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Help - Article needed
by Naveen Mathad 17 May '10

17 May '10

Respected Forum Members, For one of our Researcher below mentioned article in needed if anyone having access to this article please forward. Help in this regard is highly appreciated. *Political Risk Management in Multinational Firms: An Integrative Approach* Journal: Management Decision Vol: 22 ; Issue No. 6 ; Year 1984 -- Thanks and Regards, -------------------------------------- Naveen C.M. Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies Mob-09740349997 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Free software users community and libraries
by Vimal Kumar 17 May '10

17 May '10

Dear Friends, I am writing this letter to inform you about an event organized by free software community in our city. The main aim of this community meeting was to announce the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Linux operating system. A small group of people representing various walk of life; students, teachers, farmers, writers etc. attended the function. The event included introducing the features of new Ubuntu, demonstration and answering the questions of participants. Here is a snapshot the event, http://twitpic.com/1kstkx Here, I would like to highlight certain features of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) for librarian's community, assess its suitability in your library. 1. Ubuntu is a user friendly desktop and server operating system, 2. It is free from virus attack and other vulnerabilities, 3. An array of application softwares for your routine works, 4. You can install and run your genuine windows applications (e.g. Dreamweaver) in Ubuntu, 5. Social network services integrated with Ubuntu Desktop, no need to install separate messengers to manage your accounts (e.g. facebook, twitter etc), 6. Easy interface for computing with Indian languages, no need to install seperate font or anything. Keying in your language using either normal keyboard or transliteration is possible. 7. Suitable for the installation of library software packages; dspace, eprints, Koha, NewGenLib, Moodle etc. 8. Easy installation, no need to partition your hard disk. You can install directly from windows machine without disturbing your Windows OS. You can make a feature tour from the following link, http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/1004features Another funny thing I would like to share with you in this context is thatmost of the libraries are using pirated softwares. Librarians are unaware of the risks of using pirated software. Libraries are getting pre-installed pirated softwares (Operating systems and application softwares) while purchasing the computer. They think that Windows operating system is free !! I have also noticed that local library software vendors install pirated Windows OS to run their software. Librarians are on the edge of risk; getting arrested or fined is one of the punishment for using pirated software. Solution to this problem is either use licensed version of costly commercial software or choose free software. Free Software Users Group in our city (Trivandrum, http://ilug-tvm.org) is very active (in other cities too). They offer help and solutions to members and other stake holders (e.g. school, NGO's, Govt. Organisations). Find Free Software Users Group in your area and enjoy the services of the community. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: http://www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 17 May '10

17 May '10

Dear professional friends One of my friend is in need of the following article. Pl help if it is available in your library. Sastry,C.S.P., MangalaD.s., Rao K.E.( 1986b) A New sensitive Spectrophotometric method for IndomethacinActa Cinecia Indica 12: 17-19 Thanks Varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ South Cinema This Decade http://entertainment.in.msn.com/southcinemathisdecade/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography, Version 1
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 17 May '10

17 May '10

Translate (oversatta, oversette, prelozit, traducir, traduire, tradurre, traduzir, or ubersetzen): http://digital-scholarship.org/announce/dcpb_en_1.htm Version one of the Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. http://digital-scholarship.org/dcpb/dcpb.htm This bibliography presents over 360 selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding digital curation and preservation. Most sources have been published between 2000 and the present; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 2000 are also included. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet, including e-prints for published articles in disciplinary archives and institutional repositories. Note that e-prints and published articles may not be identical. See the scope note for further details: http://digital-scholarship.org/dcpb/scope.htm The following recent Digital Scholarship publications may also be of interest: * Digital Scholarship 2009 http://digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/ds2009.htm * Google Book Search Bibliography, Version 6 http://digital-scholarship.org/gbsb/gbsb.htm * Institutional Repository Bibliography, Version 2 http://digital-scholarship.org/irb/irb.html * Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography, Version 4 http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://digital-scholarship.org/ http://digital-scholarship.com/cwb/dschronology.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Last Date 31 May: ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest
by J K Vijayakumar 15 May '10

15 May '10

--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Michael Zimmer <zimmerm(a)uwm.edu> wrote: From: Michael Zimmer <zimmerm(a)uwm.edu> Subject: [Asis-l] 2010 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest To: asis-l(a)asis.org, "AoIR-L" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 8:52 PM Announcement of the 2010 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its eleventh competition for papers to be submitted for the 2010 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 22-27, 2010. (http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM10/am10cfp.html) Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year’s paper contest is: "Navigating Streams in a Global Information Ecosystem". Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core areas: Intercultural Information Ethics: Critical reflection on the ethical challenges related to the global and cross-cultural production, storage, and distribution of information, as well as the ethical dimensions of the global development and implementation of information systems, infrastructures, and policies. Information Behavior: Information needs, information seeking, information gaps and sense-making in various contexts including work, interests or every-day life activities by individuals or groups. Knowledge Organization: Indexing, index construction, indexing languages, thesaurus construction, terminology, classification of information in any form, tagging (expert, user-based, automatic), filtering, metadata, standards for metadata, information architecture. Information Systems, Interactivity and Design: How people use and communicate with information systems; the design, use and evaluation of interactive information technologies and systems, including interfaces and algorithms; search and retrieval, browsing, visualization, personalization. Information and Knowledge Management: Information and knowledge creation, transfer and use at the personal, group, organizational and societal levels. The management of the processes and systems that create, acquire, organize, store, distribute, and use information and/or knowledge. Selected papers will be published in the International Journal of Information Management. Information Use: How people re-purpose existing knowledge from a variety of sources (scientific, humanities, news, family, friends, colleagues), forms (articles, books, video, audio, tweets), locations (work, home, in transit) and mediums (cell-phones, PDAs, digital libraries) to advance knowledge, solve problems, improve information literacy, and learn. Information and Society: Economic, Political, Social Issues: Copyright issues, policies and laws; national and international information policies; privacy and security; economics of information, personal rights vs. freedom of information; surveillance; globalization and the flows of information; computerization movements; social informatics. Selection Criteria There will be up to six winners who will be selected by a panel of judges including: Michael Zimmer (UW-Milwaukee), Johannes Britz (UW-Milwaukee), Maria Haigh (UW-Milwaukee), Hong Xu (University of Pittsburg), Catherine Johnson (Western Ontario), Anindita Paul (University of Missouri), and Borchuluun Yadamsuren (University of Missouri). The judging criteria will be based on: Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem (originality of the project described, etc.) Relevance to the paper contest theme Quality of argument, presentation and organization Eligibility & Information for authors Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners in the 2006-2009 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. Award The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 22-27, 2010. Style The international paper contest committee requires that submissions follow the International Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading, Guide for Authors at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622845/authori… Publishing opportunities Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that journal. ASIS&T Copyright Policy ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author. Deadline for submission of full papers Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31, 2010, to Michael Zimmer at zimmerm(a)uwm.edu, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachments. -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Associate, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 656 Bolton Hall 3210 N. Maryland Ave Milwaukee, WI 53211 p: 414.229.3627 e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Help
by vishal solanki 15 May '10

15 May '10

Dear All, I would glad to inform u that I have recently joined as librarian in an international school but have no idea regarding this. can you give me some ideas or suggestions for the creative works and other thing? it will be very grateful to me. Thanks VISHAL SOLANKI Ahmedabad Gujarat -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy - Assistant Librarian at HELP Library
by HELP LIBRARY 15 May '10

15 May '10

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Librarian post
by nag naga raja 15 May '10

15 May '10

Dear professionals Librarian post is vacant at a nusring college located near,Chikkabanavara,Bangalore.Fresh M.L.I.SC candidates will be preferred.Interested candidates can contact the following person. A.Nagaraja Librarian SKIT Mob:9449889333 NAGARAJA.A -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: OpenETD, web-based ETD Management Utility now available
by Shalini Urs 14 May '10

14 May '10

FYI A discaimer - I have not checkd it out :) Shalini Dr. Shalini Urs Executive Director and Professor International School of Information Management University of Mysore Mysore - 570006 Phone : + 91 821 2514699 Fax : + 91 821 2519209 www.isim.ac.in ISiM - Management School of IT. Technology School for IM ----- Original Message ----- From: Kalaivani Ananthan <ananthan(a)RCI.RUTGERS.EDU> To: ETD-L(a)LISTSERV.VT.EDU Subject: OpenETD, web-based ETD Management Utility now available Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:10:01 -0400 Dear ETD Community, > >The Rutgers University Libraries are pleased to announce the >availability of OpenETD, a web-based software application for managing >the submission, approval, and distribution of electronic theses and >dissertations (ETDs). OpenETD is the open source release of the Rutgers >University Libraries RUetd application and will be maintained on the >RUetd annual release schedule. Releases will include fixes for known >problems and recommendations for enhancements received from internal >projects and from the user community at large. > >OpenETD can be used as either a standalone ETD submission system, or it >can be implemented as a component of an institutional repository by >using its METS/XML export functionality. Using the METS/XML export >functionality, native to OpenETD, implementers can export acquired ETDs >to their local institutional repositories for preservation and >presentation purposes. Highlights of the software include UTF-8 >compliance, configuration and administration support for multiple >graduate schools, status notifications for student users, support for >supplementary files, graduation reports, automated page and margin >validation, and UMI/Proquest delivery support. > >To learn more about product features, to view the license, and to >download the application, please visit: >http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openetd/index.php?sec=pre…. > > >Thanks, >Kalaivani Ananthan > >-- >Kalaivani Ananthan >Digital Library Applications Manager >Rutgers University Libraries, Systems Department >Technical and Automated Services Building >47 Davidson Road, >Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 > >ananthan(a)rci.rutgers.edu >Phone:(732) 445-5896 > -------Original Message Attached------ -- 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 from 4-5 June 2010 at Jharkhand
by Amitabh Manglam 14 May '10

14 May '10

Dear All, Sorry for cross posting It's our pleasure to inform you that, Birla Institute of Technology is conducting national workshop on KOHA: Open Source Software for Library Automation? On 4-5 June, 2010. The workshop will cover installation of KOHA on Windows or Linux operating system, Introduction to Windows or Linux Operating System, customization and configuration of KOHA software, demonstration of all modules like Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Serial Control, Circulation & OPAC, Introduction to MARC 21, multilingual support in KOHA, MARC records, import feature in KOHA etc. Target Audience The Koha workshop is of great use to the library professionals and Professor I/C of academic libraries, public libraries, special libraries, government departmental libraries, institutional libraries, etc that are interested in library automation. The workshop will help the library professionals to adopt the open source software and benefit from its wide-ranging features. The number of participants is expected to be 30 and the preference will be given to first-cum-first basis who have basic knowledge of handling computers. Workshop Fee The registration fee for the workshop includes workshop kit (software installable, Operating System, Training Material), breakfast, tea, lunch and dinner. Early bird registration (on or before 20th May 2010): Rs. 500.00 Normal registration (after 20th May 2010 & on/ before 4th June 2010) : Rs. 600.00 Accommodation (optional, at additional cost) Accommodation can be provided at BIT guest house for the outstation candidates at additional charges. Institutional Guest House: Rs. 600 per day Research Scholar Hostel: Rs. 200 per day Students Hostel: Free for two day workshop nights Help desk. For more details please contact library(a)bitmesra.ac.in or Mr. Amitabh Kumar Mangalam 09470943275 Ms. Rameshwari Pandey : 09470160053 Ms. Shamida Lakra : 09431325626 Mr. Debojyoti Nath : 09470162180 Ms. Tanushree Bhatnagar : 09431326753 Ms. Rita Sinha : 09431172006 Mr.Samir Kumar Jalal : 09955166115 Coordinator : 09430702887 -- Amitabh Kumar Manglam LIA, Central Library Birla Institute of Technology (Deemed University), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 835215 Contact Number: +91-9470943275 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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