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LIS-Forum - A very interesting, first-of-its kind book on Indian Advertising
by Venkata Kesavan 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear All, A very interesting, first-of-its kind book on Indian Advertising. LEARNINGS OF AN ADVERTISING PRACTITIONER By A.G. Krishnamurthy Nov 2010 Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill Rs:295/- , ISBN: 0-07-068101-9 URL: http://www.agkonline.com/AGK-site/htmls/learnings/tablecontent.htm Mr. A.G. Krishnamurthy, the author of the book, founder Chairman and Managing Director of Mudra Communications, as the Captain steered his agency from a Rs. 35 lakh company to a Rs. 7 billion corporation in remarkably short span of 23 years. In this book, the author has shared his experiences in setting-up and successfully running a world-class Indian advertising agency - Mudra. The book tells the story in a sharp, succinct manner with prerequisites for achieving success in the advertising Industry. This book has been written in a very simple language and presented in a unique creative approach - in the form of a series of conversations between a fictional guru and shishya, brings out the details in an absorbing and informative style. This book will be a good addition for all B-School Libraries, University Libraries, Marketing and Advertising Libraries. . R . Venkata Kesavan AGM & Head Times Archives and Knowledge Centre (TAKC) The Times Group The Times of India Building, 2nd Floor Dr. D. N. Road, Mumbai 400 001 Ph: (B): +91-22-66353535 (Ext.: 4470) END Maharashtra Times, Mumbai's No.1 Marathi Daily launches its Pune Edition in a big way Disclaimer :- The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee or addressees. If you are not an intended recipient, please delete the message and any attachments and notify the sender of misdelivery. Any use or disclosure of the contents of either is unauthorised and may be unlawful. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them, with requisite authority, to be those of the specific TIMES GROUP company. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Lecture invitation
by SRELS 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear Moderator: Kindly arrange to announce the following invitation for the benefit of LIS-FORUM members. Sincerely, K.N. Prasad, SRELS ********* Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), Bangalore in association with Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore and Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, Chennai & Bangalore cordially invites you to the Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial Lectures (16) (2011) on PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND 21 CENTURY LIBRARIES by Dr. Gary Marchionini Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA on 17 , 18 , and 19 February 2011, at 6.00 pm each day at SRELS, 702, 'Upstairs', 42 Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana Chairman & Managing Director, Informatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore Inaugurates Tea: 5.30 pm RSVP:1. K.N. Prasad-Ph: (080) 23305109 E-mail: srels(a)dataone.in ********* Abstracts Day 1. The transformation of Libraries as Institutions: Physical-Digital Hybrids Electronic technologies have brought great changes to information work, including libraries Library automation: classification, organizations, catalogs (e.g., MARC, OCLC, ISI) Online searching, virtual reference Databases and IR techniques Digital libraries Technology Drivers Digitization Indexing, Metadata Network transfer, interoperability Preservation Human Drivers New skills, roles, adoptions Culture Drivers Economies of scale and action Intellectual Property Cooperation, Policies Hybrid Libraries Shared collections Local special collections lnteroperations High tech vs high touch decisions Day 2. Humans as information Creators, Collectors, Consumers, and Communicators Human Memory and Institutional History Creation, capture, and reuse revolutions in the information life cycle Capture: cameras, recorders, sensors, scanners Editors, mixers and mashups Personal Collections Physical Digital Information Consumption Learning: effectiveness, retention Working: flow, efficiency Entertaining: engagement, enjoyment Communication Social networks Participatory Libraries: Institutional + Personal Libraries Day 3. Libraries of People and their State Changes: Saturday Computational Agents and Social Media Agents as Assistants, Surrogates, Observers, and Adversaries Social media: individuals, groups, culture blur Proflection Theory Projections of Self: Exoinformation Purposeful Unconscious Reflections of Self Human Machine Participatory Libraries of Proflections of Personal Identity Libraries as Reflections of Cyberspace Culture Gary Marchionini, Brief Bio Gary Marchionini is the Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches courses in humaninformation interaction, interface design and testing, and digital libraries. He heads the Interaction Design Laboratory at SILS. His Ph.D. is from Wayne State University in mathematics education with an emphasis on educational computing. He has published over 200 articles, chapters and reports in a variety of books and journals. He is author of a book titled Information Seeking in Electronic Environments published by Cambridge University Press and a forthcoming book titled Information Concepts: From books to Personal Identities in Cybespace. Professor Marchionini has had grants or research awards from the National Science Foundation, Council on Library Resources, the National Library of Medicine, the Library of Congress, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kellogg Foundation, and NASA, The National Cancer Institute, Microsoft, Google, and IBM among others. Professor Marchionini was Editorin- Chief for the ACM Transaction on Information Systems (2002- 2008) and is the editor for the Morgan-Claypool Lecture Series on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. He has been program chair forACM SIGIR (2005) and ACM/IEEE JCDL (2002) as well as general chair ofACMDL96 and JCDL2006. He serves or has served on a dozen editorial boards and is the 2010 president of the American Society of Information Science and Technology. His current interests and projects are related to: interfaces that support information seeking and information retrieval; usability of personal health records; alternative representations for electronic documents; multimedia browsing strategies; digital libraries; and evaluation of interactive media, especially for learning and teaching. He currently has a 3-year grant from NSF on established a search results framework that supports searches over multiple sessions and in collaboration. He also has a one-year grant from NSF to investigate the viability of Second Life as an environment for promoting digital preservation. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ALCTS : Online Course Grant for Library Professionals from Developing Countries
by sandeep bhavsar 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Respected All The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is now accepting grant applications for the April-June 2011 sessions of the association’s four-week fundamentals online courses. For more information about the grant, visit the ALCTS Web site: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/awards/grants/onlinegrant.cfm http://connect.ala.org/node/129959 Thanks and Regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Thane(W) 400601 MUMBAI. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : sandeep.bhavsar(a)gmail.com Mob : 9029 345777 elibrary :http://www.vpmthane.org/im/elib/main.htm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article request
by Devendrappa T M 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear all, I would be grateful if any of professional friends share this reference with us. We need this reference very urgently. Thanks in advance. http://www.future-science.com/doi/pdf/10.4155/fmc.10.21 Future Medicinal Chemistry June 2010, Vol. 2, No. 6, Pages 949-964 Title: *Strategies for discovering and derisking covalent, irreversible enzyme inhibitors* Author: *Douglas S Johnson†1, Eranthie Weerapana2 & Benjamin F Cravatt†2* Best Regards, --------------------------------------- Devandrappa T M Information Officer Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Kumarswamy Layout Bangalore-560078 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by Binod Yadav 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Dear Colleages/ Professionals, This is to request you to provide the given articles. The details are given for your convenience. 1. Journal: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Issues(Year, Vol, No., and Page No.): 2008 Oct 46(10): 538-44 Title of the article: Bioequivalence of Oxcarbazepine oral suspension Vs. film coated tablets in healthy chinese male subjects. 2. Journal: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Issues(Year, Vol, No., and Page No.): 2002 Sep 40(9): 424-30. Title of the article: Carbamazepine : a bioequivalence study and limited sampling 3. Journal: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Therapy and Toxicology Issues(Year, Vol, No., and Page No.): 1992 Apr 30(4): 139-44. Title of the article: Investigation into the relative ..... Journal: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Therapy and Toxicology Issues(Year, Vol, No., and Page No.): 1992 Oct 30(10): 410-4. Title of the article: Investigation of the bioequivalence ..... Thanking you in antipation. 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 seminar- inviting papers
by Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Dear Sir, Please arrange to post the message in LIS Forum. Dear Sir/Madam, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut is organizing a two day national seminar on 27th and 28th May 2011in connection with the retirement of Dr. Jalaja V., Head, DLIS, University of Calicut. The venue of the seminar will be Calicut University. A Festschrift Volume also will be brought out by including the accepted papers of the seminar. The topic of the seminar is *“LIBRARY 2.0 AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT”*. To have a broad outline we suggest the following areas. 1. Information resources 2. Knowledge management 3. Library users, user studies and information literacy competency 4. User services and user satisfaction 5. Research in Library and Information Science 6. Tools and techniques of information management 7. Library Profession and professional associations 8. Information dissemination tools and techniques 9. Open Source Philosophy The above listed areas are only broad outlines and you are free to contribute on any of the relevant areas. However, we appreciate sharing practical experience and case studies/ research works rather than generalized presentation. Please send the paper as e-mail attachment to dineshank(a)gmail.com in MSWORD format latest by 15th March, 2011. Though you are an expert in producing standard papers, for our convenience and for uniformity, we request you to follow the guidelines given here under. 1. Paper: A4, MS Word 2. Font: Arial with main and subheadings =bold 3. Font Size: 12 for text and 18 for title 4. Margin and Space: Left=1.3, Right=1, Top=1 and bottom=1 with line spacing=double 5. Numbering: All subtitles are to be serially numbered as 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on 6. Maximum length: 5000 words 7. Title should be followed by name, affiliation and address(s) ( E mail?) of the Author(s) 8. An abstract (not more than 250 words) 9. Keywords ( 5 to 6) 10. A brief CV of author/s with color photograph* * 11. Illustrations such as photographs, charts, graphs, drawings, and diagrams should be serially numbered and labeled. *Reference Style:* *Book*: Adams, John. (2007). *Research methods for graduate business and social science students.* New Delhi: Response Books. *Paper in Edited Work*: Gopikuttan, A. (2005). Scientometric analysis of the research productivity of university teachers. In G. Devarajan (Ed.). *Applied research in library and information science*. New Delhi: Ess Ess, 166-179. *Periodical Article*: Boyce, Judith I. and Boyce, Bert R. (1995). Library outreach programs in rural areas. *Library Trends*, 44 (1), 112-28. *Online Journal Article*: Laidi, S. (2006). Identity development and Internet misuse<http://www.aui.ma/vppa/cads/research-student-06-Internetmisuse.pdf> . (Retrieved December 17, 2008, from http://www.aui.ma/vppa/cads/research-student-06-Internetmisuse.pdf) *Web Content*: http://osdir.com/ml/culture.india.sarai.reader/2005-01/msg00156.html (Retrieved on 5th December, 2009) Sincerely, *T. M. Vasudevan* *Convenor* *Dr. Jalaja Felicitation Committee* *DLIS, University of Calicut* *Dr. Dineshan Koovakkai* *Co-ordinator* *National Seminar on Library 2.0 and Information Management* *Central University of Kerala* *Kasaragod* ** -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Assistant Librarian Central University of Kerala Vidyanagar P.O. Kasargod, Kerala, India Blog: www.dineshkoovakkai.blogspot.com Visit our library blog at: www.cuklibinfopage.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article
by Mahesh.. brp? 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Dear Sir/Madam, One of my faculty member requires this article for his PhD Work. Journal Name: International journal Advanced Manufacturing technology Title: Comparison of optical and stylus methods for measurement of surface texture. V:33 Page:110-118 https://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/0851313276m3t772/resource-secur… -- *With Warm & Regards* ** *Mahesh. Y* *Assistant Librarian KS Group of Instituation Mallasandra Bangalore-62* -- 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 KOHA and Elib
by Mailing List Admin 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:27:01 +0530 (IST) From: dharanikumarp(a)indiatimes.com The Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University is organizing one week National workshop on Library Automation software (Koha and E-lib) during 14-19 March 2011. Registration Fee Rs. 2000/- (excluding accommodation) The registration fee includes Workshop kit (containing course materials, bag, and stationery) and working lunch. Note: Participants strength is restricted to 25 and selection will be on first cum first served basis. Registration Form Name______________________ Address____________________ Pin________________________ Telephone__________________ E-mail______________________ Fax_______________________ Payment Particulars Amount: Rs: DD No. Bank Date Date & Signature You are requested to send the dully filled registration form along with a DD drawn in favour of "Chairman Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University" Shankaragatta, payable at SBM, Jnana Sahyadri campus, Kuvempu University before 20th February 2011. For further details you may contact P. Dharani Kumar Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Information Science Kuvempu University Shimoga, Karnataka Phone: 09741501214 email: dharanikumarp(a)indiatimes.com Co-ordinator: Dr. S. Padmamma, Associate Professor & Chairman Dept of Library & Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaragatta - 577 451, Shimoga, Karnataka

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Article Request
by RAKESH SINGH BISEN 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Dear All, Kindly send the following article for one of our scientist: *"Plant Genetic Resource Network in India/Paroda, R S"* ** *Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources,1(1-2),pp.32-42* RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE(IIIM) (Formerly Regional Research Laboratory) Canal Road, JAMMU-180 001(J&K)-INDIA rsbisen(a)iiim.res.in library(a)iiim.ac.in bisen.iiim(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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Article Request
by RAKESH SINGH BISEN 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Dear All, Kindly send the following article if you have: *"Marketing and Trade of Saffron in India/Munsi, A M"* ** *Agricultural Marketing,33,1990,pp. 29031* RAKESH SINGH BISEN LIBRARY OFFICER INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE(IIIM) (Formerly Regional Research Laboratory) Canal Road, JAMMU-180 001(J&K)-INDIA rsbisen(a)iiim.res.in library(a)iiim.ac.in bisen.iiim(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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