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How a food crisis in India fed America's library collections
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Dec '24

31 Dec '24

Friends, Here is an interesting article from BBC that deserves to be shared widely among Indian librarians, esp. academic and research librarians. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevj80gld7do Ms Ananya Vajpayee, currently with CSDS, Delhi, was a Ph D student at the University of Chicago, where the great A K Ramanujan was heading the Centre for South Asian Studies and Mr James Nye was heading the South Asia Collection in the library, in 1996. In an interview she gave a few days ago to Mr Soutik Biswas, BBC's India correspondent, and author of this essay, she says, "At the Regenstein Library, I never failed to find the books I needed or get them quickly if they weren't already there." "The books are safe, valued, accessible and used. I've visited libraries, archives and institutions in every part of India and the story in our country is universally dismal. Here they were lost or destroyed or neglected or very often made inaccessible." Shouldn't we, members of the LIS profession, act immediately and make our libraries as user friendly and welcoming as the Regenstein Library in Chicago and other academic libraries in the West? With warm regards and best wishes for a happy, productive and satisfying New Year. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam]

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Articles required
by Gaurang Raval 26 Dec '24

26 Dec '24

Dear Sir/Madam Greetings from Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat One of our Library Patrons is looking under listed Articles for academic purposes. Details: 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X221136385 2. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X231168782 3. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2455328X231186255 4. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2015.1079068 It will be great if you can help us. [email id: gaurang.raval(a)rru.ac.in] Thank you in advance Regards | सादर *Gaurang Raval *| *गौरांग रावल* Library & Information Officer | पुस्तकालय और सूचना अधिकारी *Rashtriya Raksha University India *| *राष्ट्रीय रक्षा विश्वविद्यालय भारत* Lavad - Dehgam, Gandhinagar – 382305 | लवाड - देहगाम, गांधीनगर - ३८२३०५ Gujarat, India | गुजरात, भारत Contact No: 8160885285; Ext. 41034 | संपर्क नंबर: ८१६०८८५२८५; इण्टरकॉम ४१०३४ https://rru.ac.in/mr-gaurang-raval/ RRU <https://rru.ac.in/>| Library <https://rru.ac.in/library-facilities/> | OPAC <https://opac.rru.ac.in/>| MyLOFT <https://www.myloft.xyz/>|Turnitin <https://rruniversity.turnitin.com/>

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Gentle Reminder Re: Registration for SemTech2025 – Transforming Library Data into Global Knowledge
by Debanjali Bain 25 Dec '24

25 Dec '24

*************************Apologies for cross-posting***************************** Dear Colleagues, The deadline for SemTech2025 <https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech2025/> registration is fast approaching, and only a few seats remain available. To register, please visit: https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/semtech2025/registration *Important Dates*: *Registration Opening Date*: December 2, 2024 *Registration Closing Date*: January 1, 2025 *Workshop Dates*: January 22–24, 2025 We look forward to seeing you at the workshop! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at semtech.drtc(a)gmail.com or bisu(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in. Sincerely, Biswanath -- Dr. Biswanath Dutta, Ph.D. Head and Associate Professor Indian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road R. V. College Post Bangalore - 560059 INDIA Email: bisu(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in dutta2005(a)gmail.com Mobile phone no.: +91 94825 43243 Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/bdutta <https://sites.google.com/site/dutta2005/home> GoogleScholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yhPNpzIAAAAJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3059-8202

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Makiing Indian research immediate non-APC OA
by Kailash Garg 24 Dec '24

24 Dec '24

This concerns Professor Arunachalam's suggestion to stop paying APC. I fully agree with Professor Arunachalam that the GoI should stop this practice. With warm regards, Dr. K. C. Garg, Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-NIScPR Member, Editorial Board, COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics, Annals of Library and Information Studies, and Journal of Scientometric Research. Life Member, International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), IASLIC, DLA, and Academic Counsellor IGNOU

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Fwd: 2024 Wrapped
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Dec '24

23 Dec '24

Friends, Greetings from Chennai, India. The future of knowledge exchange in STEM, social sciences and other areas of scholarship is through preprints supported by post public peer review.* The journal, as we know it, has served us well for over 300 years till men like Robert Maxwell came on the scene and greed of the publishers became the dominant feature and the interest of science and scientists were sacrificed at the altar of their greed. Recall that Maxwell openly said that publishing journals had become a perpetual money making machine. In the past the imperialists came as traders to countries of the Global South and colonized them and plundered their wealth. The case of the British rule of the subcontinent was the best (or should we say the worst) example. This is exactly what is happening now. What is worse, we are willingly inviting the publishers and surrendering to them. At least when the British wanted to subjugate India, there was some, even if only sporadic, resistance, witness the heroic battles waged by Rani Velu Nachiar, Rani Jhansi, Tipu Sultan, and several others. Now we are giving a red carpet welcome to commercial publishers of the West and taking them on a 'bus tour' to our best academic and other research institutes (including IISc!) so they could teach the faculty and doctoral students how to write and submit research papers that would be acceptable to them for publication if one also accepts to pay APC and surrender copyright to one's own intellectual creation, often facilitated by taxpayers' money. I often wonder how a nation which ranks close to the top in inequality can decide to spend its scarce resources on paying APC to publish research papers (which could jolly well be published in other journals which do not charge APC or better still placed in a respectable global archive at no cost). Why can't we follow the example of the US NIH and insist that all research papers resulting from public funding be made publicly available at the same time they appear in a journal? Why can't we have an equivalent of OSTP's Nelson memo? At the least, why can't we implement the CSIR's plan and the DBT-DST mandate of open access through institutional and national level repositories such as Science Central and CSIR Central? With best wishes, Subbiah Arunachalam *Please see 1. https://council.science/publications/normalization-preprints/ 2. https://blog.sciety.org/sciety-wrapped-2024/?ref=sciety-product-news-newsle…

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Information Resources -- 241223 & Forthcoming Events
by Mohan Hr 23 Dec '24

23 Dec '24

Forthcoming Events 28th Dec 2024 at 6.30 pm IST. Webinar CSI Chennai, IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai & HCC cordially invite you to the webinar on "Productivity & Mental Wellness in the Workplace (Includes: Ikigai, Positive Psychology and The Ekzercado Method)" by Mr Anand Manikutty, Director, Qwykr Technologies, USA PDF invite at https://bit.ly/web-241228-mental-wellness-invite Register at https://bit.ly/web-241228-mental-wellness by 27th Dec evening to get the webinar joining link ===== 8th Jan 2025 at 6.30 pm IST. Webinar IEEE CS Madras, CSI Chennai & ACM Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar on "Quantum Software Development Life Cycle" by Dr. Rajiv Chopra, Associate Prof., CSE, Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi & Author of the book "Quantum Computing Techniques (Theory & Practice)" PDF invite at https://bit.ly/web-250108-qsdlc-invite Register at https://bit.ly/web-250108-qsdlc by 7th Jan 2024 evening to get the webinar joining link ===== Information Resources Visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2024/12/ir-241221-31-hrm-cseit-information.h… to access the information related to the following 23 resources IEEE CS Colloquium eBook: AI for Data Science eBook: Introduction to Probability for Data Science eBook: Python Projects with API eBook: Statistical Analysis Handbook eBook: The Daily Dose of Data Science Archives eBook: Introduction to Probability for Data Science eBook: Generative AI Foundations in Python eBook: The essential guide to AI Governance eBook: Python code for Artificial Intelligence EDPB's opinion on the challenges processing personal data in the context of AI models GPAI Code of Practice -- Draft Free online courses on AI from Nvidia A new golden age of discovery. Seizing the AI for Science opportunity AI/ML Framework Selection Guide Deep Learning Interviews -- Problems & Solutions What is Data Literacy? A 2024 Guide for Data & Analytics Leaders Top 20 LLM Guardrails With Examples Top 30 Generative AI Interview Questions and Answers for 2024 ROI of AI: Key Drivers, KPIs & Challenges Large Action Models (LAMs): A Guide With Examples Cybersecurity Defences vs Cricket Fielding Positions HRM-CSE/IT Information Resources WhatsApp Groups Visit http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2024/12/ir-241221-31-hrm-cseit-information.h… to access the information related to the above 23 resources Infoquiz What is the portmanteau of the two phrases “software development” and “information-technology operations.” OpenAI has recently purchased the domain name ---------- for $15+ million (about 126 crores) which redirects to ChatGPT. It was originally registered in 1996 by Dharmesh Shah, an Indian techie. According to Open Source Initiative, an AI model, to be classified as open source, should grant four freedoms that include: Use, Study, Modify and ------ Find the odd man out: React, PyTorch, GraphQL, Angular World EV Day, celebrated annually on ------- Answers to the above questions will be published in the post "Information Resources -- 250101" .

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Makiing Indian research immediate non-APC OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 20 Dec '24

20 Dec '24

Friends, Season's greetings and a Happy and productive New Year. [I have sent the following to many senior indian scientists and librarians]. Many funders of scientific research have either mandated or insist on research funded by them being made open access immediately on publication. Please see: https://claude.ai/chat/87d94ddf-169c-4dfe-af4a-d4f68e365384. Why can't all Indian Govt agencies that fund research mandate immediate open access for all research they fund? Also, they may stop immediately the practice of underwriting Indian researcher's paying APC for publishing their papers. In my view using taxpayers' money to pay APC (and thus enriching publishers some of whom declare profit margins upwards of 25% year after year is unethical and immoral, especially in a country which ranks close to the top in the inequality index). The money we pay as APC (the new ONOS plan has earmarked Rs 1,500 milliion for APC payment every year) can be put to better use - if not for povrty alleviation and improving elementary education, at least for attracting bright students, esp. girls, to science education and research with attractive scholarships or providing researchers with travel grants to attend conferences or visit laboratories other than their own to pursue collaborative research. I will be grateful for your views. With warm regards, Subbiah Arunachalam

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3-day national online workshop—_Book Publishing Made Easy
by Vimal Kumar V. 17 Dec '24

17 Dec '24

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Articles required
by Gaurang Raval 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

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Articles arequired
by Gaurang Raval 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

Dear Sir/Madam Greetings from Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat One of our Faculty Members is looking for under listed Articles for his academic usage. Details: 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03058298241278416 2. https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.00… It will be great if anyone can help us. [email id: gaurang.raval(a)rru.ac.in] Thank you in advance Regards | सादर *Gaurang Raval *| *गौरांग रावल* Library & Information Officer | पुस्तकालय और सूचना अधिकारी *Rashtriya Raksha University India *| *राष्ट्रीय रक्षा विश्वविद्यालय भारत* Lavad - Dehgam, Gandhinagar – 382305 | लवाड - देहगाम, गांधीनगर - ३८२३०५ Gujarat, India | गुजरात, भारत Contact No: 8160885285; Ext. 41034 | संपर्क नंबर: ८१६०८८५२८५; इण्टरकॉम ४१०३४ https://rru.ac.in/mr-gaurang-raval/ RRU <https://rru.ac.in/>| Library <https://rru.ac.in/library-facilities/> | OPAC <https://opac.rru.ac.in/>| MyLOFT <https://www.myloft.xyz/>|Turnitin <https://rruniversity.turnitin.com/>

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