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Will open access replace costly commercial publishing models?
by G Mahesh 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

A recent article in The Hindu discusses the increasing cost of research journals and highlights why open access should be widely adopted. Excerpt form the article: "Open access advocates say Indian papers appear in both Indian and foreign journals, roughly in equal proportions, but most Indian journals have a very poor circulation, many of them below 1,500; and most Indian papers appear in low-impact foreign journals. Most scientists in India are forced to work in a situation of information poverty. Others are unable to access what Indian researchers are doing, leading to low visibility and low use of their work. Thus, Indian work is hardly cited. Both these handicaps can be overcome to a considerable extent if open access is adopted widely, both within and outside the country, says Subbiah Arunachalam, an open access advocate." Read complete article at: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article2910344.ece ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using NISCAIR's web mail service. "" http://niscair.res.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research
by Shibu.K.M 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Dear Colleagues The Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh is organizing a Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Social Science Research from 20th to 25th March, 2012. This training program is aimed to foster the skills and competencies in the application of research methods that students or academicians are expected to acquire. The training program will raise the general level of skills and knowledge amongst faculty and research scholars of social science and humanities by ensuring that they acquire, and can apply, basic and advanced quantitative and qualitative research skills that are responsive to the needs of social science subject areas and disciplines. *Target Group* Ø Faculty members from Faculty of Social Sciences, Commerce and Management Ø Registered Ph.D Scholars. Ø Interested persons involved in academic/social research / working in NGOs. *Intake* Number of participants is limited to 50 on first come first serve basis. *Resource persons* The classes and other activities will be guided by eminent resource persons in the field of social science research from the reputed institutions in the country. *Duration of the Training* This training program is scheduled for six days from 20-25th March, 2012. Timings: 10am to 4pm *Course content and topics* ü Information sources for research in Internet era. ü Tools and Methods of social science research. ü Writing the final thesis/ report effectively. ü Hands-on training in SPSS software packages. *Important Dates* Registration starts 24th February, 2012 Registration closes 12th March, 2012 Note:- *There is no registration fee*. D.A will be paid to the all participants on the successful completion of course as per ICSSR norms. Non local participants will be entitled to get 2nd Class return railway fare. *Accommodation* Accommodation may be arranged on nominal tariffs for the participants in the University Guest House or near by hotels on first come first served basis. Accommodation requisite should be mentioned in the registration form, if required. *Course Director* Dr. Naushad Ali P.M, Chairman, DLIS, A.M.U *Address for Correspondence* *The Course Director, TCRMCA, *Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Phone: Tel: 0571 2700039, Email: tcrmca(a)gmail.com, chairman.ls(a)amu.ac.in. Cell: 09536767063 (Mr. Shibu K.M) *Registration Form* * * Name: Mr./Ms./Mrs./Dr./Prof.___________________________________________ Designation: _______________________________________________________ Organization: ______________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________ City: ________________ Pin:____________State: _______________________ Country: ___________ Phone: Office:__________________________________ Res.:__________________________Fax: ______________________________ Mobile:_______________________E-mail: _____________________________ Accommodation Required: Yes No *Travel Schedule* Date Time Mode Arrival Return Date : Place : Signature Please send the filled registration form to*: **The Course Director, TCRMCA, *Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002. Thanks and Regards Shibu K M Department of Library and Information Science Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh 202 002 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALL FOR PAPERS (IJODLS)
by arjun k 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Dear Friends, International Journal of Digital Library Services (IJODLS) is going to release its Vol.2 , Issue-1, so you are requested to kindly contribute your original research papers, articles and manuscripts for IJODLS before 15th March 2012. You are requested to kindly send your paper as per Author Guidelines given on www.ijodls.in and send in proper manner on following topics: *Digital Libraries** Remote Access Information explosion Information literacy Copyright Intellectual property rights Intellectual freedom Library tools Web 2.0 Information Retrieval/Search Strategy ICT and Libraries Information Seeking Behavior Social Networking and Libraries RFID Biometrics Library Tools Digital Library Tools* *You are requested to kindly submit your unpublished paper with declaration of originality on E-mails given bellow undersign before **15th December 2011: * *Editor-in-Chief* *IJODLS* *chiefeditor(a)ijodls.in*** *chief_editor(a)ijodls.in*** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY JOINS PKP AS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
by Subbiah Arunachalam 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

The University of California system supports open access to the hilt. Indian universities can follow in their footsteps. Our Vice Chancellors and Directors of higher institutes of learning should examine how CDL has achieved so much in such a short time and emulate the CDL experience in India. Arun [Forwarding from the California Digital Library, via the JISC-Repositories list. --Peter Suber.] As the scholarly publishing landscape heats up with more talk of boycotts and Open Access mandates, research libraries increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between publishers and faculty -- and eagerly working to provide new solutions to entrenched problems. The California Digital Library’s (CDL) latest foray into this space, on behalf of the University of California system, focuses on supporting open source publishing infrastructure through a major development partnership with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). As a result of this agreement, the CDL will assist with PKP’s ongoing development and support of its open source software suite — Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Conference Systems (OCS), and Open Harvester System (OHS), with Open Monograph Press (OMP) due for release in the coming year. Chuck Eckman, Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University stated: "The California Digital Library is widely recognized for its record of innovation and leadership in the domain of scholarly publishing and the SFU Library is thrilled at the prospects this new collaborative venture creates for advancing our shared scholarly communication goals." Laine Farley, Executive Director of CDL, noted, “Not only are we extremely pleased with the flexibility afforded by OJS, we are also delighted to join this growing international community and contribute to the future growth of this publishing solution.” The California Digital Library, in partnership with the University of California campus libraries, supports and encourages open access publishing initiatives within the UC system through its eScholarship publishing and institutional repository platform. eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly publishing services and research tools that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship. Home to 45 peer-reviewed journals (http://escholarship.org/uc/search?smode=browse;browse-journal=aa) eScholarship has recently transitioned to OJS as its journal management and submission system and has integrated OJS with its pre/post-print, books and working papers repository, which contains more than 45,000 UC-affiliated publications. John Willinsky, Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University, Library Scholar in Residence and Professor (Limited Term) in Publishing Studies at Simon Fraser University, and founding Director of PKP stated: “Given the leadership, innovation, and engagement shown by CDL in moving scholarly communication into a digital era marked by a spirit of greater openness and sharing aimed at the advancement of learning, this partnership provides a wonderful opportunity for PKP to further explore ways that faculty and librarians can work together to make more of what we do more of a public good.” The California Digital Library provides digital library development and support for the University of California libraries and the communities they serve. The CDL Publishing Group delivers open access digital publication services to the University of California academic community, supports widespread distribution of UC research materials, and fosters new models of scholarly publishing through the development and application of advanced technologies. (For further information contact Catherine Mitchell, director of CDL Publishing at catherine.mitchell(a)ucop.edu510.587.6132.) PKP is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research. With more than 11,500 installations of Open Journal Systems (OJS); Open Conference Systems (OCS); and Open Harvester Systems (OHS) around the world, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) has proven that open source software can be a game changer in scholarly publishing. In September 2011, PKP officially launched a major sustainability campaign to ensure the continued development and enhancement of its open source software suite and to provide better support for the growing PKP user community. To find out more about this initiative and how your site can become a PKP sponsor visit the PKP Web site at http://pkp.sfu.ca -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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KALA National Conference on "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" on 7, 8 & 9 June 2012
by rajendrababu.hanumanthappa＠wipro.com 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear LIS Professionals, KALA is happy to announce The National Conference on "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" to be held on 7th, 8th & 9th June 2012 in Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India. Special Note: . KALA Awards: Library Professionals across India are encouraged to apply for KALA Awards. For more details please visit conference website. . Best Paper Award shall be given to the best paper submitted based on technical committee's recommendations. For the conference Brochure, Registration form and other details, please visit http://www.kalaonline.com/ Conference Theme: "Libraries and Development: Present and Future" Sub Themes: · Privatisation of libraries (public libraries) with emphasis on public-private partnership · Financial resource mobilization including fee-base services · Karnataka Public Libraries Act (1965) · Metrics Management · Measuring Scholarly Impact Public Libraries: · Community Information centers; Information kiosks; Tele centers vis-à-vis public libraries. · Public Library situation in different states (situation reports) · Public Libraries vis-à-vis distance education · Collection development/ Evaluation · Staff position · Use/ User studies · Rural Libraries School and College Libraries · Library services in Schools and Colleges · School library management · Collection Development and Organization · New models of acquisition (e-books, e-journals) · Case Studies and Best Practices · Use/ User studies · Digital Libraries · Library Automation · Institutional Repositories (IR) · Library website · College Library consortia Special/ Industrial Libraries · Best practices · Web based information services · Innovative information services · Competencies/ Skills required Call for Papers Original contributions based on applications/ deployments/ research/ surveys/ best practices related to the theme and subthemes mentioned, are invited for conference presentations and poster presentations. Based on technical committee's recommendations, papers for the national conference shall be selected and published in the conference volume. Registration for all authors is mandatory for paper presentation. Paper Submission · The authors may submit their papers on or before 31st March 2012. · Papers should be submitted in a detailed format suggested below. · Acceptance of papers will be intimated to the authors by 30th April 2012. · In case of co-authors, correspondence will be sent to the first author only. · The deadline for registering for the National conference is 25th May 2012. · Accepted papers will be called for presentation based on editorial committee's scrutiny. . All the submitted papers for the conference would go through the Plagiarism Detection Process. If the plagiarism is >10%, the article would be referred back to the author for necessary revision. · Papers can be submitted through an email to Dr. K N Prasad:: kadaba.n.prasad at gmail.com Author Guidelines Manuscripts Requirements · Length: Not >10 pages maximum for a paper. However, authors are advised to write as much precise as possible. · Theme Font: Times New Roman · Font Size: Heading -20, Sub Heading -16, and rest of the text - 12. · Title: The title should be concise. · Paper Format: The paper should have the following details: o Sub-Theme of the paper to which the paper belongs to o Author's / Co-Author's name o Communication address o Contact details such as telephone number and email o An abstract of 100-150 words along with 8-10 key words · Headings and Sub-headings should be short and defined clearly · Footnotes may be used wherever necessary, which should be identified in the text by consecutive numbers, placed as superscript. · Case Studies proposed may preferably be supported by real life case examples from business/academic situations · Quality of Illustrations, Photos etc. must be good with original caption and in black and white · Tables and Figures, if any must have a brief caption written on the bottom of the figure and provide the due reference of the original work. · All text should be justified References must be in standard format as given below: · For Books: Author (Surname, initials), (year), title, publisher, place of publication. · For Journals: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Title of Periodical, Vol (Issue), pp-pp · For Web pages: Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the web page. Retrieved from http://... [Accessed on Date, Month & Year]. Venue: Auditorium, Library Building, Behind Bus Stand, Shravanabelagola, Hassan District, Karnataka. Date: 7th, 8th & 9th June 2012. Registration Fee: Rs. 2200.00: With Tutorials for Delegates (Conference Kit, Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Rs. 2000.00: Without Tutorials for Delegates (Conference Kit, Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Rs. 1500.00: For the family members accompanying the delegates (Gift, Food, Accommodation, Local Site seeing and Yoga) Tutorials would be held on 7th June 2012 for the duration of three hours. Tutorial on "Building/ Developing a Library Website Using Drupal" by experts in the Industry. The participants shall get the tutorial material on CD, including the related software. Early bird registration option is available for the registration before 30th April 2012. A discount of Rs 200 will be extended for all the above registration options. KALA members are entitled to get a Special discount of Rs.200 for all the registrations. Payment The DD/ Cheque should be drawn in favour of "Karnataka State Library Association" payable at Bangalore, Karnataka. Please send the filled in Conference registration forms and DD / Cheque to the address as below Mr. Rajendra Babu H Organising Secretary Karnataka State Library Association C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS) # 702, 'Upstairs', 42nd Cross, III Block Rajajinagar, Bangalore - 560 010 Contact: +91-9916457890 / +91-9880297932 Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. 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Need Article
by paramesha 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

 Hi good afternoon LIS Forum Friends. Kindly provide this article if anyone have in your institutional repository. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20723006  paramesha.s. M.L.I.Sc, N.E.TLibrarianGovt.Engineering college -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wanted Library Support Staff
by Galaxy Jain 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear All, Wanted Library Support Staff Vile Parle and Navi Mumbai Type of work: all routine library work Working hours in shift: 9.00 am to 8.00 pm Appointment will be on purely temporary basis. Qualifications: Graduate in any Discipline i.e BA, BCom, B.Sc Preferably with 3 months cetification course in Library Science Age: not exceeding 30 years as of 29.2.2012 Pay: around Rs. 6000/- to 7000/- per month Interested candidates may contact on the following number for further details. Last date February 29, 2012 Mobile: 9833529528 / 9869227260 Time only between 10.00 am to 5.00 pm --G.Jain We require a library Trainee for its Kharghar Centre. The requirements are as mentioned below. Qualifications: Basic Degree with B. Lib. Sc Knowledge of all library operations Basic Computer Knowledge Experience: Fresh Communication Skills: Satisfactory written and oral communication. Ability to communicate with colleagues by email and answer telephonic queries with confidence and promptness. Salary: Rs. 10,000/- consolidated. Interested candidates may please contact the CDAC Library at 26201 606 between 10.00am to 5.3.0pm. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Binod Yadav 17 Feb '12

17 Feb '12

Dear colleague/ Professional, Please provide the following articles for the reference purpose. 1. Ergonomics. 1989 May;32(5):491-5. Anthropometry of Korean female industrial workers. Fernandez JE, Malzahn DE, Eyada OK, Kim CH. 2.Ergonomics. 1992 Nov;35(11):1393-8. Anthropometry of south Indian industrial workmen. Fernandez JE, Uppugonduri KG. Thanking you in anticipation. Yours -- Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Libraries: A Mission Possible
by Vasanth 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Dear Sir/Madam, Recent issue of Economic and Political Weekly has a very interesting editorial on National Libraries: A Mission Possible. The editorial urges government to take steps to improve public and academic libraries across India and make them as knowledge centers to cater to the local community as recommended by National Knowledge Commission (NKC). For full text, please visit the following URL: http://epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/17121.pdf ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N GFGC-Periyapatna Mysore Dist. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Hurry.... Just Few days more to register for ILA Conference
by Shekar H P 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Dear Moderator, please circulate this information among the forum Members. Thanking you Dear Professional Friends, SEASON GREETINGS TO YOU ALL I am very much happy and delighted to inform you that, we have received overwelmed response from the professional colleagues towards ILA Conference. The 57th Annual conference will be organised by St.Agnes Centre for Post Graduate Studies & Research, Mangalore, Karnataka, in collaboration with Karnataka State College Librarians’Association (R) Bangalore, Karnataka during February 23-25, 2012 on the theme "KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: INNOVATIONS IN LIBRARIANSHIP". Main Theme : Knowledge Society: Innovations in Librarianship Sub-themes: 1) Technology enabled Knowledge society · Knowledge network · Human-Technology interaction, interfaces and usability · Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 · New media and Communication channels · Informetrics, Scientometrics,Webometrics · Harvesting Web resources · The Semantic web · Artificial Intelligence · Knowledge Architecture and Mapping 2) Knowledge society using Scholarly contents · Digital Library-Tools, Techniques, Models and Architecture · E-learning · Institutional Repositories and ETD’s · Subject Gateways and Library websites · Open Access Initiatives · Access to Knowledge in India: Challenges & Innovations 3) Knowledge Society through Standard Planning and Policies · Knowledge Management/E-Resources Management/Archival Mgt. · Digitization/E-Publishing · Information Planning and Policies · Access Management 4) Knowledge Society through Scholarly content quality enhancement · Intellectual Property Rights(IPR), The Laws of Cyberspace and Copyright issues · Plagiarism · IPR in Digital environment- Opportunities and Challenges · Digital Rights Management · Technology use: Security concerns · Copyright Management: National and International efforts 5) Innovations in LIS (Library and Information Science) · Innovation in Management of Library and Information Centre · Innovation in Marketing of Library Products and Services · Innovation in Library facilities · Innovation in Literacy programs · Innovation in Library Best Practices Panel Discussion: Knowledge Society: The Role and Responsibility of the Librarians (participants are requested to contribute to the scholarly discussion for the fruitful outcome) Conference :23-25 February, 2012 Please click on the following link for more information on registration/ Accommodation / paper presentation etc: http://ilaconference2012.weebly.com EXPECTING YOUR ARRIVAL AT MANGALORE HAPPY JOURNEY Thanking you Dr.Vishala B.K. Organising Secretary -- SHEKAR.H.P. Head, Knowledge Resource Center IBS Bangalore #19 / 3, Nr.Metro, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore- 62 Ph:080-26860100,Extn:133 Website:WWW.ibsindia.org -A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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