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Event on “Hype Vs Reality – Deconstructing the top two trends in Higher Education – MOOCs and Personal Devices” on 20th Dec 2013 at 11.00 a.m.
by Mohan Hr 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Dear friends, IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter, Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter & CIO Forum of CSI Chennai join Intel, Pearson Education & Ignitor in cordially inviting you to the event “Hype Vs Reality – Deconstructing the top two trends in Higher Education – MOOCs and Personal Devices” In this two-hour event, the participants, mainly the education leaders from engineering institutions and professionals will be briefed on the global trends in educational technologies, in particular MOOCs and Personal Devices that are set to reshape the landscape in which our educational institutions operate. This event at Chennai is scheduled on Friday, 20th Dec 2013 at Hotel Vivanta by Taj (Connemara) , Chennai. Progamme: 10:45 a.m. -- Welcome Tea 11:00 a.m. -- Opening remarks: by Indranil Samaddar, Intel: To explain on what the Intel Education Series events are and how Intel is playing a role in enabling technology in education 11:20 a.m. -- Keynote address: by Prof. Dr. S. Mohan, Director, NIITTR, Chennai 11:45 a.m. -- Trend 1: MOOCs: A presentation on MOOCs introducing the concepts, the challenges and how engineering colleges can take advantage of MOOCs. 12:15 p.m. -- Trend 2: Personal Learning Devices: A presentation covering the overall trends across the world on personal learning devices and how engineering colleges can take advantage of this trend with a demo of the Pearson Solution (on Intel Devices). 12:45 p.m. -- Q&A 1:00 p.m. -- Lunch THE PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT IS ON PRIOR REGISTRATION & CONFIRMATION. To register and get the confirmation of your participation, please send an email to ravi.purohit(a)pearson.com providing your name, designation, institution/company name, address, and contact numbers or contact Mr. Ravi Prohiit at +91 9886293800 With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS, Madras Chapter Convener, CIO Forum, CSI Chennai Vice President, CSI PS: The pdf invite is at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2013/meet-131220-moocs.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Needed
by Mahesh *Y* 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Dear Friends, I need below article. Kindly send me the same if you have access. 1. Knowledge sharing behaviour influences: A study of Information Science and Library Management faculties in Bangladesh IFLA Journal October 2013 39: 221-234, doi: 10.1177/0340035213497674 2. The effects of socio-technical enablers on knowledge sharing: an exploratory examination Journal of Information Science October 2008 34: 742- 754, first published on May 8, 2008 -- DOI: 10.1177/0165551507087710 3. Virtual HRD: The Intersection of Knowledge Management, Culture, and Intranets Advances in Developing Human Resources June 2009 11: 362-374, first published on July 15, 2009 DOI: 10.1177/1523422309339724 4. Knowledge Sharing: The Influences of Learning Organization Culture, Organizational Commitment, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies August 2011 18: 353-364, first published on May 16, 2011 DOI: 10.1177/1548051811405208 *With Regards* * Mahesh.Y Librarian,Shri Pillappa College of Engineering, Bangalore-89. * *Mob: 09480923695* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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That is digitisation in Norway
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

http://io9.com/norway-is-digitizing-its-whole-library-1481064343 In Norway all National Library books must be digitized and made available free online to anyone coming from Norway based IP address. Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 94908042 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Distinguished Lecture on 23rd Dec at 5.30 p.m. on “How Internet of Things (IoT) Will Transform Everything Creating a Smarter World” by Dr San Murugesan
by Mohan Hr 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Dear all, Pl. find an invite for the Distinguished Lecture on “How Internet of Things (IoT) Will Transform Everything Creating a Smarter World” by Dr San Murugesan on 23rd Dec at 5.30 p.m. The pdf invite is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2013/mm-131223.pdf The invite in word doc format is available at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2013/mm-131223.doc While the entry to this pgm is free, to facilitate logistics, pl. pre-register at http://goo.gl/GTzKg With reagrds HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS INVITE ========================================== IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras Chapter IEEE Technology Management Council, Madras Chapter Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter Cordially invite you to the Distinguished Lecture on “How Internet of Things (IoT) Will Transform Everything Creating a Smarter World” by Dr San Murugesan Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Computer Society Editor-in-Chief, IEEE IT Professional Director, BRITE Professional Services Adjunct Professor, University of Western Sydney, Australia on Monday, 23rd December 2013 at 5.30 p.m. at Conference Hall, Anna University Alumni Centre Anna University, Guindy, Chennai – 600025 Mr. H.R. Mohan, Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS Madras Mr. K.V. Rupchand, Chairman, IEEE TMC Madras Mr. P. Kumar, Chairman, CSI Chennai Programme ======== 5.30: Tea & Fellowship 6.00: Distinguished Lecture 7.30: Dinner About the presentation ================= The evolution and growth of the Internet is phenomenal and is an ongoing process: in just 25 years, it has grown to link billions of people through computers and mobile devices. It is now being used to connect various objects such as cars, sensors, controllers, TVs, machinery, transport containers and electrical appliances, creating the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT reaches out into the real world of physical objects; it is predicted that by the year 2020, 50 to 100 billion things will be connected to the Internet facilitating human-to-human, human-to-thing and thing-to-thing (also called M2M) communication. The IoT facilitates deployment many new applications and services, and has the potential to change the world, just as the Internet did -- maybe even more so. Time is ripe to look at how we can leverage and benefit from it. We can optimistically look forward to an IoT-assisted world that is both connected and smarter. In this talk, following a brief introduction to the IoT, the IEEE CS distinguished speaker will present a snapshot of applications of IoT in different areas and also discuss the opportunities and issues that IoT presents to IT professionals, academics and researchers and why one should be interested in it. About the Speaker ============== Dr. San Murugesan is a Distinguished Speaker of IEEE Computer Society, Editor in Chief of IEEE IT Professional; Director of BRITE Professional Services, Sydney; and adjunct professor at University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is a corporate trainer, a consultant and an author. He is a former Senior Research Fellow of the US National Research Council, at NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA, and served in various positions at ISRO satellite Centre, Bangalore. His expertise and interests span a range areas and includes cloud computing, green IT, IT for emerging regions, Web 3.0 and 2.0, smart systems and mobile computing applications. He is a co-editor of the new book, Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices (John Wiley, 2012; Indian Edition, 2013), and Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications (Information Science Reference, 2009). He is also a co-editor of the upcoming Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing (Wiley, 2014), and edits and contributes to the “Cloud Cover” department in Computer. Dr. Murugesan is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, a Fellow of IETE and a Sr. Member of IEEE CS. More at www.bitly.com/sanprofile While the entry to this pgm is free, to facilitate logistics, pl. pre-register at http://goo.gl/GTzKg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Repeat Workshop on Literature Review @ SDMIMD, Mysore
by Sunil MV 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Dear Professional Friends, There has been overwhelming response for the 2-Day Hands-on Workshop on Literature Review to be held on December 19 & 20, 2013. As the workshop intent to provide Hands-on for all the participants, the registration for the workshop has been closed. However, a repeat workshop will be conducted on January 9 & 10, 2014. Even for this the number of entries will be limited. The registration will close as soon as the maximum limit reached. Interested professional friends may contact the undersigned @ 9986439832. For more information please visit the workshop webpage http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/workshop. Thanks and Regards, -- *Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post Mysore - 570 011, INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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need of articles
by banesh hiremath 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Dear Sir, I need below mentioned articles 1. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6488103&quer… 2. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6506810 3. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6253551&url=http%3A%2… 4. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6092654&quer… If have an access pl send to me Thanks and Regards -- B. K. Hiremath Librarian Library and Information Center JSS Academy of Technical Education Noida-201301 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NCDL Registration Open
by Rasmita Mohanty 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Dear Professionals, All of you must be aware that Tolani College of Commerce, Mumbai is organizing a Two Days UGC-Sponsored National Conference on Digital Libraries(NCDL-2014) during 16th & 17th Januray 2014. The Registration for the conference is now open for the participants who wish to attend and hereby requested to send their registrations on or before 10th January 2014. Hurry up as there are limited seats priority will be given on first come first serve basis. We have received quite a good number of papers but only limited papers has been accepted for publication and presentation. I extend my heartiest thanks to all the contributors . Kindly note that no more papers will be accepted. Best Regards - ----------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Rasmita Mohanty [MLISc(Gold Medal), UGC-NET, PGDLAN, PGDCA] Librarian & Organizing Secretary (NCDL 2014) Tolani College of Commerce (NAAC Re-accredited with Grade-A) Mumbai-400093 Phone:022-61535442 E-mail: rasmita06(a)gmail.com, rashmitam(a)tcc.tolani.edu URL: http://www.tolani.edu/tcc/index.php http://www.tolani.edu/tcc/userfiles/files/NCDL.pdf http://ncdl-2014.hpage.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two Day National Level Conference at Mangalore University on 24th & 25th, 2014
by Sujatha H R 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Dear Professionals, With great pleasure we would like to inform you that, Department of Library & Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangotri, Mangalore, in association with Karnataka State SC/ST Library Professionals Association (R), Bangalore, is organising 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 ObjectivesThe Conference is to provide a platform for sharing of knowledge and expertise among the LIS faculty, librarians, researchers knowledge managers and IT professionals from Information Science. Further, this conference aims to come out with strategic directions for building knowledge society by means of policies and programs to ensure information access to reach the unreached utilizing the ICT gadgets efficiently. Call for Papers Authors interested in contributing their papers for the National Conference should send their papers to the E-Mail: demict2014(a)gmail.com for review. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. Sub- Themes includes the following but not limited to : * Five laws & Changing Dimensions * Virtual Libraries * Community Information Centres * E- Resource Management * E- Governance * Open Access & Institutional Repository * Knowledge Management * Web 3.0- Tools & services * Library Legislation &RTI Act * Case Studies related to the theme & sub themes The article must be submitted electronically according to the MS Word format with 12 font, Times New Roman and the manuscript limited to 3000- 4000 words. The main title should be followed by name, affiliation and address of the author(s) with e-mail Id & the length of the abstract should not be more than 200 words ( In Italics). At least 5 keywords must be given with bold face. Last Date for submission of full paper is on or before: December 25th 2013. Acceptance notification : January 5th, 2014 For Further details of Submission of paper & Conference details please visit : http://mangaloreunilibraryconference.weebly.com Organising Secretary Dr khaisar Muneebulla Khan Prof, Dept of LIS Mangalore University Mangalore-5742199 E-Mail: khaisarmk(a)yahoo.com Ph:09845504886 0824-2287316(O) 0824-2287811 (R) Joint- Organising Secretary Dr T Y Mallaiah Dy Librarian/ Secretary KSSC/STLPA Mangalore University Library Mangalore-5742199 E-mail - 09448004946 0824-2287394(O) 0824-2287375 (R) We look forward to see you all in the New Year at the Conference ------------------------------------ Dr Sujatha H R Librarian ( Selection Grade) & President (DKKLA) Sri Venkataramana Swamy College Bantwal-574211, Karnataka E-Mail: hrsujatha(a)yahoo.com Mob: 919164560894 · -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Walk in interview for the Position of Library Trainee
by Nilam Chavda Vaniya 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Resource Center (Library) NIFT - Gandhinagar invites application for the position of Library Trainee for the period of 4 months (Jan 2014 - April, 2014) on contractual basis for updating of eGranthalay database. *Date of interview*: 27 December, 2013 at 2.00 pm (Reporting Time 1.00PM) *Venue*: Resource Center, NIFT Campus, GH -0 Road, Near Infocity Gandhinagar – 382 007 *Stipend*: 10,000 per month (Consolidated). *Minimum Qualification*: BA/BSc/B.Com. With Bachelors in Library and Information Science *Age : Blow 28 Year * Applicants who are interested may appear walk in interview. Please bring your updated resume along with following documents: 1. Educational Qualification certificates (Original along with one set of photo copies duly attested by a Gazetted Officer). 2. Character Certificate issued by a Gazetted Officer (Original and not older than six months). 3. Experience Certificate if any (Original and one set of photo copy duly attested by a Gazetted Officer). Working experience on eGranthalay Libray Software will be preferred. 4. Two recent passport size coloured photographs. The selected candidates will be required to join immediately. The candidate should be willing to work in shifts. Those who are not eligible as per above mentioned criteria, could not appear for the interview. No invitation for the interview will be sent. -- Thanks & Regards ------------------------------------ Chavda Nilam C. Library Assistant Resource Centre National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, NIFT Campus, GH - 0 Road, Behind Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007. Gujarat, India. Phone no: 079-23265102 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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59TH ILA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
by Pardeep Rai 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 59TH ILA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 21-23 February 2014 *Conference Theme* *Managing Libraries in the Changing Information world: From Surviving to Thriving* *Submission of Paper to Conference: "Authors interested in contributing their papers for 59th International conference of ILA which will be held at Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee (21-23 February, 2014), should send their papers SOFT COPY ONLY along with Demand Draft for Rs 800/- per paper, drawn in favour of Indian Library Association, payable at New Delhi at the following address:* *The General Secretary, Indian Library Association, Flat No 201, A-40/41, Ansal Building, Dr Mukherjee Magar, DELHI – 110009 Phone: 011-27651743" email - 59.ila.conf(a)gmail.com <59.ila.conf(a)gmail.com>* ORGANIZING SECRETARY Yogendra Singh Librarian, Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee Tel: 91-1332-285239/ 919412158901 e-mail: ila2014(a)iitr.ac.in *For further details contact**:* *General Secretary, Indian Library Association, Flat No 201, A-40/41, Ansal* *Building, Dr Mukherjee Nagar, DELHI – 110009,* *web-site www.ilaindia.net <http://www.ilaindia.net>* -- - *Thanks & Regards* *Dr.Pardeep Rai I General Secretary, ILA,* *Email: **raipardeep(a)gmail.com <raipardeep(a)gmail.com>* * I M:9899359373 I * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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