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Fwd: Understanding Open Licensing - Free online workshop, Feb 19th - 22nd 2013
by Shamprasad Pujar 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

** Sorry for cross posting, if any ** Dear All, This event could be interest to some of you. Please go through the details given below. best Regards, Dr Shamprasad Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India. ============================== Through its *Mobilising Knowledge for Development Programme* *The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK* invites interested individuals to attend:* *** ** ** *Understanding Open Licensing – a Free online workshop* *Tuesday 19th to Friday 22nd February, 2013* Register for free at: http://openlicensing.eventbrite.co.uk**** ** ** Open access publishing is rapidly growing in popularity, while materials for re-use in education and training are increasingly being sourced free from the web. This workshop will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when they make knowledge available on the Internet, and to understand the key issues for reusing open licensed materials published by others. **** ** ** It will provide a simple “how-to” guide to the Creative Commons licensing framework, the international standard which sets out allowable uses of knowledge published free on the web. Participants will learn how to publish using open licences, what to consider when re-using open licensed materials, and how to advise other knowledge producers. **** ** ** The workshop will include the facility for participants to post questions and to receive facilitator replies via the website and / or by email. Find out more at: http://openlicensing.eventbrite.co.uk **** ** ** Who should attend:**** This event will be important for researchers, communications specialists, publishers, librarians, website editors, and information service managers. Individuals with a range of levels of knowledge of intellectual property law are welcome. **** ** ** Please note - Participants are not expected to actively engage for the duration of each day of the event. You are welcome to join in at specific points when it is most interesting / convenient for you.**** ** ** How to register:**** It only takes a moment to register for this free event – at: http://openlicensing.eventbrite.co.uk. We’ll follow up with information on how to participate nearer to the time.**** ** ** Facilitator:**** Shihaam Shaikh is an Intellectual Property Lawyer, OpenUCT Project Manager, and PhD Law Student, and is based in South Africa. She is interested in the promotion of Creative Commons as an alternative management solution for copyright holders and the advocacy of using Creative Commons licensed materials by educators in the creation of teaching and learning materials. You can follow her on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/ShihaamD **** ** ** Please share this invitation among your networks and contacts.**** ** ** Warm regards,**** The IDS Knowledge Services Events team**** ** ** ** ** -------------------------------------------------- Adrian Bannister Web Innovations Convenor & Eldis Communities Coordinator**** The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK **** Web: http://www.ids.ac.uk Email: a.bannister(a)ids.ac.uk **** Tel: +44 (0)1273 915815 **** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Iryna Kuchma wins the second EPT award
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:20:47 -0800 (PST) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Friends: Please spread the word about the EPT Award for contributions to OA to Iryna Kuchma: �<http://epublishingtrust.net/ept-2nd-annual-oa-award/>. You may remember that Dr Francis Jayakanth of IISc, Bangalore, won the award in the year it was instituted. I am requesting friends to publicise the news. Best. Arun

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Invitation for the 4th Ashok Jambhekar Memorial Lecture on 9th March 2013 at NASSDOC, ICSSR
by J Sharma 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Dear All On behalf of office bearers and EC of MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK, I cordially invite you all for the 4th Ashok Jambhekar Memorial Lecture to be held at NASSDOC- ICSSR, 35 Ferozshah Road, New Delhi -11001 on Saturday, 9th March 2013 from 9.30 AM onwards. Mr. N. Sudhakara Moorthy, Chief Learning Officer - Lanco Infratech will be delivering the memorial lecture on "Leadership Skills for Library Professionals". Kindly note participation is open to all library professionals and there is no fee for the same. Programme Schedule is given below: Invitation: MANAGEMENT LIBRARIES NETWORK (MANLIBNET) Cordially invites you to the 4th Ashok Jambhekar Memorial Lecture on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 9:30 a.m . Mr. N. Sudhakara Moorthy, Chief Learning Officer – Lanco Infratech Ltd will deliver the Memorial L ecture on Leadership Skills for Library Professionals at Conference Hall, NASSDOC, 35 Ferozshah Road, New Delhi 110001 Programme: P R O G R A M M E 09.30 a.m. : Registration 10.00 a.m. : Inaugural Address by Dr. P. R. Goswami Director – NASSDOC, ICSSR 10.15 a.m. : Lecture by Mr. N. Sudharkara Moorthy Chief Learning Officer – Lanco Infratech 12.15 p.m. : Discussion 12.45 p.m. : Vote of Thanks by Mr. Jitender Sharma Librarian – NIILM- CMS, Greater Noida 12.50 p.m. : Refreshments Looking forward for kind presence and active participation in the deliberations. With warm regards, Jitender Sharma Treasurer - MANLIBNET Joint Editor - Journal of Library Management Librarian & Marketing Manager - Journal of Marketing & Communication NIILM Centre for Management Studies Plot No. 53, Knowledge Park - V Kuleshra Post Office via Surajpur Surajpur-Ghaziabad Road Greater Noida - 201306 Tel: 0120-2397006, 09899695953 (Mob) E-mail: jsharma(a)niilm.com, jitendersharmaji(a)gmail.com, jitendersharmaji(a)yahoo.com, manlibnet.office(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prof. M.A. Gopinath
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Date: 14 Feb 2013 04:29:25 -0000 From: Wajih Alvi <profalvi(a)rediffmail.com> Dear colleaguesIt is indeed shocking to know that a great,thoughtful scholar in the profession is no more. I remember my association with Prof. M A Gopinath which began in late seventies of the past century. He had all the qualities that branded him a dynamic,thoughtful and loving leader in the profession. His contributions are admired  in the country and abroad and are a treasure with us.I wish I could have attended his last rites. Prof. Wajih A. Alvi University Librarian Islamic University of Science & Technology Awantipora, Pulwama-192 122, Kashmir (J&K) Mobile: 09596250038, 09419014482

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Condolence meeting
by Mailing List Admin 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:18:52 +0530 From: Rajendrakumar Py <pyrajendrakumar(a)gmail.com> KARNATAKA STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560010 A Condolence meeting is being organized in the memory of LATE PROF. M.A.GOPINATH On Saturday, 16th February 2013 at 5-00 pm in the premises of Sharada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS),Rajajinagar, Bangalore. Kindly participate in the meeting and pay your respects to the departed soul. -- P. Y. Rajendra Kumar Director (Retd) Department of Public Libraries & President Karnataka State Library Association Bangalore. Cell: +91 99164 57890

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Need this article
by L Kaini Mahemei 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Dear Friends, Philip L J, 1998, "Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to social research in human geography—an impossible mixture?" Environment and Planning A 30(2) 261 – 276 I would be very grateful if u can please send me the above article. Thanks and Regards, L.Kaini, Assistant Librarian, Central Library, JNU, New Delhi -67. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Iryna Kuchma wins the second EPT award
by Subbiah Arunachalam 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Friends: Please spread the word about the EPT Award for contributions to OA to Iryna Kuchma: <http://epublishingtrust.net/ept-2nd-annual-oa-award/>. You may remember that Dr Francis Jayakanth of IISc, Bangalore, won the award in the year it was instituted. I am requesting friends to publicise the news. Best. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by LIJESH TK 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Dear All Professionals, Our Scientist need these articles. Kindly help me in this regard. Carbon sequestration potential of RRII 400 series clones of Hevea Brasiliensis K.K. Ambily, T. Meenakumari, M.D. Jessy, A. Ulaganathan and N. Usha Nair Volume 25 Number 2 (2012): 233-240 Link: http://rubberboard.org.in/Publication.asp Biomass production and nutrient budgeting of Hevea brasiliensis in South India M. Karthikakuttyamma, G.C. Satisha, P.R. Suresh and R.S. Aiyer Volume 17 Number 2 (2004): 108-114 Link: http://rubberboard.org.in/Publication.asp Effect of continuous cultivation of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) on morphological features and organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents of soil M. Karthikakuttyamma, P.R. Suresh, P. Prasannakumari, Valsa George and R.S. Aiyer Volume 11 Number 1 & 2 (1998): 73-79 Link: http://rubberboard.org.in/Publication.asp M. TAGA, M. MURATA and H. SAITOComparison of different karyotyping methods in filamentous ascomycetes – a case study of Nectria haematococca. Mycological ResearchVolume 102 / Issue 11 / November 1998, pp 1355-1364 Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953756208610321 J Beadle, M Wright, L McNeely, J.W Bennett. Electrophoretic Karyotype Analysis in Fungi.Advances in Applied MicrobiologyVolume 53, 2003, Pages 243–270. Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065216403530076 By, Lijesh T.K Project Fellow (Library) Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala. PH: 09497249813 Visit: http://www.libraryjobs4u. blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. M.A. Gopinath
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Dear Moderator : Kindly insert the following condolence message to the lis-forum members. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore ********* Dear Professional Colleagues : It is with a deep sense of shock and sorrow we inform you the sad demise of Prof. M.A. Gopinath, former Professor and Head, Documentation Research & Training Centre and Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, on Sunday, 10th February 2013 at about 12.00 Noon following a Cardiac arrest. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Prof.M.A.Gopinath
by D.V. Patwardhan 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Sir, Sorry to read that Dr.M.Gopinath passed away on 10th Feb.2013. He was an eminant scholar, teacher and writer in Library science. More than everything else he was humane. He has affectionately and equally treated all his professional colleagues. May his soul rest in peace. d.v.patwardhan sr.librarian Global Academy of Technology Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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