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INDIAN-ORIGIN AUTHORS IN NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2014
by Ragaavendra R 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

INDIAN-ORIGIN AUTHORS IN NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2014 Indian-origin American surgeon and author, Atul Gawande as well as historian Ramachandra Guha are among five authors with an Indian connection who figure in the New York Times (NYT) Book Review's list of 100 Notable Books of 2014. Boston-based Gawande's "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" which questions the role of modern medicine is listed number two among the non-ficion books. "It is a meditation on living better with age-related frailty, serious illness and approaching death," says the newspaper. The book, reported to have been picked up by US President Barack Obama during his Thanksgiving shopping recently, also figures in Washington Post's top 10 books of 2014. Historian and author Ramachandra's "Gandhi before India" also finds mention in the NYT book list, which was released today. "It was as a young lawyer in South Africa that Gandhi forged the philosophy and strategies later put to such effect in India," says the Times. Delhi-born Akhil Sharma's semi-autobiographical novel "Family Life", which the Times describes as "deeply unnerving and tender at the core" finds place in the Fiction & Poetry section. The novel, describes the newspaper, "charts a young man's struggles to grow within a family shattered by tragedy and disoriented by its move from India." Indian-American writer Vikram Chandra, a recipient of the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize book "Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty" is included in the list. "With great subtlety and depth, Chandra, who is both a novelist and a programmer, traces the connections between art and technology," describes the Times. "No Good Men Among The Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes" by Anand Gopal, writer and journalist who has reported on the Middle East and South Asia figures in the NYT list. The book is "a devastating look at how we got Afghanistan wrong." Another book in the list "The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas" is by American author and columnist Anand Giridharadas. "Competing visions of the American dream collide in this account of a post-9/11 hate crime and its unlikely reverberations," says the newspaper. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/indian-origin-authors-in-n… 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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Condolences
by M.Prasanna 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

We are saddened… Our Satish Deshpande Sir is no more with us Our Beloved Sir was such a wonderful person to work for. Everyone in the office will miss his ready smile and helpful attitude around the department. We are praying for his family in this difficult time, we are truly going to miss him. With our deepest and heartfelt condolences His Colleagues Resource Centre, DA-IICT -- 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 janet lobo 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear Sir/Madam, I am in need of the following article- Transcutaneous Bilirubin After Phototherapy in Term and Preterm Infants Grabenhenrich, et al.Pediatrics 2014; 134:5 e1324-e1329 If any one has this article, please forward to me. Kind Regards, Dr Janet Dotty Lobo Librarian Fr Muller Central Library Mangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Over 20 Free Articles from Taylor & Francis
by Segon, Shafina 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear all, Taylor & Francis brings to you free articles for the researchers in your institutes and universities. In order to help facilitate communication and knowledge exchange among the editors and publishers based in India during November, over 20 key articles have been made free to access until the end of April 2015. Subject areas addressed in this collection include geopolitics, green technology, emerging economies, engineering, botany, and chemistry. Click the link here to be taken to our landing page and access these: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/india-editorial-roundtables. Here are some samples from the many available: § 1. To be or not to be: dilemma of Africa's economic engagement with China and other emerging economies<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09744053.2013.855357> § Africa Review § Matias Assefa, Alemayehu Geda, Solomon Mosisa 2. Chromatographic Studies and in vitro Screening for Acetyl Cholinesterase Inhibition and Antioxidant Activity of three Acacia Species from South India<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22297928.2013.806405> * Analytical Chemistry Letters * Indira Balachandran, Satheesh, George, V. K Goplakrishnan, C. T Sadashiva, C. T. Sulaiman § 3. Analysis on Patent Activity and Technical Diversity in Green Car Fields<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09737766.2013.802586> § COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management § Dae-hyun Jeong, Young-Il Kwona 4. Indian diaspora and urban poverty: a Malaysian perspective<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09739572.2013.853441> Diaspora Studies Parthiban S. Gopala, Premalatha Karupiah Click here for the COMPLETE LIST: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/india-editorial-roundtables. Happy reading!! Best wishes Shafina Segon Head of Marketing, South Asia Journals and Online Resources Taylor & Francis India [TFO-Mobile-email]<http://explore.tandfonline.com/lmt/mobile/> [white paper email signature]<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/whitePapers/socialMedia/> -- 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-ICBKC-2015
by Gangadhar KC 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

DearSir, Irequest you to publish Call for Papers for the International Conference in yourForum. Regards, Dear Professional Friends,Greetings from NMAMIT, Nitte! It is pleasure to inform you that Nitte Mahalinga AdyanthayaMemorial Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) , Nitte, Udupi Dist., has organizedTwo Day“International Conferenceon Building Knowledge Centres (ICBKC-2015)” on January 1st & 2nd 2015. http://nmamit.nitte.edu.in/conference/ Hence, it is invited to contribute original papers forthe proposed International Seminar in different themes and sub-themes givenbelow. ImportantDates for International Conference:Last date for Papersubmission: of abstract 10th December 2014Notification of Acceptance ofPaper: 15th December 2014Last date for Submission ofFull Paper: 20th December 2015Purpose : The main purpose of theconference is to provide a platform for scholarly discussion in the area of"Building Knowledge Centres". The discussion will however beconcentrated on future of academic libraries. Themes and sub-themes of the Conference: - Academic Libraries - Present status - Emerging Trends - Information/Knowledge Management in the context of Academic Libraries - Users and Users Services - User studies - User education / orientation - Library extension services - Inter Library Loans, Resource sharing, Documents Delivery Services - Social networking and mobile phone services - Evaluation techniques - Evaluation of Library Collection - Evaluation of Library Services, etc - Knowledge Organization - Knowledge Management Keynote Speaker : Prof. K S Raghavan Visiting Scientist Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering PESIT Bangalore | Registration fee inclusive of accommodation in the campus | | Sort | Category | | Professionals | Students/Retired Professionals | Overseas Delegates | | Early Bird offer up to Nov.30th , 2014 | Rs.1500/- | Rs.750/- | $80 | | From 1st December, 2014 onwards | Rs.2000/- | Rs.1000/- | $100 | | Registration fee exclusive of accommocation | | Sort | Category | | Professionals | Students/Retired Professionals | Overseas Delegates | | Early Bird offer up to Nov. 30th, 2014 | Rs.1000/- | Rs.500/- | $50 | | From 1st December, 2014 onwards | Rs. 1500/- | Rs.750/- | $75 | Address for Communication: Dr. H Divakara Bhat, Organizing secretary International Conference on "Building Knowledge Centres", NMAM Institute ofTechnology, Nitte (P.O) - 574 110 Karkala (Tq) Udupi (Dt) Karnataka, INDIA Email : divakarabhat(a)gmail.com divakarabhat(a)nitte.edu.in http://nmamit.nitte.edu.in/conference/ Gangadhar K.C. Senior Librarian Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology P.B.No.6429, Yelahanka, Bangalore-560 064. Ph:080-22167882, Cell:8123381280 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article requested from UpToDate databases
by Binod Yadav 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear Colleagues/ Professionals, One of our Ph.D. scholar is willing to read the full text of the following article. Title of the article: Nutritional status in patients with sustained heavy alcohol use Authors : Leah Gramlich,Puneeta Tandon, Adam Rahman Please provide us the above article for reference purpose. Look forward to your cooperation. Thanking you in anticipation. -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference on `Emerging Technologies and Future of Libraries: Issues and Challenges in Ambedkar Bhavan, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, January 30-31, 2015
by Gopal Dixit 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear Sir/ Madam, I am very glad to inform that an International Conference is being organized on the theme `Emerging Technologies and Future of Libraries: Issues and Challenges’ in the Hyderabad Karnataka Region at Ambedkar Bhavan, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka on January 30-31, 2015 by Karnataka State SC/ST Library Professionals Association, Bangalore in collaboration with RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, United Arab Emirates. The success of this conference depends on your active participation and sharing your expertise on any one of sub-themes in the form of conference paper and support us in our noble endeavour. The sub-themes of the conference are - LIS Education and Training - Innovations and Best practices - Information literacy and lifelong learning skills - Digital libraries & Library 3.0/ Web 3.0 - E-Resources Management - IPR and Copyright in technology environment - Doctoral Studies-Current Research in LIS - Public Librarianship - Social responsibilities and libraries - School and Special Librarianship - E-learning / virtual learning - Leadership and Human Resource Management - Knowledge management - Future Libraries and User Expectations The last date for submission of Conference Paper is 5th December 2014 and be sent to etfl2015(a)gmail.com A special session on Ph.D Symposium is also organised during the conference. Research Scholars (PhD) are invited to submit a short paper of 4-6 pages (2,000-3,000) words describing their research proposal, or ongoing or completed researches projects and send to etfl2015(a)gmail.com before 5th December 2014. *Registration before 31st Dec. 2014* Rs. 2500/- with accommodation Rs. 2000/- without accommodation *Students/Research Scholars:* Rs. 2000/- with accommodation Rs. 1500/- without accommodation Registration for Foreign delegates: US Dollar 300/- with accommodation US Dollar 250/- without accommodation We look forward for your active participation and. For further details, please visit www.scstlib.net and Conference brochure is attached for your kind information. -- Suresh Jange Ph.D University Deputy Librarian IFLA & Commonwealth Professional Fellow Council Member, ILA & Vice President- KASULA Virtual Learning Resource Centre & Digital Library Gulbarga University, Gulbarga - 585 106 Karnataka, India Mobile - +91-9902570129 URL: www.guglibrary.net Home: https://sj71.wordpress.com With Regards G JP Dixit Central Library Central University of Karnataka Kadaganchi Campus Aland Road Kalaburagi 585311 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AICTE prescribed E-Journals
by Joseph Zacharia 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear all, Normally we have to purchase E-Journal packages for engineering subjects as per AICTE approval process handbook. Last year which was not revised followed by disputes with UGC regarding who will be the authority finally everybody followed 2013-14 handbook. We are waiting for 2015HB to verify whether there is any change in the package as it is nearly INR 1900000/- for the whole purchase. There are many librarians facing the problem as they have do it at the end December. Private vendors have already hurry with their subscription but AICTE-INDEST consortium is not yet started the process. Professionals facing the situation may kindly be provide your valuable suggestion in this regard. Thanking You JOSEPH ZACHARIA +91 9947997767 -- 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] IATLIS New Executive Committee - Fill the Gap between Librarians and LIS Teachers
by Ishwar Goudar 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Dear Professionals, Hearty congratulations to new Office Bearers of IATLIS. I wish and hope that the team under leadership of Dr. Jagatar Singh will try to fill up the existing artificial gap between the Practicing Librarians and LIS Teachers. Contributions of both are mutually complimentary. Ours is a noble profession. Everyone of us have to do our best to build up the slowly sinking image of our Profession. National LIS Associations like IATLIS, ILA, IASLIC and state level professional associations should join the hands in this direction. Just by creating new associations for promoting self interest and conducting Seminars/Conferences we can't achieve our goals. We need to inculcate service attitude, develop our skill set to serve our patrons in digital environment. Both teachers and librarians have their own role to play in developing service oriented digital librarianship. Regards, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560056, India - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Patiala IATLIS <iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear IATLIS members and Professional colleagues, > > The new Executive Committee of the Indian Association of Teachers of > Library and Information Science (IATLIS) for the term 2014-2017 is as > under: > > Dr Jagtar Singh - President > > Dr I V Malhan - Vice-President > > Dr B. Ramesha - Vice President > > Dr Trishanjit Kaur - Vice-President > > Dr HPS Kalra - General Secretary > > Dr Navkiran Kaur - Joint Secretary > > Dr Kiran Kathuria - Treasurer > > Dr Khushpreet Singh Brar - Regional Secretary > > Dr Kulwinder Singh - Member > > Dr Baljinder Kaur - Member > > Dr Ramesh Naik - Member > > Dr Sanjeev Sharma - Member > > Elections were held for three offices of President, General Secretary and > Treasurer. Dr Jagtar Singh, Dr HPS Kalra, and Dr Kiran Kathuria have > respectively won with perceptible margin of votes. > > Hearty congratulations to all the new team members. > > > General Secretary, IATLIS > IATLIS Headquarters > C/o Department of Library and Information Science, Arts Block-1, > Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002 (Punjab) India > Email: iatlis.patiala(a)gmail.com > Phone: +91 (0) 175 304 6179 & 6180 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Social Media In Libraries - Challenges & Opportunities
by Segon, Shafina 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

How will social media affect libraries in the future? http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/whitePapers/socialMedia/ Social media is forming an increasingly central part of how we all communicate. Its online communities carry a strong and influential voice, and there is much to be gained from engaging directly with customers through these channels. It's against this backdrop that Taylor & Francis decided to research and compile a white paper focused on how libraries are currently using social media, looking at how libraries are applying social media channels, to what extent it is embedded in library communications, and how it may affect library roles in the future. The research we undertook was on a truly global scale - over 600 librarians worldwide contributed their thoughts, suggestions and experiences through focus groups in India, the UK and USA, telephone interviews, an online survey and a Twitter party. We heard some fascinating case studies through the focus groups, such as how librarians are managing to balance time and resource against providing an active social media channel (librarians in the India focus group described how they shared the workload in order to provide a timely response to queries). We also made some very interesting discoveries through the online survey, including: [cid:image001.jpg@01D00F17.BBA2D6A0]<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/whitePapers/socialMedia/> * 61% of libraries have been using social media for 3 years or more * 30% post to social media daily * Facebook is the most popular channel, with 58% of librarians using it regularly * 75% of libraries schedule posts ad hoc, with no social media policy or plan in place The white paper can be accessed online for free, along with accompanying top level data, infographic visualizations of key findings, video presentations and more. See http://bit.ly/socialmediatf for more details. We see the research as being just the start to the discussion. We plan to add to a web-based resource over coming months focusing further on specific themes to be raised by the white paper, such as measuring impact, using it as a customer service tool, and how it is used at a regional level, e.g. in Asia, South America and Africa. If you would like to help contribute to this further research, have a comment to make about the white paper, or would like to share your experience of using social media in your library, get in touch with us at shafina.segon(a)tandfindia.com<mailto:shafina.segon@tandfindia.com> Best wishes Shafina Segon Head of Marketing, South Asia Journals and Online Resources Taylor & Francis India [TFO-Mobile-email]<http://explore.tandfonline.com/lmt/mobile/> [white paper email signature]<http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/whitePapers/socialMedia/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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