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Librarian Guide - Technical Discussion Forum
by DP Tripathi 03 Nov '13

03 Nov '13

Hello Everyone! A good news for library professionals. "Librarian Guide - Technical Discussion Forum" designed by Pragya Tripathi is now ready for use. This website contains the tutorial on the topics such as Content Management System i.e. Joomla, Digital Library i.e. DSpace, Library Automation Software i.e. e-Granthalaya etc. The site has been designed keeping in view that those library professionals who are not aware of open source technologies and find difficulties in operation of all these. This website contains the information in detail in video format. Hope this website will be useful for all of us. The URL of the site is www.librarianguide.in Thanks, -- ********************* D. P. Tripathi Assistant Librarian Biju Patnaik Central Library NIT Rourkela Odisha - 769008 ********************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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You Can Go To Jail For An Overdue Library Book
by Jayadev P Hiremath 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

By Mary Beth Quirk<http://consumerist.com/author/marybethquirkconsumerist/> November 1, 2013 If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it is not to mess with librarians or library materials<http://consumerist.com/?s=overdue+library+books>. We’ve learned some other things too, of course, but for today’s lesson in library lateness, just go with it. Moving on! A Texas man was arrested this week for failing to return a GED study guide he simply spent too long studying — three years — and was sent to jail to mull over his actions, or lack thereof. It’s not like he’s serving hard time or anything, though. People like him are usually released on a $200 bond after arrest, notes a municipal judge. KTWX.com<http://www.kwtx.com/ourtown/home/headlines/Copperas-Cove-Overdue-Library-Bo…>cites court documents that show he first checked out the guide in 2010 and never responded to the library’s subsequent attempts by phone and emails to recover its property. The library told the municipal court and boom, you’ve got an active overdue libraries material warrant on your head and cops can bring you in during a routine stop. To those who say it sounds unfair to go to jail over a book, just think about the people who might want or need that same tome, only to find it unavailable, said the judge. That’s why the city passed the ordinance allowing for arrest warrants in these cases a few years ago — it was getting too expensive to replace materials that weren’t coming back. “Universal hatred,” the judge calls the reaction to the ordinance. “Nobody wants to get arrested over a library book. The other side of that is people that go to our library and can’t have these materials, they’re put out too,” he said of the reaction to getting an arrest in such a case. The suspect didn’t seem excited to talk to local media about his case, but KTWX notes that a copy of a GED study guide like the one he checked out was back on the shelf, with his library card inside. We can’t help but wonder how that GED went after three years of studying. -- Warm regards. Jayadev P Hiremath Independent Libraries Professional (Former Librarian - IBS,Kuwait) E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CONGRATULATONS to INFOQUIZ 2013 WINNERS!
by franc＠library.iisc.ernet.in 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Dear Memebrs, The first round of InfoQuiz2013 (online quiz) and one of the ICADL'2013 attractions was conducted on 28th October as scheduled. Due to time-out error in the case of a few participants, we had to conduct it again for them on 30th October, with a different set of questions. The results are out with top-six scorers selected for the final round of stage quiz. We congratulate these top-six scorers, who are selected for the Stage Quiz at the ICADL2013, on 11th December in Bangalore. They will separately receive the invite from ICADL organizers. Informatics, the organizers of InfoQuiz 2013 will sponsor their travel and hospitality. Here is the list of top10 scorers listed below. The first six are the winners of the online Quiz. Congratulations winners! The six winners will be formed into three teams combining ranks 1&6 (Team Atri), 2&5 (Team Agastya) and 3&4 (Team Arundhati) as twin members of three teams for the Stage Quiz. InfoQuiz 2013 Results --------------------- # NAME Score Time Date (Sec.) 1. Mr. Sanjo Jose,Librarian, Ernakulam, Kerala 90 1,674 30/10/13 2. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Senior Library Asst., 84 1,532 28/10/13 Parliament Library of India, New Delhi 3. Ms. Anitha P G, Library Assistant, 84 1,730 30/10/13 Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Trivendrum, Kerala 4. Mr. MuzamilNaikoo, Research Scholar, 82 941 28/10/13 Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 5. Ms. Shazia Khan, Research Scholar, 80 445 28/10/13 Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 6. Ms. Shashi Kala Yadav, Librarian, 80 1,062 28/10/13 Kendriya Vidyalaya, New Delhi. 7. Ms. Bhakti Gala, Faculty, 80 1,697 28/10/12 Department of Library & Information Science, Vadodara, Guajrath 8. Mr. Ramesh Yernagula, Dy. Dircetor (Doc.), 80 1,720 28/10/13 Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi 9. Mr. Kavi Upreti, Scientific Officer, AERB, Mumba 76 709 28/10/13 10. Mr. Vilas Jadhav, Documentation Officer, 76 1,274 28/10/13 Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Pune, Maharashtra Note: Top six scorers, from 1-6 are the winners selected for stage quiz We thank all those who participated in the InfoQuiz2013. Join us at ICADL2013 to watch the exciting stage quiz and many intellectually engaging programs. N. V. Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director Informatics India Ltd., Bangalore 560004 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Preservation, Trust and Continuing Access for e-Journals - Report
by Shamprasad Pujar 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Dear Members, ‘Preservation, Trust and Continuing Access for e-Journals’ is the latest report released by 'Digital Preservation Coalition’s (DPC). The report provides a comprehensive review of the latest developments in e-journal preservation, outlining key considerations and an application of best practice standards. The report introduces a range of service providers that now support continuing access and/or preservation of e-journals and how research libraries have increasingly come to trust them. Full text of the report available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr13-04 I hope you may find it useful. Wish you a very happy and prosperous Diwali! Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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