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

New book announcement
by Siddu Huded 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings from Azim Premji University..! We are pleased to inform you that the book, ‘Ordinary People, Extraordinary Teachers: The heroes of real India’ authored by S. Giridhar, COO, Azim Premji University has just been published. This book, is a tribute to government school teachers. It has emerged from his study wherein he interacted with around 250 wonderful teachers in 110 schools across five districts where the Azim Premji Foundation has engaged for a long time. The mailer below provides a brief description. We believe the book would be a useful addition to your library and perhaps of interest to many members who avail your facilities. The book is available on Amazon site and the short URL for the Amazon link is www.bit.do/ordinarypeople-extraordinaryteachers. The book is also up in bookstores. Thanks and regards, Siddu Huded, Assistant Librarian, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. 9538462949 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS - App - Released
by hariharan_ah＠yahoo.com 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

Dear Professional colleagues. We are happy to inform that we have released SALIS App. We request professional colleagues to become member of SALIS using this App. SALIS App is an ALL-IN one App to automate professional activities of SALIS particularly for: Creating Log-in ID using Gmail account Registration /Enrollment of New Members To know about SALIS membership Fee details To pay membership fee online by: UPI/DEBIT CARD/CREDIT CARD/ NET BANKING (If you select UPI, then choose the desired mode: PhonePe/GooglePay/PayTM) To contribute/donate to sponsor an event To Generate and Download authorized and approved computer generated Membership Filled-in Application Form Receipt for Payment Membership Certificate Members can also see the following MENUS: 1. About SALIS 2. Governing Council 3. Current Programmes ( to know about the current Programmes of SALIS) 4. Current News ( Any current professional news) 5. Membership Details 6 . Enroll New Member ( to register/enroll as a new member) 7. Update Member Details 8. Sponsorship ( to donate or send sponsorship amount) 9. Search Member ( to search members by name/place/institution name) 10. Enquiry (Members can send any enquiry / grievance to SALIS President/General Secretary or Chapter Chairman/Secretary 11. Download (Generating and Printing Filled-in Application Form/Receipt and Certificate) LINKS Social Network LINKS are given at the bottom of the page: Links to Mail Links to SALIS Face book Account SALIS twitter Account SALIS- E-Group (will be enabled) Download: Requirements: Android Phone ( version 4 and above) and with minimum 2GB RAM SALIS App is available in Google Play store for download. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Salislib.salis or visit: https://play.google.com/ Enter 'SALIS' or 'salis' in the search box provided at the top. You can also download form SALIS website www.salis.in User Instructions Guide can be downloaded from www.salis.in *** Please give your reviews and ratings in Google Play store (where you downloaded the App) Your feedback is requested to further improve the App. Thanking you, On behalf of SALIS President/GS and GC A.Hariharan SALIS 9841601903 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com

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Research Writing and Publication- Training Programme
by Francis Jayakanth 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

From: fgct(a)socio.org.uk <fgct(a)socio.org.uk> Sent: 11 December 2019 22:37 Workshop on Preparing Quality Research Writing and Improving Research Impact January 03-04, 2020 Vellalar College, Erode. Tamilnadu http://dirf.org/training.html Call For Participation Writing a good research paper needs learning skills and gaining experience. The available data about Indian research papers reveal that a very large number of papers are rejected in highly scholarly journals. There are many reasons for such a poor state of the environment. An article in Current Science highlighted the causes of rejection of scientific papers produced in the Third world countries. It includes lack of knowledge of scientific research, poor writing skills, language issues, absence of novelty in research and so on. If researchers are directed in the right way of writing good pieces of research, it may increase the level of Indian research publications. Realizing this value, a training workshop is planned for two days at the Vellalar College for Women, Erode. The proposed training workshop addresses the following issues. The ways of producing good research and writing high-level papers Gain exposure for creating new approaches and solving research issues Understanding the requirements of a good paper The characteristics of a good scientific reporting The approaches to understand a system of quality writing The content of a good research, good review and revision These issues can be explained to Indian academic researchers, particularly the young ones. Focusing the researchers on such issues will be possible by orienting them in training sessions. A training programme can be a model to carry out this plan. The following themes will be more purposeful. How to produce qualitative research publication? How to reflect the research carried out through the publication? What are the measures for research impact? What is the best way to disseminate research? How to structure the research publication? How to assess the reviewed publication? What is indexed research? How to integrate the research in the process of global review and indexing? How to increase the research publication quality and record high research productivity? How to improve English language presentation and proof-read the language without language experts How to find collaborators and form a collaborative network in research The above issues are just a few examples of the issues focused on the researchers. Young researchers need to be motivated to generate high-quality research. They need to be focused on global reviewed and indexed research. The program will also address the issues such as Information access pattern, Research collaboration, strategies for generating good pieces of research and improving research quality. This program will enable the researchers to understand the research publication process and to participate in the global research network. The programme will discuss the ways to optimize the research publication activities and the structure of research publications, review and indexing process, methods of generating good publications, demonstration of global indexing databases, research networks and other citation and evaluation metrics. The programme will have presentations, illustrations and discussions. The program will also have an exclusive session with interaction and discussions on ‘academic profiling with research publications and citation metrics’. The second session will have a presentation on case studies and illustrations in various subjects and domains. The participants can send draft papers and the papers will be discussed for good writing. Training Session Faculty The proposed programme will be addressed by eminent and experienced international researchers and information scientists. The following speakers have confirmed their participation as of now. Prof. P. Pichappan Director Digital Information Research Labs. Ilford, UK & Chennai, India Prof. S. Sivasubramanian Former Vice-Chancellor Bharathiar University Coimbatore-641 046 Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar Library Director King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia Program Structure In the morning, there will be a brief opening program for 20 minutes. After the opening program, there is a coffee-break. After the coffee break, there will be a lengthy presentation. In the afternoon there will be illustrations and practical examples. The participants are encouraged to send their draft papers before December 25, 2019 in the online submission link - http://www.dline.info/ws/openconf/openconf.php The draft paper will be reviewed and discussed on the second day of the workshop. Who can participate? The proposed training session is mainly for young researchers, academicians & scientists from Colleges, Universities, Research Laboratories and Scientific Agencies. Interested administrators and librarians can also participate. The application for registration to the work shop should be submitted online at - https://forms.gle/67uddeaZ1TSgn37L8 For further details M. Sivamani Librarian and Organizing Chair Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Erode-12 Phone: 0424-2244107, Mobile: 9360563334 library(a)vcw.ac.in<mailto:library@vcw.ac.in>

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Library assistant vacancy at HDFC Ltd Library for freshers
by Abhimanyu Herlekar 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

Dear All Announcing Library assistant vacancy at HDFC Ltd Library, Churchgate Mumbai, for freshers. Candidates with high experience need not apply for the post. Send in CVs on library(a)hdfc.com Call on 9702496689 for more details. Regards Abhimanyu Herlekar Asst Manager Library HDFC Ltd

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Raising research quality will require collective action
by Raghavendra pawar 12 Dec '19

12 Dec '19

Raising research quality will require collective action <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03750-7?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20191212…> Thank you, Raghavendra R

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New agreed definition of predatory publishing
by Rabishankar Giri 12 Dec '19

12 Dec '19

Dear All, We are all aware that scholars from India contribute a substantial number of papers in Predatory Journals that cause the rising incidences of shoddy scholarship in Academia in our country. However, we lack an agreed definition of Predatory Publishing. The new issue of 'Nature' has espoused a consensus definition of Predatory Publishing, which is - “Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial and publication practices, a lack of transparency, and/or the use of aggressive and indiscriminate solicitation practices.”-Nature 576, 210-212 (2019) Regards,Rabishankar GiriPresidency Universitywww.presiuniv.ac.inhttps://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=lC…

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 200, Issue 38
by Muthuramalingam Kannan 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Dr.Padmanabhan Vyasamoorthy, your apprehensions are justifiable and in today's context all international conferences are arranged in tune with the tour trips of visiting professionals. We need to wait and watch (see). -- Thanking You, Dr.M.Kannan,M.L.I.Sc.,PhD., & UGC-NET Librarian, V.O.Chidambaram College, Palaymkottai Road, Tuticorin - 628 008.

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Library Trainee vacancy at IRMA, Anand, Gujarat
by Saurabh Prajapati 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Dear LIS forum Moderator, May I request you to post the following message on LIS forum: Institute of Rural Management Anand invites applications for the post of Library Trainee at its Ravi J. Matthai Library. *Educational Qualification:* Should possess a first-class Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from a recognized university. *Desirable Criteria:* Good Communication Skills in English, Basic working knowledge of IT and IT related applications used in libraries. LIBSYS / KOHA will be an added advantage. *Selection:* Selection of the candidates will be done through written test and interview. *Stipend:* A consolidated monthly stipend between Rs.14,000 - Rs. 16,000 shall be offered to the selected candidates. *Age:* Below 28 years *Number of Vacancies:* 1 Interested candidates only who meet the above mentioned requirements with respect to qualification may apply online by 25 December 2019. The written test will be in English. Candidate should be ready to work in shift-duties/rotating weekly-off. *Last Date to Apply Online: *25 December 2019 Please visit https://www.irma.ac.in/careers/careers.php for more details. With thanks and regards Saurabh Prajapati Deputy Librarian | Ravi J Matthai Library Institute of Rural Management Anand +91 2692 221671 <%2B91%202692%20221671> | +91 2692 221674 https://www.irma.ac.in https://www.rjml-irma.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Making it easier to be open: Johns Hopkins engineers innovative platform for repositories - SPARC
by madhan muthu 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

https://sparcopen.org/news/2019/making-it-easier-to-be-open-johns-hopkins-e… Choudhury, Associate Dean for Research Data Management and the Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at Johns Hopkins University, applied his engineering expertise to transform the campus library system’s infrastructure and technology capabilities. Most recently, he led a team that built the “Public Access Submission System” (PASS) <https://pass.jhu.edu/>, a platform to help researchers comply with the access policies of their funders and institutions. After the 2013 White House policy requiring public access was passed, SPARC encouraged developers to create a “unified deposit portal” for manuscript deposit.

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SALIS App - Released - reg
by hariharan_ah＠yahoo.com 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

Dear Professional colleagues. We are happy to inform that we have released SALIS App. SALIS App is an ALL-IN one App to automate professional activities of SALIS particularly for: Creating Log-in ID using Gmail account Registration /Enrollment of New Members To know about SALIS membership Fee details To pay membership fee online by: UPI/DEBIT CARD/CREDIT CARD/ NET BANKING (If you select UPI, then choose the desired mode: PhonePe/GooglePay/PayTM) To contribute/donate to sponsor an event To Generate and Download authorized and approved computer generated Membership Filled-in Application Form Receipt for Payment Membership Certificate Members can also see the following MENUS: 1. About SALIS 2. Governing Council 3. Current Programmes ( to know about the current Programmes of SALIS) 4. Current News ( Any current professional news) 5. Membership Details 6 . Enroll New Member ( to register/enroll as a new member) 7. Update Member Details 8. Sponsorship ( to donate or send sponsorship amount) 9. Search Member ( to search members by name/place/institution name) 10. Enquiry (Members can send any enquiry / grievance to SALIS President/General Secretary or Chapter Chairman/Secretary 11. Download (Generating and Printing Filled-in Application Form/Receipt and Certificate) LINKS Social Network LINKS are given at the bottom of the page: Links to Mail Links to SALIS Face book Account SALIS twitter Account SALIS- E-Group (will be enabled) Download: Requirements: Android Phone ( version 4 and above) and with minimum 2GB RAM SALIS App is available in Google Play store for download. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Salislib.salis or visit: https://play.google.com/ Enter 'SALIS' or 'salis' in the search box provided at the top. You can also download form SALIS website www.salis.in User Instructions Guide can be downloaded from www.salis.in *** Please give your reviews and ratings in Google Play store (where you downloaded the App) Your feedback is requested to further improve the App. Thanking you, On behalf of SALIS President/GS and GC A.Hariharan SALIS 9841601903 hariharan_ah(a)yahoo.com

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