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Refresher Course in Library and Information Science
by Prakash Bilawar 23 May '15

23 May '15

Dear Moderator, Kindly host the supplied information: Few of the ASC/HRDC offering Refresher Courses in Library and Information Science Subject for the year 2015 as given below: 1. Calicut University, Kerala : 01/07/2015 to 21/07/2015 2. Goa University, Goa : 04/08/2015 to 24/08/2015 3. University of Mysore, Mysore : 10/09/2015 to 30/09/2015 4. Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore : 29/9/2015 to 19/10/2015 5. University of Madras, Chennai : 12/11/2015 to 02/12/2015 6. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh : 18/11/2015 to 8/12/2015 7. University of North Bengal, Siliguri : 26/11/2015 to 16/12/2015 8. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar : 08/12/2015 to 28/12/2015 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Release Function
by nandeesh nandu 23 May '15

23 May '15

Dear Professionals It is pleasure to invite all the library professionals to the book release function on 25th May 2015 at 4.00pm at Mysore University Library Conference Hall. Shri Pratap Simha, Member of Parliament, Mysore-Kodagu Loksabha Constituency, will be the Chief Guest and Release the book entitled “Attitudes of Young Adults towards Public Library Services in Karnataka” Authors: Jaya Kumara and Khaiser Nikam. Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof. K. S. Rangappa, University of Mysore will preside over the function. You are cordially invited. Regards, Nandeesh AIISH, Mysore Nandeesha. B -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Trainee@JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur
by laxmi chand 23 May '15

23 May '15

Dear all, Greetings! Library Trainee need in JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) was established in Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, in the year 2011 to give students the cutting-edge of holistic learning and to develop promising youngsters into leaders of tomorrow with globally relevant, future-ready and actionable intelligence. Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is heart of the University and acts as a centre for the collection of literature predominantly related to Management, Engineering, Sciences and develops a comprehensive collection of information that is useful for teaching, research and reference purposes. LRC has state of art Library Management System (Koha) and databases such as Ebscohost, IEEE Explore, CMIE Prowess etc. Learning Resource Centre (LRC) is looking for motivated, hardworking and talented young professionals in library science for following positions. Library Trainee Trainee will be taken on 1 year contractual position, however extension will be granted for another year subject to performance. Essential Qualifications: Post Graduate in Library & Information Science from reputed University with first class. Additional Qualifications: Good communication skills in English and Hindi (written and oral) Sound knowledge of basic IT skills such as Microsoft Office, web browsing etc. Good Knowledge of Library Management Software, E-Resources Strong interpersonal skills. LRC follows extended working hours mainly from 9:00 hours to 23:00 hours in shifts. Therefore selected candidate should be ready to work on shift-duties/ rotating weekly-off. Only short listed candidates will be called for the interview. Interested candidates who meet the above mentioned basic requirements may send their resume along with a passport size photograph at careers(a)jklu.edu.in by 5th June 2015 and forward a hard copy by Indian post to the below mentioned address mentioning the post applied for on the envelop. The Librarian, JK Lakshmipat University, Near Mahindra SEZ, P.O. Mahapura, Ajmer Road, Jaipur – 302 026, Ph. No.: +91-141-7107500 www.jklu.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA - Recent developments at Harvard
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 May '15

22 May '15

!9 May 2015 *Harvard Library Office for Scholarly Communication rolls out exciting new features in DASH* http://officeforscholarlycommunicationharvardlibrary.createsend.com/t/ViewE… Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Libraries should be an integral part of the research process
by Subbiah Arunachalam 22 May '15

22 May '15

Received in the mail. <http://www.oclc.org/en-US/member-stories/share.html>. Embed your library in the research process [image: Image from the SHARE Notify service] <http://www.share-research.org/> "Librarians need to be more involved in the process of scholarship, not just collecting its output." *Judy Ruttenberg* Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries The same modern technology that advances research methods also expands the role that libraries play in the research process. Researchers may compile massive digital data sets, build computer programs to run complex calculations and present the results through draft papers, blogs, conference presentations and, finally, published work. Libraries traditionally have collected and preserved the published work. The SHARE <http://www.share-research.org> community initiative seeks to engage librarians in conversations about what to do with these other research outputs. "There has been so much conversation about libraries shifting from collecting outputs to embedding within the research process," explained Judy Ruttenberg, Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries at the Association of Research Libraries <http://www.arl.org/index.php>. "But *The Evolving Scholarly Record* report opens up the opportunities for libraries not just to participate in creating scholarship but also to preserve the pieces of the scholarly record we need to preserve.” *The Evolving Scholarly Record* <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-evolvin…>, a report by OCLC Research, proposes a framework that describes the diverse array of materials moving into the scholarly record today as well as the key roles in the stakeholder ecosystem surrounding those materials. "This framework helps us facilitate conversations about what that broader role means for services and for the kind of tools we need," Judy said. "Where does the repository meet the virtual resource environment?" "The act of doing research and sharing it or releasing it to the community takes many, many forms. Wouldn't there be a great value in following that as it happens?" "The first phase for SHARE is our partnership with the Center for Open Science <http://centerforopenscience.org/> to build a notification service called SHARE Notify <http://centerforopenscience.org/pr/2014-06-02/>," Judy continued. This service will allow researchers to receive notifications when someone contributes to the "larger pipeline of what scholarship looks like," she said. "Right now, everything is completely dispersed. Researchers have a lot of options for how they share, present and archive their research. …These research release events will push metadata that can resolve back to where that data lives." Future SHARE efforts may sound "absurdly ambitious, perhaps," Judy admitted, but the initiative wants to use the ideas in *The Evolving Scholarly Record* to lead conversations about further embedding librarians in the research process and about what type of data to collect. Also, these broadening roles may require new relationships. "We'll need to continue to think of those links with new kinds of partners that can help the library community make this transformation," Judy added. "The stakeholder ecosystem supports these shifting roles, which I think is great." **** Services related to SHARE *The Evolving Scholarly Record* report <http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2014/oclcresearch-evolvin…> OCLC Research <http://www.oclc.org/research.html> Serving research libraries <http://www.oclc.org/en-US/rlibs.html> SHARE at a glance - Developed in 2013 from a partnership among the Association of Research Libraries, the Association of American Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and in a technology partnership with the Center for Open Science - Mission is to maximize research impact by making a comprehensive inventory of research widely discoverable, accessible and reusable - Funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Consists of an Advisory Board, Operations Group and a Working Group made up of diverse constituencies and stakeholders - Calling for metadata providers to register with SHARE Notify, now in beta release -- 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 ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಸೀನು 22 May '15

22 May '15

It would be appreciable if you could send the following article as earliest. Efficiency of Health Care System in India: An Inter-State Analysis using DEA Approach *DOI:*10.1080/19371918.2012.672261Partha Dea, Arpita Dharb & B. N. Bhattacharyaa pages 482-506 -- @*...,With Regards* *Srinivas, K* *ISEC, Bangalore-560072.* *Email: srinivasamlisc(a)gmail.com <srinivasamlisc(a)gmail.com>* *Mobile: 9900644214* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DATA, DATA, ALL AROUND
by Ragaavendra R 22 May '15

22 May '15

DATA, DATA, ALL AROUND Last week when we raised a question about organisations suffering from the Data Rich Insight Poor (DRIP) syndrome, we received a lot of feedback from our readers. Some of them asked questions about how organisations can find out if they suffer from an insight deficiency and a data surplus. This article attempts to put that in perspective. Data and culture While it's a no-brainer that data and insights go hand in hand, experts say that organisational culture plays a huge role in how organisations can massage the data to work in their favour. For example, companies in the West such as eBay, Amazon or Google possess an organisational culture that motivates all employees to use data for decision-making. "In India, it is doubtful that this sort of culture permeates organisations," says S Bharadhwaj, the Dr Bala V and Vasantha Balachandran Chair Professor of Marketing, Director (Research) at Great Lakes Institute of Management. Shireesh Joshi, head - strategic marketing, Godrej Group, says that it's a bit like conducting R&D within the marketing function. "You need an experimental entrepreneurial culture where there is someone mucking around in the data and identifying some of these patterns. You have to do it on faith, and staff it right and support it right for it to generate something, much like any other R&D," he says. The people working on it need to be able generate hypothesis and imagine connections to be able to uncover patterns, like the famous case of retailer Target identifying pregnancy in a high school student even before her father did. "You also need good-quality data. So your input systems need to be impeccable. And of course you obviously need machines fast enough to crunch the volumes of data you need to. And once you find that first insight that gets you new revenue, that faith becomes religion," says Joshi. Mind the DRIP Bharadhwaj points out to some early signs that can identify that an organisation suffers from DRIP. Some warning signs may be the obvious ones - than an organisation has access to lots of data but rarely uses them for decision-making. He explains that organisations could do a simple test to find out if they are at risk. If a company has X amount of data in 2015, and it has 2X in 2016, and finds that the decision-making process is pretty much the same in 2016 and the decision quality has not improved, then it means that it is not utilising the data well enough or is collecting the wrong kind of data. Joshi agrees. "If you have lots of data about your business but your actions based on analysis of that is not driving up revenue or reducing costs then you have a DRIP problem." Of course, no company can say that it does not have enough data points. "There is data everywhere, not just in transactions," says Joshi, and adds that data can be found in incoming calls to company's service numbers, in online comments and consumer behaviour. "If you haven't investigated those then you have more basic DRIP problem," he says. Making the octopus dance Any organisation that is obsessed with just one arm of the data stream is getting into the DRIP syndrome. "Obsession with just the sales numbers or with the consumer panel data will take you down the DRIP path," says MG Ambi Parameswaran, executive director, FCB Ulka advertising. Sometimes it takes simple steps like getting your marketing teams to sit together to avoid getting into this trap. Unfortunately, teams do not sit together for weeks together because of reasons ranging from travel and regional meetings to dealer meetings, consumer groups and activation plans. "The marketing team has also become very large in companies. Add to this the growing number of specialist communication agencies to brief and debrief. Forget insight, sometimes even the data stays in silos for months," says Parameswaran. He points out that some of the smarter companies are implementing a process of pooling all resources together to ensure that the various arms of the data octopus speak to each other. While actions like creating a Consumer Insights Head have been tried out, these have an inherent danger of becoming a staff function and getting clubbed as a part of the market research team. Like most good actions even this would need to be driven from the top. Parameswaran says, "The path to insight rich life has to be driven from the top. In the better companies the CEOs are themselves involved in bringing all the teams together. That is a good place to start." REFLINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/brandline/data-data-all-around… 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. 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"Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 22 May '15

22 May '15

Dear Moderator: May I kindly request you to share this information in the forum. Thank you very much Regards Siva Shankar K --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen) <j.bosman(a)uu.nl> Date: Fri, May 22, 2015 at 2:11 AM Subject: [GOAL] International survey on scholarly communication - and its relevance for open access To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) (goal(a)eprints.org)" < goal(a)eprints.org> Dear all, How do open (access) publication strategies fit into a research workflow? Do researchers use Google Drive instead of Word? Papers instead of Endnote? Google Scholar instead of Scopus? Megajournals instead of topical journals? ResearchGate instead of repositories? We are engaged in an ongoing effort to chart the evolving landscape of scholarly communication ( http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1286826). New tools are constantly being developed, as reflected in our list of 400+ scholarly communication tools (http://bit.ly/innoscholcomm-list). Researchers vote with their feet on these changes by adopting or rejecting new modes of working. With an international survey we intend to investigate how tool usage varies by field, country and position. The survey will run until February 2016. *A SURVEY. WHERE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?* If you have not yet done so, please take this graphical survey: https://innoscholcomm.typeform.com/to/Csvr7b?source=ML People tell us it is easy and fun to fill it out by just clicking the tools you use. It takes 8-12 minutes to complete and you can opt to receive a visual characterization of your workflow compared to that of your peer group. *FOR WHOM?* Anyone carrying out research (from Master’s students to professors), or supporting research (such as librarians, publishers and funders) can participate. *HOW CAN I HELP?* Kind of you to ask! If you want to help make this a success please consider passing it along to people not on this list (researchers, librarians etc.). And yes, feel free to share the link on your website, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook etc.. More specifically, do you represent an institution/society that wishes to promote this survey among its members? Then please contact us. We can arrange a special URL that will enable us to provide you with resulting data for just your organization. That way you can see what tools your members are using, compared to overall usage patterns. We do the work, you get the (anonymized) data. *PRELIMINARY RESULTS* We will post preliminary results here: https://101innovations.wordpress.com/ On this site, you can also find background information on the survey. Eventually we will share our (thoroughly anonymized) data. Would you like to work with those data? We are interested to hear what kind of analyses you would like to carry out or see carried out! There are many hypotheses that can be tested with the data that comes from this survey. In the field of Open Access I can think of many: - Do researchers choose either Gold or Green OA or do they combine these approaches? - Are researchers that share in an early phase (workflows, data, posters) more likely to also publish OA or archive their papers in repositories? - Do researchers use search tools that have an option to restrict to publications that are OA available? - etc. The data also allows to discern between different positions, affiliation countries and career lengths. Please support this research by taking the survey or promoting it. Many thanks! *CONTACT* Bianca Kramer @MsPhelps b.m.r.kramer(a)uu.nl Jeroen Bosman @jeroenbosman j.bosman(a)uu.nl (both at Utrecht University Library in The Netherlands) (please excuse any cross posting) ------------------------------------------------------ *------------------------------* Jeroen Bosman, faculty liaison for the Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University Library <http://www.uu.nl/library> email: j.bosman(a)uu.nl telephone: +31.30.2536613 mail: Postbus 80124, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands visiting address: room 2.50, Heidelberglaan 3, Utrecht web: Jeroen Bosman <http://www.uu.nl/university/library/en/disciplines/geo/Pages/ContactBosman.…> twitter @jeroenbosman/ @geolibrarianUBU -- Regards Siva Shankar K Mob: +919908035478 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Release on Public Library
by Dr Jaya Kumara 22 May '15

22 May '15

Book Release on Public Libraries on 25th May 2015. It is my plesure to inform and invite all the library professionals to the book release function on 25th May 2015 at 4.00 pm at Mysore University Library Conference hall. Shri. Pratap Simha,Member of Parliament, Mysore – Kodagu Loksabha Constituency, will be the Chief Guest & Release the book entitled ‘Attitudes of Young Adults towards Public Library Services in Karnataka’ Authors: Jaya Kumara & Khaiser Nikam. Our honourable Vice Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa, University of Mysore will preside over the function. You are cordially invited. Warm Regards, Dr. JAYAKUMARA, B.Com., M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil., PhD. Librarian & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science, Government First Grade College Chamarajanagar - 571313 Cell: 98802 07190 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IIT DELHI - LIBRARIAN POST
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 21 May '15

21 May '15

http://www.iitd.ac.in/…/fi…/jobs/faculty/advt_lib2015E-1.pdfINDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, Website: www.iitd.ac.in ADVERTISEMENT No._o1/2015(E-1) Applications are invited from Indian Nationals for the following post in Central Library of the Institute :- LIBRARIAN : One Post SCALE OF PAY : Rs. 37,400-67,000/- + AGP Rs. 10,000/- (Pay Band-4) ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE : 1. Master’s Degree in Library Science/ Information Science/ Documentation with at least 55% marks or its equivalent grade and a consistently good academic record. 2. Deputy Librarian completing service of three years in the AGP of Rs. 9,000/- and otherwise eligible as per conditions prescribed by the UGC. OR At least thirteen years as a Deputy Librarian in a University Library or eighteen years experience as a College Librarian or equivalent. DESIRABLE : (a) M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree in Library Science/Documentation/ Archives and Manuscriptkeeping. Specialized course in Computer Applications & Networking. Experience in Computer Aided Management of the Library System.(b) Evidence of innovative library service and organization of published work. -: 2 :- Note : (i) Incumbent Librarian shall be placed at the appropriate stage as per the fixation formula of 6th CPC in PB-4, Rs. 37,400-67,000/- with AGP Rs. 10,000/-. (ii) Those eligible candidates who have already applied against Advertisement No. 04/2014 (E-I) need not apply again. However, they may upgrade their C.V., if they so desire by submitting a fresh application. IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS: 1. The Institute reserves the right to fill up the post of Librarian by deputation. 2. Minimum requirement of qualifications and / or experience may be relaxed in respect of exceptionally outstanding candidates. 3. Mere fulfillment of qualifications and experience requirement does not entitle candidates to be called for interview. 4. The Institute reserves the right to fill or not to fill the post advertised. 5. No correspondence whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates regarding postal delays, conduct and result of interview and reasons for not being called for interview. -: 3 :- 6. Candidates are required to produce self attested copies of all Certificates including category certificate, if applicable, in the prescribed format required for appointment to the posts under the Govt. of India alongwith the application. 7. Outstation candidates called for Interview will be paid AC 1st Class train fare / Economy Class by Air or actual expenditure and AC Taxi by road (from Airport / Railway Station / ISBT and back) fare from their place of residence / work and back by the shortest route. Prescribed application form may be obtained from the JOINT REGISTRAR (ESTT.-I), INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI-110016 either in person or by sending a self addressed envelop (size 10 x 23 cms). The application form can be downloaded from the Institute Website:www.iitd.ac.in, then click on jobs@iitd. Last date for submission of completed application forms is 22.6.2015. Persons employed in Govt./Semi Govt. Organisations/ Autonomous Bodies must submit their applications through their employers. ……….. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI-110016 Advertisement No. 01/2015(E-1) Applications are invited from Indian Nationals for the following post in the Central Library of the Institute:- LIBRARIAN One Post SCALE OF PAY Rs.37400-67000+AGP Rs.10000/- (Pay Band - 4)For details, please visit IIT Delhi website: www.iitd.ac.in , then click on jobs@iitd or see 23.5.2015 issue of Employment News. For enquiries please write to Jt. REGISTRAR(E-1), I.I.T. Delhi, Tele. No.26591716. Last date for submission of completed application form is 22.6.2015.……….. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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