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Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences for Ph.D. students, May 27, 2013 - Jun 05, 2013, TISS, Mumbai
by Puttaraj Choukimath 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

Dears, NOFY!: *Summer Programme on Data Analysis in Social Sciences for Ph.D. students* during May 27, 2013 - Jun 05, 2013, at TISS Mumbai. *Pl visit:* http://www.tiss.edu/workshops-seminars-conferences-programme/summer-program… Kindly contact the persons concerned to the programme! *Last date for the receipt of duly completed applications: 10th May, 2013* Best regards, Puttaraj. -- Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (SS) Periodicals Section, SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 (Maharashtra) INDIA T: +91-22-2552 5285 (O); Fax: +91-22-2552 5050 E: choukimath(a)tiss.edu; choukimath(a)gmail.com W: http://library.tiss.edu/ B: http://socialsciencesinfoblog.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFORMATICS LAUNCHES KOHA ON CLOUD AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES
by Soji Mathew 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

We at Informatics (India) Limited are pleased to announce the launch of our services for Koha, the world's best open sources library automation system. 1. Our Koha Services Our Koha services will include: - Hosting and software maintenance on our cloud computing platform. This service is based on Amazon Web Services and includes 99.95% uptime, 99.999999999% data durability and ISO 27000 certified Information security - Onsite training for library staff on all Koha modules. We also intend to conduct group training programs in major cities of the country - Conversion of catalog, member and other data from the current library system. We cover conversion from Libsys, SOUL, SLIM and several other systems in use in India 2. Our Koha Team Our Koha team is lead by Savitra Sirohi. Savitra in his previous role with OSS Labs launched the first credible Koha service out of India. He has played a key role in the adoption of Koha by over 50 libraries in India. Savitra has also authored the world's first book on Koha. Our Koha services are backed by the rest of Informatics staff including a sales force and training team spread across the country and a customer service and technology team stationed in Bangalore. 3. About Informatics Informatics was promoted three decades ago with a vision to pioneer the business of e-information in India, with scholarly and research content being the prime focus. Headquartered in Bangalore, the silicon valley of India, Informatics has come a long way in promoting e-information usage culture in the academic and corporate world. With a group turnover of more than US$ 25 million (2011-12), Informatics has a team of over 130 well-qualified personnel, sales offices spread over length and breadth of India and a team of distributors across the globe. The Company currently provides services to more than 1,000 clients globally. 4. Contact Us For Koha enquiries please contact us at: Phone: +91 80 40387777 E-mail: info(a)informindia.co.in Post: Informatics (India) Limited, No 194, R V Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560 004 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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fake journals and conferences - from NYT
by Swati Bhattacharyya 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

And the dark side of open access and the Indians are always in the forefront. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-… Sincerely, -- Swati Bhattacharyya Librarian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbor Road Kolkata - 700104 Ph: +91-33-2467-8300/01 (extn: O:416; R: 106) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Polytechnic Library website with Question Papers
by Niranjan K 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear friends and Professionals I am very happy to inform all karnataka polytechnic college librarians, I am hosted the Library web site for our students and professionals. Anybody can download all semester all subject question papers in pdf format and requested your feedback. Website details is follows Home Page http://dsdnplib.webs.com/ for question papers and syllabus http://dsdnplib.webs.com/downloadsusefullinks.htm With Regards Niranjana K Librarian D.S. Dinakar National Polytechnic JNNCE Campus Shimoga-577204email- niranjanklib(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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how to get data recovery from PC
by Ravi Hullur 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Dear Professionals, I lost my data at the time PC formatting, than how to get my data form that PC and how to recover this any software available free please help me in this regards -- ** ** *** Regards Mr.Ravi Hullur Asst.Librarian KLE University, Belgaum Mob.No.9740638831 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One day Workshop on Digital Asset Management
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:05:49 +0530 From: Raja Kumar <srajakumar28(a)gmail.com> Deara Friends, VIT University for the past 25 years has made a mark in the field of higher education in India imparting quality education in a cross cultural ambience, intertwined with extensive application oriented research. Established by well-known educationalist and former parliamentarian, *Dr. *G *. Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor *is a visionary who transformed VIT into a center of excellence in higher technical education. His dream has taken the shape of VIT Chennai. *Dr. V. *R*aju, Former Professor of *S*tate University of New *Y*ork, U*SA*, currently the Vice Chancellor, *strives to internalize the world class educational standards. *Dr. Anand A. Samuel, Pro-Vice Chancellor *leads the team in Chennai with the following objectives: l To maximize the Industrial Connectivity l To Create Centers of Excellence in niche areas of research l To enrich technological and Managerial Human Capital nurtured in a multicultural ambience l To provide a common platform for the agglomeration of ideas of personnel from various walks of life for learning enrichment l To create opportunities and exploit the available resources to benefit industry/society l To encourage participation in the National Agenda of knowledge building l foster International collaborations for mutual benefits in areas of research Resource Persons l Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,Assistant Professor,DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute,Bangalore 560 059 l Dr.S.Gopalakrishnan,Asst. University Librarian Gr.I (Sr.Sc),Anna University,Chennai 600 044 l Dr. S.K.Asok Kumar,Deputy Librarian,The Tamilnadu Dr. AmbedkarLaw University, Chennai-600 028 RegistrationFee Registration Fee: Rs.250/- per head. The participants will be provided with a working lunch, refreshments and workshop kit (includes essential course materials). Participants are requested to send their filled in registration form (Photocopy is also acceptable) to the Organizing Secretary on or before 8th April 2013 along Registration fee will be accepted only by DemandDraft drawn in favour of *"V *IT*University - Chennai" *payable at Chennai along with the completedregistration form. National Level Workshop on Digital Asset Mamagementin Libraries 13th *April 2013 (Saturday) ADDRESSFORCOMMUNICATION Dr.S.Tholkappian,Asst. LibrarianCentral Library,VIT University, Chennai.Vandalur - Kelambakkam Road,Chennai - 600 127. Email: tholkappian.s(a)vit.ac.inMobile No: 9710417795Landline No: 044-3993 1050 Organized by Dr. S. Tholkappian, Asst. Librarian Mrs. S. Kalaivani,Sr. Asst. LibrarianCentral LibraryVIT- Chennai S.Rajakumar

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Two Sr. Library Information Officers @ NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Nihar Patra <niharpatra.lisforum(a)yahoo.com> NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (An autonomous Organisation under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Plot No. 97, Sector- 56, HSIIDC Estate, Kundli - 131008, Distt.- Sonepat, (Haryana), India. Vacancy for the Non - Faculty Positions � Advertisement No. N/S/K/NF/40/13 � NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (NIFTEM) is set up as an apex world class institute of global standards in Food Science & Technology under the aegis of GOI, MOFPI, requires two Sr. Library Information officers. For details please visit @ http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Detailed%20Advertisement%20non%20f… � Nihar K Patra Nihar Kanta Patra National Institute of Food Technology�Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) (Deemed to be University under De-novo Category)� Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India) Address: Plot No. 97,�Sector 56, HSIIDC Industrial Estate,�Kundli District- Sonipat,�Haryana, India - 131028 www.niftem.ac.in

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ?
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:21:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Umeshareddy Kacherki <umeshred(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional friends, I totally agree with the views expressed by Dr.Jeevan. I know Prof. Konnur for more than 15 years now. The level of his contribution to the profession is so high that his academic honesty, integrity and dedication towards the profession is unquestionable. After all what is there to achieve for a senior professionals like him by publishing plagiarised papers?. In case of empirical study, research guide usually focus on analysis and interpretation of results. No guide for that matter would check history of the paper for knowing its authenticity. When results of the study are totally original and statements are reproduced by a research student just to express the original facts, Prof. Konnur need not plead guilty as he has done his duty as a supervisor with academic honesty. Rather than detection, prevention is what we need to work on if we are really intent to eliminate the problem. Prevention of plagiarism is possible only when the research students are made aware of what plagiarism is and its consequences. Because, majority of the instances of plagiarism being caused by research students are due to lack of clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism. I sincerely hope that the recent discussions on this forum about plagiarism prevention will certainly help in establishing ways to eliminate plagiarism. Best Regards Umeshreddy Kacherki Deputy Librarian IISER Pune. ________________________________ From: Dr. V K J Jeevan <vkjjeevan(a)email.com> To: nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com; pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [nmlis] Fwd: [LIS-Forum] Prevalent Practice of Plagiarism: Is there a Solution ? Dear Colleague, � Nobody will�believe a senior professional like Prof. Konnur shall plagiarise a paper. What for? I think the main problem is the lack of maturity of not all, but�some Ph.D. students. The concerned student's�explanation shows he is not even aware of good publishing habits.�Till MLIS level, we practice spoon feeding and more marks only if you repeat what is in the book or what the teacher taught. And then none can expect a research scholar to acquire innovative thinking and scholarship overnight. May be some of the measures hinted by Prof. Varalakshmi help to improve the situation.�Due to the prevalent rules, a Professor can guide more scholars than a Lecturer and a Professor hardly gets time, due to multiple academic and administrative duties being a senior teacher,�to oversee what each and every student does.�Thus cutting down on the number of students a teacher can guide may help to be more vigilant with such doubtful practices adopted by some students. Permitting retired teachers to continue guiding students and involving qualified and interested librarians to guide students may improve the demand supply crisis we are facing now in LIS research guidance. � As usual, with apologoes for taking your time, V K J Jeevan Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi New Delhi 110 068

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Re: [LIS-Forum] kindly mail 2 forum members. Open source software
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:03:27 +0530 From: Sunil MV <sunilmysore(a)gmail.com> Dear LIS Friends, Decisions regarding the adoption or selection of software by a library depends on various factors. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. I completely agree with the posting made by Shri Haravu regarding adoption of OSS or commercial software in an organization. I think the adoption of OSS in libraries requires passion, interest, and the ability to take bold initiatives by both librarians and decision makers. The lack of technical skills to manage or administer software by librarians is a primary reason why libraries have succumbed to the decisions of either management or commercial vendors. An important reason for low acceptance of OSS in Indian libraries is because of the inadequate marketing by OSS providers and partly because of their poor support. Koha has had excellent funding from consortiums abroad. On the other hand, NewGenLib built totally out of the passion of a few people has had no funding from Govt. or private sources. It is a pity that we librarians criticize poor support from vendors, but how many of us who are better equipped have taken the initiative to help other libraries? In other words, we do not believe in helping ourselves. It is a good move by major LIS industry service providers like Informatics to extend the OSS service support for Koha, Open Journal System (OJS), Open Conference System (OCS), etc. Such OSS service supports, strong service support by the OSS developers and the OSS community will definitely increase the adoption of OSS in libraries. Today we have Koha and NewGenLib which are rich in required standards in integrated library systems or library automation software. The features and capabilities of these two software(s) are better than several Indian grown LMS packages and much expensive software from abroad. I strongly recommend Koha for any type of library and for those who take Serials Control seriously, I suggest NewGenLib. I stand by my recommendation based on a research study. Recently, the study has been published as book Open source library automation software: features and capabilities<http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/open-source-library-automation-software-mv-…>. The success stories of University of Mysore, Goa University, Delhi Public Library, Bangalore University, etc., and my own institute SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore are some of the examples, to name a few. Having heard about the stories from librarians who are in the clutches of commercial software (both government and non-government) paying huge AMC, it is good to consider Koha and NewGenLib in your software selection list seriously. OSS will certainly reduce cost, give freedom to change to another software package, and build confidence to adopt new technologies. I would also like to disabuse the detractors of OSS for libraries on the question of support. True, in the past this may have been poor. My experience with NewGenLib since last two years has been excellent. All support is now received via remote desktop and an issue is resolved very efficiently. Thanks and Regards, On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:52 PM, jharavu <jharavu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think Mr. Sridhar is making sweeping comments without substantiating his > views. The selection and use of an open source library management system > (LMS) as opposed to a commercial LMS is not a black or white situation. > There have been many libraries who initially chose a commercial LMS for > good reasons, viz., there were no open source LMS (worthwhile or not) at > that time. When they saw that the commercial LMS did not satisfy their > needs for one or other reason, they looked for alternatives in one or other > spaces (open source or commercial). I don't think we should conclude that > they squandered money because of this. We are constantly seeing new > products of all kinds and software is no exception. If an organization > moves its database from say, MS-SQL Server to Oracle at a cost, I don't > they think it is a waste of resources. Such migration if supported by > objective reasons of better performance, new reports, better support, I > think, should be seen as a progressive step. I think this is true of > libraries who moved from a commercial to open source LMS. > > Regarding support by open source vendors, I would like to say again that it > is unfair to sweepingly say that support is poor. I know that many OSS LMS > have taken to remote desktop support which is both cost-effective and > timely. > > Ultimately, choice of a LMS should be made on detailed considerations of > benefits -vs- costs. > > Please make a detailed survey of those who are using LMS in the two spaces > and share your findings. > > Haravu > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Sridhar Gutam <gutam2000(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have some points to make here on FOSS>... >> >> When anyone buys a Propriety Product .... it includes the support.... >> >> Whereas in FOSS.... the Support is from outside.. Either Community >> (Free) or Commercial/Private (Paid)... >> >> FOSS is peoples/community developed products.... its easy if we learn >> about it... you would love to know what it is and how it is build.... >> you can empower yourself... >> >> In Propriety Software.... you are free to have cup of tea... and leave >> the job to the Customer Service Support Person.... And after first >> year... the next year comes as AMC at a percentage of the total cost >> of the product... >> >> in FOSS... Community is there to help you out... many spends time and >> energy in developing FOSS products for the community... >> >> Now you decide.... >> >> Sridhar >> >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO) >> Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical >> Horticulture >> Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum >> Convenor, Open Access India >> Country Representative, YPARD >> Rehmankhera, Kakori Post >> Lucknow 226101, Uttar Pradesh, India >> Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025 >> Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 >> Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/

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Conference on Scientometrics and KM - Invitation
by Mailing List Admin 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:21:39 +0530 From: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> Dear Professional Colleagues, A two days Conference on "Scientometrics and Knowledge Management" has been organized at Karnatak University during 20-21 April 2013. We have received very good response both in terms of number of papers and participation. Many senior professionals are expected attend this important event. The occasion will a good opportunity for youngsters to interact with them on various aspects of the profession, apart from the topic of the conference. *Still there is time till 10th April to submit papers for presentation*.Few good papers received after 10 April may be allowed for presentation. Attempts are being made to bring out the volume of papers. Prof. S.L. Sangam, a noble and humble LIS teacher, who just retired is being felicitated during the evening hours of 20th April. The function will be followed by a dinner in his honour. A volume of papers on the respective research topics by 26 of his Ph.D. students is being dedicated to him. An article on biographical sketch and achievements written by Prof V.G. Talawar, Ex VC of University of Mysore forms part of this volume.A number of well wishers of Prof. Sangam, colleagues, Library professionals and participants of the conference will be attending this function. The details of the conference and subtopics are available at the web site of Karnatak University. http://www.kud.ac.in/viewitems.aspx?type=Events&id=U0001-720134111472111 Accommodation: Accommodation is being organised at University Guest House against nominal rent. For this purpose you can send mail to Prof. P.V. Konnur ( Mob; 9449679737) at pvkonnur(a)gmail.com with a copy to Dr. S.B. Patil (Mob: 9945808961) at sbpatil7(a)gmail.com I on behalf of the Organising Committee invite Professionals to participate in conference and the felicitation function. Regards, -- Dr. I.R.N. Goudar Visiting Professor and Library Adviser Mysore University Library University of Mysore Manasagangotri, MYSORE - 570 006 Formerly Scientist 'G' and Head, Information Centre, NAL, Bangalore Tel: 0821-2419283 mob: 09611165781 E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com

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