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Meet Mr Mugesan - the barefoot librarian
by Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy 26 Dec '12

26 Dec '12

Mr Murgesan of Dindukkal in Tamilnadu is a rare personality. Born in Kumaran Thandalam village near Alankanallur in Madurai, he is a 72 year old librarian cum second handbook seller with a difference. He enjoys procuring and supplying books in Tamil Language, culture and literature useful MPhil and PhD Scholars in several universities.He has studied only up to second class! He developed a taste for books when he was running a shop for waste paper. Books and pamphlets attracted him. Started attending free seminars, debates, conferences etc. He had the opportunity of many students and teachers visiting his shop because of useful collection of books. He has named his children: IRaiMani, IRaiRani, IRaiMalar, IRaiEeasan etc. IRai stands for God in Tamil. Some customers who were surprised by his devotion to Tamil language and culture, though utterly uneducated in a formal sense, suggested that he supplies books to university research students.He has been peddling his wares with sack load of books on his back for about twenty years. He is fondly referred to as "Putthaga Taathaa" (old man with books) by students. He has helped a few thousand students to complete their research courses. One Susheela Gopalan mentioned his contribution and acknowledged his help in her PhD thesis. Since then, quite a large number of Research dissertations include his name in acknowledged page. As a librarian, I can say this is a direct honor for self less work. Murugesan does not charge anything specific for his service. He accepts whatever is given happily. He buys season ticket from Dindukkal to Madurai regularly. Within cities and towns he goes by bus or walk. Any book required by a scholar is located (within a week utmost) in a book shop or library, bought / borrowed and delivered at the residence of customer. All out of love for helping academics. He is proud to mention that the ice Chancellor of Tamil University Tanjavur, Ma Thirumalai and HOD of Tamil Dept, Smt Chandira are among his beneficiaries. They have referred a large number of students to him. [image: Inline image 1] His heart is full of contentment and happiness. If this is not a story of productive ageing what else can be? (Story courtesy: Ananda Vikatan dated 28 nov 2012 pages 74-77 Translated / re-told by Vyasamoorthy) ======== Dr P Vyasamoorthy, 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony Secunderabad 500015 Ph 040-27846631 / 9490804278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 26 Dec '12

26 Dec '12

Dear all, Good afternoon. Can anybody from our profession help me to get the fulltext of the following articles as those are urgently needed by one of our research scholars. Dorny P, Claerebout E, Vercruysse J, Sani R, Jalila A.. 1994.* Anthelmintic resistance in goats in peninsular Malaysia*. *Vet Parasitol.* 1994 Dec;55(4):327-342 Neil D. Sargison 2011. Pharmaceutical Control of Endoparasitic Helminth Infections in Sheep. *Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice*, Volume 27(1):139-156 U.K. Chauhan, Sanjeev Dubey and Shilpa Mishra. 2012. Diabetes Mellitus and its Treatment with the Help of Aloe Vera. International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry (IJBB), Volume 8: 35-45 Howell SB, Burke JM, Miller JE, Terrill TH, Valencia E, Williams MJ, Williamson LH, Zajac AM, Kaplan RM. 2008. Prevalence of anthelmintic resistance on sheep and goat farms in the southeastern United States. *J Am Vet Med Assoc.* 233(12):1913-1919 regards *Monisha Mishra* *Librarian Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar Orissa* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Mrs. Sushila A. Motiwale passed away on 24 December 2012
by Jagtar Singh 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Dear All, A phone call from Surender Kumar, ICAR, Indore broke a very sad news today. Mrs. Sushila A. Motiwale breathed her last on 24 December 2012. Mrs. Motiwale was a very good human being and a dedicated teacher. She instituted the 'IATLIS-Motiwale Best LIS Teacher Award' in 1980s to motivate and reassure the LIS teachers. In her last letter to me, she has expressed the desire that this is a national award and it should be equally given to best LIS teachers from all states and UTs in India. I had the opportunity to work with her for about six months in Jabalpur in 1985-86. I feel very sad on her demise. It is difficult for me to believe this news. Let us pray to God, the Almighty, to rest her soul in peace and provide courage to the family members to bear this irreparable loss. With a heavy and very sad heart, Jagtar Singh Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) & Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SLA Asian Chapter Board 2013 Election Results Declared
by Dr.Nabi Hasan 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

SLA Asian Chapter Board 2013 Election Results President Elect: SHIRLEY INGLES-CRUZ/Philippines – Votes casted in her favour - 54 (Winner) Secretary: Maqsood Shaheen/ Pakistan– Votes casted in his favour - 18 Salek Chand/ India – Votes casted in his favour - 36 (Winner) Director: Sneh Lata / India– Votes casted in her favour - 26 Narendar Kumar Wadhwa / India – Votes casted in his favour – 28 (Winner) Treasurer-Elect Tariq Ashraf ? India– Vote casted in his favour - 54 (Winner) Position Continued from 2012: President: Dr Medha Joshi / India Immediate past president: Dr Harish Chandra/India Director: Mrs. Kyoko Sato / Japan and Dr. Susmita Chakraborty / India Treasurer: Mr Jay Bhatt/USA -- Nabi Hasan, Ph.D. Borlaug Fellow (Cornell University, USA) Deputy Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016, India Phone - +91-11-2659-1452 (Work) E-mail: nabihasan(a)gmail.com ; hasan(a)library.iitd.ac.in Web: http://library.iitd.ac.in/about/hasan.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SC relief to NET Candidates
by Kiran 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

Dear professional friends, See the today Times of India newspaper 24/12/2012 page no.3SC relief to NET candidatesTNN | Dec 24, 2012, 04.19 AM IST PUNE: In a relief to thousands of aspirants taking the national<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/The-National>eligibility test (NET), the UGC has withdrawn its decision to increase the cut-off marks for clearing the NET, following a Supreme Court order on Friday. The UGC had increased the eligibility score by 15% without notice. The national educational testing bureau of the UGC conducts the NET for determining the eligibility for lectureship and for awarding junior research fellowship to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research. The NET is conducted in June and December every year. The UGC, however, made several changes in the June 2012 exam, including increasing the cut-off marks. The candidates learnt about the changes only when the UGC announced it a day after announcing the results of the exam on September 18. As per the initial notification, candidates belonging to the SC/ST sections needed 35, 35, and 60 marks respectively for qualifying papers 1, 2 and 3. The marks to be obtained by the OBCs were set as 35, 35, and 68 and for those belonging to the general category it was 40, 40, and 75. But, when the results were announced, candidates who would've been eligible as per the initial criteria failed to qualify. As per the new criteria, the percentage of marks to be scored by candidates belonging to different categories has been increased by 15%. This made several students file an affidavit with the SC against the UGC regarding change in norms. On Friday, the SC issued an order saying that the UGC's decision was invalid as it did not follow the exam policy in announcing the changes in cut-offs and that, too, in such a short period of time. An official at the University of Pune that conducts the NET exam said, "The SC decision is valid for all candidates who sat for the June 2012 examinations. The old cut-offs will be considered and new results will be announced." Dear friends let us hope for revised UGC-NET 2012 result soon. -- *G. Kiran Kumar* *B.Sc., M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil., P.G.D.L.A.N.* Library Assistant, Library and Information Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS), Deemed University, Hosur Road / Marigowda Road, Bangalore - 560029 Karnataka, India. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT CONCLUDED IN ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY
by zafar iqbal 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

REPORT Workshop on Web Content Management (WCM 2012) 18-19 December, 2012 Organized by Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh with Partial support from DST, New Delhi “TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT CONCLUDED IN ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY” Aligarh: National Workshop on Web Content Management (WCM 2012) organized by the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with DST New Delhi, got off with recitation from the Holy Quran. Prof. Shabahat Husain, Chairman of the department and Director of the workshop welcomed the gathering and gave an introduction about the workshop. The inaugural session was presided over by Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University. He appreciated the efforts made by the department of Library and Information Science holding such a wonderful workshop on such a novel theme of the time. During the presidential address, Lt. Gen (Retd) Zameer Uddin Shah said that the University would facilitate access to the wealth of knowledge to outside researchers. Now-a-days, research scholars are very lucky to have internet for searching the resource material. The digitalization process of the University is proceeding speedily, he added. Gen. Shah said that although he belonged to a generation that enjoyed reading printed books, he was aware that the future belonged to digitalized work and several institutions had developed e-Libraries. He said that he was committed to digitalization of all valuable books and their availability to users through the internet. Prof. N. Laxman Rao of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad & Ex-Professor Emeritus, DLIS, Osmania University, Hyderabad, said that 300 million websites are available for various purposes throughout the globe. Germany has the highest number of internet users as 84.7 percent people there are using this technology. He pointed out that AMU's Maulana Azad Library has the facility of accessing e-books and it is considered the best library among Indian universities' libraries with a facility of two million e-books. Prof. Rao appreciated the Digital Resource Centre developed by Maulana Azad Library during the tenure of Prof. Husain as Librarian-in charge of the Library, which provides free access to the resource material to the users. He said that the libraries were the centre of knowledge activity because of the technological advancement. He however urged the research scholars to use authentic materials. On this occasion, AMU Vice Chancellor, Gen. Shah released the "Directory of Major Scientific Research Organizations and Institutes in India" compiled by Dr. Naushad Ali P.M. The purpose of this Directory is to provide a reference source to students, researchers, scientists, academicians etc who are engaged in various research assignments in various disciplines of science and technology. The Directory covers details of more than 300 institutes all over India specializing in various disciplines of Science and Technology. Noted historian, Prof. Irfan Habib was the guest of honour of the inaugural ceremony. He hoped that more and more history materials will be available on the internet. Dr. Naushad Ali, PM, Associate Professor & Coordinator of the Workshop proposed a vote of thanks and Mr. Mohamed Mustafa K. Project Fellow conducted the inaugural ceremony. More than thirty five professionals from all over the country were rigorously trained over two days in total of seven sessions conducted in Research Lab, University Computer Centre. Prof. S.M. Shafi (University of Kashmir), Dr. Madhusudhan (University of Delhi), Mr. Nitin Swaroop (N.S Solutions) and Mr. Salim Ali (AMU) were trainers in the workshop. Valedictory function was presided over by Prof. Shabahat Husain, Chairman, Dept. of Library and Information Science, and Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Aligarh Muslim University on 19th Dec. 2012. In the presidential address, Prof. Husain stated that the department will conduct regular programs for training the library professionals in modern technologies in future. Dr. Naushad Ali P.M Coordinator of the workshop welcomed all the dignitaries of the gathering. Prof. Abu Sufiyan Zilli, Chairman, Dept. of Psychology, AMU, was the Chief Guest and gave away certificates to participants. Mr. Mohamed Musthafa. K, Project Fellow extended the vote of thanks in the valedictory session. The workshop was organized as a part of the project sanctioned to Dr. Naushad Ali by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi for developing a subject information gateway in Information Technology-SIGIT (www.itsubjectgateway.com) Pl. have a visit to: • www.aligarhdlis.blogspot.com/ • http://www.news4education.com/article/AMU-for-speedy-digitalisation-of-inte… • http://education.intoday.in/story/amu-for-speedy-digitalization-of-intellec… • http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/amu-for-speedy-digitalisa… • http://www.itsubjectgateway.com -- 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 Samaya TV at Bangalore (Urgent requirement)
by prashant vajjaramatti 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

Dear Professionals, Job Opportunities with Samaya TV at Bangalore Samaya, a 24x7 Kannada news channel, was launched on 20th June 2010. The channel aims to give objective, incisive and in-depth news round the clock. The prime focus is development journalism and the channel is making every effort to achieve it. The channel focuses in issues that matter to people's lives. Social justice, regional balance, rural development, corruption, probity in public life, environment, art & culture and urban issues dominate the air time on Samaya. Invites applications from talented, enthusiastic candidates for the post of Asst. Librarians for its Library at Bangalore. Positions: Two Eligibility and Requirements: Graduates with B. Lib. & Inf. Sc. / M. Lib. & Inf. Sc. with computer knowledge 0-2 years of experience preferably in special /corporate library. Willingness to work in flexible timings and in shifts. Ability to work both independently and in a team to deliver results in a constantly changing environment. Male candidate preferable. Salary: Salaries as per Company norms Those desirous of opting for the job may apply with CV & photo by e-mail at librarian(a)samayatv.in as early as possible. Thanks N Regards Prashant H.Vajjaramatti Sr. Librarian Samaya TV Kasturbha Road, Bangalore - 560001 Mobile No.:+919060009795 +918861304699 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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request
by monisha mishra 22 Dec '12

22 Dec '12

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Article Request
by Ajay Kum Sharma 22 Dec '12

22 Dec '12

Dear Library Professinals, One of our Faculty member urgently need of the following two article from "Journal of the Indian Chemical Society" for his reference purpose. Ref. *1.* J. Ind. Chem. Soc., Vol. 88, April 2011, Pages 491-496. Title: "Bivalent copper .......... properties" Author: S. K. Chandra et al Ref. *2.* J. Ind. Chem. Soc., Vol. 88, October 2011, Pages 1501-1508. Title: "Benign routes .......... lanthanide complexes" Author: S. K. Chandra et al It would be highly appreciated if anyone send soft copy of the same at an early date. -- Thanks and regards. अजय कुमार शर्मा Ajay Kumar Sharma Assistant Librarian & In-charge, Journal Section, Central Library, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan - 731235, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal & Webmaster of ABSLA Email: ajaysharma.lib(a)visva-bharati.ac.in Mobile No.: +91 9735111064 Office Land Line: +91 3463 262783 Ext. 220 Web: http://www.absla.org/ajay.html Web Blog: http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1 *********************************************************** 1. Join today Digital Library Discussion Forum http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg 2. Join today LIS-Forum mailing list http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum *********************************************************** You can’t change the past but you can change the future, always remember to recycle... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for Full text article
by Mahesh Moolya 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. Associations Between Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease in Men Michel M. Joosten, PhD; Jennifer K. Pai, ScD, MHS; Monica L. Bertoia, MPH, PhD; Eric B. Rimm, ScD; Donna Spiegelman, ScD; Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH; Kenneth J. Mukamal, *JAMA. 2012;308(16):1660-1667* -- Mahesh Moolya Jr. Librarian K S Hegde Medical Academy Dearalakatte Mangalore 575 018 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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