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

Article requested
by Debraj Meher 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Dear Professionals, One of our scientists is in need of this article. Kindly send it if anybody have in your collection. " *Effects of pregnancy and lactation upon infection*" published in *Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 4 (1983) 153-176* Elsevier Science Publishers . thanking you, -- *Dr D R Meher* Librarian Central Library Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT) Bhubaneswar-751 003 91 94374 16417

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Hats off to all for achieving crowdfunding target
by vinod mishra 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Dear All, Finally efforts of all library professionals helped in achieving the target for below goal (Koha feature enhancement). I on behalf of all library professionals thank to the below contributors and supporters. The details are available at: http://mishravk.com/2018/02/crowdfunding/ Name of Contributor/Firm/Vendor Email Contact Detail SUJAN SAHA sujan.lib(a)gmail.com Vill and Post- Champadanga, PS-Tarakeswar,District-Hooghly,Pin-712401 RapidRadio Solutions Private Limited dhaval(a)rapidradio.co.in Md Eshop Nobi eshopnobi(a)gmail.com 32 Sister Nibedita Sarani, east tetulberia, panchpota,kolkata- 700152 Dr Neeza Singh neeza_singh(a)yahoo.com Librarian, T. S. Central State Library, Chandigarh Sandeep Pathak skpathak(a)iiserb.ac.in IISER Bhopal Sandip Das writetosandipdas(a)gmail.com C/O-Mrinal Kanti Das, Library praa, Birnagar, PO-Birnagar, Dist. - Nadia, PIN - 741127 Vinod Kumar Mishra mishravk(a)gmail.com NIT Rourkela Hirak Jyoti Hazarika hirakhazarika2014(a)gmail.com NEHU Shillong Kapil Kumar Gupta kapilkumargupta2002(a)gmail.com Central Library IIT INDORE Dr Pawan Agrawal pawanagrawal4u4u(a)gmail.com G-3, Bahumali Complex, Type III, Govt. Quarters, Near PWD, Silvassa, UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Nitin S Joshi joshinitinmit(a)gmail.com Pune 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* On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:05 PM, vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > Amazing and appreciable efforts by all contributors and supporters. > > In continuation with my below email, its my pleasure to inform you that > within 48 hours of announcement many library professionals/Vendors came > forward and collected Rs. 18000, now only 2000 is left to achieve target of > Rs. 20000. > > Please give your willingness at below google form and become part of this > first movement. All contributors name will be announced on Forums and Koha > websites after achieving the final target. > > Google form: https://goo.gl/forms/8Z7zKrF3etK45AFq1 > > Details of Initiative: http://mishravk.com/2018/02/crowdfunding/ > > > 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* > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:20 PM, vinod mishra <mishravk79(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear all/Koha users, >> >> As you know at present by default all the category of patrons can either >> place purchase suggestions or not via opac but many educational institutes >> only allow purchase suggestion by the faculty or some specific category of >> users. Similarly in public and other libraries children’s may not be >> allowed for purchase suggestions or lower level of non technical/teaching >> staffs in special libraries. Hence this restriction is very much needed >> which is applicable for all libraries globally. As per discussion and email >> one of the leading Koha supporter/Developer L2C2 from India ( >> http://www.l2c2.co.in/) is ready to develop the said feature and the >> charge would be only Rs. 20000/- (Approx USD 280). Hence i am ready to pay >> Rs. 5000 and expecting some more contributors with a minimum of Rs. 1000. >> Kindly give your details through google form >> <https://goo.gl/forms/8Z7zKrF3etK45AFq1> if you are willing to be part >> of this voluntary support. >> For more details please visit at: http://mishravk.com/2018/02/cr >> owdfunding/ >> >> Please note that this is the correct method for getting the new feature >> in Koha so that amount once paid the benefit will reach globally. I know >> many of the good features has been added by Koha vendors on huge payment >> basis specially by Indian government libraries but benefit never came to >> public domain, which is against the open source ethics in my view. Please >> approach your vendor to make such code public if you have already paid for >> it. >> >> 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* >> > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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GST
by Y.A. Janardana Gupta 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

DEAR SIR, Whether GST IS applicable for subscription of online journals by SPECIAL LIBRARIES? Kindly give details. Regards, Y. A. JANARDANA GUPTA Ex-LIBRARIAN, LEOS/ISRO PEENYA, BANGALORE-57 PH: 080 22685010

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Advertisement for the Post of Research Assistant
by Raj K Bhardwaj 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

*Advertisement for the Post of Research Assistant* Applications are invited for ‘Research Assistant’ for the major research project. The Research Assistant will be recruited for the period of 20 months (approximately). The candidate has to work on Monday to Saturday as per the project requirements. The candidate is also required to visit other educational institutions in Delhi to collect the data pertaining to the research project. The candidate shall have the knowledge of computer and various aspects of research methodologies in social sciences. The details of payment and qualifications are as follows: Number of Position : 01 Tenure of Engagement : 20 Months Monthly Stipend : Rs. 13000/- (Consolidated) Educational Qualification : M.A/M.LI.Sc./M.Phil/Ph.D with minimum 55% marks. Candidate having the knowledge of computer, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)/any other statistical package and various aspects of research methodologies in social sciences will be preferred. Interested candidates may send their complete bio-data before 27 February 2018 to: principal(a)ststephens.edu Please note that during the project the position may be converted to Field Investigator (maximum up to 6 months) depending upon the availability of funds and nature of work. In such case the Field Investigator will be paid Rs. 12000/-(consolidated) per month. Thanks, Sincerely yours, Dr. Raj Kumar Librarian St Stephen's College, Delhi-110007 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Women in computer science
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

You may find this interesting: https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/blog/code-like-a-girl-how-can-we- increase-the-number-of-women-in-stem/ At least in Britain, unlike in other science disciplines like physics, bioengineering, and math, computer science still sees declining numbers of female university graduates. I do not know the status in India. I checked the IISc Computer Science Faculty page and found only two women out of 34. Regards. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Crowdfunding for Koha Online Purchase Suggestion
by vinod mishra 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Dear all/Koha users, As you know at present by default all the category of patrons can either place purchase suggestions or not via opac but many educational institutes only allow purchase suggestion by the faculty or some specific category of users. Similarly in public and other libraries children’s may not be allowed for purchase suggestions or lower level of non technical/teaching staffs in special libraries. Hence this restriction is very much needed which is applicable for all libraries globally. As per discussion and email one of the leading Koha supporter/Developer L2C2 from India ( http://www.l2c2.co.in/) is ready to develop the said feature and the charge would be only Rs. 20000/- (Approx USD 280). Hence i am ready to pay Rs. 5000 and expecting some more contributors with a minimum of Rs. 1000. Kindly give your details through google form <https://goo.gl/forms/8Z7zKrF3etK45AFq1> if you are willing to be part of this voluntary support. For more details please visit at: http://mishravk.com/2018/02/crowdfunding/ Please note that this is the correct method for getting the new feature in Koha so that amount once paid the benefit will reach globally. I know many of the good features has been added by Koha vendors on huge payment basis specially by Indian government libraries but benefit never came to public domain, which is against the open source ethics in my view. Please approach your vendor to make such code public if you have already paid for it. 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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Preprint archive for biomedicine
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

A Stanford researchers explains why we must have preprint archives: https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/john-ioannidis-biomedicine-warms-to-p… In India, we seem to have difficulty in populating even postprint archives! Best. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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sad demise of Prof. R. K. Rout
by Dr. Ranjit Kumar Das 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Dear friends, I received a phone call from my teacher Prof. Pitambar Padhi today evening at around 9 p.m. and got the news that was really shocking. Therefore, with a deep sense of sorrow and grief, I would like to inform you all that one of the veteran in LIS Profession Professor Ratnakar Rout fondly known as Prof. R.K Rout has left for his heavenly abode today afternoon i.e. 15th February 2018 at 1:40 p.m in his residence at Cuttack, Odisha. He was a former Professor and Head, P.G.department of Library & Information Science, Sambalpur University, Odisha. He was born in 1946 and was regarded as an acclaimed LIS Professor in India. He was a great teacher and philosopher who has immensely contributed to the field of LIS Education in Odisha. He was instrumental in establishing LIS department at Sambalpur University, Odisha, that is now considered as the oldest LIS Department in Odisha. It is a great loss to his family, friends and LIS profession as well. May his departed soul rest in peace. Thank you with regards Dr. Ranjit Kumar Das Assistant Librarian Central Library,IIT Bombay Powai,Mumbai-400 076, India

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An Invitation to Participate in a Study on Discovering Gamification Concept in Indian Libraries
by Manu T.R 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Dear All, I am writing to invite you to participate in a study on Discovering Gamification Concept in Indian Libraries. Gamification (the application of game elements and digital game design techniques to non-game settings) and game-based learning (game playing that has defined learning outcomes) are seeing greater adoption and recognition in educational and professional settings (http://www.ala.org/tools/futu re/trends/gamification). Gaming offers an important opportunity to develop emerging and traditional forms of literacy. The primary objective of the study is to understand the awareness of Gamification in Library Professionals in India. I request you to kindly spare 10 minutes to fill up this below questionnaire. I assure that all the responses will be used only for my study and will be strictly kept confidential. Your honest response to the completion of this study will be highly solicited. Online Questionnaire https://goo.gl/forms/cOJTBsOqeeFlxn52 <https://goo.gl/forms/cOJTBsOqeeFlxn522> Thank you! Manu, T R Doctoral Research Scholar, School of Library & Information Science Central University of Gujarat Email: manutr91(a)gmail.com M: 09824279757

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an interview with James Nye of the Chicago University Library
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, February 14, 2018 10:55 am Please see an interview with James Nye of the Chicago University Library. http://nepalitimes.com/article/interview/james-Nye-in-Nepal,4186#.WoKs4TXfT… Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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