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Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices
by Dimple Patel 14 Jan '12

14 Jan '12

Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devices By Aaron Williamson | January 12, 2012 At the beginning of December, we warned the Copyright Office that operating system vendors would use UEFI secure boot anticompetitively, by colluding with hardware partners to exclude alternative operating systems. As Glyn Moody points out, Microsoft has wasted no time in revising its Windows Hardware Certification Requirements to effectively ban most alternative operating systems on ARM-based devices that ship with Windows 8. Read More: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fea… -- 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 Madhurjyamoy Das 13 Jan '12

13 Jan '12

Dear Sir/Madam, Warm welcome to the amendments UGC has made for NET Examination 2012 and many thanks to Mr. Ved Prakash and team. As we, who are planning to appear for the National Eligibility Test (NET), June 2012 in LIS, would be able to evaluate the performance immediately after appearing for the much-simplified test. Another good reason to be happy is that the UGC has decided that all the question papers for the test will be objective type. Till now, two papers were objective and the third one subjective. This has led not only delaying in declaration of the results, but also, making the system less transparent and non-uniform. It is indeed a very good step that has been adopted finally by UGC. Some long pending issues that have been tried to be met by the UGC regarding paper III inter alia are (a) Transparency, (b) Reducing the inter and intra examiner variability in marking of paper III, (c) Delay in declaration of NET results and finally there are reasons really to be happy as the recommendations of the NET moderation committee for changing paper III from descriptive to objective type are in place on the pattern of CSIR - NET examination. With this amendment, it tends to be a more regular, homogeneous platform for the NET aspirants. The goal of the MCQ type paper is to ensure a standard of uniformity in the evaluation process. The objective type MCQ pattern has always been tested to be successful globally in delivering the quality and thus producing better results be it IIM CAT exams or GATE Exams. I believe questions can be set quite intuitively to test a student’s degree of knowledge as well as skills of application to the very purpose of the test irrespective of the discipline be it science, management, humanities or arts and making the game fairer and level playing. Madhuryamay Das MSLIS Student, DRTC, ISI-Bangalore. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EBSCO Publishing Calling MLISc candidates for the post of Bibliographic Database Designer
by saju s raj 13 Jan '12

13 Jan '12

*EBSCO Publishing Calling MLISc candidates for the post of Bibliographic Database Designer* * Bibliographic Database Designer* Department: Information Technology and Services Position Type: Full-Time Regular Experience: 2 years Education: MLISc Location: MA - Ipswich - EBSCO Publishing *Basic Function* Create detailed specifications for implementing bibliographic databases and associated features for EBSCO’s online bibliographic products. * Required Qualifications* • Minimum of two years in the field of librarianship or bibliographic database development or design, including demonstrated experience creating or manipulating bibliographic data in a searchable database environment • Minimum of two years of demonstrated experience with web-based bibliographic database search and retrieval techniques • Minimum of one year demonstrated experience with indexing methods as applied to bibliographic data • Minimum of one year demonstrated understanding of MARC21 bibliographic format • Minimum of one year demonstrated experience reading and understanding documents in XML format • Minimum of one year demonstrated ability to balance multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment • Master of Library Science degree Read More http://tech2librarian.blogspot.com/search/label/LIS%20Career -- *W*ith *t*hanks *&* *R**egardz....* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article
by Manas Samanta&&মানস সামন্ত 13 Jan '12

13 Jan '12

Dear Professionals Please help me to get the below mention article 2001 Ironmaking Proceedings - Vol. 60 Characteristics And Behaviour Of High Alumina Iron Ore Sinter A. K. Das, A. Kumar, A. K. De, T. Mukherjee Reference link: http://www.steellibrary.com/PartDetails/tabid/56/partid/0800820450480490540… -- মানস সামন্ত টেকনিকল অ্যাসিটেন্ট সি. এস. আই. আর.-এন. এম. এল. জামশেদপুর-৮৩১০০৭ ---------------------------------------------------- Manas Samanta Computer Sc(H). MLIS Technical Assistant CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur . Ph.No.- 0657-2345112(O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Presentations of Strategies for Managing Libraries in the future - 2011 IIM Ahmedabad
by sandeep bhavsar 13 Jan '12

13 Jan '12

Respected All Please have a look at the presentations of Strategies for Managing Libraries in the future 2011 - IIM Ahmedabad http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/libcon/index.php/2011/libcon/announcement Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) India 9987049099 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[lisnet] Presentations of Strategies for Managing Libraries in the future - 2011 IIM Ahmedabad
by sandeep bhavsar 13 Jan '12

13 Jan '12

Respected All Please have a look at the presentations of Strategies for Managing Libraries in the future 2011 - IIM Ahmedabad http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/libcon/index.php/2011/libcon/announcement Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) India 9987049099 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop on Creation and Management of Digital Collection scheduled at INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad
by Dinesh Ranjan 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Dear Professionals, The INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad is organizing a National Workshop on Creation and Management of Digital Collections from 13th to 17th February, 2012. The workshop will cover the following topics: - Digitization and Digital Preservation - Working with Linux : Basic commands. - Institutional Repositories and Digital Libraries - Metadata Standards for Digital Collection - Digital collection building using DSpace: Installation & Configuration - Digital collection building using DSpace:Administration & Customization - Digital collection building using DSpace: Workflow & Submissions - IPR and Security aspects of IR - Web 2.0 and Social Networking - Library Automation and latest trends in ICT - Access to e-resources subscribed under different consortium The deatils of the workshop is available at http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/WorkshopIR%20-DSpace-feb2012.pdf With regards, -- Dinesh Ranjan Pradhan Scientific Technical Officer (LS) INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The Poverty of Innovation
by * Mukesh - Monitor * 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

The Poverty of Innovation by Shiv Visvanathan One misses the celebration of science today. Science acquired its creativity through play and it is the playfulness of science that created a Jagadish Chandra Bose, a Raman, a Ramanujan or Chandrasekhar. Science as playfulness has to come back as cultural form to childhood and the universities. Science has to be enjoyable. Read the complete article by clicking the link below: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/columnists/shiv-visvanathan/poverty-innovati… - - Mukesh Anand | Director - Marketing | Monitor Information Services http://monitorlinks.typepad.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E-journal row: HC blow to AICTE (TOI)
by ಸಿ.ಟಿ.ಕಾಂತರಾಜ್ (CTK) 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Dear Professionals, E-journal row: HC blow to AICTE TNN | Jan 12, 2012, 03.30AM IST CHENNAI: The Madras high court has restrained the All India Council for Technical Education <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Technical-Education>(AICTE), the statutory body established for the development of technical education in the country, from taking any coercive action against any institution for not subscribing an e-journal. The AICTE<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/AICTE>had recently put out a list of e-journals compelling self-financing engineering colleges to subscribe to them at mandatory rates for the academic year 2012-13. Justice Vinod K Sharma on Wednesday passed the interim order on the writ petitions filed by the Association of Management of Coimbatore Anna University-affiliated Colleges and the Consortium of Self-Financing Professional Arts and Science Colleges in Tamil Nadu. "The authorities are restrained from taking any coercive action against the institutions for not subscribing to a particular journal detailed in annexure 1," the judge said. The matter will be taken up for further hearing in March. Saying that the conditions in the new handbook were arbitary, senior counsel N R Chandran submitted that AICTE could not compel institutions to purchase e-journals of particular publishers at pre-fixed rates that too without consulting the institutions concerned. Since there were about 5,500 engineering colleges in the country, the annual subscription fee would be in the range of Rs 825 crore, he said. The Association of Management of Coimbatore Anna University-affiliated Colleges, which was the first to approach the court, said it was unfair for the AICTE to insist that colleges should purchase selected foreign e-journals at exorbitant cost through a private agency, the petition said, adding that, "institutions cannot be forced to bear such arbitrary, exorbitant and additional burden". The above article can be accessed on http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/E-journal-row-HC-blow-to-AI… -- With Regards, C.T.Kantharaj Librarian, Cambridge Institute of Technology, K.R.Puram, Bangalore - 560036 -------------------------------- Phone: 080-25618798 / 99 Mobile: 9448611800 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CSI eNewsletter Jan 2012 issue
by H Mohan 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

Dear all, The Jan 2012 issue of CSI eNewsletter can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2012-01-01.pdf [1] and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter [2] For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm [3] or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives [4] You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ [5] Contents ======= -- CSI eNL wishes its readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2012 -- 12 IT Outsourcing Predictions for 2012 -- 10 Business Tech Predictions for 2012 -- Predictions for 12 Months of Digital Marketing -- 10 Best Practices Learned from 2011 Tech Market Chaos and Stupidity -- How to Create and Implement an Information Management Policy -- Six information security lessons from 2011 -- So, You're Responsible for Managing Laptops: -- How to Set Up Your Company's Social Media Policy -- Tech Luminaries We Lost in 2011 -- IPv6 Doomsday Won't Hit in 2012, Experts Say -- Eight Signs Your Business is Tech-Illiterate -- 10 programming habits that should be more common -- The Future of IT Skills: What You Need To Keep Your IT Career Alive -- The IBM Century: Creating the IT Revolution -- Book: IPv6 for All -- The Definitive Guide To Selling More Of Anything Online -- Video: Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology -- Reducing Hidden Operating Costs Through IT Asset Discovery -- What We Can Learn from Steve Jobs -- Interesting Definitions -- Microsoft's Bill Gates decided to invest further in Punjab after receiving a letter from Mr Banta Singh. -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Cloud Computing Bible -- Book: Software Project Management -- Book: Implementing Six Sigma in Education Towards TQM in Academics -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz-2012-01-01 (SEVEN Prizes to Win - THREE Books & FOUR Prizes of Rs. 500/- each) ========================================= 1. Provide the answer: Linux: Penguin = Perl: ------ 2. Identify the company whose tagline is "When IT is mission critical" 3. Who coined the term "Debugging" 4. Provide the answer: The Quick Response (QR) Code was invented in (country) ------ 5. What is common to all these: Magiq, Enjoy, Slide, Xoom Email your answers by 31st Jan 2012 to csi.infoquiz(a)gmail.com [6] with subject "infoquiz-2012-01-01". Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are seven prizes to win. Two prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com [7]) and two prizes of Rs. 500/= each by VictoryMind Educare Services. Other three prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com [8]), Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd (www.tmhshop.com/ [9]) and S. Chand Publishing (www.schandgroup.com [10]). Answers along with the winners' info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-12-01 =============================== Lenovo, Denise Ritchie, 8th Jun 2011, Ronald Wayne, Bring Your Own Device Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems - Mr. Ch. Satyanarayana Rao (Chennai) & Dr. T. Revathi (Sivakasi) Rs. 500/= from Victory Mind Educare Services - Mr. G. Sai Bharath (Bangalore) & Ms. M.R. Dhivya (Coimbatore) Book from Oxford University Press - Mr. B. Sundaram (Chennai) Book form TMH - Mr. Pandu Rangan V (Tumkur) Book from SPD - Mr. Amol Purushottam Zore (Pune) Links: ------ [1] http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2012-01-01.pdf [2] http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter [3] http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm [4] http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives [5] http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ [6] mailto:csi.infoquiz@gmail.com [7] http://www.srasys.com/ [8] http://www.wileyindia.com/ [9] http://www.tmhshop.com/ [10] http://www.schandgroup.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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