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Articles to Read -- 2016-01-21
by Mohan Hr 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting InfoTech: Six Transformations From 2015 That Will Reshape The World Urbanization: Smart Cities will Transform Governance Energy: Renewable Energy: Where is the Complete Package? >From AI To Robotics, 2016 Will Be The Year When The Machines Start Taking Over Economy: Dreaming Big InfoTech: Devotees go hi-tech, submit 'Ram Naam' through app InfoTech: These are the signs Apple is working on the next major computing platform Strategy: Why more and more companies are encouraging their staff to participate in Marathons InfoTech: Putting the Eye in IoT: What we can expect to see in 2016 in security & video surveillance Startups: InfoTech: Chennai floods: Startups use their tech edge to push relief operations Read them at http://goo.gl/HI2XSx Your feedback is welcome You can access the date wise archives of "Articles to Read" at http://goo.gl/B2VFCF With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles to Read -- 2016-01-20
by Mohan Hr 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Dear all, You may like these articles interesting Startups: 30 Inspiring Billion-Dollar Startup Company Mission Statements Education: Why opt for a course abroad? General: 57 small things you can do every day to be happier and more successful Environment: Psychology: What animals can teach us about stress Science & Tech: Five surprising findings about death and dying Science & Tech: 365 days: Nature's 10: Ten people who mattered this year. Healthcare: Spread of Ebola ends: 7 lessons from a devastating epidemic Self Development: InfoTech: 30 Websites That Will Make You Unbelievably Smarter Education: Writing: 6 Quick and easy ways to better explain science to non-scientists InfoTech: 10 things the tech world should leave behind Read them at http://goo.gl/Em3sxz Your feedback is welcome You can access the date wise archives of "Articles to Read" at http://goo.gl/B2VFCF With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Million-dollar awards for scientists in China
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

China announces the creation of two new million-dollar science awards, one each for life science and materials science. < http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/chinese-science-awards-emulate-nobel-priz… > Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles to Read -- 2016-01-19
by Mohan Hr 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting Transportation: White House Looks to Spend $3.9B to Jump-Start Autonomous Car Efforts InfoTech: Programming Trends To Look For This Year Privacy: European Court Rules Employers Can Monitor Your Private Messages Employment: InfoTech: Five million jobs at risk from AI and robotics, warns World Economic Forum InfoTech: Business: 7 Steps to Business and IT Alignment Startups: Innovation: Creating the next Apple with a ‘secret sauce’ Real Estate: 10 affordable property markets in India Education: General: Know your English -- 2016-01-18 Employment: CLAT way to a glorious career Startups: Top 10 takeaways from Modi's speech at Start-up India launch Read then at http://goo.gl/2fPCy0 Your feedback is welcome You can access the date wise archives of "Articles to Read" at http://goo.gl/B2VFCF With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Librametrics to Altmetrics
by gopikuttan gopikuttan 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Dear professionalsWe have immense pleasure to announce the details of a National Seminar on Librametrics to Altmetrics on 26th and 27th of February 2016. The details of the seminar is attached. kindly make it convenient to attend the seminar. thank you Dr.A.GopikuttanProfessorDept of Library and Information Scienceuniversity of KeralaThiruvananthapuram-34Mob: 09446428163

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Seminar on "Application of Digital Library and E-Resource in Research and Management Studies
by meera anand 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Dear LIS Professionals, The department of Library and Information Center, Jain College, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bangalore is organizing one day Seminar on "Application of Digital Library and E-Resource in Research and Management Studies". Speaker: Dr. M. Krishnamurthy Faculty, Documentation Research and Training Center(DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Date: 21/01/2016 Time: 10.30 AM to 1.30 PM Venue: Seminar Hall, Jain College, R R Nagar With Regards, Ramesha, M H Librarian Jain college Rajarajeshwarinagar Bangalore Ph: 080 28604647 Mob: 9743032549 -- 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 OUR BELOVED TEACHER PROF. U.M.THAKUR
by BASANTA KUMAR DAS 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

sir, pl inform to lis forum members. With great pains this is to inform all my library professional & colleague that Prof. Ugra Mohan Thakur, our beloved teacher of Department of Library and Information Science, University of Patna and Coordinator(LIS), Nalanda Open University passed away on 16th January 2016. It will be great loss to the whole Library & Information Sc. Community as well as academic community. Let all of us pray that his departed Soul may rest in peace. Let us also communicate our sympathy to the bereaved family members. -- BASANTA KUMAR DAS IGNOU RANCHI BLOG:bkdasignou.blogspot.com http://mylibrary-basanta.blogspot.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Join EIFL and IDS free webinar on DSpace repositories on 20 January
by Shamprasad Pujar 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

**Sorry for Cross Postings, if any ** Dear All, It may be of interest to some of you. Regards, S M Pujar Deputy Librarian IGIDR, Mumbai, India ========================================= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ina Smith <Ina(a)assaf.org.za> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:27 PM Subject: Join EIFL and IDS free webinar on DSpace repositories on 20 January EIFL and IDS webinar on DSpace repositories Join our free EIFL and IDS webinar on DSpace repositories on Wednesday, 20 January, at 10:00 GMT to learn more on how to check whether your DSpace repository has been set up according to the current best practice and how to make adjustments if needed: upgrades, standardization of the installation and customization. Nason Bimbe (IDS, http://www.ids.ac.uk), Hilton Gibson (Stellenbosch University) and Andrew Mwesigwa (Makerere University) will share experiences from their joint activities to assist the Makerere University Library (http://mulib.mak.ac.ug) to effectively manage the digitisation projects and to maintain their own DSpace repository that is used to disseminate the university?s intellectual outputs. And Africa Bwamkuu (African Digital Libraries Support Network, ADLSN) will talk about hosting digital libraries on the cloud: a case study of adlc.info - platform for digital repositories. Best practices for running sustainable institutional repositories will be discussed as well as DSpace repository operations optimisation, taking into account the experience gained from managing the following: - Makerere University Institutional Repository http://makir.mak.ac.ug - SUNScholar : Stellenbosch University Institutional Repository http://scholar.sun.ac.za - SUNDigital Collections http://digital.lib.sun.ac.za - University of Namibia Library - UNAM Scholarly Repository http://repository.unam.na - IDS OpenDocs: http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs Programme The webinar will have two parts. The first part will address the following topics: - Systems work: how to standardise the DSpace repository installation according to best systems practice for Unix/Linux servers, e.g. checking operational installation location, etc; - How to manage DSpace upgrades and other operational customisations in line with the normal installation of DSpace and those needed for the upgrade of DSpace; - Ensuring daily repository maintenance: how to institute a system of daily backups and daily automatic maintenance; setting up policies for disaster recovering; - How to set up the digital object identifier handle server, the OAI-PMH remote harvester interface and the SWORD remote deposit service; - High-level discussion of other DSpace interoperability facilities such as RSS, REST-API, RDF, DOI and ORCID; - Operational customisations: how to institute a simple academic submission; amend the default license for submission; set up custom index; how to update the XMLUI front page news file, etc; - How to enable the use of Google analytics; - How to enable the Mirage2 theme; - Community/collection hierarchies management; - The need for open access self archiving policy and repository preservation plan; and - Hosting digital repositories in the cloud. The second part of the webinar will be devoted to answering your questions about DSpace upgrades, standardisation of the installation and customization. Date: 20 January 2016 Time: 10:00 GMT Target audience: repository administrators and managers, ICT staff, librarians. How to register: please register here https://docs.google.com/a/eifl.net/forms/d/1lyYWv9BW06grnuKHCczAuVMyTlmTCI9… How to participate: go to http://www.instantpresenter.com/eifl128 and enter this password DSpace All you will need is an internet-connected computer with sound (and maybe headphones if you are in a busy room). To check if your computer will be able to access the session successfully, please go to: www.instantpresenter.com/systemtest Iryna Kuchma Open Access Programme Manager EIFL - Electronic Information for Libraries - www.eifl.net Email: iryna.kuchma(a)eifl.net ; Skype: iryna.kuchma; Twitter: @irynakuchma Follow EIFL on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and RSS View EIFL photos and videos on Flickr, Vimeo and YouTube -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Koha Conclave - Bangalore (17th & 18th February 2016)
by Amit Gupta 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hi All, Informatics is pleased to present National Koha Conclave - a two day event on Koha and Indian Libraries scheduled on 17th and 18th February 2016 at Bangalore. The event will be inaugurated by Mr. Chris Cormack (New Zealand), the original developer of Koha. Chris will also be presenting an advance level half-a-day workshop on Koha during this two day event. The event will witness several eminent speakers from the Indian Library landscape and Koha experts through plenaries, panel discussions, case studies and future development needs and opportunities on Koha. The event will be attended by existing and prospective users of Koha. The highlights of the event are: a) Koha, the Road Ahead: A global view from Chris Cormack. b) Development/Customization challenges. c) Wish List by Participating Koha Users - Review Discussion. d) Successful Koha implementations - Case Studies. e) Advance Workshop on Koha (150 minutes). f) Koha on Cloud - Panel Discussion. g) Koha as a Collaborative Platform for Indian Libraries - Panel Discussion. Please mark your calendar and block your dates for this event - National Koha Conclave and register your participation at the link: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet Since limited seats are available, please rush your registration. -- Regards, Amit Gupta Informatics Publishing Ltd., Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles to Read -- 2016-01-18
by Mohan Hr 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Dear all, You may find these articles interesting. InfoTech: Microsoft says new processors will only work with Windows 10 General: The 10 things a perfect city needs Science & Tech: General: Explainer: why can’t humans photosynthesise? Education: What’s the point of education if Google can tell us anything? Healthcare: How your meal affects your mood Marketing: Selling tips from America’s greatest salesman – Elmer Wheeler Society: Could your taste for ‘teen’ porn land you in legal trouble? InfoTech: Reimagining the Internet Science & Tech: Making the brain transparent InfoTech: Principles for Digital Development Read them at http://goo.gl/R5jdPH Your feedback is welcome You can access the date wise archives of "Articles to Read" at http://goo.gl/B2VFCF With regards HR Mohan IITM 1976 BTME Chair, IEEE CS & PCS and IPP, CSI http://hrm-infoforuse.blogspot.in http://infoforuse.blogspot.in https://www.facebook.com/mohan.hr.524 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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