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International Open Access Week 2020 Seminars: Videos
by madhan muthu 25 Oct '20

25 Oct '20

International Open Access Week 2020 Seminars: Videos Access, Equality and Cognitive Justice: What are the Problems with Scientific Journals and Research Evaluation? By Jean-Claude Guédon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB9fBOJQbdo&list=PLpZQGdGBNzy0OUW7bu8ErjecA… Is Copyright a Hindrance for Open Access in India? Anubha Sinha and Arul George Scaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnxlRyO_1aQ Equity and inclusion in global open access scholarly communications need more South-South dialogue and cooperation Dominique Babini and Arianna Becerril García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmRMKIpRdsQ -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Nov 2020 events of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Chennai Chapters
by Mohan Hr 24 Oct '20

24 Oct '20

CSI, ACM & IEEE CS Chennai Chapters cordially invite you to the following webinars in Nov 2020. Pl. register using the link provided. 3rd Nov -- Mobile App Development: An Overview. https://bit.ly/36EnWmt 7th Nov -- Indigenous R&D in Cyber Security: Initiatives in India. https://bit.ly/3jXq6Bp 10th Nov -- Machine Learning for 5G and beyond: Opportunities and Challenges. https://bit.ly/3nnuFal 12th Nov -- Driving Innovation for the New Normal World. https://bit.ly/3nyvrS5 16th Nov -- IPR, Patents & Filing Guidelines. https://bit.ly/3iTA9GB 21st Nov -- Data Science -- Trends & Opportunities. https://bit.ly/2GxqE2D 24th Nov --Deep Learning Algorithms for Cloud Robotics. https://bit.ly/33Bpr2N 28th Nov -- Covid-19: Remedies from Medicinal Plants & Environmental Hygiene. https://bit.ly/30UF7fP Pl. see the detailed schedule including the pdf invite, presentation, speaker profile and registration links at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2020/10/csi-chennai-acm-chennai-ieee-cs-mad… Pl register and get benefited. Also, we request you to share the events schedule with your colleagues, friends & contacts and encourage them to register and participate in the events. With regards PV Subramanian, Chair, CSI Chennai HR Mohan, Chair, ACM Chennai P Sakthivel, Chair, IEEE CS Madras

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Open Access: South-South dialogue and cooperation (OA Week Seminars 2020)
by madhan muthu 24 Oct '20

24 Oct '20

The most important one in this series. I request members of this forum to spare some time and attend this lecture: Equity and inclusion in global open access scholarly communications need more South-South dialogue and cooperation; perspective from Latin America experience By Prof. Dominique Babini Open Access and Open Science Advisor, Latin American Council of Social Sciences Prof. Arianna Becerril García Executive Director, Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Host: Dr. Jenice Jean Goveas, Post-doctoral Fellow, DST-CPR-IISc Q&A Moderator: Dr. Suryesh K Namdeo, Program Officer, DST-CPR-IISc Date: 24rd October 2020 Time: 5:30 PM (IST) Join the Seminar through Microsoft Teams Here <https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…> -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Anbha Sinha on 'One Nation, One Subscription'
by Subbiah Arunachalam 24 Oct '20

24 Oct '20

Please read Research Publishing: Is ‘One Nation, One Subscription’ Pragmatic Reform for India? by Anubha Sinha in *The Wire* Best. 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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Open Access Week 2020
by Francis Jayakanth 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Dear Members, I am pleased to inform you that DST-CPR at IISc will be hosting a set of online webinars during this year's OA Week (19-25 October 2020). The webinar schedule is as follows: 22 October at 5:30 p.m. Jean-Claude Guédon: Access equality and cognitive justice: what are the problems with scientific journals and research evaluation? Please click the link below to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… 23 October 3:30 p.m. Anubha Sinha and Arul George Scaria: Is Copyright a Hindrance for Open Access in India? Please click the link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… 24 October 5:30 p.m. Dominique Babini and Arianna Becerril-García: Equity and inclusion in global open access scholarly communications needs more South-South dialogue and cooperation-perspective from Latin America experience Please click the link below to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee… With Regards, Francis

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Is Copyright a Hindrance for Open Access in India? - A panel discussion
by madhan muthu 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

Is Copyright a Hindrance for Open Access in India? - A panel discussion Speakers: Anubha Sinha (Centre for Internet and Society) Arul George Scaria (National Law University) Host: Dr. Venkat Nadella, DST-CPR-IISc Moderators: Madhan Muthu, Azim Premji University Hamsa Kalyani, NIAS, and Francis Jayakanth, JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc Date: 23rd October 2020 Time: 3:30 PM (IST) Join the Seminar through Microsoft Teams Here <https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmee…> -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The People's Libraries
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

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IEEE CS Webinar on "Past, Present, and Future of Computing" on 31st Oct 2020 at 4 pm IST
by Mohan Hr 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

Dear all Greetings IEEE Computer Society Cordially invites you to a webinar Topic: "Past, Present, and Future of Computing" Speaker: Dr V Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor Supercomputer Education & Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Date: Saturday, 31st Oct 2020 Time: 4 pm IST / 6.30 am ET For event details & registration, pl visit https://bit.ly/3iAegf0 Webinar Flyer at https://bit.ly/2SufVZ8 With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Talk on Take your institution from open access to open science framework.
by Vimal Kumar V. 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Dear Friends, Kerala Library Association-Kottayam Region organised a Talk on *Take your institution from open access to open science framework.* *Speaker:* Dr J. K. Vijayakumar Library Director King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia. *Date and Time:* Thursday 22nd October 2020 at 7.00 pm (IST) No registration needed. ZOOM meeting link, https://kaust.zoom.us/j/98810464235 For more details, please visit, https://klaweblog.wordpress.com -- Dr Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India-686 560 My Home Page: http://www.vimalkumar.info My Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.com http://dspacegeek.blogspot.com http://moovandan.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Admission Notification for PGDLIM 2020-21 Academic Year at TISS , Mumbai : Last Date Extended up to 28th October 2020
by Shivarama J 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Admission Notification for Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management (PGDLIM) 2020-21 Academic Year TISS Mumbai The hallmark of today’s knowledge society is its access to humongous amounts of constantly generated information and data. However, this information explosion has given way to another challenge, i.e. dealing with the problem of plenty. With too much information being made available, it has become impossible for today's researchers, scientists and students to effectively deal with new knowledge and its application for their studies and research. As we move ahead in the digital world, librarians have been playing a critical role of being the facilitators to access the digital learning resources. This unprecedented shift towards digital modes of education due to the Covid 19 pandemic has created the need for highly skilled and well trained information management professionals across various domains. TISS has launched this cutting edge programme to deal with this challenge. This 36 credits one year dual mode programme uses contact classes and extensive online learning platform Moodle. The course components are a combination of sound theory, extensive practicals and experiential. The core learning components comprises of Digital library and Information Archival software; DSpace, Greenstone, Content Management Software; Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, Reference Management Software; Zotero, Mendeley, EndNotes, Data mining and Data Visualisation tools like Tableau. Chatbot technology software like Program-O, Integrated library management software; Koha, E-Granthalaya, E Publishing software like Open Journal System. Harvesting software like Open Harvesting System. E-Book management software; Calibre. Web 2.0 tools application in libraries. Latest version of Ubuntu operating system. E- Resource management software; Coral. Google analytics, Cloud computing systems. Intellectual property rights and components like Creative Commons. E-Learning Management Software like Moodle. More and more organizations in India are embarking on new concepts in handling information. With the changing times, information formats also have changed rapidly from print on paper to digital. There is a need for qualified and trained Library and Information Science professionals to take the lead and guide developments in helping the end users in the changing environment. This program opens up opportunities with world class technology enabled libraries and information centres, think tanks, corporate libraries, archives and research institutes. Please visit the following link to know more about this programme and to apply. *https://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/stp-admissions/pg-diploma-in-digital-library-information-manageme/ <https://admissions.tiss.edu/view/10/admissions/stp-admissions/pg-diploma-in…>* Last Date to apply is 28th October 2020. We will be happy to respond, if you have any further queries. With Regards Dr. Satish Kanamadi and Dr. J.Shivarama Satish Kanamadi PhD Librarian and Chairperson, CLIMS Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) V N Purav Marg, Deonar MUMBAI - 400088. INDIA Tel: 91-22-25525283 Email: satish(a)tiss.edu And Dr.J.Shivarama Programme Coordinator PGDLIM Center for Library and Information Management Studies Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences Deonar , MUMBAI 400088 Email: *j.shivarama(a)tiss.edu <j.shivarama(a)tiss.edu>* Tel: 022 25525284 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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