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

Kannada knowing Librarian Grade IV at Department of Education, Kerala
by Vimal Kumar V. 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Department : Education Name of Post : Kannada Knowing Librarian Grade IV Scale of pay : ` 10,480 – 18,300/- No. of vacancies : District wise Kasaragod - 1 (One) Download details from here, http://www.keralapsc.gov.in/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&g… -- 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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Librarian Grade III at State Central Library, Kerala
by Vimal Kumar V. 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Department : Kerala State Central Library Name of Post : Librarian Gr.III Scale of pay : Rs.16180-29180 No. of vacancies : 1 (One) Download details from http://www.keralapsc.gov.in/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&g… -- 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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EBSCO Discovery Service is now with VuFind
by nikesh 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

EDS is now easily incorporates with your VuFind library resource portal. VuFind is designed for libraries by libraries with the goal of replacing the traditional OPAC to include catalog records, digital library items, institutional repository, institutional bibliography, and other library collections and resources. Please see a demo : http://vufinddemo.ebscohost.com/ VuFind code for EDS integration : https://vufind.org/jira/browse/VUFIND-636 EDS also works seamlessly with Blacklight and Drupal, KOHA along with other plugins. Thanks *Nikesh Narayanan *I Discovery Service Engineer (India) *EBSCO* Information Services India Pvt. Ltd., 301-303 Ansal Chamber - II 6, Bhikaji Cama place New Delhi - 110 066 Mobile: +918130995687 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Call for Papers-WNL 2015
by Lata Suresh 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

*Sub: **International Library Conference on "What’s Next in Libraries? Trends, Space, and Partnerships” to be held on January 21-23, 2015 at NIT Silchar* Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from NIT Silchar! You will be pleased to know that National Institute of Technology Silchar – an Institute of National Importance under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India - is organizing the International Library Conference on "What’s Next in Libraries? Trends, Space, and Partnerships” held on January 21-23, 2015 in collaboration with Mortenson Centre, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA at NIT Silchar. The main objectives of the Conference are: · To provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, ideas & learning experience among the Librarians, Information specialists, Scientists, Information providers & persons related to LIS. · To identify emerging trends in LIS, innovate way of using library spaces & partnership the field of Library and Information Science. I y I seek your cooperation in making the conference a successful event. I invite you & your colleague to participate & contribute a paper in the Conference. I request you to depute your library & information professionals from your institute also kindly give wide publicity of the event by circulating the brochure. For more details please visit to the website: https://www.facebook.com/WNL2015/, http://whatsnextinlibraries.blogspot.in/, http://lvpnits.wix.com/wnlconference2k15 and http://librarynits.wix.com/whatnextinlibraries Looking forward to seeing you at NIT Silchar. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, Kishor Satpathy …………………………………………………………………………………… *Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy* Librarian & Organising Secretary, WNL-2015 National Institute of Technology (Institute of National 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 http://lvpnits.wix.com/wnlconference2k15 https://www.facebook.com/WNL2015 http://whatsnextinlibraries.blogspot.in/ http://librarynits.wix.com/whatnextinlibraries -- *Best wishes and regards... ?* LATA SURESH Head- Knowledge Resource Centre Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs-GOI) P No. 6,7 & 8, Sect 5 IMT Manesar, Distt Gurgaon 122 050 Haryana Mobile: +91 9911126706 *New Delhi Office: * *2nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan* *CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003, India* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 10th Memorial Seminar (2014): “VuFind - An Open Source Web Scale Discovery Tool "-- Reminder
by shivaram gowda 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Dear Members, NCSI-Net Foundation and JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc, cordially invites you to the Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 10th Memorial Seminar (2014). This year's seminar topic is “VuFind - An Open Source Web Scale Discovery Tool ". It's a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of students of Library and Information Science and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: Dr. T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Seminar on "VuFind - An Open Source Web Scale Discovery Tool" Date: November 22, 2014 (Saturday); 09: 00 AM - 04:00 PM Venue: JRD library seminar hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012 Registration fee: Rs. 250/- for Students and Rs. 500/- for budding professionals (includes working Lunch). Seminar coverage: The Seminar is being conducted with an intention to create awareness amongst the students and budding information professionals about Web Scale Discovery Services and an Open Source Tool, "VuFind" for implementing such services. Discovery services are capable of searching quickly and seamlessly across a vast range of local and remote content and providing relevancy-ranked results in the type of intuitive interface that today's information seekers expect. VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. VuFind, an Open Source s/w, enables users to search and browse through all of library's resources such as Catalog Records; Locally Cached Journals; Digital Library Items; Institutional Repository; Institutional Bibliography etc. by replacing the traditional OPAC. VuFind is completely modular so one can implement just the basic system, or all of the components. And since it's an open source, you can modify the modules to best fit your need or you can add new modules to extend your resource offerings. Kindly bring this to the attention of the budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. Please note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. Number of participants restricted to 50 (due to Space constraint), it will be on first come first serve basis. For further information, please visit the Foundation website at: http://www.ncsinet.org/ Note:Participants attending the seminar are requested to bring along their personal e-wastes and hand them over to the organizers for responsible recycling of the same with warm regards Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Kodihalli Bangaluru-560017 -- 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 Harish Y S 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

Dear All Professionals, Our Research scholar need below articles, If anybody have access please send me the same. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mawe.200400827/abstract -- Regards Harish Y S Librarian National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-8, Mob - +919886384826 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Syllabus in Undergraduate Course
by janet lobo 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

Re: Does Introduction of LIS Syllabus in Undergraduate Course Curriculum Change the Libraries/Librarians image? Good news that LIS syllabus is introduced in curriculum. At the same time a kind request to all the associations to come together and fight for the cause to get uniform salary and status to all the Librarians according to their qualification and experience. May be working in College Library, Technical, Health Sciences or Research etc. With kind regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian FMCI -- 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 19 Nov '14

19 Nov '14

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore-560 059 DRTC Seminar- 7 2014 Graph Database: a tool for knowledge representation ABSTRACT It has been an established fact that the relational databases have been dominating large and small scale industries in terms of data storage and retrieval. However, lately they have been criticised of not been able to serve in terms of scalability, flexibility and performance, especially in the connected networks. Graph databases which not only target the entities in the tables but also sets relationship among the entities using nodes and elaborates the related property that have been deployed. Graph databases are used in bioinformatics, website like structures, building ontologies and in social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin. In this seminar, features and functionalities of graph databases, Neo4j as a case study shall be discussed. Speaker: Manasa Rath Date:20.11.2014. Time:2 p.m. Venue: DRTC, ISI Bangalore. All are cordially invited. Seminar Coordinator Biswanath Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI Research Symposium - 31st January - 1st February, 2015 :: 9.30 AM to 6.30 PM
by Mohan Hr 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Computer Society of India CSI Research Symposium 31st January - 1st February, 2015 :: 9.30 AM to 6.30 PM ANNOUNCEMENT Computer Society of India (CSI) announces the CSI Research Symposium to encourage the scholars to showcase the core details and highlights of their research initiatives to the academic and industrial communities. This event will reveal the emerging trends in technology, and point towards the future requirements and possibilities. The interactions will yield direct relations of the researchers with the industry and with prospective users of the technology. Dates: 31st January and 1st February 2015 Timings: 9-30 AM to 6-30 PM on Both Days, with Breaks for Lunch, Tea Venue: Computer Society of India, Education Directorate, CIT Campus, 4th Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai 600113 The Researchers are encouraged to submit the Technical Concept and the Presentations. These will be analysed by a Technical Group, and the best ones will be selected for presentation. The presentations will be made to an audience of subject experts and professionals. Possible applications will be identified and future courses of action for development and deployment will be considered. The Research Presentations: The CSI Research Symposium will have 30 selected Research Presentations over two days, each Presentation with a maximum duration of 20 minutes and 5 minutes for discussion. Subjects: Information & Communication Technology (ICT), IT Enabled Services (ITES), Electronics, related topics and sub-areas in the above major subjects Inviting the Research Scholars: PhD Scholars, full time and part time, are invited to register and send the Technical Concept and the Presentations to be considered for inclusion. M.Tech students are also invited to register and send Technical Concepts and Presentations for consideration. Please conform to the prescribed format and guidelines for the Technical Concepts and the Presentations. Inviting Academic and Industry Professionals: The event will be an occasion to learn the advances and trends in technology, and to identify topics of further research and industrial applications. Academic and Industry Professionals are encouraged and invited to attend the symposium, and create direct links with the researchers to enable continued development and deployment of the project concepts. Format and Guidelines for Technical Concepts and Presentations: The Technical Concepts, about 4 to 6 pages, shall candidly enumerate the objectives, technical highlights, innovation, application potential, linkages to other domains, etc. to convey the essence of the work and its relevance. The Presentation shall have 15 to 20 slides that manifest the gist of the research work, emphasizing the technology innovations, prospects of further research, impact, industrial applications, etc., creating a vivid image of all aspects of the work. Timeline 25 December 2014 -- Last Date of Receipt of Technical Concepts and Presentations 15 January 2015 -- Announcement of Selected Presentations Please see the link http://www.csi-india.org/web/guest/csi-research-symposium For the Brochure and Registration Supporting Organizations IEEE Computer Society IEEE Professional Communication Society -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Training
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Dear All, Its my pleasure to inform you that Nehru Library, College of Agriculture Campus, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur Chhattisgarh is going to organize Training Program on Koha Library management software on 22-23 November, 2014 and Myself and Mr. D.P. Tripathi is invited to share our knowledge on the said topic. To participate in the event you may contact to Dr. Madhav Pandey at : http://www.igau.edu.in/lib_librarian.htm Hope to meet many professionals who is eager to learn and implement Koha at their libraries and get our untiring free of cost support in implementations of the same. 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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