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Workshop on Koha
by P. S. Mukhopadhyay 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Dear all Library Automation and Resource Sharing Network Project under NMEICT is going to organize the first workshop (on Ubuntu and Koha 3.8.1 including MARC 21 bibliographic format) of a workshop series during June 15-18, 2012, at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Jadavpur, Kolkata - 32. The workshop involves no registration fees for librarian of colleges affiliated to UGC/AICTE. It will provide participants Software DVD, Training manual, Working lunch and refreshments. No accommodation and TA/DA are available. Interested professionals may send a mail to lan.nmeict(a)gmail.com showing their interest and details info (name and address of college, name of delegate, professional experience, college affiliation, state-of-the library automation, e-mail, mobile numbe etc.). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741 235 (WB), India ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SIR World Report 2010-Life Sciences
by T. Shahab 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Dear all The scientific database SCOPUS (http://www.scimagojr.com) has been bringing out a very important statistical annual report captioned SIR World Report highlighting the research performance of important academic and research institutions in the global, regional and national contexts based on certain significant parameters. However, a cursory glance through the Report on the subject of Life sciences for the year 2010 points to a very dismal ranking of the Indian Universities and research centers-whether government or otherwise. Most of the Indian institutions have been red labeled with 'Normalized Impact' of less than 1. This is circulated by way of information. With best regards Dr. T. Shahab HMS Central Library Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Urgent requirement for Library Professional/Project Assistant for Mathura location
by Shilpi Jain 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Urgent requirement for Library Professional/Project Assistant for Mathura location (Apply only Mathura Candidates) Urgent requirement for Library Professional to Manage Library Automation project IN Mathura. Qualification: Graduate with B. Lib. & Inf. Sc. / M. Lib. & Inf. Sc. Experience: Between 1 – 4 years • Essential qualifications: Knowledge of computer & Library management software and good experience in library automation. • Should have knowledge of UDC/DDC classification • Should have knowledge of keyword generation subject wise • Should have knowledge of creation of catalogue card (author/ editor card). • Should be ready to work at client site across India. • Preference will be given to Mathura candidates only. Salary: Salaries as per qualifications and experience. Apply with CV & photo by June 24, 2012 by e-mail at puneet.saini(a)totalit.co.in Puneet Kumar Chief Technical Officer Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi Mob: +91-9350515096, +91-9868625720 E-mail: puneet.saini(a)totalit.co.in Website: www.totalit.co.in -- 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 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Dear All, Kindly send the full text of the below mentioned article if available with anybody. Dove ES, Joly Ynull and Knoppers BM. 2012. *"**Power to the people: a wiki-governance model for biobanks*". Genome Biology 2012, 13:158 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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On Krishi Prabha and Text Mining
by Sridhar Gutam 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

We have a prestigious project - Kirshiprabha < http://202.141.47.8:8080/equestthesis/>, Indian Agricultural Doctoral Dissertations and is only open to all the NARS partners. This repository does not allow any Text Mining!!! One can only search from the set of keywords already provided/tagged with the thesis. You cannot search any word/phrase from the thesis. You can only view the thesis on-line. However, if you use download-helper plug-in with Firefox, you can download the thesis in flash format and read it off-line using any browser Firefox/Chrome. When other thesis repositories allow for full-text downloads this project does not allow to download/search. I wish that in its next version, there should be provision for text mining and use the popular open source repository softwares like Eprints/DSpace. Sridhar __________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO) Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture <http://www.cishlko.org> Joint Secretary, Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum<http://www.icar.org.in/en/node/1168> Convener, Open Access India <https://www.facebook.com/oaindia> Rehmankhera, Kakori Post Lucknow 227107, Uttar Pradesh, India Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025 Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=6W1MSSwAAAAJ&pagesize=100&… <https://www.facebook.com/gutamsridhar> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhargutam> <http://twitter.com/gutam2000><http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/rss.html> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ISKO Conference - 2012
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the attached invitation to the benefit of lis-forum members. Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science ****** *Categories, Relations and Contexts in Knowledge Organization* *University of Mysore, 6-9 August 2012* * * * * 12th International ISKO Conference The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 12 th Biennial International Conference (ISKO 2012) in the University of Mysore, Mysore, India from 6th - 9th August 2012. The University of Mysore will play host to this international event. The conference will be jointly organized by the ISKO (India Chapter), the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the University of Mysore. The conference has been co-sponsored by DRDO, Government of India, The PES Institute of Technology (Bangalore), Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (Chennai), the Society for Information Science (Bangalore Chapter) and the University of Madras Department of Library & Information science. ISKO is an international professional body that holds biennial international conferences in different parts of the world. The last two conferences were hosted respectively by the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and by the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy in 2010. This is only the 2nd time that the ISKO has decided to have its Biennial International Conference in India. The proposed conference will bring together disparate groups from Information sciences, Computer Sciences, Library Sciences, Philosophy and Linguistics on a single platform to discuss issues of contemporary interest in Knowledge Representation and Organization. The theme: *Categories, Relations and Contexts in Knowledge Organization* *Keynote speaker*: *Prof. Richard P. Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA: * *Universes, Dimensions, Domains, Intensions and Extensions: Knowledge Organization for the 21st Century* *Other Eminent Speakers include (not exhaustive)*: *Prof. Michael Shepherd, Dalhousie University, Canada Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Prof. Carolyn Watters, Dalhousie University, Canada* *Prof. Birger Hjorland, Royal School of Information & Library Science, Copenhagen* *Dr. Hemelatha Iyer, State University of New York at Albany* *Prof. Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA* *Prof. A. Neelameghan (Former Professor & Head, DRTC)* *Dr. Joseph Tennis, University of Washington, Seattle, USA* *Prof. Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille, France* *Mr. Peter Ohly, President, ISKO* *Dr. Chrstopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore* *Prof. Jose Augusto Guimaraes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil* *Dr. Kavi Mahesh, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore* * * The facets for paper presentations include: · *Classification Schemes, Taxonomies, and Categorization Schemes* · *Facet Analysis as the theoretical basis of knowledge representation & organization* · *Relationships in Thesauri, Semantic networks and Ontologies*** · *Categories and Conceptual Structures for the Digital Environment* ** · *Alternative subject access, Web Indexing, social tagging, etc*** · *Data Modeling for the Semantic Web vis-à-vis tools such as RDA, FRBR, MARC formats*** · *Indexing and searching in Multilingual environments* · *Organizing Unstructured Information; Enterprise Knowledge Organization and Management* · *Knowledge Organization and the Multimedia challenge: Text, Audio, Video, Images, etc * · *Linguistic and other issues in Automatic categorization & Indexing* Over 55 refereed papers by eminent scholars from around the world will be presented during the conference. The complete conference programme will shortly be made available on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~isko) The *Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures 2012* will be delivered during the conference by *Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) *on: “*Sharing Information Resources across Communities and over Time: metadata, digital libraries and archives, and information schools*”. *A panel on* ‘*Is Classification Necessary?’ led by Prof. Birger Horland *will be held on 9th August as part of the conference*. * A pre-conference workshop on *Categories for the Web* will be held on 6thAugust and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the ISKO Conference. *Registration Fee*: (Includes admission to the pre-conference workshop, pre-conference volume, Tea and Lunch and invitation to conference dinner) ISKO Members INR 5000.00 Others INR 6000.00 Students INR 4000.00 *For any information please contact: Dr. K. S. Raghavan (ksragav(a)hotmail.com; raghavan(a)isibang.ac.in; srels(a)dataone.in) Convener of the conference. * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internship for 1 Year at Jaswant S Kanwar Library - ICRISAT [Application Process extended till - 18-Jun-2012]
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

*Internship for 1 Year at Jaswant S Kanwar Library - ICRISAT [Application Process extended till - 18-Jun-2012]** * **** *Details for the Position:**Jaswant S Kanwar Library [ICRISAT] - Internship* **** *Job Title:*Jaswant S Kanwar Library – Intern**** * ***** *Location:*ICRISAT, Patancheru**** *Number of vacancies* –*2***** *Eligibility Criteria:***** - Post Graduate in Library and Information Science [only fresher’s]**** *Soft skills required:***** - Good communication skills.**** - Take initiatives and result oriented.**** - Systematic, logical and hardworking.**** - Able to interact with different kinds of clients.**** *Training Tasks:* Interns would be involved in the following training activities: **** 1. Get training and hands-on experience on KOHA [Library Open Source Software].**** 2. Training on Open Access Repositories ,http://oar.icrisat.org and http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in**** 3. Training on Data Librarianship.**** 4. Journal Subscription and subscribed e-journals link checking.**** 5. Organizing and maintaining library collections through various technical and administrative functions.**** 6. Emphasis will be given on Information services.**** 7. Circulation activities.**** **** *Nature of position* – Internship period will be strictly for one year [No further extension]**** *Stipend* –Rs. 10,000 per month and Insurance will be provided.**** ** ** *Application Process: *Please email your resume to s.shankar(a)cgiar.org <toms.shankar(a)cgiar.org>by 18-June-2012, with subject header JSK Library, ICRISAT - Internship. Short listed candidates will be interviewed in person. -- Regards Siva Shankar K Mob: +919908035478 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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TRIBUTES TO PROF. T. VISWANATHAN
by Sadasivan KP 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

TRIBUTES TO PROF. T. VISWANATHAN The two-line message of Mr. Mahesh from Delhi was a rude shock for all those who knew Prof. T. Viswanathan, the former Director of erstwhile INSDOC ! I had the fortune of associating with him on several occasions… Prof. Viswanathan, fondly known as TeeVee among his close associates, was a performer par excellence in the management echelons of ICT-enabled information systems and services in the S&T sector in India. During his tenure as the Director, INSDOC, he had infused a new life to the institute and transformed it to a vibrant and dynamic centre. The S&T scholarly journals brought out by CSIR, the Indian Science Abstracts, the National Science Library – all of them reflected his hallmarks of quality and ingenuity. The launching of Scientific and Industrial Research Network (SIRNET) by INSDOC brought a new culture in the ICT-enabled Info Systems and Services, benefiting the research community of our country. SIRNET opened up greater possibilities of newer technologies in the network-enabled information systems in due course. He brought in a new dimension to the networking of libraries among the CSIR Labs across the country. He played a catalytic role in strengthening the invisible power of information systems of the CSIR Labs in India. The idea of such a collective movement was actually nucleated much earlier, but it formally shaped up at NAL, Bangalore under the initiative of Dr. IRN Goudar through the first meeting of the CSIR Heads of Libraries & Information Centres (subsequently branded as HOLIC Meets). The meeting held in 1993 was a significant event with the active participation of TeeVee. The next version of HOLIC Meet was held at NIO, Goa under the initiative of Dr. MP Tapaswi. By then a Core Team of senior LIS professionals had emerged to carry forward the mission. The meetings at Bangalore and Goa were ‘Test Beds’ for Prof.TeeVee’s ‘entry’ to the LIS fraternity. I consider that his paper “ A reflection on Dr. Ranganathan’s Fifth Law”, published in ‘ Annals of Library & Documentation, 39(2) : p. iii-v ; 1992’ was a turning point in his understanding and acceptance of our activity area. It was a kind of his ‘Baptism’ to LIS domain. The subsequent HOLIC Versions held at Dehra Dun and Lucknow had actually made Prof.TeeVee as the undisputed leader of a movement for change in CSIR. With his deep understanding of LIS – both at the conceptual and practical levels – and his vision on the possibilities of ICT for faster information system development and dissemination, endeared him equally by both the LIS professionals and the S&T managers of India. The significant roles played by the LIS and R&D professionals in CSIR including Dr.Nareshkumar (IMTECH, Chandigarh & later CSIR Hq., New Delhi), Dr. S. Krishnan (NCL Pune), Dr. IRN Goudar (NAL Bangalore), Dr.MP Tapaswi( NIO, Goa), Dr. SM Dhawan (NPL, New Delhi), Dr. Diwakar (CCMB, Hyderabad), KP Sadasivan (RRL, Trivandrum) and a strong team from INSDOC, New Delhi added strength and vigour to the movement. Prof.TeeVee, together with this group, could legitimately claim that ‘TEAM LIS CSIR’ was the forerunner of several other groups branded under ‘TEAM CSIR’ concept later – indeed, a performing role model ! My close association with Prof. TeeVee in the CSIR HOLIC Meetings, especially at Dehra Dun and Lucknow and also, in the NETMEET-92 held in Trivandrum, the latter with the participation of Mr. Ramakrishnan(Ramki) (ERNET, Delhi) and Dr. Remani (NCST, Bombay) for an exploratory communication channel development down South, are unforgettable! He was always leading with beaming ideas and bold decisions. Our country in general, and CSIR vis-à-vis the Indian S&T community in particular, had great expectations on his further contributions. But his unexpected exit from active professionalism a few years ago, was a big blow and it shattered our great dreams! His philosophical thinking of a “New World Order” was ridiculed by some people ; but it saddened many others! Like a great artist deprived of his canvas and brushes, he had to ‘live’ in his exile of solitude for long ! And now, his eternal exit from this world....and that too, in circumstances beyond one’s comprehension ! Destiny is sometimes unkind. But can it be so terribly cruel…. ?! My tears are my floral tributes to the departed visionary leader, whom I respected, regarded and loved so much !!! Sadasivan KP Consultant (Library) IIITMK, Technopark, Trivandrum & Former Head, Library & Informatics RRL/NIIST(CSIR), Trivandrum 09447903282 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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MLISc course applications called for 2012-2013
by sreelatha ramakrishnan 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Kannur University notified 2 year integrated MLISc course for 2012-14 . Closiing date 23/06/2012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IRC Officers posts at TCS at various locations]
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: IRC Officers posts at TCS at various locations From: "K Satyanarayana" <k.satyanarayana(a)tcs.com> Date: Wed, June 6, 2012 10:53 am Job Opportunities with TCS Information Resource Centers (IRCs) (at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. A part of the Tata Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has total employee strength of over 2,35,000 with the world's best trained IT consultants, in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $ 10 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. TCS takes pride in having a unique corporate Information Resource Centre model in place. Its large network of Information Resource Centre (IRC) in India comprises 70 location IRCs across 14 cities, managed by over 130 professionals. Winner of the Special Library Association (SLA) Centre of Excellence Award, 2009, for its high quality processes and benchmarks, and an exemplary application of management techniques and tools, TCS IRC consistently aligns its services to TCSâs global business needs and helps associates maintain a competitive advantage. To support its fast expanding information services network, TCS invites applications from talented, enthusiastic team players for the post of âIRC Officersâ, for its IRCs at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. These are regular positions and selected candidates should be prepared to work in those cities on a long-term basis. Remuneration and benefits will be on par with the best in the industry. Eligibility and Requirements: Regular & full time M.L.I.S./MSLIS/Masters in (Library Science/Information Science/ Information Management)/A.D.I.S/any equivalent degree. (Those who are currently pursuing these programs and appearing for final semester/exams are also eligible to apply). 0-3years of experience preferably in academic/special /corporate library. (Experience acquired after the professional qualification will only be considered). Age not exceeding 28 years. Candidates who applied in last six months need not apply. Willingness to work in any centre within the city with flexible timings. Ability to work both independently and in a team to deliver results in a constantly changing environment. A team player with good communication skills, customer service skills. Selection Process: Resumes completed in all aspects in the prescribed format only will be considered for further review. Only the shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test and an interview on Friday, 29th June 2012 at the city applied for. Click here to Download prescribed application format . (http://www.infolibrarian.com/TCS-IRC-Application-June-2012.rtf) Application Formalities: Resumes in the prescribed format should be e-mailed on or before 18 June 2012 to respective IDs based on the location applied. Note that the candidates can apply for a single location only. Location Applied for Resume to be e-mailed to Ahmedabad ahmedabad.irc(a)tcs.com Bangalore bangalore.irc(a)tcs.com Bhubaneswar bhubaneswar.irc(a)tcs.com Chennai chennai.irc(a)tcs.com Delhi pti.irc(a)tcs.com Hyderabad hyd.irc(a)tcs.com Kolkata kolkata.irc(a)tcs.com Mumbai mumbai.irc(a)tcs.com Applications with insufficient information, not submitted in the prescribed format and those received after 18 June 2012 will be rejected. The subject line of the e-mail should include âCity Name - IRC Recruitment 2012- full name of the applicantâ. No other certificates or documents are required at this stage. Regards & best wishes, B P Prakash Senior General Manager & Global Head- IRC Tata Consultancy Services Limited =====-----=====-----===== 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 -

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