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The first issue of SLAI SCOOP, the newsletter published by the School Library Association(India)
by Ayesha 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

The first issue of SLAI SCOOP, the newsletter published by the School Library Association(India) was released by Ms. Madhu Bhargava, President, SLAIndia on 22Oct. 2019. Download the Newsletter The newsletter carries a message from Ms. Katy Manck, President, International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) in which she wrote that “to be sure, the long road ahead will have highs and lows, so keep the grand goals of SLA India in mind as you persevere, uplifting one another in every circumstance”. Prof. P. B. Mangala, one of the doyens of Indian Librarianship briefly reviewed, in his write-up, the status of school or children’s libraries in India and congratulated the pioneering efforts being taken up by the Association. Prof. C. R. Karisiddappa, Prof. B. D. Kumbar, Prof. (Dr.) Sewa Singh and Dr. B. S. Kademani have also written their congratulatory messages. Messages from Dr. NVR Nathan (Educationist), Jyothy Ramachandran (Principal, Mahapragya Public School, Mumbai), Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai (Deputy Director-Chanakya Internation-al Institute of Leadership Studies (CIILS), Shobha Viswanath (Publishing Director, Karadi Tales) and Khyrunnisa A. (author of children’s fiction, speaker, academic and a columnist) were also published in the newsletter. Thinkpiece in this issue is an article, ‘School Library-A look at the essentials’ written by veteran school library professional and educationist Ms Usha Mukunda. Ms Silky Vyas and Heeru Bhojwani of American School of Bombay, Mumbai wrote a write-up ‘School Librarians: Emerging concepts and changing trends‘ under the section Reflections. Apart from this, the newsletter also consists of the results of two national-level competitions conducted by SLAIndia in connection with the World Book & Copyright Day 2019. SLAI Scoop also features the first installment of monthly columns by the President, General Secretary and Editors of the Association and news on International School Library Month and BSLA (Bandana Sen Library Awards) for Indian School Librarians 2019. Details of the SLA India Governing Board, List of members and Guidelines for contributors are also given. You may mail the feedback at slanewsletter2019(a)gmail.com Find as attachment. Or Download the Newsletter. https://indianschoollibraryassociationonline.wordpress.com/publications-2/

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Citation Contamination: References to Predatory Journals in the Legitimate Scientific Literature
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Dear LIS Forum, Here is another shocking revelation: Citation Contamination: References to Predatory Journals in the Legitimate Scientific Literature. How many articles from predatory journals are being cited in the legitimate (especially medical) literature? Some disturbing findings. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/10/28/citation-contamination-refer… Thanks ______________________________________ *Yesan Sellan, * *B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, BCS., UGC-NET., (PhD Candidate),* *Chief Librarian* South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email*.*

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Library Week November 14-20, 2019
by Krishnamurthy Madaiah 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

We are pleased to announce to the Karnataka Library Association Members and LIS Professionals as an yearly event of KALA, The National Library Week will be celebrated from 14th November to 20th November 2019. The venues for the programs are fixed as follows with the dates. 14th November 2019 inauguration and Lecture at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 15th November in collaboration with Read Foundation, Tumkur 16th November PES College, Bangalore 17th November IISc Library, Bangalore 18th November Public Library, Bangalore 19th November IGNCA, Kalagrama, Bangalore 20th November IEEE, World Trade Centre, Bangalore. The Speakers for for three days have been fixed and for remaining four days, we are awaiting confirmation. We will keep you informed as soon as we fix the speakers. Kindly note the date and Venue. M.Krishnamurthy General Secretary, KALA and EC members of KALA Regards, M.Krishnamurthy ************************************************************** Dr. M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar, (U.S.A) Digitization Course,( U.S.A) Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Center Indian Statistical Institute Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 India Phone No: 91-80-26985493 Mob:91-9980035933 URL:http://www.isibang.ac.in/~krish/ Secretary Finance- Association of British Scholars (ABS -2009-till date) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BOOK PURCHASE THROUGH ONLINE PORTALS? SOME POINTS TO PONDER
by Vasanth 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Dear Sir/Madam Online e-commerce platforms are the best platforms to purchase books and other goods easily from any parts of the country or even from abroad. However, it has its own limitations when it comes to purchasing of large number of books and other materials in bulk to the institutions such as libraries. Some of them have been briefly discussed here. 1. E-Commerce Portals not Vendors or Book Suppliers Amazon or Flipkart and other many platforms as we know are online e-commerce platforms where an individual based on his/her interest purchase books and other materials which are on sale on these platforms. However, for purchasing books in large numbers has its own limitations. These platforms are neither the book suppliers nor the book vendors/publishers. They provide platforms to purchase books through various suppliers. There is no single window to purchase books in large numbers. For instance, if we order ten books from Amazon or Flipkart, ten books will be supplied/sold by ten different vendors through these platforms. 2. Good For Immediate Purchase of Smaller Copies of Books Online e-commerce platforms are good for purchasing in-demand books. If the academics or students are in need of books urgently these platforms can be used to purchase the books quickly and easily. For bulk purchase and for specialized scholarly materials these platforms may not be the best means. 3. Predatory Pricing of Books and Other Materials This is the important issue not only for librarians but for general public. We exactly don’t know how these platforms provide so much of discounts and still make profits. The predatory pricing is the biggest drawbacks of online e-commerce platforms. Based on our interest in certain products or books the algorithms these platforms used for collecting users data manipulate the pricing of books or other materials automatically. Predatory pricing may also create kind of monopoly and keep other vendors out of the business. So there will be very fewer choices for negotiating discounts or selecting books from wide variety of sources. 4. Chances of Supplying Used/Duplicate Copies/Books/Fake Publishers There is always a chance of supplying duplicate books or used copies. Online e-commerce platforms have no control over kind of materials that their vendors or sellers supply right materials to the purchaser. There is no guarantee also that the books ordered through these e-commerce platforms comes from right publishers. There were lot of issues in this aspect and many purchasers and publishers have narrated their ordeal on duplicate books and fake publishers active on these e-commerce platforms. 5. Uneven Discount Rates for Different Books There will be no standard discount rates for books purchased on these digital platforms. As mentioned elsewhere in this piece, if one were to purchase ten books through e-commerce platform all the ten books will be supplied by different sellers no standard discount will be given. Some books may get up to sixty percent discount some may attract only five percent discount. This will be problematic for librarians to manage and also auditing committee may not agree for this kind of uneven discounting prices. 6. Difficulty in Returning/Replacement of Large Number of Books Returning and replacement of books through online e-commerce platforms is somewhat very difficult. If we purchase large number of books from different third party sellers it takes long time to replace materials through e-commerce platforms. The more chances will be of not finding right books for replacement. The ordeal takes lot of time and also refunding will be cumbersome because different sellers refund in different point of time. How do one solve such problems? Do the purchasing committee accept such long process of replacement or refunding? 7. No Proper Catalogue or Book List Another important aspects is difficulty in identifying proper catalog or book lists. Except literature related and competitive exam oriented books it is difficult to find books on specialized subjects on e-commerce platforms. Unless proper book catalog it is difficult for academia or librarians to select right or appropriate books. In most cases it is hard to find specialized documents on these e-commerce platforms. -------------------------With best wishesVasantha Raju N.Librarian Mysore

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An Interview With K. VijayRaghavan on Open-Access Publishing
by madhan muthu 27 Oct '19

27 Oct '19

https://thewire.in/the-sciences/an-interview-with-k-vijayraghavan-on-open-a… *Based on one of your responses during the Q&A, it seems the Government of India is still committed to Plan S. There has been no explicit confirmation otherwise. You announced your support in a tweet over a year ago but there has been no word since…* We are not joining Plan S. Plan S is itself evolving, and the terms that we are trying to push is something that we will ask Plan S to push for in their format. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Indian government moving towards an open access policy
by Subbiah Arunachalam 26 Oct '19

26 Oct '19

After considerable discussion with a lot of people, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India is inching towards an OA Policy. https://thewire.in/the-sciences/plan-s-open-access-scientific-publishing-ar… Regards. 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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School Library Association (India) releases monthly Newsletter
by secretary slaindia 26 Oct '19

26 Oct '19

Dear Professional Partners, School Library Association (India) has released the inaugural issue of its monthly newsletter SLAI SCOOP on 22 October 2019. You my download the newsletter from the website of the Association www.slaindia.org Readers are requested to write to the Editor expressing their views about the Newsletter at slanewsletter2019(a)gmail.com Thank you S. L. FAISAL General Secretary School Library Association (India) secretary.slaindia(a)gmail.com www.slaindia.org +91 9447699724 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Elsevier Launches the Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA)
by Raghavendra pawar 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Interested professionals can take advantage of this. Elsevier Launches the Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elsevier-launches-the-research-dat…> Thank you, Raghavendra R

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Workshop on RDM and the Dataverse Project - Program Update & Registration Date Extended
by Dinesh Siddaiah 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Dear Friends, Please find the updated Presentation Outline <http://library.iitrpr.ac.in/workshop/program.html#> of the RDM workshop going to be held on November 04, 2019 at IIT Ropar . The registration date has been extended until October 30, 2019. For registration, accomodation and other details, please visit the workshop website http://library.iitrpr.ac.in/workshop/index.html. Presentation Outline: 1. FAIR Data as a Scholarly Resource: This section introduces learners to four concepts: i. research data; ii. research data cultures of practice; iii. data as scholarly resources; and iv. FAIR data principles. Person/Time: Ceilyn/30 min. 2. Research Data Management & the RDM Life Cycle: This section introduces learners to six concepts: i. Research data management; ii. the RDM lifecycle; iii. RDM stakeholders; iv. research data curation; v. research data repository; and vi. library data services. Person/Time: Ceilyn/30 min 3. RDM at Harvard Library: This section builds upon the previous section to describe how research data management services are implemented across the Harvard Library. Topics include service architecture, service partners, and an example of a data curation service collaboration between IQSS/Dataverse and Harvard Library departments. Person/Time: Ceilyn/30 min 4. The Dataverse Project and Infrastructure at Harvard: What is The Dataverse Project Person/Time:: Sonia/10 min 5. Installation Requirement and repository management: This section will cover the minimum requirements needed to support a Dataverse Installation: Software, developers, data management team, data curation team, sustainability, the audience, Dataverse consortium Person/Time:: Sonia/20 min 6. What can you do with a Dataverse Repository installation; Data Curation, metadata management: Your research data should be stored in a platform that allows preservation, security, and access while meeting data sharing standards. How does a Dataverse repository support this? How to manage and curate your research data in a Dataverse Repository. Person/Time:: Sonia/60 min 7. FAIR Data Principles in Dataverse: FAIR data standards define the accepted protocol for data sharing. Repositories around the world strive to meet these standards. Person/Time: Sonia/30 min 8. Hands-on training on Dataverse: Sample Repository on dataverse - Create your dataverse account and begin the process of creating your personal “dataverse” space to support your research projects. This training will highlight: creating your repository space (dataverse); describe your research project using rich metadata; uploading files in any format; making use of tabular data functionality; open vs restricted content; supplementary documentation; versioning, terms of access; guestbooks. Person/Time: Sonia/90 min 9. Implementing RDM at Higher Educational Institutions in India: Some tips Session by Ceilyn & Sonia Please feel free to contact us for any more information or queries! Thanks & Regards, Dinesh -- *Dr. Dinesh K. S.* Deputy Librarian, Library <http://library.iitrpr.ac.in/>, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar <http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/>, Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab - 140 001. Commonwealth Professional Fellow, 2014-15, University of East London <https://www.uel.ac.uk/>, United Kingdom Ph.D. in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore <http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/english-version/>, Mysuru ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dinesh_S2 Google Scholar: *https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=WYrfJ44AAAAJ&hl=en <https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=WYrfJ44AAAAJ&hl=en>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Today] Engaging lecture and interactive session with Prof. VijayRaghavan, FRS
by Francis Jayakanth 25 Oct '19

25 Oct '19

Live streaming link for the above event: https://youtu.be/QjS7fgnNJtc On the occasion of International Open Access Week 2019, we are pleased to invite you to an engaging lecture and interactive session with: Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, FRS, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India on India’s March towards Open Access to Knowledge: Challenges, Initiatives, and Policy Interventions Date & Time: 25 Oct 2019, Friday, 4.00 to 5.30 pm (High Tea: 5.30 pm) Venue: Biological Sciences Auditorium, IISc The session will be chaired by: Prof. Ajay K Sood, FRS President of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Honorary Professor at Indian Institute of Science Kindly, RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2J753Mt Open Access seeks to return scholarly publishing to its original purpose: to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Price barriers should not prevent students, researchers (or anyone) from getting access to research they need. Open Access, and the open availability and searchability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the practice of medicine to the ability of entrepreneurs to innovate International Open Access Week (October 21-27, 2019) is a global, community-driven week of action to open access to research and knowledge in general. The event is celebrated by individuals, institutions and organizations across the world and its organization is led by a global advisory committee. This is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress to build more equitable foundations for opening knowledge. The above event is jointly organized by the Centre for Society and Policy, The DST-Centre for Policy Research and JRD Tata Memorial Library at IISc. Francis Jayakanth JRD Tata Memorial Library IISc. francis(a)iisc.ac.in Ext: 2511

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