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

Request for full text article
by Ravi Hullur 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, One of our research faculty members required following journal articles, please send this article and help me and our research faculty Tulika Gupta, Anjali Aggarwal, Daisy Sahni Surgical anatomy of the frontal sinus outflow pathway: a cadaveric study Eur J Anat, 17 (1): 29-34 (2013) -- ** ***** Regards Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 Blog:http://ravihullurs.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Anomaly in the Implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996, 2006) in Kerala
by Dr. A.T. Francis 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, I would like to highlight a serious anomaly happened and still continuing in KeralaState on the implementation of UGC Scheme (1986, 1996 and 2006) for librarians in universities and colleges in Kerala. Though there is no provision in the UGC Scheme for the promotion from the lower cadre to the UGC Entry Cadre of Asst. Librarian/ College Librarian, in Kerala it is still continuing. While implementing UGC Scheme, in the case of other teachers, the existing Non-UGC Cadre posts like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been upgraded to Lecturer and Asst. Professor respectively and all the incumbents in the Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor cadres possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempted NET) have been inducted to the UGC Cadre and the then cadres in the Pre-UGC Scheme like Junior Lecturer and Junior Asst. Professor have been closed for ever. Due to some unscientific administrative reasons, either this type of induction to UGC Scheme was not done in the case of librarians or the NET was not insisted to the entry cadre of library professionals like Library/Professional/Reference Asst. Ultimately, now the professionals are divided into several classes and groups and many court cases have emerged only because of the system generated issues. Hence, most of the professionals, instead of concentrating in documentation and information services, they are gathering, thinking and acting on the issues on how get rid of these issues. The only way to solve these issues permanently is implementing UGC Scheme to librarians as envisaged in the Scheme. The following are the actions needed in this regard: 1. As in the case of other teachers, all existing incumbents in Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. should be inducted to UGC Scheme as on the date of possessing Masters Degree in the concerned subject (Exempting NET). 2. To accommodate all incumbents in the Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. cadres on induction to UGC Scheme, sufficient number of posts should be upgraded to Asst. Librarians as super numerary. 3. The existing cadre of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be closed by upgrading few posts as Asst. Librarian and the remaining posts should be downgraded to Jr. Professional/Technical Asst. (JPA/JTA) for CLISc holders. All Dept. Libraries working in one shift should have one AL and JPA/JTA each and all College Libraries and Divisions of the University Library working in two shifts should have two AL and JPA/JTA each (one each for one shift) and the existing posts of Library/ Professional/ Reference Asst. may be upgraded / downgraded accordingly. 4. It is also suggested to introduce Time Bound Promotion on completion of 5 years for JPA/JTAs, instead of the existing system of Ratio Promotion or vacancy/retirement based promotion. Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY & IT NODAL OFFICER College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Details of Faculty Status for Librarians is required
by Dr. A.T. Francis 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, Please let me know and provide the details of Universities in India having Faculty Status (Teaching Staff) for Asst. Librarians, Deputy Librarians and Librarians. If there, please provide copies of decisions and/or orders of the University, Governments, Courts or other agencies in this regard. If librarians are designated as Asst. Professor, Assoc. Professor and Professor, available information of the same also may be given. With regards,Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY, IT NODAL OFFICER& WEBADMINISTRATOR College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.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] [nmlis] Fwd: Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Dear Professional friends I would like to share my opinion on the above issue that may lead to further discussion and help to reach a solution. Background: U.G.C. and managements are compelling the departments / libraries to organize conferences / seminars to get NAAC grade points and supporting financially. The organizers need participants hence accepting every paper that is submitted. The professionals need papers for their CAS promotions or selections and the seminars / conferences are a channel for fast track publication. Further they are submitting for journal publication also. These developments are indeed desirable for the development and recognition of the profession. Outcome: However the outcome is not that encouraging as expected to be. The quantitative growth lead to the qualitative depreciation. Reason: Many of the professionals are not familiar with writing standards and skills. They are not familiar with difference between research article and research paper; innovative ideas and opinion studies; pasting and logical presentation; copying and citing; arbitrary citation and standard citation using a style manual These are not a part of their studies. Even if so, one will forget after examinations. Therefore there is no opportunity for the professionals to learn and acquire the skills of writing and presentation and the standards to be followed. Hence the need is to train our professionals in these aspects. Only then we can expect true academic contributions. The way out: There may be many ways to improve the situation but submitting three propositions for discussion 1. Conducting workshops on preparation and presentation of research paper not for name sake but with real zeal. 2. Applying anti-plagiarism software and reject the identified papers. This is good from the quality point of view but may demoralize the professionals. 3. Having a panel of voluntary editors who will review papers and suggest revision / modification of papers instead of outright rejection. This will improve the writing skills of the author and encourage him/her for standard contributions. I think it is high time to find solutions to the problem and enhance the standard of papers. ThanksVaralakshmi Dr R.S.R.Varalakshmi Professor (Rtd) 54-12-64/5, Bhanu Nagar H.B.Colony Post Visakhapatnam - 530 022 To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com From: naglaxman(a)gmail.com Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:23:01 +0530 Subject: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:09 PM Subject: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, francis(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Dear Friends, Dew to my busy schedule, I could not see the LIS Forum mail posted by Vasantha Raju and subsequent postings of Prof.Mallinath Kumbar and Dr.A.L.Murthy. I AM DEEPLY HURT BY THIS ACT OF PLAGIARISM. AS MY NAME IS TAKEN AS THE CO-AUTHOR, I OWN THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND PLEAD GUILTY FOR THIS ACT WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. The first author was working for his PhD under my guidence and he was to publish two articles before his submission. He came to me with a request that he has made a survey on Education Institutions in Gadag City and written an article based on the survey and requested me to put a word to the editor of SRELS. When I looked at the article, I found that it is an empirical work based on a survey in the place where the author is working. Then I allowed him to use my name as second author and requested the editor to help the research scholar by publishing this article. No guide for that matter can check the authenticity of the article more than this and I did so. To day after reading these postings, I spoke to the first author. In the first instance, he declined the copying. I told him to go through both the articles and send me the truth by mail. I got the mail as under: *" Sir, As you phoned today regarding the article, I have taken/copied some (may be 15 to 20%) of the literature like abstract, references from the particular article but the data was from my survey I have copied the methodology only, not fully copied. And I used the same schedule to survey the colleges at Gadag City. One more thing that I referred all the references and collected the literature from references. It may be same what I had collected and the author of particular article copied from same references. Sir, Once again I wish to tell you that I have not copied full article as it is. I am very sorry for the same. Further, here onwards, I will not copy or put any same information what the other articles have. And the article published in SRELS was reviewed by experts also." Now I have two options before me: One to request the publishers of the journal to withdraw the article from the journal database. Two to surrender all my academic publications back to the profession. Because a sentence used by my friend has touched ma a lot. In my entire currier I have never taken any black spot like this. I have published more than 50 articles (most of them are available on Google scholar). If any of them are traced as pleagured, I will leave my profession on the same day. Just because of the foolish act of my student, I have to be targeted by immatured statements like: *"Those who have the power and money move up to the ladder no matter what their academic credentials are."* I do not know whome this statement is aiming at. But I request my younger generation Librarians to be little cautious while making statements in the forums like this. Secondly my request to all research guides to be cautious before allowing their Research Scholars to put their names as a co-author. *However I leave the judgement to the members of this forum and I assure that I will be abide by your judgement With very high regard to the profession at large. -- *Dr. P. V. Konnur* Professor & Director, School of Applied Sciences, Chairman Department of Library & Information Science, *Rani Channamma University,* Vidhya Sangama, Belgavi – 591 156 Karnataka State, (India) Phone : 91-831-2565216-17 Mobile : 91-9449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(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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Reply to Clarification on API Scores for the Direct Recruitment of Dy. Librarians
by Anand Dodamani 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Dear Members, Greetings to you. This is in response to the mail posted by Ms. Dimple Patel regarding the API Score to be considered for the Direct Recruitment of Dy. Librarians at State, Central and Deemed Universities. I just thought of sharing some of my views about the API Scoring pattern proposed by UGC for the recruitment of Dy. Librarians. UGC has proposed following three categories for calculating the API Score: Category I: Procurement, organization, and delivery of knowledge and information through Library services Category II: Co-Curricular, Extension and Professional Development related activities Category III: Research and Academic contributions As per the information published in the Gazette of India (2010) , only the points scored under Category III will be considered for the purpose of Direct Recruitment of Dy. Librarians. The minimum API score required is 300 points. The interesting thing to note here is that the API score proposed for the Direct Recruitment of Associate Professor (Stage 4) is also same. When a person is appointed to the post of Dy. Librarian, he will be placed in the pay scale of 15600-39100 AGP 8000 whereas a person who is appointed to the post of Associate Professor will be placed in the pay scale of 37400- 67000 AGP 9000. The above information published in the Gazette of India indicates that the proposed minimum API Score of 300 points will be applicable only when the person is recruited to the post of Dy. Librarian at Stage 4 i.e in the pay scale of 37400- 67000 AGP 9000 and not for the post of Dy. Librarian at Stage 3 i.e 15600- 39100 AGP 8000. I personally feel that applying the appointment criteria meant for the post of Associate Professor (Stage 4) for the appointment of Dy. Librarian (Stage 3) is incorrect both legally and logically. Looking forward to here an informative discussion on this subject by senior colleagues in the profession. With best, -- *Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar Mumbai- 400 081* *Phone: 022-2552 5274* *Website: www.tiss.edu* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Good news for Libyans
by Jayadev P Hiremath 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

*Libya's first electronic library opens | Libya Herald* *Tripoli, 3 April 2013*: Libya’s first electronic library has been officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister, Awad Al-Barasi. The opening ceremony took place in the National Library. The Minister of Culture and Civil Community, Habib Al-Amin, and the National Library’s chairman, Tawwfrik Al Tawed, and executive manager, Saleh Elshelmani, were also present at the opening ceremony. -- 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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America's First Virtual Library Opens at Suburban Station
by Jayadev P Hiremath 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Jonathan Takiff, *Daily News Columnist* Commuters waiting for a train in Suburban Station now have a stimulating new way to pass the time – downloading e-books, audio books and podcasts which they can then enjoy while riding the train, relaxing at home, wherever.. Sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia, SEPTA and Dunkin Donuts, the month long “Enrich Your Ride with Reading” project is billed as "the first Virtual Library in the U.S". (there’s also one in Budapest) and coincides with National Library Month. To lure you in, all advertising signage on the Suburban Station train platforms is now touting these free offerings - actually a small sample of the 80,000 e-books, 8,000 audio books and thousand plus podcasts available to card holders at freelibrary.org. The graphics for each sign-touted classic, best seller and podcast includes a QR (quick response) code symbol, Just open a QR application (free to download) on your smart phone or tablet then point your device’s camera to frame and capture the QR image. Within a minute or less, the book or podcast automatically loads onto your device. And even if using an Android or Apple iOS device (like an iPod Touch) that’s lacking mobile phone service, you can use the free Wi-Fi available on the train station platforms to enable the download. . User note: if you don’t see a book or podcast you want on the first billboard, look for a second sign further down the platform packing a different set of offerings. Also be forewarned - as the Free Library leases only a limited number of licenses for current e-book titles, you may not be able to download the one you want, instantly. If not, you’ll be put on a wait list then duly informed with a email message when a download is available, explained library communications and brand marketing director Alix Gerz. These electronic “loaners” usually expire after three weeks, but are renewable.. Current best sellers range from “Defending Jacob” by William Landay, “The Dinner” by Herman Koch and “Tenth of December” by George Saunders to children’s books like “Fast Train, Slow Train” and “Bears in the Night.“ The public domain classics – available in unlimited quantities – include Camden transplant Walt Whitman’s classic collection of poems “Leaves of Grass,” Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” and “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” Authors ruminating outloud on podcasts (all recorded at the Free Library’s popular guest speaker series) range from Dave Barry to Jennifer Weiner, Madeleine Albright to Colin Powell. -- 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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Library wedding proposal: one for the books
by Jayadev P Hiremath 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

*By:* Curtis Rush <http://www.thestar.com/authors.rush_curtis.html> A 31-year-old Chicago advertising executive has written a marriage proposal that is one for the books, portraying himself as a tortoise and his girlfriend as the hare (or, in this case, bunny). Jason Methner is the creative mind behind the illustrated account of his relationship with his girlfriend, Molly Lipsitz. He had the book, titled *A Hare-y Tale*, illustrated by friend Yoni Limor<http://yonimation.com/>and placed the bound volume among the “new arrivals” in a Chicago library for his 27-year-old girlfriend to find. The book refers to some of the activities they have done as a couple in their 4½-year relationship. In it, Methner is portrayed as the tortoise and Lipsitz as “Bunny” — because she has slept with a stuffed rabbit named Bunny since childhood. In one sketch, Bunny is shown marching off to university with a bag of her belongings tied to a stick. The book even includes a sketch of their one-year-old dog Hammer. Like the classic tortoise and hare story, Methner and Lipsitz each take life at a different pace. Methner is laid back, while Lipsitz is an A-type personality, very organized and constantly producing lists. She enjoys healthy food. He loves cheeseburgers. However, they have plenty in common, including a love of adventure, food and jogging. They also enjoy good books and libraries. So it was only natural that the marriage proposal should take place in a library. For this special moment, Methner chose the Harold Washington Library Centre, the main branch of the Chicago public library system. On March 23, he used “a lie” to trick Lipsitz into finding the 20-page book on a shelf in the branch’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library. As Lipsitz began flipping through it, she came to an abrupt stop on page 3: the narrative mentioned Sandy Springs, her home town near Atlanta. Lipsitz grew suspicious. Methner encouraged her to read on. On the next to last page, the story read: “Although we don’t often run at same pace, do you want to slow down and spend the rest of your life with me?” And on the last page: “And Bunny said …” This was followed by an empty space for her to say “yes.” At that point, Methner got down on one knee, popped the question and pulled out a diamond engagement ring. As in all good fairytales, this book had a happy ending. She exclaimed, “Yes,” and a professional photographer concealed behind the book shelves emerged to snap the delightful moment. “I didn’t cry. That’s not really my style,” Lipsitz told the Star from Chicago. “I was just totally surprised and shocked in a good way. It was an amazingly thoughtful and creative proposal and in an unexpected place.” The Chicago Public Library posted the photos on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151737353467454&set=a.91497817453…>, which helped turn their proposal into a viral event. Portrait and wedding photographer Aparna Paul Jain<http://www.aparnapauljain.com/>also posted photos on her website. “I have known Molly for a few years now, and when Jason thought about this idea he asked me if I could photograph it. There was no way I was going to miss it,” she told the Star in an email. “I think it played out really well.” Library staff helped her rearrange books so that she could have a clear view of Methner’s picture book. “This is the first time I photographed a surprise proposal,” she said. Lipsitz appreciated that Methner had arranged for her to go with a friend to have a manicure that morning, not knowing it was so she would look good in photos showing the ring on her finger. No wedding date has been announced. Methner made five more copies of the book so relatives would have the book as a memento. “Most women have been very flattering to me with compliments about my creativity,” he said. “But a lot of men, especially in my friends’ group, have given me the eye roll … like, thanks for setting the bar so high.” -- 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:10:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> At last people are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Many institutions have squandered public funds - all coming from taxpayers - on commercially marketed software when excellent software is available for free. Prof. ARD Prasad, Director of DRTC at ISI, B'lore, has been advocating the adoption of open source software for years but barring a few others have ignored his recommendation. Yes, go for KOHA. There is a worldwide community of KOHA users and you can always learn from each other.� SA ________________________________ From: ARAGONDA L MOORTHY <almoorthy52(a)gmail.com> To: Swati Bhattacharyya <swati(a)iimcal.ac.in> Cc: Dr. Rama K C Patro <rkcpatro(a)iimtobu.ac.in>; lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:06 Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members Dear ALL, This is reg LibSys. We too faced problems in using the software in 2005-06 at DRDL, Hyderabad. We switched over from Libris to LibSys. For data export, they took enormous time. The Engineer who visited DRDL, Hyderabad took data on CD to facilitate export of OPAC data. But after 6 months expressed inability to export saying some lame excuse. Again they took the data and took more time. Meanwhile I joined DESIDOC in 2006, and was able to call their senior executives to solve the problem. All this took more than 1 year. Again they charge exorbitantly for maintenance. I understand it has the largest customer base in India and so they are dictating term (Monopoly). LIS professionals have to unitedly take on such issues raising in National Forums like Conferences, etc. Whenever we suggest a new facility--utility--improvement, they take and improve the software. But our intellectual capital (suggestions/improvements) do not get any rewards. The are used to bring new release with increased price tag. Why can't we use KOHa or NEWGENLI--the open source software???? AL MOORTHY

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Japanese dissertations go open access
by Mailing List Admin 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:01:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah_a(a)yahoo.com> Japanese dissertations go open access By�Yao Chen�on�March 4, 2013 12:46 PM�|�No TrackBacks Effective on April 2013, all doctoral dissertations approved by Japanese universities are to be publicly available via Internet. Updates will be provided later when details are released. Dissertation modification summary�(in Japanese) Flowchart of the open access process�(in Japanese) - SA

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