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LIS Professionals:Want to retool, reposition ? Here is a wonderful opportunity @ ICADL2013- Ahead of Time Registration Closes soon
by Shalini Urs 21 Sep '13

21 Sep '13

Dear LIS professionals: The LIS professionals have been talking about retooling and repositioning for a long time: here is an opportunity to Just DO IT ! The 15th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2013) is brought to you by the International School of Information Management, University of Mysore and held in Bangalore, India, during December 9-11, 2013. The venue is Hotel Le Meridien, Bangalore. The theme of the conference is ³Social Media and Community Networks² Since its emergence in 2004, social media has become not just a rage but also an integral part of our daily lives and professional activities. Organisationsacademic, government, and corporates, are increasingly veering towards social media for not only reaching out to but also to engage with their customers and other stakeholders. Libraries are no exceptions and libraries across the world are using social media to promote services, highlight resources, integrating access, and to listen to the voices of their users. Libraries, the traditional agencies for building local communities of practice are finding new ways to build virtual communities with the help of the social media and its tools. ICADL 2013 offers a wonderful platform and brings a truly interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners of digital libraries with a focus on the theme of ³ Social Media and Community Networks.² Whether you are a practitioner or a researcherin the library and information profession, here is a chance to retool and reposition your career and the profession by learning more about the new media and the emerging tools through tutorials, plenary sessions, keynotes, contributed papers, exhibits, posters and other events. * Tutorials: ICADL 2013 offers an opportunity to familiarize oneself with cutting edge tools through its tutorials on the topics of Data Mining, Text Mining, and Social Network Analysis (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/tutorials.html) * Contributed Papers: Our contributed papers showcase the current research trends in the field of digital libraries (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/Accepted_Papers_and_Posters.html) * Talk-a-DL: We also have an innovative Talk-a-DL Programme-an Open House programme that offers a platform to delegates to share their thoughts and ask questions. * IDLI@ICADL: IDLI( Indian Digital Library Initiatives at ICADL2013) is another programme feature providing an opportunity for organisations to showcase their innovation in digital libraries (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/idli.html) * InfoQuiz 2013: One other interesting programme is InfoQuiz 2013 (http://www.isim.ac.in/icadl2013/infoquiz.html) Please compete and win a trip to ICADL 2013! ICADL 2013 has more to offer than just another Digital Library Conference! Come, learn, share and enjoy! Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Chair, ICADL 2013 & Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of JRF in DLIS, AUS
by Apurba J Majumder 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Eligible candidates are invited to attend “Walk-in Interview” for the post of Project Fellow to be held on 7th October, 2013, at 11.30 am at Department of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam along with CV, attested copies of the marksheets and certificates. Project: “Design and Development of Institutional Repository for Assam University” funded by University Grants Commission (UGC). Principal Investigator: Dr. Mukut Sarmah, Asst. Prof. DLIS, AUS No of post: One Emoluments: Rs. 14,000/- (Rupees Fourteen Thousand) only per Month Qualifications: Master Degree in Library and Information Science with 55% marks (NET qualified candidates will be preferred). Desirable: Knowledge on Installation and Customisation of Open Source Software such as DSapce. The candidates are also requested to bring their supporting documents and original certificates. This post is purely temporary and will be filled on contract basis for the period till the project lasts. Candidates will be required to show their prohciency on operations of DSpace software practically during interview. No traveling or any other allowances will be paid for attending the interview. No separate call letter will be issued. The candidates can send application to the Principal Investigator before 07.10.2013 through E-mail: drmsarmah(a)gmail.com http://www.aus.ac.in/Advertisement%20Dept%20Lib%20an d%20Info%20Sc%20date%2020-9-2013.pdf<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aus.ac.in%2FAdvertisement%…> -- ****************************** Apurba Jyoti Majumder Assistant Librarian Rabindra Library (Central Library) Assam University. Dargakona Silchar- 781011 Cell No: 09435268733* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Registrations Open: National Seminar Series on Publisher - Library Partnership
by Soji Mathew 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Informatics (India) Limited is pleased to announce the dates and location for E-Content 2013, its National Seminar Series on Publisher - Library Partnership planned across four cities in India. Theme for this year's event is "Bridging the access gap - Integrating content, technology and services". The seminar will have keynotes and panel debates on this theme at all locations. This year the seminars will focus on introducing new content by publishers, new version of J-Gate, new publisher platforms and new publishers too. You will also witness a session on Discovery Services and a special product launch of journal hosting platform by Informatics (await the attractive name and functionality of the product). There will be an Online Quiz before the programs (please look forward to announcement on online quiz - coming soon) and during the program too with attractive prizes. Please join us in the series of debates on the evolving digital library landscape and interact with fellow librarians, panel of experts and our publisher partners on content and technology related issues in the following cities: Dates & Location: October 21, 2013 - Chennai October 22, 2013 - Ahmedabad October 23, 2013 - Delhi October 25, 2013 - Kolkata The publishers joining hands with us in these seminars are: Annual Reviews Maney Publishing SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics The Royal Society Publishing Registration is mandatory and free for all research and library professionals. Kindly click here for more details and registration: www.informindia.co.in/event2013 Regards, E-Content 2013 Team -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to Discovery Seminar in Bangalore
by Soji Mathew 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Informatics (India) Limited, Bangalore presents a seminar on OPAC, J-Gate and FedGate - Content Discovery J-Gate Plus - completely new avatar of J-Gate crossed a landmark figure of indexing 35,000+ journals qualifying to be the world's largest journal discovery service. Another landmark that was achieved last month was indexing 15,000+ open access journals in J-Gate making it the largest discovery service for open access journals also. We would like to celebrate the event by highlighting various facts and realities of discovery services and bringing in a clarity on what was done by OPAC then, J-Gate now and Content Discovery in future through an evening seminar titled OPAC, J-Gate and FedGate - Content Discovery on Friday 27th September 2013 from 5 PM to 7:30 PM at Hotel Fortune Park JP Celestial, Bangalore. Please join us for the program and make the seminar a fruitful exchange on Discovery Services. Kindly register for participating in the seminar: www.informindia.co.in/DiscoveryServices Venue: Fortune Park JP Celestial 5/43, Race Course Road, Near Anand Rao Circle, Bangalore Date & Time: Friday, 27th September 2013; 5:00PM - 7:30PM Regards, Informatics (India) Limited -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICKM-2013 Call for papers
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Apologies for cross posting"" Extended Dateline for Call for Papers International Conference on Knowledge Modelling and Knowledge Management 20-21 November, 2013 Bangalore, India http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/ickm Hosted by: Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, announces an International Conference on Knowledge Modelling and Knowledge Management to bring together experts from different areas of information science, computer science, artificial intelligence and other disciplines, who have a mutual interest in understanding and solving problems of knowledge modelling and knowledge management. The aim is to recognize and focus on new areas of knowledge modelling and knowledge management. Therefore philosophy, logic, linguistics, cognitive science, health care, management science, media, etc. are relevant areas, too. On behalf of the ICKM 2013 Committee, we invite you to submit your original research work and to participate in the International Conference on Knowledge modelling and Knowledge Management (ICKM), which will take place at Indian Statistical Institute on 20-21 November 2013, in Bangalore, India. Topics of interest to the conference include (but not limited to) the following: Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge sources Techniques of knowledge extraction Knowledge mining Ontology learning Crowdsourcing Knowledge Modelling and Reasoning Knowledge models Principled approaches Language, tools and methods Ontology and context Ontology and semantics Reasoning Methodology Application vs. general ontology Collaborative knowledge modelling Ontology sharing and reuse Ontology matching and matching techniques Ontology integration and allignment Role of reference ontology in ontology allignment Knowledge capture and refinement Natural language Processing Natural Language Processing (NLP) in knowledge engineering Natural language understanding, including syntactic parsing, word sense disambiguation, semantic role labelling etc. Text mining (e.g., named entity recognition, term and concept recognition, relation extraction) Lexical resources and corpora (e.g., dictionaries, thesaurus, ontology) Issues and challenges Applications and Case Studies Ontology driven information systems design Ontology based application systems Requirement centric engineering Domain ontologies, especially for Health sciences, Life science, Agriculture, E-commerce, E-Government, Law, Library science, Fine arts (not limited to these domains) Linked Data Architecture and infrastructure Symbiosis of linked data and open data Linked data publication Linked data publication; fusion of linked data and metadata Search, query, analysis and integration of linked data Reasoning, mining visualization and user interaction with linked data Domain specific applications (e.g., E-Government, Disaster, Life science etc.), mashup Evaluation Methods Evaluation frameworks Benchmarks Golden standards Important Dates Full paper submission ( Extended date): Monday, 30 September 2013, 12:00 IST Acceptance Notification : Tuesday, 20 October 2013, 12:00 IST Camera-ready copy: Thursday, 31 October 2013, 12:00 IST Registration (authors): Friday, 4 November 2013, 12:00 IST Paper Submission for ICKM 2013 Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers (not being considered for publication elsewhere) in standard format (double column, single-spaced, 10-pt font) describing new ideas, models, theoretical and/or experimental research. Submissions will be judged based on originality, significance, interest, clarity, relevance, correctness, and presentation of their paper. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically, in Microsoft Office 2007 (.docx file) format and formatted according to the template available at http://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/ickm/guidelines . Submission website: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ickm2013 Uploading instructions and more detailed submission instructions for papers are available at conference websitehttp://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/ickm For any questions about paper submissions, please contact the program committee at ickm2013@drtc.isibang.ac.in,bisu@drtc.isibang.ac.in Please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and fellow researchers. Further information about ICKM 2013 is available athttp://www.drtc.isibang.ac.in/ickm . We look forward to your contribution and to seeing you at ICKM 2013. ICKM 2013 Organizing Committee ARD Prasad, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute (Chair), India Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute, India Saiful Amin, Semantic Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.,India Biswanath Dutta, 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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Free Software Day celebration at Kottayam
by Vimal Kumar V. 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Dear Friends, Free Software Day 2013 celebrations at Kottayam. Organized by Kerala Shastra Sahithya Parishat and Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom. Date and Time: 21 September 2013, 10 AM Venue: Urban Bank Hall Kottayam. Please participate... Regards, -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Library Kottayam, Kerala- 686 560 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.info Blog: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MEETING HIGHLIGHTS USE OF OPEN DATA IN SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
by Ragaavendra R 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Dear Moderator kindly circulate. MEETING HIGHLIGHTS USE OF OPEN DATA IN SCIENCE, HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT At the end of a two-day conference in Switzerland, open knowledge experts emphasised the role of open data in strengthening science findings' credibility, fostering medical research and enhancing sustainable development. The 2013 Open Knowledge Conference, an annual event organised by the Open Knowledge Foundation, aimed at understanding existing trends with a specific focus on open data use in new areas and sectors. The event was held in Geneva on 17-18 September. FOR COMPLETE READ AND REFERNCE LINK: http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/09/18/meeting-highlights-use-of-open-data-in-s… Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for papers
by Dr. Ranjit Das 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Call for papers and participation UGC sponsored National Conference on digital library:Reshaping traditional library into next generation library 16th & 17th January 2014 at TOLANI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE,MUMBAI Call for papers: NCDL 2014 invites original papers and case studies on various facets of the conference theme and related areas. Theme 1: Planning, development and management of Digital Libraries Digital Library services Web design and Interfaces Digital Preservation Content organization and knowledge management Information Storage and Retrieval for global access E-learning & Information Literacy Theme 2: Digital Library Development: Technical Issues Organization of Electronic Resources: Cataloguing, metadata, XML, Dublin Core, Next Generation OPACs, etc. Indexing and Classification in a digital Environment, Taxonomies, Information architecture, Ontology, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Mediators, etc. Resource Discovery Tools-Search Engines, Directories, Intelligent Retrieval, Multi and Cross Lingual Retrieval, Information audit, etc. User studies and system evaluation Theme 3: Collection Development in Digital environment Content management systems(CMS) Collection development & Management of e-Resources Software for Content management Open Courseware E-Publishing Theme 4: Resource sharing and Networking Consortia Open Archives Digital Repositories Open source software for library Management Theme 5: IPR issues in Digital Era Digital Rights Management. Library and information centers & IPR IPR and Open Access Theme 6: New Technologies and adaptability Library 2.0 & 3.0 Semantic web Semantic Digital Libraries FOSS(Free Open Source Software) based library Services E-Learning Smart Mobile Applications in Library Data Mining Library services through Could Computing Theme 7: Change Management Issues & strategies. Re-engineering of library collections and services in digital era Library & Information Centre management in digital era. Professional Ethics Core Professional Competencies Changing approach to information and meeting user expectations Best practices in Digital Library environment. Marketing of library services in digital era. For more details kindly visit http://www.tolani.edu/tcc http://ncdl-2014.hpage.com IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER: Submission of Abstracts with Full Papers: 1st October 2013 Notification for acceptance of papers15th October 2013 Registration for Authors: 10th November 2013 Last date of Registration:10th December 2013 Contact Details:Mrs. Rasmita Mohanty Organizing Secretary & Librarian Tolani College of Commerce 150-151 Sher-E-Punjab Scoiety Andheri East, Mumbai-400 093. Phone (O) 022-61535442 E-mail: rasmita06(a)gmail.com, rashmitam(a)tcc.tolani.edu -- सादर, सधन्यवाद Thanking You with regards डॉ.रन्जित कुमार दास Dr. Ranjit Kumar Das प्रभारी, पुस्तक अभिग्रहण अनुभाग In-charge,Book Acquisition Section, केन्द्रीय पुस्तकालय,भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान मुंबई Central Library,IIT Bombay पवई,मुंबई,400 076, भारत Powai,Mumbai-400 076,India Mob: 09819768924 off:022-25768924,25768079(Res) e-mail: drrkdas(a)iitb.ac.in email: bas.iitb(a)iitb.ac.in Email: ranjitkumardaskims(a)gmail.com Web: www.kiit.ac.in/icdleimc2011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An exemplary heroic and humane act by Karnataka Minister for Libraries doing the Library Profession proud
by Shalini Urs 19 Sep '13

19 Sep '13

Dear LIS Professionals, It is truly heartening to see Kimmane Ratnakar, Minister for Primary and secondary education, Government of Karnataka (and also Libraries) setting an example, where and when not even expected. He not only stopped his car, observing a drowning car in a lake , but also jumped into the lake along with his staff to save six lives. It is not only heartening but worth emulating not just by politicians but also by one and all. On the fateful Tuesday (September 17), 2013, the minister Kimmane Ratnakar was travelling in his official Innova vehicle to Bangalore from his native town of Thirthahalli and spotted the sinking car and ordered his convoy to stop. This happened near Beguvalli, 20km from Thirthahallli, when a white Maruti Swift car overtook it. About 15 minutes later, as Kimmane's car approached the Beguvalli Lake, the minister noticed the same Swift sinking in the lake. Kimmane, his gunman Halswamy, driver Chandrashekar and escort vehicle driver Krishnamurthy jumped into the water. The four men swam to the sinking car, whose trapped occupants were flailing their hands from the windows and rescued them. This act is truly exemplary and should be applauded. I also feel it is not out of place to mention one other facet of Shri Kimmane Ratnakar, which I had the first hand experience of. Recently, I had an occasion to listen to his talk and observe him during a function in Bangalore. I must say this; he is not only erudite in his address but also very humble and bowled me over by his humility and respect for Scholarship. Library profession should applaud and be proud to have a minister of the stature of Kimmane Ratnakar in charge of libraries. May his tribe multiply! Shalini -- Dr. Shalini R.Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-READERS CAN MAKE READING EASIER FOR THOSE WITH DYSLEXIA
by Ragaavendra R 19 Sep '13

19 Sep '13

Dear Moderator pls circulate this. E-READERS CAN MAKE READING EASIER FOR THOSE WITH DYSLEXIA As e-readers grow in popularity as convenient alternatives to traditional books, researchers at the Smithsonian have found that convenience may not be their only benefit. The team discovered that when e-readers are set up to display only a few words per line, some people with dyslexia can read more easily, quickly and with greater comprehension. Their findings are published in the Sept. 18 issue of the journal PLOS ONE. FOR COMPLETE READ AND REFERENCE LINK: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130918181126.htm Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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