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Fwd: International Accord for Repository Networks
by Subbiah Arunachalam 17 May '17

17 May '17

Friends: Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director of COAR, sent out this letter two days ago. It talks about an international accord for repository networks. The accord was signed by network representatives from Australasia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, Japan, South Africa, and the United States. Notice India's name is missing. For the simple reason we don't have a working repository network. CSIR, DST and DBT made some attempts to set up national level repository aggregators and researchers may or may not deposit their published papers or postprints or preprints and no questions are asked. Eloy Rodriguez, Chairman of COAR, says, "This accord brings us one step closer to our goal of transforming the system to make it more research-centric, open to and supportive of innovation, while also collectively managed by the scholarly community.” It is likely that soon the international of network of repositories will become the go to place for all new knowledge. We in India should not be left behind. Let us (LIS folks in academia and research labs) act. The first step is to set up institutional repositories; that means, for many learning the basics - EPrints or DSpace or some other software and keeping up with developments (like ORCID). From: Kathleen Shearer <m.kathleen.shearer(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 09:21:44 -0400 Sorry for the cross posting International Accord for Repository Networks Venice, Italy On May 8, 2017, several regional and national repository networks and stakeholder groups formally endorsed an international accord that will lead to the greater alignment of repository networks around the world. The aim of the accord is to improve cooperation between national and regional repository networks by identifying common principles and areas of collaboration that will lead to the development of global services. Repositories play a fundamental and expanding role in supporting open access and open science, and there are thousands of repositories deployed around the world that provide access to research articles, data and other types of content. Increasingly, these repositories are connected through regional and national repository networks that define standards for their communities and offer valuable services on top of repository content. However, given the international nature of research, it is critical that these repository networks work together to ensure they are interoperable, while also supporting the unique needs of their local communities. The international accord, developed by COAR, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, will foster closer relationships between the regional networks and act as a framework for undertaking specific activities including metadata exchange across networks, the adoption of common standards and APIs, and implementation of common functionalities. The accord was signed by network representatives from Australasia, Canada, China, Europe, Latin America, Japan, South Africa, and the United States. “We share a common vision of a distributed, community-based open science infrastructure around the world”, says Eloy Rodrigues, chairman of COAR. “But to achieve this vision, we need to work together.” Kathleen Shearer, COAR Executive Director says, “This accord brings us one step closer to our goal of transforming the system to make it more research-centric, open to and supportive of innovation, while also collectively managed by the scholarly community.” In the coming weeks, COAR, along with the signatories, will work to define the various levels of collaboration, with the eventual aim of positioning repositories as the foundation of a global knowledge commons. The accord is available here: https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/aligning- repository-networks-across-regions/ For more information, please contact Kathleen Shearer: office(a)coar-repositories.org **** Also, please see < https://www.coar-repositories.org/files/OpenAIRE2020_D3.3.pdf> -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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ORCID at MIT
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 May '17

16 May '17

Friends: At MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, ORCIDs are used now in DSpace for faculty, graduate students, postdocs & research staff so all their publications can be attributed to the right authors, retrieved easily and unambiguously. Please see < http://libraries.mit.edu/news/orcids-dspace-faculty/25151/#.WRf_77gK-so.fac… >. Please note that the work was done by the librarians. This is a good model for us in India to adopt. What do you think/ Subbiah Arunachalam 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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Nomination for ASIS&T Awards
by jiban 16 May '17

16 May '17

Dear Colleagues, Aspiring professionals may submit their nomination to the following ASIS&T awards within June. James M. Cretsos Leadership Award by June 1, 2017 Best Research in Information Science Award by June 15, 2017 Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award by June 15, 2017 ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award by June 15, 2017 Bob Williams History Fund: Research Grant by June 30, 2017 Bob Williams History Fund: Research Paper Award by June 30, 2017 Get details of the award descriptions and deadlines for all the awards at https://www.asist.org/about/awards/ Regards Jiban K. Pal -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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COLLOQUIUM:-6 "Libraries in the Era of Internet of Things"
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 16 May '17

16 May '17

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC) 8th Mile, Mysore Road, RVCE Post Bangalore-560 059 COLLOQUIUM:-6 Libraries in the Era of Internet of Things Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) alludes to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP Address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other internet-enabled devices and systems. In the IoT technologies, sensors and actuators embedded in physical objects are linked through wired and wireless networks. Like any other service industries, this technology also has a huge potential in the betterment of library services. This colloquium attempts to explain what is Internet of Things, the technology and its growth, examples from service industries and deliberate on its possible impact on libraries and identify potential library areas where it can be implemented effectively. The colloquium is organized as follows: Speaker Topic Amrish Dubey Introduction Goutam Mondal History Harish Kumar T Communication Models Dipanjan Munshi Technology Udaya Varadarajan Tools Harsha Rathi Platforms Susheel Chourasiya Applications in Libraries Supriya Bag Challenges of IoT Naveen Patil Case study Amit Tiwari Conclusion Date: 17-05-2017 Time: 2 p.m. Venue: DRTC Class Room (G-16), ISI Bangalore. Coordinator: Dr. Biswanath Dutta All are cordially invited. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Early Bird Registration: International UDC Seminar 2017 - Faceted Classification Today, London 14-15 September
by Aida Slavic 15 May '17

15 May '17

===== Invitation for registration ===== The International UDC Seminar 2017 FACETED CLASSIFICATION TODAY: theory, technology and end users DATE: 14-15 September 2017 VENUE: Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Road London, United Kingdom WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2017/ CONTACT: seminar2017(a)udcc.org UDC Seminar 2017 revisits faceted analytical theory as one of the most influential methodologies in the development of knowledge organization systems. We invite information professionals, researchers, lecturers in library and information science and computer science as well as controlled vocabulary developers and designers to join us in discussing important issues related to 'facets' and their application in information organization and discovery. Various aspects of facet analysis will be discussed by the most eminent authors in the field of knowledge organization and classification: Richard Smiraglia, Vanda Broughton, Birger Hjorland, A.R.D. Prasad, Claudio Gnoli, Joseph Tennis, Martin Fricke, Dagobert Soergel, Rebecca Green, Rick Szostak et al. The conference proceedings will be published by Ergon and distributed at the conference. To learn more about the conference programme and to register, go to the conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2017/ Early bird registration opens 15 May 2017: €250 early bird fee, students €220 (closes on 30 June) €290 regular fee, students €250 About the organizer: "Faceted Classification Today" is the sixth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the Universal Decimal Classification Consortium (UDC Consortium). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the UDC and to support its use and development (http://www.udcc.org). UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. -- Dr Aida Slavic Editor-in-Chief UDC Email: aida.slavic(a)udcc.org --- UDC Consortium PO Box 90407 2509 LK The Hague The Netherlands --- Web: http://www.udcc.org Email: mail(a)udcc.org ______________________ * International UDC Seminar 2017 - London, 14-15 September - http://seminar.udcc.org/2017/ * UDC Online Hub (6 languages): http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php * UDC Summary (56 languages): http://www.udcsummary.info/php/index.php The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool ______________________

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Conference Papers Available - European Business School Librarians Group (EBSLG)
by Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar 15 May '17

15 May '17

Dear All *Business School Librarians - Join the India Business School Librarians' Group - for more information please contact 9870189999* The Annual European Business School Librarians Group (EBSLG) conference 2017 took place from Monday 24 to Thursday 27 April 2017 at the Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Conference papers <http://www.strath.ac.uk/library/ebslg2017/programme/> are now available for you to download. (Click the title of each session to download papers relating to that session.) URL : http://www.strath.ac.uk/library/ebslg2017/programme/ -- 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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Subbiah Arunachalam, “Mr Open Access”, Tells us Why Policy Research is Important
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 15 May '17

15 May '17

Interview with Subbiah Arunachalam about Open Access.*"Policy research is important because poor advice will lead to poor policies"* *"Unless all the knowledge you need is freely available, your ability to further advance knowledge is limited"*Full interview link - *https://tinyurl.com/mlybcyr <https://tinyurl.com/mlybcyr> * -- 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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Urgent requirement for the scope of syllabus for 2019 ISC
by Shaikh.S. Simee 15 May '17

15 May '17

Dear All, Does anyone have the scope of syllabus ISC 2019 English literature and list of prescribed textbooks for XI and XII as per the ISC. If anyone has it kindly forward me the soft copy of the same(only English). Its very urgent... Thanks Librarian N.L DALMIA HIGH SCHOOL -- You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass But your final reward will be heartache and tears If you've cheated the man in the glass -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reduce Library efforts and Enhance service with Koha Public report and CoverFlow
by vinod mishra 14 May '17

14 May '17

Dear All, As we know librarians are always very busy professionals in my view and they are very dedicated too !!!, Hence some recent research i have did through which you can not only reduce the library professionals efforts and save the time but you can drastically enhance your library services with the help of Koha Library automation software CoverFlow and Public Report feature. For more details please feel free to contact and read at: http://mishravk.com/2017/05/coverflow-2/ 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/ *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission to MLIS Degree programme
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 13 May '17

13 May '17

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- From: "DrSuruli Nathi" <surulinathi(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 12, 2017 11:35 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professional Friends Applications are invited for admission to MLIS Degree programme in Library and Information Science for the year 2017-19. Further details see the website, http://www.bdu.ac.in/regular2017.php -- With regards, Dr. T. M. Surulinathi, M.com, MLIS, M.Phil., Ph.D, PGDCA, HDNCC, CGT Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Bharathidasan University Trichy - 620 024 Mobile No: 9943653068 http://surulinathi.webnode.com

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