April 2023 - LIS-Forum - ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

CSI, IEEE CS & ACM -- Forthcoming Events in Apr & May 2023
by Mohan Hr 24 Apr '23

24 Apr '23

*Forthcoming Events* 29th Apr 2023 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization- Opportunities for Inter-Disciplinary Innovation" by Dr. Radhika Kulkarni, Former Vice President (Advanced Analytics R&D), SAS Institute Inc. 2022 President of INFORMS. Register at https://bit.ly/3KpS5d9 6th May 2023 at 6 pm IST. CSI Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & ACM Chennai jointly present a webinar on "Systems Thinking for Profession and Life" by Dr. L. S. Ganesh, Professor (retired), DoMS, IIT Madras & VC, ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education. Hyderabad and Dr. T. S. Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Bharathidasan Inst. of Management, Trichy. Register at https://bit.ly/3GP1ubD 15th May 2023 at 6 pm IST. IEEE CS, ACM and CSI invite you for the release of the book “Fun with Machine Learning” by Dr. B. Ravindran, Prof. Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, Head, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI & Centre for Responsible AI, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Following the book release, a presentation will be made by the authors of the book Mr. Arockia Liborious, Practice Head, Data Science & Cognitive Analytics, ICICI Bank & Dr. Rik Das, Principal Consultant (Data Science), PwC India on“Intuition to Insight: Fun Machine Learning for Data-Driven Decisions”. Register at https://bit.ly/3Lhbvkz Note: All registered participants will receive a free copy (in PDF format) of the chapter 1 on “Significance of Machine learning in Today’s Business” from the book “Fun with Machine Learning”, being released. Other events in Apr 2023: https://bit.ly/apr2023events *Interesting Reads And Information (IRAI) Posts * Stories in IRAI -- 230421: https://lnkd.in/gx3Td7AE Stories in IRAI -- 230411: https://lnkd.in/geaC5HKx Stories in IRAI -- 230401: https://lnkd.in/gvSqCZkf Stories in IRAI -- 230321: https://lnkd.in/gFGYv6mX Earlier Posts of IRAI and Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD

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IRAI -- 230421 -- Interesting Reads And Information & Forthcoming Events in Apr & May 2023
by Mohan Hr 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

*IRAI -- 230421 -- Interesting Reads And Information* Read the stories of IRAI -- 230421 at https://lnkd.in/gx3Td7AE ChatGPT: Not yet a panacea for IT support Software Architecture and Design InfoQ Trends Report - April 2023 When DevOps Meets Security to Protect Software Understanding Deep Learning GitLab vs GitHub: Explore Their Major Differences and Similarities How to write better ChatGPT prompts 8 organizations that promote women in STEM A Canadian godfather of AI calls for a 'pause' on the technology he helped create How bad mobile habits are killing your neck The rich are pouring millions into life extension research – but does it have any ethical value *Quiz*. The ChatGPT equivalent from Elon Musk is codenamed as -------- (Answer in the next post IRAI -- 230501) Answer to the Quiz in IRAI -- 230411: South Korea *Past IRAI Posts * Stories in IRAI -- 230421: https://lnkd.in/gx3Td7AE Stories in IRAI -- 230411: https://lnkd.in/geaC5HKx Stories in IRAI -- 230401: https://lnkd.in/gvSqCZkf Stories in IRAI -- 230321: https://lnkd.in/gFGYv6mX Earlier Posts of IRAI and Archives: https://lnkd.in/ewR3UdD *Forthcoming Events* 29th Apr 2023 at 6 pm IST. Webinar on "Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization- Opportunities for Inter-Disciplinary Innovation" by Dr. Radhika Kulkarni, Former Vice President (Advanced Analytics R&D), SAS Institute Inc. 2022 President of INFORMS. Register at https://bit.ly/3KpS5d9 6th May 2023 at 6 pm IST. CSI Chennai, IEEE CS Madras & ACM Chennai jointly present a webinar on "Systems Thinking for Profession and Life" by Dr. L. S. Ganesh, Professor (retired), DoMS, IIT Madras & VC, ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education. Hyderabad and Dr. T. S. Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Bharathidasan Inst. of Management, Trichy. Register at https://bit.ly/3GP1ubD 15th May 2023 at 6 pm IST. IEEE CS, ACM and CSI invite you for the release of the book “Fun with Machine Learning” by Dr. B. Ravindran, Prof., Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Head, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI & Centre for Responsible AI, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Following the book release, a presentation will be made by the authors of the book Mr. Arockia Liborious, Practice Head, Data Science & Cognitive Analytics, ICICI Bank & Dr. Rik Das, Principal Consultant (Data Science), PwC India on “Intuition to Insight: Fun Machine Learning for Data-Driven Decisions”. Register at https://bit.ly/3Lhbvkz Note: All registered participants will receive a free copy (in PDF format) of the chapter 1 on “Significance of Machine learning in Today’s Business” from the book “Fun with Machine Learning”, being released. Other events in Apr 2023: https://bit.ly/apr2023events

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Open science in France and India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

Friends, Rob Johnson <https://twitter.com/rschrobUK> @rschrobUK <https://twitter.com/rschrobUK> says in a tweet, "The new French Open Science Monitor is a model of good #openscience <https://twitter.com/hashtag/openscience?src=hashtag_click> practice (open method, data, code, downloads available in multiple formats), as well as having lots of pretty graphs to play around with. Well worth a look! Please see https://frenchopensciencemonitor.esr.gouv.fr/?id=publishers.type-ouverture. The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research deserves to be congratulated. Let us hope DST's CHORD (NSTMIS) Division and the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry/UGC will soon come up with such reports and pleasing infographics. Or one of our enterprising LIS professionals may write a paper on the status of open science in India. With warm 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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National Conference on “Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Library and Information Science”
by Chidananda M 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

Dear Sir/ Madam, We would like to inform you that the Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru in collaboration with Prof. Mallinath Kumbar Felicitation Committee, DOS in LIS, University of Mysore, Mysuru is organising a National Conference on “Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Library and Information Science” on May 29 & 30, 2023. The followings are the conference subthemes, author guidelines, and contact details. We look forward to your participation in this exciting event. *Conference Sub-themes* · Historical perspectives on the evolution of LIS · Current trends and innovations in LIS · Role of technology in the field of LIS · Impact of the digital age on libraries and information centers · Future of libraries in the digital world · Emerging technologies and their potential impact on LIS · Role of librarians and information professionals in the digital age · Intersection of library and information science with other fields, such as education, data science, and digital humanities · Ethical and privacy issues in LIS · Role of libraries and information centers in social justice and equity · Metric studies, user studies and information literacy *Author Guidelines for Paper Submission* · Original and unpublished research papers on the conference themes are invited for presentation at the conference. · Papers will be accepted only after strict review by the editorial committee. · Pre-declaration by the author(s) should be made separately that the paper has not been sent elsewhere for publication/ presentation. · Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. · The full paper in word file (with an abstract not exceeding 200 words and atleast 5 keywords) should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to mc(a)lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in · Paper should not exceed 10 pages (linespace: 1.5, font size: 12, font: Times New Roman, reference: APA). · Papers will not be accepted without registration fee. · The last date for submitting papers is April 30, 2023. · Authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their papers by May 5, 2023. · For authors, it is compulsory to pay the registration fee before May10, 2023. · Those who have not paid the registration fee their papers will not be considered for presentation and publication in conference proceedings. · Please note that at least one author of a paper is required to pay the registration fee. · Failure to pay the registration fee will result in their paper not being considered for presentation and publication in conference proceedings. *Registration Fee* The registration fee for the conference is INR 1000 (Rupees One Thousand only). *Address for Communication* *Prof. N. S. Harinarayana* *Chairman* Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru - 570006. Email: chairperson(a)lisc.uni-mysore.ac.in Phone: 9741533380 -- With warm regards - - - Chidananda M. Librarian JSS Law College, Kuvempunagar Mysore-570023 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Online course - Getting started with writing and publishing your research
by Shamprasad Pujar 21 Apr '23

21 Apr '23

Dear All, This may be of interest to you/your users. Getting started with writing and publishing your research https://www.authoraid.info/en/news/details/1799/ Regards, Shamprasad M. Pujar, PhD Chief Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-6909 6528 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Dr. Ishwar Bhat
by Ishwar Goudar 20 Apr '23

20 Apr '23

Dear Professionals, It is shoking to learn that Dr. Ishwara Bhat, a well known LIS Professional and Pro - VC of Presidency University, Bengaluru passed away on 15 April 2023. Dr. Bhat did his PhD in LIS from Karnatak University, Dharwad under the guidance of Prof S L Sangam. A Gold Medalist from Bangalore University, Dr Bhat had work experience of over 40 years as under: Chief Librarian and Pro - VC of Presidency University; University Librarian and Unit Chief, Publications and Media Relations, BITS Pilani; Regional Manager (Libraries) Northern India, British Council, Delhi; Manager, The British Library, Hyderabad and Chief Librarian, NIMHANS, Bangalore. Dr. Bhat taught courses in Communication Skills, Negotiation Skills, Knowledge Management, Digital Libraries, etc. He was Editor of the BITS Pilani journal, ‘CURIE’ during 2011-2014, covering technical articles in Science, Engineering and Management. Apart from being an interface between media and BITS, he was also responsible for publications in BITS like Annual Report, Research@BITS, and BITScan. Dr. Bhat served as Member in several National Committees including Steering Committee for INDEST and Selection Committee Member for LIS Professionals in few Universoties. Dr. Bhat wrote content for several LIS course materials including AP Open University, IGNOU, VMOU, Kota and UGC Inflibnet. Dr. Bhat has edited 3 books and authored 25 research papers. I condole sad demise of Dr. Ishwar Bhat and pray the Almighty to his family members ti bear this great loss. Om Shanthi. 💐💐🙏💐💐 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Job Opportunities with Tata Consultancy Services Information Resource Centre (IRC)
by Nagappa Bakkannanavar 20 Apr '23

20 Apr '23

TCS Public Job Opportunities with Tata Consultancy Services Information Resource Centre (IRC) TCS IRC invites applications for the "IRC Officer" positions at Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. These are regular positions and selected candidates should be prepared to work in these cities on a long-term basis. Remuneration and benefits are at par with the best in the industry. Job Responsibilities: The job involves assisting in the IRC operations. The responsibilities include handling the IRC services desk, attending to user queries, information services, transactional activities, conducting outreach activities such as floor-walks, book talks, technical processing and other activities. Eligibility and Requirements * Regular & full time Master's in Library & Information Science or any equivalent degree * Consistent academic records Class X onwards with minimum 50% * 0-5 years of experience preferred * Age should not exceed 30 years * Willingness to work in any center within the city with flexible timings * Ability to work both independently and in a team to deliver results in a constantly changing environment * Strong communication, info search, customer service skills * Knowledge of MS Office, Windows, LMS is expected. HTML, SharePoint, Web-page Management will be an advantage. * Willingness to learn and upskill on the job Application & Selection Process * Resume should include Full Name, Date of Birth, Permanent & Current Address, Contact No, Email Id, Educational Qualifications (10th, 12th, UG and PG) with Institute Name, Year of Passing, Percentage of Marks. In addition, please provide Experience (if any) with Name of Employer, Service Period - From & To, Designation, Work Profile in Brief and Annual Salary drawn. * Applications should be submitted to corporate.irc(a)tcs.com<mailto:corporate.irc@tcs.com> * The email subject line should include "TCS IRC Recruitment 2023: <Preferred City Name> - <Applicant's Full Name>" (e.g. TCS IRC Recruitment 2023: Bangalore - Akash Sharma) * Those who have applied in the last 6 months but not shortlisted for interview are not eligible to apply. * Shortlisted candidates will be called for a Written Test followed by an Interview in the city applied for. (Candidates should apply for 1 city only.) * Last date for receiving applications is 30 April 2023. Please note the following: * No other documents / certificates are required along with the application form. * No travel / daily allowances will be given to candidates attending the written test / interview. * Only selected candidates will be informed. About TCS: * Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a part of the Tata Group, is a global leader in IT services, digital and business solutions with a comprehensive industry expertise and a global network of innovation and delivery centers. About TCS IRC: * TCS takes pride in having a unique Corporate Information Resource Centre (IRC) with a large network of about 50 IRCs spread across 14 cities in India, known for its high-quality processes and benchmarks, and an exemplary application of management techniques and tools. TCS IRC is a specialized information and knowledge center, committed to providing services aligned to the organization's business information needs and comprises a wide range of resources (Print + Digital) and services. With Best Regards Dr. Nagappa Veerappa Bakkannanavar Head - Information Resource Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Limited Gopalan Enterprises Pvt Ltd (Global Axis) SEZ, "H" Block, Whitefield, Bangalore - 560066, Karnataka, India TCS Public =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request paper to our student
by Palanichamy ilangumaran 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

Dear sir we request the following research paper our student for research purpose kindly give paper AiOT -Based Smart Stick for visually Impaired Person.Krupal jivrajani,Shobhat K Patel,Chandrasinh Parmer.IEEE Thankyou P.ILANGUMARAN Senior Librarian Sethu Institute of Technology Kariapatti.626115 Mobile.9789527616 kumarilan(a)rediffmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA Special Lecture Invitation
by Dr. Subhash Reddy B 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

Dear LIS Professionals, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) is pleased to invite you to a special lecture on "Leveraging ChatGPT for Library Services" by Dr. Dhanu Pattanashetti, Senior IEEE Client Services/University Partnership Program Manager, IEEE, Bangalore. Date and Time: Saturday, April 22, 2023, 10.15 a.m. Venue: Prof. K. Venkatagiri Gowda Memorial Auditorium Bangalore University, Jnana Bharathi campus Bengaluru - 560056 You are warmly invited to attend. Thanks and Regards, Dr. Subhash Reddy B Librarian PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage, BENGALURU - 560085 Ph: 080-26721983 Extn:229 http://library.pes.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open access in India: It is time for concerted action
by Subbiah Arunachalam 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

Fellow information scientists and librarians, When Dr T B Rajashekar, the founder of LIS-Forum passed away in June 2005, Prof. N Balakrishnan and I wrote "The best tribute the LIS professionals in this country could pay to Raja is to set up institutional open access archives as soon as possible and fill them with papers, modernize their curricula and teach their students the values practiced by him." See https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/4589.html. Raja was the first in India and one of the earliest in the world to set up an institutional open access repository. Raja's able deputy Dr Francis Jayakanth hosts an annual memorial lecture as well as carries on with the wonderful discussion forum, one of the largest of its kind in the world (with over 6,000 members), and also continues with the IISc's Eprints repository. But the status of OA in the country as a whole is, if I may say that, depressing. According to *Web of Science *data, with only about 30% of papers from India available as open access (as of 2021), India is third from the bottom in a list of about 200 countries in % share of OA documents, just above North Korea (293 papers, 18.8% OA) and French Polynesia (one paper, 0% OA). India, with over 1,37,000 papers in 2021, is seventh in terms of number of papers published. In a country where there are 55,000 higher education institutions (more than 1,170 universities, nearly 43,800 colleges and 11,300 stand-alone institutions) [ https://www.statista.com/statistics/660862/higher-education-institutions-by…] we have less than 150 institutional open access repositories today. According to Manju Naika and Sandeep Pathak in *Nature*, "as of April 2020, the UK-based Directory of Open Access Repositories ( Open DOAR <https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/> ) listed 92 such repositories in India. Besides institute-level repositories, India has set up several national ones to promote OA."[https://www.nature.com/articles/nindia.2020.125] Most of these repositories are incomplete; not all papers published by an institution's researchers find their way into the institution's repository. But a large number of LIS graduates and academic and research librarians write papers about open access. There are some bright spots, though. For example, two Indian academic librarians have won international recognition (the EPT award) for making outstanding contributions to the promotion of OA in a developing country [ https://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/01/oa-interviews-francis-jayakanth-of.html and http://www.icrisat.org/newsroom/latest-news/happenings/happenings1609.htm#7 ]. One of them persuaded his institute's Director to mandate OA for all research papers, at a time when there were less than a dozen OA mandates worldwide. Two Secretaries to the Government of India, one heading DSIR and the other heading both DST and DBT, took less than a few seconds to accept the suggestion to make all papers resulting from their funding open access! Their decisions led to the setting up of CSIR Central and Science Central at CSIR-URDIP, Pune, as well as many IRs in the CSIR, DST and DBT laboratories. In the early days of the OA movement, starting from 2000, three great institutions, viz. M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian Institute of Science, and not to forget the then fledgling Centre for Internet & Society, provided invaluable support to the movement. A large number of global experts - including Stevan Harnad, Alma Swan, Barbara Kirsop, Leslie Chan, Leslie Carr, John Willinsky, Abel Packer and others - visited India to promote the culture of OA. Although Peter Suber and Richard Poynder have not visited India, they have done much to promote OA in India (and the world). We even tried and succeeded in persuading the CGIAR management, based on the experience of ICRISAT, Hyderabad, to adopt a system-wide open access policy [ https://poynder.blogspot.com/2010/05/] and thought of strengthening the culture of OA in other emerging economies such as China, Brazil and South Africa. [See Barbara Kirsop, *Current Science*, Vol. 92 (10 Feb 2007), 276-77]. Prof. Balaram wrote many editorials in *Current Science* on the need to adopt OA, especially OA archiving. And yet, as of 2021, *only about 30% of India's papers (as per Web of Science, * *lens.org <http://lens.org> and COKI) are OA. India is third from the bottom in a list of about 200 countries in terms of % of OA publications.* The situation would have been far better had our scientists and scholars self-archived their papers and had our friends in the LIS community put in diligent efforts to set up IRs. People like Prof. ARD Prasad, Dr D K Sahu, the late Dr Rajashekar, Dr Francis Jayakanth and Muthu Madhan have put in much effort in training librarians in setting up such facilities. We have been talking about OA for a long time. It is high time we walk the talk. With warm 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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