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Village Library
by prafulla tv 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Dear All, I am happy to inform you that Shri Tulja Bhavani Granthalayam (STBG) is planned to be started in Bakkalingayapally Village, Achampet Mandal of Nagar Kurnoool district in Telangana State around Deepavali this year. This project is led by a young man Sri M. Babulal, a native of this village, who manages to eke out his living as an auto driver in Hyderabad. Recently, I happened to travel in Babulalji's auto carrying auto-full load of my books from home in Padmarao Nagar to Sundarayya Vignana Kendra (SVK), Gachibowli, Hyderabad for donation to this research & reference library. He was curious as to why I was taking so many books. When I told him that I am giving them away for public use, he said that he too wanted to do something for his village. Sri Babulal expressed keen desire to start a library in his village and he was very confident that his team of youth friends and well-wishers will lend their hands in day to day running of the library. He said that the present generation of young children should not suffer because of lack of educational facilities and he does not want them to undergo hardships he had passed through due to lack of higher education. He went back to his village and convinced the village sarpanch to offer free of cost a room in the Panchayat building. The village sarpanch promised all support for this project. I discussed this project with Sri Anumula Srinivas, a library activist based in Telangana who was the force behind the establishment of 11 village libraries in the Telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in recent times, who readily agreed to provide all the support. It may not be out of place to place on record the inspiration and support offered by Prof. N. Laxman Rao garu in starting of several villaglibraries in the form of books, furniture, almirahs, etc. I am pleased to inform you that so far we have received the following for STBG: 1. 2 glass paned book almirahs costing totally Rs.12000 from Smt. Tara Ashok Patny, presented in loving memory of her husband Late Sri Ashok Kumar Patny.2. Donation of Rs.5000 from Dr. V. Prakasam, Prof (Retd), English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad for the purchase of books We need funds for the purchase of reading table (1), sitting benches (2), stationery, books and subscription of mags & daily newspapers. In case of books donated/furniture, we will take care of pasting Donor Name stickers inside every book/on the furniture. We request you to kindly extend support to this project aimed at spreading the light of knowledge. Thanking you in advance T.V. Prafulla Chandra Flat G3, Phase 4, Saptagiri Apartments Padmarao Nagar Secunderabad 500 020, Telangana State, Indiacell 93461 66455

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OA to climate research
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Friends, What does OA mean to Climate Change and our environmental concerns? You may want to listen to the panel discussion on Lowering the Barriers to Climate Research: Climate Change and OA Books. Please visit https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtcOCqrTgsGNHlyM0ma9wXsjB5p4RtYq… Regards. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RFID Workshop : Knowledge Series II : Coimbatore
by Dhaval Kotecha 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

Dear Librarians, Namaste from RapidRadio Solutions. We are pleased to announce *"RFID Workshop - Knowledge Series II"* - an initiative/effort from RapidRadio to share the knowledge of *RFID Technology & its Integration with LMS* with the community. The workshop sessions shall be conducted at different institutes across India between 30th Sept 2021 to 31st December 2022. Detailed list of institutes and respective workshop dates will be available on https://rapidradio.co.in/library/workshop/. Keep checking the same for updated workshops. *The upcoming RFID Workshop is at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore on 28 October 2022.* RapidRadio along this journey of 15 long years have acquired more than 250 library clients across India & surrounding countries. We are thankful to the library fraternity for trusting this Indian RFID manufacturer and helping us to become one of the leading players in the RFID Automation market for libraries. Over these years we have seen that the decision to purchase RFID systems & executing the project, after the decision is made, has been one of the toughest jobs for the librarian & the institute as a whole. We strongly feel that librarians who have already implemented RFID in their libraries should come forward and share their experiences with fellow librarians on how they go about this difficult decision making process. We wish to facilitate and encourage such experience sharing during workshop sessions. The complete list of speakers will be available on the web page who would be speaking at different sessions. We welcome one and all from the Library fraternity to participate in this event through filling up the registration form. CLICK HERE <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhZ7SFE3ZIgAVzFrE5sIE-vNUbMAgor-8…> to open the registration form. You can also copy the below link on your browser to open the same. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhZ7SFE3ZIgAVzFrE5sIE-vNUbMAgor-8… For any further queries you can either contact us at library(a)rapidradio.co.in or the co-organizing institute. Thanks & Regards *Tushar Popat* Business Development - Library Automation B-404, Satyamev I, Opp. Gujarat High Court, Sarkhej Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad - 380 060 Phone: +91 79 2766 5256 Mob: +91 81560 86160 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Develop your e-Library with Koha @ Rs. 9999
by LibAuto -The Smart Library 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

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RFID Workshop : Knowledge Series II : Coimbatore
by Tushar Popat 13 Oct '22

13 Oct '22

Dear Librarians, Namaste from RapidRadio Solutions. We are pleased to announce *"RFID Workshop - Knowledge Series II"* - an initiative/effort from RapidRadio to share the knowledge of *RFID Technology & its Integration with LMS* with the community. The workshop sessions shall be conducted at different institutes across India between 30th Sept 2021 to 31st December 2022. Detailed list of institutes and respective workshop dates will be available on https://rapidradio.co.in/library/workshop/. Keep checking the same for updated workshops. *The upcoming RFID Workshop is at PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore on 28 October 2022.* RapidRadio along this journey of 15 long years have acquired more than 250 library clients across India & surrounding countries. We are thankful to the library fraternity for trusting this Indian RFID manufacturer and helping us to become one of the leading players in the RFID Automation market for libraries. Over these years we have seen that the decision to purchase RFID systems & executing the project, after the decision is made, has been one of the toughest jobs for the librarian & the institute as a whole. We strongly feel that librarians who have already implemented RFID in their libraries should come forward and share their experiences with fellow librarians on how they go about this difficult decision making process. We wish to facilitate and encourage such experience sharing during workshop sessions. The complete list of speakers will be available on the web page who would be speaking at different sessions. We welcome one and all from the Library fraternity to participate in this event through filling up the registration form. CLICK HERE <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhZ7SFE3ZIgAVzFrE5sIE-vNUbMAgor-8…> to open the registration form. You can also copy the below link on your browser to open the same. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhZ7SFE3ZIgAVzFrE5sIE-vNUbMAgor-8… For any further queries you can either contact us at library(a)rapidradio.co.in or the co-organizing institute. Thanks & Regards *Tushar Popat* Business Development - Library Automation B-404, Satyamev I, Opp. Gujarat High Court, Sarkhej Gandhinagar Highway, Ahmedabad - 380 060 Phone: +91 79 2766 5256 Mob: +91 81560 86160 website <https://rapidradio.co.in/library/> | map <https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/RapidRadio+Solutions/@23.078139,72.5264…> | E-mail <tushar.popat(a)rapidradio.co.in> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open source software meant for surgery
by vinod mishra 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

Dear all Now a day's several libraries are using one or more open source software. The feature which is available by default is only used most of the time. One of the major beauty of OSS is freedom of surgery to fit local requirements, but most of the time we are not capable/attempting for the same. OSS has lot of possibility to enhance the services for users and housekeeping operations, whatever new IT based services we want should be explored in OSS. A dedicated team of library staff should always be engaged in such R&D activities with support of experts in computer. Our associations and agencies like Inflibnet, RRRLF, NDL, etc. should take initiatives for new development in existing OSS for support of libraries as our government also encourage and promotes for use of OSS. Please note freedom of surgery/customisation of OSS is main moto and we should avail such benefits under the supervision of experts. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Solr vs Elasticsearch for Digital Library
by Atanu Garai 12 Oct '22

12 Oct '22

Dear Forum, When it comes to search engine for digital library frameworks, Solr has become the choicest tool. It is used by DSpace. Fedora Repository has mentioned use of Solr and Elasticsearch alternatively (Source: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/FEDORA6x) It would be interested to know your inputs on selection of a search engine that can search full text and metadata for different resource types, including micro-data. Best regards, Atanu Atanu Garai SocialWell m: +91 97761.83915 a: Flat T-11/805, Tata Ariana, Mahalaxmi Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751029 IN w: www.socialwell.net<http://www.socialwell.net/> e: atanu(a)socialwell.net<mailto:atanu@socialwell.net> [cid:14f4feaa-40fe-4ade-9bee-379bb3ea674d]<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/MeetingwithAtanuGarai@socialwell…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/4c0bcefede504fa8a7c8a3730d02ca49…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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An org. chemistry textbook goes OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 11 Oct '22

11 Oct '22

Friends in HEIs, Please share this info with faculty and students. https://sparcopen.org/impact-story/top-organic-chemistry-author-goes-open-w… Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: [Archives-NCBS] Tomorrow: Launch of the MS Swaminathan Papers | Tue, Oct 11, 4 PM
by Siddu Huded 10 Oct '22

10 Oct '22

Dear Professionals, FYI. *Archives at NCBS* https://archives.ncbs.res.in/ *Launch of the MS Swaminathan Papers at the Archives at NCBS 48000+ archival objects | 80+ years of material | 5+ languages* *Tuesday, October 11 2022. 4:00pm. Lecture Hall – 1 (Haapus) Auditorium, NCBS *Details: https://bit.ly/apls-mss Free and open to the public *Overview:* The Archives at NCBS is delighted to welcome you to the opening of the MS Swaminathan Papers at the Archives at NCBS on Tue, October 11, 2022, at 4:00 PM. This new collection captures the life and work of MS Swaminathan, the plant geneticist, agricultural scientist, humanitarian, and institution builder. It contains over 48,000 archival objects spanning 80 years, in the form of research notes, correspondence, unpublished writings, media clippings, photographs, published works, and administrative notes from dozens of institutions and committees. *Programme:* 4:00 PM: Introductions 4:15 PM: Collection overview 4:45 PM: Reflective talk on the Swaminathan Papers and their relevance to agricultural histories. 5:15 PM: Q&A 5:45 PM: Tours of the Archives at NCBS + Refreshments *About the Archives at NCBS and the new collection:* The Archives at NCBS is a public collecting centre for the history of science in contemporary India. It operates on four broad verticals. One is to strengthen research collections and access in its domain. The second is to push the frontiers of research in archival sciences in India, forging intersections with scholarship in law, ethics, information theory and the semantic web. The third is to build capacity and public awareness through education, training and programming, from school to professional practice. And the fourth is to reimagine the archives as a way to strengthen public spaces and be part of the commons through vibrant public engagement and helping with the development of a broader collective of archives across the country (https://milli.link/) In 2020, NCBS formalized the creation of a Chair in the History and Culture of Science which also supports the activities of the Archives via a generous grant from TNQ Technologies. The 2000-square-feet physical centre includes space for research, processing, exhibitions, recording, and a leading-edge storage facility with monitors for temperature, light, humidity, air quality, water, fire, pests, and noise. Over 50,000 processed objects across 18 collections are in various forms, ranging from paper-based manuscripts to negatives to photographs, books, fine art, audio recordings, scientific equipment, letters, and field and lab notes. By the end of this year, this will increase three-fold to a publicly accessible catalogue for 150,000 objects. This is significantly due to this generous donation from the Trustees of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation of the archival papers of Professor MS Swaminathan. We are grateful to the Trustees for their trust and we look forward to making this national resource publicly accessible. *Best Regards* *Siddu M. Huded*

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Some useful sites for accessing research papers
by Francis Jayakanth 08 Oct '22

08 Oct '22

From: Arun <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Sent: 08 October 2022 21:39 Friends, Here are some sites that researchers, especially research students, will find useful. https://twitter.com/LNivisonSmith/status/1577772264304435200?s=20&t=B9_6jnQ… .s Also, students who do not have easy access to citation databases may use lens.org . Best wishes. Arun

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