November 2014 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Re: [LIS-Forum] Does Introduction of LIS Syllabus in Undergraduate Course Curriculum Change the Libraries/Librarians image?
by Prabhat Ranjan 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Mr. Vasantha Raju N. has raised right issues about status of librarians in the professionals community. Librarians are termed as secondary professionals in college libraries. One of the main reason behind it may be ill status of libraries. An incapable library can be handled by any one. People visit there as a stack of books. The second reason of it may be senior professionals of library science also as they select incapable librarians (having only degrees in library science and therefore eligible to the post) which worse the image of librarians. In many departments in universities such professionals (as faculty members) hinder the growth of meritorious students. When library professionals are motivated towards their selves and selection processes in the country is not transparent, library science will be devoid of influential intellects. We professionals should respect knowledge in the community, but I see people are self-oriented. And the profession is going downwards. Why India is not presenting an another Ranganathan? What is DRTC, NISCAIR and premier universities are doing in India. We professionals are enemies of the profession. We are *not* sensitive to the profession. That is the reason, some library professionals are extremely underpaid. But it is not a matter to the people in high positions as they are being paid well. Situations of library professionals is very poor and not respectful in many of the fields. Once again, I salute Mr. Vasantha Raju N. for his sensitivity toawrds the profession.. With Kind Regards, On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Prabhat Ranjan <prabhatranjan21(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear LIS Professionals, > > Mr. Vasantha Raju N. has raised right issues about status of librarians in > the professionals community. Librarians are termed as secondary > professionals in college libraries. One of the main reason behind it may be > ill status of libraries. An incapable library can be handled by any one. > People visit there as a stack of books. The second reason of it may be > senior professionals of library science also as they select incapable > librarians (having only degrees in library science and therefore eligible > to the post) which worse the image of librarians. In many departments in > universities such professionals (as faculty members) hinder the growth of > meritorious students. > > When library professionals are motivated towards their selves and > selection processes in the country is not transparent, library science will > be devoid of influential intellects. We professionals should respect > knowledge in the community, but I see people are self-oriented. And the > profession is going downwards. > > Why India is not presenting an another Ranganathan? What is DRTC, NISCAIR > and premier universities are doing in India. > > We professionals are enemies of the profession. We are sensitive to the > profession. That is the reason, some library professionals are extremely > underpaid. But it is not a matter to the people in high positions as they > are being paid well. > > Situations of library professionals is very poor and not respectful in > many of the fields. > > Once again, I salute Mr. Vasantha Raju N. for his sensitivity toawrds the > profession.. > > With Kind Regards, > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Vasanth <gooche_1981(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote: > >> Dear Sir/Madam, >> >> >> >> It has been often deliberated in many professional forums that (at least >> in Karnataka) higher education department such as Department of Collegiate >> Education (DCE) should introduce LIS syllabus (information literacy) as a >> subsidiary paper in undergraduate course curriculum. >> >> Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA) has been in the >> forefront on this issue for some time. In fact, in 2012 KSCLA organized one >> day conference on the theme “Information Literacy”. Then Karnataka Higher >> Education Minister Sri. C.T. Ravi was invited to inaugurate the conference. >> It was done mainly to place a request to introduce the LIS syllabus in >> under graduate course curriculum. Even after this as well, in many of the >> conferences our professionals have deliberated on this issue. Though this >> is an important issue, does merely introducing LIS syllabus in the >> curriculum change the image of the libraries and librarians? >> >> Libraries even at the higher education level in India have not given >> enough importance. It has often been a neglected entity in college >> environment. At the behest of UGC, librarians are appointing for managing >> the library in higher education institutions mainly in undergraduate >> colleges. Otherwise, some secondary division clerk would have been put in >> place to run the show (there were/are cases of non-professionals managing >> college libraries). >> >> Of late, professionals entering the LIS profession are demanding the >> equal status on par with teachers at the higher education level. >> Librarians are today on par with teachers in terms of financial benefits >> (eg., pay scale) but in terms of professional status librarians have not >> been seen as equal to teachers. Introducing a LIS curriculum in >> undergraduate colleges is not a solution for this. >> >> We as professionals should demand for better infrastructure and human >> resource to manage libraries. Most of the college libraries (in Karanataka) >> even lack basic facilities such as proper buildings to store and organize >> books. Man power is a big problem librarians have to manage everything on >> their own. There is a no supportive man power to manage libraries. This has >> dented the image of the libraries. >> >> Introduction of LIS curriculum in undergraduate courses would be an >> additional baggage rather a benefit to librarians. After teaching, >> librarians have to work again in the library. Who would there to manage it? >> Instead of this let us fight for our professional rights (for proper >> facilities) to be remain as library professionals. Let is once again >> remember the adage “librarians are the teacher’s teacher”. Merely having >> the designation of assistant professor of LIS would not change the image of >> the profession. >> >> >> (Views are personal) >> ------------------------- >> With best wishes >> >> Vasantha Raju N. >> GFGC-Periyapatna >> Mysore >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LIS-Forum mailing list >> LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in >> http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >> > > > > -- > *Prabhat Ranjan*, > (Enrolled to PhD), M.L.I.Sc. (NET), B.Sc. > Librarian, Jayawant Library > JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering <http://www.rscoe.org> > Tathawade, Tal. - Mulshi, Pune - 411033 (Maharashtra) - India > Ph. +919764161444 > website: https://sites.google.com/site/prabhatranjan21/ > -- *Prabhat Ranjan*, (Enrolled to PhD), M.L.I.Sc. (NET), B.Sc. Librarian, Jayawant Library JSPM's Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering <http://www.rscoe.org> Tathawade, Tal. - Mulshi, Pune - 411033 (Maharashtra) - India Ph. +919764161444 website: https://sites.google.com/site/prabhatranjan21/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Social Media & Libraries Conference - Nov 25 Last Date Extended
by Sunil MV 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings from MyLISA Mysore! This is to bring to your kind notice the extension of Paper Submission Date to November 25, 2014 for the UGC Sponsored Conference on "Social Media & Libraries" organized by SBRR Mahajana's College and MyLISA Mysore. For details about the conference please visit the conference webpage @ http://www.mahajanafgc.com/ncsml/ For any clarification or information please contact: Smt. M. Veena, Organising Secretary of the Conference Mobile : 9945841777 or mail to ncsmlmysore(a)mahajanafgc.com. We wish to see you @ Mysore during the conference. With sincere regards, MyLISA Mysore Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 998639832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Complete Data Migration solution from Libsys ILMS (Books and Journals)
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear All, The following ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Cmcc6xutSgY3RFMmc3TTZpenc/view?pli=1 )are the General steps to get your libsys data in excel format for final conversion into Marc format to switching into other ILMS software. Please note that there are several other tips and tricks which you can use to convert your libsys data in excel, so that you can migrate in some other desired software like Koha, Newgenlib, Evergreen etc. The reports module given under Cataloging/Circulation/Serial of Libsys software can be used to get the data in Excel format. In-case you are not getting subject heading than it can be added at the time of excel data conversion as well as you can also group together all the same titles, but you should have at least ISBN/ISSN number in your records. Marc editor and excel (http://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads ) is wonderful software which not only converts your data in marc format but it also gives you opportunity to make your data standard before impor! ting in new ILMS. In case of any help needed in this regard please feel free to contact. Thanking You With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(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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Inauguration of National Library Week with Vikram Sampath and Shinie Antony on 14.11.2014 at 5.30. p.m.
by Kulkarni, Sheshagiri 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Greetings from the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore & Karnataka State Library Association! Ever since 1968, the annual National Library Week puts a spotlight on our libraries, reflecting their challenges and celebrating their achievements. The Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is happy to invite you to the Inauguration of National Library Week with Vikram Sampath and Shinie Antony. Event: Inauguration of National Library Week with Vikram Sampath and Shinie Antony Date: 14.11.2014, Friday Time: 5.30 p.m. Venue: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore 716 CMH Road Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore 560 038 Presentations: Vikram Sampath The Making of an Online Music Archive; the story of the Archive of Indian Music (AIM). AIM is the first digital sound archive in India for gramophone recordings. Shinie Antony Reflections on the Bangalore Literature Festival and the Frankfurt Book Fair Program will conclude with dinner Free Entry, All are welcome! Please confirm your participation WITHOUT FAIL. RSVP to Mr. Sheshagiri Kulkarni (Sheshagiri.Kulkarni(a)bangalore.goethe.org) More details at the Bhavan (2520 5305/6/7/8) or visit our website: www.goethe.de/bangalore Speakers: Bangalore based historian Vikram Sampath is the author of three acclaimed works of non-fiction: Splendours of Royal Mysore: the untold story of the Wodeyars My name is GauharJaan!--the life and times of a musician Voice of the Veena: S Balachander, a biography. He currently serves as the Director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)-Southern Regional Centre. He has established the Archive of Indian Music (AIM), the first digital sound archive for the country for gramophone recordings and is the Founder Director of the Bangalore Literature Festival. Shinie Antony is a writer based in Bangalore. Her books include Barefoot and Pregnant, Seance on a Sunday Afternoon, When Mira Went Forth and Multiplied and Why We Don't Talk. She won the Commonwealth Short Story Asia region prize in 2003 for her story A Dog's Death and is co-founder of the Bangalore Literature Festival. You are cordially invited to the Inauguration. Please feel free to contact me, Sheshagiri Kulkarni: 9632221636 for any further information. Best regards, Sheshagiri Kulkarni Librarian Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan 716 CMH Road Indiranagar 1st Stage Bangalore 560 038 Ph: +91 80 2520 5305/06/07/08-206 Fax: +91 80 2520 5309 kulkarni(a)bangalore.goethe.org www.goethe.de/bangalore www.goethe.de/india -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for your valuable opinion -reg
by Chandran Velmurugan 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

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Request for fulltext article
by Mamtha's Gmail 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

Dear professional friends, One of our postgraduate student requires the following reference Kindly please arrange to provide a copy of this article if available in your library. 1. Psychosis risk screening in clinical high-risk adolescents: a longitudinal investigation using the child behaviour checklist *Schizophr Res. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25171857#> 2014 Oct;159(1):7-13. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.07.046. Epub 2014 Aug 27.* 2. Observation on the curative effects of haemocoagulase before and after tonsillectomy/Tan Xiao-ye *Strait Pharmaceutical Journal 2008 Issue:10 Pgs:98-99* -- -- *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by SRINIVAS VEMULA 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Can any one please help me to get the following Journal Article, as one of our faculty requires for the teaching. Pradeep Chhibber, Political parties, electoral competition, government expenditures and economic reform in India, The Journal of Development Studies 32(1) 1995, pp 74-96 I shall be thankful to you for the act of kindness. Regards, Srinivas Vemula TISS Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 email: libraryth(a)tiss.edu http://www.campus.tiss.edu/ Ph: 040-2401 7701/02/03 Extn. 225 (off) Mobile: 09885016274 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Student Seminar
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore-560 059 DRTC Seminar- 6 Knowledge Portal: A Tool for Knowledge Management ABSTRACT Knowledge is non-uniform in nature. Everyone has different notion of a particular knowledge. We try to capture this multidimensional knowledge, which is huge, continuum, dynamic and has diverse sources. Knowledge has become the precious asset to every knowledge disseminating center in the contemporary generation and its consequences have been realized. In this modern knowledge environment well equipped techniques and management are required to organize, store and access information and knowledge. Knowledge Portals are the tools for executing knowledge management procedures. It is a piece of software that helps to convert explicit knowledge to implicit knowledge and share among the patrons. In this seminar the prime focus is on how to manage the knowledge through knowledge portal and development of a demo knowledge portal using open source software drupal. Speaker: Sandip Das Date: 13.11.2014. Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC, ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. Seminar Coordinator Dr. Biswanath Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 140, Issue 12
by D V Singh 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Interpretation of UGC notification by Dr.Ramesh Gaur is ultra vires. .I want to know that can any university place directly appointed Deputy Librarian in 9000 pay grade.There is no provision in UGC notification to ask somebody after three years to produce 300 score.They get automatically upgraded to Pay Band Four i.e. 9000. J N U can not interpret UGC norms as they wish.I once again reiterate JNU has violated UGC Norms. D V Singh On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Google Scholar Indexes ICon-AD Records (Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali) > 2. FACILITY FOR PhD admission at Private university in Bangalore > (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) > 3. OA in humanities (Subbiah Arunachalam) > 4. Re: API Scores for Librarians: reg (Prof. N. Laxman Rao.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 16:45:55 +0530 > From: "Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali" <santosh(a)nkc.ac.in> > To: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Google Scholar Indexes ICon-AD Records > Message-ID: > < > CADHw_o26iyuAwAmqDhcwt8j+R46yaozTBuAqu5XB8GcZY_jG+g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear all, > > We all love our online-presence, of course, for good cause! Is it not > really interesting when people find your name and publication details on > Google Scholar? Yes, it is! So, here is the reason! > > We are indeed happy to inform you that Google Scholar (GS) is indexing > bibliographic details of the records archived in ICon-AD > <http://www.iconad.in/>. > > This means, GS retrieves 1300+ authors (and other bibliographic details) > from ICon-AD, when searched (GS) by author name. > > You can search by author name, and GS displays the entry on its page which > is archived in ICon-AD. But it is subject to the quality of searches made, > records that are indexed so far by GS and hits thrown by the same. > Likewise, searches can be made by title (with double inverted commas) and > keywords too. All results are being mirrored from ICon-AD. (Note: results > to keyword-searches would be vague as lot of hits are usually thrown by GS) > > We thank all the conference organizers, project volunteers and authors for > making ICon-AD database as one and the only Indian conference-abstracting > database. > > Best regards, > > Santosh C. Hulagabali > Project Head, ICon-AD > > -- > *Librarian *| *Library & Information Centre* > Nagindas Khandwala College* | Malad (W) | Mumbai-64 | India > Tel: 022-2808 5424 | Extn.No.222/223 | Fax: 022-2865 0461 > Library Blog <http://nkclibrary.blogspot.com/> | College Website > <http://www.nkc.ac.in/> | COIST <http://www.coist.weebly.com> | ICon-AD > <http://www.iconad.in> | Publications > <http://nkc.ac.in/DisplayPage.aspx?page=cos&ItemID=323> > > > **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | > Best College Award (UoM) | ISO 9001:2008 * > > .................................................................................................................................... > DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole > use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the > sender by reply e-mail & descard all copies of the original message. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Director, Library and Digital Information Services, British Council, Delhi
by Sandeep Bhavsar 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Respected All To lead on transformational change, provide strategic holistic leadership of the British Council’s Library and Information Services operations in India, ensuring these are aligned to core strategy, demonstrate thought leadership, develop a digital offer, are of world-class standard, and deliver against impact, quality and business KPIs. DETAILSLOCATIONDelhiSALARYStarting CTC of INR 20,00,000 per annum plus other benefitsDURATIONTwo years fixed term contractCLOSING DATEWednesday, 26 November 2014 For more details, please visit : http://www.britishcouncil.in/about/jobs/directorlibrary-and-digital-informa… Warm Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research*L Napoo Road, Matunga (CR), Mumbai- 400 019 Tel: 022-2419 8377 Mob: 9870 18 9999 website*: www.welingkar.org <http://www.welingkar.org/>* Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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