January 2019 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Scientific Writing and Research Publications
by meera anand 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Dear Professionals, Thank you all for the good response. This is the final call for the faculty development program on “Scientific Writing and Research Publications”. Date: 25th Jan 2019 Venue: JGI Knowledge Campus, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore Resource Persons: 1. Dr Pit Pichappan, PhD. Senior Scientist, Digital information Research Labs, Chennai, India and also the Guest Professor at Zhejiang University, China. 2. Dr M. Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor, DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. Fees: Full-time students (any discipline): Rs. 600/- (should carry valid ID cards compulsorily) Faculty (any discipline) and Industry Rs. 1000/- The fee covers kit, lunch, study material, tea/coffee, and certificate. No TA/DA will be provided to participants. Payment mode: Cash at Venue or DD drawn in favour of ‘Jain University – SCMS’ Online payment can be facilitated on request. OOD facility will be provided for all the participants. Online registration : https://goo.gl/forms/F7RGepUMgm9g9qMk2 With Warm Regards, Dr Meeramani N Organizing Secretary and Librarian Jain (Deemed-to-be University) JGI Knowledge Campus 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore-560 069 Ph: 080 46501720 +91 9845500343 Email: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lib of Congress job: South Asia OR Southeast Asia reference librarian (Washington, DC)
by Narenthiran R 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Dear All, With apologies for cross-posting to Lis forum, happy to share that the Asian Division of the Library of Congress has a new vacancy announcement for a South Asia reference librarian or a Southeast Asia reference librarian! To be clear, this is one position designed for those with expertise in either South Asia or Southeast Asia. The application is on USAJOBS: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/521434200. The deadline is February 11, 2019. The South Asia librarian should have a background in one or more South Asian countries, preferably Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as command of one or more South Asian languages, preferably Urdu. Please share this news with your colleagues, faculty, students, and institutes, and please feel free to write (jloa(a)loc.gov) if there are any questions. Warm regards from snowy DC, Jon Jonathan Loar, Ph.D. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Asia Reference Librarian Asian Division, Library of Congress jloa(a)loc.gov (202) 707-3417 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LC?s International Collections on social media! 4 Corners of the World Blog <http://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/> International Collections Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongressinternationalcollections> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 190, Issue 20
by bhagyashree sane 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

"Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Thanks and agree with you sir for disseminating a valuable thought for librarians today. Librarians should develop these skills. In addition we can find out various ways/activities which will compel our users to read. Developing reading habits is also the responsibility of librarians who holds the knowledge resources. Librarians shall discuss on various ways and activities being followed in respective libraries so as to learn by others. Let us discuss more such issues through this important forum. regards, Bhagyashree Sane National Insurance Academy Pune On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 19:56, <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Are we Information Literate to become Information Manager? > (Dp Tripathi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:18:53 +0530 > From: Dp Tripathi <dptnitrkl(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Are we Information Literate to become Information > Manager? > Message-ID: > < > CAOPYuEaT-qTVBH-kVxn5-KzvC7cZZm6n7MbmD-9SMNfgwjD--w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear All, > > Believe it or not! Today we are talking and talking only about information, > information explosion and its management and present situation has forced > us to become information manager which is not at all an easy task. To > become successful information manager, we are supposed to be information > literate first which requires the understanding of the following in my > opinion: > > a. Information – why needed? > > In order to become successful Information Manager, first we need to > identify that information is really needed and we have to understand why > information is needed, what, how much, what kind of information is really > required and at the same time, we need to identify that information is > spread in wide range of formats in different locations (geographically and > virtually). And, the skill which we need to develop to articulate a > particular question for fetching the information for specific research is > very important. > > We all know that information is not limited to the boundary and inside the > boundary of wall but it is available on paper, digital files, and other > media such as audio visuals or from different sources. It may or may not be > easy to get information to fulfill the need for making a right decision for > getting a right answer against right question but we need to develop this > skill. > > b. Available Resources – Understand: > > An information manager is supposed to develop a skill to evaluate and > identify what resources are available on particular topic or particular > information and where we can locate them in order to access them. If found > also, what type of resources and whether we can use for our purpose. We > need to understand the different types of resources such as paper-based, > electronic resources, digital resources etc. and when & how to use them > considering the merits of types of resources and differences as well. > > c. Find Information – How? > > We may be having very good resources but we need to develop technique and > at the same time of plan for using the available resources so that we can > get best information for the best question. Information literate has to > understand that searching should not only be the option to get information > but also learn other techniques such as browsing, monitoring information > resources etc. Generally, we may find information from the following > methods such as: > > i. Go through several resources > > ii. Book Indexes given at the back > > iii. Abstracting and Indexing Journals > > iv. Use of RSS feed in order to get information from different sources > > v. Active participation in forum, discussion list, e-mail alerts and > bulletin boards etc. > > vi. Bookmarking the address on Browser such as Mozilla, Chrome etc. > > vii. Searching the information in search engines using Boolean Logic > > viii. Develop the understanding to use relevant ranked searching > > d. Evaluation of Results and Implementation > > We need to develop skill to evaluate the obtained information for checking > the accuracy and its value without biasness keeping the same in mind that > the evaluation will not misguide or mislead with incomplete result. Many > times it happens that we get information through search engines against our > filled question, but we need to evaluate and understand whether the > information is trustworthy then only information can help the researcher in > right direction. > > A prior knowledge of author, name of publisher, editor and series may help > the researcher to reach the right destination with less effort. > > e. Disseminate your search results (findings) > > To become information literate, we need to develop the understanding to > analyze the retrieved information to disseminate with accuracy. But before > we leave the information for others to use, we need to understand the use > of information in a responsible, sensitive and ethical manner. A proper > respect to confidentially should be given and at the same time credit to > the person who really owes the copyright. We also need to develop the > ability to communicate in a manner which is appropriate to information, the > user and present situation. > > f. Manage your findings – How? > > Finding is never easy against any question and it involves efforts and > human interpretation at different stages to get right information for the > right purpose. We need to develop the skill to manage the acquired > information in most effective way with suitable methods and for that we > will have to, sometimes, evaluate critically on our process and findings as > well as sources from where we retrieved the information for using the > findings and information at later stage. And for that we will have to think > as follows: > > i. Use of used resources in finding the information again > > ii. Use file cabinets or proper shelves to managing physical resources > > iii. Arrangement of emails with attachments > > iv. Planning security and backup of information retrieved for re-locating > and use > > v. Getting updates in changes in documents where you retrieved information > > vi. Use of Content Management System such as Joomla, Drupal etc. for > information management > > Thanks with regards, > DP Tripathi > NIT Rourkela > > -- > ********************************* > *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* > MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL > ********************************* > Assistant Librarian, Periodicals > Biju Patnaik Central Library > National Institute of Technology > Rourkela, Odisha > –769008 INDIA > ********************************* > > *YouTube - Librarian Guide > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* > ********************************* > *M - +91-8895296796* > *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * > ********************************* > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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One Day National Level Workshop on ‘The use of Technology for Librarians’ on 28th January 2019.
by Suresh Gp 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Greetings from *Dr. U.S. Vijayaraj Kumar & Dr. M Manjunatha* *Dear Sir/Madam & Professional Friends* The Department of Library and Information Science, Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Gandhi Nagar, and Government First Grade College, Rajaji Nagar, Bangalore is going to jointly organizing *One **Day National Level Workshop* on ‘*The use of Technology for Librarians’* on *28th January 2019*, *Venue* at Makkala Mandira at Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science, Sheshadri Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru-560001, *Timings: *10:00 AM to 5:00 PM We cordially inviting to all students, researchers and respected faculties & librarians to make use of this LIS event and make this event in great success... Willingness participants can send their registration confirmation through: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_lnzYwE_Pe27EJ822RnlmwuzLICaCc82… Thanking you., -- *@**...........**With Regards * *Dr. U.S. Vijayaraj Kumar* Librarian Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru – 560001 *Dr. M Manjunatha* *Librarian * Government First Grade College, Rajaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560010 manjulib1919(a)gmail.com

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Training Programme on ‘Application of ICT in Academic and Research Libraries’ (NIEPA : January 28 to February 1, 2019)
by Anil Singh 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

NIEPA is organizing a 5 days Training Programme on Application of ICT in Academic and Research Libraries from 28 January to 1 February 2019 at NIEPA. The Programme is designed to build the capacity of the librarians and teachers to enhance access and use of the libraries and design, transact and assess online courses in different disciplines using Moodle platform. The general objective of the programme is to raise the capacity of the teachers and librarians to use Moodle platform for effective delivery of courses in higher education in blended as well as online modes. I am happy to enclose a note, which will provide further details of the proposed Programme. I take this opportunity to request you to nominate two faculty members working in your department to participate in the proposed Programme. The particulars of the nominating faculty including their complete postal address and telephone/fax/e-mail address may kindly be conveyed to Prof. K. Srinivas, Head ICT & Project Management Unit, NIEPA at ksrinivas(a)niepa.ac.in & dsthakur(a)niepa.ac.in latest by 18 January 2019. The applications will be shortlisted on first cum first basis. The programme will be offered in a blended mode with class room face-to-face interactions and web-based online activities. The learning resources, programme activities will be available to all the participants through the NIEPA Web-based Learning Management System. To access workshop resources and actively participate in all web-based assessments participants must carry their personal laptops, Internet enabled Smart Phones and Internet Dongles. Travel assistance and local hospitality will be provided to the participants as per NIEPA rules. TA is restricted to Lowest Economy Air fare/Apex fare by Air India only (Private Airline Travel is not admissible) in the shortest route, to the faculty who are eligible for air travel. For those faculty members /officials who are not eligible for air travel, NIEPA will pay train/State Road Transport Bus fare/sharing taxi with receipt as per the NIEPA rules. TA will be paid only to those faculty members/officials who attend all the Five days of the Programme. Stay Arrangements for the participants will be made at NIEPA hostel on twin-sharing basis. Looking forward to receiving an early response. With kind regards, Encl: as above --- Prof K. Srinivas Ph.D Head ICT & Project Management Unit National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) (Deemed to be University) (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India) New Delhi - 110016 Prof K Srinivas Moodle Site : http://162.144.90.128/srinimoodle URL: www.niepa.ac.in Work: +91-11-26544883 Mob: +919650880208

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How can digital repositories help scientific research?
by Subbiah Arunachalam 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Prof. Peter Murray-Rust of Cambridge explains why we should ditch PDF in favour of XML and why we should adopt machine indexing and open access repositories. Please read https://lib2.colostate.edu/about/news/2007/openaccess/abstract.html -- 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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Interesting Reads – 2019-01-16
by Mohan Hr 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-01-16* *Contents* *Articles* - How Robots Will Transform the C-Suite - 14 Ways to Squeeze More Joy Out of Every Day - Kumbh Mela: How to plan a festival for 100m people - Top Risks for 2019 - How to craft a one-sentence description of your organization's purpose - 3-D printing 100 times faster with light - In 1968, computers got personal: How the ‘mother of all demos’ changed the world - Increasing numbers of children have internet addiction – how worried should parents really be? - Every Apple Product Ever Made Thus Far, In One Visual Graphic - The Lumen Prize: 2018 Winners - Bonus: These 20 Start-ups From the Land of Chandigarh Are Writing History *Events / Announcements* - SETS: National Workshop on Public Key Infrastructure: Creating Trusted Environment. At Chennai during 22-23 Jan 2019 - SPIN Event: Agile is Sense and Respond to market at Speed and Scale. 19 th Jan 2019 - Innovations in Software Engineering Conference -- ISEC 2019, 14-16 Feb, Pune - One Day Training on Visual Essentials on 15th Feb 2019 at Surat - Microsoft AI Residency Program 2019-20 - SETS, IEEE CS, CSI, ISACA: "National Workshop on Hardware Security" at Chennai 26th Feb 2019 Read at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-2019-01-16.html Archives at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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Design And Development of Library Portal for Indian Universities: A Proposed Model
by Sheel Yadav 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Respected sir/mam.. I am a research scholar from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. I am working on design and development of library portal for Indian Universities . Therefore I have prepared a questionnaire to know the perception of users regarding the information and services available on the library portals. Your response is very valuable to me. This questionnaire is for LIS educators, LIS practitioners and LIS research scholars.. I request you to click on the below link and fill it.. I will be highly grateful to you. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMNPLRguP1aCgJfydVRUi4-hS_TmsyzeN… -- *Thanks & Regards,* *Sheel Bhadra Yadav* *Teaching Assistant* *Bundelkhand University* *Jhansi (U.P.)* *CONTACT NO. 7985241336* * 07398573091* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Are we Information Literate to become Information Manager?
by Dp Tripathi 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear All, Believe it or not! Today we are talking and talking only about information, information explosion and its management and present situation has forced us to become information manager which is not at all an easy task. To become successful information manager, we are supposed to be information literate first which requires the understanding of the following in my opinion: a. Information – why needed? In order to become successful Information Manager, first we need to identify that information is really needed and we have to understand why information is needed, what, how much, what kind of information is really required and at the same time, we need to identify that information is spread in wide range of formats in different locations (geographically and virtually). And, the skill which we need to develop to articulate a particular question for fetching the information for specific research is very important. We all know that information is not limited to the boundary and inside the boundary of wall but it is available on paper, digital files, and other media such as audio visuals or from different sources. It may or may not be easy to get information to fulfill the need for making a right decision for getting a right answer against right question but we need to develop this skill. b. Available Resources – Understand: An information manager is supposed to develop a skill to evaluate and identify what resources are available on particular topic or particular information and where we can locate them in order to access them. If found also, what type of resources and whether we can use for our purpose. We need to understand the different types of resources such as paper-based, electronic resources, digital resources etc. and when & how to use them considering the merits of types of resources and differences as well. c. Find Information – How? We may be having very good resources but we need to develop technique and at the same time of plan for using the available resources so that we can get best information for the best question. Information literate has to understand that searching should not only be the option to get information but also learn other techniques such as browsing, monitoring information resources etc. Generally, we may find information from the following methods such as: i. Go through several resources ii. Book Indexes given at the back iii. Abstracting and Indexing Journals iv. Use of RSS feed in order to get information from different sources v. Active participation in forum, discussion list, e-mail alerts and bulletin boards etc. vi. Bookmarking the address on Browser such as Mozilla, Chrome etc. vii. Searching the information in search engines using Boolean Logic viii. Develop the understanding to use relevant ranked searching d. Evaluation of Results and Implementation We need to develop skill to evaluate the obtained information for checking the accuracy and its value without biasness keeping the same in mind that the evaluation will not misguide or mislead with incomplete result. Many times it happens that we get information through search engines against our filled question, but we need to evaluate and understand whether the information is trustworthy then only information can help the researcher in right direction. A prior knowledge of author, name of publisher, editor and series may help the researcher to reach the right destination with less effort. e. Disseminate your search results (findings) To become information literate, we need to develop the understanding to analyze the retrieved information to disseminate with accuracy. But before we leave the information for others to use, we need to understand the use of information in a responsible, sensitive and ethical manner. A proper respect to confidentially should be given and at the same time credit to the person who really owes the copyright. We also need to develop the ability to communicate in a manner which is appropriate to information, the user and present situation. f. Manage your findings – How? Finding is never easy against any question and it involves efforts and human interpretation at different stages to get right information for the right purpose. We need to develop the skill to manage the acquired information in most effective way with suitable methods and for that we will have to, sometimes, evaluate critically on our process and findings as well as sources from where we retrieved the information for using the findings and information at later stage. And for that we will have to think as follows: i. Use of used resources in finding the information again ii. Use file cabinets or proper shelves to managing physical resources iii. Arrangement of emails with attachments iv. Planning security and backup of information retrieved for re-locating and use v. Getting updates in changes in documents where you retrieved information vi. Use of Content Management System such as Joomla, Drupal etc. for information management Thanks with regards, DP Tripathi NIT Rourkela -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CLSTL 2019 at IIT Gandhinagar: Deadlines fast approaching for Submitting Proposals/Abstracts for Presentation & Poster & Registration
by TS Kumbar 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear Professional Colleagues, *The deadlines for submitting proposals/abstracts for **presentation/poster and Registration for the conference are fast approaching. Please hurry up!!!* Please consider submitting the proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster and REGISTERING at the 2nd International Conference CLSTL 2019 being held at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & see the updated information about the conference and workshops. - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* 20th January, 2019 (Sunday).* There will be no further extension. - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenter: *25th January,2019 (Friday).* - Keynote speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/>or the conference announced - Updated list of eminent <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> & Resource Persons for workshops announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emergin*g topics announced. Please see for the details <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/front-page-features/workshops/> as to what you can take home.* 1. *Creating Data Repository Using Data Verse* 2. *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* 3. *MakerSpaces in Libraries* 4. *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - *Final registration deadline: 31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *20th January, 2019*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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