learning, scholarship, and integrated education in the Indian tradition by providing access to, and facilitating the use of a broad array of information resources. It is commited to excellent service and open inquiry in an environment of academic freedom. *THE CONFERENCE: *The Theme of the conference : Digital Resources in Higher Academic Research - Availability of Digital Resources - Collection Development of Digital Resources - Organisation of Digital Resources - Preservation of Digital Resources - Resources and User Interface - Trends in Digital Resources *CALL FOR PAPERS* The Interested participants are invited to send the paper by 25-05-2012 to *basralravi(a)gmail.com* The paper should include the title, author's name, mailing address, and telephone number and E-mail ID. Kindly send Hard copy and soft copy of the paper. Last Date for Registration : 31 May 2012 *Who Can Participate* Librarians, Information professionals, teachers, research scholars and students of library and information science. Publication: Selected papers of the conference will be brought as Edited book with ISBN after revision. REGISTRATION FEE Working professionals Rs. 400 Research Scholars Rs. 300 Students Rs. 200 D.D. may be drawn in favour of FINANCE OFFICER, TUMKUR UNIVERSITY, TUMKUR Please send your duly filled registration form along with the registration fees to the: Organising Secretary National Conference on Digital Resources in Higher Academic Research University Library Dr. V.S.Acharya Memorial Block, Tumkur University, Tumkur-572103. Further Details Contact B.Ravivenkat Organising Secretary NCDRHAR Deputy Librarian Tumkur University Tumkur -572103 Ph: 9535889685, basralravi(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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Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures 2012
by Imma Subirats 14 May '12

14 May '12

* I apologize if you receive this message more than once!* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures http://mtsr2012.uca.es/track_open_access.php - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Part of the Sixth International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR'12) 28-30 November 2012 - Cádiz (Spain) http://mtsr2012.uca.es/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AIM The aim of the Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures is to serve as a discussion forum for experts to present recent results and experiences, establish liaisons with other groups, and reflect on the state-of-the-art of metadata and semantic aspects of open access repositories, research information systems and data management in research infrastructures. SCOPE Handling metadata and semantics is an issue of increasing significance in open access repositories and research information systems (the commonly known as CRIS). Furthermore, research infrastructures of various disciplines need to manage vast amount of data sets that are produced on a daily basis and need rich and high quality metadata to assist in storing, discovering, processing, preserving and re-using them. Taming the complexity of metadata and semantics in open access repositories, CRIS and research infrastructures is a major challenge and the subject of intense ongoing activities worldwide. The impact of these efforts can be very significant, including aspects like semantic interoperability among systems, reduced cost of information exchange and integration, availability of advanced mechanisms for discovery, navigation and preservation, wide re-use of data and services across disciplines and availability of high quality, reliable value-added services. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TOPICS Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing with the following issues: • Metadata and knowledge representation in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Information standards and specifications for open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Achieving semantic interoperability in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Application of semantic web technologies in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Support of advanced features for metadata: compound objects, complex relationships, handling heterogeneous content, multi-linguality, versioning, etc. • Information exchange, aggregation and integration in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Information mining and extraction in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Infrastructures for data sets (e.g. scientific data, public sector information) • Metadata interoperability for research infrastructures across disciplines • Metadata quality in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures • Mechanisms, tools and infrastructures for shared services, including but not limited to: • Persistent identification • Authority control • Online viewing/streaming of digital content • Metadata transformations • Digital preservation workflow and mechanisms and impact on metadata • Value-added services based on open access repositories, research • information systems and research infrastructures - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IMPORTANT DATES • 20 July 2012: Paper submission (PDF File formatted in Springer LNCS style) • 1 September 2012: Acceptance (or rejection) notification • 15 September 2012: Camera-ready, revised version of accepted papers • 28-30 November 2012: MTSR'12 at University of Cadiz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be completed) • Hugo Besemer Wageningen UR Library, The Netherlands • Les Carr University of Southampton, UK • Antonella De Robbio University of Padova, Italy • Gordon Dunshire University of Strathclyde, UK • Paola Gargiulo CASPUR, Italy • Kris Jack Mendeley, UK • Keith Jeffery Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK • Brigitte Jörg German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany • Thomas Krichel Open Library Society, USA • Alicia López Medina Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Spain • Paolo Manghi Institute of Information Science and Technologies-Italian National Research Council (ISTI-CNR) Italy • Natalia Manola University of Athens, Greece • Brian Matthews Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK • Joachim Schöpfel University of Lille, France • Panagiotis Stathopoulos National Documentation Centre, Greece • Friedrich Summann Bielefeld University Library, Germany • Yannis Tzitzikas University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Greece • Chris Wilper DURASPACE, USA • Marcia Zeng Kent State University, USA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUBMISSIONS Interested authors can submit either full papers (12 pages) or short papers (6 pages) reporting on either mature or ongoing research. Papers should be original and not previously submitted to other venues. Submission will be available through the EasyChair submission system https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mtsr2012. If you haven't an EasyChair account yet, you'll be asked to create it before you can access the MTSR'12 page. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SELECTION OF BEST PAPERS TO BE INCLUDED IN: The submissions to the Special Track will be reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the book of MTSR'12 proceedings by Springer (CCIS Series http://www.springer.com/computer?SGWID=0-146-6-466612-0). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SPECIAL TRACK CHAIRS • Imma Subirats, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy) • Nikos Houssos, National Documentation Centre (Greece) For your intention to submit a paper, or any other inquiry, contact the track chairs via email Imma.Subirats(a)fao.org or nhoussos(a)ekt.gr. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABOUT MTSR'12 The 6th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'12) will be hosted by the University of Cadiz in Spain from 28th to 30th November, 2012. MTSR'12 targets researchers and practitioners from the fields of metadata and semantics research as well as applications of the semantic web and related technologies. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Looking forward to seeing you in Cádiz! Best regards, Imma Subirats Knowledge and Information Management Officer OEKC - FAO of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome (Italy) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Koha workshop is postponed
by gipelibrary pune 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! I am sorry to inform you that the "National level workshop on Koha: an Integrated Library Management Software from 28-30 May 2012 at GIPE, Pune" is postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances. We will update you soon with new dates. Any inconvenience caused is regretted. Thanks and Regards Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 Email: gipelibrary(a)gmail.com http://www.gipe.ac.in On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:54 AM, gipelibrary pune <gipelibrary(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Professionals > > I am pleased to announce a national level workshop on Koha: an Integrated > Library Management Software from 28-30 May 2012. Purpose of the workshop is > to familiarize participants with Koha, an open source software. Training > provides all the technical know-how to the participants from the > installation, customization, backup / restore, upgrade as well as running > various modules of the software. Koha is used widely in India as well as > all over the world. Many libraries are switching over to Koha from > proprietary software. > > Venue: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune > > Koha Software supports all modules of Library Management System such as > Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Serials Control and Web based OPAC, > etc. The software is UNICODE compliant and runs on any operating system > such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Solaris. > > Workshop Contents > > Introduction to LibLiveCD and Installation of LibLiveCD > Koha Introduction & Features Overview > Koha System Set-up > Hands on training on Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Serial Control > & OPAC > MARC 21 Introduction > Conversion of Existing Data to Koha > Koha Multilingual Support > Data Import and Export > Koha backup/restore > Koha upgrade > OPAC Customization > Koha System Administration > > Workshop Timings: 10.00 am to 05.30 pm (28 - 30 May 2012) > > Resource Persons > > Dr. Nanaji Shewale, GIPE, Pune > Dr. Sunita Barve, NCRA, Pune > Mr Koustubha Kale, Anant Corporation, Thane (Mumbai) > > Workshop Registration Fees - Rs. 1500/- only that includes a Workshop Kit > on CD-ROM and Working Lunch. Accommodation is available at extra cost. > > Last Date for Registration: 22 May, 2012 > > Payment: A Demand Draft / Cheque drawn on any Nationalized Bank in favour > of “Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE)", payable at Pune > should reach the workshop coordinator on or before 22 May 2012. > > Registration Form > > Participants Name: ------------------------------------- > > Name and Address of the Organization: > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Email (Personal): ---------------------------------------- > > Email (official): ---------------------------------------- > > Mobile: ---------------------------------------- > > Telephone: ---------------------------------------- > > Do you require accommodation during the workshop? Yes/No > > Demand Draft Number: ------------------------------------- > > Name of the Bank: ---------------------------------------- > > Amount: ------------------------------------------ > > Date: ------------------------------------------ > > Signature of the participant: ---------------------------------- > > Thanking you > Dr Nanaji Shewale > Koha Workshop Coordinator and Librarian > Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics > B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana > Pune 411004 (India) > T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) > T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 > http://www.gipe.ac.in > http://www.gipepune.com <http://www.gipe.ac.in/> > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics Endowment Lecture Series on Digital Libraries -9
by khaiser nikam 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear LIS-Forum Members, I am pleased to inform you all that the department of Library and Information science is organizing its Informatics Endowment Lecture Series-9 this year also. The invitation is given below with the information about previous lecture series Kindly attend in large number especially those who are doing PhD course work. Regards -Khaiser University of Mysore Department of Studies in Library and Information Science Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006 ENDOWMENT LECTURE SERIES ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES-9 on Changing Face of Research in Digital Era BY Dr.N.R. Srinivasa Raghavan Senior Vice President - Advanced Analytics Global Decision Management Citicorp Bengaluru Sri. N. V. Sathyanarayana CMD , Inforatics India Ltd. Bengaluru Will be the Guest of Honour Prof. S. N. Hegde Former Vice Chancellor University of Mysore Mysore Will Preside Your are Cordially Invited Date & Time Saturday 19th May 2012 at 11.30 AM Venue International School of Information Management Opp. Jaylaxmivilas Mansion Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006 Faculty Members & Students Prof. Khaiser Nikam Chairperson RSVP : 9845328672 Earlier Informatics Endowment Lecture Series on Digital Libraries:  The Inaugural lecture on “Beyond Search Engines: Putting information back in the centre stage of information technology” was delivered by Prof. S. Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore on 10th November 2001.  The second lecture on “Digital Library: Technology, Law, the Society and the four Cs” was delivered by Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Head, Division of Information Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 24th October 2002.  The third lecture on “Privacy - Preserving Data Mining” was delivered by Prof. Jayanth R. Haritsa, Supercomputer Education & Research Centre & Department of Computer Science & Automation Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore On 27th August 2004.  The fourth lecture series on “Making Visual Media Interactive” was delivered by Dr. P. Ananda, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Lab India Private Limited, Bangalore, on 10th October 2005.  The fifth lecture series on “Text mining for Knowledge Discovery from Biomedical Digital Libraries “ BY Prof. Vijay. V Raghavan, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, the Centre for Advanced Computing Studies, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA , on Thursday , 27th March 2008.  The sixth lecture was by Dr.Chintan Mehtha, Director,India Incubation “Cellar”, Yahoo India ! Research & Development Bangalore on the topic ”Managing Innovations” on 6th of March 2009.  The seventh lecture was by Prof.Srinivas Ramani, PhD, of International Institute of Information Technology, 26/C, Electronic City, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 100on the topic ”Structured Information and information Technology” held on Wednesday the 10 the of Feb, 2010.  The eighth ecture was by Sri. Raghavendra U. Udupa of Microsoft Research India , Bnagalore on the topic “Technology for the Multilingual World” held on April 30th 2011. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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let us learn the KASHMIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PRACTICES- PLEASE READ COMPLETELY
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 14 May '12

14 May '12

Helo friends I want to share few experiences that are unique in Indian Library situation. You must have never heard in academic libraries. Please read in full and express your impression. 1. Prof. (Dr.) Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, Kashmir University with the suggestion of the University Librarian, nominated two prominent citizens on their University Library Committee to get their support in developing the library. Mr Shaik Ghulam Rasool, former Chief secretary of the State and present MLC + Prominent medical practitioner Prof. (Dr.) G.Q Allaqaband. This unique strategy had helped a lot for the development of University Library system as their influence was very useful. How- please read? 2. In recent Library Committee meeting on 7 May 2012, When Dr. REYAZ RUFAI, University Librarian had put up the proposals and asked for the budget, for automating the departmental libraries. Mr. Rasool immediately without lapse of time sanctioned Rs 50 lakhs from his constituency fund. It is a wonderful gesture on his part and support is highly admirable by the whole library profession in and outside country. 3. When other proposals such as establishment of book bank came Prof. (Dr.) G.Q Allaqaband, immediately promised to get the fund from Local MLA and MP. Prof. (Dr.) G.Q Allaqaband is a well respected citizen and has great influence in the State. Next day through his influence and contacts got Rs 20 lakhs from Mr Irfan Shah, MLA and Rs 10 Lakhs from Dr Mustafa Kamal, MLA. It is presumed that much more is in offing through these prominent citizens. 4. Prof. (Dr.) Talat Ahmad, VC wanted to link the University Library to the Public Libraries and extend the services to the common man using ICT. These words he suggested in his opening remarks. Look at the concern for the common man. The VC wants to provide a separate cell in the University Library for Members of Civil Society to get access to wonderful resources available in the library. 5. I found many innovative ideas for discussion in this meeting. I sensed that the Kashmir University authorities and people of the State have scholarship and even now they want to promote scholarship through optimum use of Knowledge resources. 6. I have realized many things from this meeting --and there is lot to learn from them such as attitude to the library management and services. I respectfully adore and appreciate all of them for their contribution for the development of the library services. You all may be aware that the ALLAMA IQBAL LIBRARY (Kashmir University Library) is one of the best managed libraries using the ICT extensively. The Librarian and the staff needs appreciation from all the professionals. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, (UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR: 2009-11)(FACULTY, Dept or Library & Information Science, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY:1975-2008), Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) (2007-11)Plot No: A-194, H.No- 1-8-10/1,Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(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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DRTC Colloquium (2) 2011-2013
by Mayukh Biswas 12 May '12

12 May '12

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8TH Mile Mysore Road, Bangalore – 560059 DRTC Colloquium (2) 2011-2013 *TQM and Marketing in Libraries* * * * * *Abstract* * * Since the 1960's, the most widely taught marketing concept was the marketing mix theory: the 4Ps (product, price, place and promotion)--so clean, so neat, so inappropriate for libraries. Marketing theory cannot always be so succinctly described since relationships are by their nature complex. Marketing and Total Quality Management (TQM) are closely and clearly interlinked. Marketing focuses on capturing and analysing customers' needs; TQM involves the question of whether products and services do correspond to customers' expectations and needs and whether both are congruent with each other. TQM has been defined as "a systematic process which focuses on understanding customer needs and improving customer services". The implementation of TQM in the Library is a useful way to evaluate the quality of library services and provide goals for improvement. One especially beneficial aspect of TQM is its emphasis on continuous improvement. The most important condition of effective library services is to support continuous enriching dialog between the library and society by agreeing upon quality targets, which relate to the maintenance or improvement of quality standards. The library staffs carry the responsibility for the results of their work and for reaching the agreed targets. This colloquia highlights the recent trends and future of the TQM in libraries. FACETS SPEAKERS Introduction Mayukh Biswas Marketing Library Services Amit Kumar Shaw TQM Subhashis Das Service Sector Applications in Libraries Anurodh Kumar Sinha Conclusion Sonali Kishore Kalani Venue : DRTC Classroom, Date: 16th May, 2012 Time : 02:00 P.M. All are cordially invited. Dr. M. Krishnamurthy Colloquium Coordinator -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Save our beloved lis-forum from others' greed
by Prabalkishore Maity 12 May '12

12 May '12

To all respected members, Let us be aware and resist any kind of commercialization or exploitation (if any) of our beloved and very own lis- forum. There are some sites which used to be blogs earlier and later became full site. Once you open these kind of sites you could observe the site full of advertisements and only serves the owner’s pecuniary interests and are used with a sole focus of commercial exploitation. In such a case, the owner of such a site generally uses tools such as Google ad sense(used most widely by the owners), Ad World Network, AdAgency1, AdBonus, AdDynamix , Penny web Networks, AdOrigin,AdPepper <http://www.adpepper.com/> AdSmart<http://www.adsmart.net/>, etc. and earn huge money every month. We have to be careful to save our beloved lis-forum from becoming a money making tool to serve an individual’s pecuniary greed, if any. Most of us may not be aware of such money generating tools and may think sometimes what a nice job a site owner is doing and I found quite a few times one donates money to such sites as gifts wrongly acknowledging the effort. In this way these kind of sites not only earn money and make fat bank balance but also exploit one’s emotion.My earnest request to all is to save our forum from such traps and save its heritage. Wish you all in good health Prabal Kishore Maity. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mr Sheik Ghulam Rasool, MLC, KASHMIR -wonderful gesture to Kashmir University
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 12 May '12

12 May '12

THIS IS THE NEWS PUBLISHED IN GREATER KASHMIR- NEWSPAPER Srinagar, May 7: Former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and present MLC Sheikh Ghulam Rasool donated Rs 50 lakh to Allama Iqbal Library, Kashmir University from his constituency development fund. Sheikh Ghulam Rasool who is also a member of the AIL committee said he will persuade the MPs to get some help from the Government of India on extending budgetary support to AIL and the Kashmir University. “This big gesture from Sheikh Ghulam Rasool was appreciated by everybody at the meeting . Vice chancellor Prof Talat also appreciated his magnanimous gesture and hoped that others will also come forward to help in the growth and development of the AIL,” a KU spokesman said in a statement. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, (UGC- EMERITUS PROFESSOR: 2009-11)(FACULTY, Dept or Library & Information Science, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY:1975-2008), Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8) President, Association of British Scholars (Hyderabad Chapter) (2007-11)Plot No: A-194, H.No- 1-8-10/1,Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500 007 (INDIA) 9246547599 (Mobile) e:mail-- naglaxman(a)yahoo.com OR naglaxman(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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Clarification about LIS-Forum service
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 12 May '12

12 May '12

Dear Members, There seem to be some confusion about the continuity of the LIS-Forum discussion list amongst some of the members. In my posting about the closure of NCSI, all that I had said about LIS-Forum was that there is a possibility that the LIS-Forum service could be administered from a different institute/organization. I haven't said anything about shutting down the list. Let me reassure all the members that the service will NOT be stopped, but there is a possibility that the service provider may change. Some institutions/organizations have already offered to continue the lis-forum service from their domains. I would like to thank all such offers. However, for the present, the list will continue from IISc domain and I'll keep you posted when it is time for the continuity of the LIS-Forum service from a different institution/organization. With best wishes, - Francis JRDTML, IISc Bengaluru - 560 012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Solution to closure of LIS forum
by Praveen K C 12 May '12

12 May '12

Dear Members, Few days ago we heard a bad news about the closure of LIS mail updates. But there is a simple solution to run LIS forum mailing list free of cost! Create a gmail account in the name of LIS forum and in this account create a google group with appropriate name. Once the group is created, automatically we get a new e-mail ID for the group (e.g., lisforum(a)googlegroups.com) and a simple webpage(http://groups.google.com). The owner who created this group has to invite the members with the help of the link provided. Once the invited members accept the invitation they are into the group. Owner can regulate the group members with different options provided there in the group and member settings. Owner can set any member as a moderator. Now the owner and moderator can moderate the messages coming to the group. Once a member posts the message, a mail will come for moderation to owner and moderator. There are plenty of options enough to successfully run a group. I have initiate tow groups in the interest of research scholars. One is Mysore university level (mysoreuniversity(a)googlegroups.com) and another is all India level (ramgnsc(a)googlegroups.com). The groups are running successfully from past 2-3 years. I hope LIS forum will not come to an end but will have a new beginning! Thanking you with best regards, Praveen KC CSIR-SRF DOS in Physics University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore-570006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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