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IFLA Journal : Vol 36, No 3 (October 2010), Out now
by Dabas Bharat K 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Dear Colleagues IFLA Journal: Volume 36, Number 3 (October 2010)is available at: http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-36-3_20… CONTENTS Editorial: Information technology for development Stephen Parker 211 The President's Page Help for Haiti - recovering the past, creating the future! Ellen R. Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011 213 Articles Bringing the benefits of information technology to underserved populations: An introduction to ICTD for the library community Christopher T. Coward 215 Symbiotic partnerships: The global library community and the ICTD stakeholders Fay A. Austin 221 Main factors affecting the preservation of Chinese paper documents: A review and recommendations Liu Jiazhen and Wang Jingxuan 227 Arab online book clubs: A survey Amany M. Elsayed 235 System migration from Horizon to Symphony at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Zahiruddin Khurshid and Saleh A. Al-Baridi 251 News 259 International calendar 271 Abstracts 272 Regards! Bharat Kumar Assistant Librarian Management Development Institute Gurgaon - 122007, Haryana, India Phone No - (M) +91-9968456404 (O) +91-124-4560390 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Journal on OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS
by Mailing List Admin 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Date: 14 Oct 2010 04:01:05 -0000 From: Vinod Kumar Mishra <vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com> Dear Professionals/Publishers, I would like to suggest Publication of one Journal in the field of library and information science which should ONLY cover the area of open Access resources and open source softwares in the field of Library science.The Title may be like "JOURNAL OF OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE" The advantages are: -We will have a formal written record of open source solutions (OSS) for LIS. -We can share our knowledge and technical capability in the area of OSS through formal media. -We will have solutions on pin pointed problems on oss. -Most libraries can get the benefit's of using OSS efficiently and free of cost. Apart from above there may be other important benefits of such initiatives. I request to all the publishers and eminent professionals to think about it. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Information Assistant Periodicals and Automation Division P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur. Mob: 91+9198539740 email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(a)gmail.com website: http://lishelp.grou.ps (HDLS)

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Indian Trade Journal
by Dr.D.P Prathap 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

dear colleagues If anybody is subscribing to Indian Trade Journal, please provide information regarding publisher's full address, contact email id, subscription cost etc. Thanking you Yours Sincerely Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Seminar on Nexgen Librarianship
by vrushali r rane 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Dear ModeratorPlease post this link giving seminar information on the forum. https://sites.google.com/site/ibsseminar2010/BestVrushali RaneLibrarianIBS Mumbai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Five Students of Kerala University qualified JRF in LIS
by Sudhier K G Pillai 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Dear All, We are glad to inform you that 5 Students of Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, are qualified UGC's NET and JRF, June 2010. Out of the 5 students- one is a reserach scholar (Ajeemsha), 2 MPhil (Ramesh and Sreeeragi) and 2 MLISc Students (Sruthi Chandran and Jinu S. Rajan). Cngrats to all of them! Recently 2 of our MLISc students are selected by TCS for their Mumbai and Thituvananthapuram centres. Regards, *Dr. K. G. SUDHIER *Assistant Professor Dept. of Library & Information Science University Library Building University of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram- 695 034 INDIA Tel. 09446484561, +91 471 2414461 (R) 2308034(O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Seminar on Open Source Software System:Revised Schedule and extension of dates
by Nadeem Akhtar khan 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

REVISED SCHEDULE OF THE SEMINAR National Seminar on “ OPEN SOURCE SYTEMS” (OSSS) Theme: “OSSS: Challanges and Issues” Tentative date: May-June ,2011. Venue: Kashmir University, Srinagar Organiser: DLIS, Kashmir university Partner: Department of Information Technology, Government of J&K. INTRODUCTION Continuous capacity development and awareness programmes are necessary to achieve the objective of transforming the novice into IT enabled citizens of tommorrow in a cost effective and sustainable way to suit need of diverse stakeholders in inclusive knowledge society. The success of different conferences and workshops especilaly from 2005 by the Department on various recent themes like Digital Library initiatives, Open Access Systems , web resources ,Application Digital Library softwares etc has encouraged and motivated us in partnership with Department of IT in stimulating a forum for different professionals to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom. The theme of the proposed conference is “OSSS: challenges and issues”. The conference will focus on adoption, implementation and utilization of OSSS in e-learning, e-governance in knowledge based society to enable an effective reach and connectivity between citizen and government and government to citizen(C2Z&Z2C). We invite you all to submit your research paper. Who should participate? (a) Information Technology professionals. (b) Content and knowledge Managers and e-governance institiutes (c) Policy makers, Educationists, Health professionals (d) Academicians, students and distance learners (e) Archivists and Museologists (f) Information providers and vendors. (g) E-publishers and virtual electronic communities (h) Library and Information Science professionals. (i) Engineering Faculty, Workers, enterpruners (j) Corporate and buisness Houses, Banking ,Insurance sectors and Media Call for papers Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference— Open source systems: challenges and Issues -are invited Some of the topics are listed below: > Open Source: Sociology & Growth practices, innovation, communities, sociology of open source, open source for non profits, customization, extending technology and impact. > Open Source: Challenges and opportunities. License and Legal Aspects, Maintainance and upgradation,Customisation , Economic and finanacial aspects, Cost effectivencess ,etc > Open Source: Software & Design Development and administration, solutions, metrics, design, modularity, immigration to open source, open source aspect to programming, modularity and interoperability. > Open Source: Commercial Aspect Commercialization of open source software, revenue aspect > Government sector: Adoptation : Challenges and issues Application Development Areas, Overview of Developers in Government to citizen and citizen to Government. Emphasis on web servers, content management software, server operating systems, embedded systems (such as secure gateways and network attached storage,) and ‘middleware’ systems (Allowing ommunications between different systems) > Adoption of Open Source in Business World Developing nations and open source, open source and India, Breaking the myth > Operating systems and other utilities: Linux, Mozilla, Debian, Apache, LAMP, Mysql, AJAX. > Special Groups and Appilications Government/Open Governance /Education/Health/Music/Libraries/Informatiuon > Digital Content creation and delivery Audio, video, 3D , Animation , Recreation, Digital library etc > Data extraction and mining : Algorithms and adoption of new innovative techniques > Web enabled Technologies: Social Networking and tools, Impact, Transparency and acccountability For details of paper submission guidelines and submission process, visit www.kashmiruniversity.ac.in. (in News/ anouncements column of the website) Important dates Last date for Submission of full papers: 20 January,2011 Last date for Submission of Poster: 25 January,2011 Notification of acceptance of paper/ poster with comments: 20 March 2011 Submission of the revised paper after incorporating comments: 30 March 2011 Registration: FEE | Up to 20 January2011 | After 20 January2011 ------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------- -------- | | DELEGATES | Rs 1,500.00 | Rs 2,000.00 | | ------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------- -------- | | For PAPER /poster | | CONTRIBUTORS only | Rs 500.00 | Rs 500.00 | | ----------------+-----------------------------+-------------------- ------------- For Tutorial | Rs 500.00 | Rs 1,000.00 Additional | | (All categories) --------------------+----------------------------+--------------------- --------------- --ACCOMODATION Details pl visit university website under news/anouncement column. Contact: S M SHAFI Organizing Secretary OSSS Secretariat DLIS, Kashmir university. HAZRATBAL, J&K – 190 006, India Telephone 9419008599 ; Fax 0194-2421357 E-mail smshafi(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in or osss2010(a)uok.edu.in OR osss2010(a)kashmiruniversity.ac.in Web www.kashmiruniversity.ac.in or www.kashmiruniversity.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Congratulation Mr. Tripathy for your new assignment
by Nihar Patra 13 Oct '10

13 Oct '10

Dear Mr. Tripathy I heartily congratulate you for your new assignment as Deputy Librarian in Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. Wish you all the best. With regards, Nihar K Patra **************************************************** Learning Resource Centre JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur, Rajasthan www.jklu.ed.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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XHTML Version of Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access with Live Links
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography is now available as an XHTML website with live links to many included works. All versions of the bibliography are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. OA XHTML: http://digital-scholarship.org/tsp/w/tsp.html OA PDF: http://digital-scholarship.org/tsp/transforming.pdf Low-Cost Paperback: http://digital-scholarship.org/tsp/transforming.htm This bibliography presents over 1,100 selected English-language scholarly works useful in understanding the open access movement's efforts to provide free access to and unfettered use of scholarly literature. The bibliography primarily includes books and published journal articles. (See the "Preface" for further details about scope and selection criteria). Translate (oversatta, oversette, prelozit, traducir, traduire, tradurre, traduzir, or ubersetzen): http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/tsp2.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/ A Look Back at 21 Years as an Open Access Publisher http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/21/21years.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POST OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
by Salahudheen.E 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Applications are invited for the post of *Research Associate* (One Position) to work full time in the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India sponsored project entitled “Developing a Subject Information Gateway in Information Technology (SIGIT)” in the Department of Library and Information Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh for the period of two years. Appointment will be initially for *one year *renewable depending upon the performance of the candidate. *Qualification:* · *Essential:* Doctorate (Ph.D.) or equivalent degree in Library & Information Science/Computer Science/Information Technology with knowledge of handling of computer hardware as well as software. · *Desirable:* Research Publications and PGDCA (non computer science post graduate candidates) with working experience in developing website/portals/Gateways etc. *Salary:* Rs. 23,000/- per month (Fixed) plus HRA & Medical Benefits Application with all supporting documents should reach to the Principal Investigator *latest by 23/10/2010.* ** ** *(Dr. Naushad Ali P.M)* Chairman/Principal Investigator DST Research Project Department of Library & Information Science Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002 Telephone: 0571-2700039 E-mail: naushadali.amu(a)gmail.com Salahudheen. E Department of Library and Information Science AMU, Aligarh-202002 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS Trainees for IIM Kozhikode
by mgsree＠iimk.ac.in 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Dear Colleagues: The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is looking for Advanced Trainees in Library & Information Science for a period of one year on a monthly stipend of Rs. 5000. The candidate should possess Masters Degree in Library & Information Science from a recognized university with not less than 55% marks. Those awaiting MLIS results also could apply, but they will be inducted for training only on production of passing with the required marks. Interested candidates may apply with full particulars, on or before 30 October 2010, to The Perosnnel & Administration, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode , IIMK Campus P.O., Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode- 673570, KERALA. The Library & Information Center (LIC) at IIMK is a world class Learning Resource Center with its unique blending of the traditional library with the advanced digital collections and services. It has been able to fetch worldwide recognitions and laurels. IIMK is presently the South Asia Coordinator for the renowned Greenstone Digital Library Software, on behalf of UNESCO (http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in) The Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) at IIMK runs several national/international projects and training programmes. With regards, Sreekumar -- Dr. M.G. Sreekumar (UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia) [Ex - Visiting Professor, University of Malaya] Librarian & Head, Center for Development of Digital Libraries (CDDL) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P.O., Calicut, Kerala - 673570, INDIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Email : mgsree @iimk.ac.in Web ..: http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in . . . ..... : http://iimk.ac.in/mgsree.php ================================================= Phone - +91-9447654066 (HP); +91-495-2809140 (O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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