October 2018 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Library Trainee vacancy at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore - The last to receive the application is 20th September, 2018 (CORRECTED)
by arumugam.pitchai 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear LIS Professionals, Indian Institute of Astrophysics is inviting online applications from the Post Graduates in Library & Information Science who are highly motivated to serve as a Library Trainee. Qualification: Post Graduate in Library & Information Science (MLISc) Emoluments: Rs.20000/- per month (inclusive of all) in the 1st year and Rs.21000/- per month (inclusive of all) in the 2nd year. The last to receive the application is 20th September, 2018. For more details and registration, please visit: https://www.iiap.res.in/iia_jobs/ Kindly bring this advertisement to the notice of interested candidates to apply for the positions. Thanks and Regards, Dr. Arumugam Pitchai Librarian Indian Institute of Astrophysics Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560034

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Article Request
by Pranit Landge 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Respected Colleagues and Fellow Librarian friends, May i please request you to help in getting full text of below mentioned article for research purpose only Indian Journal of Entomology Year : 2018, Volume : 80, Issue : 2 First page : *( 348) *Last page : *( 352) * Print ISSN : 0367-8288. Online ISSN : 0974-8172. Article DOI : 10.5958/0974-8172.2018.00061.5 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8172.2018.00061.5> Records of *Rhinyptia* spp. (Scarabaeidae) from Maharashtra Dadmal S. M., Khadakkar Suvarna* <http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ije&volume=80&issue=2&a…> Department of Entomology, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krushi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104 *Regards,* *Pranit Landge.* *Library & Information Assistant* *Zoological Survey of India* *Western Regional Center,* *Vidyanagar, sector-29,* *Opp. D Y Patil Edu. Complex,* *Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune- 411044* *Mobile: +91-9561827902* *Phone: +91-20-27651927 (Ext. 209) (O)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SEMINAR - 15 Topic - Personalized e-Learning
by drtc＠isibang.ac.in 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th mile, Mysore Road, RVCE post Bangalore 560059 SEMINAR - 15 Topic - Personalized e-Learning Abstract The advent of the internet and open access to information has eased the process of self-learning. E-learning is a learning system based on formalized teaching with the help of electronic resources. E-learning as an efficient education method has been developed rapidly thus, personalization in E-learning has also drawn more and more attention. Personalizing the e-learning environment is one of the most appreciated inventions where the students can only study what they are interested in. This seminar will focus on defining e-learning, its evolution in the current times with some of its advantages and disadvantages. We will also shed some light on personalized e-learning, the approaches to achieve it with the help of a real-time example using Moodle. Speaker : Mr Suresh Yadav Date : 1/11/2018 Time: 2.00 PM Venue : DRTC Classroom (G 21), ISI, Bangalore Coordinator : Dr. Biswanath Dutta -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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14th Dr TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018): Cloud Technologies for Library and Information Services
by Shivaram Gowda 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Dear Members, NCSI-Net foundation (http://ncsinet.org), a registered trust, comprising of erstwhile NCSI staff, trainees, and alumni, cordially invites you to the 14th Dr. TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018). This year’s seminar topic is ‘Cloud technologies for library and Information services’. It is a one-day seminar targeted for the benefit of Library and Information Science (LIS) students and budding LIS professionals. The details of the seminar are given below: Title: 14th Dr TB Rajashekar Memorial Seminar (2018): Cloud Technologies for Library and Information Services Date: December 1, 2018 (First Saturday) Venue: Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru - 560012 About Seminar Theme: Libraries witnessed a paradigm shift in disseminating information due to the advancement in ICT, Internet and digital technologies. Cloud computing is a relatively new model of internet application which enables distributed/virtual computing services. Cloud computing allows sharing infrastructure, which provides ultra-large-scale distributed data storage and network services. Cloud computing application in library mainly embody in resource and service construction, which play an important role in some areas, such as data storage, data management, hardware and software sharing, database resource sharing, integrated digital resources, one-stop entry, a full range of user interaction service and extend the application of complex network services The objective of the Seminar: To introduce the concepts of Cloud computing and its models, application in library service by demonstrating case studies. Resource Persons: NCSI-Net members who have practical experience in using Cloud computing services and implemented a wide range of library services on the cloud will serve as resource persons Registration Fee: Rs. 300 for Students (Should carry ID Card) and Rs. 600 for working professionals, for NCSI-Net members Rs. 500. The fee covers Seminar kit, working lunch and tea/coffee Please do note that no arrangements for accommodation are being made for outstation participants. For wire transfer Kindly note below given bank details: For NEFT/IMPS transfers Name: NCSI Net Foundation Acc. No.: 0683101029636 IFSC: CNRB0000683 Seminar Topics: _________________________________________________________________________________ 08:45-09:30 am: Registration 09:30-09:45 am: Inauguration 09:45-10:30 am: Overview of Cloud Computing & Cloud Computing Models 10:30-11:00 am: Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 am: Cloud Computing Service providers and business models 11:45-12:45 pm: Access and configuration of cloud service for Library applications ==================================================================================== 12:45-01-30 pm LUNCH ==================================================================================== 01:30-02:30 pm: Case study presentation 02:30-03:15 pm: Risk and Challenges of Cloud Computing for Library and Information Services 03:15-04:00 pm: Career Advice for LIS professionals 04:00-04:30 pm: Certification Distribution and Closing the Seminar Kindly bring this to the attention of the LIS students and budding professionals and encourage them to attend the seminar. Participants will get an opportunity to interact with fellow professionals working in the industry and academia. For further information, please visit the Seminar website at: http://www.ncsinet.org Please contact Mr Shivaram BS shivaram(a)nal.res.in / Dr Francis Jayakanth for further details francis(a)iisc.ac.in With warm regards -- Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-NAL Govt. of India (Autonomous) HAL Airport Road Kodihalli, Bangalore-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Articles Request
by Balraj 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Dear Professional Friends, One of our faculty require the below mentioned articles. 1. INT J SURG 2018 APRIL,52:120-1255 OPERATION VERSUS WATCHFUL WAITING IN ASYMTOMATIC OR MINIMALLY SYMTOPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA :THE META-ANALYSIS RESULT OF RANDOMISED CONTROLED TRAIL Gong W,Li J Ann Surg ,2011 Mar;253(3):605-10 2. A clinician guide to patient selection for watchful waiting management of inguinal hernia Sarosi GA, Wei Y et all Please provide the full text for the above articles. Thanks & Best Wishes, Balraj Librarian RAK Medical & Health Sciences University United Arab Emirates

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Informatics Studies 5(4) October to December 2018 Volume Devoted to Margreet Wijnstroom- Published
by editor＠informaticsstudies.in 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Informatics Studies has just published its latest issue, which is in remembrance of Margreet Wijnstroom who dedicated her life to Democracy and Universal Information Access. The issue is accessible at: http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics. Margreet Wijnstroom (1922-2018) from Netherlands was the Secretary General of IFLA from 1971 to 1987; its formative period. She was a farsighted leader of library movements world wide, has fostered the advancement of international librarianship, provided leadership to the library and information community worldwide, demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of all types of libraries and the interrelationships among them, showed a great concern for establishing information systems in developing and underdeveloped countries which can reach all classes of people and was keen on IFLA supporting projects to narrow the digital divide and achieve universal access to information. Margreet passed away on 1 October 2018 and her death is a great loss to the library and information science community. We invite you to visit our web site to review articles and items of your interest. Executing Editor. Informatics Studies, Centre for Informatics Research and Development. Trivandrum - 43, (ramannair.r(a)gmail.com)

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Two Days National Workshop on “E Publishing Using OJS (Open Journal System) on 19-20 November 2018
by vijesh p v 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

*Dear Professionals,* *Greetings from Rajagiri!* We are very happy to inform you that Department of Library and Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kerala in association with INFLIBNET(Information and Library Network) Centre, Gandhinagar ,Gujarat organizing Two Days National Workshop on *“E Publishing Using OJS (Open Journal System)” *scheduled to be held on *19-20 November 2018* at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kerala. *Who can Participate:* Academicians, Library Professionals, Research Scholars, Information Scientists, Content developers, E-Publication Professionals and those who are interested in this area can participate in it. *Resource Persons:* The Sessions will be handled by experts from INFLIBNET Centre, Technical Experts from outside and in house faculty members and staffs from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. *Areas Covered:* The following areas will be covered in the workshop and exclusive hands on p ractical training (One to One dedicated computer system). Thus, the workshop will be intended to: · PKP Software and e‐Publishing platform · Installation of Operating system ‐ UBUNTU and basic commands of LINUX · Downloading OJS software from PKP · Installation & Configuration of OJS · Create Hosted Journal and Completing Setup process · User creation in OJS and Role assigning · Creating Issues and Publishing the articles online · Article Submission, Reviewing and Editing · Journal Subscription · IP Authentication and Access Rights. *Registration* Registration Fees is *Rs.2000* (Registration Fee includes Workshop kit,Tea and working Lunch.The outstation participants shall be provided Accomodation on payment basis with prior intimation.A maximum of 50 participants will be permitted.Admissions on First come First serve basis. *For More Details Please visit:* Web-www.rajagiri.edu, Email - ojsworkshop(a)rajagiri.edu <http://www.rajagiri.edu,%20%20Email%20-%20ojsworkshop@rajagiri.edu> Contact-Dr.M.D Baby, Organising Secretary -*9995406159,* *0484-2911363,**8289853395* *Best Regards* *Vijesh P.V* *Librarian, * *Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Rajagiri Valley P.O., * *Kakkanad, Kochi – 682 039,Phone : 0484 -2660601, Ext:527 - 620* *|Mob:8289853395,Web: http://rsom.weebly.com <http://rsom.weebly.com/>,* *http://www.rcbscybrary.blogspot.in, <http://www.rcbscybrary.blogspot.in/>http://rcbs.rajagiri.edu/index.php <http://rcbs.rajagiri.edu/index.php>* *www.journals.rajagiri.edu <http://www.journals.rajagiri.edu>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Plan S makes publishers jittery
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Sent: 28 October 2018 17:41 Please see <https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-bo…> Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Impact of Social Sciences – PhD theses – drawing attention to the often overlooked articles in open access repositories
by Francis Jayakanth 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Sent: 28 October 2018 15:43 Friends: At the London School of Economics (LSE) theses are submitted electronically and deposited into the open access repository, LSE Theses Online (LSETO). LSETO currently contains over 3,500 theses, spanning more than a century of LSE doctoral research (1905-2018). During the last academic year (2017-18), LSE theses were downloaded on 602,748 occasions – that’s over 50,000 downloads a month! The ones which were not in electronic form are being digitized and added to the repository. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018/10/27/phd-theses-drawing… Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Heartiest Congratulations for the award of Ph. D. Degree: Dr. Kuljeet G. Kahlon
by Dr.Dinesh Sanadi. 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Dear Library Professionals, I would like to inform all the library professionals that *Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, *Library Manager, Guru Nanak Institute of Management Studies, King’s Circle, Matunga, Mumbai-400 019. has been awarded with Ph.D. degree in Library and Information Science by *Bharathidasan University Tamilnadu.* Her topic of research was *“ Role of Internet in Management College Libraries in Mumbai ”.* The research was carried out under the supervision of *Dr. A. Ganesan.* *Bharathidasan University Tamilnadu.* *CONGRATULATION...!!!!!!* Wish you hearty congratulation to you on big achievement and success of your Ph.D. Degree. We wish her all the best in his future academic and career pursuits. [image: image.png] -- *Dr. Sanadi Dinesh Annappa.* *(Ph.D. UGC-NET ,SET (MAH) * *Librarian.* *St. Joseph College of Arts & Commerce,* * (Affiliated to University of Mumbai)* * Satpala, Post - Agashi, Virar (W)* * Tal. Palghar , Dist. Palghar - 401 301* * Maharashtra State. INDIA.* * Cont- 09869323372 / 7208710920* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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