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A rare and unique function - Thanks one and all
by Arunachalam Hariharan 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

The SALIS journals release function was held on 6March 2010 at ICSA Seminar Hall, Egmore, Chennai, between 6 P.M and 8.P.M. The programme was started with the invocation by Mrs. Kamatchi, Librarian, NKR College of Education for Women. Mr. A. Hariharan, President, SALIS in his welcome address, highlighted the various objectives of SALIS, programmes being organized, publications of SALIS, etc. He also mentioned on the SALIS honoring the professionals by way of awards, certificate of appreciations, etc. He mentioned the efforts taken by SALIS in filling up the vacant posts of Librarians in Government Colleges in Tamil Nadu. Mr. Hariharan also requested the Presidents of the Madras Library Association (MALA), Tamil Nadu Library Association (TLA), Head Dept Library and Information Science, SALIS, other senior professionals to take up the issue of appointing professional Librarians in schools to effectively disseminate the library services to the school children on one hand and also to solve the unemployment problem faced by Librarians on the other hand. A representation on the same (appointing librarians in schools in phased manner) was handed over by the Presidents of MALA, TLA and SALIS to the Director, Public Library later in the function. They requested the Director, Public Library to use his good office to do the needful. Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, IIT Madras and Editor-in-chief of the SALIS Journal of Library and Information Science (SJLIS) briefed on the journal and spoke on the various activities of SALIS. Mr. M. Mandhirasalam, Sr. Dy. Librarian, KCT, Coimbatore & Editor, SALIS Journal of Information Management and Technology (SJIMT) spoke on the scope and objectives of SJIMT. Mr. Karl Pechatscheck. Director, Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai who is the chief guest of the function, released the SALIS journals and delivered his address. He narrated the role of library and LIS professionals and appreciated the efforts taken by SALIS in organizing various programmes for the benefit of the library professionals and the society. Mr. G. Arivoli, Director, Directorate of Public Libraries, Chennai received the first copy of both the SALIS journals and in his special address, spoke on various efforts taken by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Anna Centenary Library in Chennai. He also pointed out that the Government is showing keen interest in uplifting the library and its activities. He also informed the gathering that the Tamil Nadu Government is shortly announcing the recruitment notice for around 200 posts for the Anna Centenary Library. He also mentioned that the vacancies in the public libraries will be filled up soon. Mr. Karl Pechatscheck and Mr. G. Arivoli presented mementoes and shawls to the retired professionals and Ph.D. awardees. The following retired people were honored and felicitated: Mr. N. Avadaiappan Dr. Manorama Srinath. Mrs. Chitra M Hariharan Dr. K. Nithyanandam Dr. Bhavathi Senthil Murugan The following Ph.D awardees were honored and felicitated: Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy Dr. A. Thirunavukarasu Dr. K. Chinnasamy Dr. R. Ramasamy Dr. L. Rajendran Dr. G. Rathinasabapathy Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan Dr. M. Rajendran Dr. M. Mymoon Dr. P. Rajendran Dr. K. Sivasamy Dr. P. Yesudoss Dr. Paul Pandian Dr. S.K. Ashok Kumar Dr. S. Muralidhar Dr. P. Panneerselvam Dr. S. Surianarayanan Dr. K. Vinitha Dr. C. Martin Arockiasamy Dr. E. Kanniyappan Dr. Bhavathy Dr. K. Paul Raj The following senior professional colleagues spoke on the occasion and expressed their wishes and opinions: Mrs. Vijaya K Sundaram. President, MALA. Dr. R. Ramasamy. RRLF & President, TLA, Dr. Manorama Srinath, Rtd. Professor, DLIS, University of Madras. Dr. A. Amudhavalli. Professor and Head, DLIS, University of Madras, Mr. N. Avadaiappan, Former Director, Connemara Public Library & Special Officer, Anna Centenary Library, Chennai, Dr. K. Nithyanandam, Former Director, Anna University Library, Chennai, Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy, Librarian, Anna University, Chennai, Dr. S. Surianarayanan, Vice-President, SALIS, Dr. S. Muralidhar, Scientist, CVRDE (DRDO), Chennai & Co-Editor-in-Chief, SJLIS. Mrs. Vijaya K Sundaram appreciated the initiatives of SALIS. Dr. R. Ramasamy suggested publishing more articles on public libraries. Prof. A. Amudhavalli stressed on the need for quality research and also suggested to adopt strict referring practice before publication of articles in journals so as to maintain the quality of the journal. Prof. Manorama Srinath stressed on the need for co-operation among the professionals and congratulated SALIS for its activities. Mr. N. Avadaiappan expressed the need for abolishing the Professor-in-charge post in University Libraries to make the University Librarians more competent in library development and also in discharging the library services. He also stressed on the need for appointment of professional librarians in schools. G. Krishnamoorthy spoke on the status of the librarians and requested to change the designations. Dr. K. Nithyanandam appreciated the initiatives of SALIS in honoring the professionals. Dr.S. Surianarayanan suggested appointing librarians from primary schools onwards. Dr. S. Muralidhar suggested starting a School of Excellence to train the LIS professionals at Anna Centenary Library. Dr. P. Panneerselvam, Librarian, BSA Crescent University, Chennai & Secretary, SALIS, Chennai Chapter proposed vote of thanks The programme ended with National Anthem. A few publications of SALIS were presented to the Director, Pubic Library for the Anna Centenary Library. Around 100 professionals from Chennai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Erode and Karaikudi participated in the function. Mrs. V. SakthiRegha, Dr. K. Vintha, Mrs. Usha Devi and Mrs. Chitra were the event managers. SALIS thanks everyone who have involved directly & indirectly for the grand success of this unique and rare function. SALIS B2-Solai Apartment Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 116 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
by * Mukesh - Monitor * 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Dear Professionals Here is a new book which tells the world that librarians and archivists were nothing less than some of the finest professionals-not to mention the most interesting people i may know ! Please go through the book details below: This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All In This Book is Overdue!, acclaimed author Marilyn Johnson celebrates libraries and librarians, and, as she did in her popular first book, The Dead Beat, discovers offbeat and eloquent characters in the quietest corners. In defiance of doomsayers, Johnson finds librarians more vital and necessary than ever, as they fuse the tools of the digital age with love for the written word and the enduring values of truth, service to all, and free speech. This Book Is Overdue! is a romp through the ranks of information professionals who organize our messy world and offer old-fashioned human help through the maze. http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061431609/This_Book_Is_Overdue/index… Happy Reading ! Mukesh Anand Director - Marketing Monitor Information Services http://books.monitorinfo.com http://twitter.com/BooksMonitor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO releases new publication on linguistic diversity in the Internet
by Puna Das 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

UNESCO releases new publication on linguistic diversity in the Internet 04-03-2010 (Paris) UNESCO, together with FUNREDES and the Union Latine, launches Twelve years of measuring linguistic diversity in the Internet: balance and perspectives. Written by Daniel Pimienta, Daniel Prado and Alvaro Blanco, this publication is an update to the previous UNESCO study on this subject that was issued for the World Summit on the Information Society in 2005. FUNREDES and Union Latine have designed an original research method to measure linguistic diversity in cyberspace. The aim was to use search engines and a sample of word-concepts to measure the proportionate presence of these concepts in their various linguistic equivalences. Research, undertaken from 1996 to 2008, enabled interesting indicators to be built to measure linguistic diversity. The paper describes the research method and its results, advantages and limitations. It also provides an overview of existing alternative methods and results, for comparison. The paper concludes with the examination of different perspectives in the field which have in the past been considered to have been characterized by a lack of scientific rigor. This has led to some misinformation about the dominant presence of English on the Web. It is a topic that is only now slowly attracting due attention from international organizations and the academic world. The publication is currently available in English and French, for free download in PDF format: click here http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29594&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… . Source: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29595&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- 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 Veeru 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear all, Can anyone provide this article For Our Research Scholar need this article. Title: *Piezoelectric Fiber Composites with Interdigitated Electrodes Author: **Nesbitt W. Hagood Source: *J*ournal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 8, No. 11, 903-919 (1997) * * * -- with regards Virupaksh BH LIM Trainee, NCSI/JRD Tata Memorial Library , IISc ,Bangalore-50012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Project Assistant &Trainees for BI Library : Walk-in Interview(No virus check: exceeding max content size)
by Dr. Arun K. Chakraborty, Bose Inst. 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear Moderator Pl. ciculate thru lisforum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends ADVT. NO. BI/LIB/29/2009-10 Walk-in-Interview will be held on 11th March 2010 from 10:30 a.m. at the Centenary Campus of Bose Institute, P-1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata- 700 054 for the following temporary positions. The initial engagement will be for a period of six (06) months, renewable for a maximum period of one (01) year on satisfactory performance. Details : www.boseinst.ernet.in 1. Position : Library Project Assistant seven (07) Qualification : M.LISc. / ADISc. Degree or B.LISc. with Master Degree in any discipline or with minimum one year experience in any Library Computerization Project. Experience : Working knowledge of Library Software : CDS / ISIS & WINISIS of UNESCO, Knowledge of Digitization (D-space / E-prints Software) at least one year. Consolidated Remuneration : Rs.9,000/- p.m. Age : below 35 years. 2. Position : Library Trainee three (03) Qualification : B.LISc. Experience : Working knowledge of CDS / ISIS / WINISIS Software at least six months. Consolidated Remuneration : Rs.8,000/- p.m. Age : below 30 years. Please bring to the notice of your students. We look forward to your kind cooperation. With kind regards. Yours sincerely, ======================================================================== DR. ARUN KUMAR CHAKRABORTY LIBRARIAN BOSE INSTITUTE, KOLKATA, INDIA CENTENARY CAMPUS : P1/12 CIT SCHEME - VII-M, KOLKATA 700 054 INDIA PH: 91-33-2569 3268, 3270 FAX: 91-33-2355 3886 MAIN CAMPUS: 93/1 A.P.C. ROAD, KOLKATA 700 009 INDIA Ph(Res): 91-33-23242100, E-MAIL: akc(a)bic.boseinst.ernet.in =============================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Knol Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science
by Badan Barman 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Respected forum members, We are trying to develop an online Encyclopedia of LIS over Knol platform. You are requested to contribute towards it. You can write your articles independently over the knol and submit it for inclusion in the encyclopedia by sending an email to me or by commenting bellow the encyclopedia. You can also collaborate with the existing authors in some articles. For more information please do visit: http://knol.google.com/k/knol-encyclopaedia-of-library-and-information-scie… http://knol.google.com/k/knol-encyclopaedia-of-library-and-information-scie… Thanking you Yours faithfully (Sri Badan Barman) Academic Consultant, School of Library & Information Science, Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University, Housefed Complex, Last Gate, Dispur, Guwahati-781006, Assam Phone: 0361-2234964 / 2235971, Fax: 0361- 2235398. Mobile: +9198642-05166 Website: www.kkhsou.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Today's vacancy for the post of Librarian
by Ajay Kamble 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Delhi Public School Post : Librarian Location: Lucknow ** Key Skills: Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work regarding librarian. ** Specialization: Librarian Job Function: Teaching/Education Industry: Educational/Training Qualification: *Post Graduation -* Others -Post Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) *School & Graduation -* Others -Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) Level: Junior - Executive, Assistant Experience: 1 - 2 yrs. ** Job Details: Role requires handling the work related to librarian. Additional Information: B.Lib with experience would be preferred. For DPS Jankipuram Note: Candidates with good English communication skills & computer literacy would be preferred. Apply within 5 days. Forms available in the respective school offices. For further inquiries contact: Eldeco Colony, Udyan II, Raksha Khand, Rai Bareilly Road. Ph: 2440194, 2442423 Email: dpseldeco(a)rediffmail.com OR Sector-6, Jankipuram Extn. Ph: 0522-3262724 Email: dpsjankipuram(a)rediffmail.com -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Monthly Lecture of Karnataka State Library Association(KALA)
by Francis Jayakanth 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

Dear All, On behalf of KALA and SRELS, I cordially invite you for the next monthly lecture of KALA to be held on Saturday 6th March 2010. This lecture is being organized in collaboration with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS). The details of the lecture are given below: Title: User Interfaces in Indian Languages: Some Experiments and Experiences, by Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science by SRELS Team Venue: Karnataka State Library Association, #702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, III Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore- 560010 Date & Time: Saturday, 06 March 2010 at 5.30 P.M. Abstract: Presentation relating to and based on the work of the SRELS team during the past six months to develop Indian language (Kannada and Tamil) user interfaces to Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) collections. This project has been assigned to and supported by eIFL, Netherlands. It is part of the South Asia GSDL Network development Programme. The team will present some of the language collections developed under the project; the steps in the preparation of the interfaces and related problems and issues; and collaboration with the GSDL team at the University of Waikato in New Zealand With best regards, - Francis for KALA

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Schedule Processes in LIBSYS software – Your Experience
by praba 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dear Friends, We have been using the LIBSYS software in our library. We are adding the new books and editing some old records if there is error or change. After this we are doing manually rebuild inverted files and update inverted files for indexing. Instead of doing this process manually there is another option in LIBSYS called Schedule Processes. If you set the time for updating, for example 10 p.m., everyday it has to do this update automatically. We would like to know from people those who are using the LIBSYS, any of you used this utility and also what is your experience in installing the utility and the problems if any? With regards, Christina Birdie IIAP, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for the post of Librarian
by Ajay Kamble 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dr. K. N. Modi Foundation Position : Librarian Location: OTHERS(Modinagar) ** Key Skills: Requisite knowledge, skills and ability to work regarding librarian. ** Specialization: Librarian Job Function: Teaching/Education Industry: Educational/Training Qualification: *Post Graduation -* Others -Post Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) *School & Graduation -* Others -Graduate (Others -Relevant Stream) Level: Junior - Executive, Assistant Experience: 1 - 2 yrs. ** Job Details: Role requires handling the work related to librarian. Additional Information: Walk in Interview: on 8th March, 2010 At: Centre for Management Development Modinagar-201204, (U.P.) Tel: 09897782204 >From 9.30 am to 2.00 pm Candidates may also send their Bio-Data along with certificates and two coloured photographs by post to: Registrar at Dr. K.N. Modi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Modinagar-201204 OR E-mail: mailurcv(a)knmodifoundation.com Company Details: 25 Campuses in 150 Acres Land 36,000 students 650+ Faculty 45 Professional Courses 5560+ Placements 9000+ Girls Students 45 Kms from Delhi in NCR. -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 www.mlsc.co.nr www.ajaykamble.co.nr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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