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Announcement of Seminar at Sangameshwar Arts and Commerce College, Chadchan
by Prahalad G Tadasad 11 May '15

11 May '15

*Dear Moderator,* *Kindly make arrangements to announce this on the LIS-Forum* *Dear Sir/Madam* *We are *very much pleased to invite you to participate in One day UGC sponsored National Level Seminar Organized by Department of Library of our College - Sangameshwar Arts and Commerce College, Chadchan on *"Role of Digital Libraries: A Changing Scenario in Higher Education"* and is scheduled in the month of July 2015. Eminent resource persons, great academicians, Librarians of international repute, IT intellectuals and other experts across the country have been invited. *About Chadchan:* Chadchan is located on Pandarpur road 17 KMs West to Zalaki cross on NH-13 it is the birth place of folk laureate the great Dr. Simpi Linganna and is famous for Bahubali N Muttin and Bros' textile shop. It is also well connected with roads and railway (Indi road). Pilgrimage places like Pandharpur(55 kms), Guddapur (40 kms), Inchageri Math are the nearby attractions. *Shree Sangameshwar Shikshan Samstha:* The samstha is one of the pioneer educational institutions in North Karnataka. It was established in the year 1951 by selfless and dedicated persons with the vision and foresight to impart quality education to the economically disadvantaged and rural youth. Presently imparting quality and value based education from KG to PG (M.Com) level to illumine the darkness among the lives of the rural poor. The founder Late. Shri Jeevaraj Doshi a staunch follower of Mahatma and Associates started the Samstha with the great blessings of HH. Shri Shri Mallikarjun Maha Swamiji of Vijaypur. *About the College:* The college is established in the year 1973, it is permanently affiliated to Rani Channamma University, Belagavi and reaccredited at 'B 'Level with 2.77 CGPA by NAAC. Now the college is running BA, B.COM, BCA and BSW and M.Com Programmes and is proposed to start MSW Course from the academic year 2015-16. *About the Library* The college library was started along with the college in 1973 with 500 books and15 periodicals with a qualified librarian. At present there are 28,000 books and 50 journals and periodicals are available to access by teachers and students. The library has a separate building for providing easy access library resources to the students and staff. In addition to books and journals, college has subscribed INFLIBNET N-LIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure of Scholarly Content) e-resources for the use of academic and research activities. The entire faculty and students including alumni of the college are beneficiaries of the INFLIBNET service. *Seminar Theme:* The basic goals of libraries have always been to provide access to information to those who need it. The activities realizing this goal have evolved and transformed over the years. This includes available technology and need of an evolving information society. Information activities have been guided by the developments the field of storages. Presentation and archiving of knowledge, collection, development and organization of knowledge, information explosion and in information dissemination to the users at the right time. This all can be achieved by digitalization of Libraries. *Main Theme*: "Role of Digital Libraries: A Changing Scenario in Higher Education." *Sub Themes:* Ø Role of Digitalization in Libraries. Ø Security Issues in Digitalization of Libraries. Ø Managing E-resources. Ø E-Content for Rural Students. Ø Developing Digital Libraries in Rural Areas. Ø Mobile Library Service for Rural Students. Ø Internet Technology and Applications. *Call for Paper:* Authors are requested to contribute full papers on or before 07-06-2015. Papers should be sent through E-mail only to mkbiradar123(a)gmail.com. Registration is mandatory for paper presentation and inclusion of for one of the author's full article in the seminar volume (confirm participation through e-mail and spot registration is also permitted.) Based on the technical committee recommendations papers for the National Seminar shall be selected and published in the seminar volume with ISBN number which are received on or before the prescribed date. *Registration:* Individuals : Rs. 300.00 Research Scholars and Retired Professionals : Rs. 200.00 Students : Rs. 100.00 Registration fee includes conference Kit with conference materials, Working lunch and refreshment etc. Kindly send your completed registration form along with registration fee in the form of DD in favour of The Principal Shree Sangameshwar Arts and Commerce College, Chadchan, Tq: Indi Dist: Vijaypur. 586205. UGC SPONSORED ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL SEMINAR ON "ROLE OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES: A CHANGING SCENARIO IN HIGHER EDUCATION" IN COLLABURATION WITH "KARNATAKA STATE COLLEGE LIBRARIANS' ASSOCIATION, BENGALURU" *Registration Form* Name:___________________________________________________ Designation:____________________________________________ Department:____________________________________________ Institution:______________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________ Phone:_______________Mobile:___________________________ E-Mail:__________________________________________________ *Payment Details:* Rs..............................Bank............................................. DD No........................Date............................................. Are you presenting the paper: Yes No If Yes please furnish the title of the paper to be presented. ....................................................................................... (DD should be drawn in favour of The Principal Sangameshwar Arts and Commerce College, Chadchan) Signature:.......................... Date:............................. Name:............................................................................ *Advisory Committee* Dr. S. R. Donagaon MBBS President Shri. S.R.Awaji Vice President Shri. B.R.Yankanchi Hon secretary Shri. G.L.Metri Administrator Dr. N.B.Mudnur Principal Prof. R.N.Simpi Dr. S.S.Choragi Prof. P.G.Tadasad Professor and Chairman DLISc, Vijayapur. Dr. U.S.Vijayrajkumar President KSCLA, Bengaluru Dr. Mahesh D Horakeri Gen Secretary KSCLA, Bengaluru Shri. Biraj Vice President KSCLA, Bengaluru. Shri. Umesh Treasurer KSCLA, Bengaluru. Shri. M. Manjunath Dr. Gavisiddappa Prof KSWU, Vijaypur. Dr. Shantadevi Prof KSWU, Vijaypur. Shri. S.A.Patil (Retd) Librarian, BLDE Engg College, Vijaypur. Shri. R.N.Patil Librarian BLDE Women's College, Vijaypur. Smt. Shazad Afia Librarian Secab Women's College, Vijaypur. Dr. Deepti PDF DLISc, KSWU, Vijaypur. Dr. Shobha Patil PDF DLISc, KSWU, Vijaypur. *Organizing Committee* Dr. N.B.Mudnur Principal/Chairman. Mob : 8867221875 Prof. S.L.Metri Convener Mob : 9945482185 Shri. M.K.Biradar Organizing Secretary Mob: 9844840123 Dr. S.B.Rathod Prof. H.R.Lamani Treasurer Prof. R.S.Mavinmar Prof.S.S.Desai Co-ordinator Prof.M.S.Maganageri Dr. P K Rathod Prof.V.S.Patil Prof.S.K.Hanganakatti Shri.S.S.Awati Prof. (Miss).S.V.Biradar Prof.I.A.Ronad Prof.I.R.Jorapur Prof.M.M.Killedar Prof.D.S.Kumbar Prof. D.B.Kumatagi Prof.(Smt).N.M.Biradar Prof.L.D.Wagmode Prof. Vittal Tubachi Prof. Ajey Hiremath Prof. Anil Dudagi Prof. A.D.Kadam -- Dr P G Tadasad Professor and Chairman Department of Library and Information Science, University Nodal Officer RUSA and Coordinator AAA Karnataka State Women's University, Jnanashakti, Torvi Bijapur 586108 Tel: 08352 229012 (O); 08352 240021 (O); 08352 272 436 (R); Mobile: 09448180973 (M) E-mil: pgtadasad(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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Repeat Workshop on QDSA on June 25 & 26, 2015
by Sunil MV 11 May '15

11 May '15

Dear LIS Friends, Greetings from SDMIMD Mysore! We would like to bring to your kind notice that the registrations are *CLOSED* for the "2-Day Workshop on Questionnaire Design and Statistical Analysis" scheduled during May 18 & 19, 2015 at SDMIMD, Mysore. Considering the request made by the prospective participants the organizers have given their consented to *repeat the 2-Day Workshop on June 25 & 26, 2015 at SDMIMD, Mysore. *The details about the repeat workshop are available in the following webpage (Link): http://sdmimd.ac.in/QDSAworkshop/index.html For your kind information, the workshop is designed to introduce the statistical testing and analysis using Microsoft Excel templates designed by the faculty facilitators. The hands-on workshop has restricted the number of nominations to 20. The last date for registration is June 15, 2015. This is for your kind information and active participation. With sincere regards, Dr. Sunil M.V. Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 998639832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Five days advance training programme on Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis during 15th June – 20th June 2015
by Roma 11 May '15

11 May '15

Respected Members, After successfully completed two training programme, INFLIBNET is organizing five days advanced level training programme on *Bibliometrics and Research Output Analysis* during 15th June to 20th June 2015. The programme will give the participants sound overview of bibliometric methods, data sources, data processing, performance indicators and tools & techniques related to bibliometric analysis and mapping. It will provide awareness about the most commonly used data base, how to build -up relevant indicators and how to interpret the data. Special emphasis will be given to indicators used in research evaluation. *Resource Persons* The lecturers are prominent researchers, scientists/professors in the field of bibliometrics. They also have an extensive experience with the application of bibliometric analysis in a research evaluation. *Venue * The Training programme will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India *Fee* The registration fee is Rs. 5000.00 (Rupees five thousand five hundred only) per person without accommodation and Rs. 7,000.00 with accommodation (six days five nights). Please visit following link for more information: Brochure: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/bibli_bro.pdf Registration form: http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/reg_form_bibli.pdf For participation and more information please do contact kruti(a)inflibnet.ac.in Thanks & Regards, Roma STA(LS) INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Retro-conversion Service Review : RDAExpress : a service to convert any library catalog from AACR2 to RDA
by Salman Haider 10 May '15

10 May '15

*Retro-conversion Service Review : RDAExpress : a service to convert any library catalog to RDA* <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/retro-conversion-service-r…> http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/retro-conversion-service-r… Best regards *Salman Haider* *www.google.com/+SalmanHaider <http://www.google.com/+SalmanHaider> * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E readers in Indian Libraries
by rajendra singh 09 May '15

09 May '15

Dear Mr. Noufal, The IIIT Delhi Library and Information Center offers Kindle eBook reader service to their users (Paperwhite with touchscreen and wi-fi). Probably, it is the first Indian Institute who started this service in 2014. Thousands of ebooks are freely available on Amazon and Project Gutenberg. Also, there are some free applications available on web where free/open PDFs can be converted into Kindle compatible version. Amazon Kindle device can hold nearly 1000 ebooks. Thanks & Regards, RAJENDRA -- Rajendra Singh Assistant Manager (Lib. & Info. Service) IIIT Delhi, Okhla, Phase III New Delhi, Pin-110020, INDIA Ph.: +91 11 26907510 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Glossary of Library & Information Science
by Salman Haider 09 May '15

09 May '15

*Glossary of Library & Information Science : * *Librarianship Studies & Information Technology Blog* http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/04/glossary-of-library-inform… *About the Glossary:* Glossary of Library & Information Science is a glossary and dictionary of terms and acronyms of librarianship, library science, information science, and information technology. This is brought out by Salman Haider for the librarians all across the globe and the users of Librarianship Studies & Information Technology blog. Glossary will include everything from traditional library terms to vocabulary of modern avenues in information technology. When completed the Glossary of Library & Information Science will become an essential part of every library’s and librarian’s reference collection and will also be helpful to Librarians, LIS i-School Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) & Ph.D Students & Researchers and IT Professionals. This glossary will also be available as an e-book. *Following terms are the first to be added to the Glossary of Library & Information Science* Glossary of Library & Information Science : *Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)* http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/glossary-mlis-master-libra… *Acquisitions* : Glossary of Library & Information Science http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/acquisitions-glossary-libr… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ph D news
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 09 May '15

09 May '15

http://www.livemint.com/…/Parliamentary-panel-raises-questi…New Delhi: Raising serious questions about the quality of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) holders in the country, a parliamentary panel has sought an evaluation report to understand why suitable candidates were hard to find for vacant teaching posts. With over 7,000 research scholars being awarded Ph.D every year, the panel has suggested “reorienting” the entire system of evaluation of Ph.D and other research scholars. In its report tabled in Parliament last week, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on human resource development stressed on increasing the number of research fellowships and new schemes for teaching assistantship, taking into account the shortage of teaching faculty in higher educational institutes. Drawing attention to the quality aspect of Ph.D holders, the committee said they were rolling out of Indian universities like dime a dozen. “The Committee would like to have an evaluation report, if any, about the quality and standard of Ph.D holders across the country to understand why suitable candidates are difficult to find for the vacant positions. Maybe we need to reorient the entire system of evaluation of Ph.D and other research scholars,” it said in its report. Shortage of faculties in premier institutes such as Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) continues to be grim with no improvement foreseen in the near future, it said. To address the issue, it suggested that if stricter norms for the appointment of faculty is coming in the way, then University Grants Commission (UGC) and other regulatory bodies should review them on regular basis and bring in necessary changes so as to fill up the vacant posts at the earliest. “HRD ministry should take steps to enhance the prestige of the teaching profession,” it said. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science ( IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) . ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, H No 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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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see useful inf abt PhD
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 09 May '15

09 May '15

http://www.telegraphindia.com/115…/…/nation/story_17820.jsp…Teacher-job rules hit PhD holders' chances- Apex court upholds UGC's 2009 order, Centre unlikely to seek review Basant Kumar Mohanty New Delhi, May 1: The human resource development ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) are unlikely to seek review of a Supreme Court judgment validating a contentious UGC decision that debars a large number of PhD holders from teaching jobs.At a meeting of the UGC last week, the matter came up for discussion. Two members of the commission said the representative of the HRD ministry and the UGC officials gave the impression that they may not seek any review of the court decision.On March 16, the apex court upheld the UGC's regulations of 2009 on minimum qualification for appointment of teachers in colleges and universities. According to the regulations, the eligibility for assistant professor in a college or a university is the National Eligibility Test or the State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) qualifications. However, a candidate who has a PhD that complies with the UGC's PhD norms of 2009 would be eligible for the post even if he has not cleared NET or SLET.The UGC had in 2009 provided for admission through entrance test and course work before working on the thesis. It also laid down that a teacher cannot guide more than eight PhD students and five MPhil students at any point in time. Before this, every university had its own PhD regulations.The 2009 order threatened the careers of thousands of existing PhD holders who had not cleared NET/SLET. After protests, the UGC last year decided to amend its regulations to grant an exemption to the pre-2009 PhD holders. It sent the amended regulations to the HRD ministry, which has not yet granted approval.Ruling in a case filed by a few PhD holders, the apex court held that the HRD ministry and UGC are the highest policy makers and their norms must be followed.Since no assessment has been done to ascertain if any universities were following the UGC's 2009 norms for PhDs, it is not clear which of the pre-2009 PhD holders can be granted exemption from NET/SLET. The confusion is affecting the prospects of many aspiring teachers, including those who had earned their doctorates from universities that followed rigorous norms.After serving as ad hoc faculty in Dyal Singh College under Delhi University for seven years, Manoj Singh was selected as assistant professor in March but his appointment has now been put on hold.The college has sought clarification from the varsity whether it can appoint him since he does not have NET/SLET qualification. The university has not replied because there is no clarity on the issue yet."I have done PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). But the college is not allowing me to join as a regular teacher after selecting me," Singh said.Out of nine candidates selected, seven have been allowed to join in this college because they had qualified NET/SLET.College principal I.S. Bakshi could not be reached for comment despite repeated calls to his mobile phone.At last week's meeting, the UGC members brought up the plight of the pre-2009 PhD holders."The UGC and government officials said that they would respect the Supreme Court direction," a member said.Another member said the HRD ministry was not approving the amendments to the regulations on the ground that many universities have started implementing the UGC regulations. Any change would add confusion and dilute quality, he said.Teachers' organisations feel the regulations should be amended since they cannot be implemented retrospectively. All India Federation of University and College Teachers' Organisations general secretary Ahok Barman said the government must file a review petition. "You cannot implement a policy retrospectively. It is a big blow to thousands of PhD holders who want to become teachers," Barman said.Former Madras University vice-chancellor S.P. Thyagarajan, who headed a committee that prepared the 2009 regulations on PhDs, hailed the Supreme Court ruling."Personally, I support the court order. There has to be some quality control in teacher appointment. All PhDs should not be treated equivalent to NET," he said. Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, Member, Advisory Board, National Library, KolkataPresident, Telangana Library Association. UGC-Emeritus Fellow (2009-11) Professor in Library and Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad ( super-annuated). Formerly Director, UGC-Academic Staff College (2006-8). Formerly President of Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science ( IATLIS) and Association of British Scholars ( AP Chapter) . ADDRESS: Plot No A-194, H No 1-8-10/1, Ravindra Nagar, Habsiguda, HYDERABAD- 500007. Mobile: 9493701565. email: naglaxman(a)yahoo.com, naglaxman(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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International Interactive Seminar on Bibliometric & Scientometric Analysis For Researchers
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 08 May '15

08 May '15

Dear Professionals 3 Days International Interactive Seminar on Bibliometric & Scientometric Analysis For Researchers 27 – 29th July 2015 Organized by Department of Library & Information Science (DLIS) University of Kelaniya, Srilanka Bibliometric and Scientometric analysis is a methodology utilized for studying growth pattern of publications, citation analysis, calculate the impact factor of a journal title, development and spectrum of any area of research. This methodology is used for ranking of scholarly output of persons and scholarly institutions, identifying the centres of excellence in academia and research, influential authors etc. Bibliometrics supports citation analysis which helps to check frequency of a given paper has been cited by other authors and in which journal it had indexed under the name of the original author. Citation analysis and other bibliometric methods & techniques have been used in research evaluation exercises around the world, which affects directly the work and carrier of millions of researchers and expenditure spent on e-resources. Formal education and training in Bibliometrics and awareness is not created among Sri Lankan researchers hence this interactive workshop aims to fulfill this knowledge gap. This workshop aims the assessment of research performance and focuses on the contribution of scholarly work and scientific publications using IT Tools and Techniques. *Outcome expected * The Participants will be trained in the following areas: · Overview Scientometric Tools & Techniques · Retrieving Data from Indexing Databases and extracting data using HISTCITE, BIBEXCEL and PoP Citation and Indexing. · Google Scholar , PUBMED, etc. will be used for the analysis. · Mapping of Research Analysis using Open Source Software (Vos Viewer, CiteSpace, Free Mind, Popplet) · Creating Citation Profile · Testing of Bibliometric Laws · Index Calculation ( H-Index, G-Index, Priority Index, specialization Index, etc.) *Target Group:* The workshop especially targets for university academics and researchers all subject areas, statistical officers, librarians, informations, research planners, research policy makers etc. *Venue of the Workshop:* Venue of the workshop is Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kelaniya, Dalugama, Kelaniya. Sri Lanka. *Workshop fee:* Sri Lankan participants : Rs. 10,000.00 SAARC Countries : USD 100.00 Other countries : USD 150.00 The fee is inclusive of stationery, lunch and refreshments for all three days and hands on training facility. Please note that travelling and accommodation expenses should be borne by the participants. *Payment Instructions:* All the cheques and drafts should be ordered to ‘University of Kelaniya”, and should be sent under registered cover to; Head, Department of Library & information Science, University of Kelaniya, Dalugama, Kelaniya. Please mention the name of the workshop, “ Bibliometrics” on top of the left hand side of the envelope. *Registration:* Please contact : Shalini Dilinika : Mobile – 0767 187990 Dept. of LIS : Tel: +94 11 2917712 Email: shalanijayamanne(a)gmail.com University of Kelaniya, Srilanka Please send the cheques/ drafts before the workshop date or inform us if you decide to make the payment on the first day of the workshop. Dr. Wathmanel Seneviratne Librarian and Head Open University Srilanka Colombo Srilanaka wathmanel.ousl(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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Reminder : Vacancy for “Library Trainees” at Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad
by Mallikarjun 08 May '15

08 May '15

Dear All, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad is looking for fresh post graduate in Library and Information Scienceto serve as “Library Trainees” purely on temporary basis for one year. Last date for submission of online application is 15 May, 2015, For detail advertisement, please follow the below link http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/library/public/download/Trainee_Advertisment_201… Submit Online Application athttp://www.iimahd.ernet.in/library/trainee_recruitment.html For more information about Vikram Sarabhai Library,IIMA visit the following linkhttp://www.iimahd.ernet.in/library Regards !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! Mallikarjun Dora Professional AssistantVikram Sarabhai LibraryIndian Institute of Management, AhemadabadGoogle Scholar Profile !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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