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NewGenLib
by jharavu 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear Dr. Mohan Many thanks for sharing your experience with NewGenLib. Undoubtedly, NewGenLib has moved several steps ahead in making the software not only functionally excellent but also especially suitable for the not unpeculiar Indian needs, the support team has shown exceptional committment to resolving problems faced by many of its users in India and overseas. What is even more remarkable is that NewGnLib has done all this without a modicium of support from any governmental or quasi-governmental agency. In any other country, the team would have got considerable encouragement,and financial and infrastructural support. On the other hand bodies such as Universities think that a small company can be bullied into submission. I know this because when I was closely associated with the software, I had to deal with some of these Mahashayas (librarians included). I am no longer associated with the software today as closely as before, but still do provide them with leads that might help. I am extremely proud of the team and its continued committent. Haravu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries can store Electronic Copy of document held by them in Hard Copy
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Dear LIS-Forum Members, During my interaction with Dr. T C James (Director, NIPO and Consultant, http://jamesthanickan.tripod.com ) I have come to know about a landmark amendment in Indian Copyright Act (The COPYRIGHT(AMENDMENI)ACT, 2012, No. 27 OF 2012, An Act further to amend the Copyright Act, 1957. ) According to these amendments, Libraries can now store Electronic Copy of document held by them in Hard Copy. The text of the relevant amendment is as follows: ... (iii) for clause (n), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- "(n) the storing of a work in any medium by electronic means by a noncommercial public library, for preservation if the library already possesses a non-digital copy of the work;"; (iv) in clause (o), for the words "public library", the words, "non-commercial public library" shall be substituted; ... Regards Sukhdev Singh, TD, BID, NIC HQs. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Need Article
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:35:14 -0700 (PDT) From: surajit sarkar <sarkar_surajit02(a)yahoo.com> Dear friends, Pls help me to locate the article or the Journal to find the following article : Name of the Journal : Indian Librarian (sept. 1962, v.17, no.2, p.107) Title of the article : Libraries in Buddhist monasteris Author : Biswas, A.K. Regards,�Surajit SarkarLibrarian,J. Nagendrapur High School,Raidighi, South 24 Pargana.

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Senior Librarian Mr P K Garde Passes Away
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:53:31 +0530 From: gipelibrary pune <gipelibrary(a)gmail.com> Message Sent on behalf of Prof S G Mahajan, Pune Dear All I am extremely sorry to inform you the sad demise of Mr P K Garde at the age of 96 at his Pune Residence on 19 Apr 2013. He was born on 24 Aug 1917. He completed his diploma in Librarianship at Madras University in 1941 under the noble guidance of none other than the Father of Library Science, Dr S R Ranganathan. He served as Assistant Librarian in Delhi University from 1945 � 1950 and taught Library Science Course in Delhi University from 1947 � 1950. Later, he served as a Librarian of ECAFE (Unite Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East), Bangkok from 1950 � 1962 and Reference Chief at United Nations Library from 1963 - 1976. He was Joint Secretary of Indian Library Association (ILA) from 1948 � 1950 and a Member of the Indian Standards Committee during 1948 � 1950. He was also an Advisor to �Pune City Local History Project� from 1992 � 2000. Mr Garde delivered second �Sarada Ranganathan Lecture� in 1966 on �The United Nations Family of Libraries� at Bangalore. He authored a Reference Book �Directory of Reference Works published in Asia� that was published by UNESCO in 1957. He was very generous and donated his earnings to many institutions including the �Naralkar Foundation� from Pune. I whole heartedly pay my tributes to this departed soul with respect and grief. May his soul rest in peace. Prof S G Mahajan Retired Professor and Head (and colleagues of Mr P K Garde) Jayakar Library, University of Pune Pune - 411007 Phone: 020 25465206 -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib needs Promotion by its uses
by Mailing List Admin 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:54:23 +0530 From: jharavu <jharavu(a)gmail.com> The NewGenLib (NGL) team is really quite indebted to a pioneer like Prof. Konnur who gave us an opportunity to put our software at Goa University when he was Librarian. I must confess that the software was still in its beta development stage and but for Goa University's benevolence, we could not have put to test and make improvements to NGL. I remember our efforts at other places where we tried to implement it free of charge at considerable expense to us and the difficulties we faced. Having said that I must congratulate Mr. E.M. Siddartha who has been the indefatigable developer of the software. The many days and nights that both of us spent on learning the convoluted structures of MARC-21 and other standards and the unique requirements of Indian libraries is a part of the history of the software. When I traveled abroad, I made a commitment to talk about NGL and this fortunately resulted in our presence in S E Asia and the Middle East. A team for OCLC which came to evaluate NGL some years ago went back with a lot of admiration for NGL, although they found that NGL was not ready at that time for what we today call Cloud computing. Since the last two years, NGL has indeed made quantum leaps in its technology and more importantly its support. Many of NGL's detractors in the early days now speak of it glowingly and this alone I am sure motivates the NGL team. Neither Siddartha nor I believe that we are competing in the commercial sense with other open source library management systems. The very concept of openness means that there should be healthy competition for the benefit of its potential clients. Libraries should be free to choose the software that they think is best suited to them. I would like to add, however, that libraries still do not use clear cut methodologies before deciding what is best suitable for them. Also, librarians should drive vendors and not the other way. Haravu On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Professional Friends, > I have noticed a detailed discussion of your experiences on using NewGenLib > (NGL) Software: > To share my experiences with you, the NGL took its birth in Goa University > while I was serving there as University Librarian. When Prof.Haravu > contacted me and asked me to give a test bed for NGL at Goa University, I > was verymuch impressed by the approach of a senior professional's humble > initiative. My request to my University authorities was very much > successful and I got the permission as well as the infrastructure support > as per the requirement of NGL Team. I have seen the untiring work of > Prof.Haravu and Mr.Siddart. In spite of their financial crises, they > visited Goa many times at their own cost and developed the software by > taking all our feedback. M/s.Verus Solutions extended free installation > (During that time the corporate edition cost was Rs.5 Lakhs) and five years > free maintenance to Goa University Library. They trained all our staff and > made all of us well versed including at tenders to operate the software. > They also supported us to initiate of establishment of Goa Academic Library > Network. We trained all the College Librarians of Goa with several Training > Programmes. We negotiated for (I believe it was) Rs. 12000/- per Library > including two free training programs for two person from each college. > > Goa University should thank the free service extended to the University and > its affiliated colleges. Unfortunately the software has been changed in Goa > University for no reasons. Fortunately it has shifted to another Open > source Software KOHA (But with a payment of Rs.1.75 Lakhs to a private > company). > > When I shifted myself to Bangalore University, we again took up the work of > conducting Training Programs and promoting the FREE NGL software. Many of > the Librarians were benefitted by these programs and automated their > Libraries. > > As discussed by earlier postings in this forum, if it would have been in > western countries specially USA, such initiatives would have attracted many > funding agencies including Universities. But, in India most of the Funding > Agencies are biased and support only to the researchers working in big > institutions. > > Now, what is needed is to promote this software by all the users by > conducting Training programs across the country. IALA is prepared to > sponsor the programs if any Librarians are interested to organise. Any > Librarian interested to conduct such trainig programs having sufficient IT > infrastructure at their institutions may contact me. We will help you to > organise Training programs in collaboration with your institutions in > different places. > > LET US PROMOTE THIS SOFTWARE AND MAKE IT AS A LIBRARY SOFTWARE OF OUR > COUNTRY > > > -- > *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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Vacancy of Library Traninees in XLRI, Jamshedpur
by Bino jose 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Dear Moderator, Please publish the following matter in the forthcoming issue of LIS Forum XLRI Jamshedpur is looking for fresh Library Science Graduates for its library. The interested candidates may send their latest resume in the following e-mail Id library(a)xlri.ac.in With Warm Regards Dr.Bino Jose Chief Librarian XLRI, Jamshedpur Jharkhand State-831 001 India +91-657-6653261 (O) +91-9801444007 (M) +91-657-2227814 (Fax) www.xlri.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Senior Librarian Mr P K Garde Passes Away
by gipelibrary pune 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Message Sent on behalf of Prof S G Mahajan, Pune Dear All I am extremely sorry to inform you the sad demise of Mr P K Garde at the age of 96 at his Pune Residence on 19 Apr 2013. He was born on 24 Aug 1917. He completed his diploma in Librarianship at Madras University in 1941 under the noble guidance of none other than the Father of Library Science, Dr S R Ranganathan. He served as Assistant Librarian in Delhi University from 1945 – 1950 and taught Library Science Course in Delhi University from 1947 – 1950. Later, he served as a Librarian of ECAFE (Unite Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East), Bangkok from 1950 – 1962 and Reference Chief at United Nations Library from 1963 - 1976. He was Joint Secretary of Indian Library Association (ILA) from 1948 – 1950 and a Member of the Indian Standards Committee during 1948 – 1950. He was also an Advisor to ‘Pune City Local History Project’ from 1992 – 2000. Mr Garde delivered second ‘Sarada Ranganathan Lecture’ in 1966 on ‘The United Nations Family of Libraries’ at Bangalore. He authored a Reference Book ‘Directory of Reference Works published in Asia’ that was published by UNESCO in 1957. He was very generous and donated his earnings to many institutions including the ‘Naralkar Foundation’ from Pune. I whole heartedly pay my tributes to this departed soul with respect and grief. May his soul rest in peace. Prof S G Mahajan Retired Professor and Head (and colleagues of Mr P K Garde) Jayakar Library, University of Pune Pune - 411007 Phone: 020 25465206 -- Dr Nanaji Shewale Librarian Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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I need some infromtion
by pavan gudi 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi friends, I need review of Literature of "Information Needs and Gathering Habits of School Children in Digital Environment" in Indian context. Kindly send any information related to this topic. you may also send Information related to 1) Information seeking behavior by school children in digital environment 2) Information searching by school children in digital environment 3) Information need by school children in digital environment 4) Use of digital information by students -- Pavankumar Gudi Librarian, Seshadripuram First Grade College Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore - 560064 www.sfgc.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NewGenLib needs Promotion by its uses
by Pandurang Konnur 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear Professional Friends, I have noticed a detailed discussion of your experiences on using NewGenLib (NGL) Software: To share my experiences with you, the NGL took its birth in Goa University while I was serving there as University Librarian. When Prof.Haravu contacted me and asked me to give a test bed for NGL at Goa University, I was verymuch impressed by the approach of a senior professional's humble initiative. My request to my University authorities was very much successful and I got the permission as well as the infrastructure support as per the requirement of NGL Team. I have seen the untiring work of Prof.Haravu and Mr.Siddart. In spite of their financial crises, they visited Goa many times at their own cost and developed the software by taking all our feedback. M/s.Verus Solutions extended free installation (During that time the corporate edition cost was Rs.5 Lakhs) and five years free maintenance to Goa University Library. They trained all our staff and made all of us well versed including at tenders to operate the software. They also supported us to initiate of establishment of Goa Academic Library Network. We trained all the College Librarians of Goa with several Training Programmes. We negotiated for (I believe it was) Rs. 12000/- per Library including two free training programs for two person from each college. Goa University should thank the free service extended to the University and its affiliated colleges. Unfortunately the software has been changed in Goa University for no reasons. Fortunately it has shifted to another Open source Software KOHA (But with a payment of Rs.1.75 Lakhs to a private company). When I shifted myself to Bangalore University, we again took up the work of conducting Training Programs and promoting the FREE NGL software. Many of the Librarians were benefitted by these programs and automated their Libraries. As discussed by earlier postings in this forum, if it would have been in western countries specially USA, such initiatives would have attracted many funding agencies including Universities. But, in India most of the Funding Agencies are biased and support only to the researchers working in big institutions. Now, what is needed is to promote this software by all the users by conducting Training programs across the country. IALA is prepared to sponsor the programs if any Librarians are interested to organise. Any Librarian interested to conduct such trainig programs having sufficient IT infrastructure at their institutions may contact me. We will help you to organise Training programs in collaboration with your institutions in different places. LET US PROMOTE THIS SOFTWARE AND MAKE IT AS A LIBRARY SOFTWARE OF OUR COUNTRY -- *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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NewGenlib and KOHA - the Goa University experience
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Dear professional colleagues I have seen some discussion going on about the use of Open Source Software in libraries, mainly talking about the use of NewGenlib and KOHA. Good discussion was going on. Surprisingly the name of Goa University Library was also found dragged in the discussion. I do not have any negative opinion about NewGenlib. But when I took charge of the library of Goa University, I was having serious problems with the server in which NewGenlib was installed. Every now and then we had to restart the sever which is located in the university's computer centre.  So I requested the agency which installed it for providing assisting in the customization and installation of NewGenlib in a new Server. The agency quoted 8.5 lakhs for the installation and customization of NewGenlib. This was a huge ransom when we consider the quantum of work involved. This approach of the agency has prompted the Goa University Library to go for another solution. The agency was not available for further negotiations too. We have gone to an agency which has quoted the lowest rates for data migration and customization. Now the database is working very well and users are very happy. Both software are equally good. As a professional, I feel that we need not take up the advocacy for some agencies engaged in their business. Do good for the profession. Unceremonious and unwanted bonding with business people will not bring good for the profession. I do not want to say anything more on this. Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 Personal webpage http://www.vgkumar.weebly.com/ gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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