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

Two Days National Conference on LIS
by ram karuna 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Dear Professional Colleagues, We are indeed very happy to inform you that the Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga is going to host and organize National Conference on “Integrating ICT in Academic Libraries: Making a Difference in Knowledge Age” during August 12 – 13, 2014 in Gulbarga, India. The National Conference 2014 is an National event and is expected to bring together over 500 delegates from all over India including library science, digital libraries, computer science, and knowledge organization. The theme of the conference is divided into 7 sessions such as (1) Application of ICT in Academic Libraries, (2) Security Issues, (3) Technologies for Sustainability, (4) Networking of Management Libraries, (5) Knowledge Management, (6) Resources & Services, (7) Human Resources Management. Last Date of Final Paper Submission : 05/07/2014 Intimation of Acceptance : 08/07/2014 Authors are invited to submit abstract/full papers to the specified e-mail: librariancuk(a)gmail.com All the papers must follow the American Psychological Association (APA) format and should not exceed more than seven pages. Paper to be submitted should not be previously published in other conference/Journal. All the papers will be reviewed by the technical committee and the corresponding author of selected paper will be intimated through e-mail. PROCEEDING PUBLICATION Abstract (about 300 words and 4 to 5 keywords) of the papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in book format with ISBN no. This conference is useful to all mainly researchers, LIS students, faculty and Librarians. It is a great platform for all participants across the country to share their knowledge, expertise and experience. Therefore, I am extremely happy to invite you as a participant for the National conference and I also request you to encourage your colleagues to participate in the national conference. For more details, please visit the website http://cuklibrary.ac.in/ Warm Regards and thanks -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Refresher Course in Library Science at University of Allahabad
by Satyabrat Shukla 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Dear Professionals It my pleasure to inform the professionals that UGC-ASC University of Allahabad is going to organize a three week Refresher Course in Library Science from 5th January 2015 to 25th January 2015. The theme of the Refresher Course will be "The Changing Role of Libraries in Providing Access to Information". For any other queries please write to: bskingh5(a)gmail.com Satya Brat Shukla Central Library University of Allahabad Mob-+91 93335313221 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad News-reg
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Date: 18 Jun 2014 05:57:33 -0000 From: planisamy ilangumaran kumar <kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com> Dear All This is indeed very sad news and a profound loss for the LIS community and for all those who benefited from his knowledge, professionalism and service.On behalf of Central library ,Sethu Institute of Technology,Virdhunagar Dist , i offer our deepest condolences to the family at this hour grief.May his soul rest in peace.Regards P.Ilangumaran Senior Librarian Sethu Institute of Technology, Virdhunagar Dist kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com 9789527616

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Dr. Harish Chandra ji is no more
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:35:48 +0530 From: Puttaraj Choukimath <choukimath(a)gmail.com> Though, I did very little interaction with Dr.Harishchandra sir, I had experienced him as responsive great professional authority and more over an humble and gentle personality. I pray the almighty, to provide his bereaved family with enough strength to sustain this unbearable loss to them. May his kind soul rest in the eternal peace. in solidarity with the professional friends, Puttaraj. On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:59:59 +0530 > From: D V Singh <dvs.srcc(a)gmail.com> > > I am very sorry to know that we lost a great professional.He was very nice > person and excellent professional. It is big loss to our profession > > Dr.D V Singh > University Librarian > Kurukshetra Uinversity -- Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (SS) Periodicals Section, SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (Maharashtra) INDIA T: +91-22-2552 5285 (O); Fax: +91-22-2552 5050 E: choukimath(a)tiss.edu; choukimath(a)gmail.com W: http://library.tiss.edu/ B: http://socialsciencesinfoblog.blogspot.com

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SIGMETRICS Digest - 4 Jun 2014 to 6 Jun 2014
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:30:09 +0530 (IST) From: ksc(a)library.iisc.ernet.in Dear Colleagues There has been considerable recent debate here about Open Access versus 'Traditional' publishing and the role of commercial publishers. A current scandal in the UK has evidenced that the commercial sector is actively trying to suppress debate on its role and business models by unethically interfering with the normal editorial process. Taylor and Francis has lost the confidence and trust of the creators of a well-known journal, Prometheus, and the resulting stink over censorship and academic freedom has rightly made the general press. Well worth checking out since it has implications for all academics and is of particular note to this list. The THES report is a good place to start and has links to the disputed - censored! - article and general debate. Please spread to other ASIS&T lists as appropriate http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/resignations-threat-over-taylor-… David Watkins Professor David Watkins Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research Students Southampton Solent University East Park Terrace Southampton SO14 0YN United Kingdom +44 (0) 2380 319 610 david.watkins(a)solent.ac.uk

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Dr. Harish Chandra ji is no more
by Mailing List Admin 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:14:35 -0700 From: neela Deshpande <njdeshpande53(a)gmail.com> Very sad to know about Dr Harish Chandra.He was associated with the Dept of L I Sc,University of Pune .Its great loss of the profession. We pray God to give strength to their family to bare the loss. Dr Neela Deshpande On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:24:15 +0630 > From: Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty <akc(a)jcbose.ac.in> > > It is extremely sad news for all of us. > > He was really dynamic Librarian and visionary. > > We pray to almighty to give strength to their fly to tide over this hard > reality. > > I would personally miss a very good friend of mine. It is a great loss for > our profession. > > Arun > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum >

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TRIBUTES TO DR. HARISH CHANDRA
by Sadasivan KP 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Dear All, The sad demise of Dr. Harish Chandra is a severe blow to the LIS profession and a personal loss for me ! He was a performer par excellence as a Practicing Librarian...A passionate professional with total commitment to his activity area. The IITM Library in its existing enviable status and with its strong bondage with the academic community, stands testimony to his performance excellence. He had significantly contributed to the profession by way of the scores of his scholarly papers, presentations, participatory role in world bodies as Advisor, Consultant and Promoter of quality in the profession. He was widely known and highly visible among the Info stakeholders in India and abroad. His expertise and contributions were well acknowledged through the awards and recognitions conferred on him nationally and internationally. He was under treatment for kidney problem from quite some time, but was back to office a few months ago. Soon after reading the message of Dr. Sangeetha Kaul in LIS-Forum, I had contacted Dr. Hariharan at Chennai(SALIS/CSIR-SERC), who was a close associate of Dr. Harish Chandra -both in his professional and personal capacity. I was told that, of late, his condition worsened, was admitted in the Malar Hospital, Chennai, where he breathed his last on last Saturday. The cremation was held on Monday, the 16th June, in Chennai. I had the opportunity to associate with him on several occasions. Notable among them were a visit to his Library when its modernization was almost at the final stage; at the SALIS Annual Conference at Karunya University, Coimbatore ; at a Librarians' Workshop at UC College, Aluva, apart from our occasional telephone calls. Let me also share with you an unforgettable episode I had experienced during my visit to IITM Library. He took me to all floors and functional areas of the Library. Then we came down to the Circulation Control Area, where a queue of students was seen formed. He informed me that the new Smart Card System was being introduced on that day and wanted me to formally launch it ! Totally unexpected and embarrassing moment for me ! I was just on a casual visit. I insisted that as the CEO of the Centre, it should invariably be HIS role to launch it ! Instead, he quickly split the queue into two and at his insistence, both of us concurrently performed the ceremony ! Indeed an unforgettable event! I remember gratefully and with nostalgic feelings, how he helped RRL (CSIR) Trivandrum for a mission-mode information analytics work, long ago, when e-Consortia in India was the monopoly of IITs. It was an excellent example of how pragmatism in resource-sharing helps saving of substantial foreign exchange. Our last meeting was at Trivandrum when he was on an official visit to Kerala University. We had an exclusive evening together, with a marathon solo discussion on professional matters. It was an occasion to dissect the LIS profession in India over the years, only to conclude that erosion of excellence in LIS profession is a tragic reality, with apparently no simple solution in the visible future. He was deeply concerned about the deteriorating quality of LIS Education in the country and the widening gap between the professionals and the user community in the work environment. He had great hopes on the role Professional Societies in improving the plight. Then we had supper, dropped him at his Guest House and then bid farewell ! Now sadly realize that it was our 'Last Supper' together ! Dr. Harish Chandra was a lone walker in certain respects. His style of operation was more of PRACTICING than PREACHING. Let the newGen LIS professionals learn the 'HOW' and 'WHAT' of his contributions in the institution building, taking IITM Library as a Case Study. My heart-felt tributes to the departed ! My deep condolences to his bereaved wife and children ! Sadasivan KP Consultant (Library) IIITMK, Technopark, Trivandrum & Former Head, Knowledge Resource Centre, RRL/NIIST(CSIR), Trivandrum 919037031147 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hearty Congratulations to Mr. Giridhar Kunkur
by Jayadev P Hiremath 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi, I am delighted to inform you that Mr. Giridhar (Girish) Kunkur (Ex.The British Council) has been appointed as Librarian and Unit Chief of BITS, Pilani - Pilani Campus. Let us wish him all the best. -- Thanks and regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jayadev P. Hiremath University Librarian Karnataka State Law University Navanagar, Hubli - 580 001 Tel : +91 836 2222901 Fax : +91 836 2323151 Mob. +91 9886080147 Website : http://www.kslu.ac.in/ E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The loneliest library in the world
by Jayadev P Hiremath 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

*Counterpunch - * <http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/06/13/the-loneliest-library-in-the-world/?…>At 73, P.V. Chinnathambi runs one of the loneliest libraries anywhere. In the middle of the forested wilderness of Kerala’s Idukki district, the library’s 160-books — all classics — are regularly borrowed, read, and returned by poor, Muthavan adivasis. It’s a tiny tea-shop, a mud-walled structure in the middle of nowhere. The hand-written sign on plain paper pinned to the front, reads: *Akshara Arts & Sports* Library Iruppukallakudi Edamalakudi [image: sainathlibrary] <http://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2014/06/sainathlibrary.jpg> *P.V. Chinnathambi, 73, Tea Vendor, Sports Club Organizer and Librarian* This is a low literacy spot in Kerala, India’s most literate state. There are just 25 families in this hamlet of the state’s first elected tribal village council. Anyone else wanting to borrow a book from here would have to trek a long way through dense forest. Would they, really? “Well, yes,” says P.V. Chinnathambi, 73, Tea Vendor, Sports Club Organizer and Librarian. “They do.” His little shop — selling tea, ‘mixture,’ biscuits, matches and other provisions – sits at the hilly crossroads of Edamalakudi. This is Kerala’s remotest panchayat, where just one adivasi group, the Muthavans, resides. Getting there had meant an 18-km walk from Pettimudi near Munnar. Reaching Chinnathambi’s tea-shop library meant even more walking. His wife is away on work when we stumble across his home. They too, are Muthavans. -- Thanks and regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jayadev P. Hiremath University Librarian Karnataka State Law University Navanagar, Hubli - 580 001 Tel : +91 836 2222901 Fax : +91 836 2323151 Mob. +91 9886080147 Website : http://www.kslu.ac.in/ E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fulltext Article
by Somashekhar Lalasangi 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

To Dear Sir/Madam, One of our Staff need of the following articles *Trends and inequalities in the surgical management of ureteric calculi in the USA(pages 476–483)* <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bju.12372/abstract> Stephan Seklehner, Melissa A. Laudano, Asha Jamzadeh, Joseph J. Del Pizzo, Bilal Chughtai and Richard K. Lee Article first published online: 21 NOV 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/bju.12372 *Development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) diagnostics and impact on prognosis(pages 228–235)* <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bju.12242/abstract> Kaisa L. Sunela, Eero T. Lehtinen, Matti J. Kataja, Paula M. Kujala, Seppo Soimakallio and Pirkko-Liisa I. Kellokumpu-Lehtinen Article first published online: 26 JUL 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/bju.12242 Thanking you, Regarding Somashekhar lalasangi Asst librarian Digital library BLDE University Bijapur-586103 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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