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Is it an error???
by Ajay Kamble 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

As we all know, UGC published the UGC REGULATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT SCHEME OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC STAFF IN UNIVERSITY / COLLEGES AND MEASURES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 2010, which was later published in the Gazette of India, 18 September, 2010 and later was accepted by Government of Maharastra, DHTE vide its GR No. Sankirna - 2011/(25/11) vishi-1 dated 15th February, 2011. Also, recently accepted by Mumbai University vide its Circular No. CONCOL/TAU/40/ of 2012-13 dated 19th March 2013. If we refer 1. Appendix III Table - II(a) And 6.1.0 of UGC Regulation 2010 (page no. 104) 2. Appendix III Table - II(b) of UGC Regulations 2010 (page no 105) 3. Appendix III Table VIII(a) of the UGC Regulations 2010 (page no 122) 4. Appendix III Table VIII(b) of the UGC Regulations 2010 (page no 123) and compare the IV row regards Research and Academic Contribution (Category III) we found that, 1. The points of University Teacher and University Library Staff equals and found relevant to each other. 2. The points viz. 5/year and 20/AP; 10/year and 50/AP; 15/year and 45/AP for College Teachers are also relevant. 3. The points for College Librarian for stage I to II are 5/year and 40/AP is found irrelevant as 5 x 6 = 30 as maximum AP for first stage is 6 years. 4. Same is the case for Stage II to III and Stage III to IV. 5. This may be misprinted and the error remains unknown all these years. 6. The report was studied and forwarded by expert committees from UGC, MHRD, Government of Maharshtra and University of Mumbai and still no one has noticed the above error. 7. Suppose, if it is not an error, are they expecting the college librarians to do more research work than teacher categories. If anyone is having more information on this issue please let us know. Thanks and Regards, Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registrations Open: International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2013
by Ranjan Karmakar 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

TERI is organizing ICDL 2013 (International Conference on Digital Libraries) during 27–29 November 2013 at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The conference would be inaugurated by Hon'ble VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA. The major objectives of this mega event are: • To bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries • To create a platform through capacity building on Digital Library, • Knowledge Management and applications of Social Media ICDL 2013 is also expecting an august gathering of over 500 participants drawn from cross-disciplinary areas etc. We have received confirmations from several renowned international experts for participating in the deliberations. Some of the highlights of the conference would be: • Thematic Workshop addressing on contemporary issues to a focused group of clientele • Tutorials by leading DL experts of the World • Conference deliberation by the luminaries of Digital Library • Exposition by National and International Publishers, Knowledge Vendors Tutorials@ ICDL 2013 1) Introduction to data mining with Weka by Ian H Witten Professor,University of Waikato, New Zealand 2).Imagine! Information retrieval from the WWW by images by Paul Nieuwenhuysen Professor, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels 3) Content-based Image Retrieval: Concepts, Challenges, and Research Opportunities by Ricardo da Silva Torres Associate professor, Institute of Computing (IC) University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 4) Ontological Engineering by Kavi Mahesh, Professor, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, and Principal Consultant, Knowledge Management Group, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Bangalore, India 5)Using XML and TEI to produce digital books for digital libraries by Alejandro Bia Associate Professor, Miguel Hernández University, CIO - DEMI, Spain 6) Open Data Repositories & Linked Data by ARD Prasad, Professor & Head, DRTC, ISI, India Workshops cum panel discussions@ICDL 2013 1) Applying Standards and Addressing Interoperability Digital Libraries in a Networked World by UNESCO Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/unesco.php 2) National Mission Libraries by Ministry of Culture Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/nml.php 3) National Virtual Library Initiative (NVLI) by Ministry of Culture Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/nvli.php 4) Open Access by Nature Publishing Group Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/openaccess.php 5) New Trend in e-Publishing: Unlocking More Value for the Researcher by Elsevier Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/Elsevier.php 6) Digitization and Digital Preservation by Contentra Technologies Informatics Limited Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/contetra.php 7) Revolutionizing the Publishing Model by JoVE Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/job.php 8) Audio-visual Archives: Focus and Challenges by Prasar Bharati Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/multimedia.php 9) Technology for Libraries: Highest-Technology & Best Features, Yet Affordable & Future Proof Visit: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/koha.php For registration, kindly visit our website: http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/register.php Mailing Address: ICDL 2013 Secretariat The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India Tel: +91 11 24682100 or 41504900 Fax: 24682144 Email: ICDL2013(a)teri.res.in Website: www.teriin.org/events/icdl With warm regards, Ranjan Karmakar ================================== Ranjan Karmakar, UGC - NET, NISCAIR, Information Analyst, Library and Information Centre, Knowledge Management Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India Habitat Centre Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India. Website: www.teriin.org; www.teriin.org/events/icdl (Mob: 08882519628) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Conference at Mangalore University-reg
by Shekar H P 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Dear all, GREETINGS FOR THE DAY.....!!! This is to inform you that, Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Mangalore, in association with Karnataka State SC/ST Library Professionals Association (R), Bangalore, Organizes a Two Day National Level Conference on Democratization of Information using ICT: Role of Libraries for social enlightenment, during 24-25th January, 2014 at Mangala Auditorium, Mangalore University Campus, Mangalore-574199 *For further details about the conference kindly click on the website:* http://mangaloreunilibraryconference.weebly.com Feel free to contact: *Organizing Secretary * Dr. Khaisar Muneebulla Khan Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Mangalore University Mangalagangothri P.O Mangalore-574 199 Karnataka, India E-Mail: khaisarmk(a)yahoo.com khaisarmk(a)yahoo.com Phone: 09845504886 0824-2287316 (O) 0824-2287811 (R) *Joint-Organizing Secretary* Dr. T. Y. Mallaiah Dy.Librarian / Secretary KSSC/STLPA Mangalore University Library, Mangalaganhgothri P.O Mangalore-574 199 Karnataka, India E-Mail: mallaiahty(a)yahoo.com mallaiahty(a)yahoo.com Phone: 09448004946 0824-2287394( O) 0824-2288375 (R) Fax : 0824-2287289 We look forward to see you all in the New Year at NAMMA KARAVALI with regards -- Dr. Shekar H.P. Head, Knowledge Resource Centre IBS Business School, #231, Near Kengeri Check post Mysore Road, Bangalore-560060 Karnataka - India Ph: (O): 080-66222244 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Harvard's Head Librarian Is Delighted That Google Books Will Expand Fair Use
by noufal＠tatamotors.com 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

(To post in the Forum) Dear All An interesting read. Google estimates that there are about 130 million unique books in the world. And the search giant intends to scan them all by 2020. After an eight-year, multi-branched legal battle <http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/bm~doc/google-books-litigation- family-tree.pdf> , Judge Denny Chin came down on the side of Google Books in a major decision on Thursday <http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/google-books-victory-widens-the-scope- of-fair-use> , ruling that Google was within its legal right to digitize the books under the fair use provision of US copyright law. Google started its digitization effort about a decade ago, but was criticized by authors and publishers for violating copyright, eventually spurring a class action lawsuit brought forward by the Authors Guild and the the Association of American Publishers. Chin ruled against the groups last week, in a move that's been hailed as a victory for fair use on the internet. Robert Darnton, a celebrated book historian and Harvard University's head librarian, has followed the legal saga over the years- always as a strong advocate for the public's access to literature in the digital realm. I talked with Darnton about last week's ruling, as well as the history of fair use and the future of digital publishing. Full Story: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/harvards-head-librarian-is-delighted-th at-google-books-will-expand-fair-use Regards, Noufal.PP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "This e-Mail may contain proprietary and confidential information and is sentfor the intended recipient(s) only. If, by an addressing or transmission error,this mail has been misdirected to you, you are requested to delete this mailimmediately. You are also 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. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the organization. Before opening attachment(s), please scan for viruses." ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postponement of dates of National Conference on ~SRedefining Libraries in Electronic Age~T (RLEA-2013)
by Mailing List Admin 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:41:54 +0530 From: Dr.K.R. Mulla <krmulla(a)gmail.com> Dear Professional Friends, Due to Government of Karnataka has scheduled its Legislative Assembly Sessions in Belgaum from 25th November 2013 to 6th December 2013. The National Conference on “Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age” (RLEA-2013) scheduled on 29th & 30th November 2013 has been rescheduled to 20th & 21st December 2013. We are very sorry for the inconveniences caused to all the participants, Guests, Paper presenters and Resource Persons. I request all of you to kindly reschedule your itinerary and make your reservations accordingly. I request all of you to kindly attend the Conference and make it a most memorable, meaningful and successful. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Dr. K. R. Mulla Organizing Secretary, Librarian, Visvesvaraya Technological University, “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum-590 018, Karnataka. +91-9449873452 (M), +91-9448031969 (M) +91-831-2498191 (O) +91-831-2498192 (Fax) Email: krmulla(a)vtu.ac.in/ krmulla(a)gmail.com URL: www.vtu.ac.in Conference Website: http://vtuerm12.webs.com/events.htm

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Koha and RFID users (Vinod Kumar Mishra)
by Mailing List Admin 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:52:35 +0530 From: Dhaval Kotecha <dhaval(a)rapidradio.co.in> Dear Mr. Vinod Kumar Mishar, As per your request we are listing down the projects done by RapidRadio for various clients who use KOHA integrated with RFID. Of course there may be other projects from other vendors which we are not aware of. 1. British Council Library - Chennai, Delhi & Chandigarh 2. North Easter Hill University, Shillong 3. University Of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 4. Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar (Under implementation) 5. Flame, Pune 6. Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai 7. Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi and counting..

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Request for articles
by Smita Chandra 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Dear Sir, We are in need of the following articles and would be grateful if pdf of the same could please be sent. The articles required are : 1. S.H.Pawar,S.P.Tamhankar,P.N.Bhosale,Thin Solid Films,110 (1983) 165. 2. C.Ghosh and B.P.Varma,Thin Solid Films , 60,(1989), 61. 3. B.B.Nayak , H.N.Acharya, T.K.Chaudhary and G.B. Mitra, Thin Solid Films, 92 (1982) 309. 4. S.H. Pawar, P.N. Bhosale, "Growth of thin films by solution-gas interface -A New Technique," J. Mat. Chem. and Phys. 11, 461(1984). Thanking you in anticipation, Yours sincerely, Dr. (Ms.) Smita Chandra Librarian Indian Institute of Geomagnetism Plot No.5, Sector 18 Kalamboli-Panvel Highway New Panvel, Navi Mumbai 410 218 Phone: 91-22-2748 4000 / ext.4137 (Direct: 91-22-2748 4137) Fax: 91-22-2748 0762 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Committee formed for MULISSA at MyDLIS
by N.S. Harinarayana 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Dear friends The new executive committee for Mysore University Library and Information Science Students’ Association (MULISSA) for the academic year 2013-14 was formed recently. The committee members are: President – Prof. Khaiser Nikam; Faculty Advisor – Dr. N.S. Harinarayana; Secretary – Sri Puttaswamy; Joint Secretary – Sri Nithin Chakravarthi; Treasurer – Kum. Geetha P.; Members – Sri Nagendra Kumar, Sri Mahesh, Kum. Darshini and Kum. Kavyasri. As its first activity for the current academic year MULISSA participated in the ‘National Library Week’ celebrations organized by the Department of Public Libraries at Mysore. The student volunteers from MULISSA participated in the procession from City Central Library to Kalamandira under the leadership of Prof. Khaiser Nikam. The students created the awareness among the general public about the reading and libraries by holding more than 15 placards and two MULISSA banners. Dr. N.S. Harinarayana, Sri M.L. Umesh, Sri A. Selvaraju and Sri Sunil from the Department of Library and Information Science also participated in the procession. MULISSA also had organized a short skit at Kalamandira to highlight the significance of libraries in the society. Prof. Mallinath Kumbar, Prof. Chandrashekara M., Dr. A. Adithyakumari and research scholars from the Department of Library and Information Science participated in the function at Kalamandira. The ‘National Library Week’ celebration at Kalamandira function was attended by members of parliament Sri A.H. Vishwanath and Sri R. Dhruvanarayana. Other dignitaries include Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari, Deputy Mayor Sri V. Shailendra, Zilla Parishath President Sri Mahadevu, MUDA Commissioner Sri S. Palaiah, MCC Commissioner P.G. Ramesh, and others. Prof. Khaiser Nikam gave a special lecture on the occasion. -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Postponement of dates of National Conference on “Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age” (RLEA-2013)
by Dr.K.R. Mulla 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Dear Moderator, Please bring this information to the LIS Forum members With regards K.R.Mulla ********************************************************************************************** Dear Professional Friends, Due to Government of Karnataka has scheduled its Legislative Assembly Sessions in Belgaum from 25th November 2013 to 6th December 2013. The National Conference on “Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age” (RLEA-2013) scheduled on 29th & 30th November 2013 has been rescheduled to 20th & 21st December 2013. We are very sorry for the inconveniences caused to all the participants, Guests, Paper presenters and Resource Persons. I request all of you to kindly reschedule your itinerary and make your reservations accordingly. I request all of you to kindly attend the Conference and make it a most memorable, meaningful and successful. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, Dr. K. R. Mulla Organizing Secretary, Librarian, Visvesvaraya Technological University, “Jnana Sangama” Belgaum-590 018, Karnataka. +91-9449873452 (M), +91-9448031969 (M) +91-831-2498191 (O) +91-831-2498192 (Fax) Email: krmulla(a)vtu.ac.in/ krmulla(a)gmail.com URL: www.vtu.ac.in Conference Website: http://vtuerm12.webs.com/events.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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WORLD'S LARGEST CANCER DATABASE LAUNCHED
by Ragaavendra R 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Dear moderator pls circulate. World's largest cancer database launched The world's largest cancer database - containing 1.7 billion experimental results - has been launched, with an aim to discover future treatments for the deadly disease. The system, called CanSAR, is the biggest disease database of its kind anywhere in the world and condenses more data than would be generated by one million years of use of the Hubble space telescope. It contains more than eight million experimentally derived measurements, nearly one million biologically active chemical compounds and data from over a thousand cancer cell lines. The database will utilise artificial intelligence similar to the technology used to predict the weather to predict which potential drugs are likely to work in which circumstances. The new CanSAR database developed by researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is more than double the size of a previous version and has been designed to cope with a huge expansion of data on cancer brought about by advances in DNA sequencing and other technologies. The resource is being made freely available by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and Cancer Research UK, and will help researchers worldwide make use of vast quantities of data, including data from patients, clinical trials and genetic, biochemical and pharmacological research. Although the prototype of CanSAR was on a much smaller scale, it attracted 26,000 unique users in more than 70 countries around the world, and earlier this year was used to identify 46 potentially "druggable" cancer proteins that had previously been overlooked. The new database will drive further dramatic advances in drug discovery by allowing researchers access to, and the ability to interact with, unprecedented amounts of multidisciplinary data in seconds. CanSAR contains drug target information from the human genome and model organisms. Research that had previously taken months to complete will now take only minutes. "The database is capable of extraordinarily complex virtual experiments drawing on information from patients, genetics, chemistry and other laboratory research. It can spot opportunities for future cancer treatments that no human eye could be expected to see," Dr Bissan Al-Lazikani, Team Leader in Computational Biology and Chemogenomics at the ICR, said. "This is an extraordinary time for cancer research, as advances in scientific techniques open up new possibilities and generates unprecedented amounts of data. Our aim is to make this wealth of information, coming from both the clinic and from the laboratory, freely available in a very user-friendly form to as many people as possible," Professor Paul Workman, Deputy Chief Executive of the ICR, said. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/worlds-largest-cance… 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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