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

Re: [LIS-Forum] Professor Emeritus F. W. Lancaster passes away
by Mailing List Admin 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:11:03 +0530 From: Dr. Poornima Narayana <poornima(a)nal.res.in> Dear Professionals A great intellectual and a teacher, Prof. Lancaster's demise is indeed a very sad news and loss to all of us. I was one of those fortunate one to have shared and interacted with the Prof. at his office at Graduate School of L&IS (GSLIS), Uni of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC)during my Fulbright Fellowship. He was an ocean of knowledge in not only L&IS but related subjects as well. I join in with the fellow professionals all around the globe to offer my condolences to his bereaved family. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Poornima > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:11:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: Nitin S. Joshi Joshi <nitinsjoshi(a)yahoo.com> > > For details, you may visit, > http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2013/08/professor-emeritus-f-w-lancast… > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Dr. Poornima Narayana +91-80-25086083(W) Fulbright Scholar +91-80-26682781 (R) Head, ICAST poornima.narayan(a)gmail.com National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) Bangalore 560017 INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Foreign varsities to set up campuses as companies, MHRD to change UGC
by Nitin S. Joshi Joshi 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Foreign varsities to set up campuses as companies, MHRD to change UGC The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has sent proposals to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and the Department of Economic Affairs to permit foreign universities to open their campuses in the country as companies as provided under the Companies Act. As per the powers vested with the Central Government to make rules under the UGC ACT, the ministry is in the process of finalizing the UGC (Established and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Educational Institutions) Rules by which foreign universities can set up campus in India and issue foreign degrees. The Ministry had sought comments and observations of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) on the Rules. Both DIPP and DEA have supported the proposal. Under the proposed Rules, Foreign Educational Institutions (FEIs) can set up campuses in India once the FEIs have been notified as Foreign Education Provider (FEPs) by the UGC. FEI have to fulfill of certain eligibility conditions. Any FEI which intends to set up a campus in India would do so through an association to be registered as a company under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. The FEI shall be ranked among the top 400 universities of the world as per the ranking published by Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) or the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. A senior official of the MHRD close to the development on condition of anonimity said, " yes the proposal has been sent to the department of economic affairs for its approval and UGC rules are being reframed to allow quality foreign universties to open their campuses in India. It is expected to happen this year only and this will certainly imporve the quality of education being imparted in the country." All FEIs intending to apply under the Rules shall be not-for-profit legal entities, which have been in existence for at least twenty years and accredited by an accrediting agency of that country or in the absence of its accreditation in that country, by an internationally accepted system of accreditation. The FEP will offer programmes of study or courses to be of quality comparable to those offered to students in its main campus. Each FEI before being notified as an FEP would be required to maintain a corpus of not less than Rupees twenty five crores. The Rules also provide for penalties ranging from Rupees fifty lakhs to Rupees one crore for FEP who contravene any provision of these Rules or UGC Act, and the forfeited of corpus fund. The degrees awarded by these FEPs would be treated as foreign degrees only and the same shall be subject to the equivalence accorded by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) as per their system. Last year, the MHRD had asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to identify possibilities within the existing laws of regulating and allowing the foreign educational institutions. Nitin S Joshi Librarian MAEER’s MIT School of Management (MITSOM) Kothrud, Pune 411038 M- 09922587907 Direct Line- 020-30273597 www.mitsom.org http://mitsomlibrary.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF] Call for Papers: On Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age- National Conference at VTU, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
by Engg-Lib-Forum from India 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Dear Sir/Madam, Sorry for the cross posting, I am happy to inform you that, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is organising a National Conference on “Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age (RLEA-2013)”, in the month of November, 2013. At VTU Campus, Belgaum. The role of Library and Information Centers in the present era is ever changing and the traditional services have taken a new shape in the light of developments in Information and Communication Technologies [ICTs]. Physical locations for ease of access to Library resources no longer an issue. Now Libraries are facilitating their users with 24 x 7 access using Internet Technology. Today physical use of libraries is declining drastically and most of the Librarians are expressing their concern over this development and are feeling insecure due to fall of user attendance in Libraries. This need not be the concern of Librarians. Today the users are techno-savvy and access more information than the earlier users. The libraries used to supply limited reference resources to their users earlier, but today's users will get multiple resources on their fingertips. Hence the concern for Librarians of these days should be to redefine the role of Libraries in reaching out the right information to the right user at a right time. Hence a National Conference has been organized to provide a platform for discussing following main issues: Conference Theme: Redefining Libraries in Electronic Age Sub Themes: Redefining library building ü Effective utilization of physical space ü Additional facilities for library users Redefining the organization of knowledge ü Classification ü Cataloguing Redefining collection development, Information sources and services ü Collection development ü Information sources and services ü Electronic sources and services ü Evaluation of Information Sources ü Library networking and consortia ü Open Access Redefining the management of library and information centers ü Planning ü HRM & HRD ü Financial management and budgeting ü TQM ü Knowledge management ü Leadership and Public relations & Advocacy ü Soft skills for librarians Redefining the ICT applications for libraries ü Integrated Library Management Software [ILMS] ü Digital library technologies and digital preservation ü Content Management Systems [CMS] ü Internet technology ü Open Source Software ü Web 2.0 applications ü Mobile technologies Redefining the User Education ü Information Literacy ü Computer literacy ü Digital literacy Redefining the information society and information science ü Dr.SR Ranganathan's school of thought ü Relevance of Five Laws of Library Science in the present Internet era Redefining LIS education ü LIS as an Applied science ü LIS curriculum ü Collaboration of Library and LIS departments ü Library as a laboratory for LIS education ü Online Courses in LIS ü Open Educational Resources (OER) How to submit papers: Papers using the following author guidelines may please be submitted over email at: krmulla(a)gmail.com or krmulla(a)vtu.ac.in on or before the due date. Submit unpublished and original papers in MS-Word .doc or .docx format using Double Space and Times new Roman 12 font size Paper should have Title, Author/s name, Affiliation with complete address and E-mail address of authors, Abstract maximum of one paragraph and list of main Keywords. References need to be as per APA (American Psychological Association) reference/citation Style guide Tables or figures need to be incorporated in the text at appropriate places and numbered serially Size of the paper (A4 size) between 4 and 8 pages Who can Participate? Library and Information Science professionals working in academic and research institutes, corporate offices and public libraries. For more information regarding the event, you may please check conference website: http://www.vtu.ac.inor http://vtuerm12.webs.com/events.htm Important Dates · Paper Submission Deadline 30-09-2013 · Notification of Acceptance 10-10-2013 · Early bird offer for Registration 25-10-2013 Participation Fees (Early Bird Registration) · Library Professional Rs. 500/- · Students of LIS Schools Rs. 300/- Participation Fees (Registration After Deadline) · Library Professional Rs. 750/- · Students of LIS Schools Rs. 500/- Payment: Fees may please be paid via Demand Draft favouring 'Finance Officer, VTU' payable at Belgaum. The same may please be sent along with registration form to the organizing secretary at the address given below. Accommodation:- Limited Accommodation will be provided on request at VTU Campus. Not: Limited hostel accommodation is available (first come first serve basis) Publication of Conference Volume: Conference proceedings will be published with ISBN Number: 978-81-924696-0-7 You may contact the organizing secretary at: Dr. KR 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 URL: www.vtu.ac.in Conference Website: http://vtuerm12.webs.com/events.htm -- Posted By Engg-Lib-Forum from India to ELF at 9/12/2013 10:04:00 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICADL 2013 is NOT just another DL Conference-No fluff, just stuff: Registrations Open
by Shalini Urs 13 Sep '13

13 Sep '13

Dear LIS Professionals, There are conferences and conferences, but then there is one ORIGINAL Digital Library Conference in India in 2013; and that is ICADL 2013. The year 2001 was truly an important milestone for the digital library movement in India. Indian library community witnessed its first truly international calibre conference in the domain of digital libraries in the year 2001 with the 4th ICADL being held in Bangalore during December 10-12. ICADL 2001 brought “who is who” of digital library community – Professors Hsinchun Chen, Prof Ian Witten, Edward Fox. Gary Marchionini, Michael Shepherd, and many others. This time around also ICADL promises to bring the best of digital library experts to India to share their cutting edge research and practices in “ Social Media and Community Networks” We bring you the same conference series, now in its 15th version-ICADL 2013, whose papers are published by Springer as its Lecture Notes in Computer Science, to you in India for the second time around after 12 long years! For a glimpse of the accepted papers and posters (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Accepted_Papers_and_Posters.html) Here is an opportunity for the Indian LIS community to participate and learn about the new tools for the digital era. Tutorials at ICADL 2013, offer you an opportunity to retool and reposition yourself through the techniques of ‘Data Mining’; ‘Text Mining’ and ‘Social Network Analysis’. For more details on the tutorials (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/tutorials.html) Special Attraction: InfoQuiz 2013: Come, compete and win fabulous prizes: for more details (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/infoquiz.html) Registrations open: come and join the real Digital Library Conference @ICADL 2013 For registrations: http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Registration.html See you at the ICADL 2013! Shalini Chair, ICADL 2013 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore- 570006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC's Workshop on Joomla
by IASLIC Kolkata 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

* * *A 3-Day Workshop * * * *on * * * *CONTENT MANAGEMENT* *Using Joomla* * *** *September 23-25, 2013*** * * * * * * * * *Organized by*** * * *Indian Association of Special Libraries &* *Information Centres * * * * * *In Collaboration with* * * * * *Bose Institute* *Centenary campus* *P-1/12 CIT Scheme No. VIIM, Kolkata - 700054 * * * * * * * * * * * *Indian Association of Special Libraries &* *Information Centres (IASLIC) * *P-291, CIT Scheme 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 7000054* *Website : http://www.iaslic1955.org.in Email : iaslic.india(a)gmail.com* * * * * * * * * * * *About IASLIC* * * IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres), the national professional body in the field of Library and Information Science and Services enjoys the patronage of the MHRD, DST, CSIR, DRDO, RRRLF and other departments of the Govt. Of India. It receives financial assistance from them for carrying on its professional activities for the benefit of the society. “Energy, resources and information” being the three distinct ingredients for all developmental processes, IASLIC has been playing a crucial role by way of stimulating the informational activities of the special libraries and information centres, spread in the Ministries, Departments, Science and Technological Research Institutions, Corporate houses, Academic and Research Centres etc. IASLIC encourages and promotes the systematic acquisition, organization and dissemination of knowledge, the key capital for growth and development of the economy. As its social objective it organizes courses and programmes for development of manpower for effective utilization in any situation. IASLIC aims to promote its activities in all part of the country and in all spheres of social activities, academic and research work, including marketing and business research in corporate sectors. *About Bose Institute* * * The Bose Institute was founded by Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, F.R.S., in 1917. The institute is one of the earliest, perhaps the first modern research institute in India. The institute has evolved over the years into a multi-disciplinary research organization with stress on fundamental research in Science and technology and is still developing highly competent and able scientific manpower for the country. The institute has on its staff highly qualified and experienced scientists working in the field of Botanical, Biological, Biochemical, Chemical and Physical sciences both basic and applied aspects. In addition to the research and development, the institute has recently introduced one Integrated M.Sc. - Ph.D. programme in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotecnology in collaboration with University of Calcutta and M.Sc. programme in Astrophysics in collaboration with St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. The Bose Institute Library* *was founded by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose in the year 1917 is a special science reference Library. It is extensively used by the faculty members and research scholars of other Institutes and Universities also. The Library has a collection of 0.50 lakh books and bound volumes periodicals. The library is in the verge of total computerization of its collection, provides access to more than 2200 E-Journals and 30000 E-Book collections. It is pioneer in subscribing BMN Reviews, Scopus of Elsevier and Century of Science of ISI Web of Science. *Patron* Prof. Shibaji Raha Director, Bose Institute, Kolkata *Co-Patron* Prof. Manikuntala Kundu Chairman, Library Committee, Bose Institute, Kolkata** * * *The Rector of the Course* * *Prof. Pijushkanti Panigrahi, General Secretary, IASLIC * * *Advisors* 1) Dr. J. N. Satpathi 2) Prof. Arjun Dasgupta 3) Prof. Amitabha Chatterjee 4) Prof. Ratna Bandyopadhyay 5) Prof. Krishnapada Majumder 6) Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhel 7) Prof. Salil Chandra Khan 8) Prof. Pijus Kanti Jana 9) Prof. Subal Chandra Biswas 10) Shri. Saptarshi Ghosh *Organizing Committee* *Members* 1) Shri G C Basak 2) Shri P. Jana 3) Shri Sajal Kanti Goswami 4) Shri Harendra Nath Basu 5) Dr. Nitai RoyChowdhury 6) Shri Pradip K Sarkar 7) Dr. Jayati Ghosh 8) Dr. V. K. Thomas 9) Shri Narayan Chandra Ghosh 10) Shri Abhijit Dasgupta 11) Shri P K Sinha *Course Director* * *Prof. S. B. Banerjee Convener, Education Division, IASLIC * * *Workshop Coordinator* * *Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty *The Course Objective* * * In these days of multidimensional, multidirectional and multifaceted growth of the economy, information has attained a special status, the status as a factor of production, the instrument for change, the essential ingredient for innovation and research for development. Rapid acceleration and multiplication of the sources generating information are also observed. But the problem of availability accessibility, and use of information remains constant even in these days of ICT and digital technology. Content management is a way to help ensure easy flow and use of information in any environment. It is a process to create, manage and store information. Virtually it is an online information management. Content Management is, a newly coined term, in vogue for the past few years, although especially the business and corporate units have been handling it continuously for decades unknowingly, undefindly. Curiously, the term content management has evolved not by those who have been handling and using it but by the software communities. Content means information that is published or, made known to public. IASLIC being the national professional organization, its sole object is to extend its expertise to make the information professionals effective, help update and upgrade their knowledge and acumen to stimulate and strengthen the information activities. The present course with a little theoretical input would be practical based. *Course Contents* * * Defining Content Management Content Life Cycle Content Acquisition Why to Manage Content Fundamentals of Content Management Guidelines and Standards for Content Management Organisation and Storage of Contents Metadata Search Routines Content Management and Knowledge Management conflict or coalescence Content Management Team Practicals* Using Jumla* *Who can participate in the Workshop* * * Persons with MLIS Degree or working Professionals with at least BLIS/MCA degree employed in Library and Information Centres/Technical Information Centres/R & D Units/Academic Institutions or in MIS/DSS or in any other Information Centres in the corporate houses. Students completing MLIS/MCA courses may also apply. * * *Duration of the course* 3 days, September 23-25, 2013 *Accommodation* Outstation participants will have to make their own arrangements *Venue* The Seminar Room of the Centenary Building of Bose Institute P-1/12, CIT Scheme No. VI M, Kolkata – 700054 *Course Fee* Rs.3000/- (for IASLIC Individual members) Rs.3500/- (for Non-Members but sponsored by Institutional Members) Rs.4000/- (for Non-members & other Sponsored candidates)** *Mode of Payment* Payment should be made* *by DD/Cheque duly drawn in favour of * IASLIC* *Awarding of Certificates* Certificates will be awarded after completion of the course *How to Apply* Application form, obtainable from IASLIC office or Website, together with course fees payable by DD/Cheque duly drawn in favour of *IASLIC *may be sent to: Prof. S B Banerjee, Convener, Education Division IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres), P- 291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700054. Phone: (033) 2362-9651 Email: iaslic(a)vsnl.net, iaslic.india(a)gmail.com Website: www.iaslic1955.org.in * * * * * * *A 3-Day Workshop* *on * *CONTENT MANAGEMENT*** * *** *Jointly Organized by* *IASLIC & Bose Institute* * * *PARTICIPATION FORM* * * * * 1. Name in full (in block letters) Mr./Ms. ……………………………............................................ 1. Address : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................. ………………………………………………Pin Contact No. ……………………….......... Email: ……………………………………………………................. 3. Are you a sponsored candidate? If yes, write the name and address of your sponsoring organization: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1. Are you a member of IASLIC? If yes, Please √ (tick) 5. Educational Qualifications : 6. Experience : Date: ……………….. ________________________ (Signature in full) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *(FOR SPONSORED CANDIDATES)* * * Name of the sponsoring organization: ……………………………………………………………………………………… The above mentioned candidate has been sponsored by the organization. Signature: …………………………………………………. Designation (with Office Seal): …………………………………………………………………………… -- * **Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MyLISA Orientation Programme for NET/SLET Aspirants
by Vasanth 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Dear Professionals, Hearty Seasonal Greetings from MyLISA. MyLISA – Mysore Library and Information Scientists Association – is organizing an orientation programme called MyLISA OPENS (MyLISA Orientation Programme for Enthusiasts of NET/SLET). The Orientation Programme will prepare the aspirants of NET/SLET to face the exam confidently. The training programme is scheduled for little more than two months starting from last week of September 2013. The programme will be conducted in one of the reputed colleges in Mysore on Saturdays (between 2 pm to 6 pm) and Sundays (between 9 am to 1 pm). The admission fee will be Rs. 1000. Life members of MyLISA will get a concession of 25% and the fee for them would be Rs. 750. For details visit: http://mylisamysore.weebly.com/. The admission will be purely on first-cum-first-serve basis and please be informed that only limited number of seats is available. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N. PRO, MyLISA, Mysore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Workshop on OSOD-2013
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data (OSOD-2013) 7th October, 2013 Bangalore, India Hosted by: Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) & Creative Commons, USA Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute along with Creative Commons USA announces an international workshop on Open Science and Open Data. The main objective of this workshop is to bring together International experts, practitioners and advocates of Open Access to Information to discuss and contemplate on key issues contributing to Open Science. The workshop also aims to serve as a platform for institutions, academicians, scientists and researchers interested in Open Science to exchange thoughts and processes 'How To' create Open content within legal framework. OSOD 2013 is open for all the library and information science professionals, academicians, researchers, scientists and students who are interested to know how to make content open. On behalf of the OSOD 2013 Committee, we invite you to participate in the International Workshop on Open Science and Open Data, which will take place at Indian Statistical Institute on 7th October 2013, in Bangalore, India. Speakers: Puneet Kishor Policy Coordinator for Science and Data Creative Commons USA Dr. ARD Prasad DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Dr. Devika Madalli DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Dr. Usha Munshi Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam Information Scientist, Chennai Ms. Neha Choudhary(TBC) Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Dr. Sridhar Parishetty(TBC) Open Governance India, IIM Bangalore Zainab Bawa(TBC) Co-founder HasGeek Nisha Thompson(TBC) Aghyar Sajjad Anwar and Shashank Srinivasan(TBC) GeoHackers Prof. Ravikumar(TBC) Dr. Prabhakar(TBC) Narendra Prasad(TBC)  TBC To be confirmed Registration Fee: Rs 500 for all the participants. Mode of payment: Demand Draft; The Demand Draft (DD) should be made in favor of Indian Statistical Institute, payable at Bangalore on or before 27th September, 2013 More information will be available soon at http://drtc.isibang.ac.in We are looking forward to your participation and contribution at OSOD 2013. OSOD 2013 Organizing Committee Devika P.Madalli(Convener), Indian Statistical Institute, India Biswanath Dutta, Indian Statistical Institute, India ARD Prasad, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Article request
by Manju Yadav 12 Sep '13

12 Sep '13

Dear All, I am in urgent need of following articles: 1) Performing Identities: Actresses and Autobiography by Mary Jean Corbett<http://muse.jhu.edu/results?section1=author&search1=Mary%20Jean%20Corbett> From: Biography <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/biography> Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2001 <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/biography/toc/bio24.1.html> pp. 15-23 | 10.1353/bio.2001.0005 2) The Rumpled Bed of Autobiography: Extravagant Lives, Extravagant Questions by Sidonie Smith<http://muse.jhu.edu/results?section1=author&search1=Sidonie%20Smith> , Julia Watson<http://muse.jhu.edu/results?section1=author&search1=Julia%20Watson> From: Biography <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/biography> Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2001<http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/biography/toc/bio24.1.html> pp. 1-14 | 10.1353/bio.2001.0025 3) Narrative Identity Empiricized: A Dialogical and Positioning Approach to Autobiographical Research Interviews The Rumpled Bed of Autobiography: Extravagant Lives, Extravagant Questions by Sidonie Smith<http://muse.jhu.edu/results?section1=author&search1=Sidonie%20Smith> , Julia Watson<http://muse.jhu.edu/results?section1=author&search1=Julia%20Watson> From: Biography <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/biography> Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2001 pp. 1-14 | 10.1353/bio.2001.0025 <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/biography/toc/bio24.1.html> -- Regards Manju Yadav PDPU Gandhinagar " Dont cry that it Happened ...... Smile that its Over!" -- Regards Manju Yadav " Dont cry that it Happened ...... Smile that its Over!" -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICADL 2013 is NOT just another DL Conference-No fluff, just stuff: Registrations Open
by Shalini Urs 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Dear LIS Professionals, There are conferences and conferences, but then there is one ORIGINAL Digital Library Conference in India in 2013; and that is ICADL 2013. The year 2001 was truly an important milestone for the digital library movement in India. Indian library community witnessed its first truly international calibre conference in the domain of digital libraries in the year 2001 with the 4th ICADL being held in Bangalore during December 10-12. ICADL 2001 brought “who is who” of digital library community – Professors Hsinchun Chen, Prof Ian Witten, Edward Fox. Gary Marchionini, Michael Shepherd, and many others. This time around also ICADL promises to bring the best of digital library experts to India to share their cutting edge research and practices in “ Social Media and Community Networks” We bring you the same conference series, now in its 15th version-ICADL 2013, whose papers are published by Springer as its Lecture Notes in Computer Science, to you in India for the second time around after 12 long years! For a glimpse of the accepted papers and posters (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Accepted_Papers_and_Posters.html) Here is an opportunity for the Indian LIS community to participate and learn about the new tools for the digital era. Tutorials at ICADL 2013, offer you an opportunity to retool and reposition yourself trough the techniques of ‘ Data Mining’; ‘Text Mining’ and ‘Social Network Analysis’. For more details on the tutorials (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/tutorials.html) Special Attraction: InfoQuiz 2013: Come, compete and win fabulous prizes: for more details (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/infoquiz.html) Registrations open: come and join the real Digital Library Conference @ICADL 2013 For registrations: http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Registration.html See you at the ICADL 2013! Shalini Chair, ICADL 2013 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore- 570006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Special Lecture on "Information Sources for Social Science in a Digital Library Environment: Obstacles and Opportunities"
by meera anand 11 Sep '13

11 Sep '13

Dear Members,  On behalf of Jain University, Bangalore, I cordially invites you for the Special Lecture on  “Information sources in social sciences in a digital library environment: obstacles and opportunities” Speaker:    Dr .M.Krishnamurthy                    Faculty, DRTC        Indian Statistical Institute        Bangalore -560059   Date:  Friday 20th Sept, 2013 Time: 2.pm Venue: Ground Floor Seminar Hall-2 , Jain University, Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 69  Abstract: The information source infrastructure in social sciences needs to be strengthened. It is essential for social sciences in developing countries to pay much greater attention to the parochial nature of its knowledge and the need for indigenization. In a situation of digital resources are becoming more visible in the social science, use of these resources by scholars remains limited. Social Science disciplines have come to rely on computers and electronic communication for some of their daily work, but the use of digital information resources has yet to become routine. Digital libraries are still evolving, and librarians and other information professionals are just beginning to understand and exploit the computer’s ability to assist in the Social Science research process. Research on prerequisites for development of digital libraries by exploring user needs, capabilities and preferences as well as obstacles they encounter while using existing electronic inform! ation resources in a pre-digital environment. Social scientists study all aspects of society—from past events and achievements to human behavior and relationships among groups. Therefore, it is part of the social science institutions and associations make a strategy that the social science educational system be so arranged that researchers and students become accustomed to regarding Internet as a tool to be used in the learning process.    About Speaker:  Dr. M. Krishnamurthy is Faculty at Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Prior to taking this assignment he served as librarian of Indian statistical Institute Bangalore centre, and University Librarian, University of Mysore.  He has 18 years experience   as Librarian.  He is recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship in 2006 and visited Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Illinois (USA), and also he is recipient of the Open Repository Scholarship to attend Sydney, Australia conference in 2007. He has contributed extensively to national and international journals and conferences   (80 articles).  He received Bharath Shiksha Ratana Award in 2102, and ILA CD Sharma Best paper award in 2013..His research interests are in the uses of emerging information and communications technologies (ICTs) to enhance libraries and education. His research and teaching are in! the areas of Social Networking, Digital Archives, Digital Libraries, and Educational Technology. At present he is treasurer for the Association of British Scholars, Bangalore. He visited USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, Scotland for academic assignment.   Regards, Meeramani. N Librarian,Jain University Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 69 Ph: 080 43430920 Mob: 9845500343   -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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