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National conference on "Trends in Management of Academic Libraries in Digital Environment (TMALDEN-2014), 19th & 20th December 2014 at Jain University Bangalore.
by meera anand 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Dear Professionals, With great pleasure we would like to inform you that, the Learning Resource Centre (Library), Jain University, Bangalore is organizing a Two Day National Conference on "Trends in Management of Academic Libraries in Digital Environment (TMALDEN-2014)" on 19-20 December, 2014 at Jain Knowledge Campus, District Fund Road, Behind Big Bazar, Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560 069. Objectives of the Conference * To explore the trends in management of academic libraries including Web-scale discovery systems with enhancements such as discipline-scoped searching and customized widgets, community-source Library Management Systems. * To provide a platform to discuss how it continues to drive much of the futuristic thinking within academic libraries. * To understand user's desire for information and access to social media and networks anytime/ anywhere; acceptance and adoption of cloud- based technologies; more value placed on collaboration; challenges to the role of higher education in a world where information is ubiquitous and alternate forms of credentialing are available; new education paradigms that include on-line and hybrid learning; and a new emphasis on challenge- based and active learning. * To promote the libraries commonly provided digital repository services, author copyright advice, digitization services, and management of research datasets, as well as metadata creation, cataloguing and digital preservation. Sub-Themes 1. Higher Education and Libraries 2. Emerging Technologies 3. Innovative Information Services 4. Best Practices in Library and Information Services 5. Digital Libraries 6. Information and Knowledge architecture 7. Knowledge Management 8. Information Standards in Library services Call for Paper * Original contributions based on applications/ deployments/ research/ surveys/ practices related to the theme and sub themes mentioned, are invited for conference presentation. * The paper should not exceed 3000 words (not more than 10 pages) and should contain an abstract 100 to 200 words. * Based on the technical committee's recommendations, selected papers will be published in the Conference Volume with ISBN Number. * Registration of all authors is mandatory for paper presentation and publication. * Authors are requested to submit the full- text of their papers on or before 30th Nov 2014. * The deadline for registering for the Conference is 15th Dec 2014 * All papers should be submitted through the email: tmalden2014(a)gmail.com for peer review. Who may participate? * Library and Information professionals from academia * Special and Public Libraries * Research Scholars * IT Professionals and E-Learning communities * Corporate participants * Publishers and Authors * Knowledge workers and Policy makers * Teaching professionals and students * Information providers and vendors * Conservators Registration Fee: * LIS Professionals and others- Without Accommodation - Rs. 1000/- * LIS Professionals and others- with Accommodation- Rs. 2000/- * Research Scholars & Students (Full Time) - Without Accommodation- Rs. 500/- * Research Scholars and Students (Full Time) - With Accommodation- Rs. 1500/- * Registration fee includes Conference Volume, Kit, Lunch and Coffee/ Tea/ Snacks. * Registration fees should be paid by way of Demand Draft in favor of "Jain University” payable at Bangalore, Karnataka, India. For more details, please visit the website-http://www.jainuniversity.ac.in/PDF/2014-15/TMALDEN-2014.pdf With Warm Regards, Meeramani N Organizing Secretary (TMALDEN-2014) Librarian Jain University 44/4, District Fund Road, Behind Big Bazar Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore- 560 069. Ph: 080 43430920 Mob: 9845500343 E-Mail: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One Day workshop on Research, Communication and Writing skills
by Anand 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Dear Professionals, In today's competitive and dynamic era, core competency of an incumbent has to be proven manifold. As one of the knowledge professionals, a professional incumbent may need to have certain skills and acumen to handle critical situations, involve in decision-making process. To handle such situations, one need to be a part of the information service industry, acquire certain attributes, which equip themselves to have an edge over others. Society for Information Research and Studies (SIRs) is a professional body started by a group of information experts drawn from the service industries with years of experience in handling similar situations. SIRs have started a series of Core Competency Development Programme Series to keep abreast with this changing scenario. Since the pedagogy of this Professional Development Programme will be completely different, therefore, we can offer only 45 seats to the aspirants. If you want to be one of them, then book your seats in advance by filling up the registration form by paying an amount of Rs 1500/- in favour of Society for Information Research and Studies through demand draft or cheque by 25 October, 2014 and get 20% discount as Early Bird Registration. For any further query please get back to us. Best regards, _______________________________________________________________ ANAND A JHA 9582254615, 9910017177 www.sirsidia.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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JSTOR Forum
by Roma 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Dear All, I am sorry to inform you that JSTOR India User Forum scheduled to be held on 15th October at Hyderabad and 17th October at Kolkata had to be called off since Mr. Lenahan, Vice President, JSTOR could not get his visa in time for journey to India. He is expecting to get the Visa very soon. As such this event would be reorganized in month of November 2014. The revise date would be intimated you shortly. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused for any inconvenience this change may have caused. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [Asis-l] Winners of the 2014 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

Congrats to the winners. On Sunday, October 12, 2014 6:11 PM, Shaheen Maqsood <mashaheen(a)gmail.com> wrote: EXCUSE ME FOR CROSS-POSTING Winners of the 2014 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to announce the following winners of its 13th International Paper Contest: First Place Winner: Bhakti Gala. Blogs, Bloggers and Scholarly Publications. (INDIA) Second Place Winner: Muhammad Javed Iqbal. Scholars' Perceptions about HEC Library Resources and Services: A Quantitative Study of User Satisfaction. (PAKISTAN) The jurors for the 2014 competition included Maqsood Shaheen (Chair), Fatih Oguz (Member), and Alma Rivera (Member). The principal authors of each of the winning papers will be awarded a two-year individual membership to ASIS&T. In addition, the first place winner will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend ASIS&T 77th annual meeting in Seattle, WA (USA). The winning papers will be considered for publication by Taylor & Francis’s International Information and Library Review (IILR). We thank the jury members for their hard work and our donors for their compassion which makes it possible to develop and sustain this international network of scholars in developing countries. Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen Chair, 2014 ASIS&T International Paper Contest ShaheenMA(a)gmail.com ___ 2014 Annual Meeting Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIS&T Annual Meeting October 31-November 5, 2014, Seattle, WA ________________________________________ Website: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII Blog: http://sigiii.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/asist.sig.iii/ ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How many scholarly papers on the web?
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

So how many scholarly papers are on the Web, anyway? “Using statistical methods, [Lee] Giles and [Madian] Khabsa estimated that at least 114 million English-language scholarly documents are accessible on the Web, of which Google Scholar has nearly 100 million. They estimate that at least 27 million (24 percent) are freely available since they do not require a subscription or payment of any kind. The estimates are limited to English documents only.” http://news.psu.edu/story/329490/2014/10/09/research/how-many-scholarly-pap… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NIT Silchar, India - University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA Joint International Conference on "What’s Next in Libraries? Trends, Space, and Partnerships”
by Kishor Satpathy 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Conference Announcement and Call for Proposals for Papers and Workshops NIT Silchar, India - University ofIllinois Urbana Champaign, USA Joint International Library Conferenceon "What’s Next in Libraries? Trends,Space, and Partnerships” January21-23, 2015 LOCATION: NIT Campus,Silchar, Assam, India BACKGROUND: Creating avibrant and sustainable library ecosystem requires that librarians andlibraries adapt, change, and innovate to stay relevant to users and homeinstitutions. What are the current trends in successful academic and publiclibraries? How do we as professionals re-imagine library space that is flexibleand attractive? How do we developpartnerships that advance the mission of our libraries? These are among some of thequestions that will be examined and discussed by librarians from the UnitedStates, India, and other countries who will interact during this three-dayconference to build skills, learn from colleagues, and return home withpractical ideas. In this Conference, libraryprofessionals from the University of Illinois will work with librarians fromthe region and from other countries to discuss how new technologies can openaccess to information and knowledge for library users. The series of workshops and papers willconsider how to best build on the opportunities offered by the new technologies. The conference format will encourageindividual participants to become engaged in discussions and presentationsthrough a variety of sessions, including lectures, posters, “lightning” talks,individual consultations, roundtable discussions and workshops. THEME OF THE CONFERENCE: I: Trends · New Trends,Innovations LIS · Lib 2.0: NewPractices, Smart Mobile Applications in LIS, · E-Learning andInformation Literacy, Scholarly Publishing, OpenAccess, and DigitalLibraries, · Quality Assurance & BestPractices, Innovative Library Products & Services. II: Space · Recent Trends in Library Space, · Space Design, Positioning, andservice transformation, · Case studies on librarybuilding and space planning, · Users Perspective ofLibrary Space, · Green Library, Norms andStandards for Library Space, · Security of Library Resources, · DisasterManagement in Libraries. III. Partnerships · Networking among Professionals, · Collaborations, Joint Projects. THEME OF THE WORKSHOPS: · Scholarly commons · Library Spaces · Library & Community Development Some of Our ConfirmedSpaeakers are: 1. Paula Toby Kaufman, Interim Director, Mortenson Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 2. Jeffrey Mark Schrader, Assistant Dean for Facilities, University Library,University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign. USA 3. Susan Schnuer, Associate Director, Mortenson Centerfor International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 4. William H. Mischo, Head, Grainger EngineeringLibrary Information Center, & Professor of Library Administration, Universityof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 5. Geeta Malhotra, Country Director, READ India 6. Bhim Dhoj Shrestha, Head, Central Department of Library and InformationScience, Tribhuvan University. Nepal 7. Prof. K M Baharul Islam, IIM Kashipur CALL FOR PAPERS: Original contributions based on application /research / surveys / practices related to the theme and sub-themes mentionedare invited for paper and poster presentations. Based on editorial committee’srecommendations, papers for the international conference will be selected andpublished in the Conference Volume (print version) with ISBN number.Registrations for all authors are mandatory for paper presentation. All papersshould be submitted through email on or before 30 November 2014. IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for Abstract Submission : 15 Nov 2014 Deadline for Paper Submission : 20 Nov 2014 Notifications for Acceptance : 01 Dec 2014 Camera Ready Paper Submission : 10 Dec 2014 Conference Date : 21-23 Jan 2015 CONTACT DETAILS Dr. KishorChandra Satpathy Librarian& Organising Secretary National Instituteof Technology (Institute ofNational Importance under Ministry of HRD, GOI) Silchar-788010,Assam, India Telephone : +91-3842-240055 (Off) +91-9435175531 (M) E-mail : ksatpathy(a)gmail.com / wnl2015(a)gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/WNL2015 http://whatsnextinlibraries.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Theses
by SAIACS, Chief Librarian 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Here are some places where you may locate free dissertations and theses. 1. Open Theses <http://www.openthesis.org/> http://www.openthesis.org/ < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openthesis.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1& usg=AFQjCNGE4anu6jfmPqwH1kdihb7e8ntiQg> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openthesis.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&u sg=AFQjCNGE4anu6jfmPqwH1kdihb7e8ntiQg> 2. Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) <http://oatd.org/> http://oatd.org/ < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Foatd.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCN E-bWnzm4nWHvYzAtXLUwGMuhuNhw> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Foatd.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE -bWnzm4nWHvYzAtXLUwGMuhuNhw> 3. Library of Congress. Main Reading Room. Alcove 9: Education: Dissertations and Theses: An Annotated List of Reference Websites http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/education/theses.html 4. < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Frr%2Fmain%2Falcove9% 2Feducation%2Ftheses.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFsV0QljjFZM7Geri3pXxqSDXE_SQ > http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.gov%2Frr%2Fmain%2Falcove9%2 Feducation%2Ftheses.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFsV0QljjFZM7Geri3pXxqSDXE_SQ> Some of these are free or offer partial data for free. 5. Thesis Abstracts and Dissertation Abstracts <http://www.thesisabstracts.com/> http://www.thesisabstracts.com/ < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesisabstracts.com%2F&sa=D&sn tz=1&usg=AFQjCNHpx-pzjZexajN7sTZW1hT6lndZeA> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesisabstracts.com%2F&sa=D&snt z=1&usg=AFQjCNHpx-pzjZexajN7sTZW1hT6lndZeA> [Abstracts only.] 6. Directory Project ( <http://www.dmoz.org/> http://www.dmoz.org/ < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmoz.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AF QjCNGMn9Wn3Laro6g_IqWnJh9YK8LvIw> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmoz.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQ jCNGMn9Wn3Laro6g_IqWnJh9YK8LvIw>): 7. Free Dissertations <http://www.dmoz.org/search?q=free+dissertations> http://www.dmoz.org/search?q=free+dissertations < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmoz.org%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dfree%2 Bdissertations&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFkenm_P-Qn0qrUldxvPQfBtb-bzQ> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmoz.org%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dfree%2B dissertations&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFkenm_P-Qn0qrUldxvPQfBtb-bzQ> [You must carefully read each entry. The Directory Project enlists "editors" who locate and submit online subject directories. You may add a subject to limit it to dissertations in that subject.] 8. The parallel search for free theses from the Directory Project (above) is: <http://www.dmoz.org/search?q=free+theses> http://www.dmoz.org/search?q=free+theses < <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmoz.org%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dfree%2 Btheses&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFnRhleoWHY0PDlaeqX74EAloaMfw> http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmoz.org%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dfree%2B theses&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFnRhleoWHY0PDlaeqX74EAloaMfw> . Regards Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, UGC-NET., BCS Chief Librarian South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 Website: <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com or <mailto:yesan.sellan@saiacs.org> yesan.sellan(a)saiacs.org cid:image002.jpg@01CFCC4B.D5B42440 ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Full article
by Sreedhara Rao 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

*Dear Friends,* One of our university faculty need this article full paper, Kindly requested who is having full text article access please send me soon. below this email iD. risatyapriya(a)rediffmail.com Qual Life Res (2010)19:1447-1455. Effect of integrated yoga on quality of life and interpersonal relationship of pregnant women. Authors: Abbas Rakshani, Satyapriya Maharana, nagarathna Raghuram, Hongsandra R.Nagendra, Padmalatha Venkatram. Thanking you. Regards, Sreedhara Rao K.S Deputy Librarian S-VYASA Yoga University Bangalore.19 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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University of Calcutta Seminar
by Mayukh Biswas 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Dear All, The Department of Library and Information Science is organizing a Seminar at the University of Calcutta on 30 and 31 January 2015. All are cordially invited. For further details please visit the following website: *www.cudlis.net <http://www.cudlis.net>* -- With regards, Mayukh Biswas, Junior Research Fellow (U.G.C.), University of Calcutta. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Please reveal the name of resource persons
by Vimal Kumar V. 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

Dear Friends, It seems that organizers of workshops hide the name of resource persons with the details of the program in brochure, websites, blogs and discussion forums. Workshop organizers always give the wordings like this “The workshop sessions will be handled by experts from reputed academic institutions”. Professionals who like to participate in the workshop has the right to know the details of the resource persons. In my view, nothing wrong mention the name of resource persons while announcing the program. 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 http://moovandan.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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