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

MyDLIS Golden Jubilee - Appeal to Strengthen Alumni Network
by N.S. Harinarayana 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Dear Professionals, Geetings from MyDLIS . This is an appeal to all the Alumnus of MyDLIS to join the Alumni Network online. The Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore - shortly referred as MyDLIS - will enter into its Golden Jubilee Year on June 24. The Department was established by the visionaries of those days on June 24, 1965. We, the alumni of the Department, can now proudly say that MyDLIS has completed fruitful 50 years. When we look back there are many milestones in the journey of MyDLIS which are indeed worthy enough for others to emulate. The Golden Jubilee Year (2014-15) will be celebrated with full fervor under the leadership of the present chairman of the department Prof. M. Chandrashekara. You may expect more details about the activities very soon from the Department. Your support for the celebrations is supreme importance to us. MyDLIS wants you to be an integral part of all its activities during and after the Golden Jubilee year. We strongly believe that your suggestions and participation in MyDLIS activities are valuable and help us in taking the department to the further heights. As a starter, we wish to strengthen MyDLIS Alumni Network. Please visit the department's website http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/library-and-information-science/#A and register yourself in the MyDLIS Alumni Network. It takes only 3 to 4 minutes of your valuable time. Please spare this time for your Alma mater. Thanks in advance For more details contact: Prof. M. Chandrashekara Chairman Department of Studies in Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore Email: chandra.uom(a)gmail.com Mobile: 9448600970 Office Landline: 0821 - 2419389, 0821 - 2419398 -- N.S. Harinarayana Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419393 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright in Europe
by Subbiah Arunachalam 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2360380/libraries-can-digitize-books-without… Libraries can digitize books without consent, says top EU court advisor [image: http://core2.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/04/loek-100031620-byline.j…] Loek Essers <http://www.pcworld.com/article/2360380/libraries-can-digitize-books-without…> @loekessers · Jun 5, 2014 4:00 AM European libraries are allowed to digitize books without the consent of the rights holder, the senior advisor to Europe’s top court said Thursday. The European Copyright Directive does not prevent the digitization of books in a library’s collection if those books are made accessible to the public on dedicated terminals, wrote Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen in a formal opinion <http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-06/cp140078en.…> to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Under the directive, member states must grant authors the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit the reproduction of public works. But there are specific exceptions that apply to libraries which are allowed to make books public for the purpose of research or private study, he said. Digitization of library books may be necessary to protect original works that are still copyrighted but are too old, fragile or rare to make available to a large number of students or when photocopying might result in disproportionate wear, Jääskinen wrote. The directive only permits libraries to digitize individual works though, and does not permit the digitization of an entire collection, he said. Users are not allowed to save the digital book to a USB stick, since that isn’t a communication by the library but the creation of a private digital copy by the user, Jääskinen said. However, the directive in principle does not prevent the book from being printed as a private copy, he added. There is no difference in photocopying a book that is physically present in a library and printing a digital copy of the same book, he said. The risk of unlawful distribution on a large scale which is present with digital copies does not exist in the case of printed paper copies, he said. The Advocate General gave his opinion in a case that was referred to the CJEU by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice. The Germans asked Europe’s top court to clarify the precise implications of Europe’s Copyright Directive in a dispute between the Technical University of Darmstadt and the German publishing house Eugen Ulmer. The university digitized one of the publisher’s textbooks and made it available to students on a terminal while refusing to purchase the ebook version of the book. Eugen Ulmer asked the court to forbid the digitization of the book and prevent students from reading it on a terminal, printing it or saving it on a USB stick. Jääskinen however is of the opinion that even when a rights holder offers the library a license agreement for ebooks, the library can still show a self-made digital copy on dedicated terminals. While the Advocate General’s opinion is not binding on the Court of Justice, the court ruling usually follows his independent advice. This is not always the case though. Last month for example the CJEU ruled that a person has the right to request that search engines remove personal information from search results <http://www.pcworld.com/article/2154281/europes-top-court-orders-google-to-f…>, a ruling that contradicted the Advocate General’s opinion that there was no universal right to be forgotten <http://www.pcworld.com/article/2042924/there-is-no-universal-right-to-be-fo…> . The Judges of the Court are now beginning their deliberations in this case. Judgment will be given at a later yet unspecified date. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS 2014 - Nat. Cof. on Reaching the Unreached: Connecting the Library Users and Resources through Innovative Services and Technologies
by Mailing List Admin 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:56:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Arunachalam Hariharan <hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com> National Conference on Reaching the Unreached: Connecting the Library Users and Resources through Innovative Services and Technologies (SALIS 2014) Date: 8th & 9th August 2014 Organized by Department of Library, COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Coimbatore Jointly with Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) About the Conference Libraries are the integral part of academic, R&D institutions and also in a society to disseminate information and knowledge to the user community for the betterment and well being of the society. Libraries invest heavily for acquiring, processing and disseminating and maintaining resources by spending huge amount of money.Therefore, these resources should be equitably utilized to the maximum for academic and R & D excellence, developing competency skills and acquiring knowledge for all the stake holders in the society. Innovative programmes and services should be designed using technologies to provide access and service to all particularly the unreached. At present, one group of users have access to plenty of resources but not utilizing and the another group needs information but not getting access to the information. Therefore, libraries should plan and design suitable programme to provide access to information to all and connect the right users to the right resource at the right time. For more details, pl visit the Conference Websites: www.salis2014.wordpress.com www.cit.edu.in http://www.salis.in/ Address for Correspondence Dr.M.Mandhirasalam Organizing Secretary, SALIS 2014 & Librarian Coimbatore Institute of Technology (Government Aided Autonomous Institution) Civil Aerodrome (Po), Coimbatore - 641 014. Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: 0422-2574071-72, Extn.355 Fax: 0422-2575020, Mobile: 0 98 42 95 65 85 E-Mail: citsalis14(a)gmail.com Web: www.cit.edu.in Organizing Secretary, SALIS 2014 & President & General Secretary and GC, SALIS -------------------------------------------------- A.Hariharan SALIS

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Articles request
by janet lobo 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Dear Sir/ Madam, We are in need of the following Journal articles. If it is available please forward the articles immediately 1. Benchmarking : An International Journal: A conceptual framework of service quality in healthcare: Perspectives of Indian patients and their attendants by Panchapakesan Padma, Chandrasekharan Rajendran, L. Prakash Sai, (2009), Vol. 16 Iss: 2, pp.157 – 191. 2. International Journal of Public Sector Management: Measuring service quality and patient satisfaction with access to public and private healthcare delivery by Nana Owusu-Frimpong, Sonny Nwankwo, Baba Dason, (2010), Vol. 23 Iss: 3, pp.203 – 220. 3. Benchmarking: An International Journal: Patient-perceived dimensions of total quality service in healthcare by Mayuri Duggirala, Chandrasekharan Rajendran, R.N. Anantharaman, (2008), Vol. 15 Iss: 5, pp.560 – 583 4. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Dimensions of hospital service quality: a critical review: Perspective of patients from global studies by Yogesh P. Pai, Satyanarayana T. Chary, (2013), Vol. 26 Iss: 4, pp.308 – 340. 5. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: Exploring patient satisfaction predictors in relation to a theoretical model by Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl, Marie Louise Hall-Lord, Ingela Karlsson, Jari Appelgren, Bodil Wilde-Larsson, (2013), Vol. 26 Iss: 1, pp.37 – 54. Thanking You, Yours sincerely, 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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Re: [LIS-Forum] EPT award presented to Muthu Madhan
by Mailing List Admin 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:48:01 +0530 From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> Thank you for sharing, Dr Arun. And once again hearty congratulations to Mr. Madhan for his work and for the award! Regards Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation (Trust - Reg No: E-24663) A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099 Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 Web: www.qmed.org.in <http://www.qmedkf.org.in/> www.indianmedicalsites.in On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 20:48:22 +0530 > From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> > > Dear Friends: > > We had the long-awaited awards function this morning at the conference > hall of the IITM Library. Prof. Pennathur Gautam handed over the EPT Award > certificate signed by Prof. Derek Law to Madhan in front of a small > gathering of about 40 people. Among those who spoke on the occasion were > Prof. Arun Narasimhan, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IITM, > and Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan, Professor of Chemistry and the > coordinator of NPTEL, India's flagship OER programme. Madhan gave a nice > acceptance speech. > > Regards. > > Arun > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainees at Central University of Kerala
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Dear All, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod needs Library Trainees for its Libraries. *Qualification required:* 1. MLISc 2. Computer Knowledge. The selection will be based on practical test and interview. Stipend: *Rs. 9000/- *per month. Training period: *1 year*. Interested candidates may attend the walk-in-interview and practical test with all original certificates on *18th June, 2014 at 10am* at the Central University Office at Nayanmarmoola, Vidyanagar, Kasaragod. For details please visit the University website at http://www.cukerala.ac.in/posts/461 Contact Phone No. 04994- 255533 Regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai *MA; MLISc; PGDEC; PGDCA; DCHN; NET; PhD.* Assistant Librarian & Publication Officer Co-ordinator, NMEICT Nodal Officer, Higher Education Survey Associate Editor, CUK Newsletter Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Mob: 09447468586 Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library website at: www.universitylibrarycuk.yolasite.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC 26th National Seminar 2014 – Call for papers
by Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

IASLIC 26th National Seminar 2014 – Call for papers IASLIC takes it as an opportunity to express its gratefulness to the Government of India for constituting the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) envisioning that creation, development and use of multidimensional knowledge are key factors for the steadfast growth of the economy. IASLIC also feels obliged for the report of the Working Group on Libraries under NKC, entitled “Libraries – Gateway to Knowledge: A Roadmap for Revitalization” and its recommendations for fostering the development of library and information science and services in India. The report rightly indicates that ‘Libraries have a recognized social function in making knowledge publicly available to all. They serve as local centres of information and learning, and are local gateways to national and global knowledge’. As per the recommendation of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), the National Mission on Libraries (NML), the first ever of its kind across the Globe, has been constituted as a High Level Committee for achieving the primary goals of LIS - Creating, disseminating, optimally utilizing and preserving knowledge. They are instrumental in transforming an unequal society to an egalitarian, progressive knowledge society. IASLIC has initiated a nationwide discussion and Library professionals across the country would actively participate in this discussion to find a roadmap which would help NML and the Govt of India to see the dawn of Knowledge Society in true sense. A delegation from IASLIC has given representation to the Minister of Culture, Govt of India and expressed its views to this regardt. Now IASLIC has decided to discuss and delve into “Roadmap to usher in Knowledge Society” as themain theme of its 26th National Seminar 2014 so that the outcomes of the deliberations can help formulating proper guidelines to usher in tomorrow’s Knowledge Society in India. Papers are invited in the following areas for deliberations. IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) has scheduled its 26th National Seminar 2014 to be held at the Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Gopinath Borodoloi Nagar, Guwahati, Assam, India, PIN 781 014 during November, 25-28, 2014. For details please visit http://www.iaslic1955.org.in/fckeditor/userfiles/file/IASLIC%2026th%20Semin… http://www.iaslic1955.org.in/fckeditor/userfiles/file/IASLIC%2026th%20Semin… General Secretary IASLIC ========================================================================================================== পীযূষকান্তি পাণিগ্রাহী Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor , Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com, panigrahipk11(a)gmail.com, (M) : +91 94342 43522. General Secretary,Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), P-291, CIT Scheme No 6M , Kankurgachi, Kolkata – 700 054, India; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin ; Member, Library Committee,The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Refresher course in LIS at MANUU, Hyderabad
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

On Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 15:15, Abbas Khan A. A. > >Dear Professionals >Academic Staff College, Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad is going to >conduct Refresher Course in Library & Information Science from 6.8.2014 to 26.8.2014, Interested candidates may apply before due date. For more >information go to the below mentioned link: >www.manuu.ac.in/asc.php > >*Regards * >Dr. Abbas Khan > >Dy. Librarian & I/c >Maulana Azad National Urdu University, >Hyderabad-32 >040-23006608 > > > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IASLIC Appeals for Donation
by IASLIC Kolkata 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

*Appeal for Donation* *The esteemed members of IASLIC are alive to the spiraling prices in the economy creating an acute financial stringency in carrying on the IASLIC activities. The learned members of its Governing Body in their 3rd GB Meeting held at Puducherry on 10th December 2012 and subsequently in the Annual General Meeting held on 11th December 2012 during the 25th National Seminar decided to make an ardent appeal to the already enrolled Life Members of IASLIC to be generous to donate liberally at least Rs.1000/- to help IASLIC achieve its avowed objective. Accordingly IASLIC extends this ardent appeal to all its esteemed Life Members to please come forward to help IASLIC by donating liberally at least Rs. 1000/- by DD / multicity cheque duly drawn in favour of IASLIC. The names will be published in the IASLIC Newsletter.* *Prof. Pijushkanti Panigrahi* *General Secretary * -- *Prof Pijushkanti Panigrahi*, Hony General Secretary, IASLIC, P-291, CIT Scheme No. 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata - 700054 iaslic(a)vsnl.net or iaslic.india(a)gmail.com www.iaslic1955.org.in *Join IASLIC, Contribute to IASLIC, Strengthen IASLIC* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Which University is Good or Bad for PhD?
by Dr. A.T. Francis 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Dear Library Professionals, This is regarding some comments and suggestions on PhD Research Work. Some professionals argued that deemed universities are bad and government universities are good and hence students should enroll for PhD only in the govt. It is not the right presumption that all govt. universities are good and all deemed universities are bad. In Kerala, we have 13 govt. universities and none of them have university librarians to look after their Library Systems. It is also to be noted that four of these universities not even established the University Libraries (Ref: Francis, A.T. 2014, Library and information systems in universities and quality of higher education and research. University News, 52(20), May 19-26, 2014, 8-13 & 21). So, it should be the first concern of the LIS professionals and Associations to establish good libraries with adequate facilities and library professionals in all schools, colleges, universities and research agencies. Another concern of the professionals was on the language of writing thesis. There is no harm in writing thesis in any language. But it should be as per the academic regulation of the concerned university. If the university permits writing LIS thesis in Malayalam, students can do accordingly. If the student decided to write LIS thesis in Malayalam, he/she should strictly follow the grammar and structure of Malayalam. That is why universities/experts insist thorough editing/checking of the topic/subject, quantitative analysis; and the last one, but not the least, the language editing. I am having the qualifications, MCom, MLISc, NET and PhD (CochinUniversity). I had to wait for 12 years to obtain a Research Guide for PhD. Hence, it is my humble request that please encourage our fellow professionals to do PhD and be good librarians with personal and social status. As majority of the librarians and former librarians in Kerala (not in universities and colleges) are non professionals without any professional qualifications, people generally think that librarians did not have any valid qualifications and the job of librarians need any expertise. If no skill is required for our job, Existence of LIS departments is also under question,. I am a research guide of several universities, including the KarpagamUniversity and BharathiarUniversity. Eight (maximum) students are doing PhD research under me and several students are struggling to get a slot for PhD. So, evaluating a university should be based on its facilities, academic regulations and not on personal grounds. With regards, Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD HEAD, LIBRARY College of Horticulture Kerala Agricultural University Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) francisaloor(a)yahoo.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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