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IFLA WLIC 2012, August 11-17, 2012, Helsinki, Finland
by Nihar Patra 28 Jan '12

28 Jan '12

Theme: "Evolving Serials - Managing, discovering and supplying highly innovative and dynamic content" IFLA WLIC 2012, August 11-17, 2012, Helsinki, Finland The Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS) invites colleagues to submit proposals for its two-hour open session at the IFLA Congress in Helsinki on the theme of Evolving Serials. Gone are the days of modest electronic journals! Serials are evolving quickly and now contain linked data, visualizations, actionable QR codes, streaming media and other multimedia assets. They are delivered to end users via traditional digital platforms, and also via apps and mobile devices. Are libraries ready? How are serials librarians embracing these new technologies? We invite papers that address the following issues: • New developments in serials publishing • Innovative delivery and discovery tools for the user • Storage and preservation challenges and solutions for new serials types • Case studies on challenges that librarians face with these changes • Initiatives and projects on library linked data • Adoption of mobile technology for serials access • Measuring and assessing dynamic content Proposals must include the following information: 1. Name and institution of speaker(s) 2. Contact information for speaker(s) 3. Brief biographical information 4. Proposal title 5. Brief (250 word) abstract of the proposed paper 6. Language of presentation Proposals should be sent by email to Helen Heinrich, Secretary of the SOCR Standing Committee helen.heinrich(a)csun.edu by February 15, 2012 Finalists will be notified by March 7, 2012, and will be expected to submit final versions of their papers in one of the official IFLA languages by May 15, 2012. For more information, please contact Helen Heinrich, Secretary of Serials and other Continuing Resources Section (helen.heinrich(a)csun.edu ) or Helen Adey, Chair of the Committee (helen.adey(a)ntu.ac.uk) Please note All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of the Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section (SOCRS). At least one author will be expected to attend conference to deliver paper. Smita Joshipura Electronic Resources Management Coordinator Bibliographic & Metadata Services Department Arizona State University Libraries PO Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Telephone: (480) 965-5431 Fax: (480) 965-1043 E-mail: sjoship(a)asu.edu ************************************************************************ Nihar K Patra NIFTEM, MoFPI, Govt. of India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Scientists Organize Elsevier Boycott
by Dimple Patel 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

"The academic publisher Elsevier has attracted controversy for its high prices, the practice of bundling journals for sale to libraries and its support for legislation such as SOPA and the Research Works Act. Fields medal-winning mathematician Tim Gowers decided to go public with a blog post describing how he'll no longer have anything to do with Elsevier journals, and suggesting that a public website where mathematicians and scientists could register their support for an Elsevier boycott would further the cause. Such a website now exists, with hundreds of academics signing-up so far. John Baez has a nice write-up of the problem and possible solutions." Please follow the links given at: http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/27/1322234/scientists-organize-else… -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Availability of Rev.edition of LIS Book in Regional Language
by Dattatray Phadke 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

*Dear Library Professionals,* > *With my continued efforts of creating LIS literature in regional language (Marathi) I have published * *Revised 5th Edition of my book:* *(Granthalaya Sanganakikaran Aani Aadhunikikaran)“Library Computerisation and Automation”* *has been publishes and now is available in the market.**Library professionals in Maharashtra who are waiting for new edition of the book can have the book .In Mumbai libraries can order their copies through students agency,Girgaon. * **The book is very useful for the Library and Information Science courses of universities in Maharashtra and it has been found good reference book for competitive exams like NET& SET and it is also useful for preparing for the interviews . *One can read about newly added following topics: * *1.Bar code & Scanning Technology* *2.Internet Security* *3.Meta data with Dublin Core* *4.Data mining & Data warehousing* *5.REID: Library Security Systems* *6.World Cat* *7.Cloud Computing* *8.Sciento-metrics / Bibliometrics* *9.OCLC: Web scale Management systems ** * *10.Glossary of Web 2.0 technology* > *Price Rs - 450/-Pages - 492 * * Publisher: Universal Prakashan, Pune** **Tel No. 020-24451780* * Mob-09422332659** Email: universalbookstalls(a)gmail.com* * Thanking you all and with Regards* * Dr. D. N. Phadke(Author), Deputy Librarian (Retired) now working as Consultant * * Librarian at Pillai's Group of Institutions,New Panvel* *< dnphadke(a)gmail.com>,* * mob- 09869786186* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UGC-NET: necessary changes and amendments
by anindya basu 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Dear Sir/Madam, With a response to current debate on the amendment of UGC -NET pattern and views,I want to tell that any national level exam (GATE,CAT,MAT,JEE ,NETetc.) are mainly structured to measure the intellectual faculty of any student of any discipline.So even the NET exam for LIS is also structured in this way.There is no confusion over that.So I never support that at least UGC-NET is a "Why this kolkaveri Di" joke if objective type questions are given in Paper-3 .It doesn't sound logical.Moreover,I like to say that if objective types questions are given,there is more opportunity to test the knowledge of a student at a level of more depth and with more extension. I personally thank SIMERJIT KAUR and SUNNY JOSEPH for sharing their experience and these should be an eye-opener for us.After all objective questions in the paper makes the competition tougher not a 'Kolaveri di' joke of mugging up the whole syllabus.Also I like to add that,this initiative of UGC will welcome more experimentation with the subjects,embrace more new concepts from different fields and after all encourage the students to learn more and please understand that from on NET has become tougher than the previous ones. Thanking You, Anindya Basu, 2nd year,DRTC -- 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 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '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. 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 Advisory Committee: · Sri Sri Sri Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji, Shravanabelagola and Chief Patron. · Prof. V G Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore · Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar, Conference Director and President KALA, Bangalore · Mr. D Surendra Kumar, Dharmastala, Karnataka · Mr. S Jithendra Kumar, President K.J,A · Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Former President, Kannada Sahithya Parishat and Kannada Writer, Bangalore. · Prof. C R Karisiddappa, Former UGC Emeritus Fellow. Karnatak University, Dharwad. · Mr. N V Sathyanarayana, Chairman & Managing Director, Informatics India Ltd, Bangalore · Dr. I R N Goudar, Rtd, Head ICAST, NAL and Visiting Prof. and Lib Adviser, University of Mysore · Prof. I K Ravichandra Rao, Professor, DRTC,ISI, Bangalore. · Prof. Shalini R Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, University of Mysore, Mysore · Mr. K G Venkatesh, Director, Department of Public Libraries, Bangalore. · Mr. Ashok Kumar, Executive Officer, Sri Muth, Shravanabelagola Technical Committee: · Dr. K N Prasad, Executive Officer, SRELS, and KALA-GC member, Bangalore. · Prof. A Y Asundi, Rtd. Professor, Bangalore University, Bangalore · Prof. K S Raghavan, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore · Dr. M S Sridhar, Rtd. Head, Library and Doc. Centre, ISRO, Bangalore · Dr. N S Harinarayana, Associate Professor, DLISc, University of Mysore, Mysore · Mrs. Usha Mukunda, Member, Knowledge Commission, Karnataka Organizing Committee: · Mr. V L Kalyan, Library Advisor, DRTC, ISI and KALA-GC member, Bangalore . Dr. P V Konnur, Librarian, BUB, Bangalore · Dr. M M Bachalapur, Librarian, KIT, Tiptur and KALA-GC member, Bangalore · Mrs. Gayathri Sen, Librarian, PESIT and KALA-GC member, Bangalore · Mr. Raghavendra, Library Executive, Jubilant Biosys, and VP, KALA, Bangalore · Dr. K R Mulla, Spl. officer, VTU, Balgaum and Joint Sec, KALA, Bangalore · Mr. Shreenivas H E, Asst. Libn, Alliance University, and Joint Sec, KALA, Bangalore · Dr. Nagappa B, Branch Head, TCS, Bangalore. · Mr. S K Hosamani, Chief Librarian, DPL, Bangalore 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/ Regards, Rajendra Babu H General Secretary, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA). Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. 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UGC NET SET for library Science graduates
by Mailing List Admin 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:43:06 +0530 (IST) From: Miss Varsha Divekar <v_divekar2002(a)yahoo.co.in> Sir/Madam, UGC NET SET for library Science graduates is a must, but what if they are already 10- 15 years experience but are not in state to appear for the said exam. Though there are professionals who may not have that practical knowlegde or working� experience. The post graduate's� , according to U.G.C if they do not acquire 55 % then what is the rule for their� upgradation & qualification� fulfillment to get the status as equivalent to U.G.C.- NET /SET exams?� What is the criteria for their selection & upgradation in Semi/ Govt / Research organisations/ DST / etc? Please suggest the alternate upgradation status Thanks Miss Varsha Divekar Assistant Librarian IIG New Panvel

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Fwd: [GOAL] Interview with Francis Jayakanth of India’s National Centre for Science Information
by Sukhdev Singh 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Poynder <ricky(a)richardpoynder.co.uk> Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:38 PM Subject: [GOAL] Interview with Francis Jayakanth of India’s National Centre for Science Information To: goal(a)eprints.org Like members of all movements, OA advocates come in all shapes and sizes, and they are driven by a variety of different motives. Some have embraced OA, for instance, because they see it as a good business opportunity, some because they want their research to be more accessible, and so have greater impact, some because they expect it will save their institution large sums of money, and some simply because they believe that OA holds out the promise of providing considerable common good. What is distinctive about the Open Accessmovement, however, is that it is a leaderless revolution. There is no formal organisation or foundation to represent it, and there is no official leader. For all that, OA is generally associated with a small group of high-profile Western-based individuals and organisations that are extremely vocal in their support of OA, and who have shown themselves to be very successful at attracting attention. Since all movements have to promote themselves effectively this is clearly a good thing. However, it does mean that the contribution of the many “foot soldiers” of the movement can too easily be overlooked. These are people who do not shout about their activities, but simply go about the business of facilitating OA quietly and modestly. And it is the foot soldiers based in the developing world that tend to be least visible — people like Francis Jayakanth, a library-trained scientific assistant based at the National Centre for Science Information (NCSI)<http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/>, the information centre of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)<http://www.iisc.ernet.in/>in Bangalore. More here: http://bit.ly/x7AJRH _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL(a)eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Post of Junior Technician (Library) @ IIITDM Kancheepuram (Channai)
by Veeru 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

Dear Professionals, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram Read more: http://www.lislinks.com#ixzz1kd0ZFCR4<http://www.lislinks.com/#ixzz1kd0ZFCR4> *Advt. No.IIITDM/R/1/2012 – Non Teaching Post* *Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing,**Kancheepuram is an autonomous Institute under Ministry of Human Resource Development* *(MHRD), Government of India. The Institute is located at Melakottaiyur, Vandalur‐* *Kelambakkam Road, Chennai‐600048. Applications in the prescribed format are invited from * *suitable Indian Nationals for the following post.* * * *Junior Technician (Library) *‐ 1 Post (UR) *Pay Band* (PB‐1): Rs. 5200‐20200 with GP: Rs.2000/‐ (i) Degree from a recognized University and (ii) Bachelor’s degree or equivalent diploma in Library Science of a recognized University / Institute. (iii) One year apprenticeship in any Library Applications should be accompanied with a non‐refundable demand draft of Rs.100/‐ for all the posts in favour of “The Registrar, IIITD&M Kancheepuram” payable at Chennai.The issuing date of demand draft should be within the duration of Advertisement.Demand Draft will not be refunded or re‐adjusted under any circumstances. No other mode of payment will be accepted, and such applications will be rejected forthright and the payment made shall stand forfeited. SC/ST and Physically Handicapped candidates are not required to submit the demand draft. Read more: http://www.lislinks.com#ixzz1kd0VpkoX<http://www.lislinks.com/#ixzz1kd0VpkoX> *http://www.iiitdm.ac.in/files/R_1_2012_Instructions_NonTeaching.pdf* *Application:* * http://www.iiitdm.ac.in/files/Application_Form_NonTeaching.pdf* -- Thanks and Warm Regards Virupaksh. B. H Library and Information Assistant National Library of India, Kolkata-700027 Email Id: *veerulis(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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NET PAPER III- OBJECTIVE-REG.
by Sunny Joseph 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

Dear library professionals, Thanking for your active discussion about the change of UGC-NET Examination from descriptive to objective type. Descriptive examination is ideal for measuring the candidates knowledge and thinking but practically dull. The main problem lies in the evaluation of the descriptive paper. A person with good writing speed and legible hand really matters. You know paper valuation is the most boring part in teachers' profession. I really tell it from my experience of valuing hundreds of answer papers recently. Many teachers also agree with this contention. The valuation of the descriptive paper is highly subjective, that is, mark varies with persons who values the papers. UGC doesn't allow revaluation. Also they have no provision for providing copies of evaluated answer papers to examinees. Hence, we can not be certain that all those who pass paper III are highly knowledgeable and those who fail in the paper are dull. Here luck really matters, ratherthan knowledge. I already stated that paper valuation is a boring thing to human beings and the mood of the evaluator really matters. In this context, I would like to share my experience with UGC-NET. I appeared four times. In the three exams I cleared Paper I & II. In all the exams paper II was cleared with scores 84, 76, 70, 78. and 80 was the maximum score in Paper III. In the last exam June 2010, really prepared well and answered well. Not even a single question was unanswered in paper III and word limit was also achieved. The result was announced in 8/10/2010 and I was failed. On the next day, I wrote to UGC for getting revaluation of my paper III and requested photocopy of the answer sheets and requested for preserving my answer sheets for three months as I am approaching the Court if needed.Getting no reply from UGC, I filed a writ petition in Kerala High Court against UGC on 2/11/2011. (W.P(C)No.33350/2010). Without counsel, I presented myself in the Court and obtained a direction(oral) to UGC to hand over copies of my answer papers within three weeks. After three weeks, UGC saught futher extension and this time they informed the Court that my answer paper was destroyed as my request was not received by UGC within the time limit of 30 days. I assured the Court that the letter to UGC was sent by speed post and I would produce the evidence. Later I produced the receipt of the letter by UGC and requested action against the erring officials and now they are really trapped. That is, UGC has something to hide. In another letter under RTI act, UGC informed that there is no model answer scripts given to evaluators. that is, the evaluation is fully subjective and no scope for revaluation!!! In the recent resolution in which UGC makes confession about the subjective evaluation of Paper III and decides for changing to Objective type. It is a most welcome decision to people like me. SUNNY JOSEPH, LIBRARIAN GOVT. INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN EDUCATION, THRISSUR-KERALA. PH.9446735414 sannyjoseph(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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(LIS) Post of Assistant Professor and Professor in the Dept of Library & Information Science
by rupak＠pu.ac.in 25 Jan '12

25 Jan '12

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Post of Assistant Professor and Professor From: rupak(a)pu.ac.in Date: Mon, January 23, 2012 7:23 pm To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, Post of Assistant Professor and Professor in the Department of Library & Information Science at Panjab University, Chandigarh Last Date: 31st January Detail information available at: http://jobs.puchd.ac.in/includes/jobs/2012/20120113165226-1-2012.pdf Dr. Rupak Chakravarty Assistant Professor Department of Library & Information Science Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014. INDIA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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