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Few interesting news items from current issue of Nautre
by Raghavendra pawar 27 Sep '19

27 Sep '19

<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02791-2?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20190926…> A journal club to fix science <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02842-8?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20190926…> Discovery is always political <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02848-2?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20190926…> Scientists worldwide join strikes for climate change <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02791-2?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20190926…> Thank you, Raghavendra R -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NGL2019 - International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019, December 12-14, 2019 | NIT Rourkela, India - Request for Participation and Paper Submission
by Bhojaraju Gunjal 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

*** apologies for cross-postings *** *Invitation & Call for Papers** - Request for Participation and Paper Submission* *Invitation for participation in the* *International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019)* *New Trends & Technologies, Collaboration & Community Engagement, Future Librarianship, Library Spaces & Services* *December 12-14, 2019 | NIT Rourkela, India* Web: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/elpes7/ | E-mail: ngl2019.india(a)gmail.com *Full paper Submission extended to 30th September 2019* *Dear Professional Colleagues,* It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that the *International Conference on Next Generation Libraries-2019 (NGL-2019)* on New Trends & Technologies, Collaboration & Community Engagement, Future Librarianship, Library Spaces & Services which will be held from *December 12-14, 2019* at TIIR Auditorium, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. This conference is organised by *Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India* in association with *Special Libraries Association (SLA, USA) - Asian Chapter, United Nations, India *and* IFLA-Asia and Oceania*. NGL-2019 will provide a platform to discuss on the above themes along with related issues and challenges and probable solutions to overcome risks associated with the future of different types of libraries. NGL-2019 provides an excellent opportunity for all including Librarians, Information Professionals, Knowledge Managers, Researchers and Practitioners to share experiences, ideas, research results, meeting and networking in all aspects of new Emerging Technology in Libraries. Therefore, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, I extend you a warm invitation to Call for Papers and Participate in the NGL- 2019 in which renowned personalities from the library profession will deliberate across the globe. I am sure that the discussions and interaction during the conference will promote a wider understanding of the subject. I take this opportunity to extend my invitation to you to contribute the research/case studies to theme and sub-themes for the presentation and publication. I look forward to receiving your paper and solicit your participation in this prestigious conference. *Important Dates:* *Full Paper submission deadline:* *30th September 2019 (Extended)* *Full Paper Notification of acceptance:* *10th October 2019* *Final Paper Submission deadline:* *15th October 2019* *Registration deadline for Authors:* *1st November 2019* *Conference Dates:* *12-14 December 2019* For more details about Call for Papers, Registration and other details refer: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/elpes7/ We look forward to meeting you at Rourkela, India. With regards Bhojaraju Gunjal, Ph.D Convener & Organizing Secretary - NGL-2019 Biju Patnaik Central Library, National Institute of Technology Rourkela. Rourkela - 769008. Odisha. INDIA. Phone: 0061-2462101 / 9040511891 E-mail: ngl2019.india(a)gmail.com ; library(a)nitrkl.ac.in Web: http://library.nitrkl.ac.in/elpes7/

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Texas Tech professors receive NSF grant to develop training for recognizing predatory publishing
by Raghavendra pawar 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

Interesting, pls go thorough it. Texas Tech professors receive NSF grant to develop training for recognizing predatory publishing <https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190925/texas-tech-professors-receive-n…> Thank you, Raghavendra R

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INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION: TWO WEEK FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
by Nazrul Azmi 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION: TWO WEEK FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Dear Sir/Madam, Greetings from Ramanujan College! We inform you with great pleasure that the Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre For the Arts (IGNCA) is organizing a Two-week Faculty Development Programme on "Information Technology Applications in Library and Information Sciences", under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teachers) Sponsored Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) of Ramanujan College, University of Delhi. The FDP is scheduled to be held from 09 October - 20 October 2019 in the IGNCA premises. Faculty members (regular/adhoc/temporary) involved in teaching at under-graduate and post graduate level in various colleges, Central Universities, State Universities and UGC Accredited Private Universities, and library professionals, librarians are eligible to apply. Accommodation will be provided on sharing basis to outstation participants. The travel expenses of AC-2 Tier Railway Fare by shortest route for to and fro travel will be reimbursed. A nominal amount as 'Registration Fee' of Rs. 1500 (without accommodation) and Rs. 4000 (with accommodation including food expenses) will be charged. The detailed procedure of registration is attached for your reference. Only limited seats are available. The candidates are required to register on or before 30 September 2019. Please find enclosed the Poster and Brochure for further details regarding Registration, Accommodation etc., or refer to our website https://ramanujancollege.ac.in or mail us at tlc(a)ramanujan.du.ac.in You are kindly requested to circulate this mail to your library as well the teaching fraternity. Regards, Organizing Team, Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College (University of Delhi) Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019 and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India Central Secretariat, New Delhi - 110011 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Prof.Khaiser Jahan Begum –Superannuation @ MyDLIS, Monday, 30th Sept, 2019 @3.00pm
by Dr Jaya Kumara 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

Dear Sir/Madam, With great respect and honour I would like to let you know Prof. Khaiser Johan Begum, Chairman, DOS in Library and Information Science is superannuating after serving for nearly 4 decades as a distinguish professor, administrator and great scientist in the field of Library and Information Science. She devoted her entire career to the library profession and to craft the professionals in the field of Library and Information Science. She is known for her excellent teaching, Innovations, Creativity, Administration and motivating young library professionals. All her research students are employed in national and state level institutes of high repute and eminence and in corporate like IITs, HLA,ISRO and NAL, HCL , TCS etc. Kindly join us on Monday the 30th Sept.’2019 to greet her. There is book launch and workshop organized on that day for the benefit of the researchers. You may send your good wishes and messages to me. Get In Touch : Dr Jayakumar Time 3.00pm Venue : Dr. S R Ranganathan Hall ,DOS in LISc Manasa gangothri,Mysore Cell:9880207190 mylismeetandgreet(a)gmail.com (O) 2418399/2419389 Warm Regards, Dr. JAYAKUMARA, B.Com., M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil., PhD., K SET Senior Scale Librarian & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science, Government First Grade College Chamarajanagar - 571313 Cell: 98802 07190

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MyLIS Meet and Greet is on 30th Sept’2019 instead of 27th Sept’2019 – please note
by Dr Jaya Kumara 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

MyLIS Meet and Greet is on 30th Sept’2019 instead of 27th Sept’2019 – please note Dear Friends, ‘*Workshop on Understanding Research Metrics using Scopus Database on Monday the 30th September 2019* Department of Library & Information Science is organising a *“Workshop on Understanding Research Metrics using Scopus Database on Monday the 30th September 2019: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. * *Who can attend?* The workshop is very useful to all the: - Faculty Members, Research Scholars, PhD Course Work Students and Project Assistants *Resource persons:* The main speaker is Mr. Vijay Reddy, from Hyderabad. Along with him all the faculty members of the department will also be the other key resource persons. *Workshop Themes:* Measuring Research Metrics at Institutional Level, Journal level, Author level, Article level *Workshop Fee: *the fees will be *500=00*, it includes mini kit, certificate, working lunch and high tea. Please get ready to register by making payment online to the below account and send the payment details through WhatsApp or e-mail. Account Details: *MyLis Meet and Greet* Account Number: *38756178471* IFSC: *SBIN0041119* State Band of India, Manasagangotri Branch, Mysore. *Contact Person: * For further information you may contact: Dr. Jayakumara Cell: 9480473901, 9880207190 e-mail: mylismeetandgreet(a)gmail.com Warm Regards, Dr. JAYAKUMARA, B.Com., M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil., PhD., K SET Senior Scale Librarian & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science, Government First Grade College Chamarajanagar - 571313 Cell: 98802 07190 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2019-09-22
by Mohan Hr 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-09-22 * Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/interesting-reads-2019-09-22.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/ir-quiz-2019-09-22.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Articles* - Autonomous Vehicle Technology Futures 2019 - We Analyzed 14 Of The Biggest Direct-to-Consumer Success Stories To Figure Out The Secrets To Their Growth — Here’s What We Learned - 10 Principles for Winning the Game of Digital Disruption - Why your COBOL code isn't going anywhere - Global Crisis Survey 2019 - Making Indian businesses sustainable - How Big Data is Leading to Big Change - Twenty things I wish I’d known when I started my PhD - Three Dimensions of Design for Sustainable Behaviour - Toward a New Field of Global Engineering - The Little Robot that Lived at the Library - Towards Data Science - Women in tech: 20 stories of women doing big things with their tech skills - How your company can win the war for tech talent by hiring nontraditional employees - PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study: Sizing the prize - TED Talks: How can we fix the learning crisis? *Events / Announcements* - Machine Learning: Helping India Shape its Future at IIT Madras on 25th Sep 2019 at CLT, IIT Madras - National Workshop on “Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure” at SETS Chennai during 27-28 Sep 2019 - TENCON-2019: 17-20 Oct 2019 at Kochi - SETS Certificate course on Advanced Cyber Security (SCACS) 11th Nov -6 th Dec at Chennai - INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat - India Science Fest at IISER, Pune on Jan 12-13, 2020 - CSI-2020: 53rd Annual Convention. 16-18 Jan 2020 at Bhubaneshwar - UDS 2020: 1st International Conference on Urban Data Science. 20-21 Jan 2020 at IIT Madras *IR-Quiz* Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-09-22 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/ir-quiz-2019-09-22.html *Access Links* Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/interesting-reads-2019-09-22.htm <https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/interesting-reads-2019-09-22.html>l Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/09/ir-quiz-2019-09-22.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts 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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Workshop on SCOPUS Database on Monday the 30th September 2019
by Dr Jaya Kumara 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Subject: *Workshop on Understanding Research Metrics using Scopus Database on Monday the 30th September 2019* Dear Sir/Madam, Department of Library & Information Science is organising a *“Workshop on Understanding Research Metrics using Scopus Database on Monday the 30th September 2019: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. * *Who can attend?* The workshop is very useful to all the: - Faculty Members, Research Scholars, PhD Course Work Students and Project Assistants *Resource persons:* The main speaker is Mr. Vijay Reddy, from Hyderabad. Along with him all the faculty members of the department will also be the other key resource persons. *Workshop Themes:* Measuring Research Metrics at Institutional Level, Journal level, Author level, Article level *Workshop Fee: *the fees will be *500=00*, it includes mini kit, certificate, working lunch and high tea. Please get ready to register by making payment online to the below account and send the payment details through WhatsApp or e-mail. Account Details: *MyLis Meet and Greet* Account Number: *38756178471* IFSC: *SBIN0041119* State Band of India, Manasagangotri Branch, Mysore. Contact Person: For further information you may contact: Dr. Jayakumara Cell: 9480473901, 9880207190, 0821-2419399, 389 e-mail: *mylismeetandgreet(a)gmail.com <mylismeetandgreet(a)gmail.com>* Yours Faith fully Dr. JAYAKUMARA, B.Com., M.L.I.Sc, M.Phil., PhD., K SET Senior Scale Librarian & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science, Government First Grade College Chamarajanagar - 571313 Cell: 98802 07190

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Internship at IIHS Library (Delhi & Chennai)
by Vinay M S 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Dear Sir, Kindly post this to the forum. Library (Delhi & Chennai) <http://library.iihs.co.in/> These internships will involve assisting library operations and services, mainly user and research services, instruction and outreach, acquisition and technical processing of learning resources being acquired for the library. Coordinating with the library team, the interns require a working knowledge of Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) standard, Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and exposure to open source or proprietary library automation systems, preferably Koha Library Management System, though not mandatory. A degree in any relevant stream will be desirable. There are two internship positions, one based in Delhi and one in Chennai. Selected interns will be required to travel to Bengaluru for two weeks to train with the IIHS Library team at the Bengaluru city campus. *Qualifications*: Masters in Library and Information Science Please apply here: http://iihs.co.in/iihs-people/careers/iihs-internship-programme/ Thanks & regards, Vinay MS Associate - Library 8892705152 IIHS Library <http://library.iihs.co.in/> | IIHS Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=nBhwh6EAAAAJ&hl=en> | IIHS Knowledge Gateway <http://iihs.co.in/knowledge-gateway/> [image: https://www.facebook.com/events/346426196289316/] <https://www.facebook.com/events/346426196289316/> ------------------------------ [image: Indian Institute for Human Settlements] <http://iihs.co.in/> iihs.co.in [image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/iihsin> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/iihsin> [image: LinkedIn] <http://linkedin.com/company/indian-institute-for-human-settlements> [image: Youtube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/iihschannel/videos?sort=dd&view=1&shelf_index=0> IIHS BENGALURU CITY CAMPUS :: 197/36, 2nd Main Road, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru 560 080. India. T: +91 80 6760 6666 | F: +91 80 2361 6814 IIHS CHENNAI :: Floor 7A, Chaitanya Exotica, 24/51 Venkatnarayana Road, T Nagar, Chennai 600 017. India. T +91 44 6630 5500/6555 6590 IIHS DELHI :: 803 Surya Kiran, 19 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001. India. T: +91 11 4360 2798 IIHS MUMBAI :: Flat No.2, Purnima Building, Patel Compound, 20-C, Napean Sea Road, Mumbai 400 006. India. T: +91 22 6525 3874

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Event on Machine Learning and Cloud Computing Technologies at IIT Madras on 25th at CLT, IIT Madras
by Mohan Hr 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Pl. find the invite from Dr. D. Janakiram, IIT Madras for an interesting event on Machine Learning & Cloud Computing Technologies. Pl. register and attend. With regards -- HR Mohan ------------------------------ *From:* Janakiram D, IIT Madras *Sent:* Monday, September 23, 2019 7:19 AM *To:* Janakiram D *Subject:* Fw: Event on Machine Learning and Cloud Computing Technologies at IIT Madras Machine Learning and Cloud Computing Technologies are impacting various industries right from banking to healthcare. Join us in shaping India's future on *IIT Madras* campus or online, live on the *25th of September* at *1:30 pm* for an exciting launch. *Click on the link below to block your seat now. * *Register for the event <http://bit.ly/2QkFc9K>* We look forward to seeing you at the event. Regards, Team upGrad & IIT Madras ᐧ ᐧ

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