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Announcement of Three Days National Workshop on Organizing Research with Reference Management Tools during 27th - 29th December 2017 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar - regd.
by Roma 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Dear All, Greetings from INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar! As you are aware that INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar has announced the Three Days National Workshop on Organizing Research with Reference Management Tools during 27th - 29th December 2017. The aim of this workshop is to give the participants a sound overview of reference management tools and their usefulness in organizing research. Use of reference management tools like Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote are very helpful to create research workspace & carry out research works, creation & organize bibliographies, to construct references while writing research, collaborating and discovering new research. These standard tools can reduce the task of writing bibliographies, references manually while writing research, thereby cutting the time, human efforts & errors on the part of research scholars. The following major topics will be covered in the workshop: - Introduction to Research and Research Ethics - Demo Presentation on “RefWorks” by Proquest. - Use of Reference Management Tool- Zotero with "hands-on-practice" - Use of Reference Management Tool- EndNote with "hands-on-practice” - Use of Reference Management Tool- Mendeley with "hands-on-practice” - Referencing / Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism, Use of "URKUND" anti-plagiarism s/w. Please, request you to circulate/share this information in your work circle. If anyone of your colleagues or anyone from other Institutions nearby to you wishes to attend then please ask them to do register themselves fully for this workshop on or before 20th December 2017 by paying the registration fees as a limited number of seats are available. For more details and registration process, please go through https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/hrd/ and attached brochure. Please visit for more details: https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/Reference_Management2017.pdf <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inflibnet.ac.in%2Fforthcomin…> Thank you! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access / Solutions but not illegal affair: Some Points to Ponder
by Vasanth 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Dear Sir/Madam, Just to understand why we need Sci hub kind of tools to access information and how unrestricted access to knowledge is addressed previously. - Aaron Swartz and The Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto Aaron Swartz was an Internet wizard who was behind the development of Creative Commons License and RSS Syndication. He took his own life in 2011. But what he did in a span of 26 years of his life was something very extraordinary and interesting. He was a fierce proponent of open access movement. He wrote the “Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto” to propagate free and unrestricted access to knowledge. Swartz did then what Sci hub is allowing us to do now. He downloaded millions of articles from JSTOR through MIT computer networks. The “Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto” reads like this “Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations….”. - Delhi University and Copyright Tangle with Major Publishers We all know how Oxford University Press, Cambridge and Tylor and Francis didn’t allow photocopy of the course materials they publish for students at Delhi University. They filed a copyright suit against the sale of photocopy materials at Delhi University, however Delhi High Court dismissed this copyright infringement petition. This was done by the major publishers to restrict the access to reading materials. How many of them in a country like India able to afford thousands of rupees to purchase books and other reading materials? - German Researcher boycotting Elsevier Publications Early 2017 some 60+ German Universities tried to cancel the subscriptions to Elsevier journals citing increasing costs. They demanded to make German publications open Access. German Universities wants their research publications available openly for them to access without paying exuberant fees to access their own published materials and others. This was an interesting developments in journal subscriptions and pricing models. There are other intricacies which is not needed here to discuss. But this issue brought up the debate on free access to knowledge. - Microsoft Windows Operating System and Piracy We are all familiar on this. Most of us are using pirated Windows OS for running other applications in our computers. Interesting fact is that except in few occasions Microsoft has never made this issue an important one and also there was no substantial information to claim that pirated Windows OS has lost their financial benefits considerably. Even at times we have heard that the company itself allow general users to have pirated Windows OS versions so that they will be familiar with this OS and help them to thrive their business in a different way. Today we can download songs and films of all kinds through Torrent. Is this legal or illegal? Today Internet itself at the centre of creating an unequal world which was not the vision of the creators of Internet. This is an unending question. ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N.Mysuru

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PG Question papers 2015 to 2017
by Naveen. KS 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Dear Professionals, Our College students need *AIIMS* PG old question papers 2015 to 2016 and 2017 May & Nov papers. If any body have this papers kindly send to my mail. * naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com <naveen.ks100(a)gmail.com> * -- Thanks Naveen K .S *Chief Librarian,* Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Holehonnur Road, Shimoga. Karnataka. 8884000300. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA Library Map of the World - more than 2 million libraries counted
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Date: Tue, November 14, 2017 1:28 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IFLA is happy to share a quick update from the Library Map of the World. We have an incredible result from the first phase of data collection which ended on 31 October. Thanks to data contributors from around the world IFLA was able to count more than2 million libraries in 99 countries. During this initial phase of the Library Map of the World project we have learned about the state of libraries in these countries and moved closer to our shared goal of having reliable global library statistics. We would like to thank our data partners â those who submitted their data and those still in process â for this fantastic response. This is just the beginning and we are looking forward to the next year as the Library Map of the World becomes an annual activity, managed and maintained by IFLA. We are now analysing the results of the first phase to provide an annual summary report very soon. Visit the Library Map of the World at librarymap.ifla.org and stay tuned for news! Library Map of the World â visualising the power of the united library field Kind Regards, Gerald Leitner IFLA Secretary General

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Final Reminder, SoFerence 2017: A Place to Make a Difference!Regisration will be closed on 20th Nov 2017
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "Bk Panda" <Bk.Panda(a)tcs.com> Date: Mon, November 13, 2017 12:10 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professional Friends, Final Reminder, SoFerence 2017: A Place to Make a Difference! Registration will be closed on 20th Nov 2017 Request you all to do the registration because it is essential /mandatory or entry into TCS Campus .Registered yourself with this link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlSdAZGu7hpd6Gv3YbAKaPowBN3N0E3iX… TCS Information Resource Center (IRC) Bhubaneswar in collaboration with Odisha Library Academy announces the 4th edition of "Soference" to be held on Saturday, 2nd December 2017. SoFerence is a bi-annual conference organized by TCS IRC for sharing experience on Library and Information Science (LIS) and related areas. First two editions of SoFerence were held at TCS Bangalore in 2011 and 2013 in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA).Third edition of SoFerence was organized at TCS, Hyderabad in collaboration with Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD) in 2015. This year's theme is "Digital by Default: Make Yourself Future Ready" SoFerence 2017 invites unpublished and original papers from LIS Professionals, Students, Research Scholars, Content Managers, Information Managers, Publishers, ECM/KM Professionals, Academicians and others on case studies, success stories, best practices and lessons learnt on the following topics but not restricted to: 1. Analytics/Big data Application in LIS 2. Data Science and Visualization 3. Disruptive Innovation and Technology 4. Internet of Things and Libraries 5. Cloud Computing and its Impact on Library Services 6. Social Media and Social Networking Services for Library 7. Plagiarism and Reference/Citation Management Tools 8. Evaluating Library Services and Quality (LibQUAL/SERVQUAL, Gap Analysis) 9. Web Learning and open source Learning Management System 10. Seeking Impact and Visibility of Scholarly Communications Last date for completed paper submission: October 30, 2017 Last date for registration: November 20th , 2017 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlSdAZGu7hpd6Gv3YbAKaPowBN3N0E3iX… Best Regards, Bijoy Ketan Panda Information Resource Centre Tata Consultancy Services (UNIT-I)- KALINGA PARK IT/ITES SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (SEZ),PLOT NO. 35, CHANDAKA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PATIA, Bhubaneswar - 751 024,Orissa India Ph:- 91-0674-6645275 Buzz:- 467-5509 Mailto: bk.panda(a)tcs.com Website: http://www.tcs.com ____________________________________________

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Article request - Reg.
by Mohammad Pasha 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

Dear All, Below article is needed for one of our Dental faculty. If you have access, Please forward to me. Cleveland JI, Kohn WC. Antimicrobial resistance and dental care: a CDC perspective. Dent Abstr. 1998;108–110. Thanks and Regards, Pasha, Librarian, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah - UAE. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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3rd NACML-2018: Library Conference @ Manipal University
by Mahabaleshwara Rao 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from the Health Sciences Library, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka We are very glad to inform you that SEARCH – The Health Sciences Library and Department of Library and Information Science, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka is organizing 3rd National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) - 2018 on 9th & 10th February, 2018 on the theme “Transformation of Libraries for Tomorrow”. We have been organizing “National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML)” under different themes since 2014. In this series of NACML, we have organized 1st NACML-2014 and 2nd NACML-2016 at Manipal. Date - 3rd National Conference on Management of Modern Libraries (NACML) – 2018 February 09-10, 2018 Venue Dr. TMA Pai Hall - II, 2nd Floor, KMC Administrative Building, Manipal Main Theme Transformation of Libraries for Tomorrow Sub Themes • Collection development • Resource sharing in digital environment, networking, consortia practices • Open access initiatives • Copyright and licensing issues • Digital collection strategies and priorities • Application of innovative ideas in the library • Information literacy • Research support services and programmes • Extension activities and marketing of library and information services and products • Best practices in the library in ICT environment • Development of information and knowledge services • Public library services • Institutional repositories • Users and their information seeking behavior • Search and web scale discovery/single window search • Social networking and impact on libraries • Remote access and security tools • Library portals, OPAC, QR codes, Mobile Apps • RFID implementation in libraries • Planning and designing of future academic and public library building and infrastructure • Library leadership, skill development and competency management • User satisfaction • Modern librarianship and challenges for library professionals • Role of librarians as access facilitators • Future of libraries and librarianship • User empowerment • LIS education in transformation of libraries Call for Papers Papers on the theme and sub themes enumerated above based on research or practical experience in the field may be submitted for presentation at the conference. The contributor can include any other topic falling under the broad gamut of the main theme of conference. Case studies will also be accepted. Authors are requested to submit full papers through an e-mail attachment to lisconference(a)manipal.edu. Best Paper Award 3rd NACML-2018 Organizing Committee would like to grant Best Paper Award to the best paper presented at the conference. Two candidates will be selected: one winner for the Best Paper Award and a Runner-up. This award is open to authors who present papers in this conference. Best Paper Award will include certificate and cash reward. Registration Fee • Professionals: Rs. 800.00 • Research Scholars (Full-time), LIS Students and Retired Professionals: Rs. 500.00 Registration fee includes conference kit, working lunch/dinner, refreshment etc. Important Dates • Last date for submission of full papers : 15.1.2018 • Acceptance of full paper for presentation : 27.1.2018 • Last date for Registration : 03.2.2018 • On-the-spot registration is also available at the Venue Accommodation Accommodation will be provided on request on payment in Manipal University Hostel and Guest House. Kindly circulate this to your professional staff members/colleagues/students/research scholars and give this conference a wide publicity. We are looking forward papers from library professionals, academicians, research scholars and LIS students. Kindly find the attached conference brochure and registration form. Please visit conference website http://conference.manipal.edu/NACML for more information We heartily welcome you to join us in 3rd NACML-2018 @ Manipal. Thanks & Regards, Dr. Mahabaleshwara Rao Organizing Secretary – 3rd NACML 2018 Associate Professor & Senior Librarian Health Sciences Library and Dept. of Library & Information Science Manipal University, Manipal Ph: 0820 2922609 M: 9964498288 e-Mail: lisconference(a)manipal.edu m.rao(a)manipal.edu baikadi(a)yahoo.com

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Open Access / Solutions but not illegal affair
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 176, Issue 22 From: "Ramesh Pandita" <rameshpandita90(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, November 13, 2017 10:27 am To: "LIS forum" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The research results made available to the public by publishing them through commercial means involves lots of money, charged in the name of manuscript handling charges, language improvement and other OA publishing charges etc. So this has put the commercial publishers at the win-win situation. Still more, these commercial publishers provide access to their published content viz., the published research articles on a subscription basis to the institutions those who subscribe to such journals, so again a win- win situation for the commercial publishers, who, in fact mint money out of the hard work rendered by a researcher, who in turn gets nothing out of his hard work. > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 17:40:31 +0530 > From: vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Open Access / Solutions but not illegal affair > Message-ID: > <CAGLUwiS7ZeKsvy=rz+7ksq9P80Q31KofrDH_mHmEvGTch- > B1AQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear All, > > Many time there is a debate on open access resources and many of the people > supported Sci-hub and such illegal resources. My simple view is how these > illegal resources can be supported by many people and hamper the right of > anyone/publishers hand to mouth. The resources which was collected and > organized by publishers required huge manpower and infrastructure as well > as the authors of intellectual output accepted terms and condition of the > publishers. > > In open source software world we are free to use and distribute software > but can never distribute and use Microsoft windows etc. similarly there is > already several laws for such publications and we must convince publishers > to publish under such laws which help in free flow of knowledge else we can > think of framing such laws which is win win kind of situation for > publisher, author and rest of users. > > Such as a rule can be framed where publisher can provide free access to > affiliated institutes to all particular journal issue/volume which contain > even a single article of authors affiliated institute or there may be like > this. But please remember illegal is illegal and to survive and make > healthy society where every body is having right for food, cloth and > shelter we must accept the laws framed by us for us only. > > With Regards, > > Vinod Kumar Mishra, > Assistant Librarian, > Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), > NIT Rourkela, > Sundergadh-769008, > Odisha, > India. > Mob:91+9439420860 > Website: http://mishravk.com/ > ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 > > *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical > relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma > Gandhi* >

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Special Lectures during National Library Week Celebration - November 14th to 20th 2017
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "bbramesha B" <bbramesha(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, November 13, 2017 12:22 pm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Moderator, Request for announcement of the following information for the benefits of LIS professionals. Bangalore University Department of Library & Information Science Jhanabharathi Campus, Bangalore â 560 056. & Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) National Library Week Celebration - November 14th to 20th 2017 We cordially invite you all for special lecture programmes organized by Dept. of Library and Information Science Bangalore University, Bangalore in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) Special Lecture I : Date: 14.11.2017 Time: 11.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon Topic: "Digital Divide and Digital India Programme: Role of Public Libraries" Prof. B. Ramesh Babu Former Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Madras, Chennai 12.00Noon to 12.15PM Coffee Break Special Lecture II : Date: 14.11.2017 - Time: 12.15 P.M. to 1.00PM Topic: "Future of Libraries and Changing Role of LIS Professionals Dr. Anand Byrappa Librarian, J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore Special Lecture III: Date: 14.11.2017 - Time: 2.00 P.M. to 3.30 P.M. Topic: "Library Technologies: Practical Challenges". Mr. R. Sunil Manager, Camtech Multisolutions, Bangalore All are Welcome Dr. Ramesh, Professor and Chairman Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Students Dept. of Library and Information Science, BUB -- Dr. Ramesha Professor and Chairman Vice-President, ILA and IATLIS Dept. of Library and Information Science Bangalore University Jnana Bharathi Campus BANGALORE - 560 056 Phone: Mobile 09481246961 Office Direct :080 22961401 http://bramesha.webs.com/

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Two Day National Conference
by Dharani Kumar 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

*Dear LIS Professionals *Department of PG Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Jnana Sahyadri, Kuvempu University, in association with Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA) jointly plan to organise two day National level conference on a theme "Libraries with no boundaries" on Februaruy 16th and 17th of 2018. *Theme**: Libraries with no boundaries* *Subtheme: Libraries and Information Centers (LICs)* · Libraries – move from collection-centric to service centric · Public library as your local information resources center · College library – as second classroom · College library – with interactive learning materials · Information literacy for college and university centers · Information seeking and searching behavior in web environment · Use of discovery tools – in college and university libraries · Collection development– in-time than in-case (patron driven acquisition) · Relevance of traditional skills of librarianship in web environment · Knowledge management in libraries · Relevance of data librarianship in present research environment · Trend in research: Evaluation of institution research output (Bibliometric, Informetrics, Scientometrics, Altmetrics) · Sustainability of Open access publishing (books and journals) · Core skills and knowledge for digital libraries *Sub-Theme: Teaching* · Core knowledge and skills needed in web-based environment · Quality-drivers for LIS education · Competitors of LIS domain in the web environment · Innovation – driven LIS education in web –environment · Need for specialization in LIS education *a. *Medical information system *b. *Corporate information system *c. *Knowledge capturing and management *d. *Information and research literacy · Merging or collaboration of LIS education with computer science or management field · Open Education Resources for LIS education · Participation of Indian LIS schools with MOOCs and iSchool · Future of choice-based credit system to address the market demand · Industry- university relation for LIS domain Guidelines for Paper SubmissionProspective authors are invited to submit there manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the conference. It is required that the manuscript follows the conference standard camera-ready format (Times New Roman, 10-point font, single line spacing, justified, APA reference style). Submissions must include title, abstract (about 250 words), keywords, author and affiliation with email address. The size of the paper should not exceed 5000 words. The paper should not contain page numbers or any special headers or footers. The organizers consider plagiarism as a serious professional misconduct. All submissions are subjected for screening for plagiarism and when identified, the submission will be rejected. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be brought out during the conference. Important Dates Call for Papers November 5, 2017 Last Date for Submission of Papers January 10, 2018 Paper Acceptance Notification January 16, 2018 Onwards Last Date of Registration Conference Date February 16-17, 2018 Registration Fees Working Librarians and Teachers Rs. 1300/- (For registration on or before 31st January, 2018) Rs.1500/- ( On or after February 1, 2018 Research Scholars/(Full Time) (Need to produce respective ID proof) Rs. 1000/- Registration fee includes conference kit, working lunch, and high-tea. The delegates have to make their own arrangements for accommodation. However, on request, the organizing committee will provide a list of lodges with tariff and phone numbers. To facilitate outstation delegates, accommodation will be arranged on receipt of actual charges made by lodging people. Offline and online options are available for the registration. For offline payment, the DD drawn in favor of Organizing Secretary payable at SBI, Shankaraghatta should be sent to *Dr. B.S. Biradar* *Professor & Chairman* Organizing Secretary National Conference on Libraries With No Boundaries Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta – 577 451 The payment can also be made online to *“ National Conference, DLIS”* by bank transfer to account number 37275220757 payable at SBI, Jnanasahyadri (IFSC Code: SBIN0040759) -- *Dr. P. Dharani Kumar* Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaragatta, Shimoga Karnataka, India-577451 http://www.dharanikumar.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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