September 2016 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Launched Visva Bharati Library New Website
by Ajay Kum Sharma 10 Sep '16

10 Sep '16

Dear Library Professionals, After months of development and user testing, we have launched the new Library website of Visva Bharati Library Network which is more user-friendly, easier to navigate, and intuitively organized, our redesigned site comes with additional features we think our patrons will appreciate because they asked for them! You can take a peek at our new homepage at given URL. URL: http://14.139.211.2/library/index.php -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा 阿贾伊·库马尔·夏尔马 Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Cheena Bhavana Library & Additional charge, Hindi Bhavana Library Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Navodya Vidyalya Samiti
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Paramjit Singh" <param126(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, September 9, 2016 12:43 pm To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navodya Vidyalya Samiti: Librarian Total Vacancies: 45 for more details: https://www.mecbsegov.in/cbse/nvs/Rect%20Advt%2025.08.16.pdf -- Thanks & Regards S Paramjit Rana <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238> Librarian <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238>| M.A., M. Phil. Tel. +91 9968 308970, 9911 270778 *"Vidya Vichari Ta Parupkari"*

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Vacancy of Librarian in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samit( NVS)
by Subhodip Bid 09 Sep '16

09 Sep '16

Vacancy of Librarian in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samit( NVS) Name of the Post: Librarian Number of Vacancy*: **35 (UR)* , 10 (OBC), Pay Scale: Rs. 9300-34800 (Grade Pay Rs.4600) Upper age limit:35 Years (As on 31stJuly 2016). Essential Qualification: 1. University degree in Library Science from a recognised institution OR Graduation with One-year Diploma in Library Science from a recognised Institution. 2. Working knowledge of English and Hindi or other Regional Language Desirable Qualification: (i) Experience of Working in a residential school.(ii) Knowledge of computer operations. For more details: https://www.mecbsegov.in/cbse/nvs/Rect%20Advt%2025.08.16.pdf https://www.mecbsegov.in/cbse/nvs/Home.php -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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PAPER SUBMISSION DATE EXTENDED TILL 12th September 2016
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Ramesh Rayapudi" <ramesh.mlisc2006(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, September 8, 2016 1:30 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION DATE EXTENDED TILL 12th September 2016 Dear Sir/Madam, I am informing you that Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK), Kakinada is organizing the 2ndNational Conference on *"LIBRARIANSHIP IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES"* on *23-24 SEPTEMBER 2016* at JNTU Kakinada, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. Sub themes: 1. Changing Dimensions of Librarianship as a Profession. 2. Engineering and Technology Libraries:Problems and Prospects. 3. Impact of emerging technologies on Different types of Libraries. 4. User Expectations and User Needs in ICT Environment. 5. Electronic Resource Management in Digital environment. 6. Changing dimensions of Information Services. 7. Digital Technologies and Contemporary Librarianship. 8. Cloud Computing Applications in Libraries. 9. Skills and Competencies of LIS professionals in the context of emerging technologies. Registration fee : LISc Professionals: Rs.1000/- Research Scholars and Students (Without Conference Proceedings): Rs.800/- Accommodation charges: Rs.600/- (for Two Days). The registration fee and accommodation charges may kindly be sent through Online *SBI Account No:* *20244435741*, IFSC Code: *SBIN0001358,* on the name of *Organizing secretary, JNTUKLIBCON2016*. The scanned of Registrationfrom and payment Receipt may send to: jntuklibcon2016(a)gmail.com *Or* The registration fee and accommodation charges in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of* Organizing Secretary, JNTUKLIBCON2016*, payable at Kakinada and send it and Registration from to the below address. *Address:* *Organizing Secretary,* JNTUKLIBCON2016, Dr B.R. Doraswamy Naick, Dr. B R Ambedkar Central Library, JNTUniversity Kakinada Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh-533003. Mobile: 9963993464 *Important Dates:* Conference dates: *23 and 24, September 2016* Last date for submission of Papers: *12th September 2016* Notification of acceptance of papers: *14th **September 2016* Last date for Online payment and Registration: *15th September 2016* For more details may click http://jntuk.edu.in * or *http://jntucek.ac.in We look forward to receiving the nominations for participation. Thanking You ---- Thanks & Regards *Ramesh. Rayapudi* * Research Scholar- JNTU- Kakinada* * http://ramesh226580.blogspot.in/ <http://ramesh226580.blogspot.in/> * * Jaggayyapet.,Krishna [Dist]* * Andhrapradesh-521175.*

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Rare Book Request
by Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Dear All Please let me know if you have the copy of below book Mahendra Suri, *Yantraraja, *with the commentary of Malayendu Suri, ed. By Sudhakar Dvivedi with his own commentary, Chandraprabha Press, Kashi, Shaka 1804 (AD 1881-1882). -- Warm Regards Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (AUTONOMOUS)* L Napoo Road | Matunga (CR) | Mumbai- 400 019. Tel: 022-2419 8377 | Mob: 9870 18 9999 Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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European funders insist in OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Twenty-seven funders in Europe insist that research outputs arising from research that they fund must be made freely and readily available. Please see <http://europepmc.org/Funders/>. 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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Fwd: Open Science Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arul George Scaria <arul.scaria(a)nludelhi.ac.in> Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:17 PM Subject: Open Science Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016) To: openscienceteam2016(a)googlegroups.com Cc: Rishika Rangarajan <rishika.rangarajan(a)nludelhi.ac.in>, Kuhuk Jain < kuhuk.jain13(a)nludelhi.ac.in>, Anushka Sachdev < anushka.sachdev13(a)nludelhi.ac.in>, openscience.in(a)gmail.com Dear all, I am really happy to share with you a new *email newsletter, *focusing on open movements within and outside India. Many of you have been kindly sharing many interesting news links/ articles with me and I thought that we could evolve a common platform for broader sharing of interesting/ contemporary news in the areas of open science, open access, open data, open educational resources and related IP issues. This monthly newsletter is a small attempt to create a space for sharing and we will be using the crowd sourcing approach for collecting information for this newsletter. The crowd sourcing approach may also ensure openness and sustainability of this newsletter in the long run. So whenever you see any interesting developments relating to the open movements, please do send those links to openscience.in(a)gmail.com also. Needless to say, proper acknowledgments will be given to all the contributors. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who is interested. Subscription for this newsletter is open to all and anyone can subscribe to this newsletter by sending an email to openscience.in(a)gmail.com with just the subject line "Subscribe". Future issues of this newsletter will be coming from that email ID and if you do not wish to receive this newsletter, just reply to this email with "No". I take this opportunity to also thank all the open science project team members at CIIPC <http://www.ciipc.org>, particularly Anushka, Kuhuk and Rishika, for making this newsletter a reality! This may not be the most perfect newsletter. But with your critical comments and suggestions, I do hope that we will be able to collectively improve the quality of this newsletter. best regards, arul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Open Science India <openscience.in(a)gmail.com> Date: 7 September 2016 at 19:34 Subject: Open Science Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016) To: arul.scaria(a)nludelhi.ac.in Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016) Open Science NASA makes its scientific research and data available for public access https://www.nasa.gov/open/researchaccess/pubspace All the NASA funded research articles and research data will be made available for public access through its online archive PubSpace within one year of publication. However, the policy exempts patents and any material governed by personal privacy, proprietary, or security laws from inclusion in the database. More information can be found here <http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-made-all-the-scientific-research-it-f…>. The detailed Policy can be found here <http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2014/12/05/NASA_Plan_for_increas…> . “Reclaim Invention” project launched against patent trolls https://creativecommons.org/2016/08/18/reclaim-invention-benefit-everyone/ Reclaim invention is a project aimed to promote sharing of knowledge within state universities. This project involves preventing universities from selling inventions to patent trolls through a legislation. This legislation requires university technology transfer offices to adopt a policy committing them to manage patent assets in the public interest and voids any agreement to license or transfer a patent to a patent assertion entity. Details of the project can be found here <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/reclaim-invention>. The draft legislation can be found here <https://www.eff.org/files/2016/08/12/reclaiminventionact-09.txt>. Excel errors discovered in research papers due to open access https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/26/an-al arming-number-of-scientific-papers-contain-excel-errors An analysis published in the Genome Biology journal shows that 1 out of 5 scientific papers in the field of genetics contain errors in their gene lists that were attributable to automatic conversions of gene names to things like calendar dates or random numbers by Excel. The papers analysed for this purpose include publications in journals like Nature, Science and PLoS One. Such problems were identified only because these papers were in open access and it is suggested to use R and Python to curb these errors. Open Access Tamil Nadu adopts Creative Commons license https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2 016-08-18/News_and_notes The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GoTN_Tamil_Development_Departments_…> mandating release through creative commons license, certain works published or collected by different government departments and Tamil University. The order includes within its ambit books published by various departments and information from palm leaves, stone carvings and films which are collected by members of various government departments. A rough translation of the order can be accessed here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9--s5Eh7auCbH__zUfmXR9ZlrVjtDvo2UlDztf…> . Open Data The US government releases the federal source code policy https://creativecommons.org/2016/08/16/u-s-moves-ahead-limit ed-code-sharing-policy/ The US government has released a federal source code policy <https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m_16_21.p…> to improve access to software codes developed by or for the federal government. The policy mandates release of 20% of custom developed code as Open Source Software (OSS). A critique of the policy can be found here. <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/white-house-source-code-policy-should…> Concordant on Open Research http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/160728/ Four of the UK’s leading research organisations have proposed certain common principles for working with research data. This is intended to ensure that research data gathered and generated by members of the UK research community is made openly available for use by others wherever possible. New text and data mining copyright exception for researchers to be introduced in EU http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2016/august/eu-planning-t o-introduce-new-text-and-data-mining-copyright-exception- for-research-bodies/ According to the proposals under consideration by EU policy makers, a mandatory text and data mining exception to copyright law might be included in the new EU legislation. Through this process, the Commission is aiming to reduce the transaction costs and legal uncertainties that many researchers face for carrying out text and data mining on content they have lawful access to. In 2014, the UK had introduced a similar exception and the UK legislation can be found here <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1372/contents/made>. Oil and gas industry ready to join the open source world http://fuelfix.com/blog/2016/08/25/oil-companies-joining-ope n-source-world-by-sharing-data Landmark, a technology unit of the energy services company Halliburton, has decided to unveil a cloud-computing platform that will allow companies to collaborate on developing software to process massive volumes of data they collect on the oil and gas industry. The aim is to provide open access to the code on which the platform is based, which would further allow faster analysis of the data. Analysis of such data has been helping gas companies identify plant problems, avoid shut-downs and also to come up with new ways to extract more oil and gas at lower costs. A document explaining the DecisionSpace data server software can be found here <https://www.landmark.solutions/Portals/0/LMSDocs/Datasheets/Decisionspace-d…> Chicago’s first step towards building a smarter, better city with Array of Things https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2016/08/29/chicago-becomes -first-city-launch-array-things The Array of Things <http://arrayofthings.github.io/> is an urban sensing project that will entail installation of modular sensor boxes around Chicago to serve as a “fitness tracker” by collecting real-time data on the city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use. This data will be published openly and free of cost through the Chicago Data Portal <https://data.cityofchicago.org/> so that people can use it to understand their communities and neighborhoods better. U.S. Police department releases policing data http://www.ksla.com/story/32851150/nopd-releases-use-of-force-data Anyone can now have access to New Orleans Police Department’s new policing data on its website <https://public.tableau.com/profile/nola#%21/vizhome/NOPD_UseOfForceIncident…>, 24 hours after the incident, for things like, calls for service, stop and search, and use of force. This is a new initiative for improving transparency. Japan moving towards a ‘smarter city’ with the ‘open data’ project http://readwrite.com/2016/08/29/europe-japan-team-boost-smar t-cities-open-data-project/ Japan has collaborated with EU to take smart cities to the next level with a cloud-based open data platform that will be used as a key foundation that smart cities can be built on. This platform will link big data, Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud computing with Linked Open Data and open government data thereby allowing cities and private firms to develop new applications and services for the public and businesses. More information can be found here <http://readwrite.com/2016/08/29/europe-japan-team-boost-smart-cities-open-d…>. Open Educational Resources Prison education through open educational resources https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/09/01/non-profit- pilots-delivery-of-offline-oer-for-prisoner-education.aspx "The incarcerated populations in the United States are not being given adequate 21st century skills they need to re-enter society. By leveraging current open-source collections of content and unique offline technologies, we're bringing educational opportunities into a place that was off limits just a few short years ago." World Possible <http://worldpossible.org/vision.html>, a non-profit organisation, plans to use offline digital content for education of prisoners. This prison education technology pilot program will expand the use of RACHEL-Plus, a technology that combines a collection of websites such as Khan Academy <https://www.khanacademy.org/>, Wikipedia <https://www.wikipedia.org/>, CK-12 <http://www.ck12.org/>, GCF learnFree.org <http://www.gcflearnfree.org/>, etc to provide education to the prisoners for free. Student Editors: Anushka Sachdev and Kuhuk Jain Editors: Arul George Scaria and Rishika Rangarajan Our special thanks to Karishma Shrivastava and all other members of the Open Science Project Team at the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition <http://www.ciipc.org> (CIIPC) for their excellent inputs for this issue. To ensure openness and sustainability in the long run, we would like this newsletter to be a crowd sourced platform of interesting news on diverse open movements. So if you find any interesting news in the area of open science, open data, open access, open educational resources, open source software or open labs, please send those links to openscience.in(a)gmail.com. Proper acknowledgments will be given to all the contributors. We also welcome your suggestions and comments on this issue. You may send them to openscience.in(a)gmail.com -- Arul George Scaria, Ph.D. [International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation, Munich] Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director - Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) National Law University, Delhi, Sector 14 Dwarka, New Delhi 110078, India. Email: arul.scaria(a)nludelhi.ac.in; arulgs(a)gmail.com Tel:+91 85 2726 2232 http://www.nludelhi.ac.in/pep-fac-new-pro.aspx?Id=46 http://copyx.org/affiliate-faculty/arul-george-scaria/ SSRN Author Page: http://ssrn.com/author=1173057 -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Vacancy of University Librarian and Assistant University Librarian in University of Burdwan, Burdwan
by Subhodip Bid 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Name of the Post: University Librarian Number of Vacancy: 1 post [UR] Pay Scale: Rs. 37,400 –67,000 + AGP Rs. 10,000 a. Minimum Eligibility Criteria: i) A Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and consistently good academic record as set out in UGC Regulations, 2010. ii) At least 13 (thirteen) years of experience as a Deputy Librarian in a University Library or 18 (eighteen) years of experience as a College Librarian iii)Evidence of innovative library services and organization of published work b. Desirable Experiences: A M.Phil/Ph.D. degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation / Archives and Manuscript Keeping. Assistant University Librarian No. of Post : 1 [SC] Pay Scale: Rs. 15,600 –39,100 + AGP Rs. 6,000 Qualification : a. Minimum Eligibility Criteria i) A Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and consistently good academic record with knowledge of computerization of library. ii) Qualifying in the national level eligibility test conducted for the purpose by UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC. iii) However, candidates who are or have been awarded Ph.D. degree in accordance with the “University Grants commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations 2009” shall be exempted from the recruitment of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment or appointment of Assistant University Librarian. For more details http://www.buruniv.ac.in/Notices/REG_2016525_NOT_WEBPAGE.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata MOB. NO. - 08820604794 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: Project Assistants (03) in Library - I I T Hyderabad
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Dear Moderator: Kindly post this in the forum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Applications for the post of Project Assistant in Library* *Position: Project Assistants (03)* IITHLibrary Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Description: The 11THLibrary is looking forward to hire the above announced position on temporary basis for a period of 11 months, to strengthen the library services. The candidate will join an innovative team of library who are actively engaged in providing the information services to the user community for their research activities, teaching and learning mission of the institute. Required Qualification: BLiSc/MLISc from an UGC recognized Institution. Familiarity with emerging information technologies and ILMS (any Library Management Software). Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Clear understanding of and commitment to library user services function. Desirable: One or two years working experience in a reputed research or educational institutes. Candidate maximum age as on date of interview should be 28 years. 11THLibrary opens beyond office hours, the selected candidate should be willing to work in shift duty. Please note, that IITH don't have any provision for residential accommodation. Selected candidate have to arrange their own accommodation. *Pay: Rs. 13,500 - Rs. 17,100/-* To apply: Interested candidates possessing the above qualification may send in their latest updated Resume to the email *iithlibrary(a)iith.ac.in <iithlibrary(a)iith.ac.in%20>* or send the application to library address: IITHLibrary, Room No. 320, 3rd floor. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Medak - 502285. Application Submission: Full consideration given to applications received by *October 21st, 2016.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Regards Siva Shankar K -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA in Europe
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Friends: Twenty-seven funding agencies in Europe have open access policies whereby papers published by researchers receiving support from them must necessarily be made freely accessible to whoever wants to read them. For details, please see the following two links: http://europepmc.org/Funders/ https://wellcome.ac.uk/news/why-we-have-set-publisher-requirements Best. 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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