November 2013 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

EPT award nominations welcome
by Mailing List Admin 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:37:00 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Dear Friends: I am happy to inform you that the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development is celebrating Open Access Week with the 3rd annual award to* individuals in developing and transition countries* that have made a significant contribution to the advance of Open Access to research publications. Please see http://epublishingtrust.net/ept-award-2013/ for further information and for the application forms.ept, I anticipate that members of the Bytesforall and LIS-Forum lists will know of such individuals who are making a major contribution to enabling free access to essential information, and we look forward to receiving their applications.. Arun

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Celebrating 30 Years Of The Domain Name System (DNS) This Month!
by Kuber Kumbar 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Thirty years ago this month, in November 1983, two RFCs were published that defined the criticalInternet service that we now take for granted and use every day – the Domain Name System or more generally just “DNS”. Those two RFCs, authored by Paul Mockapetris, were: · RFC 882: Domain Names – Concepts and Facilities · RFC 883: Domain Names – Implementation and Specification These two RFCs formed the basis for what was to become the DNS system we use today. There was a great amount of discussion in the early 1980′s around how to move beyond the flat naming convention used in the early “ARPA Internet”. Several proposals were out there that make for interesting reading today, including RFC 799, RFC 819 and RFC 830. As Paul Mockapetris relays in a video for the Internet Hall of Fame (IHOF) Internet timeline, his boss at the time, Jon Postel, asked Paul to look at the various ideas and come up with a proposal of his own for how it should work. The result was RFCs 882 and 883. Four years later, in November 1987, these two original RFCs (882 and 883) were then “obsoleted” by RFC 1034 and RFC 1035 in which Paul updated and expanded the original RFCs based on the experience of those four years in actually implementing DNS. These newer RFCs 1034 and 1035 are still the basis of DNS today, although they have been “updated” many times since, including by the addition of DNSSEC in RFCs 4033, 4034 and 4035. Today the DNS is a critical part of our Internet infrastructure and is the serviceguiding us in connecting to all the other services we use across the Internet. We all use DNS all the time every day even though, as Paul Mockapetris wrote earlier this year, we may not even be aware thatwe are using DNS. KUBERA K.P Information Assistant The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. M.G Road Bangalore-560001 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OCLC Research launches Scholars' Contributions to VIAF activity
by Kuber Kumbar 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

This activity explores the benefits of collaborating with scholars to enrich the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) with new names from scholarly communities and additional script forms. VIAF combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service that is freely available on the Web. Most VIAF contributors to date have been national librariesand other library agencies. However, scholars have a stronger affiliation with their discipline than with any one institution. And although scholarly projects are often international in scope, some minority languages do not have an agency such as a national library committed to supporting their documentation needs. To explore the benefits of collaborating with scholars to enrich VIAF, OCLC Research has launched a Scholars Contribution to VIAF activity that provides a path that domain experts can use to contribute their research in the form of authority data to enrich the information already in VIAF. Contributing their authority data to VIAF will benefits scholars by: * providing them with a resource for disseminating their scholarly research on names beyond their own communities make to libraries and researchers around the globe * giving them the ability to contribute names to VIAF in scripts that are not represented in the MARC 21 character set used in the LC/NACO Authority File, since VIAF supports Unicode * generating VIAF uniform resource identifiers (URIs) as persistent identifiers for the names contributed that scholars can use in their own databases, linked data applications, scholarly discourse, and name disambiguation in multinational collaborations. In addition, both scholarly societies and libraries will benefit from this activity because it will enrich VIAF with name authority data that would not otherwise be contributed by national libraries. It will also increase the number of "alternate names" associated with VIAF clusters that include scholars' contributions with scripts that are not yet represented. The first set of personal names from a scholarly resource loaded into VIAF as part of this project are now live. Greek names from the Perseus Catalog hosted by Tufts University, an OCLC Research Library Partnership institution, are now available in VIAF in Greek and sometimesArabic script forms. The Perseus Catalog aims to provide access to at least one online edition of every major Latin and Greek author from antiquity to 600 CE. Adding the Greek, Arabic and other script forms of names in the Perseus Catalog enrich existing VIAF clusters that previously lacked them. The number of "alternate name forms" associated with VIAF clusters that include the Perseus Catalog's contributions has already increased, with scripts not yet represented. OCLC is eager to welcome VIAF contributions from other scholarly communities. If you're interested in discussing the opportunity to contribute names from your scholarly database to VIAF, contact OCLC Research Program Officer Karen Smith-Yoshimura. See the OCLC Research Scholars' Contribution to VIAF activity page and Karen Smith-Yoshimura's First Scholars' Contributions to VIAF: Greek! post on the OCLC Research blog,hangingtogether.org, for more information about this work. KUBERA K.P Information Assistant The Printers(Mysore)Private Ltd. M.G Road Bangalore-560001 -- 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
by jntu library 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Dear Sir/Madam, We are in an urgent need of an article from Sage Publications for our faculty. The details are: Tilte: Research status of active cooling of endothermic hydrocarbon fueled scramjet engine Author(s): Ning, W <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/OneClickSearch.do?product=WOS&search_mode=On…>(Ning, Wang)*[ 1 <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?SID=W2zfI7fEm4lRlD4Lx9u&pr…> ] *; Yu, P <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/OneClickSearch.do?product=WOS&search_mode=On…>(Yu, Pan)*[ 1 <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?SID=W2zfI7fEm4lRlD4Lx9u&pr…> ] *; Jin, Z <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/OneClickSearch.do?product=WOS&search_mode=On…>(Jin, Zhou)*[ 1 <http://apps.webofknowledge.com/InboundService.do?SID=W2zfI7fEm4lRlD4Lx9u&pr…> ] * Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART G-JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Volume: 227 Issue: 11 Pages: 1780-1794 Published: Nov 2013 http://intl-pig.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/10/16/0954410012463642.full.… Can anyone having access to this publication, help us with a copy of this article. Thanking you in advance. Regards V.Lalitha Asst. Professor University Library JNTU Hyderabad Email: jntulibrary(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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Application invited for Senior Library Trainees at Visvesvaraya Technological University Library, Belgaum.
by Mailing List Admin 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:10:07 +0530 From: Dr.K.R. Mulla <krmulla(a)gmail.com> Dear LIS Professionals, The Library of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, is intended to appoint Eight (8) Senior Library Trainees for its main and regional libraries, in progress comes. The appointments may be based on the following terms and conditions: 1. The appointment is {only/is solely} temporary and written agreement basis for twelve months only. 2. Fascinating qualification is M.L.I.Sc., (Library and data Science) or its equivalent and proved record of expertise of data-intensive jobs can solely be considered. Expertise in ICT application and computing are most well-liked. 3. Preference will be given to those that have some experiences of work. 4. The task that these Trainees are appointed is very data-intensive and ICT application. Thus solely untiring and assured people ought to apply. 5. Earnings are coterminous with the expertise and qualification subject to a most of Rs 12,000/ per month. 6. Chosen candidates can need to work for eight hours every day, six days per week with weekly off on listing basis. 7. Institute cannot offer any on-campus accommodation and chosen candidates are announce to any of the regional centre (Belgaum, Bangalore, Mysore and Gulbarga) of VTU and its constituent school (UBDT school of Engineering, Davanagere). 8. The chosen candidates are lasting by the foundations and laws of the University. 9. Interested applications should be sent by mail to krmulla(a)vtu.ac.in 10. Applications won't be received in the flesh. 11. No enquiry concerning this appointment are amused in any variety of communications (Tele, Email or in Written). Interested candidates should send their resume to the higher than email address among seven days from the date of publication of this message. Note: The listing are maintained whereas choice of the candidates as per the authorities of province. With Regards Librarian, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Jnana Sangama, Belgaum-590018 Karnataka, India

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LHC PLANS FOR OPEN DATA FUTURE: RESEARCHERS SHARE RESULTS TO KEEP THEM ACCESSIBLE
by Ragaavendra R 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Dear Moderator pls circulate. LHC PLANS FOR OPEN DATA FUTURE: RESEARCHERS SHARE RESULTS TO KEEP THEM ACCESSIBLE When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is humming along, the data come in a deluge. The four experimental detectors at the facility, based at CERN, Europe's particle-physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, collect some 25 petabytes of information each year. Storing the data is not a problem: hard drives are cheap and getting cheaper. The challenge is preserving knowledge that is less commonly stored - the software, algorithms and reference plots specific to each experiment. These often degrade or disappear with time, says Cristinel Diaconu of the Marseilles Centre for Particle Physics in France, who is chair of the international Data Preservation in Long Term Analysis in High Energy Physics (DPHEP) study group. He worries that if the data continue to be stored in their current state, physicists trying to decipher them in 10 years' time will be unable to reconstruct the discovery of the Higgs boson. "When the LHC programme comes to an end, it will probably be the last data at this frontier for many years," he says. "We can't afford to lose it. TO ACCESS COMPLETE CONTENT PLS GO THROUGH THIS LINK: http://www.nature.com/news/lhc-plans-for-open-data-future-1.14244?WT.ec_id=… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee position
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Moderator is requested to publish this message: The Library of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta will take a few Library Trainees for an ongoing project. Followings are the details of the appointment: 1. The appointment is purely temporary and contractual for three (3) months only. However for exceptionally good candidates with some experiences, the offer may be given for a period of six months. 2. The job for which these Trainees will be appointed is extremely data-intensive. Hence only hardworking and confident individuals should apply. 3. Desirable qualification is M.Lib.Sc. However individuals with B.Lib.Sc and proven record of experience of data-intensive jobs will also be considered. 4. Preference will be given to those who have some experiences of work. 5. Salary will be commensurate with the experience and qualification subject to a maximum of Rs 10,000/ per month. 6. Selected candidates will have to work 8 hours a day, 6 days a week with weekly off on roster basis. 7. Candidates called for written test/interview will have to attend the same at their own expense. 8. Selected candidates will have to join within 7 days. 9. Institute will not provide any accommodation to the selected candidates. 10. Under no circumstances, the period of appointment for Library Trainees will exceed beyond 3 months/6 months as the case may be at the time of initial appointment. 11. Applications must be sent only to librarian(a)iimcal.ac.in 12. No application will be received in person. 13. No enquiry about this appointment will be entertained. 14. Who must not apply: those who are holding permanent position, those who cannot join immediately and those who cannot attend written test/interview at their own expense must not apply against this notification. Interested candidates must send their resume to librarian(a)iimcal.ac.in latest by December 4, 2013. Those who have already sent their resume against the earlier notification, published on this forum on November 25, 2013, need not apply again. Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 India Phone: 91-33-2467-8300 (Bus extn: 416; Res extn: 106) Library: http://library.iimcal.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Lecture at Committee Room, Central Library, JNU on 29th Nov. 2013 at 11.00 am
by Dr. Ramesh C Gaur 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Central Library Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) cordially invites you to the 16th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme Topic: Large-Scale Multimedia Digital Library Collections: Challenges and Research Opportunities Speaker : Prof. Ricardo da Silva Torres Institute of Computing University of Campinas Av. Albert Einstein, 1251, 13083-852,, Campinas, SP - Brazil http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~rtorres Chairperson: Dr. Ramesh C Gaur University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) About the Talk: Technology advancements towards image acquisition, storage, and dissemination have fostered the creation of large image collections. In this scenario, there is a strong requirement for effective and efficient systems to manage those materials. In this lecture, I will address common challenges as well as research opportunities related to the design and the implementation of multimedia digital libraries and associated services. About the Speaker: Ricardo da S. Torres received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2000. He got his doctorate in Computer Science at the same university in 2004. He is Director of the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas. His research interests include Image Analysis, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Databases, Digital Libraries, and Geographic Information Systems. Ricardo Torres is member of RECOD lab (http://www.recod.ic.unicamp.br) He is author/co-authors of more than 100 articles into refereed journal and conferences (see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~rtorres) He serves as PC member for several international and national conferences. He also has supervised 20 master and 5 PhD projects. Please make it convenient to attend. Regards Ramesh ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur(a)mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66(a)gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day Workshop on Literature Review at MyLISA, Mysore
by Vasanth 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

Dear Sir/Madam, Mysore University Library in association with Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA) is organising an one-day workshop on 'Tackle a literature review' under the series 'Publish or Perish'. This is the second workshop on the series. Workshop Date and Venue: The one-day workshop will be on November 30, 2013 at the Mysore University Library, Mysore. The programme is likely to start at 9.30 am. The participants are required to be present at the venue at 9.00 am itself for completing the formality required for attending the workshop. The tea and coffee will be served to the participants between the session breaks. Please note that the participants have to make their own arrangement for lunch on the day of workshop. Workshop registration: There is no fee for participation in the workshop.Certificate of participation will be given to the participants. Please note that there are limited seats available. Hence, the registration will be given only on first-come first serve-basis. The registration would start from 27th November 2013 and close as soon as the maximum number of available seats is filled up. There is no spot registration facility. The application should include the Participant’s Name, Designation, Full Department/Institute Address, Phone Number (preferably mobile), email id and the recommendation from the Chairperson/Guide in case of research scholars, research associates, project assistants, MPhil students and research scholars. The date of receipt of the application by the organizers will be considered for registration purposes. Application has to be delivered by hand at the office of the University Librarian, Manasagangotri, Mysore. Application through email will not be entertained/considered. For further information you may contact: Dr. C.P. Ramasesh University Librarian Mysore University Library University of Mysore Mysore Phone: 0821-2419388 Or Dr. N.S. Harinarayana Secretary MyLISA Mysore Phone: 0821-2419399 ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. PRO MyLISA, Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Save libraries and librarianship]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: Save libraries and librarianship From: "Sangeeta Narang" <sangeeta.bbdl(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, November 23, 2013 7:48 pm To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Vasantha, Your vision about the libraries and librarianship in India is very apt. It is true that higher authorities have little concern about the growth and development of public libraries and even advancements in medical libraries is almost abysmal.(Though they have the direct link with the society) One can see how well, management libraries, engineering libraries even university libraries are performing. Neither is there much literature or activities found on public libraries or medical libraries. Many of the professional associations are for the namesake just like the Medical Library Association of India. I wish they should be more active and should unitedly work for improving the status of medical librarians rather than absorbing the posts for their personal gains. Thank you KALA for raising the issue 'save libraries save librarianship' in one of your seminar. Hope such meetings and seminars will be a regular feature all around. Thank you Lis-forum for sending us the regular updates. With best regards Sangeeta Narang ---------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:20:19 +0800 (SGT) > From: Vasanth <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> > To: LIS forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Save Libraries and Librarianship: Some Thoughts > Message-ID: > <1385090419.52067.YahooMailNeo(a)web190806.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > This piece is just a bundle of thoughts that have been lingering in my > mind after come across the title of the seminar ?Save Libraries and > Librarianship? organized by the Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), > Bangalore on the eve of National Library Week-2013. > > I have tried to look at, why KALA at this juncture has organized a seminar > on this topic ?Save Libraries and Librarianship?? Not on what transpired at > the event.? > > Recently while searching for library quotations we had come across lot of > inspiring quotations on libraries. Many of them have come from famous > literary giants, great scientists and tech wizards. Some of them are: > > "The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the > library." > ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??????????????????????? - Albert Einstein? > I have always imagined paradise as a kind of library > ??? ??? ??? ???????????????????????????? - Jorge Louis Borges > > A library is a hospital for the mind > ??? ??? ??? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?? -? Anonymous? > > Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. > ??? ??? ??? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? - Sir Richard Steel > I cannot live without books > ??? ??? ???????????? -Thomas Jefferson > > What all these quotations indicating or pointing us that, how important > libraries are for creating a healthy society as well as for intellectual > growth of an individual. This is what Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft > has said about libraries ?I?d be happy if I could think that the role of > the library was sustained and even enhanced in the age of the computer.?? > The decline of any cultural institutions (such as libraries) is the decline > of the society. If society is not cared for its cultural institutions then > there is something wrong with the society. The death of library (cultural > institutions) is the death of the society as well.? > > The voice of ?Save libraries? has to come from the society not from the > professional organization. Librarianship may have been facing some serious > problems to sustain in this technological age but not libraries. Every > stakeholder in the society has the role to keep this society healthy by > helping cultural institutions like libraries to sustain and thrive. Why we > librarians, the managers of libraries have to plead the society??Is it not > the collective efforts of the society? > > If few points to ponder upon the current status of librarianship in India > or across the globe, we are lacking strong leadership in the domain (after > S.R.Ranganthan?s demise, Indian LIS field has not seen the leader of such > stature). The academia has, if we go through the recent research trends > (Ph.Ds, research papers, conference, seminars) shifted its focus more on > technological aspects not librarianship (library philosophical > foundations). Public libraries have not been the part of LIS academic > discourse in recent times. If we skim through the LIS Forum posting for the > last one year itself is an indication that even 0.01% > seminars/conference/workshops have had the theme ?public libraries?. Today > in the 21st knowledge society libraries especially public libraries have > big role to play. Technology would help us tap the large mass of the people > through public libraries. Are we doing anything on this?? > > Though we are living in an information society (where economy is largely > depend upon the availability of information) libraries the main chain of > information society is not taken care in a manner it should have been. > Libraries have been deprived of even basic facilities. If school, college, > and public libraries are provided minimal physical facilities and human > resource support, automatically conditions would be little better off. Is > this happening in college, schools and public libraries?? > > Library schools across the globe have been shifting their boundaries > (changing their name as iSchools) from libraries to other interdisciplinary > domains. Library is slowly forgetting from the academic world. If we really > wants to boost the confidence of LIS students (future LIS education), what > we really need to do? Do we have the answer?? > > If library professional organizations not address fundamental questions > and started to ask (save libraries and librarianship) this kind of > questions? Are we putting library profession at stake?? > > > (Views are personal) > > ? > ------------------------- > With best wishes > Vasantha Raju N. > GFGC-Periyapatna > Mysore

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