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Fw: NATIONAL SEMINAR ON EMERGING CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN MARCH at Kurukshetra University
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

THIS SEMINAR IS POSTPONED TO MARCH 2012 AND ACTUAL DATES WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING NEXT WEEK all the professional friends are requested to see the details of seminar, and contribute the papers as well attend the seminar NATIONAL SEMINAR ON EMERGING CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES MARCH 2012 at DLISKURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY Theme: Emerging challenges for Public Libraries. Sub themes: v Changing role of public libraries and librarians in Information Society v Library legislation and library development. v Public library governance v Role of RRRLF and other Institutions in public library development in India . v Changing needs of users community v Migration from print to digital v Expanding dimensions of public library services v User employment through information literacy v Networking and resource sharing Call for papers The Organizing Committee of the seminar on Emerging challenges for Public Libraries to be held at Kurukshetra University , Kuruksehtra, invites original contributions based on practice, theoretical & empirical research, related to the theme. All papers will go through a process of review and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. All papers must be original contributions and should be submitted through email only. A panel of experts will review each contributed paper. Authors should use times new roman with 12 points font in the MS Word format in double space and should not exceed 5000 words. Correspondence will be made with the principal author and therefore the name, full address, email, and work, home, mobile phone numbers of the principal author should be clearly indicated. Last date of submission of full papers is 30th January 2012 , email at rrrlfkuk2012(a)yahoo.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: ILA AWARDS 2012 and newsletter
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

ILA SOUGHT applications for diffrent awards. those who want can download the applications from the ILA website. http://ilaindia.net/ you can see latest newsletter from the ILA website too http://ilaindia.net/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ILA GENERAL BODY MEETING NOTICE 2012
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

ILA GENERAL BODY MEETING NOTICE 2012 Dear Member, The Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Library Association shall be held on 24th February, 2012 at 5.00 P.M. at the venue of 57th All India Library Conference, at St. Agnes Centre for Post Graduate Studies and Research, Manglore, Karnatka, India. Agenda 1. To consider and adopt the report on the activities of the Association for the period 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011. 2. To consider and adopt the audited Statement of Accounts of the Association for the period 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011. 3. To consider and adopt any resolution received by the General Secretary from Hon’ble Members of the Association. 4. Any other item with the permission of the chair. Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Gupta General Secretary Indian Library Association -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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List of Indian & International Journals
by Gulshan Kumar 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Dear Library Professional, Can Any one could provide the List of Indian and International Journals -- *..... Thanks & Regards Gulshan Kr. Sachdeva * -- 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 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Dear Professionals, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please send me. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11416643#> 2000 May;2(3):172-180. Antihypertensive Drug Utilization in Hypertensive Veterans With Complex Medication Profiles. Carter BL<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Carter%20BL%22%5BAuthor%5D> , Malone DC<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Malone%20DC%22%5BAuthor%5D> , Ellis SL<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Ellis%20SL%22%5BAuthor%5D> , Dombrowski RC<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Dombrowski%20RC%22%5BAuthor%5D> . -- 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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Request for an Article
by Bharat Alasandi 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Respected Professional friends, One of our Research scholar need following article Please help me to find this or if any body having same please forward me. *Impact of financial engineering on cluster development: based on case study of Belgaum foundry cluster, Karnataka state of India : empirical research findings /D. N. S. Kumar 84-96 JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS (Vol 24 No 1 JANUARY-JUNE 2011) Thanks & Regards * -- Bharat B. Alasandi Librarian Bharatesh Education Trusts Global Business School B.C. 188 Fort Road Belgaum - 6 Karnataka E-mail : bharatalasandi(a)gmail.com Phone: 9986135406 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EMERGING FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES PERSPECTIVES, EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY (2011 – 12) March 13 – 14, 2012
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

EMERGING FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES PERSPECTIVES, EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY (2011 – 12) March 13 – 14, 2012 Organizers Department of Library and Information Science University of Kashmir Schedule Conference Date: March 13-14, 2012 Important Dates Paper Submission: February 15, 2012 Acceptance of Papers: February 28, 2012 Registration: January 01, 2012 to March 01, 2012 Main topics and subtopics (but not limited to) are: Digital Libraries: Knowledge Advocacy Ø Global Level Activities Ø Regional Level Activities Ø Digital Literacy Ø Digital Libraries: Social, Technical and Economic Perspectives Ø Digital Libraries: Educational programmes and Policies Ø Organizational and Psychological Issues Digital Libraries: Technologies & Standards Ø Digital Publishing Technologies Ø Digital publishing Standards Ø Metadata and Interoperability Ø Interoperability Standards Digital Libraries: Development & Engineering Perspectives Ø Information Architecture, Configuration. Ø Digital Content Creation Ø Digital Library Development: Tools and Infrastructures Ø Digital Library Models Ø Open Source Softwares for Digital Libraries Digital Libraries: Semantics Ø Web 2.0 and 3.0 Ø Semantics 2.0 and 3.0 Ø Artificial Intelligence Ø Ontologies Ø Content Indexing and Rating Digital Libraries: Information Retrieval Ø Information Retrieval Models Ø Vocabulary Control Ø Search Strategies and Techniques Digital Libraries: Social Networks Ø Resource Sharing and Social Networks Ø Impact of Social Networks on the Digital Library Services Digital Publishing, Libraries, Archives & Museums Ø Preserving Heritage and Culture Ø Encoded Archival Description Ø Digital publishing and information services Ø Digital publishing platforms for libraries, archives and museums Digital Libraries: Use & User Studies Ø Use and User Studies Ø Usage Metrics: Tools & Techniques Ø User Studies: Information Needs, pattern and Information Seeking Behaviour Digital Libraries, museums and Archives: Initiatives & Case studies Ø Audiovisual and Multimedia Libraries Ø Children libraries Ø Physically Challenged libraries Ø Public libraries Ø Museums and archives Digital Libraries: Rights Management Ø Legal Issues Ø Intellectual Property Rights Ø Access Management , Security and plagiarism Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Re: Fw: JOURNAL OF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Call for Papers
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

EMERGING FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES PERSPECTIVES, EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY (2011 – 12) March 13 – 14, 2012 Organizers Department of Library and Information Science University of Kashmir Schedule Conference Date: March 13-14, 2012 Important Dates Paper Submission: February 15, 2012 Acceptance of Papers: February 28, 2012 Registration: January 01, 2012 to March 01, 2012 Main topics and subtopics (but not limited to) are: Digital Libraries: Knowledge Advocacy Ø Global Level Activities Ø Regional Level Activities Ø Digital Literacy Ø Digital Libraries: Social, Technical and Economic Perspectives Ø Digital Libraries: Educational programmes and Policies Ø Organizational and Psychological Issues Digital Libraries: Technologies & Standards Ø Digital Publishing Technologies Ø Digital publishing Standards Ø Metadata and Interoperability Ø Interoperability Standards Digital Libraries: Development & Engineering Perspectives Ø Information Architecture, Configuration. Ø Digital Content Creation Ø Digital Library Development: Tools and Infrastructures Ø Digital Library Models Ø Open Source Softwares for Digital Libraries Digital Libraries: Semantics Ø Web 2.0 and 3.0 Ø Semantics 2.0 and 3.0 Ø Artificial Intelligence Ø Ontologies Ø Content Indexing and Rating Digital Libraries: Information Retrieval Ø Information Retrieval Models Ø Vocabulary Control Ø Search Strategies and Techniques Digital Libraries: Social Networks Ø Resource Sharing and Social Networks Ø Impact of Social Networks on the Digital Library Services Digital Publishing, Libraries, Archives & Museums Ø Preserving Heritage and Culture Ø Encoded Archival Description Ø Digital publishing and information services Ø Digital publishing platforms for libraries, archives and museums Digital Libraries: Use & User Studies Ø Use and User Studies Ø Usage Metrics: Tools & Techniques Ø User Studies: Information Needs, pattern and Information Seeking Behaviour Digital Libraries, museums and Archives: Initiatives & Case studies Ø Audiovisual and Multimedia Libraries Ø Children libraries Ø Physically Challenged libraries Ø Public libraries Ø Museums and archives Digital Libraries: Rights Management Ø Legal Issues Ø Intellectual Property Rights Ø Access Management , Security and plagiarism Prof. N.LAXMAN RAO, . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Subject: Re: UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and Amendments(Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:39:15 +0530 > From: Vinit <vinitbhu06@gmail.com)
by Madhurjyamoy Das 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear Friends, My heartiest thanks to my colleague Mr. Vinit Kumar (who is fairly experienced in the art of our profession) for his valuable inputs. I seek my colleague’s kind permission to bring about some contextual issues again in this regard. My dear colleague has mentioned ‘The education is just not mugging of facts and by heart some questions’. I exactly agree with his words and want to say in symphony that just mugging up the things, preparing model answers of ten years UGC-NET papers along with plenty model test papers available in the market, practising on how to write answers to these descriptive questions and finally just reproducing the things in the answer sheets in the examination hall on that D-Day, should this be the focus that we expect from the UGC-NET ? Now in the context of exams like IIM-CAT, GATE, etc., I would humbly like to mention that these are not entirely the entrance examinations just to admit students in regular academic courses as has been claimed, but also, the scores in these tests are used equally with that of UGC-NET by the premier institutes viz. IITs, IIMs, et.al. for selecting researchers in the respective disciplines and these facts can easily be tested for genuineness in the respective websites of the above mentioned institutions. With my colleague’s kind permission again, I would like to state here that it is the beauty of these tests to offer to the takers a system that is either almost or absolutely free of repetitions. Let us take an interesting example. There are a lot of articles, newspaper reads, and other relevant documents supporting the fact that the CAT is a kind of test that is being held for decades with it’s unique nature i.e. without any repetition and this has also been observed that the new things are being incorporated in the system in novel fashions. GRE(Graduate Record Examination) is another very significant example and it is used by the best universities worldwide for the selection of research scholars. Anyway, I believe that the possibility of repetition becomes more in the descriptive type papers rather than objective type tests. So, if one mugs up ten years papers by UGC, more are the possibilities for him/her to get repetitive questions in the descriptive paper. I do agree with my colleague that that there is possibility to have some innovative type question in the said type of descriptive model, but the previous year papers available in the UGC-NET site tell us a different story here. Our LIS discipline is facing challenges like never before and it is high time that we need to have smart professionals in our field well conversant in modern techniques as well as the traditional base. In my humble opinion what we need to have is a well mix of things to make our profession in harmony. Either we have to adopt changes in proportion to the need of present day challenges a professional faces in our discipline or we are on the verge to get perished. Finally, I found this platform to be very healthy and thus put a disclaimer that nothing is personal here and not aimed to harm individual’s thoughts, but to enjoy a freedom to express within the given scope. Best Regards, Madhuryamay Das DRTC, ISI-Bsngslore > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:39:15 +0530 > From: Vinit <vinitbhu06(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and Amendments > Message-ID: > <CA+Kko-FJefbhw6OOCy47gJoaPUqugxeR27oV2GBnvUDQpRyypg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear colleagues, > Apropos to the post on UGC Amendments (UGC-NET: Necessary Changes and > Amendments - Madhurjyamoy Das), I second with the thoughts of my dear > budding colleague. There is no doubt that the objective type questions > provide transparency and a fair level playing, but they just ruin the basic > tenets of education. The education is just not mugging facts and by heart > some questions. It trains our mind to think intuitively, observe, analyse > the observations and most importantly *interpret* and* express* the > observations in a standard and unambiguous way. Unfortunately our > educational setup has produced more mugging experts than thinkers. > > The exams (IIM-CAT and GATE) mentioned by my colleague are entrance > examination for a course of study and not for a herculean task of teaching > and research which involve independent thinking and analysis. In the case > of entrance exams objective type questions can be justified as the session > has to be started on time. Where UGC does not have any deadlines to > meet. I think this is the reason till date UPSC for its IAS mains > examination has not opted objective type questions. Here one can easily > argue that the objective type questions can also be > set intuitively to check the conceptual, analytical ability of a candidate. > But after a period of time the questions start getting repeated and then > again the mugging starts. This has been exemplified by the IIT JEE > modification in 2002( the main exam was made objective), now the big cram > shops have opened in every street. > > The point raised by my colleague that this objective type pattern will > handle the problem of inter examiner varibality of marking third paper is > baseless. As in the present system one answer sheet is checked by a panel > of 12-13 experts and not by a single person and this is the reason for > delay in the results. This delay can be justified if the quality evaluation > is the cause of it. > > In my opinion, the only good decision of UGC of having national level test > is everyday diluted by UGC itself and over the passage of time this will > ruin the quality of NET and UGC. > > Rest UGC is known for changing policies frequently. > > With best regards > > > -- > Regards > Vinit Kumar > Assistant Professor, > Dr. Ranganathan Institute of Library and Information Science > Bundelkhand University > Jhansi, U.P. 284128 > Alt email: vinit(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in > Home page: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/~vinit > =============== > Join DLRG : http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/dlrg > Submit your articles to LDL : https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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List of Human resourse management journals and forums
by jyoti wadhwani 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

Dear Professional Friends, Can Any one could provide the List of Best Indian Journals and Forums in the Field of Human Resourse Management . Please also provide the name of good Associations and Organisations that are working in the field of Management urgently Thanks Jyoti Balani jyoti20wadhwani(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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