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

Correction - in the earlier advertisement for the positions in the Library
by Swati Bhattacharyya . 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

All professionals already applied for this position are requested to take note of the email address for sending application. Inconvenience regretted. A Human Resource Agency is inviting applications from qualified library professionals. Selected candidates will be placed at the library of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. After filling out current vacant positions, a panel of such qualified professionals will be prepared which will be valid for one year. Depending on future vacancies within on year, professionals from the panel may be given offer. The other important information regarding these appointments: 1. The candidates will be recruited by the Human Resource Agency. All positions carry the benefits of PF, ESI/Mediclaim etc. 2. The recruited candidates will be placed at the library of IIM Calcutta. 3. Candidates must possess M. Lib.Sc. 4. Depending on experiences and performance in the interview, the selected candidates will be placed in one of the following pay-group: (i) Rs 18000/ p.m. for candidates with working experiences of 18-24 months in large academic/technical libraries (ii) Rs 16000/ p.m. for candidates with working experiences of 12-15 months in large academic/technical libraries (iii) Rs 14000/ p.m. for candidates with little or no exposure to library work but who would prove their interest in work during the interview. Candidates with adequate experience of handling MARC-21, working with software like Virtua, ExLibris, Koha, developing report and generating queries in RDBMS environment may be considered for higher pay. 5. Selected candidates will have to perform shift duty along with other existing professionals in this category. 6. Selected candidates will be provided shared single accommodation inside the campus (no family accommodation). Staying in the campus accommodation is mandatory. Interested candidates must send their resume to *samson.ara(a)uds.in <samson.ara(a)uds.in> *immediately. Sincerely, Swati Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 India Phone: 91-33-2467-8300 (Bus extn: 416; Res extn: 106) Library: http://library.iimcal.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof. Neelameghan is No More
by Dr. Susmita Chakraborty 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

*Prof. A. Neelameghan *has passed away on 28th July. He was a *member* of the* International Editorial Advisory Board of our recent book*: Chakraborty, S., & Das, A. K. (2014). *Collaboration in International and Comparative Librarianship *(pp. 1-406). Hershey, *PA, USA: IGI Global*. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4365-9. He also *wrote two chapters *for this book. Chapter 18: International Satellite Communications to Support and Supplement Web-Based Information Exchange: A Co-Operative Programme (pages 219-226)/A. Neelameghan; and Chapter 20: International Cooperation in Developing a Digital Library Software and South Asia Network (pages 239-255)/A. Neelameghan, K.S. Raghavan. I was fortunate to work under his constant guidance. He will always remain a source of inspiration to me. With Regards, *Susmita* ------------------------------------------------ *Susmita Chakraborty, PhD* Assistant Professor, Dept. of Lib. & Inf. Sc, University of Calcutta, India *Secretary**: Asian Chapter, Special Libraries Association (SLA-Asian)* *Member**, Standing Committee, Education & Training Division, IFLA * *Editor: IFLA SET Bulletin; *Facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India <https://www.facebook.com/susmita.India>* *Member**, Standing Committee (2009-2013) & Program Committee 2013 of IFLA_KM * *International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA), Netherlands* Skype: *Susmita.In; **Twitter: Susmita_Kolkata; Delicious Id:@susmitaindia, * *Publications: **http://caluniv.academia.edu/SusmitaChakraborty <http://caluniv.academia.edu/SusmitaChakraborty>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
by Puttaraj Choukimath 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear Moderator, You are requested to post the following message from the ILA president Prof.(Mrs.) ASHU SHOKKEN and Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath, regarding 'Libraries and Tax problems'. Thank you,with regards, *Puttaraj.* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath <muttayya53(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:40 PM Subject: Fwd: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION To: Puttaraj Choukimath <choukimath(a)gmail.com>, Kotresh <kbagadi(a)gmail.com> Please forward this mail to various LIS forums and TISS groups. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prof.Muttayya Koganuramath <muttayya53(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM Subject: LIBRARIES & THE TAX PROBLEMS: A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear Librarians The new Government is laying special emphasis on libraries in education by proclaiming its intent of establishing national e-Library in line with its election manifesto. Indian Library Association (ILA) is participating in the innovative and best practices of the Government's policy, especially in the filed of Library and Information services. ILA aims at enriching the knowledge society of the country towards an inclusive education and analyzing the role of the Government in the development and implementation of national education and library policies. It is heartening to know that our new Hon'ble Prime Minister is a great friend of e-libraries. During his visit to Bhutan he proudly announced that India would extend its support and expertise in setting up an e-Library for Bhutan with an aid funding of Rs.2 crore. But, the first budget of the new Government has a few unpleasant surprises for the Libraries, which will prove to be counter-productive in the collection development for e-libraries. There are two serious tax burdens, which will adversely affect the development of e-libraries in the country. These are: 1. It is believed that libraries will have to deduct tax at source (TDS) when they make payment for purchase of e-books/e-journals as they may be considered as software/electronic data. This has come into effect since July 2012. Publishers, particularly the foreign ones, are resisting the deduction, as it will be both financial and operational nuisance for them. Also there is no clarity on whether the law considers e-books/e-journals as equivalent to software. The Library profession needs to insist on the Government for policy clarification on this matter and request for exemption of e-resources of educational nature from TDS deduction. 2. While subscription to online e-resources were exempted from service tax by the previous Government through a general exemption of educational services to schools and colleges under the category "Auxiliary Educational Services" in the negative list, the current Government has withdrawn this exemption. This means, all purchases/subscriptions of e-books/e-journals will come under the additional burden of service tax, which will be about 12.5%. ILA is submitting a petition to Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister, drawing his kind attention to the need for exempting e-books/e-journals from the above tax burdens and further requesting him to issue a policy clarification that e-content should not be treated as software under the law and should be freed from all tax burdens like the printed books and journals have been accorded tax-free status. A copy of the petition is posted on this site as a letter of appeal from the profession (through ILA) to the Finance Minister. ( www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association) Please visit this site and sign this petition. ILA President is seeking an appointment with the Finance Minister and the HRD Minister to submit this petition next week. We have to move fast well before the budget is passed in the parliament. Please act fast and join ILA in this cause by signing the petition at www.ipetitions.com/petition/indian-library-association. *Prof.(Mrs.) Ashu Shokeen* *President, Indian Library Association * *Dept. of Library & Information Science* *Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra* Email : shokeen_ashu(a)rediffmail.com *AND * *Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath* *(Former President, ILA)* *Centre for Library & Information Science,* *Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar* Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com -- Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath Professor Centre for Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat Sector-30, Gandhinagar - 382030 Gujarat State Mobile: 09033070481 Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com <koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com> -- Prof. Muttayya Koganuramath Professor Centre for Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat Sector-30, Gandhinagar - 382030 Gujarat State Mobile: 09033070481 Email: muttayya53(a)gmail.com koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com <koganuramath(a)rediffimail.com> -- 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Myths about OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Peter Suber on wrong notions on OA. https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/TrLu38BKPkt As usual, very well written. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad Demise of Prof. A. Neelameghan
by Dr. A.T. Francis 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear LIS Professionals, It is very sad to hear the demise of Prof. A. Neelameghan, the great teacher and library professional. Today will be a sad day as far as all library professionals and library loving people not only in India but also rest of the world. He did remarkable contributions by way of excellent teaching, research, publications and professional leadership. Such personalities are rare in any generations. I join the professional community in condoling Prof. Neelameghan’s sad demise and pray to rest his soul in peace. 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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Training and Awareness Seminar on J-Gate in Pune (AICTE affiliated institutes)
by Soji Mathew 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear all, Informatics Publishing Limited is organizing a workshop on J-Gate for AICTE affiliated institutes. The event will be held on 20th September 2014 at the following venue: Auditorium MIT School of Business S.No. 123, B-Wing, Saraswati Vishwa Building MIT Campus, Paud Road, Kothrud Pune - 411 038 The event will comprise of the following activities: 1) Intensive hands-on training on the new J-Gate platform. 2) Explaining benefits of J-Gate for the librarians as well as end users. 3) Q&A and feedback session. Objectives of the Workshop: 1) To create awareness about the new J-Gate platform and it's features amongst the librarians and the end users. 2) To train the librarians on the Admin aspects of customization in J-Gate. 3) To train the Library Professionals and equip them with the knowledge to impart trainings for their end-users by themselves. 4) To take feedback from the participants on the new J-Gate platform and prepare a wish-list for future releases. Who should participate? 1) Library Professionals from the institutes subscribing or planning to subscribe to J-Gate. 2) Information seekers who use or planning to use J-Gate as a journal discovery service. There is no registration fee and the participants will be awarded 'Certificate of Participation' after completion of the workshop. Kindly find more details about the event and register on the following URL: www.informindia.co.in/jgatetraining We look forward to your participation. Kindly feel free to contact the undersigned for any further query. Thank you. Regards, Swapnil Srivastava Informatics Publishing Limited M: 99720 17067 E: swapnil.s(a)informaticsglobal.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICon-AD Sets Yet Another Record: Archiving Crosses 1000 Abstracts
by Mr. Santosh C. Hulagabali 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear all, We deem it our privilege to share with you a good news that *ICon-AD crossed the mark of 1000 abstracts *today. Till date, 1005 conference abstracts of 1397 authors have been archived successfully. Many abstracts of other conferences are in the process of archival. We sincerely thank all our partnering institutes, Project Volunteers, authors, LIS professionals, publishers, our technical experts and colleagues for making ICon-AD one of the useful bibliographic databases of conference abstracts. For more details about the database, please visit www.iconad.in or visit the database directly on http://dspace.iconad.in:8080/jspui/ To be honest, the ICon-AD is still under experiments. The database is yet to prove as the complete database in terms of its design, data entry, method, reach, contents etc. So we welcome your feedback, critical comments and suggestions to make ICon-AD a qualitative 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> | OAMII 2012 <https://sites.google.com/site/oamii2012conference/> **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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LIS Professionals/Reposition with a M.Tech from University of Mysore: A great Opportunity
by Athif Mohammed 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Information Technology or Management: Don't choose, do both With a M.Tech in Information Systems and Management from International School of information Management(ISiM) University of Mysore in association with Dalhousie University, Canada; University of Michigan, USA; University of Pittsburgh, USA; Syracuse University, USA; International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore. Admissions Open Get ready to be trained in Big Data, Analytics and placed in the ever expanding job market What do we offer? * M.Tech from a century old University and learning experience from an innovative i-School * Cutting Edge Global Curriculum focussed on Analytics and Big Data imparting skill sets across the Information Management space - Databases to Data Mining to Data Analytics; Information Retrieval to Information Systems Design to Software Systems Management; Taxonomy, Ontologies and Semantic Web to Human Computer Interaction. * Truly international learning experience - with faculty drawn from our partner institutions. * World class facilities - a well-appointed 24 x 7 accessible Wi-Fi enabled infrastructure in sylvan setting of the Gangotri campus * Internships and projects with leading industry partners * Scholarships Offered - Merit-based full or partial fee waiver * Placements in companies such as Infosys, HP and others Who is eligible? * Engineering Graduates / Master's Degree in any Discipline / 4-Year Degree Graduates (10+2+4) * CAT / MAT / GATE / PGCET / State Level National Entrance Test Score Dates to Remember: : * Application Deadline : September 10, 2014 * Offer Decision : September 20, 2014 * Acceptance Decision : September 25, 2014 www.isim.ac.in Course Start: September 29, 2014 ISiM logo INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Ph: +91-821-2514699 | Mob.: 9886772356 | www.isim.ac.in | office(a)isim.ac.in A Ford Foundation Funded Initiative University of Mysore Logo Athif Mohammed Assistant Manager International School of Information Management (ISiM) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore - 570006. Email- office(a)isim.ac.in M: +91 9886772356 Website: www.isim.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bharathidasan University - Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Scholarly Information
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Dear All Bharathidasan University, Department of Library and Information Science organize "One Day National Workshop on Resources and Technologies for Scholarly Information" on Tuesday, 12th August 2014. The programme consist presentations, demonstrations, lectures and hands on sessions covering the following key aspects 01.Tools for Research Information Management 02.Federated Search and Remote access 03.Research Protocols and Analytics 04.Web Technologies for Information Management 05.Scholarly Open Access Databases *Participants* Faculty Members, Research Scholars, Librarians and Library Science Professionals, of the colleges and University Departments Registration Fees: Rs. 100 Resource kit along with working lunch and high tea will be served for the participants. *Dr S. Srinivasa Ragavan,* Workshop Coordinator, Dept. of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University, Trichy – 24, Mobile : 9486916358 -- Dr. R. Balasubramani Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy. Cell: 9994889426 http://library.bdu.ac.in/library_staff5.php http://drbalasubramani.webs.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Another Sad News
by Divakar Potluri 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

A.K.Dasgupta, veteran librarian, passed away after a brief illness at Hyderabad. He was 86. After superannuating from the Administrative Staff College of India, he designed and developed Research and Reference Division for the Eeendu/ETV Media Group. Apart from being an illustrious librarian, as a free lance writer and columnist, he contributed to news papers and magazines on matters of contemporary interest. Well known work: A.K. Dasgupta,An Essay in Personal Bibliography: A Bibliography of Writings on and by S.R. Ranganathan (Bombay: Asia, 1967). 405 p. Though confined to home, he was active and doing well all these years. Hospitalized with pneumonia, he was on life support system for a while, before the end came in at 9 pm on Monday. Prior to cremation on Tuesday morning, his eyes were donated to L.V. Prasad Eye Institute. His wife, Ashoka Dasgupta, also a librarian, pre-deceased him. The Dasguptas did not have children. Two of his nephews (one from Pune, and the other from Kolkata) took care of the situation at the end. P.Divakar Hyderabad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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